Magin_Edward-thesis

239
AN4
by Ahmed Nalbend
translated by Ibrahim S. Abdullatif
Ey Ze’îmê Bê Nivêjê Bê Werar
O Leader Without Prayer and Use
Ey ze’îmê bê nivêjê bê werar,
O leader without prayer and use,
Wekte bê eqilek ne rabo se ‘eceb.
No one like you-without intelligence and surprising-has risen.
Roj u şev nifrîn li ser te sed hizar.
Day and night, a hundred-thousand curses are upon you.
‘Aqibet dujmin te bun Kurd u ‘Ereb.
Finally, Kurds and Arabs became your enemies.
Qatilê me’sumekê 158 ’alî neseb― 5
The murder of a very righteous man of a great lineage―
Wî esilda qet nebun ‘aqil u edeb.
He, from his ancestry downward, has never had intelligence and manners.
Bu nexuşîya umetê xu kir sebeb.
For the pains of the community he made himself the reason.
Pêkve umet maye ḧeyrî rast u çep.
Together the community is staring (in awe) right and left.
Ew bi destê xu bal qatil nebû.
He, with his own hands (will), was not the murderer of height (person).
Dergihê fitna ‘Iraqê buyî vebû. 10
The door of chaos has opened in Iraq.
Bu fesada ‘alemê nê ew sebu.
The mischievous spy (trouble maker) between community was that dog.
158 Someone prevented from doing wrong.