Kurdistān

and kurdish people

Counting (Sherko Bekas – Feb.1987)

If you could one by one
count all the leaves in this garden

If you could count all the fish
Little and big
In the flowing river in your front of you

If you could one by one count
The migratory birds
during their migration season
From the north to south
and from the south to north,

I would also promise to count
one by one
All the victims of this beloved land of Kurdistan!