Ramzê gund... di nav me ra gundî... wekî çû şêx Reşîd. The symbol of the village... among us villagers... like when Sheikh Rashid went.
Xalê min... dikana... keka dawa dikiro keka, te dîtî mezin dabu... My uncle... the shop... brother, he was making a claim brother, you saw he gave [something] big...
Xalê min Hesen e. My Uncle is Hussein.
Xweş e, yekî holkê, ya bavê kê... û ya bavê Îlo yê... It is good, one like that, regarding whose father... and regarding Ilo's father...
Yê çekiriye? Did he fix/make it?
Na ne welle. No, not at all by God.
Yekî dî ez zanim. I know another one.
Sehetxweş. Cheers (Good health).
Sê çiçek... Three flowers...
Te bla nî... yekî dî lê pîra... ger tu jê hez kî ezê ji te re bînim ger tu nebe ji te re naynim... You... another one but an old woman... if you love her I will bring her to you, if not, I won't bring her to you...
Em xêrê bibînin... Let us see the good [in it]...
Bê helebşî wela der nate... Without [unintelligible] by God it won't come out...
Welle, te bavê Selah pir hez kirin heye ji te re lê? By God, Uncle Salah, is there a lot of love for you?
Lê? Hez kirin hebi? But? Was there love?
Lê, poşman ez hotim. But, I came back regretful.
Merheba miletê kîbar û delal, dembaş, saetên we xweş. Hello noble and dear nation, good day, may your hours be pleasant.
Li her kesî silav dikim, silavên min ji we her kesî re heye. I greet everyone, I have greetings for every one of you.
Ez hatim bi vîdyokî xweş û vîdyokî ecêb. I have come with a nice video and a wonderful video.
Vîdyoya min îro li maqamê Şêx Hesen e û tirba li wî gundê rehmetî Xwedê rehma xwe lê ke, Şêx Hesen û Şêx Elî. My video today is at the Maqam (shrine) of Sheikh Hussein, and the tomb in that village, may God have mercy on him, Sheikh Hussein and Sheikh Ali.
Emê niha bi dilekî xweş û geş emê derbasî ziyaretekê bin. We will now, with a happy and bright heart, proceed to a visit.
Emê pirs kin û emê ji we re teswîr kin. We will ask questions and we will film for you.
Piştî me ji we re teswîr kir, emê derbasî Girke Zîra bin, emê ji meriyê gund pirs kin. After we film for you, we will enter [the village of] Girke Zîra, and we will ask the people of the village.
Emê niha çend sal e rehmetî bûye... bi me re dakevin, emê bi dakevinî wek serkevin. We will [ask] how many years since he passed away... come down with us, we will go down just as we go up.
Saeta we xweş. Have a good time.
Ji xwe dûr im, ne jiyan li vir heye, ne jî ez li vir im. I am far from myself, neither is there life here, nor am I here.
Gava ji te dûr ketim, ne bi dilê min bû. When I fell far from you, it was not my heart's desire.
Ji xwe dûr im, ne jiyan li vir heye, ne jî ez li vir im. I am far from myself, neither is there life here, nor am I here.
Gava ji te dûr ketim, ne bi dilê min bû. When I fell far from you, it was not my heart's desire.
Ne bi dilê min bû... ne bi dilê min bû. It was not my heart's desire... it was not my heart's desire.
Êdî bes e min vegere, dilê min li ba te maye. It is enough now, return me, my heart has remained with you.
Dema vagera xurbetiyê damaye... The time of returning from exile has remained...
Bila ez li gundê xwe bamana. If only I had stayed in my village.
Min li siya dara zeytûnê... Under the shade of the olive tree...
Serê xwe danîba ser gurzeke pûş. If only I had laid my head on a bundle of dry grass.
Dibe reşî difin a min. [Unintelligible - likely "Dibe reşiya difna min" meaning the blackness of my nose/face, metaphor for shame or sorrow].
Bêhna axa pîroz bikira. If only I could smell the scent of the holy soil.
Bila ew derd û kulê giran barê min ba. Let that heavy pain and grief be my burden.
Hingî ez ne dimirim... hingî ez ne dimirim... Then I would not die... then I would not die...
Merheba, ya ehlen wa sehlen. Hello.
Merheba, ya ehlen wa sehlen. Hello, and welcome.
Tu bi xêr hatî. You are welcome.
Reşad, ehlen wa sehlen. Rashad.
Reşad, ehlen wa sehlen. Rashad, welcome.
Ez ji gundê Girke me. I am from the village of Girke.
Xwedê te bihêle. May God keep you.
Çend sal e keka Reşad? How many years [have you been away] brother Rashad?
Welle sise sal (si û sê sal) heye keka. Well, it has been thirty-three years, brother.
Si û sê sal... maşallah te bîra ne kiriye. Thirty-three years... Mashallah you haven't forgotten.
Na welle. No, by God.
Ez Xelîl ji gundê Ba'dînê... I am Khalil from the village of Ba'dina...
Ez hatim vî alî Efrîn... ez îro me dixwast ez werim derbas bim... I came to this side, Afrin... today I wanted to come and pass by...
Ber tirba Şêx Hesen, wey dilokî gundê. By the tomb of Sheikh Hussein, that [dear] heart of the village.
Tu bixwe ji Girke Zîra yî? Are you yourself from Girke Zîra?
Erê, ji Girke Zîra me. Yes, I am from Girke Zîra.
Şêxê me, Xalê Hesen, bi xwe xalê dî yê min e. Our Sheikh, Uncle Hussein, is actually my other uncle [maternal].
Birayê dayika min e. He is my mother's brother.
Tarîxekî wî pir baş heye... He has a very good history...
Sifata wî pir xweş... His attributes were very good...
Şênahî di nav milet de hene... There is popularity [for him] among the nation...
Jiyajiya xweş xulqê... jiyajiya pêşketina milet bi vî ilmî... Living with good character... living for the advancement of the nation with this knowledge...
Yanê bi tarîqek pak... ê Xwedê kî bike... Meaning in a pure way... that [serves] God...
Wekî gundî giştik teqerûb ila Allah dibî... bi her terîqekî pak. Like all the villagers, getting closer to God... in every pure way.
Her ayîdek (cidak), tiştek çêdibû... yanê mirin dihatin, em bi xwe ecêb dima. Every occasion, something happened... meaning when deaths came, we ourselves were surprised.
Çi ji Belçîka, çi ji Qubris... Whether from Belgium, whether from Cyprus...
Ji Siûdiyê, ji Kiwêtê... From Saudi, from Kuwait...
Ji Misrê... From Egypt...
Berî vê ji Lubnanê, ji Şamê, yanê tiştni pir ji xelkê nas û ji dûr botên. Before this from Lebanon, from Damascus, meaning many people, acquaintances and from afar, came.
Ehteramkî didanê, em bi xwe feyd dikirin, em dibilên ecem çi feyde ji van ra kirî bi mere wa nedigot. They showed him respect, we ourselves benefited [learned], we said I wonder what benefit he gave them, because he wouldn't tell us.
Tiştî xalê min şêx pir bî... bes tişt jê hebî... My uncle the Sheikh had a lot of things... but he had this thing...
Ku ne dihat ji hemta ne digot min çi, filan feyde li filan kesî kirî. That he wouldn't brag about it, he wouldn't say "I did such and such benefit for such person."
Xêrek dikir û hewil nedida. He did good deeds and didn't boast.
Hewil nedida. Çi xêr dikir hewil nedida. Kîjan bi xêra gundiyan de hesin, piştî pênc şeş salan... He didn't boast. Whatever good he did, he didn't boast. Whoever sensed the good of the villagers, after five or six years...
Îşek çêdibe, darek çêdibe... tu merîkî bi sidfî dibînî... A job happens, a tree happens... you see a man by chance...
Dibê lo welle hişta ma merik ji hevdû be... li wî, milyonek waraq sîrî (Sûrî) bi wî wextê da lê bî, xalê min dayî kes nizane. He says oh God let people be together... to him, a million Syrian papers (Pounds) at that time was on him [owed], my uncle gave it, nobody knows.
