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235<br />

Sutî li min cerg u dil<br />

My liver and heart are burnt<br />

Av rîl wan şêre sil 55<br />

Water rîl 153 them, the lion is angry<br />

Rengê gula ser hejîn<br />

Color of flowers swayed (back and forth) upon it<br />

Min bi eqîn sund xar<br />

I swore with faithfulness<br />

Kurdî her êk u hizar<br />

A Kurd to me is equal to a thousand others<br />

Her çî cihê lê hewar<br />

Any place there is a call (for help)<br />

Şêr ewin u sef dirrîn 60<br />

They are lions and they turn in lines<br />

Şêr ewin u xurt u mest<br />

They are lions and strong and stimulated (intoxicated with strong emotion)<br />

Ḧukum dema bête dest<br />

Whenever authority comes to hand (in power)<br />

Fîle 154 ji singî verest<br />

(Like) an elephant escapes from the chest<br />

Hatî pilingê nehîn<br />

It has come, the courageous tiger<br />

Note: The poem continues; the balance was not translated.<br />

153 Meaning unknown.<br />

154 According to Chyet (2003), one resource from MacKeznie has fil as an alternate spelling of fêl. Fêl can<br />

mean “action, activity, feat, deed.”

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