KURDISH FOLK SONGS AND DANCES .
Kurdish Folk Songs . and Dances (published 1955) )
recorded : by Ralph S. Solecki 1953
Country: Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey
Region: Kurdistan
Culture Group: Kurdish
Genre: love songs, tribal dance
Two songs sung in duet by two young brothers, both paramount Sheikhs of their tribes in Kurdistan. Both aris are in the "Kurmanji" "Sorani " dialect. The first song is a call to a dance for his darling Mamiana, on a winter night. The second song. love and affection on
Literal translation of part 1:
I swear, I swear
semi-nice ones, I swear
It feast every night, I swear
I swear, like the bud of a walnut tree, I swear
Each of the three autumn months, I swear
Fine is in sleep or the bosom, I swear
These nights are no night, come up beautiful
I swear, like the bud of a walnut tree, I swear
Each of the three autumn months, I swear
Fine is in sleep or the bosom, I swear
Literal translation of part 2:
Sing for me just a little more,
Open your heart for just a few days,
I cannot live without you,
Come let me have a kiss --
it is not winter but spring.
But alas! I cannot speak to her, not even a hello!
Because of her mother who watches her day and night.