Temaşevanên hêja, bernameya Tama Şevan îro li gundê Kefer Sefrê ye, li gundê Kefe Sefrê, li navçeya Cindirêsê. Dear viewers, today the program "Tama Şevan" (Taste of Evenings) is in the village of Kefer Sefrê, in the Kefer Sefrê village, in the Jindires district.
Navbera gundê Kefer Sefrê û Cindirêsê va jî 4 kîlometre ne. The distance between Kefer Sefrê village and Jindires is 4 kilometers.
Ev gundê berî vê bi 300 sal da ava bûye. Ê derbasî vê gundî bûye, vê gundî ava kirî, du kes bûn, ew birayê hev bûn. This village was founded 300 years ago. The ones who came to this village and built it were two people, they were brothers.
Navê yekî Izîd Xelo bû û Mem bû. The name of one was Izîd Xelo and [the other] was Mem.
Lê ev gunda jî niha 600 mal e. Çar pakrewanê vê gundî jî hene. Currently, this village has 600 households. There are also four martyrs from this village.
Lê ziyaretek jî vir heye, navê ziyaretê Şêx Mihemed. There is also a shrine here, the name of the shrine is Sheikh Mohammed.
Lê destpêşoreşa Rojavayê bû, destpêşoreşa Sûriyê bû, li vir goristana şehîd Seydo jî ava kirin. At the beginning of the Rojava revolution, the beginning of the Syrian revolution, the Martyr Seydo cemetery was established here.
Lê heta niha şehîdên Kantona Efrînê derbasî vir jî dikin. 52 pakrewanê me jî derbasî vê gundî kirin. Even now, they bring the martyrs of Afrin Canton here. 52 of our martyrs have been brought to this village.
Lê emê tevra derbasî vê gundî bin, em çanda vê gundî nas bikin. Let us enter this village together and get to know the culture of this village.
Temaşevanên hêja, em derbasî gundê Kefer Sefrê bûn. Lê niha em li mala Pî Mihemed in. Dear viewers, we have entered the village of Kefer Sefrê. Now we are in the Pî Mihemed neighborhood.
Lê emê pirsa xwe ji mamoste Hisên bikin. Mamoste merhaba. We will ask our question to teacher Hisên. Hello teacher.
Merhaba, bi xêr hatin. Ser çava, ser seriyan. Hello, welcome. upon my eyes, upon my head (You are very welcome).
Mamoste ka ji me ra li ser gundê xwe bêje. Ev nav ji ku hatiye? Ka ji me ra li ser dîroka gundê xwe bêje. Teacher, tell us about your village. Where did this name come from? Tell us about the history of your village.
Gundê me, vêra dibêjin Kefer Sefrê. Our village, they call it Kefer Sefrê.
Hawa ji du biraka da pêk hatibû. Yek Mem, yek Izîd Xelo. It was formed by two brothers. One was Mem, one was Izîd Xelo.
Hatin Cindirêsê, li cem jinekê, jin a Beg, vêra digotin... hewa xatûn. They came to Jindires, to a woman, a Beg's wife (noblewoman), they called her... she was a Lady (Xatûn).
Çerxecî bûn cem vajinkê. Talan hat, êkey malê vajinkê, yoxma kirin. They were guards/skirmishers for this woman. A raid happened, and this woman's property was looted.
Ew jin xatûn bû, xatûn bû. That woman was a Lady, she was a Lady.
Û ê... ra jî, ez dibêjim belkim ne Kurmanc bû jî. Ji mana Tirk bû, wekî Beg hewal didan. And uh... also, I think she might not have been Kurdish. She was of Turkish origin, like the Begs as they say.
Hatin talanê vana ajotin, çerxeciyê xatûnê bi pê vana ketin. They (the raiders) came and drove away their looted livestock, and the Lady's guards chased after them.
Gihîştin bîrikê, vêra dibêjin Bîrê Rikê, li nîzîkê gundê Kûra. They reached a small well, they call it the Well of Grudge (Bîrê Rikê), near the village of Kura.
Li wê derê gîştinê. Li 17 xistin, li çerxecîkî. They caught up to them there. They attacked 17 of them, the guards.
Ev çend kîlometre ji vir dûr e? How many kilometers is that from here?
Cindirêsê mabênê Kefer Sefrê û Cindirêsê 5 kîlometre ne. Jindires... between Kefer Sefrê and Jindires is 5 kilometers.
Na, behsa Kûra dikim. No, I mean Kura.
Kûra... Kûra ji me û... mabênê me û Kûra dora 2 kîlometre heye. Kura... Kura is from us... between us and Kura is about 2 kilometers.
Bes çerxecî ji Cindirêsê derketin, li pê vana gihîştin Kûra. But the guards set out from Jindires, following them, and reached Kura.
Li wê derê vana li hev xist. Siwar bûn, ne sîlahê... sîlahê nûkna hebûn. Şûr bûn, yan Martîn bûn, yan dabance bûn. There, they fought. They were on horseback, they didn't have... they didn't have modern weapons. They had swords, or Martinis (rifles), or pistols.
Mesûlê van ê sêle, vêra digotin Ba Dirle Xelo. The one responsible for the flock (sêle), was called Ba Dirle Xelo.
Ba Dirle Xelo bi Izîd Xelo ra go, Xelo xwe pêş de. Go na, tu ji min çêtir î, te xwe pêş de. Ba Dirle Xelo told Izîd Xelo, "Xelo, save yourself." He said, "No, you are better than me, you save yourself."
Ba Dirle Xelo wextê çû, Ba Dirle Xelo kuştin. Izîd Xelo û Memê va, xwe dan pêş. When Ba Dirle Xelo went, they killed Ba Dirle Xelo. Izîd Xelo and this Mem saved themselves.
Dê dê hewgîştek kuştin, talanê xatûnê xwe vegerandin, û dewarê wana ra jî anîn ji xatûnê ra. They (the raiders) killed everyone else, but they (Mem and Izîd) recovered the Lady's loot and brought the livestock back to the Lady.
