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Belê temaşevanên hêja, îro em li gundekî nû ne. Yes dear viewers, today we are in a new village.
Ji navçeya Şera me berê xwe da gundê Be'rava. Na emê derbasî gundê Be'rava bibin. From the Shera district, we headed to the village of Ba'rava. No, we will cross into the village of Ba'rava.
Ev gundê Be'rava jî gundekî gelekî xweş e. Hafi wî çay e. Jêrî wî av e. This village of Ba'rava is also a very nice village. Its side is a stream. Below it is water.
Ev ava jî ji Bakurê Kurdistanê tê. Lê gundin hene cîranê gundê Be'rava ne, This water comes from Northern Kurdistan. But there are villages that are neighbors to Ba'rava,
wek gundê Qerqîna heye, gundê Meydankê heye, gundê Çema heye, gundê Derwîş heye. like the village of Qerqîna, the village of Meydankê, the village of Chema, the village of Derwîş.
Ka em derbasî vî gundî bin, em çanda vî gundî nas bikin, em dîroka vî gundî nas bikin. Let us enter this village, let us get to know the culture of this village, let us get to know the history of this village.
Emê bibînin ji wextê xweş me ra derbas bikin. We shall see, have a good time with us.
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Berava, bi zimanê gelêrî jê re dibêjin Be'rava. Berava, in the colloquial language they call it Ba'rava.
Ligora çavkaniyên welatiyên gund, tê wateya gundê li ber avê. According to sources from the village citizens, it means the village by the water.
Gundê ku di binraxê çiyayekî de û di hembêza tepekî de bicih bûye, di hembêza gulê pal vedaye. The village which is situated at the foot of a mountain and in the embrace of a hill, has rested in the embrace of the rose.
Rûniştgeha wê bedew dide gola Meydankê û çiyayên derhûle. Its beautiful settlement overlooks the Meydankê lake and the surrounding mountains.
Beriya avakirina bendava Meydankê ev gund bikanî bûn ku ji gelî û newalan diherikîn, dengîn bû. Before the construction of the Meydankê dam, this village was famous for the springs flowing from the valleys and ravines.
Û tana ha jî stranên kaniyan di pêsîra xozaya şêrîn de bizîzbûnekê têvel didome. And until now, the songs of the springs continue with a distinct ringing in the bosom of sweet nature.
Ev gund li aliyê bakur a kantona Efrînê dikeve. This village is located in the northern side of the Afrin canton.
Gundê ku ji sed malî pêk tê, bi 21 kîlometreyan ji Efrînê dûr dikeve. The village, which consists of a hundred houses, lies 21 kilometers away from Afrin.
Her wiha bi 5 kîlometreyan jî ji navçeya Şera dûr dikeve. Likewise, it lies 5 kilometers away from the district of Shera.
Hêjayî gotinê ye ku ji ber nêzîkbûna vî gundî ji golê û hebûna çiyayên derhûle, heyameke cûdahî hewaya deverên din yên Efrînê were aferandin. It is worth mentioning that due to the proximity of this village to the lake and the existence of the surrounding mountains, a climate different from the weather of other areas of Afrin is created.
Û bi dirêjiya demsalan jî heyameke şilayî peyda dibe. Ev heyam jî bikêrî çandiniyê tê. And throughout the seasons, a humid climate appears. This climate is suitable for agriculture.
Ji ber hewaya xweş, mirov hertim payîdar... Çanda gundan xwedî mûreke resen e. Because of the nice weather, one is always enduring... The culture of the villages possesses an authentic stamp.
Taradeyekê xwe parastiye û kevneşopiyên xwe jî di xelekeke hezkirinê de bicih kiriye. To an extent, it has preserved itself and placed its traditions in a circle of love.
Bavê Emîn jî bi moral û heviyên germ çîlê dîrok û ardingariya gundê xwe dike. Bavê Emîn also, with morale and warm hopes, narrates the history and geography of his village.
Ku çawa gundî di hembêza germ rewşenbîr, hunermend aferandine. How the villagers, in a warm embrace, created intellectuals and artists.
Zêdekî wê jî di derbarê navandina gund de wisa dibêje. Furthermore, regarding the naming of the village, he says the following.
Belê temaşevanên hêja, em derbasî gundê Be'rava bûn. Ev dîmenên we dîtin, ev dîmenên gundê Be'rava bûn. Yes dear viewers, we entered the village of Ba'rava. These scenes you saw, these were scenes of the village of Ba'rava.
Nah jî em li orta gund rûniştine. Berê li vir delîv hebû. De nah jî delîv nemaye. Now too we are sitting in the middle of the village. Formerly there was a gathering spot here. Well now the gathering spot doesn't remain.
Nah gund hemû hatine derdora me rûniştine. Lê emê ji Bavê Emîn bipirsin, ev gunda kengî ava bûye? Now the whole village has come and sat around us. But we will ask Bavê Emîn, when was this village built?
Merheba. Hello.
Merheba ehlen we sehlen. Hello and welcome.
Jiberî giyê em bi xêrhatina we dikin û qenata Ronahî jî em dikin. First of all, we welcome you and the Ronahi channel.
Û hevalên ku me ikar û xebat dikin ji vê bernameyê ra, ewa jî em dikin. And the comrades who work and labor for us for this program, [we welcome] them too.
Û em bi xêrhatina gundê xwe jî dikin, di halekî hana da, bi hezkirineke hana, li ser hevdu kom bibin. And we welcome our village [villagers] too, in a situation like this, with a love like this, to gather together.
Bavê Emîn, ev gundê we çiqas mal e? Bavê Emîn, how many houses is this village of yours?
Dora sed malî heye. There are around a hundred houses.
Ji kengî da ava bûye? Çend sal ava bûye? Since when was it built? How many years has it been built?
Dora sê sed sal heye. It's been around three hundred years.
Sê sed sal da ev gunda ava bûye? This village has been built for three hundred years?
E... Berê li cindê bû, lê destpêkê da gund li ber avê bûye. Yes... Before it was on the rise, but in the beginning the village was by the water.
Destpêkê da li ber avê bûye. In the beginning it was by the water.
Navê gundê we çi wateyê dide? What meaning does the name of your village give?
Navê gundê me... bi avê tê naskirin. Vêra navê xwe dibêjin Berava. Li ber avê ye. Our village name... is known by the water. Therefore they say its name is Berava. It is by the water.
Yek şolîkî da ava Efrînê di ber ra derbas dibe. For one thing, the Afrin river passes by it.
Wa didiyê, kaniyê berê lê hebûn û pir bûn, heta neha jî gelîkî li vê derê, jê re dibêjin Gelyê Sîmanê. The second, springs formerly existed and were many, until now also a valley here, they call it the Valley of Siman.
Gelyê Sîmanê ji ber wê avê hingî darê xwe pir in. The Valley of Siman, because of that water, back then its trees were many.
Ev dûr e? Is this far?
Na, dorê du kîlometir ji vê derê dûr daye. No, it is around two kilometers far from here.
Di navbera we û kîjan gundan e? Between you and which villages is it?
Mabera me û gundê Umera ye. Between us and the village of Umera.
Ji ber darên xwe pirrin di wî gelî da, av têda heye, nav lê kirine Gelyê Sîmanê. Ruyê nedaê, rû têda xuyan nedhat. Because its trees are many in that valley, there is water in it, they named it the Valley of Siman. The sun didn't strike it, the sun wasn't visible in it.
Asiyet xwe pir bûn, gotin Gelyê Sîmanê têda mane. Gelyê Sîmanê. Its fortifications were many, they said the Siman Valley remained in it. Siman Valley.
Ji ber wê, vê gundê jî bi navê avê hat naskirin. Because of that, this village was also known by the name of water.
Yanê navê gundê we ne Be'rava ye, navê wî Berava ye. Meaning your village name isn't Ba'rava, its name is Berava.
Ber avê. Jê re dibêjin Ber avê. Ber avê [By the water]. They call it Ber avê.
Ya ev navê ji ku hat Ba'rava? So where did this name Ba'rava come from?
Be'rava... wek tê naskirin, kûda herre yanê ku hakimdar, desthilatdar, bi zimanekî dibû, bi seqafetekî dibû, bi çandekî dibû, buxara wê tiştî li wî derê diçiniye. Ba'rava... as it is known, wherever you go, meaning if a ruler, authority, was of a language, of a culture, of a tradition, the essence of that thing is planted in that place.
