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Temaşevanên hêja, vê hefteyê barê me ji nav çiya, darên zeytûna, çiya û bilbila, em derbasî gundê Zerê bûn. Dear viewers, this week our journey took us through mountains, olive trees, mountains and nightingales, and we entered the village of Zerê.
Ev gundê Zerê 210 mal e, lê ev gunda jî li ser sînor e. This village of Zerê consists of 210 households, but this village is also on the border.
Navbera vî gundî 2 kîlometre ser xetê ye. The distance between this village and the [border] line is 2 kilometers.
Ev gunda û gundê ser xetê va, hemî meriyê hev in. This village and the villages on the [border] line are all relatives of each other.
Lê gund li vir hene cîranê vî gundî ne, wek gundê Sûriya heye, gundê Heyama ye, gundê Alîkera ye. But there are villages here that are neighbors to this village, like the village of Sûriya, the village of Heyama, and the village of Alîkera.
Lê ev gunda taybetmendiya vî gundî gelek baş in. But this village, the characteristics of this village are very good.
Ev gunda hemî merivê hev in, ser erf û adetê kevin in. Everyone in this village is related, and they follow old customs and traditions.
Di roja cejna qurbanê da, ev gunda hemî li hev dicivin. On the day of Eid al-Adha, this entire village gathers together.
Xwarinê gi bi hev ra dixwin, cejna xwe hemî bi hev ra pîroz dikin. They eat all their meals together, and they celebrate their holiday all together.
Ev gunda gelek dewlemend e bi erf û adetê xwe. This village is very rich in its customs and traditions.
Lê di cejna qurbanê da jî em hatin, ez dibêjim cejna qurbanê li hemû gelê Kurd û Misilmana pîroz be. Since we came during Eid al-Adha, I say Happy Eid al-Adha to all Kurdish and Muslim people.
Ka vê hefteyê em bi hev ra mêvanê vî gundî bin. Let us be guests of this village together this week.
Gundê Zerê yek ji gundên devera Bilbilê, kantona Efrînê ya ciwan tûrîn e. The village of Zerê is one of the most beautiful villages in the Bilbil district of the Afrin canton.
Bi dîmenên xwe, nola çinarên dî ye wekî Heyama, Alîkera, Sûriya, Bêkê. With its scenery, it stands like eternal plane trees, alongside [neighbors] Heyama, Alîkera, Sûriya, and Bêkê.
Çarêka xwe ya kesk ji kelaman, darên beniştokan û zeytûnan, ji kaniya girê Herî-bilind ber dida ser gelî û newalan. Its green quarter cascades from songs, pine and olive trees, from the spring of the Highest Hill down to the valleys and gorges.
Ciyê xwe di singê girêkî ye bi navê Zûyê Giran... bi nav û deng de, li çiyayê Kurmênc digre. Its location is on the chest of a hill named Zûyê Giran (Heavy Hill)... famous and renowned in the Kurmênc Mountain (Kurd-Dagh).
[Muzîk] [Music]
Temaşevanên hêja, em derbasî gundê Zerê bûn. Lê em hatin li vî, oda gund rûniştinê jî. Dear viewers, we have entered the village of Zerê. We came and sat in the village guest room as well.
Lê kesê vî gundî jî hemî hatin derdora me, em spasî buna wan dikin. All the people of this village gathered around us, and we thank them for that.
Lê Apê Hecî li kêleka min e, Apê Hecî Mistefa. Emê pirsa xwa jê pirs kin. Uncle Hecî is beside me, Uncle Hecî Mistefa. We will ask him our questions.
Ev gunda çend sal e ava bûye? Apê Hecî merheba. How many years has this village been established? Uncle Hecî, hello.
Merheba, merheba. Hello, hello.
Apê Hecî, tu karî ji me re bêjî ev gundê we... 200 mal e belkî? Uncle Hecî, can you tell us, your village is maybe 200 households?
Ev gundê we gundekî xweş e... Çend sal e ev gunda ava bûye? Ê destpêkê hatî vî gundî kî bû? Your village is a nice village... How many years has this village been established? Who was the first to come to this village?
Efendim, ê siftê hatiye vî gundî, mala Alîkê ne. Sir, the first to come to this village were the Alîkê family.
Paşê mala Reşko ne. U paşê... mala Hamskê hîn siftê li virê bûn. Then the Reşko family. And then... actually, the Hamskê family were here even earlier.
Mala Hamskê siftê li virê bûn. Jiyan û şûn da, famîliya me hat, Elûlera. The Hamskê family were here first. Time passed, and then our family came, the Elûler.
Yani ê destpêkê hatî vî gundî... So the first who came to this village...
Ê siftê li vî gundî mala Hamskê ne. The first in this village were the Hamskê family.
Noko jî ji wana hinda bûn, tinen e, bela bûn. And now they are lost, there are none left, they dispersed.
Kes li gund nemaye? No one remains in the village?
Kes li gund nemaye. No one remains in the village.
Naha li gundê we de sê malbet hene? So now there are three families in your village?
Sê sê ne, evet. Sê sê ne. It's three, yes. It's three.
Alîko, mala Reşko, û Elûlera. Sê sê ne. Alîko, Reşko family, and Elûler. There are three.
Ev gundê we çend sal e ava bûye? How many years has your village been established?
Gundê me... bi bizaniya, bizanîniya ku ez zanim, di ser 300 salî ra ye. Our village... to the best of my knowledge, is over 300 years old.
Ser ra ye. Ne di bin ra ye, di ser ra ye. Lê bide bit... enê kêm bibim... walah 350 e... ew 330 e na. Di ser 300 salî ra ye. It's over that. Not under, over. If you calculate it... roughly... by God it's 350... not 330. It is over 300 years.
Me bîstî, ji bav û bapîrê xwe da, digotin Çiyayê Kurmênc. We heard from our fathers and grandfathers, they called it the Mountain of the Kurds (Kurd-Dagh).
Ev gundê we berê giya li vir bû, lê derk din bû paşê milet hat vira? Was your village always entirely here, or was it somewhere else and people came here later?
Sifta heyda, malbatek li virê bû. Mala Hamskê. At the very beginning, one family was here. The Hamskê family.
Paşê... îg hatin û cengê da, mala Reşko em dibêjin serê banê ha ha ha. Then... when people came during the conflicts, the Reşko family, we call it the "roof" over there.
Xirabî xulwirê bûn. Hatin ê serî hevdu... li virê bûn gund, kom bûn hatin serê hevdu. There were ruins there. They came on top of each other... it became a village here, they gathered and joined together.
U va aîle didin hevdu bûn... î me Elûlera, paşê hatin e. And these families intermarried... our family, the Elûler, came later.
Naha navbera gundê we û navçeya Bilbilê va çend kîlometre ne? Now, how many kilometers are there between your village and the town of Bilbil?
3 kîlometre ne. Mabeyna me û Bilbilê 3 kîlometre ne. It's 3 kilometers. Between us and Bilbil is 3 kilometers.
Naha ev gundê we li ser sînor e. Li ser xetê... din. Ev yali Bakurê Kurdistanê. Now your village is on the border. On the line... the other side. That side is Northern Kurdistan.
Meriyê we li wir hene? Mirovên we li wir hene? Do you have relatives there? Do you have people there?
Meriyê me li Kilûrê hene. Li Çerçiya hene, ber ve xetê ra. We have relatives in Kilûr. In Çerçiya, along the line.
Li Pelûla hene. Li Pîrta û Cûqa hene. In Pelûla. In Pîrta and Cûqa.
Li Bowixê hene. Eş, bere, xurra xeber dim... In Bowix. The tribe, the clan, I am speaking truly...
Li Mam-Ereba hene. Li Gûçebariya hene vir da. There are some in Mam-Ereba. In Gûçebariya, over here.
Di Nisiriyê hene. Gundê Ecema hene. Em gişt yek in. There are some in Nisiriyê. In Gundê Ecema. We are all one.
