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257<br />

BS3<br />

by Badirxan Sindî<br />

translated by Şîvan Toma<br />

Bila .. Bila 178<br />

OK .. OK<br />

Bila .. bila, çi bêjit.<br />

Ok .. ok, what he says.<br />

Bila dilê min bihêlit.<br />

Ok, my heart, let (him) leave.<br />

Dustê mine bi evînî.<br />

He’s my friend by love.<br />

Xudê, bu min bihêlit.<br />

God, protect him for me.<br />

Sal bu salê diburînim. 5<br />

I’m passing away year by year.<br />

Rundka ez lê diwerînim.<br />

I am shedding tears for him.<br />

Xudê, dustê min kanê?<br />

God, where’s my lover?<br />

Kengî ez dê wî bînim?<br />

When will I see him?<br />

Dustê min .. Boçî sile?<br />

My lover .. Why (is he) mad (at me)?<br />

Dilê min ji ber wî kule. 10<br />

My heart is distressed because of him.<br />

178 This poem became a song which was published and played on Kurdish radio in Baghdad by Gulbhar (a<br />

female artist) in 1967.

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