Wek cotarîk çûte erdê xwe diçiniye, genim diçîne, nûk diçîne, hewake derkeve. Ji ber wê seqafetê hat, we herfa 'eyn' ji seqafa Erebî ket navê vî gundî. Like a farmer goes to his land and plants, plants wheat, plants chickpeas, an atmosphere emerges. Because of that culture coming, that letter 'ayn' from Arab culture entered the name of this village.
Ji ber çiqas sal ji herê, ewê werê naskirin di wî tiştî da, di wê herfê da, lê seqafetk hat vî derê, çandk hat vî derê, desthilatdar bû, xezûkir bû. Seqafeta kevin dikuje. Because no matter how many years pass, it will be known in that thing, in that letter, but a culture came here, a tradition came here, was authoritative, was invasive. It kills the old culture.
Piştî Xweseriya Demokrat hat avakirin, navê gundê me hat guhertin li esasê Berava sekinî. After Democratic Autonomy was established, the name of our village was changed [restored], it stood on the basis of Berava.
Û vê gunda jî xwendavanê xwe hene. Û mecalê xwe di fena da, di kelamê da, ji kevin da hene. And this village has its students. And its opportunities in arts, in words, exist from old times.
Yek ji wan xwendavanê hûr û kûr kêleka me ye, muhendis e. Nave Gênc e, Me'nan Behrî ye. One of those profound students is beside us, is an engineer. His name is Gênc, Me'nan Behrî.
Tixtor têda hene, muhamî têda hene. Û vê gunda piriya xwe tê naskirin bi hezkirinê, bi exlaqê, bi ehteramê xwe ji xerîba ra dikin. Doctors are in it, lawyers are in it. And this village, the majority of it is known for love, for morality, for the respect they show to strangers.
Nanê xwe erzan e, bes bi xwe buha ne. Their bread is cheap, but they are valuable themselves.
Û vê gunda sê şehîd dane. Didu ji malekê ne û yek ji malekê, ji aîla Mist Xelîl a. And this village has given three martyrs. Two are from one house, and one from a house, from the Mist Xelîl family.
Te behsa dibistanê kir. Ev dibistana gundê we ji kengî da ava bûye? You mentioned the school. Since when was this school of your village built?
Bixwe dibên di neh sed û pêncî û yeka da hatiye avakirin. They themselves say it was built in nineteen fifty-one.
Û ba'dî dibistanê, berî dibistanê hîn xoce hebûn li vî derê dixwendin didan. And after the school... before the school, there were still Hodjas here giving lessons.
Ji gundê we bûn mela? Were the Mullahs from your village?
Mela ji vî gundî ceme Qerqîna bû. Vêra digotin Şêx Elî, di sox be rehmetî bûye. The Mullah from this village was from Qerqîna. They called him Sheikh Ali, may he be blessed, he is deceased.
Teke, behs tê ne, insanê me yên şêst salî û pêncî salî û heftê salî, vana giştika li ber xoce xwendiye. Only, it is mentioned, our people of sixty years and fifty years and seventy years, all of these studied before the Hodja.
Erê berî dibistan tenê bû? Yes, before the school it was only [that]?
Piştî dibistan çêbû şûnda, dibistan... yumkin ji gundê tewrî silef di menqitê da... After the school was built, the school... maybe of the earliest villages in the region...
...yanî em nabên ê tewrî silef e, bes ji gundê tewrî silef têda dibistan ava bû. ...meaning we don't say the very earliest, but of the earliest villages, a school was built in it.
Ev derdora we? These surroundings of yours?
Hê. Ji Gobelekê, ji gundê Dêwrîş, Nazan, nizanim ji kudê, dihatin li vî derê dixwendin mektebê. Yes. From Gobelek, from the village of Dêwrîş, Nazan, I don't know from where, they used to come here to study at the school.
Ji Çema dihatin li vî derê dibistana vî gundî dixwendin. From Chema they used to come here to study at the school of this village.
Yanî ji kevin da ye ev dibistana. Û pir hene yanî gihiştin merhelen bilind jî bi xwendinê li vî derê xwendibûn û hana kiribûn û car carna em dibînin ji me ra xeber didin. Meaning this school is from old times. And there are many, meaning they reached high levels through education, had studied here and done so, and sometimes we see they talk to us.
Yanî heba ji berî emrê me heye. Meaning the affection exists from before our age.
Bavê mino, na me behsa... ka em behsa malbata jî bikin. My father, now we mentioned... let us mention the families too.
Na ev gundê we çend malbat têda hene? Now how many families are in this village of yours?
Gundê me teqrîben dora deh-dwazdeh malbat têda hene. Our village, approximately around ten-twelve families are in it.
Destpêkê vî gundî kî avakir? In the beginning, who built this village?
Destpêkê vî gundî tê naskirin dibên mala Koşê. In the beginning of this village, it is known, they say the Koşê house.
Yan dwazdeh malbat in? Ka navê van malbatan bêje ji me ra. So they are twelve families? Say the names of these families for us.
Navê wê malbatna... malbata silef a di vî gundî da dibên malbata Mist Xelîl a. The name of those families... the predecessor family in this village, they say is the family of Mist Xelîl.
Dudu ra dibên a Çawîşxûla. Secondly, they say that of Çawîşxûla.
Dudu ra dibên a... Seydê Simo. Secondly they say that of... Seydê Simo.
Dudu ra a Hec Bekria tê. Secondly that of Hec Bekria comes.
Dudu ra a mala Alî Welî bi mala Jinabî ye tê naskirin û paşê hat. Secondly that of the house of Alî Welî, with the house of Jinabî it is known, and it came later.
Na mala Jinabî em nabên mala Jinabî, mala Alî Welî. Now the house of Jinabî, we don't say house of Jinabî, [but] house of Alî Welî.
Û dudu ra aîla... mala Qençû. Mala Reşê. And secondly the family... house of Qençû. House of Reşê.
Mala Reşîtê... mala Reşîtê Vebecê. House of Reşîtê... house of Reşîtê Vebecê.
Dibên aîla Şêx Hemê. Yanî gelek aîle hene, bes niha hinek jî ji wan hene kes ji wan li vir nemaye. They say the family of Şêx Hemê. Meaning there are many families, but now some of them too exist, no one from them remains here.
Mala Dînik hene. Aîla Tirk Arif heye. Yanî pir jî ji wan hene, na hûrû li vî derê nemane. House of Dînik exists. Family of Tirk Arif exists. Meaning there are many of them, now few remain here.
Derketin bi çûn bajar û pijiqiyan û her yek li darekê da çû. They left, going to the city and scattered, and everyone went to a place.
Na, ezê bêjim... Ev delîbe hatibû amadekirin ji bo haceta gundiyan. No, I will say... This stone roller was prepared for the needs of the villagers.
Berî wî wextî, ev delîbe wa çi dikir? Ka ji me re li ser vê delîbê bêje. Before that time, what did this roller do? Tell us about this roller.
Va delîba hatibû amadekirin ji haceta gundiyan. This roller was prepared for the needs of the villagers.
Va gunda ji berê, wek hûr û bulxurî hazir, li sûk û dera nedihat firotin. This village in the past... things like crushed wheat and prepared bulgur were not sold in markets or other places.
Diçûn dexle xwe diçiniyan, dişûştin. They would go harvest their crops and wash them.
Danîn dihatin mal, hişk dikirin. Danîn ser vê delîbê, dikutan. The grains would come home, they would dry them. They would put them on this roller and crush them.
Haşa, dewarek dikirine, dore radiftiliyan. Vê kevirê diftilan, diftilandin... With respect, they would hitch a beast of burden to it and circle around. They would rotate this stone, rotate it...
Heta qalik jê dibû. Ku qalik jê dibû, dibirin ba dikirin, pak dikirin. Until the husk came off. When the husk came off, they would take it to winnow it and clean it.
Dibirin destar, danîn dihatin dihêran. They would take it to the hand-mill, the grain would come and they would grind it.
Û derdikirin, didan mal, dikirin dendika. And they would extract it, take it home, and make it into kernels.
