Cejna Xidir Êlyas, xêr û bereketa xwe re anî. The Feast of Xidir Êlyas brought with it its blessings and abundance.
Çiyayê me tef xemilîn ji rengê berfa spî. Our mountains are fully adorned in the color of white snow.
Belê temaşevanên hêja, vê hefteyê me bere xwe da gundê Baflûnê. Yes, dear viewers, this week we headed to the village of Baflûnê.
Ev gundê Baflûnê jî hemû Kurdên me yên Êzdî ne. This village of Baflûnê consists entirely of our Yazidi Kurds.
Di cejna bêxwînê da em derbasî vî gundî bûn, cejna Xidir Êlyas. We entered this village during the bloodless feast [where no animals are sacrificed], the Feast of Xidir Êlyas.
Me got emê dîroka vî gundî nas bikin. Ê vî gundî ava kiribûn du kes bûn, navê wan yek Ibrahîm bû, yek jî Henan bû. We said let's learn the history of this village. There were two people who founded this village, one was named Ibrahim, and the other was Hanan.
Gundê Baflûnê yek ji gundên navçeya Şera ye, 22 kîlometre ji navenda bajarê Efrînê ye. The village of Baflûnê is one of the villages in the Shera district, 22 kilometers from the center of Afrin city.
Her wiha zê bajarê Ezazê ye li ser sînorê Rojavayê û Bakurê Kurdistanê ye. It is also near the city of Azaz, on the border of Rojava [West] and Northern Kurdistan.
Gundekî ku beriya derdora 200 salî hatiye avakirin û niha bi qasî 80 malên Kurdên Êzdî lê jiyan dikin. It is a village founded around 200 years ago, and currently about 80 Yazidi Kurdish families live there.
Li ser herêmeke çiyayî ku bi qasî 700 metrî ji rûyê deryayê bilind e hatiye avakirin. It is built on a mountainous region about 700 meters above sea level.
Gundê Baflûnê ji gundên din yên Efrînê ne cuda ye. The village of Baflûnê is not different from the other villages of Afrin.
Li vê şêniya gund bi çandiniya daran, xwedîkirina pez û sewalan jiyan dikin. In this settlement, the villagers make a living by cultivating trees and raising sheep and livestock.
Şêniyên gund bi tîrêja rojê re şiyar dibin û dest bi xebatê dikin. The villagers wake up with the sun's rays and begin their work.
Keda gundiyan nêzîkatiya mirovan a bi xwezayê re şênber dike. The villagers' labor manifests the closeness between humans and nature.
Tawisî Melek, Xwedê yek e, bê şerîk e, ye bê heval e... Ya Xwedê, ne tu şikestî ne kes şikestî ye... Ya Xwedê, tu Xwedanê şev û roja ye... Ya Xwedê her tu heyi, her tu layiqî medh û senaye... Em dikêmin Xwedê temam e. Tawisi Melek, God is one, without partner, without companion... Oh God, You are not broken nor is anyone broken... Oh God, You are the Lord of night and day... Oh God, You always exist, You are always worthy of praise and glory... We are lacking, God is perfect.
Belê temaşevanên hêja, em derbasî gundê Baflûnê bûn. Yes, dear viewers, we have entered the village of Baflûnê.
Wek we dît, ev rengê spî, rengê berfê, em hatine li ser bêdarê rûniştine. As you saw, this white color, the color of snow, we have come and sat on the threshing floor.
Navenda bêderê, berê milet dihatin şahiyê xwe li vir dikirin... The center of the threshing floor, people used to come here and hold their celebrations...
Milet jî hat derdora me. Em li ser berfê jî rûniştine. The people have also gathered around us. We are even sitting on the snow.
Noha emê pirsin, serokê meclîsa gundê Baflûnê li kêlek min e, bavê Hemîd. Now we will ask, the head of the Baflûnê village council is next to me, Bavê Hemîd.
Emê pirsin ev gunda çiqa sal e ava bûye? Çi dîroka vî gundî ye, çi çîroka vî gundî derbas bûye? We will ask how many years ago this village was founded? What is the history of this village, what story has this village gone through?
Merheba ji te ra. Hello to you.
Serçava, serçava, bi xêr hatine. You are welcome [on my eyes], welcome.
Ez hatina we ya îro, kamera, axa, welat, em li ser ser û çavê xwe qebûl dikin. We accept your arrival today, the camera, Agha, Welat [TV], upon our heads and eyes.
Bi hatina we îro rûgeş e, ji me re pirr û rûne, û serê me pê bilind e, hûn serçava hatine. With your arrival today it is bright, it is honor and plenty for us, and our heads are held high by it, you are most welcome.
Em di cejnê de jî derbasî cem we bûn, me go emê cejna we pîroz bikin, û emê dîroka gundê Baflûnê nas bikin. We visited you during the feast as well, we said we will congratulate your feast, and we will get to know the history of Baflûnê village.
Temam. Gundê Baflûnê gundekî... ne mezin e, gundekî biçûk e. Okay. The village of Baflûnê is a village... not big, it's a small village.
Û dîroka wî, yanî ez kanim bêjim ji 150 salî û jor de ye. Ne kêmtirî 150 ye. And its history, I can say is from 150 years and up. Not less than 150.
Çiqa mal e? How many houses [families]?
Heta noka dor... yanî 70 heta 80 malî heye. Until now about... meaning there are 70 to 80 houses.
Me go ê derbasî vî gundî bûn du kes bûn, yek navê wî Ibrahîm bû yek jî Henan bû. Ji kûderê berê xwe dane vir? We said those who entered [founded] this village were two people, one's name was Ibrahim and one was Hanan. From where did they head here?
Ibrahîm û Henan, ew ji Qitmê hatin... asasê wan pismamê hev in. Ibrahim and Hanan, they came from Qitmê... fundamentally they are cousins.
Ew herd mal hatin. Bi çi rengî hatin Baflûnê? Yanî Baflûn berê, navê Baflûnê berê hewna weran Baflûnê... Those two families came. In what way did they come to Baflûnê? Meaning Baflûnê before, the name of Baflûnê before was the ruins of Baflûnê...
Ama berî hewna weran, Baflûn jê re digotin xirabê Baflûnê. But before these ruins, they called Baflûnê the "Ruins of Baflûnê".
Bi şikeftê xwe, bi sarincê xwe kan û avê wan têne bûn. With its caves, with its cisterns, their springs and water were inside.
Û beriyê wan hebû, ew jî xwedan pez bûn. And they had pasture land, and they were sheep owners.
Hatin li Baflûnê rûniştin. Piştî li Baflûnê rûniştin şûnde, li ser wa xanî... şikefta xanî çêkirin. They came and settled in Baflûnê. After settling in Baflûnê, on top of those houses... caves, they built houses.
Ne tu bêje ji Qitmê berê xwe dane vir, gundê Qitmê çiqas kîlometre navbera we û Qitmê va heye? Since you say they headed here from Qitmê, how many kilometers are there between you and the village of Qitmê?
Dora pênc kîlometre ye. It is around five kilometers.
Ê noka dema te dît çiqa gund ava bûne li cema Çiyayê Kurmênc, yan kaniyê hene, yan ziyaret hene, ê cem we çi hebû heta berê xwe dane vî çiyayî? Now when you see how many villages were built near Kurd Mountain [Mount Kurmênc], or there are springs, or shrines, what did you have here that made them head to this mountain?
Eştere... na ez vê bibêjim jî, belkî... na gundê me bi xwe Êzdî ye ji asas da. Clearly... no let me say this too, maybe... no our village itself is Yazidi from the foundation.
Sek, na wextê ji Qitmê hatî, eslan ji dest Îslamiyetê revî hat li Baflûnê rûnişt. Look, when he came from Qitmê, actually he ran away from the hand of Islam [Islamization pressure] and came and settled in Baflûnê.
Vê dimerina, pismamê hev bûn, ji dest Îslamiyetî hatin li xirabê Baflûnê rûniştin. Ketin şikefta. In this plight, they were cousins, they came from the hand of Islam to the ruins of Baflûnê and settled. They entered the caves.
Di şikefta da rûniştin. Her yekî karek pezê xwe hebû, çend dewar pezê xwe hebûn. They lived in the caves. Each one had a flock of sheep, had some cattle and sheep.
Bes ma'nî xatirê namûsa xwe, aîla xwe parastin, di wê şikeftê de, li serê vî çiyayî Baflûnê, li xirabê Baflûnê da. Just for the sake of their honor, protecting their family, in that cave, on top of this Baflûnê mountain, in the ruins of Baflûnê.
