Muhemed Salih Dilan
1927 births | 1990 deaths | kurdish people | kurdish singers
Dilan (in Kurdish: محهمهد ساڵح دیلان) is regarded as one of the most influencial Kurdish Poets and one of the one of the greatest Maqam Singers of the 20th Century. He was one of the few Poets that brought a revolution in Kurdish Poetry and Literature.
Biography
Dilan was born in Goizha, a neighborhood in Slemani. His Father, Ahmed Salih Qadir was a Poet and a Writer, according to Dilan himself, apart from Kurdish he was very fluent in Persian and Arabic, whenever friends or relatives needed help in translating or explaining Poems that were difficult to understand, He would be their interpreter.Dilan went to Xalidiye Primary School and he successfully
The Poet
The First Poem Dilan wrote was in 1948 when he visited Famous Kurdish Poet Bekas: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
After a moment of silence, Bekas asked him "who wrote that Poem?", Dilan replied "I wrote it", Bekas Could not belive a 21 year old could write a poem of such depth in meaning and stricly lyrical so he said "I don't believe you", this really inspired Dilan and it was his first step into becoming a Master at Kurdish Poetry.
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Category: Kurdish people Dilan, Muhemed Salih Category: 1927 births Category: 1990 deaths
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