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Saeta teqet rojhilat derê hût. Wanê berê hun aviyo? The hour of hardship, the sun sank down. Did you throw those stones?
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Hîç qet ne sarî bera bûd, megbez yek bî, heft bî, û berê... megbaza têda çêkirin. It was never cold at all, the cave was one, or seven, and the stone... they built caves inside.
Ê em gîsta, ne gîsta, sûbe ne î me. Well, all of us, not all of us, the morning is not ours.
Ew nan çê dikin, ev î din çê dikin, ev î din ze çê dikin... They make bread, this other one does this, this other one also does that...
Em î çep û rast jî çê dikin... We also do the left and right...
Te got berê kibar, xweşik e, emrê gundê çiqas sal e? You said the old stone, it is beautiful, how old is the village?
Te got berê... sehanane dikirine... me'ney gundê... me'ney menzer e. Menzerê gundê. You said the stone... they made courtyards... the meaning of the village... the meaning is the view. The view of the village.
Riskê te pirr... wa çi dilîst? Your sustenance is plentiful... what did you play?
Lo bi... bi 'işkabîl' dilîstin, bi kabê dilîstin... Oh with... they played with knucklebone games, they played with ankle bones...
Heyşt û neh hebûn, neh û heşt hebûn, yek ne ma bû. There were eight or nine, nine or eight, not one remained.
Zeytûn e. Û mêw jî hene. Bes hindik... It is olives. And there are vines too. Just a little...
Merheba milletê kîbar û delal, ez Hatim, bi vîdyokî xweş û vîdyokî ecêr. Hello noble and dear people, I am Hatim, with a nice video and a fresh video.
Vîdyê min îro li gundê Şiketka ye. Silav û rêz ji şêniyê gundê Şiketka ra. My video today is in the village of Shiketka. Greetings and respect to the inhabitants of Shiketka village.
Silavên me ji we ra hene, hûn bi xêr hatin ser qenata Hatim li Efrîn. Our greetings to you, welcome to the channel Hatim in Afrin.
Bi rastî, ava carê sêyem ez têm gundê Şiketka, kanê ha jî bi me ra bin, bi dilekî xweş û geş. Truly, this is the third time I come to Shiketka village, so stay with us, with a happy and bright heart.
Emê derbasî gundê Şiketka bin. Saeta we xweş û bi me ra bin heta toliyê vîdyo. We will enter Shiketka village. Have a good time and stay with us until the end of the video.
[Song plays] "Dengê min diçe, gula min barî..." [Song plays] "My voice goes, my rose rained down..."
Merheba. Hello.
Ehlen we sehlan. Welcome.
Navî te bi xêr? What is your name?
Mihemed. Mohammed.
Xalê Mihemed, çend salî ye? Uncle Mohammed, how old are you?
Heftê û pênc. Seventy-five.
Xwedê emrê dirêj bide, siheta xweş bide. May God give long life, give good health.
Bêşter û te ra. More to you as well.
Ez Hatim, ji qenata Hatim li Efrîn, îro em mîvan darê gundê Şiketka ne. I am Hatim, from the channel Hatim in Afrin, today we are guests of Shiketka village.
Ehlen we sehlan. Welcome.
Em hatine, te bibînin, bibin mîvanê te maşallah. We have come to see you, to be your guest, Mashallah.
Em kê çîçikekê tekê bi me ra xeber de ser gund. Ser berê naha... We will... just a little bit... you will talk to us about the village. About the stone now...
Xalê Mihemed, em naha destpêbikin gundê Şiketka. Xê destpêkê navlêkirina gundê Şiketka. Uncle Mohammed, let's start now with Shiketka village. First, the naming of Shiketka village.
Berê çi şiket hebûn. Pêşîkê, fetra me... da kete gund, xanî çêkirin. Before, there were caves. In the beginning, our era... when it fell to the village, they built houses.
Esle esle de şiket hebûn. Originally, originally there were caves.
Silav... şiket bûn? Têda rûniştibûn? Greetings... they were caves? They lived inside?
Temam. Mal têda bûn, tişt têda bûn... gî tişt têda bûn. Exactly. Homes were inside, things were inside... everything was inside.
Û piştre wî jî hatin, li vî derê gund çêkirin. Vê îşte navlêkirin Şiketka. And after that, they came too, they built the village here. That is the naming, Shiketka.
Navnîşana Xalê Mihemed, gundê Şiketka. The address of Uncle Mohammed, Shiketka village.
Em naha mesela em bên... te gotina ji me ra xeber de ser, elbet de silav hatine ketine Şiketka. We now for example... you told us to talk about, of course when the ancestors came and entered Shiketka.
Navê gundê, ew eyle çi bî? Ew eşîre bûn? Tikane ji me ra xeber de. The name of the village, what was that family? Were they tribes? Talk to us a little.
De ye, kerem ke. Saeta te xweş. Go ahead. Good health to you.
Berê... wilo 'emirî û sê hebûn. Bê heft bira bûn. Before... like that, there were 'Amiris and three. There were seven brothers.
Kûrûca çûn giştî kirin. Hew na yek. Kuruca went and took it all. Not just one.
Mala Dêxlê... du du. Mala Koso û aîlê me... sê sê. The Deghle family... two by two. The Koso family and our family... three by three.
Û yîn... milk da hebû... vêra digotin... mala Usib 'Elîm. And the... there was property there... they called it... the house of Usib Alim.
Hew jî li vî derê hebûn. Pêşîkê, cîkûr bûn. They were also here. In the beginning, they were firmly rooted.
Qîza xwe hebûn, qîz yek dan Erebo, yek dan Erendê... They had daughters, gave one daughter to an Arab, gave one to Arende...
Lawê xwe tune bûn. Îg lawê xwe tune jî, kurûca debê... hinda dibê. They had no sons. Since they had no sons, the lineage ends... it gets lost.
Halyo milkê xwe li vir e dibên milkê mala Usib 'Elîm. Currently, their property is here, they call it the property of Usib Alim's house.
Carkî ez zanim, nizanim. For once I know, I don't know.
Jiber wê jî bi pêncî salî bî, bi heftî salî bî... Navnîşana xaniyê me, min nizan... ne tî bîra me. Before that, whether it was fifty years, or seventy years... The address of our house, I didn't know... it's not in my memory.
A dîrokê xwe zanim, nizanim xanî hebû. Yanî sed sal... gerek hebe. Ah, I know its history, I don't know if the house existed. Meaning a hundred years... it must be.
'Emrê min bi heftê û pênc in... e qeçik bîm, wekî bî... xanî hebû. My age is seventy-five... when I was small, like that... the house existed.
De jiber wê... çiqas sal e... bavkê min rehmetî kir... So before that... how many years... my father passed away...
Xalê Mihemed, em bê naha mesela gundî Şiketka, çiqas mal e, bi giştîk? Uncle Mohammed, let's say now regarding Shiketka village, how many houses are there, in total?
Wele gorî... gerek gorî heftê û pênc mala... hebe. Well according to... it must be according to seventy-five houses... there are.
