English Translation كفر دلي تحتاني قرية سورية تتبع مركز منطقة عفرين في ريف حلب الشمالي.
English Translation Kafardali Tahtani is a Syrian village belonging to the center of Afrin district in the northern countryside of Aleppo.
English Translation وتبعد عنها مسافة 13 كيلومتراً باتجاه الغرب.
English Translation It is located 13 kilometers away from it to the west.
English Translation كما أنها تبعد مسافة 18 كيلومتراً عن ناحية جنديرس باتجاه الشمال الشرقي.
English Translation It is also 18 kilometers away from the Jindires sub-district towards the northeast.
English Translation و 65 كيلومتراً عن مدينة حلب باتجاه الشمال الغربي.
English Translation And 65 kilometers from the city of Aleppo towards the northwest.
English Translation أما بعدها عن الحدود السورية التركية فهو 25 كيلومتراً من ناحية بلدة الحمام السياحية.
English Translation As for its distance from the Syrian-Turkish border, it is 25 kilometers from the side of the tourist town of Al-Hammam.
English Translation بنيت القرية فوق سهل منبسط وعلى السفح الشمالي الغربي لجبل يحاذيها.
English Translation The village was built on a flat plain and on the northwestern slope of an adjacent mountain.
English Translation يقسمها وادٍ كان يمر فيه مسيل مائي قادم من قرية كفر دلي فوقاني حيث يقسمها إلى قسمين غربي وشرقي.
English Translation It is divided by a valley through which a water stream used to pass, coming from the village of Kafardali Fawqani, dividing it into a western and an eastern part.
English Translation تبلغ مساحة القرية 450 هكتاراً مزروعة بأشجار الزيتون.
English Translation The village's area is 450 hectares, planted with olive trees.
English Translation وأيضاً مزروعة بالحبوب المختلفة والكمون وحبة البركة إضافة إلى خضراوات متعددة.
English Translation And also planted with various grains, cumin, and black seed, in addition to various vegetables.
English Translation تفصلها تلة بركانية تربتها سوداء من الجهة الشرقية عن قرية معراتة المحاذية لها.
English Translation A volcanic hill with black soil separates it from the eastern side from the adjacent village of Maarateh.
English Translation يبلغ عدد سكانها الحالي 1500 نسمة من أهلها الأصليين ومن عوائل سورية مهجرة قسراً من ريفي حلب الغربي ومن جبل الحص في ريف حلب الجنوبي.
English Translation Its current population is 1,500 people, consisting of its original inhabitants and Syrian families forcibly displaced from the western countryside of Aleppo and from Jabal al- Hass in the southern countryside of Aleppo.
English Translation أشهر عوائلها الكردية بيت نجار ودادو وطاطوز ومن عوائلها العربية بيت خليل عربو.
English Translation The most famous of its Kurdish families are the Najjar, Dado, and Tatouz families, and of its Arab families is the Khalil Arabo family.
English Translation هاجر قسم من أبنائها يعادل 70 بالمئة من سكانها إلى تركيا وأوروبا للعمل.
English Translation A portion of its native residents, equivalent to 70 percent of its population, emigrated to Turkey and Europe for work.
English Translation مصادر الدخل الأساسية لسكانها هي الزراعة والتحويلات النقدية التي يرسلها أبناؤهم إليهم من المهجر إضافة إلى العمل ببعض المهن الحرة والتجارة.
English Translation The main sources of income for its residents are agriculture and the cash remittances sent to them by their children from the diaspora, in addition to working in some freelance professions and trade.
English Translation بنيت أول مدرسة في القرية في عام 1973 وهي مدرسة ابتدائية.
English Translation The first school in the village was built in 1973, which is a primary school.
English Translation يشتهر أهلها بالأعمار الكبيرة للرجال والنساء والتي قد تبلغ 125 سنة كما أنهم مشهورون بالسماحة والطيبة والبساطة والكرم.
English Translation Its people are known for the long lifespans of men and women, which may reach 125 years. They are also famous for their tolerance, kindness, simplicity, and generosity.
English Translation السلام عليكم.
English Translation Peace be upon you.
English Translation وعليكم السلام.
English Translation And upon you be peace.
English Translation مرحبا عمو.
English Translation Hello, uncle.
English Translation يا أهلا وسهلا.
English Translation Welcome.
English Translation شلونك؟
English Translation How are you?
English Translation الله يعطيك العافية.
English Translation May God give you health.
English Translation الله يعافيك يا رب.
English Translation May God give you health too.
English Translation نتعرف عليك؟
English Translation Can you introduce yourself?
English Translation نعم، تفضل.
English Translation Yes, go ahead.
English Translation نتعرف عليك؟
English Translation Can you introduce yourself?
English Translation خليل حاج حنان.
English Translation Khalil Hajj Hanan.
English Translation يا أهلا وسهلا.
English Translation Welcome.
English Translation أهليين فيك.
English Translation Welcome to you.
English Translation ابن الضيعة من هون من كفر دلي تحتاني؟
English Translation A son of the village from here, from Kafardali Tahtani?
English Translation نعم، من كفر دلي تحتاني، نعم.
English Translation Yes, from Kafardali Tahtani, yes.
English Translation مزارع؟
English Translation A farmer?
English Translation إن شاء الله.
English Translation God willing.
English Translation إن شاء الله.
English Translation God willing.
English Translation حضرتك؟
English Translation And you, sir?
English Translation يا أهلا وسهلا عمو، 100 سلامة. شرفتوا بهالضيعة.
English Translation Welcome uncle, 100 welcomes. You honored this village.
English Translation 100 سلامة فيك. الله يسلمك.
English Translation 100 welcomes to you. May God keep you safe.
English Translation وأهلا وسهلا فيك.
English Translation And welcome to you.
English Translation نتعرف عليك؟
English Translation Can you introduce yourself?
English Translation أنا محمود عبد الرحمن عبد القادر، من بيت خوجة.
English Translation I am Mahmoud Abdel Rahman Abdel Qader, from the Khoja family.
English Translation أهلاً وسهلاً فيك.
English Translation Welcome.
English Translation 100 سلامة، أهلاً وسهلاً فيك.
English Translation 100 welcomes, welcome.
English Translation كمان مزارع؟
English Translation Also a farmer?
English Translation مزارع، كل شي. نزرع، نزرع مثلاً حنطة، شعير، عدس، جلبان.
English Translation A farmer, everything. We plant, we plant for example wheat, barley, lentils, vetch.
English Translation وبدنا، بدكم تساعدونا معنا مشان السماد، مشان المي، الري.
English Translation And we need, we need you to help us with fertilizers, with water, irrigation.
English Translation مشان نحرك شوي الزراعة، يعني.
English Translation So we can stimulate agriculture a bit, you know.
English Translation تكرم.
English Translation You got it.
English Translation تكرم عينك.
English Translation Your eyes are honored.
English Translation خليني أسأل عمي خليل أول شي.
English Translation Let me ask my uncle Khalil first.
English Translation إي يلا، ماشي.
English Translation Yes, come on, alright.
English Translation عمي خليل، احكي لي يعني هلأ أنا شايف معظم أراضي الضيعة هي عبارة عن زيتون.
English Translation Uncle Khalil, tell me, now I see that most of the village's lands are olive trees.
English Translation نعم.
English Translation Yes.
English Translation الزيتون شقد عمره هون؟
English Translation How old are the olive trees here?
English Translation الزيتون أشكال وأنواع فيه.
English Translation The olive trees are of various shapes and kinds.
English Translation تطلع على هالوجه هذا، يعني حوالي 50 سنة هيك زارعينهم، كله كان جبل فاضي كان.
English Translation Look at this side, they planted them about 50 years ago, it was all an empty mountain.
English Translation نعم.
English Translation Yes.
English Translation وهالوجه هذا كمان.
English Translation And this side too.
English Translation وهالوجه هذا قديم هذا حوالي 70، 60 سنة.
English Translation And this side is old, about 70, 60 years.
English Translation قبل الزيتون شو كان؟
English Translation What was there before olives?
English Translation أراضي. أراضي فاضية متل هوني.
English Translation Lands. Empty lands like here.
English Translation هلأ أنا اللي فهمته إنه قبل ما يكون في زيتون كانت مشهورة الضيعة بزراعة العنب. وفي معاصر عنب كتير.
English Translation Now what I understood is that before there were olives, the village was famous for planting grapes. And there were many grape presses.
English Translation إي، كان في معاصر. معاصر عنب من هالطرف هذا من تحت ومن تحت، وهالوجه هذا كله كان عنب.
English Translation Yes, there were presses. Grape presses from this side down, and from down, and this whole side was grapes.
English Translation وفي محصرتين تلاتة كان بالضيعة، واحد هنيك وواحد بالطرف الغربي وواحد هون.
English Translation And there were two or three presses in the village, one there and one on the western side and one here.
English Translation أنا شفتهم تلاتة.
English Translation I saw them, three.
English Translation كان يحصروا هنيك الدبس، بالاجر كانوا يدوسوا ويعصروه.
English Translation They used to press molasses there, they used to step on it with their feet and squeeze it.
English Translation ممم. طيب وبنفس الوقت اللي كان فيه عنب كان في عندكم هون يعني فواكه، تين، و...
English Translation Mmm. Well, at the same time there were grapes, did you have fruits here, figs, and...
English Translation فواكه، تين وبين الكروم كان في كتير، نعم بين الكروم.
English Translation Fruits, figs, and among the vineyards there were a lot, yes, among the vineyards.
English Translation شجرة هون، شجرة هنيك، شجرة هنيك، نعم كان متل هدول هيك ها.
English Translation A tree here, a tree there, a tree there, yes, it was like these here.
English Translation طيب خلينا نسأل الأخ شوي.
English Translation Well, let's ask the brother a bit.
English Translation هلأ هون منين عم تسقوا الأراضي؟ شايف أنا المنطقة كلها خضرا.
English Translation Now here, where are you watering the lands from? I see the whole area is green.
English Translation يعني هلأ اليوم أراضي خضرا، حاطين لوحة طاقة شمسية.
English Translation Well, today the lands are green, we put solar panels.
English Translation مشان عم نطالع مي بالغطاس وعم نسقي وعم نشتري من عندهم يعني.
English Translation Because we are extracting water with the submersible pump and we are watering and buying from them, you know.
English Translation الكهربا ما في عنا بهالضيعة، كفر دلي تحتاني كهربا ما في.
English Translation We don't have electricity in this village, Kafardali Tahtani has no electricity.
