Gelî temaşevanên hêja, di kave hefteyê em bi hevre gundekî dîtir nas bikin. Dear viewers, in this week's segment, we will get to know another village together.
Vê carê jî emê derbasî gundê "Heftêr" bibin. This time, we will move on to the village of "Hefteyr".
Ma gelo ev nav ji ku hatiye? I wonder where this name came from?
Ma ecêb e, heft sal vî milî hebûn? Is it strange, did this side have seven years?
Navê gund ji heftêr hat? Did the name of the village come from seven birds (heft teyr)?
Emê vê çîrokê nas bikin. We will get to know this story.
Ev gundê Heftêr jî girêdayî navçeya Bilbilê ye. This village of Hefteyr is also connected to the district of Bulbul.
Gundê Heftêr nîzîkî Keleha Hûrî ye. The village of Hefteyr is near the Castle of Huri (Cyrrhus).
Dê ka em derbasî gundê Heftêr bibin, emê bi hevre nas bikin. So let us pass into the village of Hefteyr, and we will get to know it together.
Apê Rehman merheba ji te re. Uncle Rehman, hello to you.
Merheba, ehlen we sehlen. Hello, welcome.
Sax be. Bless you.
Apê Rehman, em îro derbasî gundê Heftêr bûn, gundê we bûn, ne? Uncle Rehman, today we entered the village of Hefteyr, it was your village, right?
Erê. Yes.
Lê emê meraq dikin, bi rastî jî emê zûda ev navê ji ku hatiye? But we are curious, honestly, where did this name come from originally?
Ma zûda dixwazin îro jî em derbasî gundê we bibin... We have wanted to visit your village for a long time...
...u em spasiya we dikin û spasiya miletê hemû gund dikin, xatira derdora me, em spasiya wan dikin. ...and we thank you and thank all the people of the village, for the sake of those around us, we thank them.
Lê emê... spas ji te re jî. But we... thank you as well.
Lê emê destpêkê emê navê gund bipirsin. Nav ji ku hatiye, navê Heftêr? But initially, we will ask about the village name. Where did the name come from, the name Hefteyr?
Navê Heftêr ji "Kevindo" ye. Pirr ji "Kevindo" ye. The name Hefteyr comes from "Kevindo". It is very much from "Kevindo" (old origin).
Yanî enb... miteredid in. Hinek dibêjin... Meaning the anc... they are hesitant. Some say...
...Gundê Heftêr eslen, malbatkî yanî... bînî bînî di gund de, malbatekî "Sosî" bûn. ...The village of Hefteyr originally, a family... way back in the village, there was a "Sosi" family.
Wextê gund dan, mala digirtin hevdû sê. When the village was founded, the families were fighting/grabbing each other.
Evana li şkeftê bûn. Heft meriv bûn. These people were in a cave. There were seven people.
Ji wan re dçûn, diketin navberê ne, sulh bikin. People went to them, intervened, to make peace.
Çûn gihîştin cî, ew kura bîr danîn ser, fitilî çûn yên cîyê din. They arrived at the spot, that boy put [something] on, turned around and went to the other place.
Çûn yên cîyê din, ew jî guman bûn sulh nabin. They went to the other place, they also suspected there would be no peace.
Gotin berf e, gotin çiya ye, kes tîne ye. They said it is snow, they said it is mountain, there is no one.
Emê nav derkevtin şûnda, gotin dibê "Haftar" di wan derket. When we came out afterwards, they said supposedly "Haftar" came out from among them.
Dibê heftar di wan derket. They say a "Haftar" (Hyena/Predator) came out from among them.
Dibê bî, ra bî çû... Haftar, çeplên wî şevde bûn. They say he became, stood up and went... The Haftar, his palms were [like night/dark].
Haftar girt û fetisand. Destkir qirikê fetisand. He grabbed the Haftar and choked it. He put his hand on the throat and choked it.
Ji ber vê da dibê bî gundê Heftêr. Ji ber vê dibêjin gundê Heftêr. Because of this, it supposedly became the village of Hefteyr. Because of this, they call it the village of Hefteyr.
Yanî heftar (heywan) li vê derê heye? Meaning, are there hyenas (heftar) in this area?
