The Poet
The first poem Dilan wrote was in 1948, at a festival, he recited the poem to the famous Kurdish nationalist poet Faiq Bekas:
(In Kurdish)
منم به دهستی چهرخهوه وا گێژ ئهخۆم و ئهڕۆم
منم که بوومه خوێنهخۆرو خوێنی خۆم ئهخۆم
منم له بهحری خهیاڵاتی بێ ووچانی ماتهما
ههر پهل ئهگێڕم، نه کهڵک و نه سوودو عیلاجه بۆم
زامداره بولبول، له دهوری گوڵ ئهکا ڕهقس و سهما
به کهیلی ئهشکی سروشک و ئهسهف، دهست و چاو ئهشۆم
Minem be destî çerxewe wa gêj exom u erom
Minem ke bume xwênexoru xwênî xom exom
Minem le behrî xeyalatî bê wiçanî matema
Her Pel egêrim, ne kelku ne sudu elace bom
Zamdare Bulbul, le dewrî gul eka reqis u sema
Be keylî eshkî srushk u esef, dest u çaw eshom
According to Dilan himself, Bekas refused to believe he was the writer which most likely was due to the poem having such depth in meaning and strict lyricality.
Read more about this topic: Muhamad Salih Dilan
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