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nabitin evro bi-bur-în ji tuxîb-ê Xanîqîn (BS4:44)
not.allowed today IRR-pass.PRS-2PL from danger-EZ.M Xanîqîn
‘It’s impossible today for us to pass from the danger of Xanîqîn.’
nabitin bi-ç-im nik Xanî bu vek-im (BS4:45)
not.allowed IRR-go.PRS-1SG near Xanî for (him) open.PRS-1SG
dil-ê bi xwîn
heart-EZ.M with blood
‘I can’t go near Xanî and open for him my heart with blood (sadness).’
nabitin bi-ç-im Dêrsîm-ê bi-kelêş-im (BS4:46)
not.allowed IRR-go.PRS-1SG Dersîm-OBL.F IRR-break.body.PRS-1SG
dil-ê bi evîn
heart-EZ.M with love
‘I can’t go to Dersîm and break in two pieces my heart with love.’
Nalbend also used a type of repetition in two of his poems, in which he repeats a
large portion of a quatrain in the first line of the following quatrain. In poetic terms, such
interlocking repetition―whether in sounds rhymes or words―which connects one stanza
to another is called chaining (Turco 2000:147). For example, line 36 in Xoşe Wekî
Cenetê, ˈIt’s Wonderful Like Heaven,’ shown in (325), is the last line of a quatrain.
Nalbend began the next quatrain with the same words that began the previous line, ev
wetenê, ‘this country.’
(325) ev weten-ê dil ḧeb-în (AN2:36, 37)
3DN country-EZ.M heart exist.PST-3PL
‘This country that embraces and nourishes the heart.’ 131
ev weten-ê hu spehî
3DN country-EZ.M so beautiful
‘This country so beautiful.’
The other occurrence of anaphoric chaining in this poem occurs in lines 60 and
61, shown in (326). The first two words of the last line in a quatrain are repeated as the
first two words at the beginning of the next quatrain. It seems that the author uses the
repetition as a means to continue the same line of thought in the next quatrain.
131 Alternative translation by mother-tongue speaker: ‘This heart-welcoming country’ The plural ending -în
on the verb stem ḧeb, is confusing, as the subject appears to be singular.