Bes hinek jî li Helebê ne, hinek li naw... tene me'na wê meseleyê. But some are in Aleppo, some in... you know the meaning of that issue.
Dora heftê û pênc mala ye, bes naha çiqas aîle têda rûniştî ne? Around seventy-five houses, but now how many families are living in it?
Teqrîben wekî çêl malî heye. Teqrîben. Approximately like forty houses exist. Approximately.
Dûrê çêl malî jî naha têda rûniştî ne. Çêl pêncî rûniştî teqrîben. Around forty houses are living in it now. Forty-fifty living approximately.
Bîstik jî vala ne, ew jî hene. Gî li Helebê ne, li Efrînê ne... heta bi hew ne. About twenty are empty, they exist too. All are in Aleppo, in Afrin... up to there.
Hinek çûne Libnanê. Ji fiqara xelqê xwe... hinek çûne Tirkiyê. Some went to Lebanon. From the poverty of their people... some went to Turkey.
Nokna lawê apê min li Tirkiyê... qeçkê me didu di hewşê gundê da ne. Right now my cousin is in Turkey... two of our kids are in the village courtyard.
Bayê xerîbiyê ketine, gî bi xerîbiyê ketine. The wind of exile has hit them, all have fallen into exile.
Belê. Îşalla rojek bê, gî vegerin. Îşalla. Ê vegerin lê. Yes. God willing a day will come, all will return. God willing. They will return, man.
Lo, noka ez çiqas we're be'dîn ot... ti çiqas qîmetê min zanibê... Oh, right now however much [far] it is... however much you know my value...
Min li cem te bim, rojekê, du roja... ey noka ne wek malê xwe. If I am with you, one day, two days... hey, right now it's not like one's own home.
Tu hatî vîderê cem min, ser serê min, ela we sehla. Tu gazê deh roja li vir be. You came here to me, upon my head, welcome. You stay here ten days.
Ti îde nake t'ema malê xwe. Ez çiqas qeder bidime te, ez çiqas qîmetê te zanim... You still won't get the taste of your own home. However much respect I give you, however much I know your value...
Tê bê Xalê Mihemed ez ker me... You will say Uncle Mohammed I am deaf [uncomfortable]...
Ez wextê em çûne, ez bîst û yek roj li Efrînê bûm, we ez... When we went, I was in Afrin for twenty-one days, oh I...
Da û heft ro... ez tove lê hatim. Ez ne çûbûm. Ten and seven days... I came back to it. I hadn't gone.
Wê me'ne Xalê Mihemed dibên, mala dimara hincana me, hincana me. Ewa, temam. That means Uncle Mohammed says, the home of the world is our jar, is our jar. Yes, exactly.
E ser be, vedihase. Let it be, it is resting.
Xalê Mihemed, ez naha dixwazim, tu ji me ra xeber de ser vê xaniyêt berê kîbar, xweşik... Uncle Mohammed, I now want you to talk to us about these old, noble, beautiful houses...
'Emrê gundê çiqas sal e? How old is the village?
Teqrîben sed, deh sal... hene teqrîben. 'Emrê vê xanî. Approximately one hundred, ten years... there are approximately. The age of this house.
Ser vê se'na... berê se'na wan dikirine... me'ney gundê, çi bî? Regarding this courtyard... before they made their courtyard... the meaning of the village, what was it?
Me'ney menzer e. Menzerê gundê. Êwa. Me'ney menzer, ti tiştê şîno bibîne. The meaning is the view. The view of the village. Yes. Meaning of view, you see the green thing.
Gî hîn wextê girtinê, sekê, neqş çêkirine... bi can. All, when they built it, look, they made engravings... with soul.
Î girtî navê xwe Silêman Farûq bî. Û î jêro girtî navê wî jî Silêman bî. The one who built it, his name was Suleiman Faruq. And the one who built below, his name was also Suleiman.
Ya zmîş kirine? Did they cement it?
No, ya zmîş tune, bes bofkê mrhemetî ş şamê dianî. Ew difirkandin. No, there is no cement, but the late father used to bring material from Damascus. They rubbed it.
Xalê Mihemed... sergirtî bî, ta ji me ra got, pişta zilzalê sergirtî ew bî... hinda bî? Uncle Mohammed... it was roofed, you told us, after the earthquake the roof was that... was it lost?
Belê. Xanî dikevin wana bî. Lê, dîrek û qentere, me vê ortê birrîbû. Yes. Houses fall, it was like that. Look, the pillar and arch, we had cut this middle.
Ha vo metbex di vê goçê da bû. Ji paş ro jî, qopîkî çûçik heye. Here, the kitchen was in this corner. Afterwards, there is a small dome.
Bi du qentera hene. Qentera kê hene. Ha vo qentera kê bû. There are two arches. Which arches are there. Here was an arch.
Ji paş ro jî qopîkî çûçik hebû, wekî vî. Mistewda' bû. Afterwards there was a small dome, like this one. It was a storage.
Derbas be Xalê Mihemed. Kerem ke. Pass through, Uncle Mohammed. Please.
Yalla. Let's go.
Naha berî zilzal çêbê, wek ta ji me ra gotî, hîn li vir rûniştibûn? Now before the earthquake happened, like you told us, you were still living here?
Û pirr kîbar bî û pirr xweş? And it was very noble and very nice?
Lê, gî refik hebûn, pencere... ma'mele hebûn. Look, there were shelves, windows... dealings were there.
Bo vî derê hîn jî warê berê heye. Meriv ro ne girtibû. For this place, the old trace still exists. People hadn't taken it.
Hoda, qopîkî çûçik li vir ji hebû. Hat qentere. The room, there was a small dome here too. It came to the arch.
Di vi ro, derbas vî dayî dibûn. Bermîlê xwe, zeytê xwe, mistewda', me çadikir wî derê. Through this way, they passed to this side. Their barrels, their oil, storage, whatever we did there.
Û vî derê jî, sermal bî. Ji vir da, me îsfenc dîdino, di vi ro hano, di paş ro, 'embar li vir hebûn. And this place too, was the main room. From here, we put mattresses, through this way here, in the back, there were storages here.
Gi hebû, me naha gi xira kir, me da xweşê. Xira bî. Everything existed, we have now destroyed it all, we gave it to clearing. It was destroyed.
Piştî zilzal çêbû jî ew kirin. Naha... dîsa Xwedê quwetê bide we, siheta xweş bide we. After the earthquake happened, they did that too. Now... again may God give you strength, give you good health.
Xanî dibe berê rind bîn Xalê Mihemed. Ev jî pixarê bî. The houses must have been good in the past, Uncle Mohammed. This was also the fireplace.
Lê, bixare, ha wa, seke. Xalê Mihemed, berê wana çakmecê çêdikirin. Lê, ma'mele... erê. Look, the fireplace, right there, look. Uncle Mohammed, before they made cupboards like that. Look, the workmanship... yes.
Ê naha mesela em bên, hazir cahêstîne (?), bes ê berê, bi dîwêr va çêdikirin. Well now for example let's say, ready-made sets... but the old ones, they built it with the wall.
