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Şivan her roj sêvekê xwit.
Şivan sêvekê her roj xwit.
Şivan sêvekê xwit her roj.
‘Every day Shivan eats an apple.’
The variable positions of temporal adverbs can aid the Neo-classical poet. In Ey
Malikê Vê ‘Alemê, ‘O Lord Of This World,’ Nalbend put the temporal adverbial phrase
sal u zeman, ‘year and time’ at the end of line 7, rhyming zeman with the words eman,
‘oh’ (at the caesura in the same line) and neman, ‘did not remain’ (at the caesura in line
8). 123 While it is possible that Nalbend’s motivation was pragmatic; it seems more likely
that he wanted to benefit from the end rhyme.
(316) ey ‘ebid u însan-în eman hişyar_bi-b-in sal (AN3:7, 8)
O slave and human-OBL.PL oh wake.up_IRR-be-IMP.PL year
u zeman
and time
‘O slaves and human kind, oh, wake up (from) years and time (of sleep).’
mirn-ê birî-n em kew ne-ma-n ḧeq=e
death take.PST-3PL us partridge NEG-remain.PST-3PL right=COP.PRS.3SG
mirin rêk-a me=ye
death path-EZ.F 1OP=COP.PRS.3SG
‘Death took us; the partridges didn’t remain; it is right that death is our path.’
Sindî also utilized a temporal adverbial clause at the end of a line for rhyming
purposes. In line 23 of Dergehê Jîn U Hîvî Ya, ‘The Door of Life and Hopes,’ sal, ‘year,’
rhymes with şepal, ‘bright,’ in line 24.
(317) tazî ya Qazî ji_bîr ne-k-in bo bi-k-in (BS4:23)
funeral EZ.F Qazî remember NEG-do-IMP.PL for (him) IRR-do-IMP.PL
şînî her sal
mourning every year
‘Don’t forget the funeral of Qazî, mourn for him every year.’
kuzrî-n gul-ên çîa-yan nêrgiz-ên şeng (BS4:24)
burn.PST.PASS-3PL flower-EZ.PL mountain-OBL.PL narcissus-EZ.PL young
123 While this poem was published as having been written as couplets, the rhyming scheme is that of a
quatrain.