Like a prisoner and so passionate, it melted the heart
Such voice and shape no one has heard or seen before
she tore at the depths of the heart's old scab
She said: This veil has not only covered our face,
Against us, no rights, forgotten names
Never have we had a day when we freely demanded our right
for our own fate, gone to the battlefield
From beginning to end, this black veil was wrong
It became our obstacle, disabled us from entering the community of men
Pull it off, please tear it away, throw it into the furnace of fire
It's a pity that at the light of day, you drag yourselves down into the darkness of night
The oppression of these traitors, it left no just judgement
They put our sex under the spell of men's pleas
Why did our lot become a shroud, both in life and in judgement?
Here black, there white, it’s sewn unto our bodies
Want to know, ask your elders, those who came before you
Who ever saw veil over Kurdistan's woman’s face
When did the veil become a symbol of the virtue of the tender body?
the heart is the arrow of the denier of God, who take no responsibility over faith
Tare it off, put it among you and surround it
I hope to see it with my own eyes, with my wandering soul
Take it away please, throw it away, throw it into the furnace of fire
It is a pity that at the light of day, you drag yourselves down into the darkness of night
Let a circle gather round it, say farewell to it
Let its name go with this April flood
Put it in a coffin, let it be carried over the shoulders of longing
Put it in a grave, on top of the ‘Saywan’ hill
Forgive us, O God - to bury it is not right
Put it in a deep hole, over the hill of ‘Gawran’
Arrange a sad memorial, where each of you
come to his ceremony, with joy and smiling lips
Don't believe that this lament is "Nuri's" idea, nor his poem
It belongs to the girl with a beautiful voice, who said it with tears in her eyes
Take it away please, throw it away, throw it in the furnace of fire
It's a pity that the light of day, you drag yourselves into the darkness of night
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