Manê ji zivistanê were heta bi salê din, ew zexîreyê wane. Meaning, from the coming winter until the next year, that was their food storage.
Wa xwarinê wane, bulxur e, simît e, çi ye... dimalda bê, hacet nebe. That was their food... bulgur, fine groats, whatever it is... it should be in the house, so there is no need [to go out].
Rûbirû nere, negere. Neha ew tişta tina bîra me naytîne. So one doesn't have to face [hardship], doesn't have to wander. Now, those things are not... it doesn't bring it to our memory.
Tiştine wek çi, însan gerek ji qalibê xwe dernekeve. Gerek ji axa xwe dernekeve. Things like... a human should not leave their mold. Should not leave their soil.
Te ne qesta te... te çi digot? Meriv gerek dest ji axa xwe bernede? You didn't mean... what were you saying? One shouldn't give up their land?
Ekîd, hebûna me ro axa me ye. Mako însan ji axê ye. Certainly, our existence today is our land. Since humans are from soil.
Em ji xatira te tiştek dixwazin. Spas. We want to ask something for your sake. Thank you.
Ew jî xweş, Xwedê ji we razî be. Û Xwedê we ji me ra bêle. You are welcome, may God be pleased with you. And may God keep you for us.
Û carna carna dên, em hevdu bibînin. Û înşallah hêj hûn xweşiktir bibin. And come visit occasionally so we can see each other. And God willing, may you become even better.
Kurd xwedî kelepûr û çandeke dêrîn û dewlemend e. Kurds possess a heritage and a culture that is ancient and rich.
Civakbûyîne ji gundan destpêkiriye, lê çanda bajar, gundî ji wan kevineşopiyan bidûrxistiye. Socialization began in the villages, but city culture has distanced the villagers from those ancient traditions.
Delûb, lê berê wî sûqî bû. The roller, in the past, was the market.
Wîsan Apê Mihemed, ked û kizaba pêşiyên Kurdan û kevineşopiyên wan tîne ziman. Like this, Uncle Mohammed articulates the labor and toil of Kurdish ancestors and their traditions.
Merheba. Hello.
Merhebtên. Hello to you too.
Tu baş î? Are you well?
Mihemed. Mohammed.
Apê Mihemed, ka ji me ra piçik li ser vê delîbê deng ke. Uncle Mohammed, talk to us a little bit about this roller.
Li ser vê delîbê, hişta berê ptar digo sûqî bû. Sûqî nema. About this roller... back then they mostly said it was the "market" [center of production]. There is no "market" anymore.
Yanî berî delîb... sûqî hebû? Kargeh hebû? Meaning before the roller... there was a market? There was a workshop?
Kargeh hebû. Û dida hatin, jin û mêra, hişta hildidan, dadixistin, lê dikutan, hew bulxurê xwe dikutan. There was a workshop. And they would come, men and women, they would lift it, lower it, crush with it; they only crushed their bulgur.
Kargeh çawa çêdibû? Mezin bû? Çi bû? How was the workshop made? Was it big? What was it?
Sûqî welle hana mezin bû. Teqrîben tenekok bulxur dikete. The "market" [processing floor] was this big. Approximately a tin [unit of measure] of bulgur would go in.
Tenekok bulxur dikete, dikutan, derdikirin. Û dibirin ba dikirin. A tin of bulgur would go in, they crushed it, extracted it. And they took it to winnow it.
Na, tenê... ev sîqema [sîstema] nema cjar? No, just... does this system not exist anymore at all?
Ev sûqa nema. Hew paşê çûbû, rabû gund pir bûn. This "market" is gone. It just went away later; the village became crowded.
Derbûn, rabûn mesere çêkirin. They went out and built a threshing/crushing floor.
Mesere çêkirin, rabûn çi kirine? Dewar kirine. They built a crushing floor, then what did they do? They used livestock.
Dor lê kirine. Dorkî hana qolûş kirine, û bargir kirine. They circled it. They made a circle like this, peeled it, and hitched a horse/mule to it.
Û bargir jî rabû çavê gi... danî ne li berê didan. And the horse stood up... they placed the grain in front of it.
Yanî wek vê delîbê çêdikirin? So they made it like this roller?
Erê. Yes.
Lê kû bû? Mesere li kû bû? But where was it? Where was the crushing floor?
Mesere dere han e. Wana rabû hano bulxur çêdikirin. Desta carna ber didan. Diftilî, dûr çêr ma? The crushing floor is over there. Like that, they made bulgur. Sometimes they pushed with hands. It rotated... did it stay far?
Dewar diftilî heya... The animal rotated until...
Yanî kefro... we li vêr girêdidan? Meaning the stone... you tied it here?
Kevir... girêdidan vê derê. Û bergî diftilan. The stone... they tied it here. And they rotated the horse.
Ev çend kes bûn? How many people were there?
Welle, me hekî yekî tenê, bes yek bû. Well, we... just one person, only one was there.
Yek tenê? Just one?
Yekî tenê. Bergî şipiya hano diftilî. Min jî dûv re diftilî. Bulxur derdixist. Just one person. The horse stood like this and rotated. I rotated after it. It extracted the bulgur.
Û hinekan jî çêdikir ber. Hinek derdixist, hinek çêdikir ber. And some people prepared it in front. Some extracted it, some prepared it in front.
Heta temam bû. Temam bû, orta çûbû, orta pirçûk da. Pirçûk da, digo orta temam bû. Until it was finished. When it was finished, the middle was gone, it yielded husks/bran. When it yielded husks, they said the middle is done.
Ê kîjanê tehmî xweş bû? So which one tasted good?
Ev xweş e? Ew destara xweş bû? Is this one good? Was that hand-mill good?
Ew destarê tehmî xweş e... eger ew nabe. That hand-mill tasted good... if that isn't available.
Sûqî xweş bû? Kîjan bû? Was the "market" [old mill] good? Which one was it?
E tewî rind, kîjan bû? The one that was very good, which one was it?
E tewî baş. The very best one.
E hewa sûqî, dikuta şûnda se. E kî belkî kuderê bînin? Xîç ew destara tine bû. That "market" one, it crushed on the spot. Where would they bring [a better one]? There was no hand-mill like that at all.
E tewî rind kîjan bû? E tewî baş? Which was the very best one? The very best?
Ewa bulxur rind bû, hişta kevir... That bulgur was good, still the stone...
Herî baş hebû? Was it the best?
Herî baş bû. It was the best.
Erê, hewa me çêdikir ber. Û xwe dikutan. Weqtek pirçûk da se, orta dibirin diro, digo ev şil e. Bila hişk bibe. Yes, that one we prepared in front. And they crushed it themselves. When it yielded bran/husks, they took the middle out, said "this is wet." Let it dry.
Ziya dikir, pişta wî da hêran. They dried it, then ground it.
Baş e, mala te ava. Okay, thank you (may your house be prosperous).
Baş e, dilê min. Sax bibî. O her kes tê vir, bi ser çavê min. Okay, my dear. Be healthy. And everyone who comes here, upon my eyes (welcome).
Berava ji mêla çandiniyê ve, bi gelemperî bi zeytûnan navdar e. The irrigated land, in terms of agriculture, is generally famous for olives.
Cure zeytûnên ku li vî gundî bi piranî hene: Zeytî, Xelxalî, û cureyekî din jî bi navê Sûranî heye. The olive varieties that mostly exist in this village: Zeyti, Khelkhali, and another variety named Surani exists.
Berî niha bi çend salan, erdên niştecîhên gund ji hêla rejîmê ve ji bo avakirina bendavê bêbaha û rayegan hate desteser kirin. Several years ago, the lands of the village residents were seized by the regime for the construction of a dam, without value and for free.
Û ta niha jî, çavên wan hertim bi hesret ji bo zeytûnên ku bi destê bav û pîrên wan hatibûn çandin, û yên ku dibin gola mezin de mane, şopyar in. And until now, their eyes are always longing for the olives that were planted by the hands of their fathers and elders, and those that remain under the great lake, they are tracing them.
Ne tenê nehiştin ku gundî bahaya zeytûnan bidestxînin, wan nehişt ku li havînan jî ji bo avkirina zevî û mêrgên xwe jî sûdê ji golê wergirin. Not only did they not let the villagers receive the value of the olives, they did not let them benefit from the lake in the summers to irrigate their fields and meadows.