Xatûnê qîmet da va du berana. The Lady valued these two rams (men) highly.
Piştî pir... tiştkî pir bilind û bi qîmet. It was something very high and valuable.
Bi heyva çû, gîşt teqrîben hidûdê salekê, gumadingê... û va du berana jî, însanê pirî bi namûs û exlaq û terbiyeyê bûn. Months passed, it reached almost the limit of a year... staying there... and these two rams (men) were people of great honor, morals, and upbringing.
Izîdî bûn? Were they Yazidis?
Izîdî bûn. Heta yek, vêra Izîdî Xelo... navê xwe Mem bû, Mihemed e digotin Mem. They were Yazidis. So one, called Izîdî (Yazidi) Xelo... his name was Mem, it is Mohammed but they called him Mem.
Ê wextê dîtin, hewna pir însanê exlaqî ne, û bi şeref û bi namûs in, wek tiştîkî xatira xwe ji xatûnê bixwazin. Uh, when they saw that they were very moral people, and honorable and decent, as a favor they wanted to say goodbye to the Lady.
Xatûnê rabû ji Cindirêsê dida ye, heya bî... Tetera. The Lady stood up and gave them [the land] from Jindires up to... the Tatar stream.
Bes ne erdê zîraî bû. Kelem bûn, dar bûn, yanî hirş bû. But it wasn't agricultural land. It was scrub, trees, meaning it was a forest.
Yanî çend kîlometre? Meaning how many kilometers?
Ji Cindirêsê da heya Tetera, 7 kîlometre, 8 kîlometre hene. From Jindires to Tatar, there are 7 kilometers, 8 kilometers.
Hewna du bira bûn, û jê pêda bûn, û... They were two brothers, and from there on, and...
Ev erda hemî dan vana. Ji Cindirêsê da heya bi Tetera. She gave all this land to them. From Jindires up to Tatar.
Hatin li vir rûniştin. Fere bû, aîle ji wan du birakna, birakek çûn li Alanqûzê rûniştin, yanek çûn li Tetera rûniştin û gundê xwe ava kirin. They came and settled here. It expanded, the family from those two brothers, one brother went and settled in Alanqûzê, one went and settled in Tatar, and they built their village.
Berî wê mal tine bûn. Li Kefer Sefrê şikestin hebûn. Şikest, bi xwe jî... gehê Romayî bûn, gehê çi bûn, şikestinî kevin bûn. Before that, there were no houses. In Kefer Sefrê there were caves. Caves, themselves... whether Roman or whatever, they were ancient caves.
Berê însan diket wan şikestna jî, heya paşê, belkim yek du dudu, di wan şikestna da bûn xwedan mal. In the past, people lived in those caves too, until later, maybe one or two became homeowners in those caves.
Yanî heywanê mezin... sewcî. Meaning big animals... livestock owners.
Û paşê xaniyên xwe girtin û gund fere bû. And later they occupied their houses and the village expanded.
Û paşê milet, malbatê din jî tevlî bûn? And later people, did other families join too?
Malbatên din, piştî vana, milkê xwe, va kelemna hildikirin, û kirin zeytûn. Other families, after them... their property, they cleared these bushes, and turned it into olive [groves].
Malbatên din jî, hatin li va gundî jiyan, yanî rûniştin. Other families also came and lived in this village, meaning they settled.
Û bi vana ra dan û standin, û şuxulê vana kirin. And they interacted with them, and did their work.
Û wekî biraka bi hev ra rûdiniştin. Tu ferq... tu nebû di mabênê, ê gund çêkirî, ew ê hatî. And they lived together like brothers. There was no difference... none was between the one who built the village and the one who came later.
Giştk wekî biraka bi hev ra rûdiniştin. Di xêmê hev du da, û di kêfê hev du da. Everyone lived together like brothers. In each other's sorrow, and in each other's joy.
Niha mamoste, me got gundê we 600 mal e. Ev çend malbat tê da jiyan dikin niha? Now teacher, we said your village is 600 households. How many families [of the founders] live in it now?
Teqrîben mabênê 15 û 20 malbat têda dijîn. Ji Xêrî, Alanqûzê û Tetera. Approximately between 15 and 20 families live in it. From the Xêrî, Alanqûzê, and Tetera [branches].
Hefê êdî di Kefer Sefrê da rûniştine. These represent those who have settled in Kefer Sefrê.
Ez te spas dikim. I thank you.
Ser çava. You're welcome (Upon my eyes).
Temaşevanên hêja, leşker û gundî jî, xastin şîvekê ji me re amade bikin. Dear viewers, the soldiers and villagers too, wanted to prepare a dinner for us.
Dibêjin ev şîv e, li çar parçên Kurdistanê... tê... hazir kirin. They say this dinner is... prepared in all four parts of Kurdistan.
Vê şîvê daxwin yanî. Merheba. They eat this dinner. Hello.
Ahlan wa sehlen. Welcome.
Ka ji me re bêje, ev şîv e çi ye? Tell us, what is this dinner?
Navê vê şîvê şûrbeya dên e. The name of this dinner is wheat soup.
Çar parçên Kurdistanê vê şîvê dikin. Four parts of Kurdistan make this dinner.
Bakur dibêjin Keledoş. Li Rojava dibêjin şûrbeya dên. In the North they call it Keledoş. In Rojava they call it wheat soup.
Ê... gihewar tê da, nokê xwe nerm dikin. Uh... there is wheat in it, they soften their chickpeas.
Goştê xwe jî dikelînin. They boil their meat as well.
Paşê mastê xwe... ewê xalî dikin, digerînin. Then their yoghurt... they pour it in, they stir it.
Sê saeta yanî hazir dibe. Meaning, it gets ready in three hours.
Ev xwarine, heta navê... ser êgir çêdikin? This food, do they even make it under the name... on fire?
Ev xwarina a êgir e. Ne a gazê... ser gazê nabe. Hevake b'êr bibe. This is a fire food. Not gas... it doesn't work on gas. It must be slow embers.