Heye yaw, heye. There are, oh yes, there are.
Hinek jî dibêjin, teb'en evna enba, miteredid in, meriv nizane kîjan rast e. Some also say, of course these are ancestors, they are unsure, one doesn't know which is true.
Hinek jî dibêjin pêşiya me wiyên Heftêr... Some also say our ancestors, those of Hefteyr...
...Şêx bûn. ...were Sheikhs.
Heftêr bi kerameta îroyîn e, li wê da hat, lê rûniştin rabû çû ewê, gupîta ye. Hefteyr, by today's miracle, came there, sat down, stood up and went to that one, the summit.
Li wê derê zikir kir heta... berdestê sibê haftar le... lê dirêj hat balê xwe da hat. He chanted (dhikr) there until... before dawn, a hyena... came lying down towards him.
Wê maneyê gotin gundê Heftêr. With that meaning, they called it the village of Hefteyr.
Gundê Heftêr çiqas sal e çêbûye? Ev gund çiqas sal e ava bûye? How many years has the village of Hefteyr existed? How many years has this village been built?
Pirr kevn e. It is very old.
Em nikarin bêjin wela ji filan demû pê va ye. We cannot say, well, it is from such and such time onwards.
Ez karim heta deh zik paş de ez zanim gundê Heftêr, tim gundê Heftêr e. I can know up to ten generations back that the village of Hefteyr has always been the village of Hefteyr.
Lê ama berî wê, ez nizanim. But before that, I don't know.
Ji gundê Heftêr, birakek jê qetiye wextekê, çûye li Huretanê îskan kirî. From the village of Hefteyr, a brother separated at one time, went and settled in Huretan.
Binê Ereb. Among the Arabs.
Em rind em dinalin ser hev... We know each other well...
Em rind hevdû nas dikin. E ma Heftêr, hew jî Heftêr in. We know each other well. We are Hefteyr, they are also Hefteyr.
Birak jî çûye li şûna bi navê Keftar û hew jî li wê derê îskan kirî. A brother also went to a place called Keftar and he also settled there.
Hew jî... yanî têkîlî bi hespêrê heyîn e. They also... meaning there are relations with the... [unclear, possibly "Hespêr" or relations exist].
Yanî Keftar û malbata we yek e? Meaning Keftar and your family are one?
Malbata me ye, erê. It is our family, yes.
Malbata me ye erê. It is our family, yes.
Erê. Yes.
Berê gundê we li vir bû yan li cîyê din bû? Formerly, was your village here or was it in another place?
Gundî me li Şêx Xurzê bû. Esasî Şêx Xurzê em in. Our village was at Sheikh Khurze. Basically, we are Sheikh Khurze.
Kîjan gunda Şêx Xurzê? Which of the Sheikh Khurze villages?
Gundê Jêrin. Şêx Xurzê Jêr. The lower village. Lower Sheikh Khurze.
Esasî me li wir bû. Our foundation was there.
Jiber ku Şêx Xurzê sê gund in ne? Because Sheikh Khurze is three villages, right?
Erê erê. Yes, yes.
Şêx Xurzê sê gund in. Esasî me Şêx Xurzê Jêrin e. Sheikh Khurze is three villages. Our foundation is Lower Sheikh Khurze.
Esasî Şêx Xurzê em in yanî. Meaning, we are the foundation of Sheikh Khurze.
Îşta ji ber wê, ava di fetira paşin da... So because of that, back in the later period...
Wiyên hatin, sê birak bûn. Those who came were three brothers.
Milkê xwe li heva kirin. They divided their property among themselves.
Vê derê bidest kualê me ket. This place fell into the hands of our grandfather.
Hat li vê derê, kualê me û pismamê me, go em her... nav milkê xwe de xaniyê xwe bigrin, hatin li vê derê xaniyê xwe girtin. He came here, our grandfather and our cousin, said we go... build our house inside our own property, they came and built their house here.
Û jê pirr bûn. And they multiplied from there.
Kî bû destpêkê hatî vira? Navê wî çi bû? Who was the first to come here? What was his name?
E... Wurê Hefter. Wurê Hefter. Uh... Wure Hefter. Wure Hefter.