English Translation نتمنى يجي كهربا، ما إجا كهربا.
English Translation We wish electricity would come, electricity didn't come.
English Translation عم نسحب عالطاقة الشمسية، على هالخضار وعلى هال...
English Translation We are drawing water using solar energy, for these vegetables and these...
English Translation يعني ما في نهر بيمشي هون؟
English Translation So there's no river running here?
English Translation لا، ما في نهر. كلها بيار مي، كلها بيار مي عم...
English Translation No, there is no river. It's all water wells, all water wells are...
English Translation شقد معدل الأمطار عندكم؟
English Translation What is the rainfall rate here?
English Translation معدل الأمطار والله هالسنة كان شوي يعني نص بالنص.
English Translation The rainfall rate, well this year it was a little, like half and half.
English Translation بالمية 70 هيك بدك تقول.
English Translation 70 percent, you could say.
English Translation إي بس يعني معدل الأمطار كبير، مرتفع عنكم بالحالة العادية بيجي مطر كويس؟
English Translation Yes, but I mean the rainfall rate is high, higher than usual, do you get good rain?
English Translation إي إجانا التلج هالسنة، الحمد لله، تلج كان كثير، والمطر كمان شوي صار.
English Translation Yes, we got snow this year, thank God, there was a lot of snow, and there was also a little rain.
English Translation بس المي هلق البيار نقصوا.
English Translation But the water in the wells now has decreased.
English Translation نقصوا.
English Translation Decreased.
English Translation نقصوا، نعم.
English Translation Decreased, yes.
English Translation طيب السنة، أهم موسم عنكم شو هو؟
English Translation Well this year, what is your most important season?
English Translation يعني الموسم، الموسم هلق اليوم اللي شلناها...
English Translation You mean the harvest, the harvest today that we gathered...
English Translation شلنا جلبان، شلنا عدس، شلنا حبة البركة.
English Translation We harvested vetch, we harvested lentils, we harvested black seed.
English Translation هي، هي موسم شلناها.
English Translation This, this is the harvest we gathered.
English Translation موسم كويس إن شاء الله؟
English Translation A good harvest, God willing?
English Translation والله الحمد لله، العالم استفادت شوي، عالم استفادت.
English Translation Well thank God, people benefited a bit, people benefited.
English Translation حنطة وشعير؟
English Translation Wheat and barley?
English Translation حنطة وشعير كمان، كمان حصدوه، كمان استفادوا عالم.
English Translation Wheat and barley too, they also harvested it, people also benefited.
English Translation بس بدنا، بدنا مي. يكون مي أحسن شي.
English Translation But we need, we need water. Having water would be the best thing.
English Translation المي هي ري بيشتغل وكل العالم بيشتغل وبيصير حركة وبيصير بركة.
English Translation With water, irrigation works, everyone works, and there's movement, and there's a blessing.
English Translation صحيح.
English Translation True.
English Translation عمي قرب شوي لهون بس أسألك. الزيتون موسم السنة شلون كان؟
English Translation Uncle, come a little closer here, let me ask you. How was the olive season this year?
English Translation هالسنة الزيتون بالمية 40، 45، 50 يعني نص بالنص.
English Translation This year, the olives are at 40, 45, 50 percent, meaning half and half.
English Translation ليش؟
English Translation Why?
English Translation فاضي. كل المنطقة هون حوالي عم ندور هذا هو، فاضي.
English Translation Empty. The whole area here around us, as we go around, this is it, empty.
English Translation نعم.
English Translation Yes.
English Translation احكي لي عالحيوانات، شو في عنكم حيوانات هون أهل الضيعة شو بيربوا؟
English Translation Tell me about the animals, what animals do you have here? What do the people of the village raise?
English Translation حيوانات الضيعة، كل واحد، مو كلهم، يعني في حوالي عشر بيوت كل واحد عنده معزتين تلاتة، غنمة غنمتين هذا هو.
English Translation The animals of the village, everyone, well not everyone, but there are about ten houses, each one has two or three goats, one or two sheep, that's it.
English Translation ما عندكم قطعان؟
English Translation You don't have flocks?
English Translation شلون؟
English Translation What?
English Translation قطعان أغنام وماعز، ما عندكم؟
English Translation Flocks of sheep and goats, you don't have them?
English Translation لا لا كتير ما عندهم، كل بيت متل ما عم بقلك شي حوالي عشر بيوت متل هالأخ هذا عنده معزتين تلاتة يعني هيك.
English Translation No, no, they don't have many, every house as I am telling you, about ten houses like this brother, he has two or three goats, like that.
English Translation تاريخياً كانت الضيعة مشهورة بتربية الأغنام؟
English Translation Historically, was the village famous for raising sheep?
English Translation كان، نعم، كان.
English Translation It was, yes, it was.
English Translation في حوالي 2000 غنمة كان بالضيعة.
English Translation There were about 2,000 sheep in the village.
English Translation كان في 2000 غنمة؟
English Translation There were 2,000 sheep?
English Translation نعم.
English Translation Yes.
English Translation الله يعطيكم العافية.
English Translation May God give you health.
English Translation الله يعافيك يا رب.
English Translation May God give you health too.
English Translation شكراً إلكون.
English Translation Thank you both.
English Translation أهلاً وسهلاً. أهليين سلامات.
English Translation Welcome. Welcome, greetings.
English Translation يا أهلاً وسهلاً، 100 سلامة. يا أهلاً وسهلاً. أهليين عمو.
English Translation Welcome, 100 welcomes. Welcome. Welcome uncle.
English Translation على راسي.
English Translation Upon my head.
English Translation السلام عليكم.
English Translation Peace be upon you.
English Translation وعليكم السلام ورحمة الله وبركاته.
English Translation And upon you be peace, the mercy of God, and His blessings.
English Translation الله يعطيك العافية.
English Translation May God give you health.
English Translation أهلاً وسهلاً.
English Translation Welcome.
English Translation شلونك عمو؟
English Translation How are you, uncle?
English Translation أهلاً وسهلاً فيكم.
English Translation Welcome to you.
English Translation نتعرف عليك؟
English Translation Can you introduce yourself?
English Translation محمد عمر عبدي.
English Translation Muhammad Omar Abdi.
English Translation أهلاً وسهلاً.
English Translation Welcome.
English Translation أهلاً وسهلاً فيك.
English Translation Welcome to you.
English Translation من هون من كفر دلي؟
English Translation From here, from Kafardali?
English Translation من كفر دلي التحتاني.
English Translation From Kafardali Tahtani.
English Translation يا أهلاً وسهلاً فيك.
English Translation Welcome to you.
English Translation أهلاً بك.
English Translation Welcome.
English Translation احكي لي عن الخدمات بهالضيعة.
English Translation Tell me about the services in this village.
English Translation أول شي في آبار، آبار ارتوازية هي من قبل كان من النظام.
English Translation First thing, there are wells, artesian wells that were previously from the regime.
English Translation نعم.
English Translation Yes.
English Translation هي حفروها لتلات أربع ضيع.
English Translation They dug them for three or four villages.
English Translation مشان شو المي يعني؟
English Translation What is the water for, I mean?
English Translation إيوه، هي خدمات لكفر دلي التحتاني، كفر دلي الفوقاني، تل غازي، والكبير.
English Translation Yes, this is a service for Kafardali Tahtani, Kafardali Fawqani, Tal Ghazi, and Al-Kabeer.
English Translation تمام.
English Translation Okay.
English Translation على أساس إنه في، في هنيك شو اسمه، في خزانين.
English Translation On the basis that there is, there is what do you call it, there are two tanks.
English Translation خزانين.
English Translation Two tanks.
English Translation خزانين، بتل غازي واحد...
English Translation Two tanks, one in Tal Ghazi...
Ev dixwaze ya Kefedelê ya jorê û Keferdelê bixwe bi xwe mezin e. This is feeding the upper Keferdelê, and Keferdelê itself is big.
Û ev mensebê li vir... Ji vir ve xezanek heye dikêşe Keferdelê ya jorê û yê jêrê. And this one is proportional here... From here, there's a tank feeding upper Keferdelê and lower Keferdelê.
Berê me kar dikir... Gund bi ser xwe ve girêdayî bû. Before, we used to work... The village used to rely on itself.
Me cemiyet çêkir û me teawin çêkir, me mazot dikirî û wilo... Me dixebitand. We formed a cooperative and collaborated, we bought diesel, and so on... We used to run it.
Niha êdî mazot biha bû û ava gund nayê vexwarin. Now diesel has become expensive, and the village's water is undrinkable.
Ava bîra sêsed û bîst metir e. The well water is 320 meters deep.
Yanî niha hûn di qeyrana avê de ne? So now you have a water crisis?
Ewe. Ji ber ku pêwîstiya gund pê heye... Yes, because the village needs it...
Niha hûn avê ji ku tînin? Where are you getting water now?
Em avê ji sihrîcan tînin. We buy water from the tankers.
Sihrîc. Baş e û ava avdana erdê? Tankers. Okay, and irrigation water for the lands?
Avdana erdan, di erdan de bîrên îrtîwazî û ne îrtîwazî hene. For irrigation of the lands, there are artesian and non- artesian wells in the lands.
Qenata avdana Meydankê jî nêzîkî we ye? Is the Meydankê irrigation canal close to you as well?
Nêzîkî me ye. Berê me ji qenata Meydankê îstîfade dikir. It's close to us. In the past, we used to benefit from Meydankê's irrigation water.
Çawa? How?
Me erd û wilo av dida. We used to irrigate lands and so on...
Niha? Currently?
Niha, îdare ne tiştek e. Currently, the administration is doing nothing.
Em hewl didin, em hewl didin mesela ev gund, Keferdelê ya jorê û Keferdelê ya jêrê... Ji ber ku erd yê mişterek e. We are trying, we are trying for example this village, upper Keferdelê, lower Keferdelê... Because the land is shared between these villages.
Yanî niha hûn dixwazin ku erd û zeviyên we ji Meydankê bên avdan. So now you demand that your lands and fields be irrigated from Meydankê.
Ewe. Qenata Bablîtê heye, ji vê qenatê re muherekeke qewî lazim e, te fêm kir? Yes. There is a canal at Bablît, this canal needs a strong engine, you know?
Ku bidê serê çiyê, ji ber ku ji serê çiyê, ji vir de diçe. To push it to the top of the mountain, because from the top of the mountain, it goes from here.
Niha ez dibînim riyên we jî ne zîftkirî ne. Now I see the roads in your village are not paved either.
