Shev�n b�deng hene ku xewn
xweveshartinok� dil�zin
� heyv h�d�ka hilt�
daku li b�yer�n roj� binere.
Were, ke�a m�rgan,
em bi�in nav rezan,
wargeh� ev�ndaran
da em bishk�nin
t�niya h�v� � daxwaz�n xwe.
bi meya shir�n a ev�n�
Guh bid�, bilbil strana xwe
raber� gel� � newalan dike
ku di b�hna naneya h�sh�n
a �iyayan de xwe balav dikin.
Netirse, ev�ndara min,
st�r neh�niy�n me venab�jin
� mija nerm a shev�n hem�zkirina me dinix�me.
Netirse -
b�ka ciwan a cinan
li shkefta xwe ya efs�nkir� raket� ye,
ji ev�n� sermest b�ye
� ji awir�n horiyan parast� ye.
� heke hema shah� cinan j�
di ber re bibore,
ev�n d� w� bizivir�ne
�imk� w� j� ��roka ev�na xwe heye
� ma ew d� �ima kula dil� xwe diyar bike.
- Xel�l Cibran
werger: Husein Muhammed
I can't talk because I don't know my language
I'd like to tell you about my self but I don't know my history
I have no education because there are no schools
I don't have a brother, he was a politician, he got killed
No I'm sorry, no friends either, they are all in prison
I don't have a village because it's burned down
I don't have a house because tanks destroyed it
I couldn't stay in my land because mines cover it
I have no sister, she was a journalist, she just disappeared
No I'm sorry, no relatives either, they fled from the war
I don't know any songs, they are banned
I can't dance, it's forbidden
I can't tell you any stories because no one ever told me any
I don't have parents, they were hanged
No, I'm sorry, no country either, it has been stolen.
-swz