Hat li vê derê, pênc law jê man. Ji Wurê Hefter. He came here, five sons remained from him. From Wure Hefter.
Ee... wexta Seferberlikê bû. Uh... it was the time of Seferberlik (WWI Mobilization/Deportation).
Bavkê min û apê min va birin herba Seferberlikê. My father and my uncle were taken to the war of Seferberlik.
E din jî ji par nexweşî kule vê ket û her sê mirin. The other one also fell ill with a sickness from the ration/share and all three died.
Ma di ya mino ji... evê derk... ji hepsî... ewê Seferberlikê hatin... Then mine also from... that one came out... from prison... from that Seferberlik they came...
Hatin zewicîn. They came and got married.
Xwedê şeş law danê û pera pirr bû, xelkî tehrê pirr dibê bereket. God gave him six sons and money increased, people increased, they call it blessing.
Xwedê kîyo bêle. May God protect them.
Sax be, Xwedê te bihêle. Bless you, may God keep you.
Ê naha waka gundê Heftêr çiqas mal e? And now, as the village of Hefteyr, how many households are there?
Wela gundê Heftêr heye nako, halî hazır dora çel-pêncî malî li vir e. Well, the village of Hefteyr exists now, currently there are around forty or fifty households here.
Lê ama... idg... derketin... derba çûna Tirkiyê, çûna Ewrûpa û çûna deran pirr in. But... uh... those who left... went to Turkey, went to Europe and went to other places are many.
Yanî sed malî hene? So are there a hundred households?
Hene, li kû derê hene? There are, where are they? (Implying: Yes, somewhere).
Erê, li kû derê hene. Yes, they are somewhere.
Yanî tu hirê were gîha, kûmkê bê wela ewqas e, pirr in yanî. Meaning if you come and count the grass/people, summarize it and say well it's this much, they are many.
Ê berê risipî wa kî bûn di vî gundî da? And before, who were your elders (Resipî/Headmen) in this village?
Dema piskirêkekî vî gundî heba kê çara ser dikir? When there was a problem in this village, who would solve it?
Navê wan çine? What are their names?
E... bavkê min rehmet... Xwedê rehma xwe lê ke, li miriyê we giya ke, mezinê gund bû. Uh... my late father... May God have mercy on him, and on all your dead, he was the elder of the village.
Îşta wî piskirêkê gund, ew dikir. Çare ser dikir. So, the problems of the village, he handled them. He solved them.
Navê wî çi bû? What was his name?
Şêxê Heftêr. Sheikh of Hefteyr.
Û kesî din tune bûn? Li kêlek wî? And there was no one else? Beside him?
Li kêlekê da, opê min hebû. Beside him, I had an uncle.
Opê min jî, denek ji herba sefe... seferberlikê fitilî hat, yanî... My uncle also, one returned from the war of sefe... Seferberlik (mobilization), meaning...
Çû, ewan re derbas dikir. Bavkê min xudanê gund bû. He went, he passed with them. My father was the owner/leader of the village.
Odeyên mîvana jî hebûn di gund da? Were there guest rooms (Oda) in the village?
Na, ode... mezin, li ko bû. Odeyên mîvana hebûn. No, room... big, where was it. There were guest rooms.
Îşta heştay û cûkî malê kiribûn odeyên mîvana. Well, eighty and something households had made guest rooms.
Qehwa û der û, berê jî bavkê min qehwe keland. Coffee and such, and before that my father brewed coffee.
Yanî dadê de her gundekî da berê... Meaning, Dadê (Uncle), in every village before...
...odek mîvana hebû, dema mîvanekî xerîb hat... ...there was a guest room, when a stranger guest came...
...diçûn wê malê yan wê odê... ...they went to that house or that room...
...pêşwazî dikirin, bi rûjan diman. ...they welcomed them, they stayed for days.
No hema pirr kevn e, mesela... nexweşî... No, it is very old, for example... sickness...
...di nav gund de, sê-çar mal bûn. Wexta mîvan dihatin... ...in the village, there were three or four houses. When guests came...
...şer qetir dikirin, do qetir mabûn, yocik kiribûn ji mîvana. ...they would almost fight, they almost were left [fighting], they were fighting over the guests.
