{"id":13485,"date":"2025-01-18T18:09:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T23:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/?p=13485"},"modified":"2025-04-23T18:14:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T22:14:52","slug":"the-city-of-my-heart-poem-by-kamel-emami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/the-city-of-my-heart-poem-by-kamel-emami\/","title":{"rendered":"“The City of My Heart” (poem) by Kamel Emami"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\"The City of My Heart\" by Kamel Emami<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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The City of My Heart<\/strong><\/p>\n

I say the city of my heart is full of meadows; I will go<\/p>\n

Mind says no, it\u2019s a city full of drunken hooligans; don\u2019t go.<\/p>\n

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I say it\u2019s the center of heaven; I will go<\/p>\n

Mind says it’s the Satan\u2019s hunting spot; don\u2019t go<\/p>\n

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I say it\u2019s a safe haven for the youth; I will go.<\/p>\n

Mind says wait, it\u2019s a complete wreck; don\u2019t go<\/p>\n

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I say it is a beautiful palace; I must go<\/p>\n

Mind says but fairies have ruined it; don\u2019t go<\/p>\n

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I say it is the hermit\u2019s hideout; I will go<\/p>\n

Mind says jealousy has taken over; don\u2019t go.<\/p>\n

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I say it is a shelter in the storm; I will go<\/p>\n

Mind says it\u2019s badly cracked; don\u2019t go<\/p>\n

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Kamel\u2019s confused from all that endless argument<\/p>\n

I say it is good to go; mind says you\u2019d better not to.<\/p>\n

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\u2014Kamel Emami (Awat), The City of Heart<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Short Analysis of the Poem<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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This poem by Kamel Emami (1903\u201389) was written in 1968 in the form of a quatorzain. It addresses the common challenge that all human beings face during their lifetime: the battle between heart and mind. The poet artistically depicts this struggle with his words, suggesting that he grapples with this conflict as he writes.<\/p>\n

From the opening lines, the reader is introduced to the battle, prompting curiosity about the poem’s unfolding. Will the heart triumph, or will the mind prevail? In this poem, the heart symbolizes adventurous optimism, while the mind represents pusillanimous pessimism. We often expect poets, filled with emotions and passions, to follow their hearts; however, this is not the case here. The poet hesitates about which path to take, offering a new perspective on our expectations of poets. Emami conveys that even a poet can find himself indecisive between heart and mind, ultimately surprising his readers by remaining on the fence at the end of the poem.<\/p>\n

The poem may also convey a nationalistic sentiment. While the heart urges Kamel to join the revolutionaries and fight against the oppressors of his occupied homeland, Kurdistan, the mind cautions him, \u201cIt\u2019s a complete wreck; don\u2019t go.\u201d In this context, the mind serves as an ego, advising against following his id. Yet why shouldn\u2019t the poet follow his heart and defend Kurdistan\u2014a land that, though divided and occupied, resides in the hearts of every conscious Kurd? Even if we cannot locate Kurdistan on a map, we will find it in the hearts of all Kurdish people. Sometimes it is not wise to heed the pessimism of the mind; it may not reflect the truth.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\"YoungDastan Galali, who wrote the analysis and translated the poem, is a literary translator and academic based in Hewl\u00ear.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“The City of My Heart” by Kamel Emami \u00a0 The City of My Heart I say the city of my heart is full of meadows; I will go Mind says no, it\u2019s a city full of drunken hooligans; don\u2019t go. \u00a0 I say it\u2019s the center of heaven; I will go Mind says it’s the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[191,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-news","category-poetry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13485"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13503,"href":"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13485\/revisions\/13503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}