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225<br />

AN1<br />

by Ahmed Nalbend<br />

translated by Ibrahim S. Abdullatif<br />

Duhî Spêdê Liser Banî<br />

Yesterday Morning On The Rooftop<br />

Duhî spêdê liser banî,<br />

Yesterday morning on the rooftop,<br />

Me dît canek ji xew rabû.<br />

We saw a beauty rise from sleeping (wake up).<br />

Ji mal derket derê xanî.<br />

She left the house by the front door.<br />

Me texmîn kir Zuleyxa 146 bû.<br />

We thought she was a Zuleyxa.<br />

Zuleyxa bu sîfet hûrî. 5<br />

It was Zuleyxa, the looks of a hûrî. 147<br />

Wekî tîrê ji merra bûrî.<br />

Like an arrow she passed us.<br />

Çû ser avê li rexê jûrî;<br />

She went to the water (river/stream) by way of above;<br />

Wekî rrojê limin ava bû.<br />

Like the sun she set (disappeared).<br />

Dema zivrî ji ser avê,<br />

When she came back from the water,<br />

Me dît lêda ji nû tavê. 10<br />

We saw the sun hit upon her anew.<br />

146 In the Qur’an, Zuleyxa was the wife of Pharoah who loved the prophet Joseph.<br />

147 Heavenly wife in the Qur’an.

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