Yanî tu nikarî bê île vê derê ode û filan e. Meaning you can't say necessarily this place is the 'Oda' and such.
Wê demê de risipîyên we hebûn, û naha jî komîn ava bûne? At that time you had elders, and now communes have been established?
Lê naha jî komîn ava bûne, elhemdulîlah... But now also communes have been established, thank God...
...çi ewê me heye çareser dibe. Mesela we ma motora kirîn. ...whatever we have gets solved. For example, we bought a generator.
Bi ewê gund hev da, û motor elhemdulîlah dişuxule hemkî fêdê jê dibînin. With that village together, and the generator thank God works, everyone benefits from it.
Yanî motorê karebê, a gund giştî ye? Yes.
Yanî motorê karebê, a gund giştî ye? Meaning the electricity generator, is it for the whole village?
Komînê kirriye? It is for the whole village.
Komînê kirriye? Did the commune buy it?
Komînê, erê. The commune, yes.
Komînê kirriye, û gundgî pê tenwîr dibe. The commune bought it, and the village gets illuminated by it.
Û gundî we jî gî malbatek in? And your villagers are also all one family?
Gî malbatek in, keskî xerîb tê tune ye. All are one family, there is no stranger among us.
Erê. Yes.
Ê gundî we... naha tedîda her gundekî da dibêjin sereke zeytûn e, dema debara jiyana xwe. And your village... now in every village they say the main thing is olives, for their livelihood.
Ê gundî we başqeyî zeytûna çi heye? So...
Ê gundî we başqeyî zeytûna çi heye? So what does your village have besides olives?
Wele ard jî hene, û zeytûn jî hene. Ard jî hene. Well there is land (crops) too, and olives too. There is land too.
Ard hene, bes nako ard yanî... ne di erda pirr in. Işta... hene yanî. There is land, but now the land... they aren't much in the fields. So... they exist.
Zenetkar jî hene? Are there craftsmen too?
E senahetkar hene lê? Uh, are there craftsmen?
Wek çi yanî? Like what?
Pênc-şeş xeyat hene... There are five or six tailors...
...hinek li Efrîn rûniştine, hinek li vir rûniştine. ...some live in Afrin, some live here.
Û necarê bêton hene. And there are concrete carpenters.
Û... yanî torê bêjî ji her tişkî heye... ji vî gundî da. And... meaning whatever you say, there is everything... in this village.
Mala te ava be. Spas ji bo te. May your house be prosperous. Thank you.
Ser çava, spas, ehlen we sehlen. You're welcome (upon my eyes), thanks, welcome.
Emê îna derbasî gund bibin, em dixwazin hinek taybetmendiyê vî gundî nas bikin. We will now move into the village, we want to know some characteristics of this village.
Spas. Thanks.
Spas, herî. Thanks, go ahead.
Gundê Heftêr girêdayî navçeya Bilbilê, ya kantona Efrînê, 12 kîlometreyan li başûrê rojhilatê bajarokê Bilbilê, û 50 kîlometreyan li bakurê rojhilatê bajarê Efrînê dikeve. The village of Hefteyr is connected to the Bulbul district, of the Afrin canton, situated 12 kilometers southeast of the town of Bulbul, and 50 kilometers northeast of the city of Afrin.
Tê gotin ku kesek bi navê "Hûrê Heft", derekî avê da erdê û goşt. It is said that a person named "Hure Heft", gave a place of water to the earth and meat.
Piştre navê wî bû "Hûrê Heftêr", û her wiha navê gund jî bû gundê Heftêr. Afterwards his name became "Hure Hefteyr", and likewise the name of the village became the village of Hefteyr.
Nêrînek din heye dibêje, ku şêxler, ango oldarên wan, li ser pişta Heftêr diçûn gundê Bablîtê, û li ba oldarên wan diciviyan û zikir dikirin. There is another view that says that the Sheikhs, meaning their religious figures, used to go on the back of a Hyena (Heftêr) to the village of Bablit, and would gather with their religious figures and perform chants (dhikr).
