Kewê
The partridge-beloved of the dengbêj repertoire.
- Type
- Kilam
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- Traditional (folk repertoire)
Kewê takes its name from the kew, the partridge, whose call and poised beauty made it the tenderest metaphor for the beloved in Kurdish oral poetry. Kilams built around Kewê belong to the classic dengbêj repertoire of the Serhed school, and lyric searches for the piece surface constantly around recordings of the great masters. As with much dengbêj material, Kewê is best understood as a family of related kilams rather than one fixed text; this page documents that family and its most influential recorded versions.
Lyrics and translations for this song are being prepared. We publish texts only after editorial verification and a copyright check: traditional and public-domain works in full, modern protected works as context and meaning only.