Wesa û jin, dastaneke bêdawî di her quncikekî vî gundî de, çîrokên hezar sal û sal veşartî maye. Like this and the woman, an endless epic in every corner of this village, stories of a thousand years and years remain hidden.
Vaye dayîka heft zarokan, ji sirûştê debarê zar û zîçên xwe dike, û bi hêna şîva xwe, kolan gîdok gîdok digerîne. Bi dilşadî û kêmeke şermûk, wosan vedibêje. Here is a mother of seven children, she makes a living for her children from nature, and with the scent of her dinner, she roams the streets alley by alley. With happiness and a little shyness, she speaks like this.
Merheba. Hello.
Ehlen we sehlen, merhebtên. Welcome, hello to you too.
Quwet be, seheta xweş. Strength to you, good health.
Serê te xweş. Ehlen we sehlen. Health to your head. Welcome.
Tu çi xwarinê çêdikî? What food are you making?
Welle ez xwarina Gêrmiyanîskê çêdikim. Well, I am making Germiyanisk stew.
Vêr dibêjin Gêrmiyanîsk? Do they call it Germiyanisk here?
Hê. Yes.
Ê naho serma ye? So isn't it cold now?
Zivistan e, bela serma be. Rind e, xweş e, derva... sîva me li ber evê xweş e. Rind e ser êr. It's winter, let it be cold. It's fine, it's nice, outside... our dinner in front of this is nice. It's good over the fire.
Yanî ji xwarina ser êr hez dikin? Meaning you like food over the fire?
Agir? Fire?
Hê, hez dikin, ele. Yes, we like it, indeed.
Xweştir dibe? Does it become better?
Lê, xweştir dibe, lê? Xweş e, rind e. Derva xweş e, ser êr. Yes, it becomes better, doesn't it? It's good, it's fine. Outside is nice, over the fire.
Baran jî heye. There is rain too.
Baran jî heye, xweş e. Hesabî mewtî rind e. Kêf e. There is rain too, it's nice. The weather calculation is good. It's fun.
Em di vira derbas bûn, me dît tû xwarinê çêdikî, me got ku em silavekê bidin. We were passing by here, we saw you making food, we said let us give a greeting.
Ehlen we sehlen. Welcome.
Sax bî. Çend zarokên te hene? Be healthy. How many children do you have?
Zarokên min şeş-heft hene. I have six or seven children.
Xwedê ji te ra bêle. May God keep them for you.
Sax bî, Xwedî te ra bêle. Be healthy, may God keep yours for you.
E destê te sax bin. May your hands be healthy.
Her bijî, serê te sax be. Long live, may your head be healthy.
Geliye Sîmanê derhozeya xozaya comerd e. Simane Valley is the cradle of generous nature.
Heke rejîma destmiş, welatiyên berava û cînarên wê ji camêriya xozayê bêpar hiştibin jî... Even if the tight-fisted regime left the citizens of the waterfront and its neighbors deprived of nature's generosity...
kaniya ku ji pêsîra Sîmanê diherike, ji niştecîhên gund û derûdorê ra, fravîneke jêşxweş e. ...the spring that flows from the bosom of Simane is a delightful lunch for the residents of the village and the surroundings.
Sîman, çima wilo hatiye binavkirin? Wosan hate vebêştin. Simane, why was it named like this? It was explained like this.
Temaşevanên hêja, ev Geliye Sîmanê, eh naho jî emê bipirsin, na ev çend kanî li ba we hene? Dear viewers, this is Simane Valley, uh, now we will ask, look, how many springs do you have?
Sê kanî hene. Yek li jor e, yek hev e, yek jî li jêr e. There are three springs. One is up, one is [here], and one is down.
Hav kanîna derin be'rava. These springs go to the irrigated lands.
Tabeen, bedî gi avê hikumetê qut bû... hevo gi bwi yek. Me berda ser henefiya... Of course, after the government water was cut [the project ended/changed]... these all became one. We released it onto the tap...
Xetîra yekê... For the sake of one...
Xetê reîsî teben ev av ji Mologiyê belav dibe. Naturally, the main line, this water is distributed from Mologiya.
Berê va jî û Qerqîna jî. To Ba'rava as well, and Qerqîna too.
Hew jî nefs el emeliye. Li gundê... li Mologiyê belav dibe. It is the same process. It is distributed at the village... at Mologiya.
Yanê ev ava derê du gunda? So this water goes to two villages?
Derê du gunda. Berê va jî û Qerqîna jî. It goes to two villages. To Ba'rava and Qerqîna too.
Ewa çawa çêkirin? No ev derê... derê Henefiya hîne? How did they make it? Now this place... is it still the Tap Water place?
Eva bixwe... ba'dî gi Henefiye hukmetê qut bû... This itself... after the government Tap Water [project] was cut off...
Borî me, xartûm ha didan... Our pipe, we placed a hose there...
Teqrîben bi mesafetê kîlo nîvekê, ew du kîlo, ji vir de heta gund heye. Approximately a distance of a kilometer and a half, or two kilometers, exists from here to the village.
Gund muşerekek kir. The village formed a partnership.
Hev xartûma jî me berda ser Henefiya 'am... xetê reîsî. We connected this hose to the public Tap Water... the main line.
Hew... Henefiya jî li ava Mologiyê belav dibe. And... the Tap Water is also distributed from the Mologiya water.
No ev geliya, navê wê çiye? Haya vir çiqas e heta vî kanî? Now this valley, what is its name? How far is it to this spring?
Ev geliyê Sîmanê, di navbeyna çar gunda da heye. This Sîman Valley is situated between four villages.
Di navbeyna teben... Omer a Jora, Çema... Between naturally... Upper Omer, Çema...
Û Berê va û Qerqîna da. And Ba'rava and Qerqîna.
Yanê navbeyna çar gunda da ye? So it's between four villages?
Navbeyna çar gunda da ye, eve. It's between four villages, yes.
Û dirêjbîniya vê... gelî teqrîben ji vir de heta Berê va, yanî av... And the length of this... valley approximately from here to Ba'rava, meaning the water...
Dorê teqrîben dorê du kîlometir hene. Is around approximately two kilometers.
Ev navê Sîman ji ku hatiye ev gund? Where did this name Sîman come from for this village [valley]?
Eve... Geliyê Sîmanê teben bixwe sî lê pir bû. This... Sîman Valley naturally itself had a lot of shade [sî].
Dar pir bûn, sî pir bû. Trees were many, shade was plenty.
Yanî roj diçû û sî jî lê dima. Meaning the sun would move and the shade would remain there.
Wî iştî 'Sî-man'. For that reason 'Sî-man' [Shade-remained].
Û teben naskirina vî gelî bixwe... And naturally the recognition of this valley itself...
Yanê mişmiş lê hene, hinar lê hene... Meaning there are apricots, pomegranates...
Sêv lê heye... There are apples...
Dorê qewaxê der diçandin, hew jî lê hene. Around the poplars they planted, those are there too.
Û bexçe jî berê vê lê diçandin. And gardens were planted here before.
Yanê... bi vî tonî tê naskirin Geliyê Sîmanê. Meaning... Sîman Valley is known in this way.
Noh navberê vir û gundê Çemo... pir nêzîk e ez zanim? Now between here and Çemo village... it's very close I know?
Ma navbeyna vir û gundê Çemo va teqrîben dorê pênc sed mitir... yanê heye. Between here and Çemo village approximately around 500 meters... meaning it exists.
Irtîfaê vê... daketandinê vê gelî teqrîben... The altitude of this... descent of this valley approximately...
Yanê çar sed mitir kûrbûna xwe heye. Meaning it has a depth of 400 meters.
Te spas dikim. I thank you.
Spasiya te. Û serkeftin ji Kobanê re û her çar parçeyê Kurdistan. Thank you. And success to Kobane and all four parts of Kurdistan.
Çîrok û lehengiyên pêşiyan di guhên neviyan de maye. Stories and heroisms of ancestors have remained in the ears of the grandchildren.
Ramazan yek ji wan neviyan e ku di derbarê şikeftan de hin agahî bi dest xistine. Ramazan is one of those grandchildren who has obtained some information regarding caves.
Wisa dibêje... He says as such...