Bi dîwêr va, sabit bî. Lê? Ha wa, yekî li goşî. Ha wa pencere, yekî ha ba jî, yekî li goşî. With the wall, it was fixed. Look? Right there, one in the corner. Right there a window, one like that too, one in the corner.
Me ji paş ro text dikir bî. Dîwar diwara hano dihat. Me... wilo dikir. From the back we used to put a wooden bed. The wall used to come like this. We... used to do it like that.
Belê, pirr rind e. Û hewa jî, ona ji odakê diçî odakê. Yes, it is very good. And the air too, goes from one room to another room.
Lê, huna bi tebî'a bî. Ji vir û hoda başqe, ji vir û hoda... Look, here was natural. From here to the other room, from here to the room...
di wî qopîkê ro dihat wer, yekî çûçik jî li vir hebû, diçû paş we. it came through that dome, there was a small one here too, it went behind you.
Erê, pirr xweş e. Xalê Mihemed, bi rastî, gundê kîbar e, bes wekî te gotî, zilzalê... Yes, very nice. Uncle Mohammed, truly, it is a noble village, but as you said, the earthquake...
Xira bî. Mileta î sağ be. Me pên me li vî da xwar. Em gîştin vî derê, guxum ha. It was destroyed. May the people be alive. Our feet, we stumbled in this. We all reached this place, boom like that.
Û yîn piştî derketin, ew bî. Me got derkevin derve, xanî... wekî helkê çû hat. And those who came out after, that was it. We said go outside, the house... went and came like a swing.
Me got derkevin, em gîştin, ser vî derecê, derecê sivtahê, guxum hat. We said go out, we reached, on these stairs, the stairs of the entrance, the crash came.
Dîsa. Lawa zeytûn binda ma... lo sê... telfizyon, ê qeçka binda ma... lo tişt... Again. Oh, the olives remained underneath... oh three... the television, the kids' things remained underneath... oh things...
Me zerar pirr kir. Elhemdila em... We took a lot of damage. Praise God we...
Sihetî we xweş be, giyanê we rehet be. May your health be good, may your soul be at ease.
Inşalla. Bîrîn. Kerem ke. God willing. Let's go. Please.
Alo.. telefon e. Ahlan wa sehlan. Xwedê ji te razî be. Hello.. it is a phone. Welcome. May God be pleased with you.
Xalê Mihemed, demê li di berê ana pir kîbar û xweş bûn? Uncle Mihemed, were the times in the past very elegant and good?
Lê. Yes.
Û tiştê di tûrasî, di gunda de xweş e. Yanî hem gunda bi tiştê di tûras û tiştê di kevin filiklor hene. And heritage things are beautiful in the village. Meaning the village has heritage things and old folklore things.
Weleh temam. Wekî tu dibêjî. By God, exactly. As you say.
Rojek bibe, tê vê ehda mînî le tê ana bêle? If there comes a day, would you leave this era for the current one?
La, ez çawa ana bêlim... ez tiştê we... çekim... No, how could I leave it for now... I would make things...
...dimal di hewşkê de nabin. ...they don't happen in a small courtyard at home.
Meqçik, li jorê hewşê me, l'jor jî heye, l'beztê. A small spot, in the upper part of our courtyard, there is an upper part too, in the open space.
Migo lo dere cî me fereh e. Migo lo kîkê bigirin her wilo. I said, look, our place there is spacious. I said, whoever takes it, let it be so.
Ez ê dere zeytûnekê deynim. Dirêjiya xwe pênc mitir e. I will plant an olive tree there. Its length is five meters.
L'kû derê digirin bigirin, ez ê weha yekî... Wherever they take it, let them take it, I will [do] something like this...
...darik di dû zeytûnê hilkim û... şûna 'em, yafiyê bigir. ...plant a stick or two olive trees and... in my place, take the shade.
Û zift e tiştê di qehre. Makinat hop, têkê l'herrê, ştêva xoy têt, cemreh wekî xwe riz e. Ne? And [modern stuff] is asphalt, stuff of misery. Machines, hop, you put it in the earth, it comes by itself, a cinder like itself. Right?
Xwedê qewetê bide te. May God give you strength.
Her wisa ye ye xwedê. Ê te jî bêle, ehlen we sehlen, hatina te, te pir buha ye. It is just like that, by God. And yours too, welcome, your coming is very precious.
Xwedê ji te razî be. Niha Xalê Mihemed em çîçkê bimeşin... ez dixwazim ji me re xeber de... May God be pleased with you. Now Uncle Mihemed, let's walk a little... I want you to talk to us...
...di berê, li her gundekî, em bên mezinêd me... ...in the past, in every village, let's say our elders...
...li vê gundî şixul dikin. Ji me re xeber de, mesele Xalê Mihemed di berê, wextê te giştiye we... ...were working in this village. Talk to us, for example Uncle Mihemed, in the past, when you reached...
...li vê gundî, bi çi karî mijûl dibûn? ...in this village, what work were you busy with?
Bi cût dajotin. They were plowing with a pair (of animals).
Ê cût? Ah, plowing?
Cût dajotin. Ceh diçandin. Êre. They were plowing with a pair. They were planting barley. Yes.
Cûtê xwe dajotin. Dexl diçandin. They were plowing their pair. They were planting grain.
Em bimeşê diçûn Efrînê. Çiqo neqil, bimeşê... me neqil, çar teneke zêt li qonterê dikir, ha şwîta... l'ewle kerê dikir. We were going to Efrin on foot. How many loads, on foot... we transported, putting four tins of oil on the back... putting the pannier on the donkey first.
Çalqo çûrqo, em diçûn Efrînê, me difirot, em dihatin. Through potholes and mud, we went to Efrin, sold it, and came back.
Teneke bîst û pênc weraqe... lître, bîst û pênc weraqe? A tin of twenty-five... liters, twenty-five papers (weight unit)?
Bi lître bû? Was it by liter?
Hîn zêt jî wexa dibir Efrînê, weka... Back then they took oil to Efrin like that, like...
Lê lê lê lê, lo em çi qewşat bûn? Oh oh oh, look how strong we were?
Ê qeçik bûn wekî vî, em rabûn diçûn alcaro pîşê... We were small kids like this one, we would get up and go to the neighbor's front...
Çewanî xaltîkê? How are you, auntie?
Ê de walla kene... şêst, şêst pênc... Oh well... sixty, sixty-five...
Na, rojbaş, tu çewanî? No, good day, how are you?
Ehlê û sehlen. Welcome.
Xwedê ji we razî be, bi xêr hatine kîrî? May God be pleased with you, did you make a welcome?
Ne... No...
Saeta te xweş. Thanks (May your hour be happy).
Saeta te xweş, roj li we derbas bû. Thanks to you, the day has passed for you.
Navê te bi xêr xaltîkê? What is your name, auntie?
Mexbûle. Mexbûle.
Çend salî ye xaltîkê? How old are you, auntie?
Walla şêst... şêst didimê. Well sixty... I give it sixty.
