“If you should be prince of tribes and highly valued,
Don’t tell lies and don’t discuss, or you would act as a donkey.
Mufte’îlun fa’îlûn , mufte’îlûn fa’îlûn !
Look at the methwî of bessit section !
Candle belavbûn and vêkketin* ; berr is a large band of tissue,
Zerbî and mafûr are two carpets, ey ba xeber !
* melt, burn. Xanî mentions also that “sheml” (candle) is a band of tissue (berr in Kurdish).
Impatient and patient are bêteb’ and teb’etxwesh.
Curd is meyîn, jar is carr.
Piece, portion, part are par.
Wound is birrîn, and also kisf and the knife is ker.
escape, retreat are rev, to injure, to wound, birrîn.
Ennemy, foe are dijmin, war and conflict are sher.
Distance is dûrbuyî and proximity is the contrary.
To stop crying : girya xelas, strong is qewî ; rock is ber.
Crime, sin, fault are guneh
Angriness is kerb, sadness is xem, head is ser.
Need, requirement are hewceyî ; hêvî is hope.
To listen and bihîstin, to see and dîtin, to look at is nêrin.
What is despair ? Hêvînemayî.
What are asin and pola ? Iron and steel.
To turn toward ? Ber da, as to lean on is pusht da,
Front of is pêshî and back is pashî, ear is guh, deaf is kerr.
To melt is helandin, tail is dûv, birashtîn is roast.
Cattle is pez, ewe is mih, the goat is bizin, donkey is ker.
The egg is hêk, salt is xwê, the egg white is sipîk, yolk is zerik.
Good is xwesh, the snake is marr, the hole is kun, the stone is ber.
The earth, the ground, the soil are ax
And the cliff is ber.
Spy and guhar, bazin is bracelets and siwar is cavalier*.
Walk is peya, belt is kemer.
*In fact, Xanî explains that “siwar” is bracelet (bazin) and “rakib” is also siwar (cavalier in Kurdish).
Cushion, pillow are balgeh, and flowers are gulac.
Le dirigeant, le chef, le commandant sont ser.
What is straw ? Ka ; herb is giya.
Branches are ta, greenery is taze, foils are ter.
Root is reh, and brushwood is çiq, belg is leaf, seed is tov.
Dar is tree, the falling is ber ou weshî, fêkî is fruit.”
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