Ev gundana ji vir va nîzîk in? Are these villages close to here?
Nîzîk in erê. Em cîran in. Berê yani, berê wextî hudûd tinen, em cîran bûn. Close, yes. We are neighbors. Before, when there were no borders, we were neighbors.
Wekî ava mesele, me û Heyama, wekî me û Xidîra. Like for example, us and Heyama, like us and Xidîra.
Em li vê gaha diçûn Qulbeyê jiy... hev gundî gazî hew dikirin... li kurboyî me ne. We used to go to Qulbeyê... villagers would call out to each other... they are in our vicinity.
Ê we çawa diçûn dihatin ba hev du? How did you visit each other?
Em di... em diherin lê bi tirs em diherin. Serbestî heye, tinen e serbestî, bi tirs em diherin. We go... we go but we go with fear. Is there freedom? There is no freedom, we go with fear.
Hun di cejna diherin ba hev du? Do you visit each other during holidays?
Di tarîxê ke da, em serbest diçûn. Pasapornêt me hebûn. In past history, we went freely. We had permits.
Bi emrê qaymeqamê, em diçûn nav... meyrê xwe, nav milkê xwe, milkê me heta diso lûr hebûn. By order of the district governor, we went among our people, to our property, we had property all the way over there.
Ê paşê va... wîn îna, hevkî çûyî me kinî... me kinî... pasawan nema, tişt nema. Sînor hatin girtin. And then... these things... cut us off... no permits remained, nothing remained. The borders were closed.
Naha milkê we li wir heye? Do you have property over there now?
Heye. Heye bes hikûmet zep kiriye. Yes. Yes, but the government has seized it.
Naha bidestê Tirka da ye? It is in the hands of the Turks now?
Li destê Tirka da ye, erê. It is in the hands of the Turks, yes.
Te meriyê we li wir hene, e nikanin bibin, wan nikanin bidin wan dana? Your relatives are there, can they not take it, or give it to them?
Mekanî pî dano... ê me neçû. Ê me... tu ku behs bikî, nê bêje xoka me berdin. They gave the place [to others]... ours didn't go. Ours... if you talk about it, they won't say "release our land".
Lê î qismekî hikûmet zep kir. Haya naha bidest hikûmetê Tirka da ye. But a part of it the government seized. Until now it is in the hands of the Turkish government.
De kî îcar dane... dane miletiyê xwe, çune, wana bi tefsîl ez nizanim. Who they rented it to... they gave it to their own people, they went, I don't know the details of that.
Ka Apê Hecî bêje dema sînor danîn... ev xeta li vir çibûye? Çawa çibû, yanî tiştekî tê bîra te? Uncle Hecî, tell us about when they established the border... what happened with this line here? How was it, do you remember anything?
Wextê hudûd danîn e... wextê ku ev xeta danîn e... mesela vira Sûriyê, vira jî Tirkiyê ye. Ne tê bîra min. When the border was established... when they placed this line... saying here is Syria, here is Turkey. I don't remember.
Te bavê te... kalkê te... tişt ne digot? Didn't your father... your grandfather... say anything?
Kalkê me, bavkê me... tişt ne... bes royî ku hudûd danîn e... Allah rehma xwe li miriyê we giya ke... Our grandfather, our father... nothing... but the day they set the border... May God have mercy on all your dead...
Opekî min hebû... ji min ra digo Opû, navê xwe Reşkel bû. I had an uncle... he told me, "Uncle" (calling him so), his name was Reşkel.
Go hatin b'kole berra... gotî hudûdî danîn, go digirî. He said they came with machinery/stakes... said they set the border, and he said he was crying.
Lo gote xêr te digirî? Go kor bû, go hal nîtay, go tuye î herre, were ma... Someone asked, why are you crying? He said it is blindness/bad, the situation is not good, said you will go, come remain...
Dê bî m'ra û tey li wa didê girîm. Wê bê hesret bin. Said for me and you, I am crying for that. You will be full of longing [for each other].
Yani rojekê were ev du gundan ji hev du, ev du nasna kin? Meaning a day will come when these two villages won't recognize each other?
Ji hev du nas nakin. Ev gundê li ser xet mane, û li bin xet mane... They won't recognize each other. These villages remaining on the line and below the line...
Yani rojekê were hev du nas nakin? Hev du nas nakin. Meaning a day will come they won't know each other? They won't know each other.
Wê ne li hev du bi hesret bin? Yanî wînê hev du ji bîr bikin. Won't they be longing for each other? It means they will forget each other.
Hûngê meyrê hev in, hûngê pismamê hev in, xalxarzê hev in... You are relatives, you are cousins, you are uncle's children...
Rûkê ku were, wînê li hev du bi hesret bin. Ez li wê didê girîm. The day that comes, you will be longing for each other. I am crying for that.
Ez ne li xwe didê girîm. Ew kalê jî ne tê bîra min ha. Opê min Reşkelê wa digo. I am not crying for myself. I don't remember those times myself. My Uncle Reşkel said so.
Ne tê bîra min. Wextê ku ew rehmetî bûye, belkî eqeb dinyê neketibûn. I don't remember. When he passed away, maybe the consequences hadn't fully materialized yet.
Apê Hecî ka ji me ra bêje ev gundê we ji bajar va dûr e. Uncle Hecî, tell us, your village is far from the city.
Yani erebe hene, makîne hene, wîn diderin tên. E berê tinen bûn. Wa çawa dikir? Meaning there are cars, machines, you go and come. Before there were none. How did you manage?
Wîn diçûn... dema we kurê xwe dizewicand, lawê xwe dizewicand... dema we keçek dida, wa çawa dikir yani? You went... when you married off your son... when you gave away a daughter, how did you do it?
Wextê me lawik dizewicand, bajarê me ku der bû? Ezazê. When we married off a boy, where was our city? Azaz.
Bajarê me Ezaz bû. Efrîn tinen bû. Our city was Azaz. Afrin didn't exist [as a center].
Kilis yek, Ezaz didu. Ev bûn bajarê, vî gundî ma hew bûn. Wekî Ezazê. Kilis was one, Azaz two. These were the cities, for this village they were the extent. Like Azaz.
Yani ji vir heya Kilisê va pir nîzîk in? So from here to Kilis is very close?
Wekî Ezazê ye. Mabeyna me û Kilis, û mabeyna me û Ezazê wek hevdu ye. It's like Azaz. Between us and Kilis, and between us and Azaz is the same.
Ji vir da heya Kilis... 40 kîlometre ye. From here to Kilis... is 40 kilometers.
Çel kîlometre... Forty kilometers...
De berê Efrîn, Efrîn tune bû? Back then, Afrin... didn't Afrin exist?
Efrîn hebû, ji sê... ez bibîm, ez nebibîm, bes apê min, apê min rehmetlik, rehmet li dê û bavê te be. Afrin existed, from three... whether I remember or not, but my uncle, my late uncle, mercy upon your parents.
Digot "yavrum" Xana Kebûl, diçû hepsa Noka. He used to say "my child", the Khan of Kebul (Inn), going to the Noka prison.
Digot Xana Kebûl, deve jî wexta ji wir ve dihatin, li wê xanê didan. He spoke of the Khan of Kebul, when the camels came from there, they would stop at that Khan.
Wade hesîn... Eybulmusim, Buxçî, nane, hû de xwarin, dewarê xwe jîêm didikirin, paşê derbas dibûn diçûn. Promise... [Place names/People], Buxçî, bread, they would eat, feed their animals too, then they would cross and go.
Diçûn Kilisê, diçûn Entabê, diçûn Ezazê, sê de digot bes Xana Kebûl. They went to Kilis, to Antep, to Azaz, he used to say just the Khan of Kebul.
E çend roja dima şe diçûn û çûn û hatina şe diçû? How many days did it take? How long did the going and coming take?
Berê we tiştê xwarinê we çawa dianî? In the past, how did you bring food supplies?