Temaşevanên hêja, di vî gundî da jî tiştin balkêş hene, şikeft hene... Dear viewers, in this village there are interesting things, there are caves...
Li naha jî Apê Remezan li kêlek me ye. Emê bipirsin. Merheba. Right now Uncle Remezan is beside us. We will ask. Hello.
Ahlen we sehlan, merheba. Welcome, hello.
Ev çend şikeft li ba we hene? How many caves do you have here?
Şeş hene... Şeş şikeft hene. There are six... There are six caves.
Li kû derin? Ev şikefta di naha vê em li ber ra berê devê şikeftê kin... Where are they? This cave right now that we are in front of facing the mouth of the cave...
Evê şikeftê... Mala Ehmedê Şêx vêra dibên. This cave... They call it the House of Ahmed the Sheikh.
Çima dibêjinê mala Şêx yanê? Why do they call it the House of the Sheikh?
Yanê ew têda rûniştibû berê vê. Meaning he lived in it before this.
Hewşa xwe li vir bû, li vî derî... His courtyard was here, at this place...
Pezê xwe hebû, li vir rûniştibûn. He had his livestock, they lived here.
Tê naskirin bi şikefta Mala Şêx? It is known as the Cave of the Sheikh's Family?
Mala Şêx. Erê walla. Sheikh's Family. Yes, by God.
Noh şeş şikeft in. Ê din li kû derin? Now there are six caves. Where are the others?
Ê din yek li mala Sefer, li dera hanê... ve di bin serî girki heye. The other one at Sefer's house, over there... down below the hillock.
Û yekê Hecî Arif, ardê qose vêra dibêjin heye. And one of Hecî Arif, they call it the bald land.
Yekê mala Reşê... Mala Nesîb heye... One of Reşê's family... Nesîb's family has one...
Hew jî... xerbi gunda. That too... west of the village.
Hew jî mezin in? Are those big too?
Ne mezin in, hew no... hew bes hew jê giyan mezintir e. Not big, those now... that one is just bigger than all of them.
Noh evê Wagûd... ji vir heya gundê Çemo dere? Now this Wagûd [valley]... does it go from here to Çemo village?
Wagûd. Wagûd.
Ev... ji vir heya gundê Çemo jî du kîlometir hene? This... from here to Çemo village is it 2 km?
Meznê xwe bîst in. Yanê dihatin, diketin, diçûn... Its main ones are twenty. Meaning they came, went down, went...
Ew derê sûqî diketan, his dihat. They went down to the market place, sound came up.
Bixwe jî heketa mi... yanê açime hetanî vî derna. Itself too in my story... I went until this place.
Têda wûde hene, sarînc heye... There are rooms inside, there is a cistern...
Memer heye... There is a passage...
Av têda heye? Is there water in it?
Av têda heye. Bes sarînc heye... There is water in it. But there is a cistern...
De zemanê... têda av vedixwarin, çû digirin senizim. In the time... they drank water in it, went and fetched it I don't know.
Em berê milet vir da jiyan dikir? Ev miletê gundî berê vir jiyan nedikir? Di vê şikeftê da? Did people live here before? Didn't the village people live here before? In this cave?
Ew... malê he... dibêjim işti hew li vir da bûn. Those... families... I say well they were here.
Di vê şikeftê da jiyan dikirin? They lived in this cave?
Di vê şikeftê da. In this cave.
Û şikeftên din? And the other caves?
Şikeftên din, kes tê tune bûn. The other caves, no one was in them.
Berê kes tê tûne? No one in them before?
Jiyan nedikirin? Didn't live?
Seydî berê piraniya... ev herêma Efrînê... Sir, before, the majority... this Afrin region...
Berê piraniya milet di şikefta da jiyan dikir. Before, the majority of people lived in caves.
Têdî berê ev xaniyê tin hebûn? Yan kêm bûn? Yan jî şikeft bûn? So before were there these houses? Or were they few? Or were they caves?
Yanê şikeft bûn, yan kêm bûn... paşê mezin bûn, bûn hewş, bûn der, şikeft berdan ortê. Meaning they were caves, or they were few... later they grew, became courtyards, became places, they abandoned the caves.
Noh di vê şikeftê da jî... wûde hene? Now inside this cave too... are there rooms?
Wûde hene. There are rooms.
Çend wûde têda hene? How many rooms are in it?
Sê wûde hene. Yanê hewam bixwe dîtî ye. Three rooms are there. Meaning that is what I myself have seen.
Wekî din... xwedê zane. Otherwise... God knows.
Ev sê wûde li vir in? Are these three rooms here?
Li vir in. They are here.
Yanê pir kûr e... pir nêzîk? Meaning very deep... very close?
Û dûr tune çunke... And not far because...
Te haya çiqas diçû mêtir meşiyaye? How many meters did you walk inside?
Heya sê sed mêtir teqrîben em meşiyane. Until 300 meters approximately we walked.
Rê ne qanc bûn yanê... hilweşîbûn pêşiya me de. The path wasn't good meaning... it had collapsed in front of us.
Yanê du kîlomêtir bes te haya sê sed mêtir tu meşiyaye? So two kilometers but you walked until 300 meters?
Kesê gundî we bêtir nemeşiye? Ji vê pirtir nemeşiye? Has no one from your village walked more? More than this?
Ew walla ez nizanim. De zemanê me we digotin. Digot yanê diçûn berî me. Well I don't know. In our time they said so. Said meaning they went before us.
Diçûn hetanî binî Çemo ştê ne... berê got sûqî lê dixistin his dihat. They went until the bottom of Çemo you know... before they said they hit the market, sound came.
Yanê sûqî diketin... Meaning they went down to the market...
Te spas dikim. I thank you.
Tu jî spas be û serkeftin be ji miletê Kurd giyan ra. You be thanked too and success to all the Kurdish people.
Her tiştek bi kedê were bidestxistin, wateyekê di jiyana mirov de dihêle. Everything obtained through labor leaves a meaning in human life.
Jina Kurd a pêşengiya mirovahiyê kiriye, di her kêliyekê de xwe dida naskirin. The Kurdish woman who has pioneered humanity, made herself known in every moment.
Heyat ji pêşiyên xwe fêrî ten-tenê bûye. Heyat learned lacework from her ancestors.
Û bi kêfxweşî raserbûna jinê di vê karî de tîne ziman. And with joy she expresses the mastery of women in this work.
Temaşevanên hêja, noh em derbasî malekê bûn... Dear viewers, now we have entered a house...
Cem xûşka Heyat. At Sister Heyat's.
Xûşka Heyat jî tiştin wiyî balkêş hene, tiştê gunda hene. Merheba. Sister Heyat also has interesting things, village things. Hello.
Ahlen we sehlan, bi selametî. Welcome, safe be.
Berî giya destê te sax bin. Ev tiştê xweşik te çêkiriye? First of all health to your hands. Did you make these beautiful things?
Me bi destê xwe çêkirine erê. We made them with our own hands, yes.
E kê pêşiya te çêdikir? Te ji diya xwe elimî? Who made them before you? Did you learn from your mother?
Dêke me çêdikir. Em ji gundê elimîn. Our mother made them. We learned from the village.
Me ji diya xwe elimî. We learned from our mother.
Me berqîskê xwe jî elimandin... hew jî di elimîn. We taught our 'berqîsk' too... they learned too.
Me tiştekî rind li kuderê didî, me tanî dihat, me jê çêdikir. If we saw something nice somewhere, we brought it, came, and made from it.
Bes me digot em rûniênin yanê... eyb e em xwar rûnin te selemîn pê. But we said let's sit... it's shameful if we sit idle, you know.
Tiştekî turasî yanki... ewa rind e. Something traditional... that is nice.
Evê berê... adetek bû... di her malekê da jine... malan çêdikiran. This before... was a custom... in every house women... made things for homes.
Digoş bu keçka, keçka sibê me bidin... ew cêhêzê wî hazir dikirin. Said for the girl, the girl tomorrow we will give [marry]... they prepared her dowry.
Ê noh ev tişta maye naha? So now has this thing remained now?
Walla noka... haliyen noka nemaye. Well now... currently now it hasn't remained.
Her tiştekî hazir bûye. Li çarşê tê firotan, dikirin. Everything has become ready-made. It is sold in the market, they buy it.
