Magin_Edward-thesis

277
CX3
by Cegerxwîn
translated by Behrooz Shojai
Dînê Me Tête Zanîn
Our Religion Is Becoming Known
Nifiînekê ji yezdan dikim, tu bêje amîn;
I beseech the Lord, say Amen,
Şêx u melayê Kurdan belengaz u geda bin
Let the Kurdish Sheikh and preacher lament in mendicancy
Lewra yekî ji wana qanûn bi zarê Kurdî.
None of them wrote the law in Kurdish
Ji bo me çênekir qet, ji ber vê em nezanin.
for us at all, not one bit. That is why we are ignorant.
Xwe pîr dikin di wez’ê hem sirif u ni’hu u mintiq; 5
They make themselves old (seasoned) in (elaborating on) morphology, syntax and logic
(in Arabic)
Bê zar u xet u xwendin, li nav xelkê dewarin.
We, the herd of people are (left abandoned) without language and script and
ability to read.
Payz u hem zivistan, her sê mehên biharê,
Autumn and all of winter, all three months of spring,
Her dem dikin mitala. Daxwaz ji wan re havîn.
All the time they are pondering. We request only summer from them.
Her dem dibên emin ê ko warsê nebî ne;
They were always asserting, “We are the ones to bear the legacy of the prophet.”
Lê def u çerx u govend wan kirine ayîna dîn. 10
But they turned the drums and dancing into a rite of religion.
Dibên, eger bi Kurdî ‘lim ko bête xwendin,
Alleging that, if the knowledge was acquired in Kurdish,