Ama berî wana, berî wana Baflûn bi carekî û diduya... amar bûye û xera bûye. But before them, before them Baflûnê had been... built and destroyed once or twice.
Kî tê da bû berê, kî tê da bû? Who was in it before, who was in it?
Em nizanin. Heke di gune Rom de bû, di gune Înglîz de bû, di gune Fransa de bû... Fransa na jmêja, Înglîz de... We don't know. If it was in the time of the Romans, in the time of the English, in the time of the French... Not French, that's recent, in the English [era]...
Ama berî em nizanin kî tê da. But before that, we don't know who was in it.
Şûnewar mabûn, hûn zanibûn Kurd bûn? Ruins remained, did you know they were Kurds?
Na dema... her kes berê xwe dayê, her kes kes derbasbûyî bû? No when... everyone headed to it, everyone was just passing through?
Mişkîle... na Kurd, em ji kûzan zanin Kurd e, di dîroka Baflûn şên bibe da em zanin Kurd e. The problem... no Kurds, how would we know they are Kurds? In the history where Baflûnê became populated [recently], then we know it is Kurds.
Berî wî wî nizanin kî lê vir bû? Before that, you don't know who was here?
Berî em nizanin kî bû. Ecab Kurd bû, çi bû, em nizanin yanî. Before we don't know who it was. Whether it was Kurd, what it was, we don't know really.
E we çawa zanî berê hinek lê vir hebûn? So how did you know some people were here before?
Em di şikefta ra zanin. Em di sarincê kevir da zanin. We know through the caves. We know through the stone cisterns.
Em di esasê xanî yê kevin ra zanin. Hin esas derketin. Me xanî dikolan, me dît esas derdikevin. We know through the foundations of old houses. Some foundations appeared. We were digging for houses, we saw foundations appearing.
Me dît sarincê kevin derdikeve. Şikeftê kevin derdikeve, ji binê axê derdikeve. We saw old cisterns appearing. Old caves appearing, appearing from under the soil.
Me divê zanî. We knew from this.
Ev çiqa şikeft li cem we heye, çiqa sarinc cem we heye? How many caves do you have, how many cisterns do you have?
Wî xwedê sarinc dora 50î sarincî heye. Oh God, cisterns, around 50 cisterns exist.
50 heye heke meha rind lê bigerin. Li derdora Baflûnê 40, 50 sarinc heye. 50 exist if we search well. Around Baflûnê 40, 50 cisterns exist.
Û şikeft jî, bi adet çi qas e heye yanî. Pirr e. Ez nizanim, yanî heye yanî, ne tune, yanî heye. Pirr e. And caves too, by number there are many. I don't know, meaning they exist, not that they don't, meaning they exist. Many.
Na ê em zanin nav gund de heşt neh hene. Now those we know inside the village are eight or nine.
Ê noka, ev gundê we... kesî din derbasî vir bû, li hew malbatane? So now, this village of yours... did anyone else enter here, besides those families?
Na na hîn hew malbatane, ama çêbû jî çar aîle, ew jî sînko hatin tevlî bûnê. Ji sînko hatin tevlî bûnê. No no still only those families, but it happened that four families, they also came later and joined. Came later and joined.
Kîjan malbat bûn ji me ra bêje? Which families were they, tell us?
Malbata malê... Hecî Husê hat, malê Dewrêş hat. Malê Betê hat. The family of... Heci Huse came, the house of Dewresh came. The house of Bete came.
Ê efendim... hinek... xeyrî wana mesela... ezê bêjim kê? Malê... malê Ebdî Ûfê hatin. Û yanî bûn sê çar aîlan hatin. Eh sir... some... other than them for example... who shall I say? The house of... house of Ebdi Ufe came. And meaning it became three four families that came.
Û berê çi dibêjin? Ê destpêkê hatine? And what are the first ones called? The ones who came at the beginning?
Destpêkê hatine, mala Îbrahîmê Elî Kûrê û Henan Evdo va. Ew Evdê Seydo va. The ones who came at the beginning were the house of Ibrahim Eli Kure and Henan Evdo. That Evde Seydo.
Bi vê navna tê naskirin. It is known by these names.
Bi vê navna tê naskirin. Known by these names.
Û gund jî hemû miletê me yê Êzdî ye? And the village is entirely our Yazidi people?
Hemû miletê me yê Êzdî ye û heta noka jî li ser... li ser diyaneta xwe ne, û ser Êzdîtiya xwe sekinîne, û ser ola xwe ne, heta neha... yanî apê... pê girtîne. All are our Yazidi people and until now are on... on their religion, and stood firm on their Yazidism, and on their faith, until now... meaning... holding onto it.
Em dibêjin cejna we jî derbas bûbû, cejna we bû, cejna we pîroz be. We say your feast also passed, it was your feast, happy feast to you.
Cejna we jî pîroz be û hemû cejna hemû miletê Kurd pîroz be, û tebayî serokê me pîroz be, û... û tebayî Kurdistanê pîroz be. Happy feast to you too and may the feast of all Kurdish people be blessed, and especially may our leader be blessed, and... and especially Kurdistan be blessed.
Dema mirov dibêje Gulê Selmo, yekem şehîda jin a Rojavayê Kurdistanê tê hişê mirov. When one says "Gulê Selmo", the first female martyr of Rojava Kurdistan comes to one's mind.
Di heman demê de navê Gulê Selmo di gundê Baflûnê de li ser sarincek avê, ya ku beriya hezar salan dikeve roanda hatiye kolan, hatiye kirin. At the same time, the name of Gulê Selmo is given to a water cistern in the village of Baflûnê, which was dug a thousand years ago in the ravine.
Balkêş e ku ev nav ji destpêka avakirina gund li sarincê hatiye kirin. It is interesting that this name was given to the cistern from the beginning of the village's founding.
Derbarê navê sarincê de gundiyan diyar kirin ku ev nav vedigere jina yekem car sarinc paqij kiriye û xwe naspêre navê şehîd Gulê Selmo. Regarding the name of the cistern, the villagers stated that this name goes back to the woman who cleaned the cistern for the first time and it corresponds to the name of martyr Gulê Selmo.
Di nava sarincê gundiyan û baranê de dostaniyek efsaneyî hatiye çêkirin. Between the villagers' cistern and the rain, a legendary friendship has been created.
Ji ber ku ava baranê xwe di sarincê de kom dike û gundî vê avê di hemû jiyana xwe de bi kar tînin. Because rain water collects in the cistern and the villagers use this water in all their lives.
Di paqijkirina sarincê de komînaltiya gundiyan heta niha tê jiyankirin. In the cleaning of the cistern, the communality of the villagers is lived until now.
Tev bi hevra bi awayekî komînal sarincê û derdora wê paqij dikin. All together in a communal way clean the cistern and its surroundings.
Belê, di gundê Baflûnê de jî em hatine... li ser sarincekî sekinîne. Yes, in the village of Baflûnê we have also come... standing at a cistern.
Dema em derbasî gund bûn, di her gundekî de kanîk heye... When we entered the village, in every village there is a spring...
Ka ev çiye? Ji me ra li ser vê bêje. What is this? Tell us about this.
Heva hekîb e, vêra dibên hekîb. This is a saddlebag, they call this a hekîb.
Hingava ew bibe Pêxûn hebe... gidemî tev a Pêxûnê dixwar, gî êkê biba, l'tê dota bélkirin lawî tê... li teroyê li nîştê îdare... When the Pêxûn [feast] takes place... when everyone eats the Pêxûn, if there is someone [interested], regarding the selection of a girl for the boy... regarding the administration [management of the household]...
Yan meselen pel û defter û wereq û şahdê destê zorî têdane, ku zanî ku lawî te yê kî vê korî vê tiştî bikeye. Or for example, papers and notebooks and documents and witnesses of force are involved, knowing that your son will do this thing for this boy.
Yan b'teroyekê bibe, tu xwastekekî te miradekî te hebe, te jî dixwar gî êkê biba b'terxaltê bêl dikir. Or in a specific way, if you had a wish, a desire, you would also eat it, so if there was someone, they would be selected through that way.
Yanî qeneeta go pir temam û dogir, miletê me yê Êzdî bi vê jejnê dikeye. Meaning, our Yezidi people have a very complete and true conviction in this feast.
Em jêra kêfxweşî dikin yanî em bi hemû rengî, b'... pê dimeşînin û haziriyê jêra dikin û lîvê vê rûyê ne. We rejoice for it, meaning in every way, we... we continue with it and prepare for it, and we are on this path.