Me... me bi hesp û kera dianî, bi kera. We... we brought it with horses and donkeys, with donkeys.
Ka ji me re çîkekê bêje, ser wê tiştî bêje ji me re. Tell us a story, tell us about that matter.
Li vî gundî, li vî gundî, ez! Ez ne bavê min, ez. In this village, in this village, me! Not my father, me.
Me zeytûn birin Ezazê. We took olives to Azaz.
Ii, bi çi birin? Uh-huh, what did you take them with?
Bi dewara, bi kera. With animals, with donkeys.
Em du bar, me bar kirin, me rakirin, çûn mesera Xeylî Heyamî, Ezazê. We loaded two loads, we lifted them, went to the Xeylî Heyamî press, in Azaz.
Bi dewêr, bi kerê. Eybulmusim, haşa bi kerê. With animals, with a donkey. Eybulmusim, pardon my language, with a donkey.
Îlo, min got demê rim lo. Ilo, I said... [unclear].
Wî çend saet dikişandin? How many hours did it take?
Wele ya nizanim, em bibêjin heft heşt saeta min hebû. Well, I don't know, let's say I had (it took me) seven or eight hours.
Yanî nîvro dikişand heya hûn diçûn bajêr? Sibe derdiketin heya êvarê? So it took half a day until you reached the city? You left in the morning until evening?
Na... nîvro... Nîvro. No... half a day... Half a day.
Nîvro, şeş, heft, heşt saeta me rê pêy dikir bi lingê dewêr. Half a day, six, seven, eight hours we walked at the pace of the animal.
Zehmet bû? Was it difficult?
Êê dibê zehmet bû. Zehmet bû. Em dimirin, dimirin. Yes, it was difficult. It was difficult. We were dying, dying (of exhaustion).
Yanî niha jiyan xweş bûye na? Jiyan xweş bûye te dî ev erebe çêbûne. So life has become good now, hasn't it? Life has become good, you see these cars have been made.
Yanî her tişt di dilê wî da kanê herin bajêr wî bikirin û werin. Meaning whatever one desires, they can go to the city, buy it and come back.
Binê vê avê mha û noka meydankê, aşe bû te dîbû? Beneath this water here and the chickpeas of Meydankê, it was a mill, had you seen it?
E wele dibêjin min nedî. Well they say so, I haven't seen it.
Digotin aşê Elkurê. They called it the Elkurê Mill.
Ji vî gundî me çend heqla, belengaz, xwedê me arvanê li kerê da ta diçûn wî aşî. From this village, we poor souls, by God, we put the flour on the donkey until we went to that mill.
Dibîn dimirin, em dimirin, erê. You see we were dying, we were dying, yes.
Noka na, elhemdulelah her ke jor mala ye, ya taksî ye, ya pîkap e, ya derektor e. Not now, praise be to God, every household up there, either has a taxi, or a pickup, or a tractor.
Yanî jiyan xweş dibe hefkid, erê jiyan xweş dibe. So life is getting better somewhat, yes life is getting better.
Elhemdulelah, xweş dibe, erê. Praise be to God, it is getting better, yes.
Di cejnê da, dema roja cejnê da, cejna qurbanê da. During Eid, on the day of Eid, during Eid al-Adha.
Hemî lev didecivin? Does everyone gather together?
Û yên xwarinê jî hemî bi hev ra dixwin? Yes.
Û yên xwarinê jî hemî bi hev ra dixwin? And do they all eat the meal together?
Erê. Hîn hûl e ya, elhemdulelah. Yes. It is still like that, praise be to God.
Ê ev yanî, tu gunden heye... Is there any feud in the village...
Şer. A fight?
Şer. A fight.
Lê cem we heye? None, none.
Lê cem we heye? But do you have it (feuds)?
Wele seyrek ma ye, cem me heye. By God, very rarely, we have it.
Derî kin emokî. Get rid of it, uncle.
Bes va gund, gaba hevdû zanin, li te daro namînin, berê li gido ra hebû. But this village, they know each other well, they don't hold grudges against you, before there was some with Gido.
Gido ra hebû? Was there with Gido?
Ne hefkî çû, zeîf bû, hefkî çû, zeîf bû, nema ew tûna. Bes li cem me heye, halan heye. No, it faded a bit, it became weak, it faded a bit, became weak, that thing is no more. But we have it, it still exists.
E ka ji me ra bêje dema na, te dî sibe jî cejn e. Tell us about now, you see tomorrow is Eid.
Roja qurbanê, na, roja eydê. Day of sacrifice, no, day of Eid.
Roja eydê, sibe emê kûn bin, wahn caymiyê. Eid day, tomorrow we will get up, [go] to the mosque.
Nimêja xwe bikin. Paşê bela bin. Perform our prayers. Then disperse.
Bela bin, em eydê xwe nakin wê wextê. Disperse, we don't celebrate our Eid at that time.
Wê wextê nakin? You don't do it at that time?
Na, emê çin ser goristanê. No, we will go to the graveyard.
Emê çin ser goristanê, emê fatiha li miriyê xwe bixwînin. We will go to the graveyard, we will read Al-Fatiha for our dead.
Emê werin malê, taştê bixwin. We will come home, eat breakfast.
Emê rabin, mala Xwedê ava, emê herin malê cîrana. We will get up, may God bless their homes, we will go to the neighbors' houses.
Mala cîranê kê hebe, emê herinê. Eydê li wan pîroz kin. Whoever's neighbor house it is, we will go there. Congratulate them on Eid.
Ewê werin cem me, emê herin cem wan. They will come to us, we will go to them.
Heta nîvro... nîvro xilas. Until noon... at noon it's finished.
Heta nîvro, eyd qediya. By noon, Eid is over.
Heta nîvro diqede? It ends by noon?
Diqede. Eger yekî xerîb neyê. It ends. Unless a stranger (guest from outside) comes.
Yekî xerîb hat, ser ser û ser çava. If a stranger comes, they are most welcome (on our head and eyes).
Û cejna xwe bi hevra nakin? And you don't celebrate your Eid together?
E temam tiştek heye, apê Hecî, dema sibe... yanî ro çekir, gerek meriv cejna xwe bi hevra bike. No.
E temam tiştek heye, apê Hecî, dema sibe... yanî ro çekir, gerek meriv cejna xwe bi hevra bike. Well okay, there is something, Uncle Hecî, when tomorrow... I mean the day is made, one must celebrate Eid together.
Wextê em hazer di caymiyê da, hew mileta dikin. When we are present in the mosque, those people do it.
Dikin hew noke? They do it right then?
Erê. Tamam. Yes. Okay.
Lê wanî mal... wanî mal, î... caymî, meselen cîranê gi na dînin. But like this at home... at home, uh... mosque, for example neighbors don't see everyone.
Na dînin. They don't see [everyone].
Wextî me dewarê xwe şerjî kirin, ard ard, nîvro wextê xwarinê ke bibe... Once we have slaughtered our animals, one by one, when noon comes and it's time for the meal...
Berê jî û noka jî, elhemdulelah civat li odeyekî çêdibe, xuceyê bankê. In the past and now too, praise be to God, a gathering forms in a room, [like] the master of the bank.
Êê millet... seet didiya... sifreyê hazer bikin. Uh, the people... [at] two o'clock... prepare the meal (tablecloth).
Sifrekê hazer bibe. Emkê wan ser sifreyê. Let a meal be prepared. We will put them at the meal.
Paf dan. Dig in (Start eating).
Gi teva. All together.
Yanî gund hemî lev dicivin, cejna xwe bi hevra dikin? So the whole village gathers together, celebrates their Eid together?
Erê. Halan, noka, ha. Yes. Still, now, ha.
Jin û mêr? Women and men?
Eyba Xwedê kin, em giştek emkê eyba xwe bi hevdira bikin. May they do God's shame [ironic], we all do our shame [celebration] together.
Xwarina gi bi hevra dixwin? Does everyone eat the food together?
