46 – Hey Imanem Yar (“We Have Our Faith from the Friend”)

Range: C, D, E, F, G, A♭, B.

Time signatures in the metric sections: 11/8.

Tuning: Haft Dastan or Barz (C, C, G)

This is one of the kalam maqams (sacred melodic-modal pieces of the tanbur repertoire, set to Yarsan religious verse), which according to Heydar Kaki has an 11-beat rhythmic cycle; its refrain (sarband) is the first couplet itself:

Hey imanem yar

Gyan ranginem yar

We have our faith and devotion from our resplendent Friend.

This maqam, whose text is transmitted from the period of the Chehel Tan (the Forty), is performed at mourning ceremonies, on pilgrimages to holy sites and at jam ceremonies (Yarsan ritual gatherings). According to Ali Akbar Moradi, this kalam was addressed to Soltan Sahak.