Khana Qubadi

Khana Qubadi or (Xana Qubadî in Kurdish), (1700–1759), was a Kurdish poet. He wrote his poems in the Hawrami (Gorani) dialect. He belonged to the Hawrami school of poetry in the Ardalan principality.

Works

His main published work is Şîrîn û Xesrew (Shirin and Khasraw). Despite being a master in Persian language and Persian literature, he was in favor of using Kurdish in literature, as indicated in one of his poems:

Although it's said that Persian's sweet as sugar,

For me is Kurdish sweeter still.
Clearly, in this perfidious world,

Everyone is happiest with his own mother tongue.

Books

• Qubadi, Xana: Şîrîn û Xesrew : şakarî şairî nawdarî kurd [Bûjandinewe û lêkdanawey] Muhammad Mela Karim (Shirin and Khaswraw: The masterpiece of the famous Kurdish poet [Editing and Analysis by Muhammad Mela Karim]), The Center for Publishing and Distributing Kurdish Culture, Urmia, Iran, 1983, 874 pp.

References

• The History of Kurdish Language, Kurdish Academy of Language KAL.