Shevên bêdeng hene ku xewn
xweveshartinokê dilîzin
û heyv hêdîka hiltê
daku li bûyerên rojê binere.
Were, keça mêrgan,
em biçin nav rezan,
wargehê evîndaran
da em bishkînin
tîniya hêvî û daxwazên xwe.
bi meya shirîn a evînê
Guh bidê, bilbil strana xwe
raberî gelî û newalan dike
ku di bêhna naneya hêshîn
a çiyayan de xwe balav dikin.
Netirse, evîndara min,
stêr nehîniyên me venabêjin
û mija nerm a shevîn hemêzkirina me dinixême.
Netirse -
bûka ciwan a cinan
li shkefta xwe ya efsûnkirî raketî ye,
ji evînê sermest bûye
û ji awirên horiyan parastî ye.
Û heke hema shahê cinan jî
di ber re bibore,
evîn dê wî bizivirîne
çimkî wî jî çîroka evîna xwe heye
û ma ew dê çima kula dilê xwe diyar bike.
- Xelîl 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
