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Ji warê bê kesan, kes bu li baẍî xirş ew pir berbu.
From the homeland without caretakers, there was somebody in the barren garden
guarding it.
Çi çaxek bu wî dest pê kir ku Kurdî hîngê bê ser bu. 10
What a time began for him when Kurds at that time were without a leader.
Kewek bu lê neçu ravê ji kewgiran 192 nekew girbu.
He was a partridge but he did not go hunting because for the hunters this partridge is not
a hunter. 193
Bi rastî (Sadiqî) lewra dil bi navête avaye.
Actually (Sadiq), that is why the heart is flourishing by your name.
Te sîng da ber reşebayan bi xizmet çûye ezmanî.
You led (put your chest) in front of the storms (and) you served the language.
Me hulên tîj çi car neşîan bikulin ber derê xanî.
The sharp scepters never could dig at the threshold of the house.
Ji turî ra tu dergeh buî bi suzî. xuş zêrevanî. 15
For the jackal you were the door with promise; you are a good guardian.
Bi pîrî jî qelem geş bu ewî xizmet ne berdaye.
Even in his old age the pen was sharp (and) did not stop the service (work).
Çi tavek bu gelo ya geş li çaxê tarî u şev reş!
What a bright sunrise for the people, radiance in the dark time and black night!
Çirabu ew li ber çavan helat u gut ezim Ateş―
It was a candle that choked in front of the eyes and said, I am Atesh. ―
Bi Kurmancî gemî darê li derîayê zimanê xweş.
With Kurmanji, a wooden boat in the sea of nice language.
Ji pêş Le’lan wî peyv girtin. Niquvanê me Kurdaye 20
In front of Le’lan he held the words. He is the diver of us Kurds.
Mirîdê vîna Zînê bu nesaxê derdê Memê bu.
192 Literally ‘partridge hunter’
193 A partridge hunter uses a patridge to catch other partridges.