Maqînek hadîse kirî... merik halê xwe çikî xirab be... xalê min girtî, nexweşxanê birî. A car had an accident... the man was in a bit of a bad shape... my uncle took him, took him to the hospital.
Yekî jiyekî hez dikir, mişkela çêbî, der çêbî... xalê min ji ber vê dayî çêkirî. Someone loved another, a problem occurred, a barrier occurred... my uncle paid for it and fixed it.
Bêdûnî eyyu kesekî ra bibê. Without telling any single person.
Û malê gund ji 366 gund ribe kiribû, ta kiribû. And the village property, out of 366 villages, he settled it, he registered it.
Ta tapoyê malê gundê li Efrîn, kesî gukatî malê xalê min şêx li Efrîn, vênan kes der nexistine. Even the title deeds of the village property in Afrin, no one [could say] the property of my uncle the Sheikh in Afrin, no one has brought out these [issues].
Ez bi vî sûretê mesûl me. I am responsible for this image [statement].
Eyyu benî adem, eyyu şêx, eyyu kesek ketî malê xalê min şêx li Efrîn, vênan kes der nexistine. Any human, any Sheikh, anyone who entered the property of my uncle the Sheikh in Afrin, no one has brought these out.
Yanî hind xizmeta milet, hinda madîyen wekî me ji te ra digot, hind manewîyen, hem bi rêkê pak... Meaning so much service to the nation, both materially as I told you, and spiritually, both in a pure way...
Li kora xwe bî. It was in his [blind spot/focus] (He focused on it).
Ku tarîx heyata gund a axir teqrîben dehe sal, nehe sal ji emrê gundî ji me qut nebû. Since the history of the village life, the last approximately ten years, nine years of the village's age were not cut off from us.
Tabean bes dangkirinê bizû ew tişt dangkir. Of course, only making noise quickly, that thing made noise.
Emrê min sise sal e (33), te bîra min ez... My age is thirty-three, in my memory I...
Nêzîkê davde heşt, davde nehe salî bîm, mi axir neql gundê dît. I was close to eighteen, nineteen years old, [when] I last saw the village.
Û paşê vê ezmê dera em bi der va ketin. And after this crisis happened, we fell outside [went into exile].
Keke Reşad, berî giya ez pirs kim... hewa kîjan e, lewa kîjan e? Brother Rashad, before all I ask... which is this one [grave], which is that one?
Hawa, ê xalê min Elî ye. This one is my Uncle Ali.
Û hawa jî, ê xalê min Hesen e. And this one is my Uncle Hussein.
Heq o, yek bav e, yek kur e? Right, one is father, one is son?
Erê, yek bavê wî ye, bavê wî Elî ye. Yes, one is his father, his father is Ali.
Em ser ê lew deng kin... kîjan salê wefat kir? Let's speak about that one... which year did he pass away?
Welle yê gundê di ezmeya Korona da... li Stenbolê... Well, the one of the village [died] in the Corona crisis... in Istanbul...
Wela şexsekî nêzîk bî... By God he was a close person...
Bavê wî? His father?
Na, na, na, Şêx Hesen. No, no, no, Sheikh Hussein.
Şêx Hesen, na em behsa bavê wî dikin. Sheikh Hussein, no we are talking about his father.
Bavê wî... berî her tişt tarîxa wî nêzîkê... hezar û nehsid û nod û şeşan wefat kir. His father... before everything his date is close to... he passed away in nineteen ninety-six.
Li gund bû? Was he in the village?
Li gund bû, meqamê wî li gund bû. He was in the village, his maqam (shrine) was in the village.
Meqamê wî ev e? Is this his maqam?
Meqamê wî ev e, bes xalê min Şêx Hesen nûjen kir. This is his maqam, but my uncle Sheikh Hussein renovated it.
Tabean her fekterokê didî, na rûbirûyî xwedê, bi şekl rûbirû... Of course every period giving [attention], not facing God [directly], in the form of facing...
Bes hetta li Stenbolê û li vê ezmê da... But even in Istanbul and in this crisis...
Dîsa me got kora wî ya dawî... Again we said his final work/focus...
Me got xalê Elî, de destê xalê Hesen rakirî. We said Uncle Ali, laid down by the hand of Uncle Hussein.
Ji vê şorê pir xeyl dibî. He was very worried about this matter.
Digot, "E ne destê ra dikim, inşallah ezê rekî kîn ji ê gund paqijtir bikim." He said, "I am not doing it for the hand [fame], God willing I will make a path/place cleaner than the village's one."
Yanî di xwast tem yanî... ne xwaze îna ez welle merîkî mezinim, û îşî bavê xwe hekî xwe pê mezin bikim. Meaning he wanted complete... not wanting [to show] that I am a big man, and fix my father's work to make myself big with it.
Dixwast ku ew bi xwe tiştekî hîn jê hêjayî tirk. He wanted that he himself [do] something even more worthy.
Reşberekî ji xwarê çêkî. He made a "reshber" (farmer/worker - humble style) from below.
Erê reşberekî ji xwarê çêkî. Yes, he made a humble one from below.
Û meqamê gundê li eser ner ji hebî. And the village maqam had an effect/trace.
Xirfok birîbî ser hasebî xwa bi şexsî xwas. A room was taken/built on his own account privately.
Dîsa kirmanc, û lê de ereb, û ed û derê giştik. Again Kurds, and Arabs, and customs and everything/everywhere.
Her înî înî... Every single Friday...
Em diçûn meqamê gundê wekî meqamekî melqî qob û werîbî têda zikir dikirin, têda îbadet dikirin. We went to the village maqam like a maqam... dome and such, they did dhikr in it, they worshiped in it.
Dîsa pişkilê xelkê dipirsî, yanê girt kî yek mişkulok kêne hilke. Again asking about people's problems, meaning if someone had a small problem he would solve it.
Li tiştekî kêne yekî ra musaede bike, dîsa berna didû xizmetî bavê xwe. If he could help someone with a small thing, again he wouldn't stop serving his father.
Û ewî çaxê rehmetî bî, meqamê xwe li vir kola bû? And when he passed away, had he dug his maqam (grave) here?
Na, meqamê xwe li vir ne kolabî. No, he had not dug his maqam here.
Bes xelkî em dibînin, ji hezkirinê gundiyo ra, bitorî jê hezkirin û bitunî jêbawer kirin. But people we see, out of love for the villagers, in a way of loving and believing in him completely.
Vê molê ehteram dikin. They respect this place.
Bêlî dikê îna muqabil pir tiştekî mezin hebî. It makes it clear that in return there was something very big.
Wexta jimara xeber daye, li hew kî gundê Elî... When he spoke about the number [date], about the one in Ali's village...
Xalê te Elî rehmetî... salê du hezar û bîst û yekê rehmetî bî? Yes.
Xalê te Elî rehmetî... salê du hezar û bîst û yekê rehmetî bî? Your uncle Ali, the deceased... he passed away in the year two thousand and twenty-one?
Korona rehmetî bî. He passed away [due to] Corona.
Bîst û heştî, davde yek a hat wafa kir. The year...
Bîst û heştî, davde yek a hat wafa kir. The twenty-eighth, of the eleventh [month] he passed away.
Bîst û heştî Novamber mi hî dav yekê. Twenty-eighth of November, meaning the eleventh.
Sala du hezar û bîst û yekê. Year two thousand and twenty-one.
Bi nexweşiya Korona. With the Corona sickness.
Nexweşiya Korona. Corona sickness.
Li Tirkiyê rehmetî bî, piştî we anî gund. He passed away in Turkey, afterwards you brought him to the village.
Li Tirkiyê rehmetî bî. He passed away in Turkey.
Li meqamê gundê... me çû şeşt, me bir cem camiya... At the village maqam... we went... we took him to the mosque...