Xwedê emrê dirêj bide û sihetê xweş bide te. May God give you a long life and good health.
Waa... de Xwedê ji te razî be, Xwedê saetê xweş bide inşallah, Xwedê silametiyê bide. Oh... may God be pleased with you, may God give you happy times God willing, may God give safety.
Xwedê ji we razî be. Saeta we xweş. May God be pleased with you. Thanks.
Saeta we xweş. Thanks to you.
Tu ji vî barûdoxê gundî nîm dikî? Are you pleased with the situation of the village?
Memnûnim, çima nîm? I am pleased, why not?
Saeta we xweş. Ma em çi radbînîn yarebî, saeta we xweş. Thanks. What do we see, oh Lord, thanks.
Xwedê wekê mezinbûnê û selametiyê bide. Xwedê saeta te xweş bide inşallah. May God give greatness and safety. May God give you happy times God willing.
Desta me girt, hevdû girt... dû nîzik... Held our hands, held each other... far and near...
Îda emkê bîn çi... Xwedê me ji bêzilmetiyê derîne inşallah. Now let's see what... May God bring us out of oppression God willing.
Amin. Tu bi xwedê ez pir kêfxweş bûm, min dît hûn li ber derê gundî rûniştî bûn. Amen. By God, I was very happy, I saw you sitting at the entrance of the village.
Erê, cemaeta me rind e. Yes, our community is good.
Xaltîk tu bi xwe ne ji Gundê Şkefta ye? Auntie, are you not from Shkefta Village yourself?
Na, ez bi xwe jê nînim. Ez ji... No, I am not from there myself. I am from...
Te lêvderê mêr kirî? Did you get married here?
Erê. Yes.
Çend sal e tu hatiye vî gundî? How many years have you been in this village?
Çil û pênc sal, çil û heft sal heye. It's been forty-five years, forty-seven years.
Emrê Xwedê li te be. May God's life be upon you.
Û xaltîka min çi? And what about my aunt?
Lê ewa jî pênc heye, ser pênciya re heye. She also has five, she is over fifty.
Keç û xort, ziyanên te jî hene? Girls and boys, do you have children too?
Erê. Kûra min ê yek bime de? Yes. My one son... [unintelligible]?
Xaltîka Meryem dibêje berê wextekî gelek êş û keser dîtine... Aunt Meryem says that in the past, for a time, they experienced much pain and sorrow...
Na, ewa negihiştiye, ewna keşad nedîtine. No, she hasn't reached that, they haven't seen the struggle.
Te dîtine? Have you seen it?
Erê. Hewa pêşiya me dîtine. Yes. Those before us saw it.
Neha... tiştê ku Xaltîka Meryem di kamerê de xeber da ser nan. Nanê genimî berê... mesela we çawa dikir, we naha jî... Now... the thing Aunt Meryem spoke about on camera regarding bread. The wheat bread of the past... for example, how did you do it, and do you still...
Û teyê berê xwe çû, stirand... And you went before [the load], and sang...
Hevîrê xwe me dileyizand, gokê xwe dikir, xê te dikir, u me li berê xwe distira. We kneaded our dough, made our balls [of dough], did your [work], and we sang before [the work].
E barê pir bû, ne wana çiçik... bar kêm hebû, bar giran bû, me li berê xwe distira. The load was much, not like these small ones... there was little load [sometimes], load was heavy, we sang before it.
Rûka nîvî, rûka kinco bû... Half a load, half a load was clothes...
Me li berê xwe dikir... me bêhna xwe vedida... me hevdû dida... We did it before us... we rested... we gave to each other...
Rûka kinco bû, rûka seriyê bû, tiştên qicikê mewirik bûn... A load of clothes, a load of manure, small things like beads...
Me xanî çêdikirin... me palê diçûnî... me zevî paqij dikirin... We built houses... we went to labor... we cleared the fields...
Me di got bila sihetîbî û xweşîbî welê. We used to say let there be health and happiness like that.
Hîn rûkê jî... Still the load...
Erê, rûkê min dikir. Yes, I carried the load.
Êê noko... Nan jî firnê tê? Uh now... Bread comes from the bakery too?
Nan jî, kinc jî bi xesalê ne. Bread too, clothes too are by washing machine [modern appliances].
Nanê tenûrê nema? Is there no tandoor bread left?
Nanê tenûrê nema. There is no tandoor bread left.
Berê dabî, yek hebî, birinc û savar û nîsk... dego xanî bê tûn, jin bê xatûn. In the past... if there was one, rice and bulgur and lentils... they said a house without a tandoor is a woman without being a lady.
Dibêje lê savke bê tûn, jin bê xatûn? It says [a house] without a tandoor, is a woman without being a lady?
Lê... Yes...
Yanî bê tûn, paşkirin nabe? Meaning without a tandoor, housekeeping isn't possible?
Ne, paşkirin na maşin... ştina aw firna maşta... No, housekeeping is now machines... washing is that oven of yours...
Tu dibêjî... You are saying...
Wele weye. By God, it is so.
Lê qîçkê me gellek xerîb in, li Ewropa ne. But our children are very estranged [far away], they are in Europe.
De hêşta xwedê sihetê xweş bide, canî sax bide, destê giya bi hev bigînin inşallah, dûr û nîzîk. May God still give good health, a sound soul, may everyone join hands God willing, far and near.
Ê qîçkê xelkê, ewê me jî... The children of others, and ours too...
Dûr û nîzîk bi hev bigînin inşallah... Bring far and near together God willing...
Ez hêvî dikim xaltîka Meryem... I hope Aunt Meryem...
Ê de zehmet ma bikim, ezê jî li vir bibirêjim. Oh let me do the trouble, I will sift here too.
Şev xew da vîm, şqa saf kêfîm... I was asleep at night, pure joy...
Merheba. Hello.
Ahlan wa sahlan. Welcome.
Ahlan wa sahlan kekê Xelîl. Xwedê ji te razî be. Welcome Brother Xelîl. May God be pleased with you.
Xwedê ji te razî be. May God be pleased with you.
Kekê Mistefa... te naha waha got, emê derbas bin malbeta Sêlev... Brother Mistefa... you just said like this, we will pass to the Silevani family...
Mala Ehmedê Kurd, mala gundê esasî... Xwedanê vî gundî... The house of Ahmed the Kurd, the original house of the village... Owners of this village...
Mala Ehmedê Kurd... The house of Ahmed the Kurd...
Ahlan wa sahlan. Welcome.
Kekê Mistefa, tenê waha got... Brother Mistefa, you just said like that...
Emê derbas bin... We will pass...
Malbeta Sêlev digund da bin... The Silevani family in the village...
Malê Kurd... me'rûf e... The Kurd house... is famous...
Ew esasê vî gundî em in. We are the foundation of this village.
Xwedê ji te razî be. May God be pleased with you.
Bi xwedê ez pir kêfxweş bûm... By God, I was very happy...
Em ji te memnûn in. We are pleased with you.