Çima, ev xwarina dên, ser gazê çêdikin ma bêjin ser êgir çêdibe? Why, this wheat food, if made on gas, do they say it's made on fire?
Hawa... ewe pir dixwaze. Êr dixwaze. Well... it requires a lot. It requires fire.
Yani ev xwarina, bitaybet ê wextê dixwazin, wî ser êgir çêdikin. Meaning this food, especially when they want it, they make it on fire.
Arê ê zû jî em ser gazê çêdikin. Yes, the quick one we make on gas too.
Bes kîjan xweş e? But which one is tasty?
Ê êr xweş e. The fire one is tasty.
Temaşevanên hêja, bi rastî ev jiyana gunda çiqa xweş e. Dear viewers, truly this village life is so nice.
Enegam dibînin ha, dayik li ber nîvşevê, ewjî nanê xwe dikin... When we see here, mothers before midnight, they are making their bread...
Hinek li ber şîvê dikin. Bi rastî jiyana xweş e. Some make it before dinner. Truly life is nice.
Naha emê bipirsin, dêbêjin ev nanê, kevinde em dikin? Merheba ji te ra. Now we will ask, saying this bread, have we been making it for long? Hello to you.
Ahlan wa sehlen. Welcome.
Tu jî û televizyonê Ronahî jî... sağ bî. You and Ronahi TV too... be healthy.
Naha dayê, ev xwarina te got, va em çêdikin... Now mother, this food you said, here we are making...
Li çar parçên Kurdistanê ev xwarina çêdibe... This food is made in the four parts of Kurdistan...
We li vir jî nîn hazir dikin. Ev nanê... balkêş e... You are preparing it here too. This bread... is interesting...
Cara min nedî ev nanê... navê vî nanî çi ye? Tu ji me ra bêje vî ra. I haven't seen this bread before... what is the name of this bread? Tell us about it.
Navê vî nanî, bi zilmekuncî. Em vêra, yanî Rojava dibêjin bi zilmekuncî. The name of this bread is 'with sesame paste'. We here, meaning Rojava, say 'with sesame paste'.
Dema gem nanê xwe dikin, hevîrê xwe distirên nanê xwe dikin... taliyê nîn, em dikin bi zilme. When we make our bread, knead our dough and make our bread... at the very end, we make it with paste.
Kunciyê tewê dikin... wekî yanî pir tişkî cem e, biha ye. They put sesame on the griddle... like it is something very collected, it is valuable.
Em taliyê nînş... taştê dixwin... ji cotyara re cotyara re dikin... We... at the end... eat it for breakfast... make it for the farmers, for the farmers...
Em didin zarokê xwe... pê kefxweş dibin. We give it to our children... they get happy with it.
Em dibin... me didir ber serê pale dêxor? We take it... we used to give it to the workers to eat?
E neha hîn... ev folklora heta neha berdewam e. And now still... this folklore continues until now.
Ê ne bi vê şîvê naxwin? So they don't eat it with this dinner?
Çima? Pê şîvê jî tê xwarin. Pê çayê, pê tişkî rûn... tirş be... tiştî rûn tê xwarin. Why? It is eaten with dinner too. With tea, with something oily... sour... it is eaten with oily things.
Destê we sax bin. Health to your hands.
Sax bî. Tu jî û televizyonê Ronahî jî... zor spas dikim. Be healthy. You and Ronahi TV too... I thank you very much.
Temaşevanên hêja, Apê Hemo li kelek min e. Emrê wî 85 sal e. Dear viewers, Uncle Hemo is by my side. His age is 85 years.
65 sal e jî zirnevan e. He has been a zurna player for 65 years.
Hin zirnê dixin, hin li pîkê dixin. Some play the zurna, some play the flute.
Merheba. Hello.
Belê merheba. Yes, hello.
Te ev kar ji kê girt? Kê elimî zirnê û pîkê? From whom did you take this job? Who taught [you] zurna and flute?
Mu'elim kalê me hebu, apê me... There was a teacher, our grandfather, our uncle...
Em li ser destê wî alemîn. We learned at his hand.
Bide bîst saliyê da... me da zirnê. Pîkê. At the age of twenty... I started the zurna. The flute.
Te ji kê re lêdixist? Tu diçû daweta? Who did you play for? Did you go to weddings?
Belê ez diçûm daweta. Min şixul dikir. Yes I went to weddings. I worked.
Te digot qey ez ê bibim hunermendekî mezin? Did you think that 'I will become a big artist'?
Ez... em qicik bûn dileyîstin. Em alemîn, em çûne daweta paşê. Em mecbur şixulîn. I... we were small playing. We learned, went to weddings later. We were forced to work.
Ji hunermenda te bi kê ra lêdixist? Among the artists, who did you play with?
Di gund da, daweta... In the village, weddings...
Hunermend. Vê dengbêjê me. Artists. These bards of ours.
Ê... kilamcî hebûn. Uh... there were singers.
Xelîlê Okas hebu, Allah rehma... kilamcî bu. Xelîlê Okas was there, God have mercy... he was a singer.
Tîrêj? Tirej?
Na Tîrêj... min dîtîye. No Tirej... I have seen him.
Te bi wî ra kar nekiriye? You didn't work with him?
Na. No.
Ewa digot kilama... me jî dida zirnê... distira. They would sing songs... and we would play the zurna... [he] sang.
Tu carekê, du cara çûyî Fransa. Tu bi kê ra çû? You went to France once, twice. Who did you go with?
Du cara. Em bi kom ra çûn. Twice. We went with a group.
Wana em teleb dikirin, em çûn. They requested us, we went.
Tu kî ve bûn? You and who were there?
Ez, Elî Tajo, Seîdko... Me, Ali Tajo, Seidko...
Ew lawê apê min... Nasirê Defê bu... The son of my uncle... Nasir of the Drum was there...
Yani hunermend Mihemed Elî Tajo... û Seîd Yûsiv? Seîd Gabarî? Meaning artist Mohamed Ali Tajo... and Seid Yusuf? Seid Gabari?