Camiya... li Aqsaray... The mosque... in Aksaray...
Xolê min du şevê camiyê. My uncle [stayed] two nights at the mosque.
Camiya Evdê Nasir, egere naso şaşo. Abdi Nasir Mosque, if I'm not mistaken.
Û me ji rehmetî bî... kî xeber do, inna terbi gundî hînin vir, ew kelag bavkî gundî dînîn erê. And we from the deceased... who spoke, that bring the village upbringing here, bringing that old fatherly tradition of the village, yes.
Welle gundê berê di nav şûra de... wesiyet kiribû... Well the village before within the walls... he had made a testament...
Gund ber da nav şûra de pir naqil zikir rondî tirbê min ka roke ez wefat bim. The village before within the walls quoted much dhikr, [he said] my tomb, the day I pass away.
Û xwedê emaneta xwe ber miletê bavê min va nêzîk im. And God [takes] his trust, near the nation of my father I am close.
Jiboy vî maneyî vî ezmê da ra em derbas kirin. For this meaning, in this crisis, we passed him through.
Me xwest em wî bînin... hen meqamê gundê bi teqdîra wî be. We wanted to bring him... so the village maqam would be in his appreciation.
Û ramzek ji gundê me ra... feyda gundiyan pir li gundê me heye... And a symbol for our village... the villagers' benefit is a lot in our village...
Û ji xeynî gundê me jî pir hebu... And outside our village there was a lot too...
Ramzek em dixwazin vî ramza tişki bteqdîr bî yane. A symbol, we want this symbol to be something appreciated, meaning.
Belê, gundîyê Jîqla, bavkê gundê rehmetî jî, û Xwedê rehma xwe lê ke. Wê manê jî, millet gî hez dikir. Ez dixwazim, em darbas bin ser Xalê Hisên bi rehmetî. Tu zanî, ew tê bîra te, kîjan salê da rehmetî bûye? We appreciate the village... specifically the truth of the villagers [unintelligible].
Belê, gundîyê Jîqla, bavkê gundê rehmetî jî, û Xwedê rehma xwe lê ke. Wê manê jî, millet gî hez dikir. Ez dixwazim, em darbas bin ser Xalê Hisên bi rehmetî. Tu zanî, ew tê bîra te, kîjan salê da rehmetî bûye? Yes, the villager of Jiqle, the father of the deceased village [leader], may God have mercy on him. In that sense, the whole nation loved him. I would like us to move on to [discuss] Uncle Hussein, the deceased. Do you know, do you remember, in which year he passed away?
Xalê Hisên, sala 2008 rehmetî bû. Uncle Hussein passed away in the year 2008.
2008, 10008 rehmetî bû? 2008, he passed away in 2008 [Host stumbles on number]?
2008, 10008 rehmetî bû. Cenazê gundê Jîqla tînin, heta texê Ceqatê rêka wî tê fe kirin, ji Ceqatê da heta çatê gundî me, 4 kîlomêtre ye. 4000 metre. 2008, he passed away in 2008. They brought the funeral [body] from the village of Jiqle, the road was opened up to the Ceqat neighborhood. From Ceqat to the junction of our village is 4 kilometers. 4000 meters.
4000 û sed metre ye. It is 4100 meters.
Û ji çatê gundî me heta vî derê meqam, ew jî du kîlomêtre ye. Şeş kîlomêtre cenazê gundê, waka tina bîn, ser destan bû. And from the junction of our village to this place, the shrine, that is also two kilometers. For six kilometers, the funeral of the village, as you see, was carried on hands.
Cenazê gundê bi meşê ro kirin? Did the village funeral procession go by walking?
Bi meşê ro kirin. Ji kutux da, yanî, hen zahme pir, yanî we çaxê... They went by walking. Because of the overcrowding, I mean, there was such a huge crowd, I mean at that time...
Xwandevan bûn, şerîe xwand bûn? Were they educated? Had they studied Sharia law?
Herdu xwandevan bûn, hen Xalê min şerîet xelas kiribû, Elî. Şerîe xwandibû, xaricî bû. Û Xalê min jî... Both were educated. My uncle Ali had finished Sharia. He studied Sharia, he was a graduate. And my [other] uncle...
Meselê gundê êş, maro wul zana, biçûkê, tiştkê ezab pir dî ye gundê. Hene sêwleqa dî ye, tina bîn dî ye. Regarding the village issue, people know well, the little ones, the village saw a lot of torment. They saw commotion, they saw things.
Tiştê gi marova gotine, yek tê axlê me, û yek marova gotine, wekî dêkem, bavkê me, emrê me na gihîştîyê, rû ye. Bas bi marova gotine ser gundê. Hinda pir naqil heye. Xalê min li dîkanê, ke'ke dido tin, difrotin. Ke'ke, yanî li torî mezin da. The things that people have said, some make sense to us, and others people have said, like my mother, my father... our age didn't catch those times, it's hearsay. But people have spoken about the village. There are many stories here. My uncle was in the shop, he gave out "Ka'ke" (biscuits/bread), selling them. Ka'ke, I mean in a large net/bag.
Tina bîn bî, Xalê Hisên, rehmetî, tina bîn bî, ezab lemîş bî pir? It was a sight, regarding Sheikh Hussein, the deceased, it was a sight to see, was the crowd gathered thickly?
Cucikê xwa, ezab lemîş bî, û tina bîn dî bî, û sêwleqa jî dî bî. The birds themselves, the crowd gathered thickly, and the sight was seen, and the commotion was seen.
Dê çûy, vê ordikê bin Ke'ko, tina ye ordikê bin Ke'ko? Did they go under the ducks of Ka'ko? You know the ducks of Ka'ko?
Dê tûr da dicivîyan, û dê hat lêgerîyê bela dikir. Dê guta bi işkê gundîyê da hesif. Dê hat li ser qilkê gerîyê, li kuderê bî, dê vê bela dikir. They would gather in the bag, and he would come looking and scatter them. He would say [unintelligible - possibly referring to a specific incident with the village donkey or animal]. He would come to the hilltop looking, wherever it was, he would scatter them.
Dê guta, gere ne, ev no, gerek buxun. Wele tiştinî pir, tiştinî wana basî der tê da heye. He would say, "Let them represent, no, these ones, they must eat." By God, many things, many things of theirs are talked about around here.
Xeberê gundê hene, ew çîrokê gundê hene, xelk xeber didê, halîyen pê? The news of the village exists, those stories of the village exist, people talk about them, do they currently talk about it?
Xelkê pir xeber dayî. Wekî yane, ê ye ser gundê hatî gotin. People have talked a lot. Like, you know, those who came to the village and spoke.
Yanî tistek raste? Is it something true?
Marova lê guh çû, bas yanî, e maro bîstî, gerek maro bibê, ez nizanim. Ez ne miteekid im, an qal. Ez vê şurê dibêm. Pir naqil heye. Qçkî gundîyê caga kirin, hejî ye. Bavkê xwedînê, û zikir kirina bavkê me, maro yê hejî ye bî. Û teben, xalê min, we çaxê miqadî lî Efrîn bî. Xelkê pir kesadî ye, gutî me, tilwir dî ye. Du dogirî caga, we digutin vê av. Hina pê hesîye gîştî vî derê. People listened to it, but I mean, what people heard, people have to say, I don't know. I am not certain, it's hearsay. I say this word. There are many stories. The small ones of the village did it, it is valuable. The father was religious, and the chanting (Dhikr) of our father, he was a man of value. And naturally, my uncle, at that time he was a resident in Afrin. Many people were unemployed, he told us, he saw grapes. Two straight lines, they called this water. Some sensed it, everyone [came] to this place.
Kekê Reşad, ez daxwazim, em tişkî jê nas kin. Vê meqamê jî gundê ra çêkirine. Elmî te, kê ji we ra çêkir? Brother Rashad, I would like for us to know something about it. They built this shrine for the village. To your knowledge, who built it for you?
