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verb and recipient, bidey me. In this case, xiştî is part of the rhyme scheme of the poem,
rhyming with every even numbered line. 84 The constituent orders of these lines, being
alike, qualify it as a grammatical parallelism, discussed in § 5.4.1.4.2.
(220) te di-vêt-Ø ku bi-d-em te mirç u (AN5:23, 24)
2O IPFV-want.PRS-3SG that IRR-give.PRS-1SG 2O kiss and
maç-a
loud.kiss-OBL.PL
‘You want me to give you kisses and smooches (louder kisses).’
me di-vêt-Ø tu bi-de-y me zixt
1OP IPFV-want.PRS-3SG 2D IRR-give.PRS-2SG 1OP nail.on.end.of.oxgoad
u xişt-î 85
and staff-OBL.M
‘We want you to give us the nail on the end of an oxgoad (pressure/pounding heart)
and the staff.’
The last line of the poem also exhibits SVO order. In (221) the object tu, 2D,
comes after the verb vîyayî, ‘loved.’ Normal constituent order with the same subject,
object and verb was used in line 33, shown in (222). In (221) Nalbend is either
highlighting the verb or the object. It would be most beneficial to discuss the topic of
highlighting, or foregrounding, with poets of the Neo-classical style, as such would
provide an emic view on the matter.
(221) min vîya-yî tu jiber… 86 (AN5:36)
1O love.PST-2SG 2D because
‘I loved you because…’
84 Many even numbered lines in this poem do not end in a perfect rhyme but exhibit consonant feature
rhyme, a subject discussed in § 5.3.3.1.5.1
85 The meanings of zixt and xiştî may be metaphorical, perhaps also erotic, as this poem is of that theme.
Both words are related to working with oxen. Zixt is the nail on the end of an oxgoad, for prodding. The
translator had translated it as ‘pressure’ or ‘pounding heart.’ Xişt can be a staff or a sharp metal point, but
may have other meanings as well.
86 The rest of this line is missing from the original text.