Ji ber ku kes... Kes guh nade vê meselê. Because no one... No one pays attention to this issue.
Nan çawa ye? How is the bread?
Nan, tu xizmetê dizanî. Nan rojane tê. The bread, you know the services. The bread comes daily.
Rabte bi çendî ye? How much is a bundle?
Rabte bi 10 lîreyan e. A bundle is 10 liras.
Kêşa wê çend e? How much does it weigh?
Ez kêşa wê nizanim, 10 nan in. I don't know its weight, 10 loaves.
Kehrebe heye? Is there electricity?
Kehrebe, kehrebe nîne. Ev li ser taqê ye. Kehreba dewletê nîne. There's no electricity. Everyone relies on solar energy. State electricity doesn't exist.
Xwedê eafiyetê bide te xalo. May God give you health, uncle.
Xwedê eafiyetê bide te. May God give you health.
Înşelleh dê mesûl dengê we bibihîzin û daxwazên we bi cî bînin. Hopefully, the officials will hear you and respond to your demands.
Kerem ke. Piştî wê... Hûn... Destê me di destê we de ye. Hûn... Em malbata we ne. Welcome. After all... You guys... Hand in hand with you guys. You guys... We are your family.
Em jî malbata we ne, înşelleh. Xwedê eafiyetê bide te. We are your family too, God willing. May God give you health.
Ya Rebî! Oh God!
Selamun eleykum. Peace be upon you.
Eleykum selam. Kerem bikin. And upon you be peace. Welcome.
Esrbaş ji te re. Çi dikin? Çi vedixwin? Çi dixwin? Good afternoon to you. What are you doing? What are you drinking? What are you eating?
Em dadikevin ser kar, em dixebitin li vir di malên xwe de. Elhemdulillah me medaris heye, zarokên me diçin medreseyê, dixwînin. We are coming down to work. We are working here in our homes. Thank God, we have schools. Our children go to school and study.
Her tişt li cem me baş e, em alîkariya hev dikin. Çi muşkele li cem me tune. Everything is fine for us. We help each other. We have no problems at all.
Te her tişt ji min re got, tenê bihêle ez pirsekê ji te bikim. Xwe bide naskirin. You told me everything. Just let me ask you a question. Introduce yourself.
Navê min Melek Mislim Mislim. My name is Melek Muslim Muslim.
Bi xêr hatî. Tu ji Keferdelê Tehtanî yî? Welcome. Are you from Keferdelê Tahtanî?
Ewe mêrê min ji Keferdelê Tehtanî ye. Yes, my husband is from Keferdelê Tahtanî.
Çi karî dike? What does he do?
Mêrê min wefat kir, weleh. My husband passed away, by God.
Xwedê rehma xwe lê bike. Û tu çi karî dikî? May God have mercy on him. And what do you do?
Ez di mal de dixebitim. I work at home.
Zarokên te hene? Do you have children?
Du keç û du lawên min hene. I have two daughters and two sons.
Xwedê ji te re bihêle. Ev mala we ye eslî? May God keep them. Is this your original house?
Ewe mala me ye. Yes, this is our house.
Ji min re behsa rewşa jinan li vir bike. Ji min re bêje, ma fêr dibin, dixwînin, dixebitin mîna mêran? Tell me about the situation of women here. Tell me, do they learn, study, work like men?
Ewe, dixebitin. Alîkariya mêrên xwe dikin di kar de. Diçin ser kar. Yes, they work. They help their men at work. They go to work.
Hinekan di malên xwe de rûdinên, hinek diçin ser kar, ev e halê dinyayê. Some of them stay at home, some go to work. This is the state of the world.
Lîbasên jinan li vir çi ye? What are the women's clothes here?
Eadî, tebîeî. Normal, natural.
Çawa tebîeî, ji min re bêje? How natural, tell me?
Baş e. It's good.
Tu niha çi li xwe dikî? Ev lîbasê jinan e? What are you wearing now? Is this women's clothing?
Ez fîstan û vê li xwe dikim. I'm wearing a dress and this...
Bila ez pirsekê ji te bikim. Xwarinên navdar li Keferdelê Tehtanî çi ne? Let me ask you a question. What are the distinctive foods in Keferdelê Tahtanî?
Her tişt xweş e. Everything is delicious here.
Ez bawer im her tişt xweş e, lê çend xwarinan ji min re bihejmêre. I'm sure everything is delicious, but count a few foods for me.
Her tişt em dipêjin. Mehaşî em dipêjin, tu çi bixwazî em dipêjin. We cook everything. We cook stuffed vegetables (mahashi), whatever you want, we cook.
Xwarina herî navdar ku tu hez dikî çi ye? What is the most famous food you love?
Ez pirtir ji bamiyê û birincê hez dikim. I like okra and rice the most.
Ez pir jê hez dikim. Why?
Ez pir jê hez dikim. I love it a lot.
Ev mewsima wê ye niha? Is this its season now?
Ewe lekan. Yes, it is.
Ya Xwedê canê te sax be. Zarokên te diçin medreseyê dixwînin? May you have good health. Are your children studying in school?
Elhemudillah lekan, min 3 hene li medreseyê dixwînin. Thank God, yes, I have three studying in school.
Çi ref e? Which grade?
Ya min a mezin refa nehan e, û yek refa pêncan e, lawik jî refa çaran e. My eldest is in ninth grade, one is in fifth grade, and the boy is in fourth grade.
Maşelleh. Xwedê ji te re bihêle û we kêfxweş bike. Mashallah. May God protect them for you and make you happy.
Xwedê we saxlemiyê bide, bi xêr hatin. May God keep you safe. Welcome.
Spas ji te re. Thank you.
Efû, ehlen we sehlen. You're welcome, welcome.
Dîroka naskirî li Keferdelê Tehtanî ne nivîskî ye, û tu pirtûkên rastîn tunene ku bi riya wan em bikarin dîroka vî gundî lêkolîn bikin. The well-known history of Keferdelê Tahtanî is not documented, and there are no real books through which we can investigate the history of this village.
Lê tiştê ku tê zanîn û di nav rûspiyên gund de tê veguhestin ku temenê gundê heyî ji 350 salî derbas dike. But what is common knowledge and passed down among the elders in the village is that the current village's age exceeds 350 years.
Û ev dîroka hebûna malbatên kurd ên resen e di vî gundî de, bi taybetî malbata Neccar, Al-Dado, û Al-Tawz. And this is the history of the original Kurdish families in this village, specifically the Neccar family, Al-Dado, and Al-Tawz.
Berî wê jî dê ji me re behsa vê serdemê bike, Parêzer Sadiq Neccar. Before that, the lawyer Sadiq Neccar will tell us about this period.
Yek ji kurên vî gundî ye û bi taybetî guh dide dîroka wê. He is one of the sons of this village and is very interested in its history.
Xwedê eafiyetê bide te, Mamoste Sadiq. May God give you health, Mr. Sadiq.
Bi xêr hatî, em xêrhatina we dikin ji qenata we bi silametî. Welcome, we welcome you from your channel in peace.
Berî ku ez ji te bipirsim, ez dixwazim pirsekê ji te bikim. Niha diyar e ku gund dîrokî ye. Before I ask you, I want to ask you a question. Now it is clear that the village is deeply rooted.
Erê. Yes.
Gelek diyar e ji avahiyên wê, ji geliyê Seylî yê ku ji Keferdelê ya Jorê tê, ji avan, dêra ku li vir e... It is very clear from its buildings, from the Seilî Valley that comes from Keferdelê Fawqanî, from the waters, the church here...
Lê ez dixwazim bizanim girîngiya cografî ya gund di dirêjahiya dîrokê de çi ye? But I want to know what the importance of the geographical location of the village is throughout history?
Weke ku diyar dibe ji hebûna dêrê li vî gundî û di gundên derdorê de tune, yanî xwedî girîngiyek dînî bû. As it appears from the presence of the church in this village, and there are none in the surrounding villages, it means it had religious importance.
Hebûna dêrê nîşan dide ku gund xwedî girîngiyek dînî ya mezin e. Yanî di nav 10 gundan de, li vir dêr tune. The presence of the church indicates that the village had great religious importance. It means among the ten villages, there is no church here.
Bi aliyê dînî ve, ciyên dînî yên mesîhî yên herî nêzîk wek dêr li ku ne? Religiously speaking, where are the closest Christian religious sites as churches?
Çiyayê Seman. Mount Simeon.
Li cem te Kîmar heye. Ev gundên li ser çiyayê Seman. Di van gundan de dêr hene. You have Kimar. These villages above Mount Simeon. In these villages, there are churches.
Çiqas e mesafeya wir? How far is the distance there?
Ji vir nêzîkî 20 kîlometre, 25... 20, 25. From here, about 20 kilometers, 25... 20 to 25.
Di çarçoveya 25 kîlometreyan de... Within a radius of 25 kilometers...
Yanî em niha li pêşiya dêrê ne, li vir. Ev dêr e? This means we are now in front of the church here. Is this the church?
Ewe. Yes.
Ji kîjan serdemê re vedigere? To what era does it belong?
Cihê ku em lê dimeşin, ev dêr e. Wek ku bav û bapîrên me digotin. Where we are stepping, this is the church. As our father and grandfather used to say.
Dêrek li vir hebû, ji du malan pêk dihat, û di navbera wan de qentereke kevirî hebû. There was a church here consisting of two houses, with a stone arch between them.
Û derî ji başûr e, texmînen firehiya wî metre û nîvek e û bilindahiya wî nêzî du metre û nîv, sê metreyan e. The door is from the south, approximately one and a half meters wide, and about two and a half to three meters high.
Bi çi hatibû nixumandin? Roofed with what?
Bi daran nixumandî bû. Her du alî... her du mal bi daran nixumandî bûn û li hev vekirî bûn. Roofed with wood. Both sides... the two houses are roofed with wood and open to each other.
Niha xuya ye ku şûnwarê dîwarekî heye. Now it is clear that there are ruins of a wall.
Ewe, şûnwarê dîwarê paşîn heye. Her kevirek wek tu dibînî dirêjiya wî metreyek e û bilindahiya wî jî nêzîkî metreyekê ye. Yes, there are ruins of the back wall. Every stone you see is a meter long and about a meter high as well.
Lê ji kîjan serdemê re? Serdema Bîzansî? But to what era? The Byzantine era?
Xuya ye ev girêdayî dêra şerqî ye. It seems to belong to the Eastern Church.
Dêra şerqî? The Eastern Church?
