A poetry book by the Kurdish poet Abdullah Pashew has been published in Helsinki, Finland. A number of his poems have been translated into Finnish.

At the ceremony, a number of Finnish and foreign writers and poets read poems, and Abdullah Pashew participated in the ceremony by reading his famous poem “The unknown Soldier”.

The unknown soldier:

When a delegate visits a foreign country
He brings a crown of flowers
For the grave of the unknown soldier.
If tomorrow
A delegate came to my country
And asked me,
Where is the grave of the unknown soldier?
I would say:
Sir,
At the bank of each stream,
Under the cupola of each mosque,
At the threshold of each house,
Each church,
Each cave,
Under every mountain’s boulders,
Under every garden’s branches.
In this country,
Over any fist of earth,
Under any shred of sky,
Don’t be afraid, bow your head
And set down your crown of flowers.