Noka gî hazir e, gî cahiz dikirin. Now all is ready, all buy ready [dowry].
Wesa noka balgiya jî kes çênake. Kûşê hazir... yê di hazir. Like now pillows too no one makes. Ready cushions... ready ones.
Gî tiştî cahiz e. Hazir heye, sûk çarşe heye, hazir e. Kes xwe rehet nake ew noke. All things are ready. Ready exists, market bazaar exists, it's ready. No one troubles themselves now.
Çi ferq navberê yê kevin, ev tiştê me yê noh, û yê ev tiştê nû tê firotan? What is the difference between the old, these things of ours now, and the new things being sold?
Yê kevin tim bi destê merovati çêkirin tim şêrîn e. The old, always made by human hand is always sweet.
Rind e, rehetbûn têda te dî, ked têda heye. It's nice, you see comfort in it, there is labor in it.
Tê derxistiyê, rind e. You brought it out, it's nice.
Bes tiştî cahiz, ne wekî tiştî çêkirin tu bi destê xwe çêkî. But ready stuff, not like the made stuff you make with your hands.
Yanê ev tiştê bi destê meriv meriv çêdike... Meaning this thing by human hand one makes...
Î cahiz pir... ma kinê tê çêkirin. The ready one is very... well made by machines.
E... bes tîcarî ye. Şuxulê xwe tîcarî. Ne wekî yê bi destan tu çêkî, li mal çêkî. Uh... but it's commercial. Its work is commercial. Not like what you make with hands, make at home.
Meselen yê tîcarî çêdikin, destê... dezî xwe qaling e. For example they make commercial ones, the thread... its thread is thick.
Dezî qaling jî, ne rind derdikeve şuxulê xwe... xwe jê xelas dikin. Thick thread too, its work doesn't come out nice... they just rid themselves of it.
Bes hina tu bi destê xwe çêkî, meselen wekî vê 'tentena' na... But when you make with your own hands, for example like this lace here...
Havo 'doxmê mecmûa' ye. This is 'doxmê mecmûa'.
Dezî zirav hatiye çêkirin. Gî me reş kiriye... It is made with thin thread. We made it all black...
Bi marka pûlkam va çêkiriye. I made this with a brand of sequins.
Heva, daxmê mecmua ye, heva jî vêderê... This is a set, and this one here...
Heva xetayê ser cîhazê sîdî ye. This is the cover for the CD player.
Cîhazê seetê ye heva. This is for the clock device.
Û hev jî xetayê ser DVD ye. And this is the cover for the DVD player.
Hev jî xetayê ser DVD ye. This is also a cover for the DVD player.
Hev jî yê cîhazê seetê ye. This is also for the clock device.
Û hev jî xetayê ser musecilê ye. And this is the cover for the recorder.
Gi me çêkiriye, me reş kiriye gi bi marka pûlika. I made them all, I knitted/crocheted them all using sequin brands.
Û hev jî ser televîzyonê ye. And this is for the television.
Me çêkiriye. I made it.
Ev zû da te çêkirine yan nû çêkirine? Did you make these a long time ago or recently?
Na min berê çêkiriye. No, I made them before.
Noka haliyen ez bitenê me, kes nemaye. Now, currently, I am alone, no one is left.
Qîzik teviya peciya biye, çûy. My daughter got engaged/married and left.
Berda, vê karî, ankî dixwîn, camîa dixwîn, salê didiyê. She left this work; actually, she is studying, studying at university, second year.
Ee her bichebî derbî, berda, sikinandin. So, whatever happened, she left it, stopped it.
Ez jî tinê li mal rûniştime teselî dibîm çêdikim, em jî ji xwe ra dielimîn derdikirin. Since I sit alone at home, I entertain myself by making them; we learned and produced them for ourselves.
Ee teviya peciya biye, ew tiştên ma. Well, she got married/left, and these things remained.
Û me jî, cihur de me destê xwe pênekir, dernekir. And us, well, we didn't touch/make them much [recently].
Lawik jî xwendekar e, teviya pekiye. The boy is a student, he is busy with that.
Û qîzik jî yek rehmetî biye, û lawik jî çûçik e. And one daughter passed away, and the boy is small.
Ev jî, ev jî balgih ne? And these, are these pillows?
Hev jî balgih ne, qenewîç in me çêkirine, û hazir ten tena jî me vê xistine, berseriyê yen dixistine. These are pillows, cross-stitch/canvas that I made, and the ready-made lace, I put this on, they put them on the headrests.
Ev te bi destê xwe çêkirine? Did you make this with your own hands?
Me bi destê xwe çêkirine erê. Yes, I made them with my own hands.
Ev jî çend in, ne? There are a few of these, right?
Na cotek in, du ne. No, it's a pair, there are two.
Heva ser elekê hûr e, wî tî çêkirin gi. This is on a fine sieve pattern, it's made like that entirely.
Ev jî kulîlk in he? And these are flowers, right?
Hev jî kulîlk in. These are flowers too.
Me çêkirine. I made them.
Li ku derê yek rind dîtî me çêdikir, heva meselen nêrgiz e. Wherever I saw a nice one, I would make it; for example, this is a narcissus.
Temaşevanên hêja, bi rastî pir tiştekî xweş çêbûye. Dear viewers, truly a very beautiful thing has been made.
Hev jî meselan... This too, for example...
Heva nêrgiz e? This is a narcissus?
Erê, hev jî merweh e. Yes, and this is a fan.
Ser du rûçik wekî hevin. Both sides are the same.
Baş e. Good.
Heva jî çîçek e, kez... This is also a flower, ...
Hev jî çîçek in, her yek modelek. These are flowers too, each one is a different model.
Hema hemî kulîlk in ev. Just all of these are flowers.
Erê, hevn hemî kulîlk in. Yes, all of these are flowers.
Û heva jî l'vêderê... heva ê boxça ye. And this one here... this is for a bundle (bokhça).
Ankî mişema dikin, naylon dikin navê, jibo toz nekelê. Basically, they put plastic, nylon inside it, so dust doesn't get in.
Cihaza dikirin der dikir, me cem... ê terziya ser... ser makîna çêdikin. When they were preparing the dowry, we... the tailors make it on... on the machine.
Van çi dikin? What do they do with these?
Ê boxça, boxça çêdikirin pê. Bundles, they made bundles with it.
Ee. I see.
Manî tiştî cîhêz zêrê dikin içe. Meaning they put the dowry items inside.
Ee. Ah.
Hevna jî hewa, û hevna... These are also that, and those...
Ewa dema cêhiz hazir dibû, ev boxça ye? So when the dowry was ready, is this the bundle?
Erê. Dikinî, tetrîz dibê, dûr gî ne tetrîz dibê. Yes. You do it, it's embroidery, around the edges is embroidery.
Û hevna jî awin. And those are the same.
Hevna jî hewin, hev jî hewin, hev jî... Those are the same, this is the same, this too...
Hev jî ê derziya ye. This is made with a needle.
Derziyê, bi derziyê te çêkiriye? Needle, you made it with a needle?
Bi derzî, bi qulabkî na, bi derzî tenê. With a needle, not with a crochet hook, just with a needle.
Çawa çêdikin vê? How do you make this?
Xweş wê gînda qalbikî dikeve içî gînda derzî tê radibê, manî derziya. It's nice, a mold goes inside, and the needle passes through, meaning it's needlework.
Bi dûyer dixin? Do you knot it?
Bi dûyer dixin, manî derzî ye. We knot it, meaning it's needlework.
Derzî dixin, dûyer dixin. You use the needle, you make knots.
Erê, derzî têkeve derdikeve, erê. Yes, the needle goes in and out, yes.
Tiştekî baş e. It's a good thing.
Û hev jî l'vêderê rês im ez çêdikim. And this here, I knit with yarn.
Hev jî kum e. This is a skullcap (kum).
Kum e hev jî lefoc e. Me ew kenz... It's a cap, and this is a scarf. I made that sweater...
Hev jî ala Kurda ye? Is this the Kurdish flag?
Eywa, manî îd Newrozê me çêkir. Exactly, meaning I made it for the Newroz holiday.
Tu biçî cejna Newrozê pê va? Will you go to the Newroz celebration with it?
Erê. Yes.
Ev te ji kê ra çêkiriye? Who did you make this for?
