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Em dê bibin Qizabaş, Kurd u Bixar u Maçîn.<br />

We shall convert to Qizilbash (Shiite Persians), Kurd and Sugdians and<br />

Trans-Chinese.<br />

Feqî bi xwe nezane, seîda dinêrî qamûs;<br />

The student of religion being ignorant, the teacher searching through the dictionary;<br />

Her yek bi dil dibêjin em miftiyê zemanin.<br />

Each one claims that they are the keyholder of the era<br />

Bi Kurdî ger bixuînin bê renc u bê giranî; 15<br />

[Let us] read in Kurdish without toil and drudgery;<br />

Bê qeîd u şeriḧ u ḧaşî cahil bi xwe dizanin.<br />

Even the ignorant would learn without conditions or deviations<br />

Dînê me tête zanîn bi her ziman u her xet,<br />

Our is becoming known in all languages and scripts,<br />

Bi Kurdî yan Firengî, yaxûd bi xetê Latîn.<br />

In Kurdish or European or even in Latin script.<br />

Welalhî bûm ceger xwîn ji derdê şêx u seîda;<br />

By god, shekh and preachers made me to despondent (Cegerxwîn).<br />

Qelem digel zimanim her dem bi ax u nalîn. 20<br />

The pen along with my tongue, always in torment and anguish.

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