A Nowruz song for your family’s new spring

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A Nowruz song for your family’s new spring

The new year that begins with the spring equinox deserves its own song — with the names around your table, the sabzeh on the windowsill and the wishes you send to family far away.

Make this song

Your first song is free — no card needed.

When is Nowruz?

The date changes from country to country and from year to year — here it is where you are.

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KazakhstanMarch 21March 21March 21
KyrgyzstanMarch 21March 21March 21

Nowruz is a homecoming. From Tehran to Almaty, Kabul to Baku, and in Persian, Kurdish, Kazakh and Kyrgyz families from Los Angeles to London, people clean the house, set the table, visit elders first and call everyone they could not reach in person. A song made for your family fits right into that: something new for the new day, with names and memories inside.

Give a few names and details — grandmother’s sabzeh, the uncle who jumps highest over the fire, the cousin who always hides the coins — and AI writes the lyrics, composes a melody and sings it with real vocals in about a minute. Play it when the year turns, send it to relatives abroad, or keep it for Sizdah Bedar picnics.

Hear one we made

Nowruz Maman Parvin

Folk, Pop · 2:37

“A warm folk-pop Nowruz song for my family. My grandmother Parvin grows the sabzeh every year and sets the haft-sin with my little sister Sara. My uncle Dariush always jumps over the Chaharshanbe Suri fire twice. My cousins live in Hamburg and can’t come home this year. Wishes: health for grandma, a happy year for everyone. Chorus with Nowruz, Maman Parvin and a brand-new year, and we are home.”

What to put in a Nowruz song

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    The haft-sin table and who sets it: the sabzeh someone grew for weeks, the goldfish, the painted eggs, the mirror.

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    The elders you visit first. Name your grandparents — “Maman Bozorg”, “Aga”, “Apa”, “Ata” — and thank them for the year.

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    Chaharshanbe Suri: the bonfire on the eve of the year’s last Wednesday, jumping over the flames and leaving the year’s troubles behind.

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    In Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan: the pot of nauryz kozhe with its seven ingredients, the dastarkhan full of guests, the open doors.

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    Family who cannot come home this year. A verse that says “we set a place for you” can carry across any distance.

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    One wish for each person: health for grandmother, a new job for your brother, a good school year for the little ones.

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    Spring itself: blossom, first green, rain on new leaves — Nowruz is the moment the world starts again, and a song can say so.

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    The mood: a folk melody with daf or dombra-like strings for the elders, bright pop for the cousins’ party.

A chorus for the turn of the year

Nowruz is here, the green is growing,

Maman Parvin, the candles glowing,

the fire’s behind us, the river’s flowing —

a brand-new year, and we are home.

When and how to share it

  • At the moment the year turns. Many families gather around the haft-sin for the exact minute of the equinox. Play the song right after the first hugs.
  • For relatives abroad. Persian, Afghan, Kurdish and Central Asian families are spread across continents. Send the song link — it plays in any browser — with a short voice message.
  • As a gift that waits. Make it early and send it as a gift sealed until Nowruz; the countdown on their phone builds the excitement.
  • On the day of visits. Bring it with you to the elders’ house, or turn it into a lyric video with old family photos for everyone to watch together.

Folk, pop or something for the children?

For grandparents, a folk style with warm strings and hand drums feels closest to the songs they grew up with — and you can ask for it in Persian, Kazakh, Russian or any of more than 40 languages, even if you describe it in English. For a family party, upbeat pop with a chorus everyone can clap to works best. Children love a short, cheerful song that names each of them and the things on the haft-sin, so they can point at the table while it plays. Whatever you choose, keep the last chorus about the year ahead: Nowruz is about hope.

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    Answer a few questions

    Names, memories, the mood you want. Skip anything you like.

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    We write and sing it

    Lyrics, melody, vocals and cover art — composed around your answers.

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    Play it for them

    Download the MP3, share the link, or play it right there.

Questions

Can the song be in Persian, Kazakh or another language?

Yes. Songs can be sung in more than 40 languages, and the song’s language can differ from the one you write the description in — so you can describe it in English and have it sung for grandparents in their own language.

Is it only for a Persian Nowruz?

No. Describe your family’s own customs — the Afghan haft mewa, a Kurdish Newroz fire, Kazakh nauryz kozhe and open doors, Azerbaijani semeni and pastries — and the song follows them.

Can the song mention Chaharshanbe Suri or Sizdah Bedar?

Yes. Jumping over the fire, the picnic on the thirteenth day and the sabzeh thrown into running water all make good verses; name the ones your family keeps.

Can I prepare it before Nowruz and have it open on the day?

Yes. Send it as a gift sealed until the date you choose; until then the recipient sees a countdown, and on the day the song opens.

Is it free?

The first one is: a new account makes a song free, without a card. More songs are made with credits, by subscription or in one-off packs.

More occasions

Your song is one sentence away.

Tell it who it’s for and what happened. We’ll handle the rest.