Ewe, bo Stenbol, Qostentîniye berê... Yes, to Istanbul, Constantinople previously...
Û Entakiya. And Antioch.
Û Entakiya helbet. And Antioch, of course.
Paytexta rojhilatê dewleta Bîzansî. Baş e. The eastern capital of the Byzantine state. Okay.
Bila ez niha derbasî qonaxa... qonaxa niha bibim, Keferdelê Tehtanî ya niha. Let me now move to the stage... the current stage of Keferdelê Tahtanî.
Ji kengî ve rûniştvan li vir hene, temenê we çend e? Yes.
Ji kengî ve rûniştvan li vir hene, temenê we çend e? How long have the residents been here? How old are you?
Min ji bavê xwe zanî, bavê min ji bavê xwe zanî û ew gişt umî ne ji xeynî min. I learned from my father, my father learned from his father, and all of them are illiterate except for me.
Neh bapîr em nas dikin. Nine grandfathers we know.
Neh bapîr li vir in. Nine grandfathers here.
Erê. Sadiq, Mihemed Elî, Xelîl, Mihemed, Resûl û Mihemed. Yes. Sadiq, Muhammad Ali, Khalil, Muhammad, Rasoul, and Muhammad.
Û Resûlê ku hatî sekiniye, çimkî li vir xirabe hebûn nêzîkî gund. And there's also Rasoul who came and settled because there were ruins here near the village.
Tê gotin ku ew li wir bû, paşê derbasî van xirabeyan bûye. Xirabe hebûn... It is said he was there and then moved to these ruins. There were ruins...
Neh bapîr? Nine grandfathers?
Neh bapîr. Nine grandfathers.
Yanî nêzîkî çend salan? Meaning almost how many years?
Nêzîkî sêsed û pêncî ber bi çarsedan ve. Ji ber ku li gorî civakê heger her sî û pênc heta çil salî cîlek be, wan bi 9 caran lê bide. About 350 to 400. Because socially, if every 35 to 40 years is a generation, multiply them by 9.
Pirs ev e ku... The question is...
Kes ji ku hatin, li ku bûn? Where did people come from? Where were they?
Di vê navçeyê de bûn, lê li ser ava... li ser alif û giyayê... Ji ber ku ew koçer bûn. They were in this area, but depending on the water, depending on the pastures. Because these were nomads.
Piranî koçer bûn. Çêlekên wan hebûn, û hespên wan hebûn... hêstir, û pêzên wan hebûn, bizin. Most of them were nomads. They had cows, and they had horses... mules, and they had sheep and goats.
Li pey cihên avê û giyayê ji bo heywanan digerin. They follow water sources and pastures for animals.
Erê, erê. Yes, yes.
Kî hat vir, ji min re malbatan bijmêre. Who came here? List the families for me.
Malbat, xaneya me xaneyek e û muxtarê gund heye, nêzîkî 4 bapîr... Mala Neccar. The families, we are one family, and there's the village Mukhtar, approximately four grandfathers... the Neccar family.
Ewe, mala Neccar. Yes, the Neccar family.
Û Neccarê gund e û ji Cindirêsê ta vir, xeynî wî tu neccar tunebû. And the village's carpenter, and from Jindires to here, there was no carpenter other than him.
Paşnavê xwe ji pîşeya xwe girtiye. He took his surname from his profession.
Ji pîşeya wî. From his profession.
Erê. Yes.
Niha neccarek di Gewrîkan de heye. Ew ji cem apê min fêr bû. Apê min, yanî berî 100 salî. Now there's a carpenter in Gewrika. He learned from my uncle. My uncle, meaning about 100 years ago.
Yek li Efrînê jî neccar e, ew jî fêr bûye. Ev çend gund, Cwêq... ev neccarên navçeyê di bin destê wî de fêr dibûn. Dihatin cem wî dibûn şagirt. There's a carpenter also in Efrîn, he also learned from him. These are several villages, Cwêq... these carpenters in the area learned under his hands. They would come to him to become apprentices.
Îcar mala Neccar. So, the Neccar family.
Erê, mala Neccar xaneyek e. Yes, the Neccar family is one family.
Û ev apê me ne, mala Resûlo fexzek ji mala Neccar e. And these are our uncles, the family of Rasoul, a branch of the Neccar family.
Neccar û Xelîl Resûl ev bira bûn... malbatek e. Neccar and Khalil Rasoul, these were brothers... one family.
Paşê mala Hec Henan heye, ev mal a wan e. Then there's the house of Hajj Hannan, this house is theirs.
Mala Tatoz heye, ew mal ji bo Elî Axa bû ji Keferdelê Fawqanî, feodal bûn, ew mal a wan bû. There's the house of Tatoz, that house was for Ali Agha from Keferdelê Fawqanî. They were feudal lords.
Ew mal ya wan bû ji cotkarên xwe re. Çima, ji ber ku cotkar ji Keferdelê Fawqanî bê ser erdê xwe li vir seetekê dikişîne, êvarê jî seetek. That house belonged to them, for their farmers. Why? Because instead of the farmer coming from Keferdelê Fawqanî to his lands here, it takes him an hour, and in the evening, an hour...
Dibe du seet di rê de. Wan jî jê re mal ava kirin û rûniştandin. It would be two hours on the road. So they built a house for him and settled him here.
Cotkar rûniştandin. They settled farmers.
Lihêla no ne, mala Brahîm Omer Sefûnê, ev malê wana kanê? Ee mehelê vê mala ev kanê wana ye. To here, the house of Ibrahim Omer Safouneh, this was their house and the location of this house was theirs.
Û fî betê hanîka wara hê betî kaman wana ye. And there are two houses behind this house that are also theirs.
Ee fî bet Hesen Efendî bi ma'ena...helaq yimkin...kanê şifna hanîka bavê Kenco There is the house of Hasan Afandi, meaning... now maybe... we saw there Abu Kanjo
Ebdî, Mihemed Ebdî, evana Hesen Efendî dibên wan re ismê wan Hesen Efendî, efendî ye ye'nî... Abdi, Muhammad Abdi, these are Hasan Afandi, they call them Hasan Afandi, Afandi meaning...
Ev hemû malbatên Kurd in? Are these all Kurdish families?
Hemû malbatên Kurd in. Ma fî enna xeyr 'aîlê Erebîyê, ecet min şî min teqrîben tmanîn, tis'în sinê, Xelîl Erebo û exûh la Îsmaîl Erebo. Îsmaîl Erebo bis ismû bi Cindirês halîyen They are all Kurdish families. We don't have any other than an Arab family, that came about 80, 90 years ago, Khalil Arabo and his brother Ismail Arabo. Ismail Arabo, his name is currently in Jindires
xenî û endo qadî û me qadî, me'rûf ye'nî Îsmaîl Erebo. Xelîl Erebo eca xerbiyê gund, sar endo weledê Ehmed û Arif. Arif tiwefa min şî sinê û nis sinê, emro wisil la mîyê û eşir sanewat. rich and has a judge and what not, well-known meaning Ismail Arabo. Khalil Arabo came to the west of the village, he had two sons, Ahmed and Arif. Arif passed away about a year and a half ago, his age reached 110 years.
Wulid hon. He was born here.
Baş e. Okay.
Xwezî ez tenê tiştekî bizanibim, an jî em bibêjin, li gorî zanyariyên min, ev zeviyên gund hemû aîdî sê malbatan in. Bi eslê xwe mala Omer Sefûnê, ev axa ne. Û ji Hesen Efendî, ji Xazî Dêpe. Û Elî Axa ji Keferdelê Fokhanî. Ev ê ji derve ne. Let me just know one thing, or let's say it, according to my information, these village lands all belong to three families. Originally the house of Omar Safouneh, these are the Aghas. And from Hasan Afandi, from Ghazi Tepe. And Ali Agha from Kafr Dila Fokani. These are from outside.
Bi nisbê me, em xwediyê milkên bav û kalane. Ye'nî bi eslê xwe em bi edaletî xwediyê milkan e, ye'nî bi edaletî. For us, we are the owners of the ancestral properties. Meaning basically we own properties quite fairly, meaning fairly.
Û milk û erden we li gundên cûda hene? And you have properties and lands in different villages?
Belê. Yes.
Pirsa min a duyemîn, bi awayekî dîrokî jî li vir zêdetir ji yek masereya tirî hebû, ji ber ku herêm bi rezan dewlemend bû. Û paşê masereyên zeytûnê tê de hatin çêkirin. My second question, historically too there was more than one grape press here, because the region was rich in vineyards. And later olive presses were built in it.
Bi nisbe bo rezên tirî. Aliyê qiblî ji gund, ta xerbiyê gund, ta şemalê gund, ev hemû rez bûn. Regarding the vineyards. The southern side of the village, to the west of the village, to the north of the village, these were all vineyards.
E'maro, em... ez û te... ye'nî emarê wê demê... di nav de ciz'ê zeytûnê hebûn wisa ciz'a ... wate... wê demê berî sed salî ev ciz'ê şecerê. Its age, we... you and I... meaning the age of that time... among them there were olive trunks like trunks... meaning... at that time a hundred years ago this tree trunk.
Ma'sera, tu dibînî li wir ev avahî, avahiyek piçûk li wir xuya ye, ew qurmê zeytûnê ye. Ev der ma'sera me ye. Ev erd a me ye. The press, you see there this building, a small building is visible there, that olive trunk. This is our press. This land is ours.
Ye'nî li vir masereyên tirî hebûn, ez dixwazim zanibim. Meaning there were grape presses here, I want to know.
Ma'sera li vir... ma'seran li wir... ma'sere li wir... ez şeş ma'seran dizanim, ew li derdora gund bûn. Press here... presses there... press there... I know six presses, they were around the village.
Tirî. Ma'serên tirî ku tirî dijiqivandin û dimsê tirî çêdikirin. Grape. Grape presses that pressed grapes and made grape molasses.
Belê. Yes.
Ew makîne bûn an... ? Were they machines or... ?
Na bi destan. No, manual.
Bi destan? Li ser heywanan? Manual? On animals?
Na welleh. Na. Curnekî mezin hebû, tiştekî çar metro, sê metro bi sê metro ye, cizmeyan ango naylon bi lingên xwe li xwe dikin û bi piyan li tirî dixin. Curnek li jêr e, ava wê dadikeve... ew şerab e bo wê dadikeve, di nav qazanê de an jî tiştekî de datînin. Li ser agir dipêjin û paşê didin ber tavê. No by God. No. There was a large trough, something four meters, three meters by three meters, they put on boots or nylon on their feet and step on the grapes. A trough is below, its juice comes down... that drink it goes down to it, they put it in a cauldron or something. They cook it on the fire and then put it in the sun.