Na Seîdko. Seîdê Şerqî. No Seidko. Seid of the East.
Seîdê Şerqî hun pêra çûn Fransa? Seid Sharqi, you went with him to France?
E Parîsê. Yes to Paris.
Paşê defa me hînî l'wirin... neqarê me hînî l'wirin. Afterwards our drums are still there... our naqaras are still there.
Got wûn kê disawirin? [They] said who are you sending?
Du sala... sala didiyê... got wilo be, hînî l'wirin. Two years... the second year... said let it be so, they are still there.
Ji meşê? Since the trip?
Ê bu 30 û du sal. 34 sal. Uh it's been 32 years. 34 years.
Heftê û hefta da em çûn... heftê û heyşta da hatin. We went in '77... we came back in '78.
Aha tu wextê tu zirnê dixî û tû l'pîkê dixî... Aha, when you play the zurna and you play the flute...
Tu çawa nefesê didiyê? How do you give breath to it?
E nefesê ez di... devî xwa ra didim... û d'puzî me ra der tê. Uh the breath I... give through my mouth... and it comes out my nose.
Ez dikişînim... dikişî wek hewayê... di henifê heye... dida... I pull... pull like air... in the nose there is... gave...
Ewan ne dît tişkî xerîb e ecêb e... zirne ne dîtî? Did they not see it as something strange, weird... hadn't they seen a zurna?
Pê na alemin. They didn't know it.
Sual kirin... got 'qut nabe'... rêka xwa çûye defter sehkirin... They asked... said 'it doesn't cut/stop'... went his way checked the notebook...
Got em bi vê bawer nakin. Nefesê. Said we don't believe this. The breath.
Go megî teşt derxist... nefes qut nekir. Said he took out the whole thing... didn't stop the breath.
Wana Fransa... pir lê m'xatib bûn. They in France... were very interested in it.
Bi min ra got t'kê bimirê ye? Said to me 'who is going to die'?
Çawa t'kê bimirê? How 'who is going to die'?
Go t'kê nefesê te bernadî distirê... tê bimrî bi... ewel... hefle... go d'heflo siftah da tê bimrî. Said since you don't release your breath playing... you will die in... the first... party... said in the opening party you will die.
Min go temam. We bêje were. I said okay. You say come.
Îşê me şuxulî tenê. Our job is just working.
Evar ewar me dawet dikirin. Da'bran? Em rûdiniştin. Evening to evening they invited us. We sat.
Me cehş? bo we mîş dikir ha îngo? em rûdiniştin. We made entertainment... we sat.
Saet li heşta em belaş dikirin... li deha ji me xîtm dikir xelas dikir. At eight o'clock we started... at ten we sealed it, finished it.
Amê çi tişta bibîsin? What things will we hear?
Tu çi j'mare lêxî? What will you play for us?
Hemû zanin. Kîjan qaydê dixwazin bi hemû da. [I] know all. Whichever tune you want, in all of them.
Kerem ke. Please.
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Kerem ke. Please, go ahead.
Sat xweş. Good day.
Sat xweş, ehlen we sehlen. Good day, welcome.
Temaşevanên hêja, li vir jî em nav zeviyên gundê Kefer Sefrê ne, nav baxçan. Lê ev gundê Kefer Sefrê jî tê naskirin di aliyê çandiniyê da, şitla, hemî dara li vir diçînin. Dear viewers, here we are in the fields of Kefer Sefrê village, in the orchards. This village of Kefer Sefrê is known for agriculture, they plant saplings and all kinds of trees here.
Lê emê naha, em hatin cem xwediyê zevî, Hecî Henan. Merheba. But now, we have come to the owner of the field, Haji Hanan. Hello.
Ehla we sehla. Welcome.
Ka ji me ra li ser karê xwe bêje, yanî çi diçînin? Darê çi li ba we hene? Tell us about your work, what do you plant? What kind of trees do you have?
Bi xwedê ev ewil gundê Kefer Sefrê, ji gundê diyala çandiniyê da, tim li pêş e. By God, primarily, the village of Kefer Sefrê has always been at the forefront among agricultural villages.
Yanî Kefer Sefrê destpêkê şitl diçandin, bi rengekî, yanî bi terîqek... kevin, dar hildikirin, dikirin kutik jê şitl diçandin. That is, Kefer Sefrê used to plant saplings initially, in a way... an old method, they would dig up trees, make stumps (truncheons) and plant saplings from them.
Lê di wextêkî da, dora sala 90î da, mamoste, mesela muhendis Ehmed Hacî, senetek anî li vir gund, vê çandina acer, bi rêka çandina qelem, şitlê zeytûnê peyda kir. But at one time, around the 90s, the teacher, Engineer Ahmed Haji, brought a craft to this village, this new cultivation, he introduced olive saplings through the method of planting cuttings.
Yanî ew jî ji xora silav çûn, paşê pişta wî ra miletê gund hemî bi vî senetî... alemî û tê da kar kirin. Meaning, greetings to him for that, afterwards the people of the village all learned this craft and worked in it.
Zaten di sedî da hemî miletê gund giş di vî karî da şuxilîn û şuhretek di tawaya Sûriyê da da, yanî Kefer Sefrê hat naskirin bi gundê çandina zeytûna. Actually, one hundred percent of the village people worked in this job and it gained fame throughout Syria, meaning Kefer Sefrê became known as the village of olive planting.
Yanî her malek, ne kêmtirî bîst û pênc hezar, sed hezar, heta sed hezarî, her malekê zeytûn diçandin. That is, every house, not less than twenty-five thousand, a hundred thousand, up to a hundred thousand, every house planted olives.
Yanî ev jî bû sedem, yanî gundê Kefer Sefrê çiqa însan barî kûçber bûn, li bajêr bûn, li Şamê bûn, li Helebê bûn, vegeriyan gundê xwe û dest bi vî karî kirin, çandiniyê kirin. This became the reason that no matter how many people from Kefer Sefrê had migrated, were in the city, in Damascus, in Aleppo, they returned to their village and started this work, they did agriculture.
