We are Kurds

O! hate-filled invaders!
O! savages without conscience!
You can't force us not to be Kurds
we were Kurds
and Kurds we shall remain
we were Kurds
and Kurds we shall remain

Before Islam
before Zoroastrianism
under oppression and in freedom
we were Kurds
and Kurds we shall remain


I'm Neither an Arab,
Nor an Iranian
Nor a Mountain Turk,
even history will sing with me
that I am a Kurd , a Kurdistani...

I am Neither an Arab ,
Nor an Iranian
Nor a Mountain Turk,
even history will sing with me
that I am a Kurd , a Kurdistani...
that I am a Kurd , a Kurdistani...

It's neither a shame, nor a pride
that there exist differences among nations
it's a decision by history
that we are Kurds
and Kurds we shall remain
that we are Kurds
and Kurds we shall remain

Other nations are all my brothers,
just oppressors are my enemies.
I am not asking for any one's land
I am not trespassing on any one's territory.
for the rights of my people and my land
as long as I am alive....I will fight

O! hate-filled invaders!
O! savages without conscience!
even if you flatten Mount Qandil
and Mount Agiri (Ararat) and mount Shirin to the ground
you can't force us not to be Kurds.
we were Kurds
and Kurds we shall remain
we were Kurds
and Kurds we shall remain
we were Kurds
and Kurds we shall remain.

By, Ibrahim Ahmad (1914-2000)
Sorry for possible errors in translation from Kurdish.