Magin_Edward-thesis

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“Ez qîbleya Kurda bum.” 40
“I was the qîbleya 170 of Kurds.”
“Siha serê xorta bum.”
“I was the shadow (fear stick) for young, energetic people.”
“Ketîme dest biçwîka.”
“I fell into the hands of children.”
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Ser evraz çum Şikaka, 171
On the upward slope I went toward Şikak,
Nav mêr xaz u mêr çaka.
To brave men and men of goodness.
Şerker u xurt u zurin. 45
They are fighters―strong, and very much so.
Turk u ‘Ecem li durin
Turks and ’Ecem 172 are surrounding it
Xurrîna şêrî têtin.
The roar of lion is coming.
Şewqa ji çavan pêtin.
The light from the eyes is sorrowful.
Min gutê, “Lawê kê yî?”
I said, “Whose pretty one are you?”
“Tu şêrê kîş warê yî?” 50
“You’re a lion of which field (homeland)?”
“Aşiq u mestê 173 kê yî?”
170 The direction one faces Mecca when praying.
171 An area in Turkey where there is a large Kurdish tribe.
172 Means ‘the original Iranians,’ according to Perwer Shushi.