Her wiha nêrînek din jî heye dibêje, ku navê gund ji heft dar hatiye, ku li cihê gund ê niha heft dar hebûn. Likewise, there is another view that says the name of the village comes from seven trees (Heft Dar), as there were seven trees in the current location of the village.
Hûrê Heftêr yekemîn kes li gund niştecî bûye. Hure Hefteyr was the first person to settle in the village.
Û du kurên wî hebûn, Mehmed û Şêxo, ku ji wan gund şên bû. And he had two sons, Mehmed and Sheikho, from whom the village became populated.
Xelkê gund hemû ji eşîra Rûşîn e. The people of the village are all from the Rushin tribe.
Û gelek gundên derdorê jî ji heman eşîrê ne. And many surrounding villages are also from the same tribe.
Birêz Ebdullah Celal dibêje: Mr. Abdullah Jalal says:
Ax beden e, çand beden e, ziman beden e. Land is body, culture is body, language is body.
Xudî bedena xwe derkevin. Own/Protect your body.
Di şoreşa Rojavayê Kurdistanê de jî, şoreşa ziman jî pêşket. Zimanê Kurdî jî pêşket. In the revolution of Rojava Kurdistan, the revolution of language also developed. The Kurdish language also developed.
Mînak wek vî gundî. An example is like this village.
Dema dest bi şoreşê bû, dayikên vî gundî jî hemû fêrî zimanê xwe dibin. When the revolution started, the mothers of this village are also all learning their language.
Mamostê vî gundî di roja Înê de, roja te'tîla xwe da jî dayikan kom hevdû dikin û fêrî zimanê Kurdî dikin. The teacher of this village, on Friday, on their day off, gathers the mothers together and teaches them the Kurdish language.
Ne emê derbasî vê malê bibin, emê bi hevre temaşe bikin. No (So), we will enter this house, and we will watch together.
Merhaba jorê! Hello to those up there!
Merhaba mamoste. Hello teacher.
Merhaba, spas. Hello, thank you.
Merhaba jorê. Hello to those up there.
Destê we sax bin. Bless your hands.
Sax bin. Be well.
Spas dikim ji bo te. I thank you.
Spas, spas xweş. Thanks, you are welcome.
Behsa te kirin, gotin dayikên înê da jî, di tatîla wê de, ew hatine dîsa dayika fêrî ziman dikî. They mentioned you, saying that even on Fridays, during their holiday, the mothers have come again and you are teaching them the language.
Rast e, rast e. Bi xwe di destpêka şoreşê de, sala 2012 me dest bi avakirina koma dayikên jin, ê gund kir. That's true, that's true. Actually, at the beginning of the revolution, in the year 2012, we started establishing the group of mothers, the women of the village.
Ev grûp fêrî zimanê dayikê bû. Lê, paştre sekinî. Niha, em jinûve, ev grûp jinûve me dest pê kir ku fêrî zimanê dayikê bibin. This group learned the mother tongue. But, afterwards it stopped. Now, we have started again, this group has started again to learn the mother tongue.
Ev waneya yekemîn e. Û her roja Înê em ê waneyê bidin. This is the first lesson. And every Friday we will give a lesson.
Fêr dibin. Baş e. Me îro çar tîp dan. Hêdî hêdî fêr dibin. They are learning. It is good. We gave four letters today. Slowly, slowly they are learning.
Hinekî bê... yanî ne lez e, lê ama baş e, teqebûl kirin û baş fêr dibin. It's a bit... meaning it isn't fast, but it is good, there is acceptance and they are learning well.
Mamoste, tu bi tenê li kelekê, yan alîkar di gund da hene? Teacher, are you alone on the side, or are there helpers in the village?
Bi xwe mamosteyek din heye, mamoste Rojîn jî heye. Em bi hev ra dibin alîkar. Actually, there is another teacher, Teacher Rojin is also here. We help each other.
Lê ama bi xwe dibistan di gund da tîne ye. Ferzê me di dibistana dervayî gund tê avakirin. Em li dervayî gund fêrî ziman dikin. But actually, there is no school inside the village. Our duty is being established in a school outside the village. We teach the language outside the village.
Kûderê? Where?