Û çend rojan rojiyê digirin? And for how many days do they fast?
Em sê roj rojiyê jêra digirin. Duşem, Sêşem, Çarşem. Hêvara pêncşemê jî em vê Pêxûnê heryek kevçiyekî dixwin û em avê jî serda venaxwin. We fast for three days for it. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. On Thursday evening, we each eat a spoonful of this Pêxûn [salty pastry] and we do not drink water on top of it.
Yanî... t'kî avê venaxe xêra, dibêje t'kî miroyê degebê t'kî li wê derê avê vexwe. Meaning... whoever doesn't drink water, it is good, meaning whoever is the person [destined], you will drink water from that place [in the dream].
Yanî demê mirov dikevin, berî mirov kevin, hûn vê Pêxûnê dixwin û şûr jî dikin, xwê jî zêde dikin ne? So when people go to sleep, before people sleep, you eat this Pêxûn, and you make it salty, you add extra salt, right?
Na xwê zêde dikinê divê manê em tî bibin ta avê li wê derê vexwinê. Yes, we add extra salt because we must get thirsty so that we drink water at that place [in the dream].
Û va tişta jî rast biye yanî, ne em bazdin yan wekî dibêjin îdek a xurafî ye tê naskirin, na. And these things have come true, meaning, we are not running away or as they say it's a superstition being recognized, no.
A waqî'î ye û baweriya miletê me jî b'temamî pê heye. It is reality and our people have complete belief in it.
Naha berê dema sîstem hebû bi vê cejnê bawer dibûn? Now, in the past when the [old] system existed, did they believe in this feast?
Na... berê me nekanî. Ama di vê demê da, di vê dema nêzîk da, em pir... gane kanin folklorê xwe adet û teqalîdê xwe l'pêşiyê milet bél bikin. No... before we couldn't. But in this time, in this recent time, we are very... able to display our folklore, our customs and traditions in front of the people.
Berê me nekanî, me b'veşartî dikir. Zorantir ser me hebû. Miletê me yê Êzdî bi hemû rengî zorantir ser çêdibû. Before we couldn't, we did it in secret. There was oppression upon us. Our Yezidi people faced oppression in every way.
Naha em derbasî cem dayika bûnê jî, dayik jî li vir haziriya xwe Pêxûnê dikin îro cejn e. Cejn jî dayik tim yanî gûlî li hef dicivîn û naha wek agir jî pêşiya me da danê. Naha emê pirsin ya Diya Hemîd. Merhaba ji te re. Now we move to the mother here, the mother is also preparing the Pêxûn here, today is the feast. For the feast, the mothers always gather together, and now they have set a fire in front of us. Now we will ask Diya Hamid [Mother of Hamid]. Hello to you.
Ehlen we sehlen. Welcome.
Cejna te pîroz be. Happy holiday to you.
Ya te jî pîroz be, pir cejna bibînî înşallah. Happy holiday to you too, may you see many holidays, God willing.
Sax bî. Be healthy.
Hevala naha... naha ev Pêxûnê hûn çêdikin? Friend, now... are you making this Pêxûn now?
Cejna Pêxûnê ye, erê. Cejna Pêxûnê. It is the Feast of Pêxûn, yes. The Feast of Pêxûn.
Hûn çawa çêdikin, wek hûn dayik? How do you make it, as mothers?
Em dikine, em goyî cûda dikine, heft cûne. We do it, we separate the seeds/grains, seven types.
Heft cûn? Seven types?
Naha heft cûn min kirine yek. Emê naha biqelînin. Biqelînin û emê bûş bikin. Now I have combined seven types into one. We will now roast them. Roast them and grind them.
Û çi diqelînin? Ka ji me re bêje yek bi yek. And what do you roast? Tell us one by one.
Hm, seke. Naha aştar van hewldim. Heva bazîla. Hm, look. Now the corn, I picked these. This is peas.
Û heva baqil, û heva ceh, û heva genim, û heva dendik, û heva nûk, heva nîsk. Doẍir heftan em dikine. Heft cûna. And these broad beans, and this barley, and this wheat, and these sunflower seeds, and these chickpeas, these lentils. Correct, we do seven. Seven types.
Yanîg erek di vê cejnê da hûn heft rengan tevlîhev bikin? Meaning, is it necessary in this feast that you mix seven colors [types] together?
Heft reng. Em naha cejna xwe da heft cûna dikine. Hm. Û emê naha biqelînin û emê bardin legena xwe û emê bihêrin. Seven colors. We now do seven types in our feast. Hm. And we will now roast them and pour them into our basin and grind them.
Me hêra, emê rabin bixwin. Once we grind it, we will get up and eat it.
Naha ev pîşana nîsk in ne? Now these in front are lentils, right?
Nîsk in. Heva ê vesa'înî bûşe. Vesa'înî kim, naha ez ê van biqelînim divê yekim. They are lentils. This is what I have separated [cleaned]. I separate it, now I will roast these, I must make them one [mix them].
Heva naha emê biqelînin û emê bixwin? We will roast these now and eat them?
Û emê xwê jî lêxwin. Rin şûr bikin. And we will add salt to it. Make it very salty.
Naha hûnê biqelînin, piştre hûnê bihêrin? Now you will roast them, afterwards you will grind them?
Bihêrin. Eh, naha qiçikê bihêrin, ê bihêrin. Grind them. Yes, now the little ones [young people] will grind, they will grind.
Destar jî li vir heye? Is the millstone also here?
Naha hêran, emê xwê lêxwin. Me xwê lêxist, her kes cîcika xwe dibe mala xwe dixwe heva. Heva cejnê Pêxûnê wera dibêjin. Cejn ê Pêxûnê ye. Now they ground it, we will add salt. Once we add salt, everyone takes their bowl to their house and eats this. They call this the Feast of Pêxûn. It is the Feast of Pêxûn.
Bêxûn... ev naha piştî wekî hûn gund li hemî bela dikin? Yan her kes li mala xwe çêdike? Pêxûn... this now, do you distribute it to the whole village? Or does everyone make it in their own house?
No, em naha çêkin emkî bela kin. No, we make it now, we will distribute it.
Li gund tevd? To the whole village?
Gund tevd, gund tevd. Heryek hinga xwe dibe dixwe. To the whole village, the whole village. Everyone takes their portion and eats.
Heva Pêxûnê mirada ne. Tê bibê yarê mal, ê doẍir bike, tê heryek s'kê hinga xwe bibe û bixwe, yanî em bê soz mesele tat... This Pêxûn is for wishes. You [eat it], friend of the house, doing it correctly, each one takes their portion and eats, meaning we say for example...
Çi di xewda dîtî, vê malê em bê heger te... xwar û xew kir, tê çikê şûr bikê, tê avê vag... hêvarî xarin, tê l'avê bigerî. Te av... dil kîjan malê vexwar, têkî qîzê wê malê bixwazîs. Yanî cahil be. Whatever you saw in the dream, that house, let's say if you... ate and slept, you make it a bit salty, you will [want to] drink water... eaten in the evening, you will look for water. The water... from whichever house you drank the water, you will ask for the daughter of that house. Meaning, if he is a young man.
Yanî ev cejna bêtir keç û xurt pê radibin? So this feast is mostly practiced by young women and men?
Erê. Ê wan pir e yanî. Yes. It is mostly theirs.
Naha kê di xewda dîtî û mirazê xwe bûn? Now who saw it in a dream and had their wish come true?
Giyo dît. Everybody saw.
Yanî wek kê? Ka em ji wan bipirsin. Naha ji we kî xew dît? Like who? Let us ask them. Now, which of you saw a dream?
Min xewn dît. I saw a dream.
Te çawa kir û te çawa xew dît? Ka ji me re bêje. How did you do it and how did you see the dream? Tell us.
Min sê ro rojî girtin. I fasted for three days.
E wê demê bi çend sala bû? How old were you at that time?
Min sefî nehê dixwend. Emrê min dav û pênc sal bûn. I was studying in the ninth grade. My age was fifteen years.
Pazdeh salî bû? You were fifteen?
Erê. Yes.
Fe min sê ro rojî girtin, û dayika min Pêxûn çêkir me xwar. Rojî pênşemê me xwar. Medî ez û lewî api xwe, em darage b'hevdra diçînin. So I fasted for three days, and my mother made Pêxûn and we ate it. On Thursday we ate it. I saw [in the dream] that I and my uncle's son, we were planting a tree together.
Darage b'hevdra em diçînin. We were planting a tree together.