Te derbas mala xalê Ehmed be. Pass to Uncle Ahmed's house.
Ahlan wa sahlan. Welcome.
Kerem kin, derbas bin. Hesta roji be. Yalla. Please, come in. Good day. Come on.
Merheba Xaltîkê. Hello Auntie.
Ehlen we sehlen. Welcome.
De... Xwedê emrê te dirêj ke, destê te sax be. So... May God give you a long life, health to your hands.
Were, derbas be, ehlen we sehlen. Bûrin Kekê Xelîl, bûrin. Derbas be ew li ba. Come, come in, welcome. Come Brother Xelil, come. Come inside, over there.
Ehlen we sehlen, ser çavan hatin, ser serî me, ser çavê me. Welcome, you came upon our eyes, upon our heads, upon our eyes (You are very welcome).
Serê te sax be. May your head be healthy (May you be well).
Tu jî sax bî. You be healthy too.
Xwedê ji te razî be. Ez Xelîl ji gundê Badîna, şeqana, hatim, em hûrnivîndarê gundê Şikata ne. May God be pleased with you. I am Xelil from the village of Badina, the ravine, I came, we are the correspondents for the village of Shikata.
Ehlen we sehlen. Welcome.
Min got ez bigerim li gunda, tiştekî xweş heke, em tiştekî bikşînin, em eyd berek pirs kin. I said let me walk around the villages, if there is something nice, we will film something, we will ask about each other.
Em çîçikê gil dengê bidin vî kalan. Min got de derbas bime mala Xolê Heme be. Let's lend an ear to these elders for a bit. I said let me pass by the house of Uncle Heme.
Ehlen we sehlen. Welcome.
De Xwedê ji te razî be. Tu çawa yî? We’dê te çawa ye? May God be pleased with you. How are you? How is your health?
Wele elhemdulîlah, ji Xwedê razî, derbas dibe. Well, praise be to God, satisfied with God, it passes.
Elhemdulîlah. Praise be to God.
Hîç kêfa we’dê kolê lê neke. Don't rely on the health of the old at all.
Xwedê alîkar be. May God be the helper.
Kal nexweşî, çîçikê êş, te... Old age brings illness, a bit of pain, you know...
Xwedê rehetîyê bide. May God give comfort.
De saetê xweş bu hatina we, Xwedê ji we razî be, hatine we ser serî me ser çavê me. It was a good hour that you came, may God be pleased with you, your coming is upon our heads and eyes.
Serê çavê te sax be. May your eyes be healthy.
Ehlen we sehlen. Welcome.
Allah îselmek ya Reb. May God keep you safe, oh Lord.
La yarem, em ê berê ne. De hîşta zehmetîyê me dîtin. Oh dear, we are from the past. We saw hardship back then.
Zehmetîyê me hebûn, pexwas bûn. We had hardships, we were barefoot.
Xanî herî bûn, axî bûn, me xanî herî dikirin. Houses were mud, they were soil, we used to mud-plaster the houses.
Hişta em diçûn çolê şeleka, me şelek dianîn, me êzing dianîn. Back then we went to the fields with loads on our backs, we brought loads, we brought firewood.
Zehmetîyê me hebûn, pez hebû, hişta me pez didot, şîr, mast, me çêdikir, me derdikir. We had hardships, there were sheep, back then we milked sheep, we made milk, yogurt, we produced it.
Bûyî tunebûn, ne wekî noka bûn. Noko xesale hene, noka der hene, em diçûn ber kaniyan kincan. There wasn't anything, it wasn't like now. Now there are washing machines, now there are places, we used to go to the springs for laundry.
Me kinc dişuştin li çolê. We washed clothes in the countryside.
Ne wekî noka bûn. It wasn't like now.
Heyatê berê cefa derbas dibû? Did life in the past pass with suffering?
Lê cefa bûn, lê em diçûn bi teneka, em diçûn kaniyê, bi dêlê avê me li dewer dikir. It was suffering, indeed, we went with tin cans, we went to the spring, we carried water on beasts of burden.
Em diçûn kaniya, da diketin bigelî jêrî me, kanî bûn. We went to the springs, mothers would go down into the valley below us, there were springs.
Me diçûn li kerê eybûr mesel dikir, me danî dihat. We went and crossed on donkeys, for example, we loaded it and came back.
Me bardida serî, nja me dikir fero. We carried loads on our heads, then we put them down.
Hişta me xew pê dikişand. Back then we endured that life.
Yanî niha... So now...
İşê noka rind in, noka bîr hene, henîfî hene. Things now are good, now there are wells, there are faucets.
Ewa, dînamo hene, îş qolayî bûn. That's it, there are dynamos, work has become easy.
Berê heyat ma çetin bûn. Noko dinya qolayî bûye. Before, our life was hard. Now the world has become easy.
Niha jiyan pêş ket. Now life has progressed.
Jiyan inşela pêş ket. Life, God willing, has progressed.
Lê... gava hinek dibên... But... when some say...
Wextê gil dengê didim vî kalan, dibên hinek dibên heyatê berê cefa bû xweş bû, hinek dibên na ne xweş bû, ya niha xweş e. When I listen to these elders, some say life in the past was hard but good, some say no it wasn't good, the current one is good.
De wele haseb, la kîjan xweş e? Wele heyatê noka xweş e. Well, it depends, which one is good? Honestly, life now is good.
Xweş e? It's good?
Xweş e. It's good.
Ê berê gip cefa bûn. Yes.
Ê berê gip cefa bûn. The past was all suffering.
Gip cefa bûn, noko îş qolayî bûye. It was all suffering, now work has become easy.
Heyat qolayî bûye. Life has become easy.
Niha Xaltîka Fatme wek te gotî, heyatê berê cefa bû. Now Auntie Fatme, as you said, life in the past was suffering.
Erê. Yes.
Û tu dibêjî xweş be. And you say it should be good.
Lê hişta ê noka xweş in. But indeed, current times are good.
Xweş e. It's good.
Erê. Yes.
Xaltîka Fatme, niha meselo berê... wextê gundî li ber pûxurarû diniştin? Auntie Fatme, now for example in the past... when villagers sat around the stove?
Çîrûkê berê were hewal didan? Did they tell each other stories of the past?
De wele çêrûk hewal didan, hewna hin ê bava kala bûn. Well, they told each other stories, those were the ways of the forefathers.
Yanî em çîçikê tilmê dinê rê, ez negihîştim pirrê ber bi xora. Meaning we just caught a little glimpse of it, I didn't reach much of the very old times.
Te negihîştê? You didn't reach it?
Erê, em gihîştin, nagihîştin, sûbe bûn. Yes, we reached it, or didn't reach it, we were young.
Erê. Yes.
Sûbe bûn, qal pîrê me hewal didan, digot me xora bê dixistin, me kotek dianîn didan ser û em li ber rûdiniştin. Em du qûrat poş afro rûdiniştin. We were young, our elders told us, saying we laid down mats, we brought cushions and put them on top and we sat before them. We sat for two hours, then afterwards we sat (some more).