Masereya zeytûnê, ma li vir masereyeke me heye? Olive press, do we have a press here?
Ev masereya me ye, ev di 61'an de dîroka wê li ser hatiye nivîsandin, di sala 61'an de. This is our press, this in 61 its date is written on it, in the year 61.
Ev masere, mamoste? This press, sir?
Belê. Yes.
Ev gelî. Bêguman ev gelî ji sê geliyan kom dibe, Geliyê Mezin... Em li vir bisekinin... bila li me xuya bibe... em li vir bisekinin. Were vir, mamoste. This valley. Of course this valley comes together from three valleys, the Great Valley... Let's stop here... let it be visible to us... let's stop here. Come here, sir.
Ev gelî. Ev nû hatiye avakirin di hewşa gelî de, di nava gelî de. Çima? Ji ber ku baran mîna berê pir nabare. This valley. This has been newly built in the courtyard of the valley, in the middle of the valley. Why? Because it doesn't rain as much as before.
Niha 61'ê tu dibêjî çi hebû? Now 61 you are saying what was there?
Em masereyê ava dikin di 61'an de. Li ser dîrok heye. We build the press in 61. There is a date on it.
Di vî geliyî de av diherikî heta meha Tebaxê, kengî rawestiya? In this valley water flowed until the month of August, when did it stop?
Meha Tebaxê carinan heta Îlonê, ev nêzîkî ji sala 65'an ve û paşê ji 70'ê ve rojan... ye'nî eger baran pir be û berf bibare, ev salên ku berf lê bariye, dihat... me li wir bendavek danî li dawiya avahiyê, me bendavek danî. Çuwal bi xîzê... me bendavek çêkir heta vir. Masî tê de bûn, ji Şêx Ebdurehman dihatin, em bi navê Efrînê diçûn me masî digirtin. The month of August sometimes until September, this about from the year 65 and then from 70 days... meaning if it rains a lot and snows, these years that it snowed, it came... we put a dam there at the end of the building, we put a dam. Bags with sand... we made a dam up to here. There were fish in it, they came from Sheikh Abdulrahman, we went in the name of Afrin we caught fish.
Av bû, bendavek avê... We ew zeviyên li jêr li vir avdan û ev zeviya me ji vir ji cem mala me. Ew aliyê hundir, me hemû avdan. It was water, a water dam... You watered those lands below here and this land of ours from here from our house. That inside part, we watered all of it.
Pirsek din mamoste ma, av kengê sekinî ? Another question sir, when did the water stop?
Di heftêyan de av nema. In the 70s, the water stopped.
Heger sala xêrê be, şiliyê me gelek e, berf tê, dimîne heta meha pêncan. Pêncan... şeşan... pêncan... şeşan... carnan digiha, carnan negihaştî, yek kîlometre bakurî gund e. If it is a good year, we have a lot of rain, snow comes, it stays until the fifth month. Fifth... sixth... fifth... sixth... sometimes it reached, sometimes it didn't reach, it is one kilometer north of the village.
Pirsa dawî. Xortan ev masera, bi xwe çêkirine? Last question. The young men built this press themselves?
Pirsek min heye: Ev gund navdar e ku emrek dirêj a mêr û jinan heye, çîrok çî ye? I have a question: This village is famous for having a long lifespan for men and women, what is the story?
Erê... pir dijîn... bawer im girêdayî xwarinê ye, ku ev mirov bi xwe diçînin, bê ku dermanan û tiştekî bi kar bînin. Yes... they live long... I believe it depends on the food, that these people plant themselves, without using chemicals or anything.
Ji xwe tirî... mewîj, hejîr, hejîrên hişk, dims. Wek mînak, mêşên hingiv hene, deh malan hebûn, û her malekê nêzî bîst kûwar mêşên hingiv hebûn. Grapes themselves... raisins, figs, dried figs, molasses. For example, there are bees, ten families had them, and each family had about twenty hives of bees.
Nedihat firotin, dîsa jî rûn... rûnê erebî... rûnê kurdî, rûnê erebî. It wasn't sold, still butter... Arab butter... Kurdish butter, Arab butter.
Rûnê kurdî nizam, fêm nakim, rûn e, rûnê pez, rûnê mîhan, penêr û şîr. Gavan, bi taybetî gavanek pez heye, bi kurdî jê re dibêjin... gavan. I don't know Kurdish butter, I don't understand, it is butter, sheep butter, sheep butter, cheese and milk. Herder, specifically there is a sheep herder, in Kurdish they call him... herder.
"Ga-van"... gavan e... "Ga", wate dewar, ga... anku gavan nêrevanên dewaran. Û pez... ji şivanê wî re "şivan" dibêjin... Şivan ji bo pez, gavan ji bo dewaran... "Ga-van"... it is a cowherd... "Ga", meaning cattle, cow... so cowherd is a cattle watcher. And sheep... its shepherd is called "shivan"... Shivan for sheep, gavan for cattle...
Ev nîşana jiyana dirêj e. Temenê herî navîn li vir çi ye? This is the sign of a long life. What is the most average age here?
Bi giştî nêzî 70 e. Lê hinek mirov hene, mînak di 125 saliya xwe de, par yek çû rehmetê, Arif Xelîl Erebo nêzî 110 salî bû. Generally it is about 70. But there are some people, for example at 125 years old, last year one passed away, Arif Khalil Arabo was about 110 years old.
Dotmam Xelîl li gundê Enderiyê bû, nêzî 115 salî bû... Kalikê min 125, Kalikê apê min 116 salî bû. Rêveberê dibistanê jî heta 116 salan jiya, Xwedê rehma xwe lê bike, ew jî 116 salî bû... Hêvîdar im ku ez jî bibim 150... Cousin Khalil was in the village of Andariyah, she was about 115 years old... My grandfather 125, My uncle's grandfather was 116 years old. The school principal also lived up to 116 years, may God have mercy on him, he was also 116 years old... I hope I become 150 too...
Hinek mirov dema hevnasîna me kir, hewl dan hinek salan ji temenê xwe kêm bikin... Lê min nizanibû ka ew ê çend salan bijîn... Some people when we got to know them, tried to subtract some years from their age... But I didn't know how many years they would live...
Ez texmîn dikim ku ew ê bigihin 100 salan... Pîroz be! Jiyanek xweş ji bo te dixwazim. Mamoste, spas, jiyanek bextewar. I guess they will reach 100 years... Congratulations! Wishing you a good life. Teacher, thank you, a happy life.
Selamun Aleykûm Peace be upon you
Aleykûm Selam And upon you peace
Merheba ya xaltî Hello aunty
Ehlen Welcome
Çawa ye? How are you?
Hemd ji Xwedê re Praise be to God
Xwe bide naskirin Introduce yourself
Tu min nas nakî? You don't know me?
Na, bila temaşevan te nas bikin No, let the viewers know you
Em bi nan û xwarin û tiştek tune We have no bread and food and nothing
Tu ji ku derê yî? Where are you from?
Ez ji Qibtanê me I am from Qibtan
Koçber bûye vir? Migrated here?
Erê koçberê vir im Yes I am a migrant here
Tu çend sal in li vir î? How many years have you been here?
Ev sê sal in It's been three years
Sê sal û... Hevserê te? Three years and... Your husband?
Ev sê sal û heşt meh in It's been three years and eight months
Sê... sê sal. Mêrê te li ku ye? Three... three years. Where is your husband?
Mêrê min, wallah li Tirkiyeyê ye. Ez jêqetiyayî me... ji mêrê xwe veqetiyam. My husband, by God is in Turkey. I am separated... I separated from my husband.
Zarokên te li ku ne? Where are your children?
Bavê zarokan, wallah nizanim çûye ku derê. The father of the children, by God I don't know where he went.
Çûye ba Mixtêr? Mixtêr çi divê? Went to the Mukhtar? What does the Mukhtar want?
Hûn li vir çawa dijîn? How do you live here?
Wallah ne av... ne tiştek, ne tiştek tê me. By God no water... no nothing, nothing comes to us.
Tu dibêjî ne av û ne tiştek, tu fêm nakî. You say no water and no nothing, you don't understand.
Em avê bi pereyan dikirin... Ne alîkarî ne tiştek, em têra xwe westiyayî ne, wallah. We buy water with money... No help no nothing, we are tired enough, by God.
Hûn ji xelkên gundin, an xelkên gund di rewşek xirab de ne? Are you from the people of the village, or are the people of the village in a bad situation?
Wallah xerabtir e... Tiştek... Tiştek ji alîkariyê nîne... Piçekî alîkarî bikin... Zilam mezin e, temenê wî 60 sal e û dixebite. By God it's worse... Nothing... There is no help... Help a little... The man is old, his age is 60 years and he works.
Çend kes? Hûn çend kes di malbatê de ne? How many people? How many people are you in the family?
Em heşt kes in, ez û keçên xwe bi tenê ne. We are eight people, me and my daughters are alone.
Çend kes in? How many people are there?
Şeş kes, şeş kes in. Six people, six people.
Çend odeyan we hene? How many rooms do you have?
Ev yek e û li pişt wê yeka din jî, wê demê min kon danî. Niha ez ê dîsa konekî din lêkim. Ne konê min heye ne tiştek... This is one and behind it another one, at that time I set up a tent. Now I will set up another tent again. I have neither a tent nor anything...
Ji min re bibêjin çawa dijîn, mesrefa jiyanê çawa peyda dikin? Tell me how you live, how do you afford the cost of living?
Mêrê min diçe kar, li Efrînê li bazarê kar dike. Yekî tirkî alîkarî dike, ew xwarin û nan tîne û ewqas... My husband goes to work, works in Afrin in the market. A Turkish person helps, he brings food and bread and that's it...
Çi kar dike? What work does he do?
Di bazara fêkî û sebzeyan de... bi sebzeyan re kar dike. In the fruit and vegetable market... he works with vegetables.
Wek firoşkar li wir dixebite? Works there as a seller?
Barkirin, pîvandin û pakêtkirina li ser barkirinê. Loading, weighing and packaging on loading.
...يعني فعلاً القرية إلها ميزة خاصة. ...Indeed, the village has a special feature.
الميزة الخاصة هي هدوءها؟ The special feature is its calmness?
نعم قرية هادئة، وفي كل بيت، مزرعة صغيرة. Yes, it's a calm village, and in every house, there is a small farm.
