ماموستا هیمن

Even if dying of hunger or from poverty
Still I will not serve strangers all my life long,
I have no fear of chains, ropes, rods, or the prison
Should they hack me into pieces, should they kill me
Still I will say: I am a Kurd!
By Hemin, the pen name for Mohammad Amin Sheikholeslami (1921-1986).