59 – Yaran va Baten (“Companions, from the Unseen World”)

Range: C, D (and D♭), E♭, F.

Variable notes: D.

Time signatures in the metric sections: 6/4.

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

It is one of the kalam maqams, the sacred melodic-modal pieces of the Yarsan (Ahl-e Haqq) tanbur repertoire, and it has a fixed metre; according to Heydar Kaki, 6 beats can be counted in each hemistich, and it is performed collectively in Yarsan ceremonies. The refrain (sarband) of this maqam is its first couplet:

Yaran va baten vash dangi mayu

Sedai hey dayar Sarhangi mayu

O companions, from the unseen world comes the sweet voice of Baba Sarhang Dudani,

who rejects everything other than the Beloved.

This maqam makes it clear that Baba Sarhang also sang and had a beautiful voice. The kalam of this maqam dates from the era of Baba Sarhang.