Fe ba'dîn me hewal da jina mezin t'xwar e. Jina mezin ra. So afterwards, I told the news to the older woman [grandmother] there. To the older woman.
Fe got, belkî nesîbî te wî malê be. So she said, perhaps your destiny is with that house.
Û bû nesîb? And did it become destiny?
Û bû nesîb teb'en, lew apî min e. And it became destiny, naturally, he is my uncle's son.
Ev çend sal in hûn bi hevre zewicî ne? How many years have you been married together?
Bû dav û heyşt sal. It has been eighteen years.
Te bi rengî... kêfxweşî te got malê? Yanî got min xewnek wisa dît? Did you [tell them] in a happy way? Did you tell the family, "I saw such a dream"?
Me dî, em hevra hewşî bavkî min darage xwa diçînin. Bes jina mezin gotin çi? Got in e win darage diçînin, lawkekî wekî hebe. I saw [in the dream], we were planting a tree together in my father's courtyard. But the older woman said what? She said, "If you are planting a tree, you will have a son."
Û rastî qîzka min in, lawkekî min e. And truly, I have daughters, and I have a son.
Xwedê ji te re bihêle. May God keep them for you.
Sax bî. Thank you.
Yanî tu dîtî ev cejna, dibêjin cejna Valentine, ev Ewropa, Kurdî me û hemû miletê dinyayê gî pê radibê, ev cejna jî a Kurda ye. Hinda biya. Tu çi dibêjî? You see this feast, they call it Valentine's Day, in Europe, our Kurds and all the nations of the world practice it, but this feast is also a Kurdish one. It has been lost [forgotten]. What do you say?
'L cem ecnebiyan Valentine e. Bes 'l cem Kurda bilaxas Êzdiya Pêxûn e. Yanî Pêxûn jî e'ydî mirad e û e'ydî heskirinê ye. For foreigners, it is Valentine's. But for Kurds, especially Yezidis, it is Pêxûn. Meaning, Pêxûn is the feast of wishes and the feast of love.
İnşallah Xwedê heskirine timî navbera we da bihêle. God willing, may God keep love between you always.
Sax bî. Thank you.
Û heskirinê zêde bike. And increase the love.
Sax bî serkeftî be. Thank you, be successful.
Te got naha tu û kêf... xew da dît? Yanî gund gişt t'xew da dibîne, tu we çawa... Thanks.
Te got naha tu û kêf... xew da dît? Yanî gund gişt t'xew da dibîne, tu we çawa... You said now you... saw it in a dream? Meaning the whole village sees it in dreams, how did you...
Oo pismamê min, fedîr de. Fedî dike. Oh my cousin, she is shy. She is shy.
Fedî dike yanî bêje me dît xew da dît e? Lê nê dîne. She is shy to say she saw it in a dream? But she isn't crazy/possessed.
Îdî ye gerek e bê. Ma'ne delîl beş alemê gî raye yanî. E no hev tişta em vî tiştî dibînin. Û xewn jî bes te dît eke bibe yanî. Bes te xewn dît yeke bibe. It is a custom, she must say it. It means proof for the whole world to see. That we see this thing. And the dream, just as you saw it, it will happen. Just as you dreamt, it will happen.
Ê Xwedê zarokê te ji te re bihêle. May God keep your children for you.
Sax bî. Thank you.
Û paya te ji te re bihêle. And keep your husband for you.
Belê naha jî emê derbas bin, li vir jî destar dinalîne. Li wir diherin. Naha emê derbasî cem van bin. Thank you.
Belê naha jî emê derbas bin, li vir jî destar dinalîne. Li wir diherin. Naha emê derbasî cem van bin. Yes, now we will move on, over here the millstone is groaning [working]. They are grinding there. Now we will move to them.
Ka tu xewna xwe ji me re bêje. Tell us your dream.
Ee min xewn pê ve dît ye, lomey ez zêde lê heyirîme û pê çêdikim. Uh, I saw a dream about it, that is why I am very astonished by it and I make it.
Hin te bi mereq atiye. You came with great interest/anxiety.
Bi mereq hatime vande. Çunî me bû belayê alema giştkî bi miradê xwe. I came with anxiety/interest to this. Because for us, it was the concern of the whole world [everyone] for their wishes.
Ay her bijî. İnşallah em jî li benda ne ku her kesî daxwazî wî çi ye, mirazê xwe çi ye, mirazê xwe bibîne. Oh well done. God willing, we are also waiting for everyone, whatever their request is, whatever their wish is, that they see their wish.
Miraz jî ne bes zewacî ye yanî. And a wish is not only marriage.
Na, ne bes zewacî ye. No, it is not only marriage.
Yanî ê kesê di zîndanê da derin, ev kesê ji dûr welata... Meaning, a person who is in prison gets out, a person from a far country...
Êş dûr welata dikeftin le were. Û em bêjin, miradê xwe heye, însanek di zîndanê de ten, gogiyê de jê derkeve. Wê dixwazin j'ber Xwedê digerin. Yanî çi mirazê wan hemyan be. Ê welatê xwe hiştine, ê pirr... pirr kes ji ber ku ji vî gundî çûne Ewropa, ji gund dûr ketin, ew jî vegerin. Coming back from far countries. And we say, one has a wish, a person is in prison, waiting to get out. They ask for this, praying to God. Whatever all their wishes may be. Those who left their country, many... many people because they went from this village to Europe, fell far from the village, may they also return.
Ew jî miraz e ka. That is also a wish, yes.
Erê xwa... ka vegerin werin cema. Yes... may they return and come to us.
Tu çend salî bûyî vê Pêxûnê çêkir? How old were you when you made this Pêxûn?
Ez pirr cahil bûm. Ez bûm bûka mala bavê mêrê xwe. I was very young. I was the bride of my husband's father's house.
Û te çêkir? And you made it?
Û me çêkir. Û me got miradê me hasil be. Û miradê me hasil bû. And we made it. And we said may our wish be fulfilled. And our wish was fulfilled.
Mirazê te çi bû? What was your wish?
Mirazê min... zilamê min di zîndanê de bû. Min got bela berde. Û berda. My wish... my husband was in prison. I said may he be released. And he was released.
Û berda, hat? And he was released, he came?
Û hat. Û em çûn l'gund rûniştin, ew jî hatin cema. And he came. And we went and sat in the village, and they came to us.
Min sê ro rojî girt. Sê ro rojî girt. Bes çi, min tim daîmî xêr digirt. Hemo yanî, ne bes me'nê miradê, hewa xêrek e. I fasted for three days. Fasted three days. But what, I always fasted for charity/goodness. All of it, meaning, not just for the meaning of a wish, it is a good deed.
Yanî tu rojiyekê bigirî, xêrek e ji ale... yanî m'silen her însanek bigire, xêrek e xwa dike. Yanî paraka xwa dikiye. Meaning if you fast a day, it is a good deed for... meaning for example, any human who fasts, they do a good deed for themselves. Meaning they do their part.
Min tim digirt, heta çûçik bûm, ma deh salî bûm min digirt. I always fasted, even when I was small, since I was ten years old I fasted.
Û kengî mirazê xwe gihişt mirazê xwe? And when did you reach your wish?
Mirazî min... teqrîben sih û pênc sal in. My wish... it is approximately thirty-five years.
Te çend salî bûyî wî demî? How old were you at that time?
Wextê min ew xêr û mir kire? When I did that good deed and wish?
Teqrîben sî salî. Approximately thirty years old.
Çend salî? Sî salî? How many years? Thirty years?
Sî sal bû. I was thirty years old.
Naha tu çend salî ye? How old are you now?
Ee sî sal û deh sal, awo çil û pênc sal. Uh thirty years and ten years, that is forty-five years.
Çil û pênc sal in. It has been forty-five years.
Bas texî xuya nayê maşallah. Yes.
Bas texî xuya nayê maşallah. But your age doesn't show, mashallah.
De ka ji me re bêje te çi di xewda dît? So tell us, what did you see in the dream?
Me dît... hişta min rojî girt, min, ez tî bûm. Ez hatim çiyayekî pirr bilind e. I saw... when I fasted, I, I was thirsty. I came to a very high mountain.
Çiya ye. Û ge... gulîk in, windi bêjin kulîk, ge çîçekdar, tişt pirr heye. It was a mountain. And... flowers, you call them flowers, very flowery, there were many things.
Û curnikekî çûçik pişt gund heye vî gundî. Yanî ez nizanim hav gunda ye. Bes ez hatim ser curnik. Curnik val ye noka ye nav cem 'ardîvan. Ez hatim min av jê vexwar. And there is a small water trough behind the village, this village. Meaning I didn't know it was this village. But I came to the trough. The trough is empty now in their land. I came and drank water from it.