Xwarinê jî elhemdulelah gi bi hevdira dixwin. The food too, praise be to God, they all eat together.
Elhemdulelah. Praise be to God.
Temam, ez te spas dikim. Saet xweş. Okay, I thank you. Have a good time.
Wexta te jî xweş be. May your time be good too.
Tu mêvanê me yê hêja... You are our precious guest...
Wek ji apê Hecî gotî... As Uncle Hecî said...
Yanî berê ev çiyayê Kurmênc hemî roja cejnê xwarin bi hevra dixwarin. Meaning, in the past, all these Mountains of Kurds (Kurmênc) ate the Eid meal together.
Lê ev tişta, ev erf û adet hîne li vî gundî mane. But these things, these customs and traditions still remain in this village.
Ji ber ku ev gundê me yê kurdan e, ji bajar va gelek dûr in, pir dûr in. Because this village of ours, of Kurds, is very far from the city, very far.
Yanî tesîra bajar pir li wan nebû. So the influence of the city hasn't affected them much.
Ev gund bi kaniyên ne desmiçe, merd û camêr e. This village is not stingy with its springs, it is generous and noble.
Her hal, merdbûna wê jî ji çiyayên derholê ye. In any case, its generosity comes from the surrounding mountains.
Li vî gundî bêtirî heft avziyan hene. In this village, there are more than seven water sources.
Pêdiviyên niştecihên gund di her demê de bê dudilî pêk tîne. It meets the needs of the village inhabitants at all times without hesitation.
Welatiyek ji vî gundî bi germahiya dilê xwe û sahestên xwe û merdbûna kaniyên gund tîne ziman. A citizen from this village expresses the warmth of his heart, his feelings, and the generosity of the village springs.
Merheba. Hello.
Ehlen, merheba. Serser û serçava hatin. Welcome, hello. You are most welcome.
Sax bî, çavê te sax bin. Be healthy, may your eyes be healthy.
No, em li ser vê kaniyê ne... Now, we are at this spring...
Navê vê kaniyê çi ye? What is the name of this spring?
Kaniya Mala Cimo ye. It is the Mala Cimo Spring.
Ev çend kanî li bavê hene li gund? How many such springs are there in the village?
Heft heşt hene. There are seven or eight.
Li vê... li vê rê dibêjin Kaniya Mala Cimo. At this... at this way, they call it the Mala Cimo Spring.
Li vî alî kaniyek... em vêra dibêjin kaniyek ku heye, li hofî gund. On this side a spring... we say there is a spring, behind the village.
Û kaniya... Kaniya Hesen heye, Kaniya Qîskê heye. And the spring... Hesen Spring exists, Qîskê Spring exists.
Virok, gelî ber bankê kanî heye. Over there, the spring in the slope valley exists.
Li virok kaniyek li gulî bêxçê heye. Over there a spring in the garden branch exists.
İşte kaniyek dan li viro... bo yali şerqî vêra dibêjin Kaniya Kurkê heye. Look, another spring over there... on the eastern side, they call it Kurkê Spring.
Gi milet ji vê avê, işte veduxwin, dibin. The whole nation (people) drinks from this water, look, they take it.
Wîn heywana... wîn avê xwe ji vê kaniyê dibin? Do you... do you take your water [for animals] from this spring?
Ê. Yes.
Û ev av jî, î çend orê... kirin, hikumet kiribû... bûrî meşrûê hikumet. And this water too, uh a while ago... they did, the government did... pipes, a government project.
Ev motor, ev kareba tê nav gund bela dibe, ji î reîsî hev da. This motor, this electricity comes to the village and is distributed, from this main source.
Av li mala jî bela dibe? Is water distributed to the houses too?
Ê, mala bela dibe. Yes, distributed to houses.
Wîn bi haceta vê kaniyê dîsa dibin? Do you still have need for this spring?
Ê, lê? Yes, why not?
Çimkî hewa noka kêm bûye. Because the weather (water level) has decreased now.
Şûnda ji vir jî dibin, ji kaniya... ji hofî gund jî tînin, î şerqî jî tînin, ji dijî tînin. Afterwards they take from here too, from the spring... from behind the village they bring, from the east they bring, from the other one they bring.
Ez zanim dibêjin gundê we av pir nîzîk e. I know they say water is very close in your village.
İşte... gelek nav gunda hene. Hewna gelek dûr, dûr gund hene. Look... there are many inside the villages. Those very far, far villages exist.
Kaniyê kovo, çend orê... The springs of Kovo, a while ago...
Na, dema bîrê dikulin? No, when they dig wells?
Ev hafare? This drilling rig?
Çend... çend metro tê der av? How many... how many meters until water comes out?
Hafare noka sal derxistinê. Berê du metro, sê metro dikula, telq dikula li wirê tê der. The rig now takes it out [deep]. Before, digging two meters, three meters, digging a trench, it would come out there.
No, her erdêkî li viro? Didu sê metra bikulî av tê der? No, every piece of land here? If you dig two or three meters, does water come out?
Lê tê der. Yes, it comes out.
Heye na? Really, no?
Bes avî pir, wana xelba tune. But a lot of water, not that overflowing.
Încêk, nîv înc tê der. Tîrê... işte du mala, sê mala, çar mala tê der. An inch, half an inch comes out. It sustains... look, two houses, three houses, four houses it sustains.
Bes ev rind e, û wî em vêra dibêjin çend orê rind e. But this is good, and we say a while ago it was good.
Bêçîkî xelba ye. It is a little more abundant.
Spas, saet xweş. Thanks, have a good time.
Wexta te jî xweş, ser ser û ser çava. May your time be good too, you are most welcome.
Em li navbera Rojavayê Kurdistanê û Bakurê Kurdistanê da ne. We are in between Western Kurdistan and Northern Kurdistan.
Lê ev gundê piş me, ev xiyan tê... But this village behind us, these treasons come... [likely refers to the border line/wire].
Û vê gundê me yê Rojavayê Kurdistanê, yê Çiyayê Kurmênc, hemî meriyê hev ne. And this village of ours in Western Kurdistan, of the Kurmênc Mountain, are all relatives of each other.
Lê dema ev sînorê daket, berî vê bi nod û çar sala, nod û pênc sala ev sînor li vir çêbû. But when this border went down, ninety-four, ninety-five years ago this border was created here.
Lê gelek vî gundî zirar dîn, ji ber ku mayîn çandî bûn. But this village suffered a lot of damage, because landmines were planted.
Lê emê hên agahiya zêde bigirin, ji Mamoste Ebdilhenan. Merheba. But we will get more information, from Teacher Abdulhanan. Hello.
Merheba bira. Hello brother.
Ka ji me ra bêje ev çîroka gundê we? Dema ev sînorê daket... Tell us the story of your village? When this border went down...
Û wîn hemî meriyê hev ne? And you are all relatives of each other?
Babî, erdê me jî li wî derê ne. Father, our lands are also over there.
Di hezar û nehsed û bîst û bîst û yekê da, hudûd mabeyna Sûriyê û Tirkiyê hat danîn. In nineteen hundred and twenty and twenty-one, the border between Syria and Turkey was established.
Ev Kurdistan parçe kirin? They partitioned Kurdistan?
E, sînor çêkirin. Yes, they made a border.
Hin li vî alî man, hin li wî alî man. Some remained on this side, some on that side.
Wextê kalê min, di nav ciya da, dagirî. When my grandfather, in the [mountains/place], occupied.
Ji wan ra xeber dan, go: "Te çima didagirî? Seba çi didagirî ye?" He spoke to them, said: "Why are you occupying? For what reason is this occupation?"
E dema sînor daketiyê? Is it when the border went down?
Sînor daket. Kalê min dagirî. Go: "Seba te çi didagirî?" The border went down. My grandfather occupied [confronted/stood there]. Said: "For what are you occupying?"
Go: "Wê didagirî me... go va gundê yamanjî me, gemberî me ne..." Said: "We are occupying it... said this village facing us, opposite us..."