Ka ji me ra navê dara bêje, çi... Tell us the names of the trees, what...
Darê niha mesela em li vir diçînin, wek baxçê me yanî, ê sereke zeytûn in. The trees we plant here now, for example in our orchard, the main ones are olives.
Berê mesela wek ihtiyacê me pê tiştê ji me tê xwestin, em li sûkê, ticar ji der va tên ji me daxwazin, em wan... Before, for example, whatever we needed or was demanded from us, in the market, traders come from outside and ask us, and we [supply] them...
Ji ku derê tên? Bawerim ji ku derê tên? Where do they come from? Where do you believe they come from?
Bi xwedê ji Reqa tên, ji Minbicê tên, ji Hemayê tên, ji Idlibê tên, yanî ji Qamişlo dihatin, ji gidea ticar dihatin li vir, ji Kefer Sefrê tiştê xwe dikirîn. By God, they come from Raqqa, from Manbij, from Hama, from Idlib, meaning they used to come from Qamishlo, traders came here from everywhere, they bought their goods from Kefer Sefrê.
Yanî darê me... pê ra pişta zeytûna me henar çandin, me kemiyek pir, yanî ew jî wek zeytûnê, me yên din jî çandin, me darê hemdiyata çandin wek lêmûna, me darê fistiqa çandin. Meaning our trees... along with olives we planted pomegranates, a large quantity, just like olives, we planted others too, we planted citrus trees like lemons, we planted pistachio trees.
Berê pişta wê mesela darê zînê, yanî şemse, bêtir tê xwestin, di sûkê da pir tê xwestin, tê çandin, darê merxê zînê heye, ev tişt na yanî giş tên çandin. Teqrîben ev tişt na giş cem me hene. Before that, for example, ornamental trees, like the umbrella tree (Chinaberry), are in higher demand, they are much demanded in the market, they are planted, there are ornamental cypress trees, all these things are planted. Approximately all these things are available with us.
Karê we baş e yanî? So your business is good?
Bi xwedê karekî baş e û jiyaliya aborî da jî yanî milet, miletê Kefer Sefrê di derecek rind li pêş da, yanî bi serket bi rêka vê çandiniyê. By God, it is a good business and in terms of economic life, the people, the people of Kefer Sefrê are at a good advanced level, meaning they succeeded through this agriculture.
Zaten piştî vê şoreşa Sûriyê destpêkir û çember li ser mentiqa me Efrîn çêbûn û çûndin hatin kêm bûn, yanî çandina dara çîçikî kêm bû. Actually, after the Syrian revolution started and the siege was placed on our region Afrin and movement decreased, the planting of trees decreased a little bit.
Niha mesela di vî gundî da, yanî em sê mal, çar mal man e em diçînin. Di warekî din da jî yanî gundê Kefer Sefrê me got tim ê li pêş bûn bi pêşketina çandiniyê da. Now, for example, in this village, only three or four families of us are left planting. In another aspect, the village of Kefer Sefrê, as we said, was always ahead in agricultural development.
Niha li vir li gund di cem me, piştî ku çember... mesela Rojavayê Kurdistanê ket çemberê û tişt ji der va nehat, yanî mirovekî din dîsa hîngora plastîkî çêkir û banadur tê da çandin, û belkî di mentiqa Efrînê da banadurê wî berî giya daket sûkê û him îsot. Now here in our village, after the siege... for example when Rojava (Western Kurdistan) fell under siege and things didn't come from outside, another person built plastic hangars (greenhouses) and planted tomatoes in them, and perhaps in the Afrin region his tomatoes hit the market before anyone else's, as well as peppers.
Ez te spas dikim, sat xweş. I thank you, have a good day.
Sax bin, ehla we sehla. Be healthy, welcome.
Temaşevanên hêja, li vê derê jî em li Ziyareta Şêx Mihemed in. Navê xwa Şêx Mihemed e. Lê kesek ji vî gundî li vir amade ye, emê pirsan jê pirs kin. Birêz Ebdullah, merheba. Dear viewers, here we are at the Shrine of Sheikh Muhammad. Its name is Sheikh Muhammad. A person from this village is present here, we will ask him questions. Mr. Abdullah, hello.
Ehlen we sehlen, xêr hatin. Welcome, you are welcome.
Spas dikim. Thank you.
Zaret taba, bi xwe va zareta kevnar e. Zaret bi xwe Şêx Mihemed e. The shrine naturally, this is an ancient shrine. The shrine itself is Sheikh Muhammad.
Ji berî gund e? Is it older than the village?
Berî gund e. Berî gund çêbibe ev zareta li vê derê heye. Vêra dibên Şêx Mihemed. Heta navê vî çiyayî, vêra dibên çiyayê Şêx Mihemed. It is older than the village. Before the village was built, this shrine was here. They call this place Sheikh Muhammad. Even the name of this mountain, they call it Sheikh Muhammad Mountain.
Û zaret jî kevn e, berê hemu kes tê li ber limê dike, tê qicika xwe tînin ber, yanî têne... hemu kes tê li vê derê hazir dibe. And the shrine is old, in the past everyone used to come to pray before it, they would bring their children, meaning they come... everyone comes and gathers here.
Û nefsu wext jî va zareta berî vê bi çend sala, bi 18 sala, yanî teqrîben şûnê hinda bibû. Kes berê nexwanî bû, bes hadimî, xera bû. And at the same time, this shrine, a few years ago, 18 years ago, had almost disappeared. No one was taking care of it, it was just ruined, it was destroyed.
Kê şunda girt? Who restored it?
Jine da kesek hebu ji vî gundî Kefer Sefrê, rabû va zareta girt li ser hesabê xwe. Ji vî gundî ra, ji vî şêxî ra, Şêx Mihemed ra, rabû ew kir, belkî teklîfa zaretê jî nîzîka 80 hezar, 100 hezar lê kelifî, wî ser hesabê xwe çêkir. There was a person from this village, Kefer Sefrê, he got up and restored this shrine at his own expense. For this village, for this Sheikh, for Sheikh Muhammad, he did it, perhaps the cost of the shrine was close to 80 thousand, 100 thousand [Syrian Pounds] it cost him, he built it at his own expense.