بيزرع بهالمزرعة بستان صغير، بيستفيدوا من هالبستان. They plant a small orchard in this farm, and they benefit from this orchard.
بحيث انه ما يشتروا شي من برا. So that they don't have to buy anything from outside.
طيب أنا كأنه عم لاحظ كأنه في ساحة القرية هون، قلب القرية القديمة؟ Well, it seems to me like this is the village square here, the heart of the old village?
نعم هون كان ساحة للقرية قديماً. Yes, this used to be the village square in the past.
كان محل أوسع من هيك، كان ما في عمار لهالدرجة. It was a much wider place, there weren't this many buildings.
كان محل واسع وكان كل قرية اللي بدو يسوي عرس بيعمله بنص الضيعة. It was a wide place, and anyone in the village who wanted to hold a wedding would do it in the middle of the village.
بهالساحة؟ In this square?
نعم بهالساحة، ساحة الضيعة بيسموها. Yes, in this square, they call it the village square.
أمام الجامع؟ In front of the mosque?
نعم أمام الجامع، والجامع عنا قديم كمان. Yes, in front of the mosque, and our mosque is also old.
طيب هاد البيت؟ هي البيوت من أقدم البيوت، شو عمر هالبيوت هي؟ لمين هدول البيوت؟ Well, this house? These houses are among the oldest houses, how old are these houses? Whose houses are these?
هدول البيوت، بيت نجار، وبيت عمو كمان، بيت رسوله. These houses, the Najar family's house, and his uncle's house too, the Rasoulo family.
هنن ولاد عمام، يعني أقدم بيت في الضيعة تقريباً. They are cousins, meaning it's almost the oldest house in the village.
هي خانة رقم واحد؟ Is this house number one?
هون بيت تبع خليل عربو. Here is Khalil Arabo's house.
تقريباً بشي، شي مية سنة اجوا عنا عالضيعة. They came to our village approximately a hundred years ago.
طيب خليني اسألك هلق عن التعليم في القرية شلون؟ انت من شباب. Well, let me ask you now about education in the village, how is it? You are from the youth.
نعم التعليم أحسن من أول بكثير، الحمد لله. Yes, education is much better than before, thank God.
يعني كان أول في مدرسة ابتدائية. I mean, at first there was a primary school.
والمدرسة بعدين حولوها من ثلاث سنين، في عنا للصف السادس، بيتخرجوا بيبطلوا المدرسة، لأنه مافي إعدادي. And the school, three years ago they changed it, we have up to the sixth grade, they graduate and drop out of school, because there is no middle school.
ما فيهم يروحوا عفرين، نحن حاولنا بجهدنا انه نجيب، وبالتنسيق كمان. They couldn't go to Afrin, we tried our best to bring, and through coordination as well.
نجيب الكادر التربوي، انه نورجيهم عالمعلوم، انه في عنا تلت أربع ضيع عالطريق. To bring the educational staff, to show them clearly, that we have three or four villages along the road.
اللي بالسادس يتخرجوا، يجوا السابع والثامن والتاسع يدرسوا هون إعدادي. Those who graduate from the sixth grade, can come to study seventh, eighth, and ninth grades here in middle school.
قام بفضل الله يعني انه تم فتح المدرسة إعدادي. So, thanks to God, the middle school was opened.
صار عندكم إعدادي، وين بيكملوا الثانوي؟ You have a middle school now, where do they complete high school?
بعفرين. In Afrin.
بعفرين. طيب شو قد نسبة التعليم هون، المتعلمين؟ In Afrin. Well, what is the education rate here, the educated people?
نسبة المتعلمين تقريباً 150 لـ 180 طالب. The number of educated people is roughly 150 to 180 male students.
وطالبة؟ And female students?
وطالبة طبعاً، نص بالنص تقريباً. And female students of course, about half and half.
في تسرب شي؟ Is there any dropout?
بسيط قليل. Very little.
بسيط. الكبار بالسن شلون تعليمهم هون؟ Little. How is the education of the elderly here?
نسبة التعليم الحمد لله كويس، كويسة نعم. The education rate is good, thank God, it's good, yes.
في نسبة ثقافة عندهم، يعني في عنا الحمد لله دكاترة كمان وفي مهندسين. They have a good level of culture, meaning we have doctors, thank God, and engineers.
وفي يعني خريجين جامعيين، وفي يعني صيادلة كمان، ان شاء الله الحمد لله. And we have university graduates, and pharmacists too, God willing, thank God.
المرأة؟ تعليم المرأة شلون؟ Women? How is women's education?
بالمدرسة نص بنص عم بيدرسوا، في بنات وفي شباب كمان. In school, they study half and half, there are girls and there are boys too.
يعني مافي تمييز بالعلم انه هاد جنس ذكر هاد أنثوي، نعم. Meaning there is no discrimination in education that this is a male gender and this is female, yes.
بيتعلموا وبيدرسوا وبيتوظفوا؟ They learn, study, and get employed?
بيتوظفوا طبعا، اللي أخد الشهادة راح عفرين كمل دراسته. They get employed of course, whoever gets their degree goes to Afrin to complete their studies.
بيتوظف بعفرين أو بيصير معلم أو بيتخرج بشي دائرة بيتوظف. They get employed in Afrin, or become a teacher, or graduate and get employed in some department.
الله يعطيك العافية. May God give you health.
الله يعافيك يارب أهلا وسهلا أستاذ يعطيك العافية. May God give you health too, welcome sir, may God give you health.
الفلكلور الغنائي والتراث في قرية كفر دلي تحتاني، هو جزء من الفلكلور والتراث في منطقة عفرين بالعموم. The musical folklore and heritage in the village of Kafr Dalli Tahtani is a part of the folklore and heritage of the Afrin region in general.
اللي أساتذته هنن المطربين والفنانين الكبار، جميل هورو ومحمد علي تجو. Whose masters are the great singers and artists, Jamil Horo and Muhammad Ali Tajo.
وإضافة إلى أعداد كبيرة من الفنانين اللي حاولوا يتقفوا أثر المطربين الكبار. In addition to a large number of artists who tried to follow in the footsteps of the great singers.
لنحكي شوي عن الفلكلور الغنائي في القرية رح يكون معنا الأخ سربست من القرية. To talk a little about the musical folklore in the village, we will have Brother Sarbest from the village with us.
وأيضا الأستاذ صادق نجار اللي هو ماشاء الله يعني ذاكرة القرية وربما ذاكرة المنطقة. And also Mr. Sadiq Najar, who is, mashallah, the memory of the village and perhaps the memory of the region.
وأيضا الأستاذ عبد الرحمن. نحن الآن مستضافين في بيته وتحت عريشة العنب. And also Mr. Abdul Rahman. We are now hosted in his house and under the grape arbor.
وضيفونا التين، وحسسونا كأنه نحن اليوم في مصيف سوري وسوريا الحبيبة اللي منحبها. They offered us figs, and made us feel like we are in a Syrian summer resort today, in our beloved Syria that we love.
الحمد لله. Thank God.
الله يعافيكم، أخي سربست احكيلي بداية عن النمط الغنائي اللي هون اللي دارج في المنطقة في كفردلي بالتحديد؟ May God give you health. Brother Sarbest, tell me first about the singing style that is popular here in the region, in Kafr Dalli specifically?
طبعاً، هو النمط يعني، عندك محمد علي تجو وباڤێ صلاح، نعم. Of course, the style is, you have Muhammad Ali Tajo and Bavê Selah, yes.
باڤێ صلاح كمان كان فنان كبير. Bavê Selah was also a great artist.
وجميل هورو، وباقي فنانين، في فنانين منهم قديمين، منهم جداد، منهم تجددوا، يعني هدول هنن. And Jamil Horo, and other artists, there are old artists among them, new ones, and those who renewed themselves, these are the ones.
طيب هدول كانوا يغنوا نفس اللون ولا كل واحد إلو لون خاص؟ Well, did they sing the same style or did each one have a special style?
لا كل واحد إلو نمطه، كل واحد إلو أغنيته الخاصة ونمطه الخاص. No, each one has their own style, each one has their own special song and special style.
وحسب الظروف، في منهم ظروف اللي بيعدي عليها مثلا. And depending on the circumstances, there are those who go through certain circumstances, for example.
بيمر فيها هالظروف بيحللها بيسويها أغنية مثلا، من كلمة لأغنية كذا بيطالعوها. They go through these circumstances, analyze them, and turn them into a song, for example, from a word to a song like that, they create it.
تمام، الأكثر انتشاراً وتأثراً هون مين، انتو بمين تأثرتوا أكتر؟ بجميل هورو ولا محمد علي تجو ولا مين؟ Alright, who is the most widespread and influential here? Who were you influenced by the most? Jamil Horo, Muhammad Ali Tajo, or who?
جميل هورو عندك أول شي، وباڤێ صلاح، طبعاً ثالثاً محمد علي تجو. First you have Jamil Horo, then Bavê Selah, and of course thirdly Muhammad Ali Tajo.
طيب سمعنا شي من كل واحد قبل ما نسمع الأستاذ صادق شو رح يحكي. Well, let us hear something from each one before we hear what Mr. Sadiq is going to say.
De vî da û wê da, ez çol û çiya ketim e. From here and there, I fell into deserts and mountains.
Ji hêvar da, ez bej û gundan derketim e. Since evening, I left the lands and villages.
Bi çol û çiya de dikim, riya min asê ye. I wander in deserts and mountains, my path is blocked.
Herçî meşaleqê min in, kevir û zinar in. Whatever my obstacles are, they are rocks and boulders.
Erê ta zivistanê, em hêl me rasanin. Yes, until winter, our strength has reached its limit.
Hema min dî ev ejdehayê, serê xwe rakir, nav kevir û zinar nar e. Suddenly I saw this dragon, raised its head, roaring among the rocks and boulders.
Hezar salî bûye, çiyayê bejî da mezin bûye. It is a thousand years old, grown in the wild mountains.
Zimanê xwe yê neçe, dilîskîne. Flicking its deadly tongue.
Yekî min ji hayata dinê xelas ke. Let someone save me from the life of this world.
Cihê we çaxê, me axîna xwe kir, Xwedanê erd û ezmanan. At that moment, we sighed to the Lord of earth and heavens.
Milê xwe li ber kirin. We submitted ourselves.
Mihstirê xwe barandin, Xwedanê erd û ezmanan. We shed our tears to the Lord of earth and heavens.
