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(335) ev-e fexr-a me hemy-a bû-Ø (AN1:68, 69)
3DN-SRM pride-EZ.F 1OP all-OBL.PL COP.PST-3SG
‘This was the pride of all of us.’
ev-e fexr-a me Kurd-an=e
3DN-SRM pride-EZ.F 1OP Kurd-OBL.PL=COP.PRS.3SG
‘This is the pride of the Kurds.’
Cegerxwîn utilized the same sort of repetition in one line of Dilê Cegerxwîn,
‘Cegerxwîn’s Heart.’ In line 7, shown in (336), he repeated the words naxoş and bêzar,
which were used in the second hemistich in line 6, also shown, to describe his ‘heart.’
Furthermore, pir, which means ‘quite’ or ‘fully,’ echoes the usage of hem, ‘always,’ in
line 6. Both words represent the greatest degree in their domains of time and quantity.
We could also refer to this as a miniature chiasmus (defined in § 5.4.1.4.4), since
Cegerxwîn reversed the order of naxoş and bêzar. The subject ew in line 7 is a referent of
dil at the end of line 6; hence, the subject is also repeated in 7. This repetition works to
emphasize the condition of the author’s heart, in hope of spawning empathy in the reader.
(336) her gav u her êvarê min, naxoş u hem (CX1:6)
every morning and every evening 1O, unwell and always
bêzar=e
dil
despondent=COP.PRS.3SG heart
‘Every morning and every evening of mine, the heart is unwell and always
despondent.’
bêzar u pir naxoş=e ew, kincên sîyeh – (CX1:7)
despondent and quite unwell=COP.PRS.3SG 3D garments mourning –
gûn 135 – poş=e ew
manner sorrowful= COP.PRS.3SG it
‘It is despondent and quite unwell, dressed in mourning garments; it is sorrowful.’
A final significant repetitional scheme was found in Sindî’s Gerîanek Di
Kurdistanê Da, ‘A Walk Through Kurdistan.’ At the beginning of each verse, he says
that he ‘went,’ çum, ‘came,’ hatim or ‘searched for,’ gerîam, some place, and there he
met someone (or a metaphoric “someone” or a group of people represented as one
135 I am unsure how kincên sîyeh and gûn fit into the phrases. The translation for gûn is questionable. The
dashes (–) are part of the original text.