Muhamad Salih Dilan - Newroz

Newroz

In 1948, Dilan and his brother, Qadir Dilan, a musician, met with Piramerd in a Mewlewi street, the ageing philosopher took out his cigarette packet and wrote the Newroz poem on it before handing it over to them, he then asked if they could write a melody for the poem and if Dilan himself could sing it when Newroz arrives. It didn't take long before Qadir Dilan wrote the timeless Newroz melody with Dilan being the first artist to sing it on March 21, 1948. Today all over the cities of Kurdistan the song is played when Newroz arrives.