Û ez daketim, ez daketim gund e kesî nas nakim. Min hevdî. And I came down, I came down to the village and I didn't know anyone. I saw [this].
Te kî dît? Who did you see?
Min... yanî î vî rzewacî ye min ne dît. I... meaning regarding this marriage, I didn't see [the groom].
Te ne dît? You didn't see him?
Bes m'hat vî gundî av vexwar. But I came to this village and drank water.
Û derket jî paşê mêrê te ye. And it turned out later to be your husband.
Derket. It turned out so.
Du wê demê da hûn destgirtî bûn? At that time were you engaged?
E, dima girtî bûn em. Yes, we were engaged/betrothed.
Navê wî jî di dilê te da bû? Was his name in your heart?
Ne di dilê min da bû, na na. It wasn't in my heart, no no.
Ma tu jê hez nedikir? Did you not love him?
Ne hez nedikir. Not that I didn't love him.
J'gund bû. He was from the village.
Mirovê te ye, meriyê te ye. He is your relative, your kin.
Mirovê me ye, erê. He is our relative, yes.
Çiyê navê xwe ka li vir e? What, is his name [person] here?
Na. Navî xwe Hemîd e. No. His name is Hamid.
Na. Is he not here?
Na. No.
Û qîskeka ma çêbû maşallah qîzik deh sî salî ye noko. And we had a daughter, mashallah the daughter is ten, thirty years old now.
Ey Xwedê ji te re bihêle. Keçik te tenê heye? Oh may God keep her for you. Do you only have a daughter?
Keçikik min tenê heye. I have only one daughter.
Ey Xwedê ji te re bihêle. Oh may God keep her for you.
Xwedê b'te re be. God be with you.
Û spas ji te re. And thanks to you.
Ji wara jî spas, saeta we jî xweş. Thanks to you too, have a good time.
Ji saeta we xweş, axa û welat re jî. Have a good time, to the land and country too.
Saeta we xweş. Have a good time.
Ka ev çiye? Ji me ra li ser vê bêje. Ev weke hurkire ne, ji heft rengan bû, çi kirin? What is this? Tell us about this. These look like chopped dough, it was of seven colors, what did you do?
Na, sal bi sal winha çêdikin. No, year by year we make them like this.
Sal bi sal em wane çêdikin, em heft cure tevli hev dikin û em diqewirînin û em dihêrin. Year by year we make these, we mix seven kinds [of grains] together, we roast them, and we grind them.
U noko tê sakî, ji herrek tenikê xwe jê dibe. And now you put it in, and it takes its thin layer from it.
Ev jî tew... go xwê jê têve dibe? Is this the 'tew'... they say salt is added to it?
Erê, ekê noko lêxim xu, lêxim noko. Yes, I will put it in now, I'm putting it in now.
Tê bê xêr tê lê dixî. You will eat it with goodness.
Xwê çima? Why salt?
Xwê lêxim noko. I'm putting salt now.
Ev jî dexîl tevê ke? Do you mix this grain in too?
Heva jî xwê ye. This is also salt.
Xêra şûr dibe ev. This becomes a salty blessing.
Heva noko xêrekî şûr bibe. This will now become a salty blessing.
E çima? But why?
Ma'nî tu çîçkî çêkî devî xwe... Tu tî dibî, têkê rabî çi bikî? Têkê li avê bigerî. Meaning, you put a little bit in your mouth... You get thirsty, what will you get up to do? You will look for water.
Tê avê li kudê rê vexwe? Tê xew da... Where will you drink water? In your sleep...
Di xew da? In the dream?
Erê, di xew da tê li avê bigerî. E tu çûyî kîjan malê, te av li wî derî vexwar, tê qismetkî jorê bixwazî. Yes, in the dream you will look for water. And whichever house you go to, if you drink water at that place, you will ask for a destiny from there.
Lê wako be... Têkê herê, lora dîsa vexwar, têkê qîskê xwe ji wî malê dî. Qîskê te li kudê rê vexwar, dere wî malê. But if it happens... You will go, if you drink there again, you will see your destiny from that house. Wherever you drink your share [of water], it is at that house.
Yê avê bide te ew qismetê te ye? The one who gives you water is your destiny?
Ew qismetê te ye, kî avê bide te ew qismetê te ye. That is your destiny, whoever gives you water is your destiny.
Doğir. Correct.
Av vexwar, dere wî malê, dibê qismetê xwe li vî malê heye yanî. If you drank water at that house, it says your destiny is in this house, meaning.
Ev jî pir muqades e yanî, ev pexûna jî pir muqades e yanî. This is very sacred, this flour mixture is very sacred.
Em sê rojî rojiya xwe pêşta digirin. Ba'dê me sê rojê girtin, êşta em pexûna xwe jona çêdikin. We fast for three days beforehand. After we keep the three days, then we make our flour mixture like this.
Cejna we pîroz be. Happy holidays to you.
Pîroz be li te jî. Înşallah, wîneyê li gundî belav kin. Happy holidays to you too. God willing, spread the image to the village.
Erê noko jî em çêdikin, êşta em ê gundê qiçik noko, aa ze noko î warn... qiçikê warn ezê giya belav kim. Yes, we make it now, now we... the small village... ah look, they are coming... the little ones are coming, I will distribute it to all of them.
Na hewa temam bû? Ev jî dexîl tevê kir? So this is finished? Did you mix this in too?
Tu jî lêvxwe. You eat it too.
Tu jî lêvxwe, mi xwo kirê. You eat it too, I have eaten.
Bira çîçkê şûr bibe, mi sêke... Ma'ne, hevarî... Let it be a bit salty, look at me... Meaning, help...
Li avê bigerin. E li avê gerîn, êkê herin malage, 'eceb kê? They will look for water. And if they look for water, they will go to some house, wonder whose?
E erê, ez bixwim ezê Xwedê bibînim? But yes, if I eat it, will I see God?
Gerek e tu bibînî. You must see [Him/something].
Nê te ta paqij be tê yekî bibînî, tina? If your intention is pure, you will see someone, right?
E xalas. Nê te ta paqij be tê xewnê rind bibînî. That's it. If your intention is pure, you will see a good dream.
Temam, na ezê jî bixwim, ka em sêkin şev ez çî di xew da dibînim. Okay, now I will eat too, let's see what I see in my sleep tonight.
E tê bixwî tê sêkî. Bes aşkere ji kesî ra nelê brayê xwo. Eh, you will eat, you will see. But don't tell anyone openly, my brother.
Na, hawal mada. No, no news [I won't tell].
Tê giya bibînî. Ehlan we sehlan. You will see everything. Welcome.
Keremkin. Please (go ahead).
De werin, de werin. Come on, come on.
Înşallah win xewnê jî bibînin, win sêkin, înşallah em bi ser kevin e. God willing you will see dreams too, you will look, God willing we will succeed.
Hîvî miradxwaza ye. Hope is for those who wish.
Hawa miradî miradxwaza ye. Ne îlla yekî bixwe bibîne di xewnê da. This is the wish of the wishers. Not necessarily for one to see [a spouse] in the dream.
Î dil pak... The pure hearted...
E xwasteka we çiye, mirazê we çiye, hûn çi di xwazin? And what is your request, what is your wish, what do you want?
Mirazê min, belkî yê milet gişî... Kurdistan gişî ava bibe û azad bibe. My wish, perhaps that of the whole nation... that all of Kurdistan becomes prosperous and free.
Û em şahîya xwe ji hana rintir bibînin meidanê. And that we see our celebration better than this in the [public] square.
Le noko em di rûna... em di rûna tarî û reş ra derbaz dibin. Because now we are sitting... we are passing through dark and black days.
Li ser Kurd û Kurdistanê, û li ser serok Apo derbaz bûn. [These days] passed over Kurds and Kurdistan, and over leader Apo.
Çîçkê cejna me sar e. Our holiday is a bit cold [somber].
Em di hîviya rojên geş û xweş in. We are in hope of bright and happy days.
Heger xêrî va roj na be, înşallah ji hana germtir bibe. If not the blessing of these days, God willing it will become warmer than this.
Û wun giş bixêr û xoşî bê. And may you all come in goodness and happiness.
Têkiliya gundiyan bi xwezayê ra zêde li pêş e. Gundî bi baldariyeke mezin li dar û berên derdorê mêze dikin û nava daran pak û paqij dikin. The villagers' relationship with nature is very advanced. Villagers look after the surrounding trees and vegetation with great care and keep the area among the trees clean and pure.