Lawikî xwe ra, Faris ra me çêkiriye. For my son, for Faris, I made it.
Bo îd Newrozê bidê serê xwe. So he can put it on his head for Newroz.
Û me kenzêd rêsî jî çêdikirin, eb gura, lepika, sîwa, kume, lefocana, tiştî wankî ez rêsî çêdikim. And I used to knit sweaters too, socks, gloves, vests, caps, scarves, things like that, I knit.
Me li ku derê tiştekî rind dîtî, me tim... bi xwe dida hev, me digot em jê çêkin derbikin. Wherever I saw something nice, I always... put it together myself, I said let's make it, produce it.
Bes wextê xwe em pê derbas kin, em vala rûnenin ankî. Just to pass our time, so we don't sit idle basically.
Wekî hev jî ji rês e me çêkiriye, hev jî daxmê tarabêza. Like this one is also from yarn I made, this is a tablecloth set.
Heva emrê xwe bîst û pênc sal in. This is twenty-five years old.
Bîst û pênc sal? Te bi xwe çêkiriye? Twenty-five years? Did you make it yourself?
Bîst û pênc sal. Erê. Twenty-five years. Yes.
Heva me çêkiriye, bi xwe çêkiriye. I made this, made it myself.
Bîst sal jî ala kesekir sor û zer te çêkiriye. Even twenty years ago you made the green, red, and yellow flag.
Min xakê min pimir hewarikir, mar çêkir. I... [unclear phrase, possibly referring to organizing/preparing the yarn] and made it.
Ev jî pênc qet'e ne? And this is five pieces?
Erê pênc qet'e ne, erê. Yes, five pieces, yes.
Ten tena jî çêkir, hev jî xetayê ûdê mîvana ye, ser ûdê mîvana me çêkir, hevna hawan. I made lace too, this is the cover for the guests' water jug, I made it for the guest jug, these here.
Û hev jî dîsa, heva ê qutiyê desmala ye, hev jî kesk û sor û zer e. And this again, this is for the tissue box, this is also green, red, and yellow.
Û hev jî dîsa ê qutiyê desmala ye. And this is also for the tissue box.
Me çêkir hev jî, û hev jî dîsa hewa. I made this too, and this is again that same thing.
Û vir jî hev jî... ew dûrê şoşiyê ye. And here, this is... that is the border for the screen (TV/Mirror).
Em şoşiyo çêdikin. We make [covers] for screens.
Dûrê gênde, wekî vana, em ew dikin vê dixînin, doga îd Newrozê dibê muneseba kurd ankî, ew dibê em didin ser. Around it, like these, we put this on, when it's Newroz or a Kurdish occasion basically, we put it on top.
Kesk û sor û zer. Green, red, and yellow.
Hûn wana dikirin? Do you buy them?
Na na, em çêdikin, bi destê xwe çêdikin. No no, we make them, we make them with our own hands.
Yanî bi destê xwe çêdikin? So you make them with your own hands?
Û we jî çêdikin. Qîskê me çêkiribûn evna. We make those too. My daughter had made these.
Me jî bi gindiyari hevrakir, ê wan çêkirin. I helped put them together, they made them.
Ê noka man. So now they remain.
Hev jî dîsa ê televîzyonê ye. This is also for the television.
Û doga îd Newroz dibê derdibê, em şoşiyo vê dixînin derdikin, munasaba îd Newrozê munasib dibe ankî. And when Newroz comes, it comes out, we put this on the screen, it becomes suitable for the Newroz occasion basically.
Û hev jî, ew, zînê ê metbexê ye. And this, that, is a decoration for the kitchen.
Ev jî mozîk e? Is this a mosaic?
Mûnetê malê çi heye, me gî kiriye. Whatever pantry provisions (mouneh) are in the house, I put them all in.
Meselen nûkan, fasûle ne, riz e. For example chickpeas, beans, rice.
Têkeve hindir va ye? Do you put it inside this?
Metbexê. For the kitchen.
Erê. Mêx vê dixîne û vê dixîne. For the kitchen.
Erê. Mêx vê dixîne û vê dixîne. Yes. You put [a nail/hook] for this and hang it.
Ev çi têdane? What is inside this?
Gî ew, mûnetê malê çi heye, gî ha têdane. All that, whatever provisions are in the house, are all in here.
Nîsk ne, şeîr e ne? Lentils, barley, right?
Bulgur e, fasûle. Bulgur, beans.
Fasûle ne. Beans.
Riz e, tiştî wankî. Rice, things like that.
Birinc e. Rice.
Erê. Yes.
Heva yek, hev jî yek. This is one, this is one.
Gî me çêdikirin, bes manzer ankî me ew dikirin. We made them all, just for the view/decoration basically we did that.
Baş e, ke. Bila temaşevan jî bibînin. Good, hold it. Let the viewers see too.
Bi rastî destê te sax bin, tiştekî pir baş e. Truly, bless your hands, it's a very good thing.
Sax bî. Be healthy.
Destê te sax bin, her bijî ştera. Bless your hands, long life to you.
Hela w sehla. Welcome.
(Muzîk) (Music)
Ber ava, hunera devkî di dergûşa xwezaya xwe de ji dengbêjin mîna Mihemed Welîd re strana pêşiyan hiştiye. Near the water [Ba'rava - village name meaning near water], oral art in the cradle of its nature has left ancestral songs to bards like Mohammed Walid.
Va ye bi qirikeke beravî di deryayên bîranînan de pêna evînê ravedike. Here, with a throat [voice] of the "Berav" style, he interprets the definition of love in the seas of memories.
Temaşevanên hêja, di gundê Ba'rava da jî hunermendek tê naskirin di kantona Efrînê da, hunermend Mihemed Welîd. Dear viewers, in the village of Ba'rava as well, an artist is known within the Afrin canton, artist Mohammed Walid.
Em derbasî mala hunermend Mihemed Welîd bûn. We have entered the home of artist Mohammed Walid.
Lê bêhtir tê naskirin di strana dengbêjiyê da. But he is known more in the genre of "Dengbêjî" (bardic singing).
Û helbestvan e jî. Merheba. And he is a poet too. Hello.
Ehlen w sehlen, hevalê Şerîf. Welcome, comrade Sherif.
Sax bî. Mamoste, em derbasî gundê we bûn, me bername li ser gundê we çêkir, me got em derbasî ba te jî bibin. Bless you. Teacher, we entered your village, we made a program about your village, we said let's visit you as well.
Beriya giya, em tê naskirin, destpêka te, te di aliyê helbestê da dest pê kir, te di helbestvan bû? Before everything, let's get to know, your beginning, did you start in poetry? Were you a poet?
Piştî wê te dest bi karê hunerê kir, strana dengbêjî kir. After that you started artistic work, you sang dengbêjî songs.
Berî te, kes di malbata te da hunermend hebûn? Before you, was there anyone in your family who was an artist?
Lê kes tunebû? Or was there no one?
Berî giyê ezê sipasiya te dikim. First of all, I thank you.
Û ez sipasiya qenata Ronahî TV dikim. And I thank the Ronahî TV channel.
Û ez sipasiya bernameya Ax û Welat dikim, û xebatkarên wê. And I thank the program "Ax û Welat" (Soil and Country), and its staff.
Li ser dil û çavên me hatin. You are most welcome (literally: came upon our hearts and eyes).
Bixwedê... By God...
Ee... ji beriya min di malbatê da hebûn. Uh... before me, there were some in the family.
Bavê min distira, kalkê min distira. My father sang, my grandfather sang.
Ee apêd me hebûn, pismamêd me hebûn, yanî her kesî ji xwere distira. Uh, we had uncles, we had cousins, meaning everyone sang for themselves.
Lê hema ne li şahiyan, ne li govendan. But not at parties, not at dances.
Û ne li dîlanan. Ji xwere di malê da distiran. And not at weddings. They sang for themselves at home.
Yanî malbatek hunerî bûn? Meaning you were an artistic family?
Huner têda hebû. Art was present in it.
Lê, ê ji vî gundî... But, those from this village...
Navda biderket, Xwedê rehma xwe lê ke, Silêmanê Çûçê lê hebû. Who emerged famously, may God have mercy on him, was Suleimanê Çûçê.
