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At times it is the king, at times it is forlorn, at times it is a Kurd, at times it is a Persian,
Geh berbere, geh çerkese, geh turke, geh tatare dil
At times it is Berber, at times it is Circassian, at times it is Turkish, at times the heart is
Tartar.
Geh çole geh, zozane ew, geh Dêrik u geh Wane ew.
At times it is wilderness, at times summer pasture, at times Derik and at times it is Wan.
Geh şaxe, geh westane ew, geh mûşe, geh zinare dil
At times it is standing (strong), at times it is kneeling (tired), at times it is mûş 195 at times
the heart is a massive rock.
Geh are dil, geh ave dil, geh tare dil geh tave dil. 15
At times the heart is a flame, at times the heart is water, at times the heart is obscure, at
times the heart is the light of the sun.
Murxê seher der dave dil, lewra cegerxwîn pare dil.
The heart is like the entrapped songster; that is why Cegerxwîn’s heart is lacerated.
195 Meaning unknown. Muş is the name of a province in the Kurdish area of Turkey, however use of it
seems vague here (whereas in the line above there’s a comparison drawn between Dêrik and Wan).
According to Omar, mûş can also mean ‘unknown land’ (Omar 1992).