Welle, ev meqam jî gundê ra çêkirî, bi destê Xalê min Elî bî, liyê gundê rehmetî. Birakê gundê Staz Ebdullah, muhamî ye. Û birakê gundê Mihemed heye. Û birakê gundê Ednan jî hebî. Ednan çişke wezîyê xwe, vîra gut, wextakî hebî, wezakî xwe xase bî. Well, this shrine built for the village, was by the hand of my Uncle Ali, the deceased of the village. The brother of the village, Mr. Abdullah, he is a lawyer. And there is the brother of the village, Mohammed. And the brother of the village, Adnan, was also there. Adnan, his situation, they said here, there was a time, he had a special situation.
Çêrê meqam daro na dikir. Bas wekî noka muxtar ra gutî, daxwazîyan ew remz ke. Eno merê gundê, cî gundê, wekî şû Şêx Reşîd, Xwedê rehma xwalê kê. Jê ra mezelek çêkirine. Ê em jî gundê dibînin, remzêk e ji maro. Fa ekîd, gîyan musaade kirine, bas qişkê gundê ne. Bas yanî, e em pê zanin, eno lewî gundê çêkirî, ev meqamê jêra. He didn't unveil the shrine. But as the Mukhtar said just now, they wanted to make it a symbol. That the man of the village, the place of the village, like Sheikh Rashid, may God have mercy on him. They built a tomb for him. And we in the village see it, it is a symbol for us. So certainly, everyone helped, but they are the small ones of the village. But I mean, what we know is that those village boys built this shrine for him.
Lewî gundê. Û millet... Seeta her kesî xweş, vî meqamî, te xweş û kîbar û nefesî me tê da va dibê çêkirin. Her yekî xêrê xwe ketîyê, seeta gîyan xweş. Her yekî tê vî derê, heyana ho, bi vî tiştî ra dibê. Em divê tiştî hene. Insanek bê mahzûnê xwe tune, ew jî tune. Û insanek bê mahzûnê xwe bîr bike, ew jî bîr nakî. The village boys. And the nation... Bless the hands of everyone, [for] this shrine, you have built it beautifully, elegantly, and our breath opens up in it. Everyone contributed their charity, bless everyone's hands. Everyone who comes here, up until now, speaks of this thing. We need these things. A human without their sadness is nothing, he is nothing. And a human who forgets their sadness, he won't remember [anything].
Ez pir divro darbas dibim, û xelkî têt darbas dibê. Ez jî yek, ez daxwazim bi naskir, û ez daxwazim cumhûrî qeneyê hotin û Efrîn jî nas kin. Vê meqamê lkê dikeve, lî Jî gundê, çend salin wefat kirî? Û seeta te xweş, Xwedê ji te razî be jî. Yanî em pir kêfxweş bîn, tu bi me ra musaade kir. I pass by here a lot, and people pass by. I am one, I want to know, and I want the public of the channel, hotin [TV], and Afrin to know as well. Where is this shrine located? In Jiqle village, how many years since he passed away? And bless your hands, may God be pleased with you too. I mean, we were very happy that you helped us.
Sehlan be, ya ehlen we sehlan, ji we ra. Û ji qenatê Hotin, Efrîn. Û ji birê Kakê maro Xelîl. Tiştekî pir xweşe, maro tarîxî xwe ji bîr neke. Maro timî... Tu zanî xelk noko gij hev dûr e. Bi kamerê şêrîn, maro melûmata digihîne xelkê. Maro hev dibîne, cîyê xwe dibînin. Bas noko qçkê xalî min, ew pir gî lî derwan e. E fe tiştekî pir xweş te dikê, inşallah. You are welcome, oh welcome to you. And to Hotin channel, Afrin. And to our brother Khalil. It is a very good thing, that one does not forget their history. One always... You know people are now far from each other. Through the sweet camera, one conveys information to the people. One sees each other, they see their places. But now, my uncle's children, most of them are abroad. So, you are doing a very good thing, God willing.
Inşallah gî bibînin. Û inşallah, ez Xelîl heya gî xwîna di canê min da heye, jitim gel dengê dibim kolana. Ezê çîrokê berê, maro kim. Tiştê di tûras, tûrasê me. Ezê muhawle kim kamil, û tim di tiştê da xweş û kîbar, pêş milletî xwe kim. Seeta te xweş û Xwedê te bihêle. God willing, they will all see it. And God willing, I, Khalil, as long as there is blood in my body, I will always be with the voice of the streets. I will make the old stories known to people. Things of heritage, our heritage. I will try completely, and always present things that are good and elegant to my nation. Bless your hands and may God keep you.
Seeta we xweş, Xwedê inşallah... Hezar carî seeta we xweş, ser vî işî muqedemî ne. Xwedê ji te razî be. Berî em... Ez berîm te, emerta te gotin tel me hene. Bless your hands, God willing... A thousand times bless your hands, for this presented work. May God be pleased with you. Before we... I leave you, your orders, your words are with us.
Seeta we xweş, Xwedê ji we razî be. Bixêr û selamet bun cema. Emê darbas kin din jî. Fadlî we jî, emê rakin, inşallah. Bless your hands, may God be pleased with you. Stay safe and sound, community. We will move on as well. Your kindness, we will uphold it, God willing.
Xwedê ji we razî be. May God be pleased with you.
Ya ehlen we sehlan, ji we ra. Oh, you are welcome.
Milletî kîbar û delal, meqamê Şêx Hisên rehmetî, Xwedê rehma xwalê ke, me ji we ra sawirand. Ê tirbê dlawkî gundê jî, Şêx Elî, Xwedê rehma xwalê ke, me ji we ra meqamê gundê sawirand. Niha jî, emê darbasî qata jûr bin. Berî em darbasî qata jûr dibin, em hîn ji we ra pirs dikin, û hîn emê bi hev ra nas kin. Noble and dear nation, the shrine of Sheikh Hussein the deceased, may God have mercy on him, we filmed it for you. And the tomb of the village boy too, Sheikh Ali, may God have mercy on him, we filmed the village shrine for you. And now, we will move to the upper floor. Before we move to the upper floor, we will ask you some more, and we will get to know each other more.
Gotinek Şêx Elî hebû, dinav milletî Kurd da dikir. Ji maro gotin, ez jî dixwazim ji we ra bêjim. Û hîn jî ji maro yazmîş kin, wekî bîst bî. Şêx Elî, Xwedê rehma xwalê ke, digot: "Her yek pêşî derîyê xwe pak bikin, bajar gî pak bibe. Û her yek pêşî qapîyê xwe, dorê kê biçînin, bajarê gî xşîm bibe." Seeta we xweş. Û heva jî gotina rehmetî Şêx Elî, Xwedê rehma xwal mirîyê we gîyan ke. Bi me ra bin, niha jî, bilkê xweş û geş, emê darbasî qata jûr bin. There was a saying of Sheikh Ali, he used to say it among the Kurdish nation. People told me, and I want to tell you. And write it down for us, as if it was heard. Sheikh Ali, may God have mercy on him, used to say: "If everyone cleans the front of their own door, the whole city will be clean. And if everyone plants around the front of their gate, the whole city will be green/lush." Bless your hands. And this was the saying of the deceased Sheikh Ali, may God have mercy on all your dead. Stay with us, now, with a happy and bright look, we will move to the upper floor.
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Bi şev xew da bim, şqa sap kêf bim... Bi şev xew da bim, şqa sap kêf bim... Min dî vegerîya... Zemanî berê... Zemanî berê... Min dî vegerîya lêlê, zemanî berê... Zemanî berê... If I am asleep at night, I am happy with the stalk... If I am asleep at night, I am happy with the stalk... I saw it returned... The old times... The old times... I saw it returned, oh my, the old times... The old times...
Ez hawar dikim, ji nû tazî can dibim... Ez hawar dikim, ji nû tazî can dibim... I am crying out, I am becoming a fresh soul anew... I am crying out, I am becoming a fresh soul anew...
Merheba. Hello.
Ehlen we sehlan. Welcome.