Ê em gihîştin, negihîştin sûbe ne ê me. Well, whether we reached it or not, we were young.
Sûbe bûn. We were young.
Niha Xaltîka Fatme wextê te gihîştiyê, ekîd te gihîştiyê, niha li her gundekî mesele bêne lêçer û çêdikin. Now Auntie Fatme, the time you reached, surely you reached it, now in every village, for example, they come and make dried figs/fruit (lêçer).
Têkêne jimar hewal dê... di vî gundî da mesele we pirr lêçerî çi çêdikir? Can you tell us... in this village, for example, what kind of dried fruit did you mostly make?
Încîran, çu diçûn cem hev dihatin. Figs, how you visited each other.
Em lêçerî kondira çêdikin, em ê bacana çêdikin, em ê tirî çêdikin, em ê firîza çêdikin, em ê çefteliya çêdikin, leçer ghanin, gi çêdibin. Bes çêkirinê me pir kondir e, tirî ye, bacan in. We make pumpkin jam/preserves, we make eggplant, we make grapes, we make strawberries, we make peaches, there are many jams, all can be made. But our making is mostly pumpkin, grapes, eggplants.
Û hejîra. And figs.
Hejîra jî em çêdikin, erê, hejîra jî em çêdikin. Figs too we make, yes, figs too we make.
Erê em çêdikin. Yes, we make them.
Lê mastê kebandîya em çêdikin, em dimsî banadûra dikelînin. We make pantry yogurt (strained/preserved), we boil tomato paste.
Yanî gi heye. I mean, everything exists.
Niha hîn berê jî... birxir... genim dikelandin, dikelandin. Now, back in the day too... bulgur... you boiled wheat, you boiled it.
Me dikelandin lê, me hile dianî dihat, neqle çuwalek genim me dişûşt, me dikir hile didan ser êr, û me dikeland û me heldida ser xaniya raxist dikir. We boiled it, yes, we brought the cauldron, say a sack of wheat we washed, we put it in the cauldron on the fire, and we boiled it and took it up to the roofs and spread it out.
Zemanê pêşon me... dikelandin li ser cila şolo radixistin. In earlier times we... boiled it and spread it on reed mats.
Bes em gihîştin, negihîştin, em ser betonê radixin. But whether we reached it or not, we spread it on concrete.
Wa ser betonê radixist. You spread it on concrete.
Erê me li ser betonê radixist. Yes, we spread it on concrete.
Ê niha Xaltîka Fatme, niha gişî dibezin hazir, xêr mesele niha berê li gundekî, ew mesele li gundekî te têketa, wextê genim dikelandin li her malekê re malekê nîkê bikelandan genim. So now Auntie Fatme, everyone runs to ready-made, unlike now, back then in a village, for example in a village you were in, when wheat was boiled, not just any single house could boil wheat alone.
Erê li gi mala me dikeland. Yes, we boiled it in all houses.
Niha kêm kirine. Now they have reduced it.
Î noko kû kêm bûye. Oh, now where? It has decreased.
Bûye hazir. It has become ready-made.
Li gi bûye hazir. Everywhere has become ready-made.
Inşela dê dîsa mar dest pê bike. God willing, people will start again.
Inşela dê nîkê rind bibe, inşela dê ke dest pê bibe. God willing it will become good again, God willing it will start again.
Tiştî wekî bulxurî kelandî hebû? Was there anything like boiled bulgur?
Malê diçûl dikeland, malê çuwalek dikeland, mal heye kulfetê xwe pir bûn sê çuwal dikeland. A household would boil a lot, a household would boil a sack, a household with a large family would boil three sacks.
Em diçûn aş. We used to go to the mill.
Arvan daxil dişuştin, arvan li dewer dikirin, dibirin aş, aş digerandin dihatin. We washed the grain inside, loaded grain on animals, took it to the mill, ground it at the mill and came back.
Me bi legana nanî tenikî dikir. Nan mên, ez gihîştimê. We made thin bread in basins. Kneaded bread, I reached that time.
Nanî tenikî me bi legana dikir. Yes.
Nanî tenikî me bi legana dikir. We made thin bread with basins.
Niha berî eydê nan jî dikirin, niha ne kul vî wextî, niha ga eyd wa re se, eydê mezin ê qurbanê nîn dikin. Now before Eid they also made bread, now not exactly at this time, now when Eid comes, the big Eid of Sacrifice, they do it.
Bes berê, nanê firnê pir tune bî, bi destokî dikir, rûk erê, rûk no dikir. But before, bakery bread wasn't plentiful, they made it by hand, one side yes, one side no (some did, some didn't).
Gip destok bî, erê. It was all handmade, yes.
Û eyd dihatin, noka di firnê derke şûnda eyd dihatin, îşî me rind bî berî herbê. And Eids would come, now after it comes out of the bakery, Eids would come, our situation was good before the war.
Merke legenek nanî xwe berî weqfê bikira, me digot em pê qurbanê şerjê kin, em pê goşt bibirêjin, nanî tenikî xweş e. Someone would make a basin of their bread before the Day of Arafah, we said so we could slaughter the sacrifice with it, wrap the meat with it, thin bread is good.
Me dikir. We used to do it.
Û noko holiye dîsa dinav ra xelq dikin. And now people still do it among themselves in that way.
Xelq dike, erê. Pir pê ra dibin, heye niha, niha bes munasaba dikin em bêjin. People do it, yes. Many are involved, it exists now, now they do it mostly for occasions, let's say.
Ew gava hinek hene dilê xwe bixwaz dikin. Bes berê heba tiştek di nav me da mewcûd bî. Em bibên niha la mesela rûk erê rûk no, nan dikirin ehlê dinan. Those are some who crave it. But before, if it was something that existed among us. Let's say now for example, one side yes, one side no, people made bread.
Lê me dikir, rûk erê, yake no me nan dikir. Indeed we did it, one side yes, one side no, we made bread.
Malê kulfetê xwe pir heye rûb rû dikir. Malê heye, du ro rûkê dikir, malê heye rûkê dikir yake nedikir. A house with a large family made it daily. A house might make it every two days, a house might make one batch, another might not.
Hasebî kulfet. Depending on the family.
Xaltîka Fatme niha tke jimara xeber de maşela te çîçek xemilandî hewş. Auntie Fatme now give us some news, mashallah you have adorned the courtyard with flowers.
Ê lê. Yes, indeed.
Te gî çû bi destê xwe çandî? Wek noka gindî jimara hewal da... Did you go and plant all of this with your own hands? Like the villagers told us now...
Wele gip destê min e, zanetê me hevin. Honestly it is all my hands, these are my crafts.
Hişta mal heta karî nakim, ez diçînim, av didim, xizmetê dikim, hatim li mala me. I still don't do housework (inside), I plant, I water, I serve them, I came to our house.
Ava gul e, gula xemrî ye. This is a rose, a purple rose.
Ava tîmsemek e. This is a "timsemek" (type of flower, perhaps dragon snapdragon or similar).
Ava qernefîl e. This is a carnation.
No vî vê qernefîl e. The name of this is carnation.