Temamî xêrê wî jî seyrancek li vê derê û şitê şehîdliqê jî çêkir, ji serenca wî ve. Bi hêz milet tê ser şehîdliqê, wextê şehîd têne vê derê, şitê heceta avê lê çênebû, seyranc jî çêkir. For his complete charity, he also built a picnic area here and the martyr's cemetery things, from his efforts. In numbers people come to the martyr's cemetery, when martyrs come here, since there was no water facility, he built the picnic area too.
Û hana dibînim. And that's how I see it.
Ez te spas dikim, sat xweş. I thank you, have a good day.
Temaşevanên hêja, niha em li Goristana Şehîd Seydo ne, lê ka em derbas bin. Dear viewers, we are now at the Martyr Seydo Cemetery, but let us proceed.
Temaşevanên hêja, niha em li Goristana Şehîd Seydo ne. Lê mirovekî ji vî gundî, gundê Kefer Sefrê, ew jî bavê şehîd ki ye. Dear viewers, we are now at the Martyr Seydo Cemetery. And a person from this village, Kefer Sefrê village, he is also the father of a martyr.
Merheba apê. Hello uncle.
Merheba ji we ra, ehlen we sehlen ji we ra, we xêr hatine we, gav bi gav, ser çavên me, li ser serê me, li Goristana Şehîd Seydo. Hello to you, welcome to you, you are welcome, step by step, upon our eyes, upon our heads, to the Martyr Seydo Cemetery.
Çavên te sax bin. Tu çend sal e li vir xizmetê dikî? May your eyes be healthy (Thank you). How many years have you been serving here?
Welle çi kete sala çara, ji demiq... ev şoreş... Well, it has entered the fourth year, since... this revolution...
Dest bi şoreşê bû, xizmetkarê va Şehîd Leqê, Seydo yê sivîl bû. The revolution had started, he was a servant of this Martyr Leqê, Seydo was a civilian.
Di pîra roz da tê, di pîra çekdar tê û di pîra pir hevalên me qehreman li pey hev di pir hatin. He comes through the rough days, he comes through the armed struggle, and many of our hero comrades came one after another.
Na kurê te li kû derê şehîd ket? No, where was your son martyred?
Li Çelaxa şehîd ket, li Cizîrê. He was martyred in Çelaxa, in Cizre.
Li kîjan goristanê hat veşartin? In which cemetery was he buried?
Li goristana Xebat Dêrikî. At the Xebat Dêrikî cemetery.
Dayîka Delîl ji wê derê, dibê ez ciwan nadim, ciwan ciwanê min e, na ewa ye. Delîl's mother from over there says, "I won't give the youth, the youth is my youth," no, it is like that.
De Delîl ji kû derê, ji Cizîrê ye? So where is Delîl from, is he from Cizre?
Ji Çelaxa ye, erê. He is from Çelaxa, yes.
Dibê ez nadim, yan hûnê laşê min ji vê derê bibin, ciwan ra, yan jî ez nadim. She says, "I won't give him up, either you take my corpse from here along with the youth, or I won't give him."
Ê te xwest te anî evra, gund? So you wanted to bring him here, to the village?
Ezî bînim. Ezî bînim li goristana me ye, goristana Şehîd Seydo li gundê min e. I will bring him. I will bring him to our cemetery, the Martyr Seydo cemetery is in my village.
Ê ji ber ku heval, na şûna ciwan li vir jî pênc şeş pakrewanên me li vir hene? And because friend, no, in the place of the youth, aren't there five or six of our martyrs here as well?
Arê. Gi ê min in. Gi qîçikê min in, her wiji. Yes. They are all mine. They are all my little ones, just like that.
Tu wan hemûyî wek zarokê xwe dhesibînî? Do you consider all of them like your own children?
Arê. Hawna çawa xizmet ê me dikin, ez jî xizmet derdorê welatê xwe dikim. Yes. Just as they serve us, I serve the surroundings of my country.
Te her ro, te sibehê tê heya êvarê li vir e? Every day, you are here from morning until evening?
Sibeh heta êvarê. Her bîst û çar saeta jî ez gî da hemî tirba giya av didim. Morning to evening. Every twenty-four hours, I water all the graves completely.
Ev gulîka kê diçînî? Whose flower is this that you are planting?
Ez diçînim, xudiyê şehîda diçînin. I plant them, the families of the martyrs plant them.
Na ev goristana kê ye ev? Now, whose cemetery is this?
Ha va goristana Şehîd Seydo ye. This is the Martyr Seydo cemetery.
Ê ev na tirba li kêleka me? And this grave next to us?
Gora kê, a Kemal e. Heva, hevalê min e, Kemal, ji şî ye. Whose grave? It's Kemal's. This is my friend, Kemal, from the Shi (tribe/place).
Hevalê Kemal. Qehremanekî pir hêja bû. Comrade Kemal. He was a very valuable hero.
Wa hevdu nas dikir? Did you know each other?
Me hevdu nas dikir ya. Yes, we knew each other.
Tu caran şehîd namirin. Martyrs never die.
Şehîd namirin. Vaye yek din îştera bibêjim. Va Elî ye. Hevalê Elî. Min tirba, tirba Kemal çêdikir. Martyrs don't die. Look, let me tell you one more thing. This is Ali. Comrade Ali. I was building the grave, Kemal's grave.
Go bavo, merheba hosta, min go ehlen we sehlen yarim hosta. He said "Father, hello master," I said "Welcome, my dear master."
Şehîd Kemal got? Martyr Kemal said that?
Na, Elî. No, Ali.
Go çima te va çêkirî û te ya va jî çênekirî, heva dawiya bû, dawiya Kemal da bû. He said "Why did you build this one and not that one?" this was the last one, it was after Kemal.