Navê te bi xêr? Your name, please?
Zeyneb e. It's Zeyneb.
Xalkî Zeyneb. Xalkî Zeyneb, tu çend salî ye? Auntie Zeyneb. Auntie Zeyneb, how old are you?
Pêncî û heft. Fifty-seven.
Pêncî û heft. Xwedê emrê dirêj te de, û siheta xweş te de. Fifty-seven. May God give you a long life, and give you good health.
Tu sax bî, ehlen we sehlan. May you be healthy, welcome.
Xalkî Zeyneb, çîçkî ye? Ez dixwazim tu xeber de. Tan qiçik te hînan, te... Auntie Zeyneb, the children? I want you to talk. How many children did you bring [raise], you...
Wele bi xû, merê hey sotin, didû rehmetî bûn, şeş jî hene. Well, by myself, the husband is burnt [deceased], two passed away, and there are six [alive].
Xwedê rehma xwalê ke. May God have mercy on him.
Tu sax bî, ehlen we sehlan. May you be healthy, welcome.
Şeş, niha li kuderê ne? Six, where are they now?
Na. Lawik yek li Holanda ye, û qîzikek li Emîrka ye, û yek jî li Elmanya ye. Û qîzik û lawik jî cem min li derê gund in. No. One son is in Holland, and one daughter is in America, and one is in Germany. And a daughter and son are with me in the village.
Xalkî Zeyneb, tu bi xwe ji gundî Kirko yî lê? Auntie Zeyneb, are you personally from the village of Kirko [originally]?
Ez ji gundî Kirko me, qîzwanî bî hesî kirşê me. I am from the village of Kirko, my maidenhood felt like straw [hardship].
Û ta li Kirko mêr kirî? And you got married in Kirko?
Min li Kirko mêr kirî, min loyê Ismaîlê Benûkûzê kirî. I got married in Kirko, I married the son of Ismail Benukuz.
Xwedê siheta te xweş te de. May God give you good health.
Tu sax bî, ehlen we sehlan. May you be healthy, welcome.
Ez xelîl ji gundî be'dî naş, qenaya Hotin li Efrîn. I am Khalil from the village afterward [nearby], Hotin channel in Afrin.
Ehlen we sehlan. Welcome.
Ez darbas ser meqamê... I am passing by the shrine...
Hewot, ê xalê min e, meqamê xalê min ê Şêx e. Ha qîza xoka gund im e. Yes, he is my uncle, it is the shrine of my uncle the Sheikh. I am the daughter of the sister of the village [leader].
Me çîçkê sawirand, pir xweş, maşallah. Yanî seeta we xweş, heta niha meselen wape ihtifaz kirî. We filmed a little, very nice, Mashallah. I mean bless your hands, until now, for example, you have preserved it like this.
Arê. Yes.
Berê çîrokê xwe hebîn, ew mesele di gundê, tkinê ji me ra xeber de. Did it have stories in the past, that issue in the village, can you talk to us a little about it?
Bi xwedê mesele gundê ji berê da... Xalê min ê şêx e. Û lawê gundê Hecî Elî jî yê şêx bî. Hewjî rehmetî bî. Û da Xwedê rehma xwal herduko ke. Xalê min bî, qçkê xalê min bîn, şûyn bavkê me bî. Kesî nerzibçêr dibê tune ye. By God, the issue of the village from the past... He is my uncle the Sheikh. And the village boy Hajj Ali was also a Sheikh. He also passed away. And may God have mercy on both of them. It was my uncle, they were my uncle's children, he was in the place of our father. There is no one who says [bad] things.
Û berê zûra çê dikirin? And did they visit [the shrine] a lot in the past?
Hm, erê. Hm, yes.
Tikinê çîçkê ka ji me ra xeber de, zûrat, tu çi dikin, çi tevvav di dikin? Tell us a little bit, the visits, what did you do, what rituals did you perform?
Bi xwedê bî doxî, bihar e. Xelkê mîstam dikin, em gulo dikin, em sêcê dikin, em fir divên kumripik bi kormanckî. Emê kumripikê dikin. Em heyalo çowîr e, ê dwo ye, benîştokê belê gundê dikin. Emê tiştî dikin yanî... Çi diltab, çi kirdibê. By God, it was distinct, it is spring. People picnic, we make "gulo" [food], we make "sêcê" [food], we fly "kumripik" in Kurmanji [kites/balloons]. We make kites. We imagine the pasture, the one who gives, makes gum for the village. We do things, I mean... Whatever the heart desires, whatever happens.
Li demê bihar dar de av dibê, li biharê hinkum dikin, û paşê hişk dibe. In the time of spring, there is water in it, in spring they [visit/picnic], and later it dries up.
Am hişk dikin, îşta ez bizanim, zûratan ba dikin. We dry it [or "it dries up"], now as I know, they pay visits.
Zûrat. Visits.
Arê wele. Yes, by God.
Xweş e jî. Û em heyana pê ra dibin. It is nice too. And we are still with it.
Jê, tebeqe çêtir e, xweş e. Bêdaye. From it, the level is better, it is nice. It is obvious.
Seeta te xweş. Ez pir kêfxweş bîm bi ro, ez darbas girkê jûr bîm, û ez darbas vê mala xweş û kîbar û delal bîm. Bless your hands. I was very happy today, I entered the upper hill, and I entered this nice and elegant and dear house.
Ehlen we sehlan, mala mala nîvano ye, e wekî ta pir hatin tê gîwînê cem e. Welcome, the house is the house of the guest/midway, like you came a lot into the soul of ours.
Seeta xweş. Bless your hands.
Ehlen we sehlan, ji we ra, ji qenatê ta ra, hotim Efrînê. Welcome to you, to your channel, Hotin Afrin.
Xwedê ta qenatê ta mezin bike, inşallah. Xwedê sihetê xweş bide. May God make your channel great, God willing. May God give good health.
Berî gid ez darim, te emrê te, te gotin tel min hene? Before I leave, do you have any orders, do you have any words for me?
Wele qçkê min sêl darbane, evna her yek yek tê ji me ra silom ke, silavê mi ji her sêkora hene. Hemû dê Rengîn e, Avşîn e, tê ji me ra pir silom ke, evna hewna û heydîyo jî destata da dimînim lo. Well, my children, three are abroad, say hello to each one of them for us, I have greetings for all three. They are Hamude, Rengîn, Avşîn, say hello to them a lot for us, they are there and Hadyo too, I kiss your hands [I implore you].
Seeta te xweş, û inşallah nîzîk da, destê ta û gundê jî bi hevgînin. Bless your hands, and God willing, soon, your hand and the village will meet.
Inşallah. God willing.
Boyî xerîbîyê çetine. Because being a stranger [in a foreign land] is hard.
Arê wele. E gid dîye zane. Yes, by God. He who has seen it knows.
Tu hatan xalê... You came uncle...
Sê çîçak... Ji her lo... Three flowers... From every [place]...
Arê. Avşîn û Rengîn û Hemûde bo. Yes. Avshin and Rengin and Hamude were.
Havo vê çîçak na, xalkî Zeyneb da min, yek ji ber Avşîn e vo, û Rengîn e vo... Now these flowers, Auntie Zeyneb gave me, one for Avshin, and Rengin...
Û Hemûde vo. And Hamude.
Û Hemûde vo. Seeta we xweş. And Hamude. Bless your hands.
We ta jî seeta we xweş. And you too, bless your hands.
Û inşallah, ilmê serkeftî be, Xwedê çiçkê te bihêle. Seeta we xweş. And God willing, may knowledge be successful, may God keep your children. Bless your hands.
Ehlen we sehlan, yewrem, Xwedê ta bihêle, Xwedê qenatê ta inşallah ji vê bilindtir bike. Tu kî çotê ware cem xûltika xû, mala nîvano ye. Welcome, my child, may God keep you, may God make your channel higher than this, God willing. Whenever you go, come to your auntie, it is a guest house.