Û pir jî jiyana xwe li xerîbiyê derbas kir. And he spent much of his life in exile/abroad.
Dengbêj bû? Was he a dengbêj (bard)?
Dengbêj bû, tembûrvan bû. He was a dengbêj, he was a tembûr (lute) player.
Û dengê xwe xweşik bû, û nav û dengê xwe jî hebû. And his voice was beautiful, and he had fame and renown.
Lê bes, li şahiyan ne distira, li hinek ji wî van nêzîk bana, dawetên kurê wî bana. But just, he didn't sing at [public] parties, maybe for some close to him, or his son's weddings.
Hinek li ber dilê wî buhabana, ji xwere distira. Some who were dear to his heart, he would sing for them.
Û stranek wî bi hebi, bi nav û deng bi, stranê... "Weşala serê te hîn amen kirriye". And if he had a song, a famous one, the song... "Washala serê te hîn amen kirriye" [folk song title].
Ew taybet a wî ye, lê a kesekî ye? Is that one specifically his, or someone else's?
Stran kevnar e, lê bes bi dengê wî stran belav bû, hat naskirin. The song is ancient, but through his voice the song spread, it became known.
Û di vî gundî da ez karim bêjim, ne ez tenê hunermend im, sazbend im. And in this village I can say, I am not the only artist, instrumentalist.
Hene, muzîkvan hene, Nîdal Îso heye, asifkî orgê ye. There are, there are musicians, Nidal Iso is there, an organ player.
Ee... destxweşkiya orgê bi nav û deng e. Uh... his proficiency on the organ is famous.
Destxweşkiya orgê Şe'ban Be'ravî heye. There is the organ proficiency of Shaaban Ba'ravi.
Û helbestvan jî, em silavê me ji wî re jî hene, Hîro l'xerîbiyê ye. And a poet too, our greetings to him as well, Hiro is abroad.
Û dengbêjekî me heye, tembûrvanekî me heye li bajarê Swêdê, em wî jî silav dikin. And we have a dengbêj, we have a tembûr player in the country of Sweden, we greet him too.
Osman Şemo, ew jî dengbêjekî bi nav û deng e niha li welatê xerîbiyê, li Ewropa. Osman Shemo, he is also a famous dengbêj now in the foreign land, in Europe.
Ee... hene, pir kes hene, lê hema ji xwere nekirine kar. Uh... there are, there are many people, but they haven't made it their profession.
Yanî nekirine pîşe. Meaning they didn't make it a career.
Bas wek min, me kir kar, em daren şahiyan, em daren govenda. But like me, I made it work, we go to parties, we go to dances.
Em daren cejna Newrozê, ee... her munesebok çêbî em lê hazir dibin. We go to the Newroz feast, uh... whatever occasion happens, we are present there.
Yanî ev kara li pêş me ye. Meaning this work is ahead of us [our priority].
Na xebata te di derheqê çand û hunerê jî? No, [what about] your work regarding culture and art too?
Ez bixwe endamek ji çand û hunerê me. I myself am a member of [the department/union of] culture and art.
Ez... yanî mudetê du sala rêvberiyekî TEV-ÇAND'a bûm li wir. I... meaning for a period of two years I was a manager/executive at TEV-ÇAND [Movement of Culture and Art] there.
Û dîsa jî xebat û karê me... And again our work and activity...
Mamosta, ji êşta stranê herî te ji hezkirî, ew strana dengbêjî, kîjan stran li ber dilê te buha ye? Teacher, regarding the songs you love the most, the Dengbêj songs, which song is precious to your heart?
Bi Xwedê, her stranek bi zimanê Kurdî hatî gotin li ber dilê min buha ye. By God, every song sung in the Kurdish language is precious to my heart.
Bes stranê gipê nav û dengê min derket, strana "Ferhad û Şêrînê". But the song through which my name and voice emerged was the song "Ferhad and Shirin".
Ew pirtûk bû, rîwaye (roman) bû, min kir stran û pê nav û dengê min bederket. It was a book, a novel, I turned it into a song, and through it, my name and voice became known.
Mihemed Welîd hat naskirin bi strana "Ferhad û Şêrînê". Mihemed Welîd became known with the song "Ferhad and Shirin".
Mamosta, naha tê çi ji me re bibêjî? Teacher, what will you sing for us now?
Bi Xwedê ezê stranekê ji stranên rehmetî Silêmanê Çûçelê digot... By God, I will sing a song from the songs that the late Silêmanê Çûçelê used to sing...
Ezê ji we re bibêjim: "Weşalla serî te hîn amîn ji te ra kirîye." I will sing for you: "By God, your head has still validated (said amen to) you."
Kerem ke. Please.
Ez ban te dikim, lê delala min ê, lê nazliya ber vî dilî ye. I am calling you, oh my dear, oh the delicate one of this heart.
Lê te çima ne tê... But why don't you come...
Oy, yarê te çima ne tê... Oh, love, why don't you come...
Qe carekê dilî te bi min naşewite, li min were rehmetê. Not even once does your heart burn for me, have mercy on me.
Xwedê ke ji dilê min î xûnî kevir lê ketî, lûma mekin... May God strike my bloody heart with a stone, do not blame me...
Çaxa çavê mi lê ket, vêra dil ketê, vêra dil ketê... When my eyes fell on her, my heart fell for her right then, my heart fell for her right then...
Oy, yarê dil ketê... Oh, love, my heart fell for her...
Te mi ra go lawiko di va rûna da, ez kê sozê ke bidim... You told me, boy, in these sittings (places), I will give a promise...
Eseh dikim mehe derbas bîn sal bûrîn şûrek ji devî te ne tê, yarê... I verify that months have passed, years have gone by, not a word comes from your mouth, love...
Te go lawiko ezê fîlcanê qehweyî tehl ji te ra çêkem, tê ke vexwe. You said, boy, I will make a cup of bitter coffee for you, you will drink it.
Ezê dînim ser kefê destê hene bi destê, tê ke ji destê min bigre. I will place it on the hennaed palm of the hand, you will take it from my hand.
Mi go ezê bi ser Xwedê hildim wek hûngiv û şerbetê... I said I will raise it [to drink] in the name of God like honey and sherbet...
Oy, yarê şerbetê... Oh, love, sherbet...
Ez ji bîra Xwedê me, ji bîra gula heşîn im, meger te mi di vî dirlixî da bêle... I am forgotten by God, forgotten by the blue flower, unless you leave me in this plight...
Ez dewacîyê te me li heşer û meşerê li rûyê qiyametê, yarê, qiyametê... I am your plaintiff at the gathering and judgment, on the face of the resurrection day, love, resurrection day...
Weşalla serî te lê, lê nazliya min ê, hevala min ê... By God, your head, oh my delicate one, oh my friend...
Hîn amîn ji te ra kirîye... Is still validating (saying amen to) you...
Oy, yarê me kirîye... Oh, love, has done to us...
Ez kanim bêjim şalek bi emrê ji hezkirina min û te mekintir e. I can say a scarf with age is more solid than the love of me and you.
Hînî nû ye ne dirîye... It is still new, it hasn't torn...
Oy, yarê ne dirîye... Oh, love, it hasn't torn...
Ez nizanim xêr e te bi carekê miradê te pûzê lînayî te ji çi xeyidiye... I don't know what the matter is, suddenly your desire, your beautiful nose, why has it sulked...
Yarê, te qeheriye... Love, you got angry...
Tu were birindîna xwe me firre... Come, do not rub/scrub your wounds...
Bi destê na kevê xêncî çargaz xase... It won't fall into hands, except for four yards of shroud cloth...
Ava germ kef û sabûnê, gurna reş û tarî ye, oy, yarê, tarî ye... Warm water, foam and soap, the basin is black and dark, oh, love, it is dark...
Me li temaşevanên hêja, li vir jî emê xatirê xwe ji we bixwazin. Em gihiştin dawiya bernameya xwe. Our dear viewers, here we will also bid you farewell. We have reached the end of our program.
Me li gundê Ba'rava derbas kir, me dîroka vî gundî naskir. We spent time in the village of Ba'rava, we learned the history of this village.
Me çanda vî gundî naskir. We learned the culture of this village.
Ka heya bernameyek din, li gundekî din, emê dîsa berra bin. Until another program, in another village, we will be together again.