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“Evîndara şi’ranim.”
“I’m the lover of poems.”
“Ketîme dest nezana.”
“I fell into the hands of ignorant ones.”
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Hatîme Dîarbekrê, 15
I went to Diyarbakir,
Cihê Pîran u befrê.
The place of Peeran 169 and snow.
Nalîna kewî têtin;
The moan of the partridge is coming;
Birîndare wê dikêtin.
It’s wounded and it’s singing.
Min gutê, “Kewê kê yî?”
I asked, “Whose partridge are you?”
“Çima li nav befrê yî?” 20
“Why are you in the snow?”
“Çira yê birîndarî?”
“Why you’re wounded?”
“Xwîndarê destê kê yî?”
“Who has done this to you?”
Gutî, “Ez şêx Se’îdim.”
He said, “I’m sheikh Saeed.”
“Bu Kurdistan mirîdim.”
“I’m a disciple of Kurdistan.”
“Şêx Se’îdê Pîranim,” 25
“I’m sheik Saeed Peeran,”
169 A religious leader in Kurdish history.