Ava jî gulê zer e. And this is a yellow rose.
Ava qernefîlê spî ye. This is a white carnation.
Hişta, o hevo gul e. Still, oh that is a rose.
Tu gî bi destê xwe xizmet dikî Xaltîka Fatme? Do you tend to all of them with your own hands, Auntie Fatme?
Gî bi destê xwe ez xizmet dikim. Heta poş hetînim xwe dîtina xwe diçînim. I tend to all of them with my own hands. Even after I bring them, I plant them myself.
Ava gul e, hişta her yek bi tûnûkî ye. This is a rose, look each one is in a tin/can.
Erê. Yes.
Ava jî tûnûkî den e çîçik. This one also has grains/seeds in the tin, a little bit.
Hevo sebara vêr dibên? Do they call that one Cactus/Aloe here?
Wele nezo. Well, I don't know.
Ê estîre. Ah, it's a star (flower).
Hm, erê hevo tûnûk e. Hm, yes that is a tin.
Xaltîka Fatme, kijan nûhî gulla dikevê lêçer? Auntie Fatme, which type of flower goes into jam?
Hewal cemat hinek heye. Friends, the group has some.
Nûek niha em bên giştek nabe şîb leçerî, bes nûek dibe. Not every type now, let's say, becomes like jam, but one type does.
Nûxê he... heve hono yo qişmîşê dibê, bes dîsa ne hewe. The type that... this one here is called 'apricot/raisin' (qişmîş), but again it's not that one.
Dîsa ne hewe. Again, not that one.
Hî leçerî. Cema me digu li rezit xobê me diçandin. Me digu gulê leçero. The jam one. Our group used to say we planted them in the garden beds. We called it the Jam Rose.
Ê hewna boşxan e, gulê leçero boşxan e. Yes, those are distinct/abundant, Jam Roses are distinct.
Te vê gul no gî bi destê xwe şandî? Maşela te hewş xemilandî. Did you plant all these flowers with your own hands? Mashallah you have decorated the courtyard.
Erê. Yes.
Xwedê ji te razî be. May God be pleased with you.
Ava me fîbos şandin, evne hewna lûpik in. These we planted beans (fîbos/fasûlye), these here are pods.
Lûpkê dirêj wane, honej metrikê dibin. Long pods like that, they become like a meter long.
Noka ez ê benik li wir girêdim, têle çêkirin e. Now I will tie a string there, wires are made.
Ez benik girêdidim, we çû dikim ber, û heldidim ser wer. Her lûpikî wona dikevê. I tie a string, I lift it up, and guide it upwards. Each pod falls like that.
Erê. Yes.
Îşta ez xizmetê dikim. So I serve (tend to) them.
Xaltîka Fatme, niha saet xweş, Xwedê ji te razî be. Auntie Fatme, now it has been a pleasure (good hour), may God be pleased with you.
Wextê we ji xweş. May your time be good too.
Xwedê ji te razî be, te zahmet kir û te pêşwazîyê me kir û me pir danqirnek xweş kir. May God be pleased with you, you took trouble and welcomed us, and we had a very nice chat.
Ehlen we sehlen. Welcome.
Te emrê te tu gotin te... te çiqas hene? Your age, you said... how old are you?
Emrê min, çi... li min sêr dike, ji Efrînê giştik. Kî li min sêr dike, gil ser serî min ser çavê min. Silavê min ji giya re hene. My age, what... whoever watches me, from all of Afrin. Whoever watches me, all upon my head and my eyes. My greetings to everyone.
Û xwişka min ro, ji Entabê, ji Dûlê, Almaniya da, heta nîyê Îzmîrê. Heta nîyê Siwêsra. And to my sister, from Antep, from Dûlê, in Germany, up to near Izmir. Up to near Switzerland.
Silavê min ji giya re hene. Û î li min sêr dike silavê min ji giya re hene. My greetings to everyone. And whoever watches me, my greetings to everyone.
Û saeta giyo xweş. And a good hour to all.
Xwedê ji te razî be, Xwedê emrê dirêj te de, em pir kêfxweş bûn, hûrnivîndarê... malî xulî ehme bî, xaltîkî Fatme. May God be pleased with you, may God give you a long life, we were very happy, the correspondent... was at the house of Uncle Heme, Auntie Fatme.
Saeta te ji xweş, Xwedê ji te ji razî be û ehla we sehlen. May your hour be good too, may God be pleased with you too and welcome.
Watinê te li ser serî me, li ser çavê me. Your coming is upon our heads, upon our eyes.
Çavê te sax be. May your eyes be healthy.
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Ji xwe dûr im, ne jiyan li vir heye, ne jî ez li vir im. I am far from myself, there is no life here, nor am I here.
Gava ji te dûr ketim, nebû dilê min bû... When I fell far from you, it wasn't my heart...
Ji xwe dûr im, ne jiyan li vir heye, ne jî ez li vir im. I am far from myself, there is no life here, nor am I here.
Gava ji te dûr ketim... When I fell far from you...
Kekê Reşîd... Brother Reşîd...
Kekê Reşîd, ez Xelîl ji gundê Badîna, şeqana, hatim li Efrîn, ez hûrnivîndarê gundê we me. Brother Reşîd, I am Xelil from the village of Badina, the ravine, I came to Afrin, I am the correspondent for your village.
Ehlen we sehlen. Welcome.
Serê te sax be Xwedê ji te razî be. May you be healthy, may God be pleased with you.
Kekê Reşîd gundî Şikata da, me te bes hene tu nîgarî... Brother Reşîd, in the village of Shikata, we only have you, you paint...
Kekê Reşîd... ew li mala... Mebesta te ew şikeft bûn ên berê? Brother Raşid... that in the house... You mean those were caves in the past?
...kuncê... semûn çêdikirin... ...in the corner... they used to make samoon [bread]...
Mebesta niha, halîyen di gundê Şikeftê da, mebesta eyalet we gundî da hene? Meaning now, currently in the village of Şikeft, are there families residing in that village?
Nexêr, hema... nêzîkî bîst malan hene besî... No, just... there are nearly twenty houses, that's all...
Di gundî va da? In this village?
Di kûncê semon çêdikirin... şikeftê da... In the corner they used to make samoon... inside the cave...
Halîyen niha em bêjin li gundê Şikeftê saman tê da nîne? Currently, let's say, are there no goods inside the village of Şikeft?
Heye. There are.
Helaq di gundî we da hene? Are there barbers in your village?
Hene. There are.
Mekteb di gundî we da heye? Is there a school in your village?
Mekteb... yek îbtîdaî heye mektebeke. School... there is one primary school.
Şeş? Six [grades]?
Heta pola şeşê. Up to the sixth grade.
Niha em bêyn... Kekê Reşîd... karî di gundê Şikeftê da... Now let's say... Brother Raşid... work in the village of Şikeft...
...zêdetir şivanî û... ...is mostly shepherding and...
Zinaet tîne? No crafts?
Tîne. None.
Niha li gel şixul kême? Is work scarce now?