Dema berf lê dike, gund xwe bi cilên bûkanî dixemilîne û rengê aşîtî û mirovahiyê li her derê belav dike. When it snows, the village adorns itself in bridal clothes and spreads the color of peace and humanity everywhere.
Şêniyên gund, û bitybetî zarok, bi berfê dilîzin û lepeyên berfê davêjin hev. Zarok bi vê yekê pir şad û kêfxweş dibin. The inhabitants of the village, and especially the children, play with the snow and throw snowballs at each other. Children become very happy and joyful with this.
Şahî û awazên zaroktiyê di nava xwezayê de jiyan dikin. The joy and melodies of childhood live within nature.
Di nava gund û derdoran de, paşmayiyên şikeftên ku hezaran salan hatine kolan hene. Within the village and surroundings, there are remains of caves that have been dug for thousands of years.
Di nava şikeftan da beriyan niha mirovan jiyan kirin û xwe ji dijminan parastine. In the past, people lived inside the caves and protected themselves from enemies.
Di nava şikeftan da kûn hatiye vekirin. Inside the caves, passages have been opened.
Hata gotin ku dema berê di nava hunan ra, bend di hemû şikeftan ra derbaz dibû û zingil di şikeftan da dehate dalikandin. It is said that in ancient times, among these structures, a cord passed through all the caves and bells were hung in the caves.
Dema herêm rastî êrîşekê dihat, yan jî xeteriyek li derdorê dehate hîskirin, yên hîskirine bend dihejandin û zingilê di hemû şikeftan lê didan. When the region faced an attack, or a danger was sensed in the surroundings, those who sensed it shook the cord and bells rang in all the caves.
Bi vê yekê, kesên di şikeftan da bûn, diketin nava liv û tevgera parastinê de. With this, the people who were in the caves would enter into action and defensive movement.
Belê, na em derbas bûn me şikeftin li vir dîtin, dê bes me çîrokên balkêş jî dibihîstin li ser vê şikeftan. Yes, now we passed by, we saw caves here, but we also used to hear interesting stories about these caves.
Na ez û gundî va, dote vira jî, me xwest... wê çîrokê, wî jî zana bin, î me temaşe dikî. Merhaba ji were. Now I and this villager, the uncle here too, we wanted... that story, so that he also knows, the one watching us. Hello to you.
Merhaba, ehlen we sehlen bi hatina we, kameraya Axawelat. Û ehlen we sehlen bi hatina we. Hello, welcome to your arrival, Axawelat camera. And welcome to your arrival.
Spas. Thanks.
Na ev çend şikeft li ba we hene, li gunda hene? Now how many caves are there with you, in the village?
Welle şeş heft şikeft li ba me gund hene. Well, there are six or seven caves in our village.
Wa behs dikir wa go zêde hene, ê din li derve ne ne? They were saying there are more, are the others outside?
E hene çîçkê dûrî gund in, erê. Bes ê di nav gund de, yanî şeş heftik hene. Yes there are, they are a bit far from the village, yes. But those inside the village, meaning there are about six or seven.
We gotin 15 şikeft in hene? Did you say there are 15 caves?
Te çîrok şikefta ji me ra hewal da. Na ev şikefta berê kî tê de rûniştibû? Yes there are, yes.
Te çîrok şikefta ji me ra hewal da. Na ev şikefta berê kî tê de rûniştibû? You told us the story of the cave. Now, who lived in this cave before?
Welle va şikefta berê kalê me Îbrahîm tê de rûniştibû. Wekî hevalê destpêkê da anî ziman. Well, in this cave, our grandfather Ibrahim used to live. As the friend mentioned in the beginning.
Kalê me li vê şikeftê dijiyan. Berê jî xanî tunebûn, îmkan kêm bûn. Our grandfather lived in this cave. In the past there were no houses, resources were scarce.
Û hin şikeft din jî hene. Tab'an va gundo jî çi ye, dûr e... yani haşa cenawir der pir bûn, diz keleş pir bûn. And there are other caves too. Naturally, this village is also what, it's far... meaning, begging your pardon, wild animals were plentiful, thieves and bandits were plentiful.
Dihatin meselen, êrîşî ser wana dikirin. Fa bi wasîtaqa xwe îcad kiribûn... They would come, for example, attack them. So they invented a method...
...wusme yanî pişta hevdu bigirin. ...so that, meaning, they could support each other.
Wa wasîta jî kêndirêk, mabeyna şikeftê û şikeftê, dirêj kiribûn. That method was a trench (passage), between one cave and another, they had extended it.
Wextê wa kênra dahata kişandin, îno me'neto... xeteriyek li ser şikefta filankes heye. When that trench was pulled, it meant... there is a danger upon so-and-so's cave.
Fa van cîranê xwe dikir, dihat pişgiriya hev dikirin, hevdu ji wa xeteriyê xelas dikirin. So they would alert their neighbors, they came to support each other, they saved each other from that danger.
Ka emê hîna zêde nas bikin. Ji kîlêxê vî melêjî bipirsin. Ka merhaba ji te ra jî. Let's get to know more. Let's ask this uncle by his side. Hello to you too.
Êê, ehlen we sehlen, merhaba. Yes, welcome, hello.
Em ji noka, tu çîçkî ji me ra bêje, çîroka şikeftê berê çawa, kênder dan, berê şikeft û şikeftê... we girêdida. We now... you tell us a little bit, the story of the caves, how was it before, the trench, before, between caves... you connected them.
Erê, erê. Yes, yes.
E bav û kalê me li vê derê rûdinişt, hew birayê xwe va, pismamê xwe va. Eh, our ancestors lived in this place, with their brothers, with their cousins.
E kes ne... ne dînê, dinya xalî bû, dinya boş bû, meriv tune bûn. Û çete hebûn, dihat malê wana basmîş dikirin. Eh no one... not religion, the world was empty, the world was vacant, there were no people. And there were bandits, they came and raided their homes.
Hatin, î roj ke hatin, qiçkê gundî di qundaxê da rakirin, kire danî ser hustu. They came, one day they came, they took a village child in the cradle, put it on [their] shoulder.
Û go yan bidin me zêra, yan em qîçikê we şerjê kin. And said either give us gold, or we will slaughter your child.
Rabû pîrka min, kete bexçikê xwe, bîst û pênc zêrê Osmanlî derxistin. My grandmother got up, went into her bundle, took out twenty-five Ottoman gold coins.
Di çiqinê da çekirne, ji dest çetê xetanî qundaxê xwe girtin û birin û nehiştin zerar pê bibe. She prepared them in the fold, from the hands of the bandits... until she took her cradle and took it away and didn't let harm come to it.
E didu wera, dîsa çeta mal basmîş kirin, anî ser... da u du ga kalê min hebûn. And twice [after that?], again bandits raided the house, brought upon... my grandfather had ten or two oxen.
Hew gana, golek di hundir ra dehiştin û çêl û tana birin. Those oxen, they left a calf inside, and took the cows and calves.
E temam, te got di navbera şikefta da te got kêndirek hebû. Wan nekarîbûn hevdu bihisînin? Okay, you said between the caves there was a trench. Couldn't they alert each other?
Erê erê, kênder heva hinga, bikun xezwe ma kina, çete pir in. Bes wexta gi gi paşê, nîzameka xwe çêkirin mabeyna xwe û cîrana da. Yes yes, the trench was for then, lest they make a raid, bandits were many. But later on, they created a system between themselves and the neighbors.
Ra dibûn kêndirek dirêj dikirin, dibirne şikefta din. They would get up and extend a trench, taking it to the other cave.
Û a din, heger xezwe ji ucê çeta ta bata ser, ra dibûn hew kêndira dikişandin, hata gi hewna pê bihesên, yarmetiya wana werin, harê wana xalas kin. And the other, if a raid from the side of bandits came upon them, they would get up and pull that trench, so that they would sense it, come to their aid, and save their plight.
E te spas dikim, mala we ava be. I thank you, may your house be prosperous.
O te jî ava be. Wun bi xêr û selameti hatin. And yours be prosperous. You came in goodness and safety.
Spas. Thanks.
Û ehlen we sehlen ji hevalê delal re. And welcome to the dear friend.
Spas. Û Kurdistanê ra. Thanks. And to Kurdistan.
Spas. Thanks.
Belê, em derbasî malekî jî bûn, cem Apê Elî û diya Kibar va. Di cejna bêxwînê da, cejna Xidir Îlyas da. Yes, we passed into a house too, with Uncle Ali and Mother Kibar. In the bloodless feast, the feast of Xidir Ilyas.