Li Qestelê, Qestel Miqdad. Ez rêvêberê dibistana me û ez waneyê yê navîn didim. In Qestel, Qestel Miqdad. I am the administrator of our school and I teach the middle grades.
Hûn giştî çend mamoste ne di gund de? How many teachers are you in total in the village?
Di gund de, em tenê du mamoste ne. Niha yek acêr ketiye, em bûne sê mamoste. In the village, we are only two teachers. Now one new recruit has joined, we have become three teachers.
Erê. Three?
Erê. Yes.
Û dayik çawa dibînin, fêr dibin? And how do the mothers find it, are they learning?
Na, baş in, kêfxweş in bi fêrbûna ziman. Û hêdî hêdî fêr dibin. No, they are good, they are happy with learning the language. And slowly, slowly they are learning.
Ka em dixwazin biçin cem dayikê, kî dixwaze baxive? We want to go to a mother, who wants to speak?
Dayê? Merhaba ji te re jî. Mother? Hello to you too.
Merhaba, silav, êlê êlê. Hello, greetings, welcome welcome.
Sax be. Dayê, ziman ji bo te çi ye? Be well. Mother, what is language to you?
Ziman... ruhê me ye, qewmê me ye, aqilê me ye, gih tişt e. Language... is our soul, is our nation, is our mind, it is everything.
Bê qewmê me xweş te, zimanê me tune be, em qewmê me jî tune ye. Without our nation being good... if we don't have our language, we don't have our nation either.
Te xwendiye, berê te çûye dibistanê? Have you studied, did you go to school before?
Min nexwendiye wela. Min nexwendiye. Bes keçikê maşalla gi xwendane. I haven't studied, honestly. I haven't studied. But the girls [daughters], mashallah, are all educated.
Keça te zanîngeh xwendiye? Has your daughter studied at university?
Tu dixwazî bi vî temenî tê fêrî zimanê xwe bibî? Yes.
Tu dixwazî bi vî temenî tê fêrî zimanê xwe bibî? Do you want, at this age, to come and learn your language?
Ez dixwazim wela, erê. I want to, honestly, yes.
Ez naxwazim kor bimînim. I don't want to remain blind.
Tu naxwazî kor bimînî? You don't want to remain blind?
Na. Keçikê camîînê gi derone, ma ez naxwînim, em qîçiko heyirîn. No. The girls are all going to university, so if I don't study, we are embarrassed in front of the little ones.
Mekanê berê ne hişî me dere bixwînim, me nexwend. The circumstances of the past didn't let us go to study, we didn't study.
Lê bes na wek zimanê me ra ye. But it isn't like [it is for] our language.
Lê zimanê me rind e, bil'eks, lê zimanê me başqa ye. But our language is good, on the contrary, but our language is different [special].
Ziman ji bo te çi ye? Tu çi dibêjî? What is language to you? What do you say?
Ziman ji bo min jiyan e. Ewa zimanê me tune be, jiyana me tune ye. Language for me is life. If we don't have our language, we don't have our life.
Erdê kî da here, tikone, bi zimanê xwe biaxive. Wherever one goes on earth, anywhere, they should speak their language.
Em, yanî serkeftina vî wela tê dixwazin. Em dixwazin em her her dibistan e, zimanê me be. Em her her, her daîreke zimanê me be. We, meaning, want the success of this country. We want that everywhere, every school, to be in our language. We want everywhere, every office to be in our language.
Serkeftin, ji axa welatê ra, serkeftin ji jiyanê ra, em dixwazin. Success for the soil of the country, success for life, that is what we want.
Em her derê kî da, em zimanê xwe binivîsînin. Wherever we are, let us write in our language.
Mala ava be. Thank you [May your house be built].
Xwedê ji te razî be. May God be pleased with you.
Mamoste, wego her roja Înê. Teacher, as you said, every Friday.
Rast e? Niha tu çi fêr dikî? Yes.
Rast e? Niha tu çi fêr dikî? Correct? Now what are you teaching?
Ez di destpêkê, çar tîp min îro dane. Tîpên girkdek û hûrdek. In the beginning, I gave four letters today. Uppercase and lowercase letters.
Kerem ke. Please [go ahead].