Kême. Scarce.
Kurê te çûne? Have your sons gone?
Xweşî be, belê, çûne. Thanks, yes, they have gone.
Xwedê ji te razî be. Were viderê... May God be pleased with you. Come here...
Kekê Reşîd wek te ji me ra xeber dayî, berê viderê mekbez bî? Brother Raşid, as you told us, was this place a press before?
Temam. Exactly.
Û niha jî? And now?
Mekbez jî ya cilka bî, hat guhartin. It was a clothes press, it was changed.
Birin? Did they take it?
Belê. Yes.
Kekê Reşîd wek te ji me ra xeber daye, berê viderê mekbez bî, niha jî bûye mal. Brother Raşid, as you told us, this place was a press before, and now it has become a house.
Temam. Exactly.
Mekbezê cilka bî. It was a clothes press.
Erê. Yes.
Xudanê vê hewşê... The owner of this courtyard...
Halîyen... Currently...
Dihana hatin, emê herin silavekê li vira bikin, em gel silav bikin. They just came, we will go give a greeting here, let's greet them.
Xwazyeka me jê ra heye babo. We have a request for him, man.
Kekê Reşîd Xwedê ji te razî be, tiştekî ciyawazî be. Brother Raşid, may God be pleased with you, [if] it is something different.
Belkî xweş bê pêşwazî kirin. Maybe it will be welcomed nicely.
Xwedê ji te razî be. May God be pleased with you.
Bi rastî me got mekbaza gundê Şikeftê... me digot mekbaz yek bî... hef bî... û berê... mekbaza cilka bî, niha bûye mal, belê. Truly we said the press of Şikeft village... we thought the press was one... [or] seven... and before... it was a clothes press, now it has become a house, yes.
Saeta te xweş, em xudanê hewşê silav bikin kerema xwe. Em vî mirovî rehîn bibînin. Bless you, let's greet the courtyard owner please. Let's see this elder person.
Berî gazî dikirim te, min got te li mal e tîne? Before I called you, I asked if you are home or not?
Ser çava, Xwedê ji te razî be. You are welcome, may God be pleased with you.
Saeta we xweş... Bless you...
De keremkin... Please, come in...
Ji te dûr ketim, ne bi dilê min bû. I went far from you, it was not my wish.
Ne bi dilê min bû... It was not my wish...
Hê na ji dilê kî dipirpitî. Still now from a heart that is fluttering.
Di nava girê gurbetiyê da mam e. I remained amidst the hill of exile.
Bela ez... Let me...
...di gund de xebam a. ...I would have labored in the village.
Milê siyah darekê zeytûnê. [On] the black branch of an olive tree.
Serê xwe danîba ser gurzeke pûş. If only I had laid my head on a bundle of straw.
Dibe reşî difin a min. It becomes blackness [in] my nose. [Metaphor for death/sorrow].
Bihna axa pîroz bikira. Should have smelled the scent of the holy soil.
Bila ew der tirba min ba. Let that place be my grave.
Hingî ez nedimirim. Then I would not die.
Xalê Mihemed saeta we xweş. Uncle Muhammad, good health to you.
Metê ji te xweş... Auntie, good health to you...
Hûn bi xêr hatin, ser çava. You are welcome, upon my eyes.
Ehlen we sehlen, gellek gellek hatin. Welcome, very very welcome.
Xwedê ji te razî be, kurê te silav kir, te dît? May God be pleased with you, your son sent greetings, did you see?
Xwedê ji te razî be. May God be pleased with you.
Te gotûm Ebdîn e navê wî? Tê gotin... You told me Abdin is his name? It is said...
Me jî silav kir, te dît? We also sent greetings, did you see?
Te we tu me dîtî ye? Have you seen us [before]?
Belê. Yes.
Saeta we xweş, Xwedê ji te razî be. Bless you, may God be pleased with you.
Gellek gellek hatin. Very very welcome.
Miletê kîbar û delal saeta we xweş, hûn bîmara bin heta... Noble and dear people, good health to you, stay with us until...
Em Kekê Ebu Mihemed silav dikin, Xalê Selah Xwedê jê razî be, mûrobî ta, istiqbalek pir xweş da me. We greet Brother Abu Muhammad, Uncle Salah may God be pleased with him, your elder, gave us a very nice reception.
Û hûn bîmara bin heta dawiya vîdyoyê. And stay with us until the end of the video.
Ji pir ji... Xalê Selah ra hen e, û Ebu Mihemed ra, li ser serî. Tu jî û mivanê te jî, mî te selamê. Much for... for Uncle Salah, and for Abu Muhammad, upon my head. You too and your guest too, my greetings.
Miletê kîbar û delal saeta we xweş, hûn bîmara bin heta dawiya vîdyoyê. Noble and dear people, good health to you, stay with us until the end of the video.
Silav û rêz ji şîniyê gundê Şikeftê ra. Greetings and respect to the inhabitants of Şikeft village.
Saeta we xweş, Xwedê ji we razî be. Silavên me ji were hene li her derê. Bless you, may God be pleased with you. Our greetings are with you everywhere.
Û hûn bîmara bin heta dawiya vîdyoyê, saeta we xweş, Xwedê ji we razî be. And stay with us until the end of the video, bless you, may God be pleased with you.
Em Kekê Mistefa Şikir spaskarê, Xwedê ji te razî be, ser vê istiqbala te xweş. We thank Brother Mustafa Şikir, may God be pleased with you, for this nice reception of yours.
Kekê Reşîd Xwedê ji te razî be. Brother Raşid, may God be pleased with you.
Silav û rêz ji şîniyê gundê Şikeftê ra. Greetings and respect to the inhabitants of Şikeft village.
Saeta we xweş, hûn bîmara bin heya dawiya vîdyoyê. Bless you, stay with us until the end of the video.
Silav û rêz ji kekê me Luqman ra, kameramanê destxweş kirî li piş kamerê, hûro pir min rehet kir ji gundê Şikeftê. Greetings and respect to our brother Luqman, the cameraman, thanks to him behind the camera, today he made me very comfortable in the village of Şikeft.
Saeta we xweş û bîra me kin, ji me ra yazmîş kin gundê dî li vêra hûn dixwazin em derbasî kîjan gundî bin. Bless you and remind us, write to us about the next village here, which village you want us to enter.
Saeta we xweş û Xwedê ji we razî be, û li hêviya me bin bi vîdyokî nû car. Bless you and may God be pleased with you, and wait for us with a new video next time.
Dîsa hate ber guhê min dengê te. Again your voice came to my ear.
Dîsa hate xeyala min rengê te. Again your image came to my imagination.
Dîsa birînê dilê min vebûn ve. Again the wounds of my heart opened up.
Kî vebêjim xilas nabim ji hizrên te. To whom shall I tell, I won't be free from thoughts of you.
Dîsa hate ber guhê min dengê te. Again your voice came to my ear.
Dîsa hate xeyala min rengê te. Again your image came to my imagination.
Dîsa birînê dilê min vebûn ve. Again the wounds of my heart opened up.