Dibêjin dema berî ev du bibin, wan xewn bi hev dîtibû. Emê bipirsin, naha dayikê xewn dîtibû? They say before these two got together, they had dreamed of each other. We will ask, did the mother dream?
Wê piştî wê jî dibêjin emê strana Derwêşê Evdî bêjin. Ka emê ji dayikê destpê bikin. After that, they say we will sing the song of Dervish Evdi. Let's start with the mother.
Ka ji me ra bêje, we çawa hevdu di xew da dît? Tell us, how did you see each other in the dream?
Min... me pê xew... me roji girt. Poşê me pêxûn çêkir, mi pêxûn xwar. Ez hatim hewşê, win li jêr derê... I... we sle... we fasted. Then we made the flour mix, I ate the flour mix. I came to the yard, you [know] down there...
Em ji kahrê gund dikin yanî. We are from the lower part of the village, meaning.
Wa pismam dotmamê hevdine. We are cousins of each other.
Ez hatim wira, e dibêm welle, ez çiqa tî me. Ez tîna rabûm hatim ber kûzikê... kûzî berî hebû. I came there, I say well, how thirsty I am. I got up from thirst and came to the small jar... there was a jar before.
Wî kûzî danî, ez sadikim zerke di wî kûzî da dike, di dirêj mi dike, dibe nava devê xwe, mi vexwar. That jar was placed, I look, a yellow [snake] in that jar is doing [something], it extends to me, puts it in my mouth, I drank.
Û em gihîştin mirazê xwe. Paşê jî me ji hev has kir, me hevdu bir. And we attained our wish. Later we loved each other, we took each other [married].
Te ji rê hewal da, piştî ji xew rabû? Did you tell him, after you woke up?
Lê, mi ji rê ne got. No, I didn't tell him.
Ji xew şiyar bû? You woke up?
Te ji rê hewal da? Did you tell him?
Lê. No.
Keyfxweş bû? Were you happy?
Lê. No.
Mamê pîr, hewa îro li te çawa ye? Uncle, how is the weather for you today?
Weleh, bi xwedê, begê min, saet a xweş e, ne zanim... Well, by God, my lord, it is a pleasant hour, I don't know...
Muqederê Xwedê ye, wextê ku tiştekî bibe, muqederê Xwedê ye. It is God's destiny, when something happens, it is God's destiny.
Saet xweş, me’net e, Xidir Eylas tiştekî esasî ye, tiştekî rind e. It is a happy hour, it is meaning, Xidir Eylas is a fundamental thing, a good thing.
Navê wî Xwe Xidir Eylas e. Xidir Eylas jî bixwe... divê di ‘ulmekî me da derdikeve. His name is Xidir Eylas. Xidir Eylas himself... it appears in our knowledge/tradition.
Divê Xidir Eylas e... ewê di xasê berker as e. They say it is Xidir Eylas... he is among the special saints.
Divê li şibatê Mîrê Berfê bixate. Yanî Mîrê Berfê jî heye, wera bixate. They say in February, the Prince of Snow strikes. Meaning, there is a Prince of Snow, he makes it strike/snow.
Digo ne bes Xidir Eylas, riyê xwe spî neke. He said not only Xidir Eylas, he shouldn't whiten his beard (referring to snow).
Di dema cejnê da tim berf dibare? Does it always snow during the time of the feast?
Tim heye. Herkî me xadiye, ne? Yê emrê min 70 sal e. It is always there. Everyone has seen it, right? My age is 70 years.
Heta rojî girtin... rojiya ewe... di ‘eyda Xidir Eylas da ko berf nebe... tim dibe. Even the fasting... that fasting... in the feast of Xidir Eylas, that there is no snow... it always happens.
Te jî... dayika min di xew da dîtiye, te nedî? And you... did my mother see it in a dream, or did you not?
Weleh, sê neqlan dî, bes ne di xew... ebê rojî bûn, derê bûn... wekî din me didît. By God, she saw it three times, but not in a dream... they were fasting, outside... we saw it like that.
Tim didît, wexta... di fikra me da bû. She always saw it, when... it was in our thoughts.
Dema we hev du xwest, bi fikra te bû yan ya berê da? When you asked for each other (got married), was it your idea or from before (arranged)?
No, berê. No, from before.
Yanî dema we hev du dît, tu jî pê kêfxweş bûyî? Meaning, when you saw each other, were you also happy with it?
Lê pirr kêfxweş bûm! Ne bes kêfxweş bûm. Berê bû, biçûk bûm. Oh, I was very happy! Not just happy. It was in the past, I was young.
Tim xizmet dikir, ew biçûktera, deh salan ji min biçûktir e. She always served, she is younger, ten years younger than me.
Tim ew dikir... paşê jî wexta wargî go, migo me’net e, kêfxweş bûm, migo îşê me înşallah bibe. She always did that... then when it happened like that, I said it is meaningful, I was happy, I said God willing our business will work out.
Lê piştî çend heyva te jû xwest? But after how many months did you ask for her (take her as bride)?
Welehî... teqrîben... piştî sê heyva, çar heyva me xwest. By God... approximately... after three months, four months we took her.
Wexta sebra te hebu. You had patience.
E bes e, pirr e. Ya ew ji mêj da mije hatibû kirin. Berê du sala, sê sala mije hatibû kirin. It is enough, it is a lot. She had been betrothed for a long time. For two years, three years she had been betrothed.
No, çend zarok hene? No, how many children are there?
Zarokên me... Neh hene. Pênc law in, çar qîz in. Our children... There are nine. Five are boys, four are girls.
Kal ne li mal in? Are the elders/children not at home?
Yek ne li mal tines no. Metanê mane. Not one is at home right now. They stayed in the town.
Du dila 'Erfîn in... sisê... du dila Tirkiyê ne. Two are in Afrin... three... two are in Turkey.
Yek li vir e, vê gavê jî herezî hat, makîneyê ber me rajdêr xis bû, çû li herezîyê vê derê. One is here, just now the tractor came, the machine broke down in front of us, he went to the tractor over there.
Temam, no tu weku... Wînê Dengbêjî, tu dengbêjî. Wînê stranekî bi hevra bêjin? Okay, now you as... As a Dengbêj (bard), you are a Dengbêj. Shall you sing a song together?
Na, babo nizanim. No, father, I don't know how.
Tê bêjî? Piştî wî jî dayîkam bêje, ne? You will sing? After him, mother will sing too, right?
Dibe. It's possible / Okay.
Ka çi bêje ji me ra? What will you sing for us?
Wekî çi... Derwêşê Evdî. Like what... Derwêşê Evdî (famous epic song).
(Singing) Go... Derwêşo dilê min lo yane... (Singing) She said... Oh Derwêş, my heart is burning...
(Singing) Derwêş bidengekî ban kir, kalke Sadûn çûçika cematê... (Singing) Derwêş called out with a voice, old Sadûn, the flower of the congregation...
(Singing) Serokê suwarana... (Singing) The leader of the horsemen...
(Singing) Go gemkê da kevne ardê binonya, berê xwe da çiyayê Şengalê, mijo bidûmana... (Singing) He said hit the bit/bridle to the ground of the foothills, he turned towards Mount Shingal, the mist and smoke...
(Singing) Da ketine binê malana, digerin li awoyê xezalana... (Singing) They descended among the houses, searching for the offspring of gazelles...
(Singing) Ba de nîv saetê şûnda şoreş ser kir li çiyayê Şengalê mijo bidûmana... (Singing) After half an hour, the revolution/battle began on Mount Shingal, covered in mist and smoke...
(Singing) Balê xwedanê qimra... 'îskan başê, mla dikûne Evdî hemlhem girêdanê... (Singing) Look at the owner of the roan horse... Iskan Pasha, the shoulder... Evdî tied the amulet/armor...
(Singing) Wey... kekê Sadûn go, Derwêş bira û rabe dilê min leyana... (Singing) Oh... Brother Sadûn said, Derwêş, brother, rise up, my heart is burning...
(Singing) Go... qemera îmdadê, kunê mala bavê me giredana... (Singing) He said... the roan horse of rescue, the tent of our father's house is tied...
(Singing) Îşallah he... digo her bu cerdeka girana, me tê kevne her bu cerdeka girana... (Singing) God willing... he said it was a heavy raid, we fall into a heavy raid...
(Singing) Her bu cerde Tirk û Ereb û Ecem û... digo Tirkana... (Singing) The raid of Turks and Arabs and Persians and... he said of the Turks...