"Go me jin dane hev, wan dane me, filan kirine." "Said we have given wives to each other, they gave to us, did so and so."
"Go du ro din, emkê bi dijminê hev bin." "Said in two days, we will be enemies of each other."
"Go: Seba çi emkê bi dijminê hev bin, kalo?" "Said: Why will we be enemies of each other, grandpa?"
Kalo go: "Ez... hûn noka nizanin." Grandpa said: "I... you don't know now."
"Wextê ke were, kesek nikane here... xok li wî alî meriyê bimire, nikane here ziyret ke." "When the time comes, no one can go... if a relative dies on that side, one cannot go visit."
"Meriyê li vî alî bimire, kes nikane here ziyret ke." "If a relative dies on this side, no one can go visit."
"Wê sebe, hûnê ji hevdu biqerin, hûnê bi dijminê hev bin." "Because of that, you will split from each other, you will be enemies of each other."
"Hevdu... hûnê bideracekê gihînin, hûnê hevdu nas nekin." "Each other... you will reach a degree, [where] you won't recognize each other."
Û va tişta jî rastî niha hatî meydanê yanî. And this thing has truly come to pass now, I mean.
Miletê gundê me, û gundê yamanjî me... The people of our village, and our facing village...
Meselen xalê min hene, xalê jinê min hene, xalê min hene, gi li wî alî ne, em pir hevdu nas nakin. For example, I have uncles, my wife's uncles are there, my uncles are there, all on that side, we don't recognize each other much.
Rast, ez jî carekê ez li wê gundî bûm, wan jî bahsa we kir. True, I was also once in that village, they also talked about you.
Got "Ev gundê jêr e, ev gundê alîkar e, ev gundê li vê milî, hemû meriyê me ne." Said "This lower village, this helper village, this village on this side, are all our relatives."
Rast, carekê li wê gundî bûm yanî. True, I was in that village once, I mean.
No, ev... piştî ev sînorê daket, ev zeviyê we, erdê we, li wî alî ketin? Now, this... after this border went down, your fields, your lands, did they fall on that side?
Erdê me, naha erdê me waye. Our land, now our land is there.
Erdê me, şûnî çar şimil erd... Our land, the place of four strips of land...
Me diçand dikir, ceh dikir, genim dikir, nûk dikir, gi tişt. We used to plant, barley, wheat, chickpeas, everything.
Hew erdê, naha di nav bumbada maye. That land, now remains amidst the bombs (mines).
Tirkiyê dibên bumba? Yanî mayîn? In Turkish they say "bumba"? Meaning mines?
Mayîn. E. Mines. Yes.
Di nav bumbada maye, hew erdê, noka nakna bûr e. It remains amidst the bombs, that land, now it is fallow (unused).
Ne hukumetî Tirkiyê dêlê me bajo, û ne jî Sûriyê, ji wî derê em ji wî rizqî qut bûne yanî. Neither the Turkish government lets us plow it, nor Syria, from there we have been cut off from that sustenance, I mean.
Hawa zerar da me. That is how it damaged us.
Erk, mezin me diyanî. Hêro sed sal e heywan ha, me çiqas xêr û bêr kê ji vê erdê kişand da, ne serê me qut bibûya. Work, we saw it great (we did a lot). Today, for a hundred years, animals and such, how much bounty we drew from this land, may our heads not be cut (may we live).
Kanê navê vê gundê ji me ra bêje. Come on, tell us the name of this village (grape varieties).
Gundê heveyî hana, Çerçî heye. There is this type, there is Çerçî.
Hewî pişta wayî dîn jî Hesenî ye. That other one behind it is Hesenî.
Û hevî dîn jî Mertebanî ye. And this other one is Mertebanî.
Gundek çûçik jî li vî derê da paş kelma da, Qaynatî ye. A small bunch over here behind the stalk, is Qaynatî.
Ew jî Bilûra ye. Viyolî Peylûla heye. That one is Bilûra. Over there is Peylûla.
Yanî pênc gund in? So there are five types?
E pênc gund in ha. Hewa serê kilis heta derê qirê xwarê. Yes, five types. That is from the top of Kilis down to the edge of the valley.
Me got, ew çend kes ji gundê we, ewê lingê xwe qut bûnê, di mayîna da? We said, how many people from your village, those whose legs were cut off, in the mines?
Wellahî ji bo vê sînorê, mezra pir danî. By God, because of this border, they planted many farms (minefields).
Malmilkê me di hindê de şewitî, ya pêncî hektar erd ma. Our property burned inside it, about fifty hectares of land remained.
Şûnî çar şimil erd di destê min de bûm, ba da ma. Instead, four 'şimil' (measure of land) of land remained in my hand, it was lost to the wind.
Û miletê gund, çiqas kes çûn ser bagîziyê... And the people of the village, how many people went for parsley...
Lingê gundî qut bûn, gune bûn betinê bana ser. The villager's legs were cut off, it's a sin, may it not be upon them.
Çend kes in? Ji gundê we çend kes in? How many people are they? How many people from your village?
Deh kes in. There are ten people.
Lingê deh kesa qut bûn? Ten people's legs were cut off?
Erê. Guneg na, bûn betinê bana ser, ma xêr lingê wa kê qut bû? Yes. It's a sin, isn't it, may it not be upon them, for what good were their legs cut off?
Di dîroka jina Kurd de, hatiye aşkere kirin ku, dayîk damêzrêner û parêzvana çand û dîroka Kurd e. In the history of the Kurdish woman, it has been revealed that the mother is the founder and guardian of Kurdish culture and history.
Dya Emmar jî bi helwest û hewldanên xwe ya pîroz, dixwaze rol û pêşengtiya jina Kurd, di parastina çand û kelepûra Kurdî de, ji raya giştî re û cîhanê re xuya bike. Dya Ammar, with her stance and sacred efforts, wants to demonstrate the role and leadership of the Kurdish woman in protecting Kurdish culture and heritage to the public opinion and the world.
Temaşevanên hêja, bi rastî ev gundê Ze'rê va jî, li ev gundê Ze'rê, pir bi gund vatî girêdan. Dear viewers, truly this village of Ze're as well, in this village of Ze're, they are very attached to the village life.
Lê naha em derbasî mala kê bûn? Cem Dya Emmar. But now whose house have we entered? To Dya Ammar's.
Dya Emmar jî, bi rastî me tiştekî balkêş cem wê dît. Merheba. Dya Ammar as well, truly we saw something interesting with her. Hello.
Ehlen we sehlen, bi xêr hatin. Welcome, you are welcome.
Sax be. Ev tiştê kevn in. Ji ber ku gundê we hemî bahsa te dikin. Be healthy. These are old items. Because your whole village talks about you.
Dibên, tu biçî cem Dya Emmar, tiştê kevn li ba wê hene. Me jî got em ê werin. Çi armanca te ji vê tiştê kevn heye? They say, if you go to Dya Ammar, she has old items. We said we would come too. What is your goal with these old items?
Armanca min, ez berî giyê ez tiştê kevn hez dikim, tiştê tûrasî hez dikim. Heta kulpîro hebe pir jê hez dikim. My goal, first of all, I love old items, I love heritage items. Even if it's folklore, I love it very much.
Ma'ne em tûrasê xwe jî hinda nekin, em pê va girêdayî bin. Urf edetê me kevn in. Em dibên em hinda nekin, û zariryê me jî hinda nekin. Meaning, let us not lose our heritage, let us be connected to it. Our customs and traditions are old. We say let us not lose them, and let our children not lose them either.
Ne tiştê kevn bes ev in, lê bêhtir tiştê din heye, tenekokî? Yanî ji ber ku em jî hatin, belkî tenekokî zêde tişt banî ya. Are these the only old items, or are there more other items, tin ones? Meaning since we came, maybe you brought more tin things.