Min go yarim welle, xeber dar min El Zeytûnê bû, min go didiyo hazir bikim, ha didu hazir kirin, ez tirba hazir dikim. Wez xizmetkarê tirba, ez im. I said "My dear, I swear, news came from El Zeytun, I said let me prepare two, look two are prepared, I am preparing the grave. I am the servant of the graves, that's me."
Ê lawo, ostaz Mamed go, heva ez tirba ji min ra çêkirin, ji min ra. And boy, Master Mamed said, "Friend, build this grave for me, for me."
Şehîdê nemir go na, Xwedê zane. Te piştî bîst û heft roja şûnda, Elî hat kete, ê gotî Xwedê zane. The immortal martyr said "No, God knows." Twenty-seven days later, Ali fell (was martyred), and he had said "God knows."
Elî hat ket wa tirba vekirî. Ali came and fell into that open grave.
Tu caran şehîd namirin. Martyrs never die.
Şehîd namirin. Martyrs don't die.
Û hezar silav li dayîkên şehîdan. And a thousand greetings to the mothers of the martyrs.
Destê wan, destê wan yek bi yek. Their hands, (I kiss) their hands one by one.
Û em ji, ji va da êşna em xelas bin. Ji va zilm û zorê em xelas bin. And may we be saved from this pain. May we be saved from this oppression and force.
Na ez dibêjim, tu na tu li vir, li ber Goristana Şehîd Seydo ye û li Cizîrê jî wek te gotî, li Gor... li Goristana Şehîd Xebat e. Now I say, you are here at the Martyr Seydo Cemetery, and in Cizre too, as you said, at the Martyr Xebat Cemetery.
Li wir hine jî xizmet dikin, hine. There are some who serve there too, some.
Wa dikin ji min çêtir. Ez dibişim. They do it better than me. I smile.
Ez dibişim. Bi min ra go, kurê min ji min ra bi hevra dehan dikir, digot bavo wî dê û bavê min li wir dudu tenê ne. Bes li vir bi hezaran e. I smile. He told me, my son was telling me together, he said "Father, oh my parents are alone there (if buried elsewhere), just two of them. But here, there are thousands."
Min li vir bi derê bin çadira ciwan, min go pênc, pênc şehîd li ser sînga min bûn. Çar zava ne, yek jî kurxalê bû. I put up a youth tent here outside, I said five, five martyrs were on my chest. Four were grooms (young men), one was a cousin.
Min sînd xwar, min go ezê dawetê vana pênc ro çadirê li erdê beilim. I swore an oath, I said I would pitch the tent on the ground for their wedding for five days.
Min pênc ro li erdê, îstîra pêncê, me xera kir, li Dêrikê deh ra kirin. Wan deh şehîd hene kirin. I spent five days on the ground, after the fifth, we took it down, in Dêrik they held it for ten. They made jokes about ten martyrs.
Destê deh tabûta giya hene kirin, erê. They raised the hands of all ten coffins, yes.
Bi rastî me dît. Truly, we saw it.
Ji min çêtir derketin, wan ji min xurtir derketin. Digot dê, li vir li de... hezaran li dayîk bavkê me hene. Ê bi rastî jî wargi derket. They turned out better than me, they turned out stronger than me. He said "Mom, here... we have thousands of parents." And truly, it turned out exactly like that.
Te spas dikim. I thank you.
Sag bimînin. Stay healthy.
Temaşevanên hêja, na jî em li ser Goristana Şehîd Çekdar in, li xweşka, dilşêr jî, ew jî stranekê dibêje, dibêje ez ê stranekî li ser Şehîd Çekdar bêjim. Kerem ke. Dear viewers, now we are at the grave of Martyr Çekdar, the sister, Dilşêr too, she will sing a song, she says "I will sing a song about Martyr Çekdar." Please go ahead.
(Strana) Ez xurdekî... hey... hey... hey... hey... wa bo... (Singing) I am a child... hey... hey... hey... hey... oh dear...
(Strana) Temşêro... o... o... baz bo... (Singing) Look... oh... oh... flew away...
(Strana) Li serê çiya... ay... ay... ay... ay... ay... ay... ez namînim, razim... (Singing) On the mountaintop... ay... ay... ay... ay... ay... ay... I won't stay, I am content...
(Strana) Têlê sînorê... dûr xam ra kir roy. (Singing) The border wire... kept the sun far from us.
(Strana) Li Kurdistanê... Efrînê... bi kêf û şahî kir... (Singing) In Kurdistan... Afrin... made it with joy and celebration...
(Strana) Li Efrînê... min av dida... axa Kurdistan... bi xwîna sor... toz û dildayoy... (Singing) In Afrin... I watered... the soil of Kurdistan... with red blood... dust and hearts...
(Strana) Ê bimîne... ay... ay... ay... ay... ay... herdem navê te... mera kir... heyfa xemgîn hatin... şabûn... hevalê Çekdar... o... o... girtayoy... (Singing) And remain... ay... ay... ay... ay... ay... your name always... made us wonder... sad regrets came... joy... Comrade Çekdar... oh... oh... taken...
(Strana) Her bijî, bijî... Hevalê Çekdar... te canê xwe... feda kir... te navê xwe... bilind hilda... li Efrînê. (Singing) Long live, live... Comrade Çekdar... you sacrificed... your soul... you raised your name... high... in Afrin.
Temaşevanên hêja, lê li vir jî Goristana Şehîd Seydo, du birayê hev in, li vir in, her şehîdek tê, ew jî tên li vir a, û her demekê tên li vir a disekinin. Lê mixabin, herdû jî çavên xwe nabînin. Yanî bûn nebîn, ev jiyana nedîn, ber çava reş bû dinya. Na emê navê we bipirsin. Navê te bi xêr? Dear viewers, here too at the Martyr Seydo Cemetery, there are two brothers, they are here, whenever a martyr comes, they come here too, and they always come and stand here. But unfortunately, both of them do not see with their eyes. Meaning they became blind, they didn't see this life, the world was black before their eyes. Now we will ask your names. What is your name please?
