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poetic language: “What is possible?” As Kurds continue to write and expand their literary
culture, they may also desire to increase the number of translated works from other
cultures. My hope is that this study will be useful to them in accomplishing this task. This
study may also be useful to researchers of other Indo-Iranian languages.
Concerning the translation of older texts, one wonders what type of translation
Kurdish people would prefer. Most writers of today are writing in the modern style.
However, after speaking with many Kurds about poetry, I am not convinced that modern
poetry is the preference of the general public. As discussed in § 2.2, there are many other
considerations in producing a metapoem. If, say, a Kurdish metapoet was writing for a
wide readership and wanted to translate a poem by Rumi, a famous Persian poet of the
13 th century, it would seem practical and necessary to answer this question: What type of
translation will my readers want? I look forward to continuing my research in Northern
Kurdish poetry to help answer such questions.