Li vir ejdeha fîqandin qêre, serê xwe kir nav kevir û zinara. Here the dragon hissed and screamed, and hid its head among the rocks and boulders.
Me zanî tivana hezar salî, hatî mane. We knew the storm of a thousand years has come to stay.
Milê xwe da ye çol û çiya, orta biziravî ro şefaqê da der. I turned to the deserts and mountains, amidst fear, the dawn broke.
Dinê rûm bû, bihar kir rengîn e, gul û gupikê dar û tiyiyê vebûn e. The world lit up, spring became colorful, the flowers and buds of trees and bushes opened.
Helkerek bû, min xwe da girê zinarek ker û nîştim piştê xwe da zinêr. It was a steep climb, I reached a deaf boulder and leaned my back against the rock.
Ax, mihstirê xwe paqij kirin, keserê xwe kişandin. Ah, I wiped my tears, drew my sighs.
Pozê rûyê min dî xelq û xunavê sibê ye. I saw the face of creation and the morning dew.
Şelûr û bilbil û teyr dengê li hev dinin e. The birds, nightingales, and eagles mix their sounds.
Me sekir navê çîk û şelûr nîn e, dengê yekî zêde hezîn e tê. We noticed it's not the sound of common birds, the sound of one is coming very sad.
Ewa ser darê ke, me dît bilbilî hezîn hezîn dixwîne. That one on the tree, we saw a nightingale singing sadly.
هاد شعر ولا غناء؟ Is this poetry or singing?
شعر. Poetry.
Ez kê bang kim wa bilbilo, geliyê xwa li ber bikim. Who should I call, oh nightingale, to pour my heart to?
Erê ta hêl û qeweta min nemaye, bi çend rengî mi da ez nizanim, xwîn xirab e, sor e, çengê min tê. Yes, my strength and power are gone, I don't know in how many colors I poured, the blood is bad, red, my arm is bleeding.
Ez kê bang bikim bilbilo û geliyê xwa li ber bikim, rêk û lox me hinda kirine. Who should I call, nightingale, and pour my heart to, we have lost the paths and roads.
Hey lo bilbilo... de bese, de bese, te oza dilê min xitand lo bilbilo, lo bilbilo... Oh nightingale... enough, enough, you have torn the core of my heart, oh nightingale, oh nightingale...
Dera heft ro, heft şev bîn e, ez lê digerim, lo bilbilo, ma te yara min nedî, ma te nedî... It has been seven days, seven nights, I have been searching for her, oh nightingale, haven't you seen my beloved, haven't you seen her...
Çiyayê Rûm dîm, bêgav çol û çiya ketim e, sê neqla min mirin bi çavê serê xwe dît kesa te nebîn e, mi dî mi dî lo bilbilo. I saw the Roman mountains, helpless I fell into deserts and mountains, three times I saw death with my own eyes, may no one see what I saw, oh nightingale.
سلامتك. God keep you safe.
Hey lo bilbilo, zarta cî wisa ke min dosta xwa hinda kirî, te teyrek xur e erd û ezmanan digerî ooy... Oh nightingale, I cry out loud like this because I lost my beloved, you are a free bird roaming the earth and heavens ooy...
Dê li ortê bigerandin e, min e şev û roj, çol û çiya... hêl û qeweta min nema, lo bilbiloy... te yara min nedî, qet nedî yoy... Wandering in the middle, day and night, deserts and mountains... my strength and power are gone, oh nightingale... haven't you seen my beloved, haven't you seen her at all yoy...
De car kê, bilbilê malşewitî, bilbilê malşewitî, keserê xwe kişandin, got de here zarderdê min ne bese, min law yara te nediye yoy... Then once, the poor nightingale whose house is burned, the poor nightingale, drew its sighs, said go away, aren't my own pains enough, boy I haven't seen your beloved yoy...
سلم تمك، خلينا يعني أفهم أنا شو حكيت، المشاهدين يعرفوا شو حكيت بالعربي، وننتقل للأستاذ صادق. تفضل شو حكيت بالعربي؟ Bless your mouth, let me understand what you said, so the viewers know what you said in Arabic, and we move to Mr. Sadiq. Please tell us what you said in Arabic?
الأغنية هي، عبارة عن بلبل. بيغني عالبلبل واحد مثلا، طالع من بيته، من ضيعته، يعني مهاجر. This song is about a nightingale. Someone is singing to a nightingale, for example, someone who left his house, his village, meaning an immigrant.
نعم. Yes.
مثلا هلق متلنا ومثل اخواننا العرب كذا ومهاجرين من بيوتهم خيو. For example, like us now, and like our Arab brothers and so on, who migrated from their homes, brother.
بيطلع مافي مطرح بيطلع بيسكن بالجبل. He goes out, there is no place, he goes out and lives in the mountain.
بهالجبل بيلاقي مثلا ثعبان، هالثعبان بيجي مثلا انه هالثعبان متل شي انه بدو ياكله لساته بالجبل، والثعبان بدو ياكله. In this mountain, he finds a snake, for example, this snake comes like it wants to eat him while he's still in the mountain, and the snake wants to eat him.
نعم. Yes.
بيدعي لرب العالمين، بيقول يا ربي انه تبعد عني هالثعبان هاد. He prays to the Lord of the worlds, he says, "Oh my Lord, keep this snake away from me."
فبيقوم رب العالمين بيبعد عنه، بيطلع عالشمس. So the Lord of the worlds keeps it away from him, he goes out to the sun.
بيطلع عالشمس، عند ما بيطلع عالشمس بيسمع صوت مثلا العصافير كذا. He goes out to the sun, when he goes out to the sun, he hears the sound of birds, for example, and so on.
من بين كل هالصوت بيجي صوت بلبل. From among all these sounds comes the sound of a nightingale.
وعليكم السلام ورحمة الله. And peace be upon you and the mercy of God.
بيجي صوت بلبل، عم هو كمان بيغني عالبلبل. The sound of a nightingale comes, and he also sings to the nightingale.
عم بيقول يا بلبل... He says, "Oh nightingale..."
أنا طلعت ع هالجبل إنت شو جايبك لهون؟ I went up the mountain and said, "What brings you here?"
البلبل شو عم بيجاوبه؟ عم بيقول له... يعني أنا دردي ما بيكفيني لسا إنت كمان جاي تحط همك فوق همي؟ What did the nightingale answer him? He said... "Isn't my pain enough, that you come to put your sorrow on top of mine?"
يعني لسا درد البلبل فوق همه. I mean, the nightingale's pain is on top of his sorrow.
نعم، نعم، نعم، شي جميل. Yes, yes, yes. It's beautiful.
أستاذ صادق... يعني الملاحظ إنو الغناء الكردي في المنطقة هو غناء حزين... شو السبب؟ Mr. Sadiq... it is noticeable that the Kurdish singing in the region is sad singing... What's the reason?
يعني صار له أربع خمس دقايق وهو عم بي... إشاراته كله وعلامات وجهه كلها فيها حزن، فيها شجن. He has been singing for four or five minutes and all his gestures, and all his facial expressions have sorrow and grief.
شو السبب إنه مرتبط الغناء الكردي في المنطقة بالشجن والحزن؟ What's the reason that the Kurdish singing in the region is associated with sorrow and grief?
نتيجة ظروف طبيعية، كوارث، الآلام والآمال اللي عم بيتأملها، وما عم بتصير هالآمال اللي عم يتمناها وعم يترجاها. It's the result of natural conditions, disasters, pains and the hopes that one wishes for, and these hopes that he wishes and begs for do not happen.
وبضل بقيان بهالهموم وبهالكوابيس... يعني متراكمة... And he remains with these sorrows and nightmares... I mean, they are accumulated...
يعني متراكمة... وبالتالي صار كل التعبير عن الذات هو غناء حزين. Accumulated... so expressing oneself entirely became sad singing.
نعم... تاريخ مليء بالمآسي، تاريخ مليء بالهجرات، تاريخ مليء بالانكسارات... يعني من الواقع. Yes... a history full of tragedies, a history full of migrations, a history full of defeats... I mean, from reality.
أنا بعرف إنه صوتك جميل إنت، من الأصوات الجميلة والقادرة. I know your voice is beautiful. It's one of the beautiful and capable voices.
كان، كان. It was, it was.
بدنا نختم... بدنا نختم الآن الحلقة معك، خلينا نسمع شي من وجدانك إنت يا أستاذ صادق نجار. We want to conclude the episode with you now. Let us hear something from your soul, Mr. Sadiq Najjar.
الأغنية الكردية مثل ما تفضلت أولاً... يعني... نوع من الحزن... The Kurdish song, as you mentioned first... I mean... it's a type of sorrow.
مثل إذا واحد انجرح، بعدين بيجيها... يجي واحد يحط سبيرتو شوي، شوية كحول، أو مرهم، بيبرد... Like if someone gets injured, then comes... someone puts some alcohol, a little alcohol or ointment, it cools down.
فالأغنية الكردية بتبدا بالحزن، بتنتهي بالفرح وبالمراخص وما شابه. So the Kurdish song starts with sorrow, and ends with joy and dancing.
نعم. نسمع منك. Yes, let's hear it.
قالوا لعبد التمور تاع ما أجا... صار زلمي وما أجا... شفت هداك... They told Abdul-Tamur, "Come," he didn't come. He became a man and didn't come. I saw that guy...
واحد خربان وما بعرف... مع ذلك صار بني آدم وما أجا... شو أساويله... تفضل. A ruined person and I don't know what, yet he became a human being and didn't come. What should I do to him? Go ahead.
Ay şaman, keleş şaman, lewend a min lê lê lê lê lê lê lê lê lê lê lê lê. Ay şaman. Oh shaman, beautiful shaman, my young one, le le le le le le le le le le le le. Oh shaman.
Ay şê, zalim dînê, tu li hember a, fa dila ya min li hember a, Oh sheikh, cruel religion, you are opposite me, the sorrow of my heart is opposite me.
Delala min, tu li hember a, min li hember a. My beautiful one, you are opposite me, opposite me.
Ma qey ne bîra te wa, çîqe çîrka cencera li ser bênder a? Don't you remember the squeaking of the threshing sleds on the threshing floors?
Hawa hawa, ewî lo, keçikê tu dîtî bi kincê çir a. Oh, oh, my first one, I saw the girl again in torn clothes.
Zalimê lê esmerê, çavreşê çavbikulê, esmera min tu yî lê lê lê lê lê wey. Cruel one, oh brunette, dark-eyed one, sorrowful-eyed one, you are my brunette, le le le le le wey.