A, B, C, Ç. Her bijî. Spas ji te ra. Kerem ke. A, B, C, Ç. Long live. Thank you. Please [sit].
Kî dikare were, tîpa B, bi vê awayî ku me nivîsandiye, binivîsîne? Kerem ke. Who can come and write the letter B, in the way that we wrote it? Please.
Kîjan tîp e ev? Which letter is this?
B. A.
B. B.
Her bijî. B.
Her bijî. Long live.
Kîjan tîp e ev? Which letter is this?
B. B.
Her bijî. Spas ji te ra. Long live. Thank you.
Kî dikare vê tîpê binivîsîne û bêje ev tîp çi ye? Who can write this letter and say what this letter is?
Kî dikare? Kerem ke. Who can? Please.
Kîjan tîp e ev? Which letter is this?
C. C.
Her bijî. Spas ji te ra. Long live. Thank you.
Ev tîpa C. Em ê jî nû da dubare bikin. Ev tîp çi bû? This is the letter C. We will repeat it again. What was this letter?
A. A.
B. This?
B. B.
C. This?
C. C.
Her bijî ji we ra. Long live to you all.
Kî dikare vê tîpê binivîsîne û bêje ev tîp çi ye? Kî dikare? Who can write this letter and say what this letter is? Who can?
Ez. Kerem ke. Me. Please [go ahead].
Kîjan tîp e ev? Which letter is this?
Her bijî, tîpa Ç. Ç.
Her bijî, tîpa Ç. Long live, the letter Ç.
Ç. Ç.
Em ê vê tîp û mînakê wê dubare bikin. We will repeat this letter and its example.
A, Av, Agir. A, Av [Water], Agir [Fire].
B, Berxwedan, Bax. B, Berxwedan [Resistance], Bax [Garden].
Her bijî ji we ra. C, Cotkar, Cîhan. Long live to you all. C, Cotkar [Farmer], Cîhan [World].
C, Cotkar, Cîhan. C, Cotkar [Farmer], Cîhan [World].
Ç, Çem, Çavkanî. Ç, Çem [River], Çavkanî [Spring/Source].
Her bijî ji we ra. Destê we sax bin. Long live to you all. Bless your hands.
Spas ji bo te mamoste. Spas. Thank you teacher. Thanks.
Spas ji bo we jî. Xebat xweş, spas canim. Thanks to you too. Good work, thank you dear.
Gundê Heftêr li ser cihekî bilind hatiye avakirin. Nêzî 5 kîlometre li bakurê rojavayê çiyayê Keleşîr dikeve. The village of Hefter is built on a high place. It is located about 5 kilometers to the northwest of Mount Keleşîr.
Li başûrê gund geliyê Kanî Sorkê û Çiyayê Keleşîr e. Li rojhilat erdê sor, gundê Şêxûrzê û Jarê. To the south of the village is the Kanî Sorkê valley and Mount Keleşîr. To the east is the red earth, the villages of Şêxûrzê and Jarê.
Li bakur çiyayê gewrik ê gundê Kurdo û li rojava geliyê Rêz, gundê Abîdanê û Mersa dikevin. To the north is the Gewrik mountain of Kurdo village, and to the west lies the Rêz valley, and the villages of Abîdan and Mersa.
45 xanî û nêzî hezar kes li gund dijîn. Ji ber koçberiyê gund fireh û mezin nebû. Lewra gelek kes li bajarê Efrînê niştecih bûn e. 45 houses and nearly a thousand people live in the village. Due to emigration, the village did not become wide and large. Therefore, many people have settled in the city of Afrin.
Xelkê gund dabara jiyana xwe bi çandiniyê dikin. Û xizmetkirina zeviyên zeytûnan di asta yekemîn de tê. The people of the village make their living through agriculture. And serving the olive fields comes in the first place.
Her wiha hind malbat jî sewalan xwedî dikin. Also, some families raise livestock.
Guvaşgehek û dukargehên dirûnê di gund de hene. Nêzî deh kes tê de kar dikin. There is one olive press and sewing workshops in the village. About ten people work in them.