(Singing) Wey... ELO... starê rabûne, li suwar bûne li hespana, biftilîne li mal û li xudana... (Singing) Oh... ELO (Help)... they sought protection and rose, they mounted the horses, returning to the home and the owners...
(Singing) Ftilîne li mal û li xudana... (Singing) Returning to the home and the owners...
(Singing) Bidengekî Derwêş ban kir, li bavê xo Evdî ye, milhem go bavo dilê min leyana, tike me de izna me... em ke da kevne her bu cerde girana. (Singing) With a voice Derwêş called out, to his father Evdî, he said father my heart is burning, give us our permission... let us fall into this heavy raid.
(Singing) Çîl îbrahîmê 'eşîre tirkan e, çîl îbrahîmê tirkan e, 'eferê gesyan e... (Singing) Forty Ibrahims of the Turkish tribe, forty Ibrahims of the Turks, 'Efer of the Gesyan...
(Singing) Sifukê... ser bipora, digo ji 'eşîra Eceman e... (Singing) Sifuk... with the long hair, he said he is from the tribe of Persians...
(Singing) Em ke da kevne herbê wanana, hem natim hêrişê xwe didine ser me, li dunya derewana... (Singing) Let us fall into their war, they all give their attack upon us, in this lying world...
(Singing) Em ke da kevne herbê wanana, înşallah em ê bişkênin herbê wanana... (Singing) Let us fall into their war, God willing we will break their war...
(Singing) Wey... bavik bidengekî ban dikir, dibê Derwêş yawrum dilê min leyana... (Singing) Oh... the father called out with a voice, saying Derwêş, my child, my heart is burning...
(Singing) Ez berî te, min sî û pênc sala herb dikir, bi Tirk û Ereb û Eceman ra, li dunya derewana... (Singing) Before you, I fought for thirty-five years, with Turks and Arabs and Persians, in this lying world...
(Singing) Mije... dug didana, berqûnikê 'urcê romana, lê xistine şûr û mertalana... ber û vegerandine mertalana... (Singing) Fog... was striking, the lightning of the Roman attack, they struck swords and shields... turning back the shields...
(Singing) Tim gidî dane, berqûnikê 'ercê romana... (Singing) Always giving trouble, the lightning of the Roman attack...
(Singing) Cara... et qemîşê nebûm, min lê nedixist bi pozê romana... (Singing) Sometimes... I wasn't able, I didn't strike with the tip of the spear...
(Singing) Gelî starê rebbil 'alemê... we jî ke da kevne va derana... (Singing) Oh protector, Lord of the worlds... you too fall into these places...
(Singing) Wey... wexta wargî dibê, dayika Derwêş ban dike, dibê Evdî dilê min leyana... (Singing) Oh... when she says this, Derwêş's mother calls out, saying Evdî my heart is burning...
(Singing) Hey mala teneket o, bi te va dikevine heft bavana... win gi dimrin di şerr û de'wana... (Singing) Oh ruined house, with you fall seven ancestors... you all die in wars and feuds...
(Singing) Tike, bi zoyî biçîş çêlike şêra, şên bike, kû... turba... kelikê turbana... (Singing) Do it, go quickly lion cub, populate the... tomb... the dome of the tombs...
(Singing) Berde serewana... bila her tê kevne herbê girana... (Singing) Let go of their heads... let them fall into the heavy war...
(Singing) Belkî bişkênin Tirk û Ereb û Eceman e... Ez a tqena bikim, lîl û zelexîtan e... (Singing) Maybe they will break the Turks and Arabs and Persians... I will make the ululations of joy...
(Singing) Allah, starê rebbil 'alemê, wextê wargî dibê, hewa disuwar dibin le hespan e, da dikevine... 'ardê bini malan... digo laşê... Dawûd û şê girana... (Singing) Allah, protector, Lord of the worlds, when she says this, they mount the horses, falling into... the land below the houses... he said the body of... David and the heavy sheikhs...
(Singing) Go yawrim didane, berqûnikê 'ercê romana, mis dikirne sê şeqana... (Singing) He said my child they struck, the lightning of the Roman attack, they made it into three parts...
(Singing) Şeqak dida ber xo hetanî binanya Bexdayê, şeqek dida ber xo hetanî b'Tehranê... (Singing) One part took itself all the way to the foothills of Baghdad, one part took itself all the way to Tehran...
(Singing) Şeqê dudiyê mi dida ber qunkê 'urcê romana, diçûye Stenbolê ra, mi derbas dikir, dida ber 'urcê romana... (Singing) The second part I took before the lightning of the Roman attack, it went via Istanbul, I passed it, placed it before the Roman attack...
(Singing) Qîz û bûkê Stenbolya qaf û feda kirin, dibû lîle lîle, 'eyş û 'weşana, digo Allah ya rebbîm hege miradê kî mera qebûl bike... (Singing) The girls and brides of Istanbul sacrificed themselves, there were ululations, life and pleasure, saying Allah, oh my Lord, if you accept anyone's wish for us...
(Singing) Bila bibe, li feyakî wekî vana, wey lo... Wey lo, lo wey lo... (Singing) Let it be, on a hero like these ones, oh lo... Oh lo, lo oh lo...
(Singing) Allah t'heqa camêra hinda neke, wey lo... (Singing) May Allah not lose the right of the brave men, oh lo...
Ay, her bijî staro. De ka... ka tu jî bêje, lê vegerîne. Ay, long live star. Come on... you sing too, reply to him.
Ez nizanim... wekî wînî... I don't know... like him...
Ka tiyê xwe bêje. Sing your own part.
Bese, kîye xwa dibêm. Erê. Enough, I will say my own. Yes.
(Singing) Go Edûla Îskan Paşa, mla sibê rabû ji xew... (Singing) She said, Adula of Iskan Pasha, the shoulder rose from sleep in the morning...
(Singing) Go anê, dilê min leyana... anê dilê min leyana, dilê min leyana... (Singing) She said mother, my heart is burning... mother my heart is burning, my heart is burning...
(Singing) Go Adûla Îskan Paşê, sibê da bala xo dayê... seke temaa suwarekî tê ye ji wê da... (Singing) Adula of Iskan Pasha said, in the morning she looked out... look, a horseman is coming from over there...
(Singing) Ja bal û zêna xo dayê, go anê geze nizanim suwarê min xêr e, hat wanê... suwarê min dilkum e, dilcem e, geze nizanim xêr e... (Singing) She gave her attention and mind, she said mother I don't know if my horseman is okay, he came... my horseman is sad, is gathered, I don't know if it is good...
(Singing) Anê geze nizanim xêr e... (Singing) Mother, I don't know if it is good...
(Singing) Anê go geze zanibim... ji hêl û hûndira suwêr e... (Singing) Mother said if I knew... from the inside and outside of the horseman...
(Singing) Geze nizanim jimjim e, şemayî ba qeyêr e... (Singing) If I don't know the whisper, the smell of the wind is cold...
(Singing) Go ez ê daketim, tema geze zanibim jimjim şemayî ba qeyêr e... (Singing) She said I went down, to see if I could know the whisper, the smell of the wind is cold...
(Singing) Ez ê daketim bajarê me yê Helebê, ser bî te ra... (Singing) I went down to our city of Aleppo, over the well...
(Singing) Ez ê tema beregya kêra qelemteraşê, bikşînim li tiliya gustîla, zibazinê destana... (Singing) I will look at the knife sharpener, pull the ring from the finger, the bracelets of the hands...
(Singing) Geze tê natevedan, ez ê lêxim li toqa gerdena zêr e... (Singing) If you do not move, I will strike the golden necklace collar...
(Singing) Ez ê hêja di wanê delalê mala bavê xo ra çêkim, qeyarekî ji toqa zêr e... (Singing) I will still make for the dear one of my father's house, a belt from the golden collar...
Ay, her bijî jwara! Ay, long live to you both!
Spas. Thanks.
Belê temaşevanên hêja, li vir jî em gihîştin dawiya xeleka xwe. Yes dear viewers, here we have reached the end of our episode.
Ji gundê Baflûnê em ba ra bûn. We were with you from the village of Baflûn.
Me dîroka gundê Baflûnê naskir. Me 'urf û 'adetê cejnê naskir. We got to know the history of the village of Baflûn. We got to know the customs and traditions of the feast.
Ez jî dibêjim, cejna we hemûyan pîroz be. I also say, may the feast be blessed for all of you.
Ka heya bernameyek din, li gundekî din... Em ê dîsa ba ra bin. Until another program, in another village... We will be with you again.