Ay şê, lewendê! Oh sheikh, young one!
Ma bila dinya bima ji kê re, nema ji kê re. Even if the world were to remain, it didn't remain for anyone.
Siltan Silêman, dîsa dinya nema ji kê re. Sultan Suleiman, again the world didn't remain for anyone.
Hin û cin û pêr e, gişt di bin emrî wî da bûn, dîsa dinya nema ji kê re. Jinn, spirits, and fairies, all were under his command, again the world didn't remain for anyone.
Ay şaman lê lê lê lê wey. Oh shaman, le le le le wey.
Dîsa bila dinya bima, nema ji kê re. Again, even if the world were to remain, it didn't remain for anyone.
Dîsa dinya nema ji Pêxemberê Ummetê, Mihemed (S.A.W), dîsa dinya nema ji kê re. Again, the world didn't remain for the Prophet of the Ummah, Muhammad (PBUH), again the world didn't remain for anyone.
Ay şaman lê lê lê lê. Oh shaman, le le le le.
Esmera min, çavreşa min tu yî lê lê lê lê lê. My brunette, my dark-eyed one is you, le le le le le.
Ay şê, keleşê, lewendê, çavreşê, çavbikulê. Oh sheikh, beautiful one, young one, dark-eyed one, sorrowful-eyed one.
Dîsa bila dinya bima, nema ji kê re. Again, even if the world were to remain, it didn't remain for anyone.
Ne dima ji dîktatoran re, ji zaliman re. It didn't remain for dictators, for tyrants.
Ji Fîr'ewnan re, dîsa dinya nema ji kê re. For Pharaohs, again the world didn't remain for anyone.
Keko bi sêf dîsa dinya nema ji kê re wey. Brother, by the sword, again the world didn't remain for anyone, wey.
Na ji rindan re, na ji xiraban re, na ji dîktatoran re, ji zaliman re. Neither for the good, nor for the bad, nor for dictators, for tyrants.
Û na ji yekî mîna Mela Mistefa Barzanî, yekî wekî Qazî Mihemed, yekî wekî Pêxember (S.A.W), dîsa dinya nema ji kê re. And neither for someone like Mullah Mustafa Barzani, someone like Qazi Muhammad, someone like the Prophet (PBUH), again the world didn't remain for anyone.
Ta we dila, ta we dila, ta we dila xûnî ya dila. To these hearts, to these hearts, to these bloody hearts.
Bi kerasa, kerasa hesreta dila, dila dila dila dila wey. With shirts, shirts of the longing of hearts, hearts hearts hearts hearts wey.
Ay şaman lê lê lê lê lê wey. Oh shaman, le le le le le wey.
Go berde, berde, berde, we Hesen destê min berde. Said let go, let go, let go, oh Hasan let go of my hand.
Go berde, berde, berde, ew Wistêf destê min berde. Said let go, let go, let go, oh Wistef let go of my hand.
Evînî bi kul û derd e lo, evînî bi kul û derd e. Love is with pain and sorrow, love is with pain and sorrow.
Ay delal, ay delal, ay delal, ay delal, ay delal, ay delal, ay delal, ay delal! Oh beautiful, oh beautiful, oh beautiful, oh beautiful, oh beautiful, oh beautiful, oh beautiful, oh beautiful!
Ta emrê min î, bes e lo. You are my life, it's enough.
Heh, ta we, heh ta we, saheta te xweş be, saheta te xweş be. Oh, to you, oh to you, bless your voice, bless your voice.
Saheta te xweş be, ellah ya'tîk el-afiye, sahetxweş, sahetxweş. Bless your voice, may God give you health, bless your voice, bless your voice.
Ev a Eşê ye, Eşê, ev a Eşê... This is Eysha's, Eysha, this is Eysha's...
مين عيشة؟ عيشة، هي محبوبة؟ Who is Eysha? Eysha, is she a beloved?
هادا زلمة... أحداثها صارت عملياً بعين العرب، شرق عين العرب، حلنج، ما حلنج، بديك الديار. This is a man... its events happened practically in Ayn al- Arab, east of Ayn al-Arab, Halanj, or whatever, in those areas.
هادا واحد، متل سربست، كبر بالعمر... وصار بقلبه حسرة، بده يتجوز. This is someone, like Serbest, who grew old... and had a longing in his heart, he wanted to get married.
هي ما بدي، وهاي ما بدي، بنت بيك بدي، بنت آغا بدي، بنت شيخ عشيرة بدي، بنت كويسة وحلوة... "I don't want this one, and I don't want that one. I want a Bey's daughter, I want an Agha's daughter, I want a tribal Sheikh's daughter, a good and beautiful girl..."
ما بعرف إيش... المهم. I don't know what... Anyway.
هادا طلع شال راسه وركب ع حصانه ويالله. He set out, raised his head, got on his horse, and off he went.
وصل ع ديرة عيشة. He arrived at Eysha's village.
شاف في نبع، وفي شي عشرين تلاتين بنت ع النبع. He saw a spring, and there were about twenty or thirty girls at the spring.
طبعاً أولي كان في هالسطل يحطوه ع الراس ويمشوا. Of course, in the past, they used to put this bucket on their heads and walk.
اتطلع في وحدة تختلف عن جميع البنات. He looked at one who was different from all the girls.
جمالاً وطولاً وكذا وما كذا... In beauty, height, and so on...
هادا ساق حصانه لعند هاي. He drove his horse towards her.
"سلام عليكم." "وعليكم السلام." "Peace be upon you." "And upon you be peace."
"مرحبا يا بنت العالم، بنت الناس." ما ردت. "Hello, daughter of good people, daughter of respected folks." She didn't answer.
قال، "سلمنا لله، سلمت عليكي، ما بتردي؟ بدي كاسة مي، أنا عطشان. ضيف، مسافر." He said, "We greeted for God's sake, I greeted you, won't you answer? I want a cup of water, I'm thirsty. A guest, a traveler."
قالت، "اطلب من غيري." She said, "Ask someone else."
المهم والحاصل، بروح بيلحقها لبيتها. هادا بيتها. Anyway, in short, he goes and follows her to her house. This is her house.
بروح لعند الختيار، لعند بيت المختار، بيسأل خيو، "هالبيت هالابنت لمين؟" He goes to the old man, to the Mukhtar's house, and asks, "Brother, whose house and daughter is this?"
قال: "لفلان." He said: "To so-and-so."
بينا بيرجع ع بيته. بعدين بيبعت ناس لهنيك وبده عيشة، عيشة، وعيشة وعيشة. Meanwhile, he goes back to his house. Then he sends people there, and he wants Eysha, Eysha, and Eysha and Eysha.
المهم بالزور أخدها. أخدها ومن أخدها، جهزوا ويبدوا هدول أغنياء وهداك غني، جهزوا، ما في كفاية. Anyway, he took her by force. He took her, and once he did, they prepared, and it seems these people were rich and that guy was rich, they prepared, there's no limit.
أغنية طويلة يعني، سبع تمان ساعات بتطول. It's a long song, I mean, it lasts for seven or eight hours.
ما شاء الله، الله يعطيك العافية أستاذنا. Mashallah, may God give you health, our master.
وصلوا كل هالأغراض هدول ع بيتهم. They arrived with all these belongings at their house.
ليلة الدخلة، زلمة صار يمزح مع بعض، من هون لهون... On the wedding night, the man started joking around, from here to there...
هاي كل مالها ارخت، ارخت ارخت... She kept getting more and more limp, limp, limp...
ربع ساعة، نص ساعة، قال بلكي عروسة عم تستحي. A quarter of an hour, half an hour, he said maybe the bride is feeling shy.
آخر شي اتطلع شاف ما فيها، شاف ما فيها روحا. Finally, he looked and saw there was nothing in her, he saw there was no soul in her.
يعني ماتت، روحا طلعت... I mean, she died, her soul departed...
فلذلك صارت حزينة. That's why it became sad.
نعم، نعم. الله يرحمها. Yes, yes. May God have mercy on her.
عيشا أغي ديو... Eysha of the Agha...
الله يعطيك العافية أستاذنا. بس خلصنا، خلصنا... May God give you health, our master. But we are done, we are done...
مجال الفن، مجال الفن، إذا تسأل أي واحد متلاً إيش مفتاح الأغاني؟ The field of art, the field of art, if you ask anyone for example, what is the key to songs?
بيقول لك أغنية عيشة. He will tell you the song of Eysha.
Kiliya Eşê, yanî kiliya hemû kelaman e. The key of Eysha, meaning it is the key to all words.
عروس الأغاني... مفتاح الأغاني. The bride of songs... the key to songs.
بدي أشكرك أستاذ صادق، بدي أشكرك بنهاية هالحلقة. I want to thank you, Mr. Sadiq, I want to thank you at the end of this episode.
شكراً ممنون، وأشكر الأخ سربست، والأستاذ عبد الرحمن، Thank you, I am grateful, and I thank brother Serbest, and Mr. Abdulrahman,
ع استضافتكم إلنا في قرية كفر دلي تحتاني. for hosting us in the village of Kafr Dalli Tahtani.
وختمتوه أيضاً بمفتاح الغناء الكردي عيشة أو عيشانة، أو الحسن أفندي، And you also concluded it with the key of Kurdish singing, Eysha or Eyshana, or Hasan Efendi,
هدول... بالمفتاح وبالقفل... حياكم الله. these... with the key and the lock... may God greet you.
أعزائي المشاهدين، انتهت هذه الحلقة التي قدمناها لكم من قرية كفر دلي تحتاني، My dear viewers, this episode which we presented to you from the village of Kafr Dalli Tahtani has ended,
التابعة لمركز منطقة إعزاز... affiliated with the center of Azaz district...
عفرين! Afrin!
شو قلت ليش؟ Why, what did I say?
إعزاز. Azaz.
يلا ماشي، عفرين إعزاز، ما بتأثر. Alright then, Afrin, Azaz, it doesn't matter.
أعزائي المشاهدين، انتهت هذه الحلقة التي قدمناها لكم من قرية كفر دلي تحتاني، My dear viewers, this episode which we presented to you from the village of Kafr Dalli Tahtani has ended,
التابعة لمركز منطقة عفرين في ريف حلب الشمالي. affiliated with the center of Afrin district in the northern countryside of Aleppo.
سنكون معكم في الأسبوع القادم، في جولة جديدة من قرية أخرى سورية حبيبة. We will be with you next week, on a new tour from another beloved Syrian village.
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته. حياكم الله. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of God and His blessings. May God greet you.