Wexta tu cem min bûy, diyamın... Welcome, I am your sacrifice, I am thirsty/bringing water [Host politely closing].
Wexta tu cem min bûy, diyamın... When you were with me, my mother...
Diyamın, diyamın, diyamın î... My mother, my mother, you are my mother...
Tu ronîya dilê min î. You are the light of my heart.
Tu dermanê canê min î. You are the remedy of my soul.
Dewerê canê min dewerê... Wander, my soul, wander...
Dewerê derdê min giran e. Wander, my pain is heavy.
Esqa diyamın, esqa diyamın... Love of my mother, love of my mother...
Dewerê bînata min a gûl e. Wander, my breath is of a rose.
Guhdarên delal, neha em hatine gundê Qerqîna Jêrîn. Dear listeners, we have now come to the village of Lower Qerqina.
Malê Kekê Reşo, Xwedê jê û ji we razî be. The home of Brother Resho, may God be pleased with him and you.
Em hatine cem darbas, cem apê Uzo bin. We have come to drop by, to be with Uncle Uzo.
Em ê çîçkê pirs kin ser Qerqê Jêr. We will ask a little about Lower Qerqîn.
Çi qom û albet e, xê û nêv lê kirin. What their customs and situation are, how they are named.
Em bi hev re bin heta dawiya vîdyoyê. Let us be together until the end of the video.
Hela em pirsê ji vî gundî bikin. Let us ask about this village now.
Merheba. Hello.
Merheba, ehlen wa sehlen, ser çava. Hello, welcome, upon my eyes (you are welcome).
Ez xelê ş gundî nas bikim? Aşna bin? May I know the uncle from the village? Get acquainted?
Navê min Mihemed Reşîd Eşkerkomo. My name is Mihemed Rashid Eşkerkomo.
Mihemed, xalê Mihemed, bavê kî? Mihemed, Uncle Mihemed, father of whom?
Bavê Uzo. Father of Uzo.
Bavê Uzo, Xwedê jê razî be. Father of Uzo, may God be pleased with him.
Xwedê ji te jî razî be. May God be pleased with you too.
Bavê Uzo, gundê... tebîetê gundî Qerqê Jêr pir xweş e. Father of Uzo, the village... the nature of Lower Qerqîn village is very nice.
Li bilindiyê dikeve. It is located on a height.
Tikê ne, bes ji min re xeber de, çend kîlometre ji nahiyê xwe dûr dikeve? Just a bit, tell me, how many kilometers is it from its district?
Valla ev... bîst û du kîlometre ji Efrînê dûr dikeve. Well, this... falls twenty-two kilometers away from Afrin.
Ê... And...
Ji nahiya Mabeta... From the district of Mabeta (Maabatli)...
Ji nahiya Mabeta? From the district of Mabeta?
Dûr deh kîlometre ye. It is ten kilometers away.
Dûr deh kîlometre, Qerqê Jêrîn ji nahiya xwe dûr dikeve. Ten kilometers away, Lower Qerqîn falls from its district.
Qerqê Jêrîn ji nahiya Mabeta, dûr deh kîlometre dûr dikeve. Lower Qerqîn falls ten kilometers away from the district of Mabeta.
Bavê Uzo, di gundê Qerqê Jêr da, came heye? Father of Uzo, is there a mosque in the village of Lower Qerqîn?
Belê. Yes.
Heye? There is?
Heye, came heye. There is, there is a mosque.
Mekteb di vî gundî da hene? Are there schools in this village?
Valla mekteb heye, bes mekteb neha ne şixûl e. Well, there is a school, but the school is not functional right now.
Yanî mekteb heye. Meaning there is a school.
Heye. There is.
Di vî gundî da seydele hene? Are there pharmacies in this village?
Seydele tines. There are no pharmacies.
Seydele tîne. There are no pharmacies.
Qerqî Jêrîn pir xweş e, li bilindiyê ye wek me gotî. Lower Qerqîn is very nice, it is on a height as we said.
Bûyê gundî jî kîbar û delal e. The structure of the village is also elegant and beautiful.
Valla bûyê gundê, pir kîbar e. Well, the structure of the village is very elegant.
Erê. Yes.
Ez darbas bûm jî, em bi biharê da hatin. As I was passing by, we came in the springtime.
Pir xweş têbûy, şên kirî, xemilandî. It has become very nice, populated, decorated.
Bi min, li vî gundî, berê û neha, karê pir pê radibûn, çi bî mesele di vî gundî? In my opinion, in this village, before and now, what was the main work they did in this village?
Valla, axlebê vî gundî giş mizar' in. Cotkar in. Well, the majority of this village are all farmers. They are ploughmen.
Erê. Yes.
Cotkarî bî. Lê berê, traktor der tinebûn, bi cot radibûn. It was farming. But before, there were no tractors, they worked with ploughs.
Lê neha jî, traktor derketî, bi traktor radibin. But now, tractors have come out, they work with tractors.
Rast bûn. It was flat/correct.
Mentiqa me giş rez bûn. Our region was all vineyards.
Giş rez bûn? It was all vineyards?
Belê. Yes.
Wekî dexle-mexle... Like grains and such...
Dexle-mexle yên xwe tînin... ê... feqîr in. They bring their grains... eh... they are poor.
Diçin Cûmê, pale diçinin. They go to Jinderes (Cûm), they do harvesting.
Erê. Yes.
Pale diçinin, bi bidê diçinin. They harvest, they harvest with sickles.
Wexta zivistanê, debar dikirin êş, dikirin genim, der dikirin ard, pê dajîn. In winter time, they provided for sustenance, they made wheat, turned it to flour, lived on it.
Erê. Yes.
Heyata berê xweş bû yan a niha? Was the life of the past better or now?
Heyata berê gî cefo bû. The life of the past was entirely hardship.
Xweş bû lê? It was good though?
Xweş bû bes cefo pir bû. It was good but the hardship was much.
Paşê rehetî hat, dunya... Then comfort came, the world...
Neha jî dunya pêş ketî ye. Now the world has advanced.
Li şûna cot, gihaye traktor. Instead of the plough, the tractor has arrived.
Li şûna cot, gihaye traktor. Li şûna paleyê, gihaye... ew... patoz. Instead of the plough, the tractor has arrived. Instead of the harvester (person), arrived... that... thresher.
Yanî... jiyan xweş bû. Meaning... life became good.
Xweş bû. It became good.
Ê helbet. Yes, certainly.
Berî ku destê xwe bidimê, te emrê te, te gotin telme hene? Before I shake your hand, your age, you said you have wrinkles/troubles?
De çi gotime? Saeta we xweş... Well what have I said? Good health to you...
Vê qenatê, wekî tê, êşekê milet pê dihesin, yanî... This channel, as it comes, feels the pain of the nation, meaning...
Dengê milet jê dighînin derve, dikin filan dikin... They convey the voice of the people abroad, they do this and that...
Saeta we xweş. Good health to you.
Xwedê siheta te xweş bike, herî jî... May God give you good health, and come too...
Herî jî, û... hatina we te jî. Come too, and... your coming as well.
Xwedê ji te razî be. May God be pleased with you.
Te qicik li derve hene? Neha tu kê silav dikî? Do you have children abroad? Who do you greet now?
Valla silavê min, lawêkî min li derve ye, li Ewropa ye. Well my greetings, a son of mine is abroad, he is in Europe.
Silavê min li Pirsê re hene. I have greetings for Pirs (name).
Birayê min jî li derve ne. My brothers are also abroad.
Silavê min ji giyan re hene. Eger gul me dinasin, qicik a û mezin a... I have greetings for all of them. If they all know us, the small and the big...
Û Tirkî jî hene. And there are also those in Turkey.
Erê. Yes.
Kê gul me nas, silavê me ji giyan re hene. Whoever knows us, our greetings are to all of them.
Û ji miletê me giştkî re hene. And they are for our entire nation.
Saeta te xweş. Good health to you.
Ê saeta te xweş. Yes, good health to you.
