Megrî Megrî
Do not cry: Şivan Perwer’s most tender consolation.
- Type
- Lament
- Associated with
- Şivan Perwer
Megrî Megrî (Don’t Cry, Don’t Cry) shows the tender side of Şivan Perwer’s art: a consolation sung to a weeping beloved, and by extension to a weeping people. Its slow, aching melody has made it one of his most searched songs decades after its release, with worldwide interest still near three thousand searches a month. The song is often someone’s first encounter with the emotional register of Kurdish music: grief carried with dignity rather than despair. As a modern, protected work, its full text is not reproduced here.
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