Tişt heye, pir e. Wele cilê kevn jî hene, û tiştê rind jî heye. Ê min nekî derxistin. We acele hûn hatin, wego hema derxe, bes hewa min kanî derxist. There are things, plenty. By God, there are old clothes too, and there are good things too. I didn't bring them out. You came in a hurry, like "just bring it out", so I could only bring these out.
Ka, ev çi ye? Ji me ra li ser vê bêje, ev a? Here, what is this? Tell us about this, this one?
Heva hekîb e, vêra dibên hekîb. Çêdikirin ser hespa zemanê berê. Yanî cem merî mezin, î zengîn hebû. This is a saddlebag, they call this a hekîb. They used to put it on horses in the old days. Meaning with the great people, the rich ones had it.
Wek xurca? Like a saddlebag (xurc)?
Xurc başqe ye, ev başqe ye. A xurc is different, this is different.
Wek xurca. E... Like a xurc. And...
Tiştê... Rê dûr bû, diçûn, seferî tiştê xwe dikirnê, parê xwe dikirnê. Vê, ew no jî, vê kilitno jî, wekî kilîta berê ro, der boz dikirin û kilîta 'etar'ê vê dixistin. Ma'ne kes tiştê gundiyo nîzîkê nebe. Things... The road was far, they went, traveled and put their things in it, put their money in it. This, those as well, these keys too, like the key of old days, they would bolt the door and use this wooden key. Meaning no one from the village should get near the things.
Ev wa çêkir, lê wek kerî ye? This one is made, but is it like a donkey (saddle)?
Wele çêkirin e. By God, it is made (handcrafted).
Kê çêkir ev a? Who made this one?
Pîtka, di... me. Stalks, from... us.
Pir zûda ye? Is it from very long ago?
Zûda ye, erê. Belkî sed salî be. Long ago, yes. Maybe it is a hundred years old.
Erê, emrê xwe ser sedî ra we da heye. Yes, its age is over a hundred.
Destê te sax bin. Saeta te xweş. May your hands be healthy. Have a good time.
Sax bim. Be healthy.
Çawa yî, tu baş e? How are you, are you good?
Baş e. Good.
Tu kî tê? Who are you (what is your name)?
Eş Îzingo. I am Izingo (Tinsmith).
Îzingo? Ji zingo tê? Izingo? It comes from zinc (tin)?
Erê. Yes.
Ev zîng ne? Is this zinc?
Erê. Yes.
Yaw ev çi teşxara tûrik çêkirî, çi ye ev we ra bêjin? Oh, what is this messy bag you made, what do they call this?
Hawa telîz e. This is a container (stove body).
Telîz e? A container?
Erê. Yes.
E tu şkûtî nîvana? And you hammer them?
Yeke. One (piece).
Ji vê çavî derdixîna? Do you take them out from this source/place?
Erê. Yes.
Wê, were, saet rehet nebe, were, were. Look, come, don't be uncomfortable, come, come.
Ev wa ji bo sobe yê çêkirine? Has this been made for a stove?
Erê. Yes.
Te bi tenê çêkir, yan hevalê te bi te ra bûn? Did you make it alone, or were your friends with you?
Ez û hevalê xwe. Me and my friend.
Hûn çend kes bûn? How many people were you?
Em dudu bûn. We were two.
Hûn du kes bûn? Wa ev tanîn, anîna? You were two people? You brought this, brought it?
Erê. Yes.
No ev jî, cîyê avê ye te çêkiriye? Isn't this also a place for water you made?
Erê. Yes.
E. I see.
Tu çend cara ro tê dervê? How many times a day do you come out?
Rojekê, carakê tê. One day, comes one time.
Carakê, di rojê da, tê derê tînî? One time, in a day, you come out and bring it?
Erê. Yes.
E malbeta te, kes bi te re nabe alîkar, tu bi tenê derê? And your family, no one helps you, do you come out alone?
Erê. Yes.
Bi tenê xwe derê? You come out by yourself?
Erê. Yes.
Tu çend salî ye? How old are you?
Deh û sê. Thirteen.
Sêzdeh salî ye? Thirteen years old?
Ka, temaşevanên hêja, ka em binêrin çiqas xweşik jî çêkiriye. El ka em dînê ji bo temaşevan jî bibînin. Ka dîne vira. Here, dear viewers, let us see how beautifully he has made it. Let us show it for the viewers to see. Bring it here.
Ka dîne vira bê. Come, bring it here.
Hwaa. Hwaa (exclamation of effort).
Were, were dîne. Come, come bring it.
Temaşevanên hêja, naha, em ber zivistanê da rê. Ber serma yê da rê. Naha jî, em dinêrin gundî hemî hazirtiya xwe û soba dikin. Dear viewers, now, we are heading towards winter. Towards the cold. Now too, we see all the villagers preparing their provisions and stoves.
Ev gundana jî, bi taybetî sobeyê zinga li ba van heye. These villages too, especially they have zinc (tin) stoves.
Bi rastî çiqas xweş çêkiriye. Navê te çi bû, min navê te pirs nekir? Truly, how beautifully he made it. What was your name, I didn't ask your name?
Urîkû. Uriku (Urik).
Urîk? Urik?
Ev a te bi xwe çêkirî? Yes.
Ev a te bi xwe çêkirî? Did you make this yourself?
Erê. Yes.
Te cîyê avê jî çêkiriye... her bi şitera? You made a place for water too... all with the shears/cutters?
Erê. Yes.
Saeta te xweş. Health to you.
Ne giran e? Is it not heavy?
Subik e. It is light.
Ihi. It is light?
Ihi. Uh-huh.
Yanî ez dikarim hilgirim? Meaning can I lift it?
Hilgire. Lift it.
Ka? Pêk anîm. Here? I did it.
E ka min hilgirim, were, were. Let me lift it, come, come.
E ka te divê dest xoka... And let's see, you need to put your hand...
Ez jî rakim. Let me lift too.
Ooh giran e yaw. Ooh it is heavy, oh my.
Pêncî kîlo heye. It is fifty kilos.
E ka, ka. Here, here.
Pêncî kîlo heye ev a? Is this fifty kilos?
Nizanim. I don't know.
Piştê te nêşê? Does your back not hurt?
Na. No.
Oo, her bijî şitera. Saet xweş. Oh, long live the shears. Health to you.
Ê te jî xweş. To you too.
Gund, ji ava xelûra, bûye geşt, seyran, bazirganî. The village, from the waters of Xelûl, has become [a place of] tours, picnics, commerce.
Ticarî mejiya xwe, wekî bajarvan, bê bêcayan newistîne. The merchants have not exhausted their brains, like city dwellers, without reason.
Avê xelû, bi karê solbendiyê, li pey roziyêna xwe ridoje. The water of Xelû (people of Xelûl), follow their sustenance with the work of shoemaking.
Û heke destbehayê xwe bi dest naxîne jî, ew bi gera xwe û stranan keyfxweş dimîne. And even if they do not obtain their wage/value, they remain happy with their travels and songs.
Temaşevanên hêja, li vî gundê Ze'rê jî me dît, însanek li vir heye, ew jî koşkar e. Dear viewers, in this village of Ze're too, we saw, there is a person here, he is a shoemaker.
Naha em silav lê kin. Merheba. Now let us greet him. Hello.
Merheba, merheba, li ser çava. Hello, hello, you are welcome (upon my eyes).
Çavê te sax bin. Tu li gunda digerî, koşkariyê dikî? May your eyes be healthy. Do you travel around villages, doing shoemaking?
Geriya me, li gunda ye. Our travel is in the villages.
Tu ne ji vê gundî ye? Are you not from this village?
Na. Ez ji gundê Naza me, gundê fenana. No. I am from the village of Naz, the village of artists.
Ji gundê Naza ye? You are from the village of Naz?
Erê. Ev gundekî ji vir va dûr e. Yes. This is a village far from here.
Dûr e, erê. It is far, yes.
E tu bi çi tê? Bi çi derê? And how do you come? How do you go?