Em ji te pir memnûn bûn. We were very pleased with you.
Ez ji we memnûn im. I am pleased with you.
Ne bes memnûn, ji miletê me giştkî re hene. Not just pleased, (greetings) to our entire nation.
Eleykum selam, ser çavan, Xwedê te bihêle. Peace be upon you, upon my eyes, may God keep you.
Ê Xwedê te bihêle, û we pir kêfxweş bibin, hûrû. Yes may God keep you, and may you be very happy, now.
Xwedê ji te razî be. May God be pleased with you.
Xwedê ji te jî razî be, ehlen wa sehlen. May God be pleased with you too, welcome.
Xemilî Zozan... The plateau is adorned...
Merheba, xalê... Hello, uncle...
Ehlen wa sehlen. Welcome.
Navê te bi xêr? What is your name?
Elî. Ali.
Xalê Elî, Xwedê emrê dirêj bide te. Çend salî ye? Uncle Ali, may God give you a long life. How old are you?
Heftê şeş, ketime heftê û hefta. Seventy-six, I entered seventy-seven.
Em darbasî cem xaltîkê bin. Xaltîk navê te bi xêr? Let's pass to the auntie. Auntie, what is your name?
Solîha. Soliha.
Xaltîka Solîha. Aunt Soliha.
Hm. Hm.
Tu çend salî ye? How old are you?
Valla... ez nizanim... heftê du... heftê du dibinim. Well... I don't know... seventy-two... I reckon seventy-two.
Xwedê emrê dirêj bide, siheta xweş bide. May God give you a long life, give you good health.
Li wala yarê min, qicikê me çûne derve... em tenê mane. Em nexweş in. Isabet şiker ketine... Oh my dear, our children have gone abroad... we are left alone. We are sick. Diabetes has struck...
Wekî din nexweş in, me emeliyat kirine. Tişta em... na rihet in, kûk em na rihet in. Furthermore we are sick, we have had surgeries. We are... not comfortable, utterly not comfortable.
Gerek te sêrî me dî tirhet be. You need to look at us more comfortably (?).
Erê valla. Yes really.
Valla hezkirina me... dîtin ji şîrîntir e... Really our love... seeing is sweeter than...
Jengê şîrîntir e ta go... It is sweeter than...
Ew ji min şîrîntir e. Ez ji wî şîrîntir im. She is sweeter than me. I am sweeter than her.
Tu bi min şîrîn î. You are sweet to me.
Bi Xwedê ez pir kêfxweş dibim wextê ez însanê di wek we mezin dibînim. By God, I become very happy when I see elders like you.
Saeta te xweş, em jî wekî te dibînin em jî şa dibin. Good health to you, when we see someone like you we also become happy.
Saeta te xweş. Good health to you.
Ehlen wa sehlen. Welcome.
Lê wala yarê min, tişta tima em nexweş in, tima em dahr in... valla halê me tune ye. But oh my dear, the thing is we are sick, we are aged... really we have no strength.
Qicik giş çûne derve... li derve ne... tişta em bi tenê mane. The children all went abroad... are abroad... we are left alone.
Bar giran e. The burden is heavy.
Are valla, tişta giran e... tişta giran e. Yes really, it is heavy... it is heavy.
Are valla. Yes really.
Di gundê Qerqê Jêr... In the village of Lower Qerqîn...
Ehlen wa sehlen. Welcome.
Ez dimeşim, min pir kêfxweş bûm, manewiyata min bilind bû. I am walking, I became very happy, my morale was lifted.
Tikê ne ji min re xeber de, neha roja we çawa derbas dikin? Just tell me a bit, how do you pass your day now?
Roja xwe... valla... gep... Our day... well... chat...
Gep... henek... Chat... jokes...
Tewla dilîzin? Do you play backgammon?
Tewla me nîne. We don't have backgammon.
Gep û henek. Chat and jokes.
Hûn dilê hev xweş dikin. You cheer each other's hearts.
Dilê hev xweş dikin. We cheer each other's hearts.
Înşallah Xwedê siheta xweş bide... God willing, may God give good health...
Amîn. Amîn. Amen. Amen.
Yanî, wa cafo... hundik nedî... wa cafo pir dî. Meaning, that hardship... you didn't see a little... you saw a lot of hardship.
Valla me dî yara min. Really we saw it, my dear.
We rehetî nedî. You didn't see comfort.
Na, me rehetî nedî. No, we didn't see comfort.
Wextê meriv rehet dibe, paşê nexweşî dikeve. When one becomes comfortable, then sickness befalls.
Wextê meriv... başqe neha... tişta em ketine. When one... especially now... the state we are in.
Erê. Yes.
Înşallah Xwedê siheta xweş bide, emrê dirêj bide. God willing, may God give good health, give long life.
Ehlen wa sehlen, saeta te xweş. Welcome, good health to you.
Lê wala yara min, mirin xweş e ji vî 'eştî. But oh my dear, death is better than this life.
Xwedê neke. God forbid.
Navê min Xelîl. My name is Xelîl.
Ez gundî Qerqîna me... I am from the village of Qerqina...
Aş gundî... You are from the village...
Ez ji gundî me... I am from the village...
Aş gundî Qerqê Jêr. You are from the village of Lower Qerqîn.
Qerqê Jêr. Lower Qerqîn.
Bi Xwedê ez pir kêfxweş bûm. By God, I was very happy.
Kêfa me ji te ra tê. Our happiness comes from you.
Her kesê li mal, li derve sêr dike, ew qicikê te li derve hene? Everyone at home, abroad who is watching, do you have children abroad?
Tikê ne silav ke, neha berî ez derbas bim. Just send a greeting, now before I pass.
Valla, yek li Heleb e. Well, one is in Aleppo.
Yek li Heleb e. One is in Aleppo.
Silavê me ji Helebê re jî hene. Our greetings are to Aleppo as well.
Silavê me ji derve re jî hene. Our greetings are to the outside (abroad) as well.
Û em xêr bibînin. And may we see good.
Ê em xêr bibînin. Yes, may we see good.
Ê Heleb jî wala der nate, êş te... And Aleppo, well, it doesn't give a way out, the pain...
Neha rê girtî ye. Now the road is closed.
Rê girtî ye. The road is closed.
Rê girtî ye, em nikarin biçin. The road is closed, we cannot go.
Em çûn û hatinê nakin. We don't do going and coming (traveling).
Em çûn û hatinê nakin. We don't do going and coming.
Apê min, navê te bi xêr? Uncle, what is your good name?
Ebû Selah. Abu Salah.
Ebû Selah, bavê Selah. Abu Salah, father of Salah.
Erê. Yes.
Ser serê min. Xwedê emrê dirêj bide te. Çend salî ye? You are welcome. May God give you a long life. How old are you?
Heftê û pênc. Seventy-five.
Maşallah, bêhna te na kete? Mashallah, do you not get tired [run out of breath]?
Tobe, ez hîn ciwan im. God forbid, I am still young.
Elhemdulillah. Praise be to God.
Xwedê emrê dirêj bide te û sihetê xweş bide. May God give you a long life and good health.
Xwedê ji te razî be. Ehlen we sehlen. May God be pleased with you. Welcome.
Em derbas bin cem xaltîkê. Navê xaltîkê? Let's move on to the auntie. Auntie's name?
Sediqa. Sadiqa.
Xaltîka Sediqa. Xaltîka Sediqa çend salî ye? Aunt Sadiqa. How old is Aunt Sadiqa?
Şêst û du. Sixty-two.
Şêst û... Xwedê emrê dirêj bide û sihetê xweş bide. Sixty... May God give you a long life and good health.
Xwedê badê jiyana min, Xwedê sihetê xweş bide te jî. May God grant the rest of my life [to you], may God give you good health too.
Xwedê ji te razî be. We'yê te çawa ye? Rûyê te wa çû derbas dibin? May God be pleased with you. How is your situation? How are your days passing?
Elhemdulillah, şukir ji Xwedê re. Praise be to God, thanks to God.
