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275<br />

Rûniştîe li birca belek<br />

He resided in the colourful fortress<br />

Şahê ‘ecem şah nadire.<br />

(Against) the Persian Shah―the Shah is Nadir.<br />

Ew sofîê dîl u reben<br />

That severe ascetic Sufi<br />

Serqot u xwas u tazî ye,<br />

Is bare-headed and barefoot and naked,<br />

Digirî bi hawar u fîfan, 15<br />

Weeping in lamentation and moaning,<br />

“Şêxê me ‘Evdilqadire.”<br />

“Our Sheikh is Abdulqadir [Geilani].” 198<br />

Carek li şêx ew nanerî<br />

He never beheld the sheikh<br />

Da zanibe rast u derew.<br />

To see how righteous he is.<br />

Kincê li şêx u şal u qumaş―<br />

Garments on the sheikh are of the best fabric―<br />

Kincê li sofî çadire. 20<br />

The Sufi goes about in rags.<br />

Aẍa bi deh gundên xwe ve<br />

The landlord, owner of ten hamlets<br />

Bawer dike keîxusrewe.<br />

Is imagining himself to be Xerxes. 199<br />

Talanker u diz u keleş―<br />

Marauder and robber and plunderer―<br />

198 The head of the Naqshabdi Sufist Order.<br />

199 Likely Xerxes I of the Persian Empire.

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