Kawelat. Kawelat.
Kawelat? Kawelat?
Kawelat. Kawelat.
Navê te çi ye? What is your name?
Navê min Xelîl. Xelîl Mihemed Xelo. My name is Xelîl. Xelîl Mihemed Xelo.
Te xwendiye? Have you studied?
Ere wele, min xwendiye. Yes, by God, I have studied.
Te çi xwendiye? What have you studied?
Wele min... min gî... çan... xet... min gî kirî. Well I... I did all... the chanting... the writing... I did it all.
Te Quran xwendiye? Have you read the Quran?
Ewa. Yes.
Ka ji me ra bibêje ti... ti çi ji me ra bibêje jiber gorê, em li ser Goristana Şehîd Seydo ne, ji bo rihê vê şehîdan, tu tiştekî bixwîne? So tell us... what will you say for us for the grave, we are at the Martyr Seydo Cemetery, for the souls of these martyrs, will you recite something?
Wele kişwera Sûreta Al-Imran bixwînim. Well, I will recite a section from Surah Al-Imran.
Kerem ke. Please go ahead.
(Quran) A'udhu billahi min ash-shaytan ir-rajim. (Quran) I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan.
(Quran) Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. (Quran) In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
(Quran) Wa la tahsabanna allatheena qutiloo fee sabeeli Allahi amwata. (Quran) And never think of those who have been killed in the cause of Allah as dead.
(Quran) Bal ahyaon 'inda rabbihim yurzaqoon. (Quran) Rather, they are alive with their Lord, receiving provision.
(Quran) Fariheena bima atahumu Allahu min fadlih. (Quran) Rejoicing in what Allah has bestowed upon them of His bounty.
(Quran) Wa yastabshiroona billatheena lam yalhaqoo bihim min khalfihim. (Quran) And they receive good tidings about those [to be martyred] after them who have not yet joined them.
(Quran) Alla khawfun 'alayhim wa la hum yahzanoon. (Quran) That there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
(Quran) Yastabshiroona bini'matin mina Allahi wa fadlin wa anna Allaha la yudee'u ajra almu'mineen. (Quran) They receive good tidings of favor from Allah and bounty and [of the fact] that Allah does not allow the reward of believers to be lost.
(Quran) Sadaqallahulazim. (Quran) Allah the Almighty has spoken the truth.
Bes ez bawer dikim, te evê însanê te sağ, çavê xwe dibînin, te ciwan baştir e. But I believe, you are better than these healthy people who see with their eyes, you are better.
Ewa. Yes.
Te zimanê jî hatî tîre. Your tongue (recitation) is also more fluent.
Erê erê. Yes, yes.
Te spas dikim. Saet xweş. I thank you. Bless your voice.
Saet xweş. Bless you.
Tu jî zanî bixwînî? Do you know how to read too?
Ez? Me?
Ê? Yeah?
Wele ya, ez... ez bergî ya... Well yes, I... I since...
Tu awayê qena, tu axa xwe dikî, te rêya roniya xwe... The way that you, you manage your land, your path of light...
Spasdarê te me. I am grateful to you.
Spasdar î jî? You are grateful too?
Wellehî ez jî... ez wekî... wekî te bêjim... a... kanim... a kanim... By God, I also... as... as I tell you... uh... I can... uh I can...
Yanî bi dil... bi dilê awa bikim... bi dilê pêşkevim. Meaning with the heart... I do it with the heart... I move forward with the heart.
Yek hem jî ji Quranê, hem jî ji avê... hem jî ji aliyê hunerê. One is both from the Quran, and from the water... and also from the side of art.
Ha, tu hunermend î jî? Oh, are you an artist too?
Ere welleh. Yes, by God.
Tu strana jî dibêjî? Do you sing songs as well?
Wellehî... stran yanî car caran. Car caran hekî şev be... By God... songs, meaning sometimes. Sometimes if it is night...
...hevalê min bêjin "Ka keremke, xweş bike", emê hanê has... strana Şehîd Serhed... ezê diyarî we bikim. ...my friends say "Come on please, make it nice/joyful", we will right now... the song of Martyr Serhed... I will dedicate it to you.
Ez te spas dikim, de keremke. I thank you, please go ahead.
Ez Kurdistan im, bûka cîhan im. I am Kurdistan, I am the bride of the world.
Ciyê mîran im, şerê giran im. I am the place of princes, I am the heavy war.
Ez Kurdistan im, bûka cîhan im. I am Kurdistan, I am the bride of the world.
Ciyê mîran im, şerê giran im. I am the place of princes, I am the heavy war.
Kaniya jînê, warê hebûnê. The spring of life, the land of existence.
Li hêviya we me, rojê bibînim. I am waiting for you, to see the sun.
Kaniya jînê, warê hebûnê. The spring of life, the land of existence.
Li hêviya we me, rojê bibînim. I am waiting for you, to see the sun.
Xwediyê ser û kû... al û partî me... I am the owner of the head and cap... the flag and the party...
...hemî petrol û zêv û zêr im ez. ...I am all the petrol, silver, and gold.
Xwediyê ser û kû... al û partî me... hemî petrol û zêv û zêr im ez. I am the owner of the head and cap... the flag and the party... I am all the petrol, silver, and gold.
Dayika Mazlûm û Kemal Xeyrî me... I am the mother of Mazlum and Kemal Hayri...
...leşkerê rojê, berxwedana me. ...the soldiers of the sun, I am the resistance.
Dayika Mazlûm û Kemal Xeyrî me... leşkerê rojê, berxwedana me. I am the mother of Mazlum and Kemal Hayri... the soldiers of the sun, I am the resistance.
Temaşevanên hêja, li goristana Şehîd Seydo... me ev lê bida wî kir. Dear viewers, at the cemetery of Martyr Seydo... we concluded this here.
Emê xatira xwe ji we bixwazin, ka heya bernameyek din, bimînin di xêr û xweşiyê de. We will bid you farewell, until another program, remain in goodness and happiness.
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