Ta û bavê Selah ser hezkirinê hevdu biriye, lê? Did you and Salah's father marry each other out of love, or?
Lê? Or?
Hezkirin hebû? Was there love?
Na. No.
Pêşî ne zat? Not at the beginning?
Di zemanê berê da yarim hezkirin derketibû? In the old days, my dear, did love even exist?
Tunebû ne? It didn't exist, right?
Tunebû. Me yekdû nas nedikir. Mal... hewa rind e, meş diko, rind e. It didn't exist. We didn't know each other. Family... the atmosphere is good, it goes on, it's good.
Gidîk bavê me şûrek bibikira, şûrekê genda ne dibî dida. If our father gave his word, he wouldn't go back on that word.
Lê... no. Oh... no.
Me bi destê hev nedigirt mal. Hêv şûr nedikirin. Sê salan dergistî, me şûrek tenê nekir. Me nego erê, nego na. We didn't hold hands, dear. We didn't speak together. Three years engaged, we didn't say a single word. We didn't say yes, didn't say no.
Wextê hîn dergistî, hîn derneketin nageriyan bi hevra? While you were engaged, you didn't go out or walk together?
Ha no! No şûr bibî, me didizî, seke erdê zavil bibî. Oh no! No, if there was a word, we would steal [glances], like... [unclear idiom, implies shyness/fear].
Berê wa bû. That's how it was before.
Zemanê berê wa bû yarim. Erê. The old times were like that, my dear. Yes.
Min qamek dît me teswîr kir, rehmetî Şêx Hisên û Şêx Elî. I saw a frame [photo] we filmed, of the late Sheikh Hussein and Sheikh Ali.
Tu çi ro gendî berê û hîn? What do you say [about] the village before and now?
Rindiş xelkê ra dikir. Wekî hin îşek bi hin muhtac bana, bi desta digirt. Hin nexweş bana, lê dinêrî. Û îşê Xwedê jê hez dikir dikir. He did good for the people. Like if someone was in need, he helped them. If someone was sick, he looked after them. And he did deeds that God loved.
Wekî di milkê xwe bû, pê dijiya, û gya dinyayê alemê pê hez dikir. Like it was his own property he lived by, and the whole world loved him for it.
Hezkirina xelkê jêra pir bû. The people's love for him was great.
Jêra pir bû. Û î xerîb zêde. Ji dewletê derba hebûn. Ji Înglîz da hatin, ji Brîtanya da hatin, ji Şamê da hat, ji... dinyayê alem gi da hat cem. Yanê, ewê xwe pir bû. For him it was great. And strangers especially. There were people from the state. From England they came, from Britain they came, from Damascus they came, from... the whole world came to him. Meaning, his [worth] was great.
Şêx Hisên bixwe xalê min e. Sheikh Hussein himself is my maternal uncle.
Ewa, xalê te ye. Yes, he is your uncle.
Xalê min heqîqî ye, û Hec Elî jî lawê xalê min e. My real uncle, and Hajj Ali is also my uncle's son.
Lawê xalê te ye. Your uncle's son.
Erê welle. Yes, by God.
Wekî qîmeta wî pirr bû. Like his value was great.
Qîmeta wî... dunya giya bû. His value... was the whole world.
Qîmeta xwe hînî... li cem me hindik bî. Li cem alemê... qedera wî ji me pertir bî. His value... to us was [thought to be] little. To the world... his worth was greater than [we knew].
Xwedê bide pêşî qîçikê xwe. May God grant [goodness] before his children.
Bavê Selah û xaltîka Sediqa, saeta we xweş, Xwedê ji we razî be. Father of Salah and Aunt Sadiqa, thank you for your time, may God be pleased with you.
Ehlen we sehlen, Xwedê ji te jî razî be. Welcome, may God be pleased with you too.
Xwedê ji te jî razî be, Xwedê sihetê xweş bide, înşallah hûn tim hebin. May God be pleased with you too, may God give good health, God willing you will always exist.
Înşallah vê qenatê no tim hebin. Û em bibînin. Û înşallah Kurmancê me tim bi ser kevin înşallah. God willing, this channel of yours will always exist. And we watch it. And God willing our Kurds will always succeed, God willing.
Berî ez dest bidim, te emrê wa, ti gotinê wal me hene? Hûn kê ne bikin? Before I say goodbye, you have ordered so, do you have any words for us? Who do you want to [greet]?
De emrê me, selamê me ji qîçkê me ra hene, li derba ne, ewlet kuderê ne bine. Our wish, we have greetings for our children, they are abroad, wherever the children may be.
De Tirkîyê ne, li derba ne. Em pirr selam dikin, û hurmet dikin. Ji we ra jî, ji wan ra jî. They are in Turkey, they are abroad. We send many greetings and respect. To you too, and to them too.
Saeta we xweş, Xwedê ji we razî be. Her kesî li me seyr dike, ew qîçkê te, û bi şiklê am miletê Kurd li hemî dera, li me seyr dikin, hûn dikarin selam bikin, hûn dikarin selamên ji wan ra rêkin. Thank you for your time, may God be pleased with you. Everyone watching us, your children, and generally the Kurdish nation everywhere, watching us, you can greet them, you can send greetings to them.
Selamê me ji giya ra hene. Û ji qîçkê me ra hene. Heta... kake... înşallah me giya dibînin. Înşallah. Înşallah. Destê giya paç dikim. We have greetings for everyone. And for our children. Until... brother... God willing we see everyone. God willing. God willing. I kiss everyone's hands.
Miletê kîbar û delal, xelkê gundê Qerqîna Jêr... Noble and dear people, people of Lower Qerqina village...
Saeta we xweş... heta gavek dinî derketina... jimara xwest. Have a good time... until another step of appearing... [unclear].
Silav û rêz, ji şêniyê gundî Qerqîna Jêr ra. Greetings and respect to the inhabitants of Lower Qerqina village.
Her kesî li me seyr dike, silavên me ji we ra hene. Everyone watching us, we have greetings for you.
Hîn bi xêr hatin, ser çavên me hatin, li Efrîn. Û ji me ra yazmîş kin, gundî dî vêra, hûn dixwazin em derbasî kîjan gundî bin. You are welcome, you came upon our eyes, in Afrin. And write to us, other villages here, which village you want us to visit.
Û niha jî, em bi lextekê gund, ji we ra bibin. Û qusûrên me hene hûn efû bikin. Heta gavek dinî derketana, ji me ra derket. And now, we will take a shot of the village for you. And if we have faults, forgive us. Until another step of appearing for us.
Û ez dixwazim, berî ez derim, ez gotinekê bikim. And I want, before I go, to say a word.
Dibe ku kevir bibe post, dijmin nabe dost. It may be that a stone becomes skin [soft], but an enemy does not become a friend.
Saeta we xweş. Û hîn jî, bi strana Kurmancî, ewê Kurdî, ji me ra yazmîş kin. Saeta we xweş. Have a good time. And also, Kurmanji songs, that Kurdish one, write to us. Have a good time.
Ji xwedûr 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 bi dûr ketim, ne bi dilê min bû. When I fell far from you, it was not my will.
Ji xwedûr 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 bi dûr ketim, ne bi dilê min bû. When I fell far from you, it was not my will.
Ne bi dilê min bû... ne bi dilê min bû. It was not my will... it was not my will.
Bila ez li gundê xwe bam... Let me be in my village...
Min li siya darê zeytûnê... In the shade of the olive tree...
Serê xwe danî ba ser gurzekê pûş... I would lay my head on a bundle of straw...
Di ber re jî difina min... And passing by my nose...
Bêhna axa pîroz bikira... I would smell the scent of the holy soil...
Bila ew der tirba min ba. Let that place be my grave.
Hingî ez ne dimirim. Then I would not die [in grief].
Hingî ez ne dimirim... Hingî ez ne dimirim... Hingî ez ne dimirim. Then I would not die... Then I would not die... Then I would not die.