Bi makînê têm, bi makînê têm. Makînê kirê dikim, didim têm, bi pera derim têm. I come by machine (vehicle), I come by machine. I rent a machine, I pay and come, I go and come with money.
Te çend sal e vê karî dike? How many years have you been doing this work?
Bîst û yek sal e. Twenty-one years.
Bîst û yek sal e, tu li gunda digerî? Twenty-one years, you are traveling in villages?
Erê. Yes.
Navê te bi xêr? What is your name, please?
Navê min Xelîl e, dibêjin Xelû. My name is Xelîl, they call me Xelû.
Ser çavê min Apê Xelîl. Upon my eyes (welcome), Uncle Xelîl.
Ser çavê te sax ben. May your eyes be healthy.
Naha Apê Xelîl, bîst û yek sal e, tu karê koşkariyê dike... Now Uncle Xelîl, for twenty-one years, you have been doing shoemaking work...
Erê. Yes.
Erê, gerra min gund bi gund e. And you travel village by village?
Erê, gerra min gund bi gund e. Yes, my travel is village by village.
E qazancê xwe heye? And does it have its profit?
Roja heye, heye tîne. Tu û nesîbê xwe. There are days, it brings (money). You and your destiny.
Wellehî, e heye pêncî kaxetî dibim. E heye sedî dibim. By God, sometimes I take fifty papers (notes). Sometimes I take a hundred.
Têkî de pêncî dibim. Diduya sedî dibim. In one (job) I take fifty. In two I take a hundred.
Baş e, yanî karê te naha baş e. Good, so your work is good now.
He, baş e lê. Rûniştin ne baş e. Yeah, it is good though. Sitting (doing nothing) is not good.
Te got ez ji gundê Naza me. You said I am from the village of Naz.
Erê. Yes.
E gundê Naza jî, gundê hunermenda ye. And the village of Naz is the village of artists.
Erê. Yes.
Tu jî hunermend î? Are you an artist too?
Ez bi xwe hunermend im e. I myself am an artist.
Aaa tu stranan jî dibêje? Aaa, you sing songs too?
Stranan dibêjim. I sing songs.
Lê? Really?
Tu stranê kê dibêje? Whose songs do you sing?
Nizanim te kîjanê xwest... I don't know which one you wanted...
Xwestina te çi tê bêbêje, tê bê filan dê stranê bêbêje, em kanin. Whatever your request is to say, if you say 'say such and such song', we can.
E ji gundê we, gundê Naza... From your village, Naz village...
Hunermend... yanî destpêka hunera Efrînê, ji Naza derket? Yes.
Hunermend... yanî destpêka hunera Efrînê, ji Naza derket? Artists... meaning the beginning of Afrin's art, emerged from Naz?
Naza derket. It emerged from Naz.
Kî bûn? Who were they?
Jibere da... Evdê Şe'rê... From the beginning... Evdê Şe'rê...
Hesen Nazî... Nûrê Şêxo... Hesen Nazî... Nûrê Şêxo...
E Wehîd Xelîl heye... And there is Wehîd Xelîl...
E du wan hera... And those two gone...
Hunermend pir bûn. Her hem bi welatîkî da çûn. There were many artists. All of them went/scattered to a country.
Ez bawer dikim malbeta wan jî hemî hunermend in he? I believe their families are all artists too, huh?
Jin û mêrê xwa... Their women and men...
Erê. Tê hene, guh hunermend in e. Yes. There are, they are artists by ear.
Erê. Yes.
E ka Apê Xelîl... So, Uncle Xelîl...
Kerem ke. Go ahead.
Ka te çi ji me ra bêje? What will you sing/say for us?
Nizanim. Tu xwesteka te, teleba te çi be? I don't know. What is your wish, your request?
Stranek hema ji... Ê gundî Naza. Ê gundî we. Just a song from... From the village of Naz. From your village.
Erê. Yes.
Ka stranekî ji me ra bêje, ji gundê we be. Come sing a song for us, let it be from your village.
Erê. Yes.
De werî aman, werî aman, werî aman yaman. Oh come oh my, come oh my, come oh my, oh my.
Lê felekê yaman... Oh, fate is cruel...
Dayê, dayê, ayê, werî aman. Mother, mother, oh, come oh my.
Mala kurmê wêranê xirabê... The house of the miserable worm is ruined...
Goştê laşê min xwarin, kelî birîna hestî diman. They ate the flesh of my body, only the wounds on the bones remained.
Ayê werî aman, werî aman. Oh come oh my, come oh my.
Çiqas geriyam, li saydaliya, li doxtora, li zaxana, nema îlac û nema derman. How much I searched, among pharmacists, doctors, and dispensaries, there was no cure and no remedy left.
Dayê, dayê, ayê, ayê, ayê... Mother, mother, oh, oh, oh...
Dayê, ayê, felekê ayê... Mother, oh, fate, oh...
Tu herbîjî. Eva kê bû? Long live. Who was that?
Eva... eva xarzê Mihemedê Gindî Naza, xarzê Evdî Şelê Hesen Nazê. This... this is the nephew of Mihemedê Gindî Naza, the nephew of Evdî Şelê Hesen Nazê.
Li ser xarzê xwe distira. He was singing about his nephew.
Hesen Nazê gotiye ev bistirê? Did Hesen Nazê say to sing this?
Erê, wa bistirê, a Hesen Nazî ye. Yes, he sings it like that, it belongs to Hesen Nazê.
Wey spas, saet xweş. Thank you, health to you.
Ee, ser çava, hûn bi xêr hatin, ser çava. You are welcome, welcome, upon my eyes.
Temaşevanên hêja, li gundê Ze'rê jî, li ber ziyaretekî rawestiyaye, ev cihê pîroz, millet... Dear viewers, we are also standing at the village of Ze're, in front of a shrine, this holy place, the people...
...di her demekê da tê vir, li neha jî muxtar li vir e. Em ê ji muxtêr bipirsin. Merheba. ...come here at all times, and now the Mukhtar is here. We will ask the Mukhtar. Hello.
Merheba. Hello.
Saxbî. Hûro em hatin gundê we û em hatin ser ziyaretê jî, wek em dibînin milletê gund jî hatiye vir. Be healthy. Today we came to your village and to the shrine as well, as we see the village people have also come here.
Tu karî mar nîvî vê ziyaretê bibêjî, ev ziyareta çiqas sal daye, kî tê vir, û li kîjan demê da têne vir? Can you tell us the name of this shrine, how old is this shrine, who comes here, and at what times do they come here?
Ya ehlen we sehlen. Ellahî ev ziyareta, ziyaretek... nêzîkî sê sed, çar sed sal daye. You are very welcome. By God, this shrine is a shrine... nearly three hundred, four hundred years old.
Yanî em na têbîrî, ne me, ne bav-kalêt me. Meaning we don't remember it, neither us, nor our ancestors.
Em dibînin navê vê ziyaretê, bes me dibihîst... We see the name of this shrine, but we used to hear...
...digot "Sehabê Çûçik", ziyareta çûçik. Navê wî çi ye, em nizanin, bes digotin, berê da digotin hewa Sehabê Çûçik e. ...they said "The Companion of the Birds", the shrine of the birds. What his name is, we don't know, but they used to say, in the past they said this is the Companion of the Birds.
Yek nexweş dibe, be'z dihat... ê paçikê xwe... î mîkal ma va paçik jê aniye. If someone gets sick, they would run here... their rag... they bring a rag from him.
Dihat paçikê xwe vî dixist, xelk dihat pê dikir, çê dibû. They would come and rub the rag on this, people would come and do this, and get better.
Ê hey qîçikê xwe nedibûn, dihat sêngikê xwe li virê dikot erdê, me'nî qîçiko. Those who couldn't have children, would come and place their chest here on the ground, for the sake of children.
Yanî... ev ziyareta, ziyaretek qedîm e, ji mêj e hewa... û em jî çi hûdûdê... yanî em ne dûr in ji hûdûdî... Tirkî, sînor da. Meaning... this shrine is an ancient shrine, it's been here for a long time... and we are also what border... meaning we are not far from the border... of Turkey, on the border.
No... ew... win... demê sersalê jî win tên? Dema... baran nebare, û te dî gundî, ev tiştek edet e, kevn e... So... that... you... do you also come during the New Year? When... rain doesn't fall, and you know the village, this is a custom, it's old...
Millet demê baran lê nayê, qeşmer çê dikirin, ew şano çê dikirin, win tên... win tên vir? When it doesn't rain, people used to make clowns, perform those plays, do you come... do you come here?
Temam. Hissal e... hissal işta... hissal, sersal çêkirin. Zengila bi xwe dixin... Exactly. Every year... every year like this... every year, they celebrate the New Year. They put bells on themselves...
...qeşmera çê dikin, nav gunda digerrin, rûn kom dikin, ke'ro kom dikin, mirîşka kom dikin... ...they dress as clowns, walk around the villages, collect oil/butter, collect butter, collect chickens...
...tên li vê derê jî, işta xwarina xwe çê dikin û dixwin... va dixwin. Li ser ziyaretê. ...they come here too, right here they cook their food and eat... they eat it. At the shrine.
Ava dema baran nebare? Is this when the rain doesn't fall?
Ee... dema baran nebare, ava. Yes... when the rain doesn't fall, like this.
Paşê baran dibare? Does it rain afterwards?
Welle pir salan... di wê roê da dibare. By God, many years... on that very day, it rains.
Dibare? It rains?
Erê. Xeletî me pîya nîne çunkî, elhemdulillah. Yes. Because we don't have mistakes/sins among us, praise be to God.
Te spas dikim. Thank you.
Her çiqas jî gertev û gerdişên Kurdan... No matter how much the customs and traditions of the Kurds...
...di nav çîtengî û qiracira bajaranda hatibin windakirin jî, li vî gundî taradeyekê bûye kevneşopiyek û hatiye parastin. ...have been lost amidst the hardship and chaos of the cities, in this village, to an extent, it has become a tradition and has been preserved.
Li cejnan gundî kom dibin ser hev. Kêşe û pirsgirêkan parve dikin û çareser dikin. Dilsocî û agirê hezkirinê jî di heman demê de geş dikin. On holidays, villagers gather together. They share and solve troubles and problems. At the same time, they kindle compassion and the fire of love.
Temaşevanên hêja, li gundê Ze'rê da jî, salê du cara, di cejna da... cejna biçûk û cejna mezin... Dear viewers, in the village of Ze're too, twice a year, during the Eids... the Small Eid and the Big Eid...
...cejna qurbanê. Ne em di cejna qurbanê da ne jî. Salê du cara li hev dicivin, gund hemû xwarinê bi hevra dixwin. ...the Sacrifice Eid. We are in the Sacrifice Eid now too. Twice a year they gather, the whole village eats food together.
Yanî, dewlemend û dehem malin... dema roja cejnê tê, dibe malbatek. Meaning, the rich and the... families... when the Eid day comes, it becomes one family.
Li neha Apê Ebdurehman li vir e. Merheba. Now Uncle Abdulrahman is here. Hello.
Ehlen we sehlen, ehlen merheba. You are very welcome, hello welcome.
Apê Ebdurehman, ev adet û... teqalîd... ev diçoyî kurmênc da... bes li ba we tenê heye? Li derê din jî heye? Uncle Abdulrahman, this custom and... tradition... in the Kurdish region... does it exist only with you? Or does it exist elsewhere too?
Berê, wîlatê me gyo hebû. Bes gyo terikand, bes adet li Ze'rê maye. Elhemdulillah şukur heta nû nû jî me bernadaye. In the past, our whole region had it. But everyone abandoned it, only the custom remained in Ze're. Praise be to God, thanks, until right now we haven't given it up.
Edetê me heta nû nû, gi'yek e. Our custom until right now, is all one.
Sifreyê me her sal, her du eydî tînin... Our table every year, both Eids we bring it...
...biçûk û mezin em li dij minin... elhemdulillah millet kom dibe, ji vî milletî me ra jî, esselamu eleykum we rehmetullahî we berekatuhu. ...young and old we stay together... praise be to God the people gather, and to this people of ours, peace be upon you and God's mercy and blessings.
Saeta gyo xweş, Xwedê ji gyo razî be. Xwedê û Pêxember hewala gyo be. Umeta Mihemed pê ve be, em jî zêde razî ne. May everyone be healthy, may God be pleased with everyone. May God and the Prophet be everyone's companion. May the Ummah of Muhammad be with it, we are also very pleased.
Yanî Apê Hecî, ev edet e kevn e? So Uncle Hajj, is this an old custom?
Kevn e... ji heştê salî yê min zêdetir e, em bîra xwe tînin, bab û kalê me, em li ser vî edetî ne. It is old... it is more than my eighty years, as we remember, our fathers and ancestors, we have been on this custom.
Me hîç têk neda ye. We have never ruined it.
Heta niha? Until now?
Heta niha. Em hemû sal bi sal, bi hevra rûdinin û bi hevra nan dixwin. Until now. All of us, year by year, sit together and eat bread (food) together.
Û cemaeta me temam e, elhemdulillah tefrîqe di nav gundê me da tina ne. And our community is complete, praise be to God there is no division in our village.
Sê ocaq in, sê birak in. We are three hearths (families), three brothers.
Elhemdulillah pir ji hevdu razî ne, pir ji hevdu hez dikin. Praise be to God we are very pleased with each other, we love each other very much.
Elhemdulillah, rehet û şikur ji Xwedê re, elhemdulillah. Wê edetê jî, înşallah em bernadin. Heta millet xweş be, heta em xweş bin, em bernadin. Praise be to God, comfort and thanks to God, praise be to God. And that custom, God willing, we won't give up. As long as the people are well, as long as we are well, we won't give it up.
Temaşevanên hêja, wek me behsa kir Apê Ebdurehman... ev adet û... teqalîd, urf û adetê me yê Kurda... Dear viewers, as Uncle Abdulrahman mentioned... this custom and... tradition, our custom and tradition of the Kurds...
Bi rastî her gundekî çiyayê Kurmênc da û deverên din... çar parçê Kurdistanê da... berê hemû li hev dicivin... Truly in every village of the Kurmênc mountain (Kurd-Dagh) and other areas... in the four parts of Kurdistan... in the past they all gathered together...
...lê neha nemaye. Ev tişta nemaye. Lê heyana li vî gundî Ze'rê maye. ...but now it's gone. This thing is gone. But it has remained until now in this village of Ze're.
Di cejna Remezanê da millet hemû li hev dicivin, xwarinê bi hevra dixwin. Û dema cejna... In the Ramadan Eid, all the people gather together, they eat food together. And when the Eid...
...Qurbanê tê, dîsa bi hevra dicivin, her kes xwarina xwe ji mal tîne, li vî cî dicivin. ...of Sacrifice comes, they gather together again, everyone brings their food from home, they gather at this place.
Efyet bê ji we re kerem kin. Bon appetit to you, please go ahead.
Temaşevanên hêja, li vir jî em ê xatira xwe ji we bixwazin, ji gundê Ze'rê. Bi vî rengî, ev gunda, gundê Ze'rê... Dear viewers, here we will bid you farewell, from the village of Ze're. In this manner, this village, the village of Ze're...
...çawa cejna mezin, cejna qurbanê... çawa têtin li hev civîn, pişty xwarinê jî, li neha cejna xwe bi hevra pîroz dikin. ...how the Big Eid, the Sacrifice Eid... how they came to gather together, and after the meal, now they celebrate their Eid together.
Ka em ê xatira xwe ji we bixwazin, heya bernameyek din, li cîyekî din, em ê dîsa bi hevra bin. Let us bid you farewell, until another program, in another place, we will be together again.
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