Kargehên dirûnê û kargeheke pêlavan jî li Efrînê nêzî 70 kes ji xelkê gund tê de dixebitin. Sewing workshops and a shoe workshop in Afrin, nearly 70 people from the village work in them.
Belê temaşevanên hêja, niha jî em ji gundê Heftêr derdikevin. Em ê berê xwe bidin geliyê... Navê vî geliyê me çi dabû? Yes, dear viewers, now we are leaving the village of Hefter. We will head towards the valley of... What did we name this valley?
Geliyê Kayîn Sûrkê dibêjin. They call it the Valley of Kayîn Sûrkê.
Li vî derê sarnînc hebû, hele... ewa çatrek bû. In this place, there was a cistern, well... that was a shelter/tent.
Navê wê çiye? Sarnîncî Kanî? What is its name? The Kanî Cistern?
Na em dibêjin ser sarnîncê. Wê çatrek bû. Ji qurnê da, ji Bilbilê da, ji wir da, ji pênc dêrsan e, Mersawa, Şîltatê... No, we say "on the cistern". There was a shelter there. From Qurnê, from Bilbil, from there, from five directions, Mersawa, Şîltatê...
Vê derê git gîhiştin hev, rêyek bû. Here they all met each other, it was a road.
Temam. Em ê niha biçin, wura jêbin, hîn wura nas bikin. Okay. We will go now, go down there, and explore that place further.
Temam. Kerem ke. Okay. Please.
Te behsa rê kir? Did you mention the road?
Erê, rê ev rîya... Yes, the road, this road...
Rêka ez reîsî hebû, girêdana xwe bi ezazê ra ye, bi Kilis ra ye, bi... av... û vê gêçê jî, yanî heya mesela roj û pênc ro, wa bajarvanê... derê... There was a main road, its connection was with Azaz, with Kilis, with... that... and this passage too, meaning until, for example, a day or five days, those citizens... outside...
Yanî berî vê... ew na, ev rêka hebû. Meaning before this... not that, this road existed.
Yanî tu behsê dikî, ev berî Kurdistan parçe bibê, ji berî 100 salî ev rîya navbera çiyayê Kurmênc û Kilisê bû? So you are saying, before Kurdistan was divided, before 100 years ago, this was the road between Kurmênc Mountain and Kilis?
Pir kevn e hewa. Ev rêka pir kevn e. It is very old, that. This road is very old.
Yanî tarîxê gi ne em nikanin bêjin wela filan salî bû. Bes em dibînin, vê rêka, rêkê pir kevn e, yek dibêjin terîq el- herîr [Rêya Hevrîşim]. Meaning, we can't state the entire history, saying "by God it was such and such year". But we see, this road, it's a very old road, some call it the Silk Road.
Navê vê riya namaye? The name of this road hasn't remained?
Na heve. Rêk heve, weha dare. Weha jî dare, rêk jî wina diçû Qurnê, pê ra wişta Bilbilê, dare diçû. No, it exists. The road exists, like that it goes down. Like that also it goes down, the road also went that way to Qurnê, via that way to Bilbil, down it went.
Ev milê we çi gund hene? What villages are on this side of yours?
Vê gundî Şêxûrzê ye. This is the village of Şêxûrzê.
Şêxûrzê jêrîn dibêjin. They call it Lower Şêxûrzê.
Vê gêçê da tu çiyayê me, çiyayê gundê Heftêr vêr dibêjin, çiyayê Keleşîr. Yes.
Vê gêçê da tu çiyayê me, çiyayê gundê Heftêr vêr dibêjin, çiyayê Keleşîr. Through this passage, you [see] our mountain, the mountain of Hefter village they call it here, Mount Keleşîr.
Ev çiya tê gotin? This is called the mountain?
Erê. Heta dighê sarnîncekê, ev çiya yê me ye. Yes. Until it reaches a cistern, this mountain is ours.
Ca Omerî ye? Is it Omer's place?
No, Geliye Horî li vê gêçê. No, the Horî Valley is in this passage.
Li vê gêçê? In this passage?
Vê tepî ye. Gundê Omer hay li vê tepî jêrîn. It is on this hill. Omer Village is down on this hill.
Omer Simo? Omer Simo?
Omer Simo. Erê. Omer Simo. Yes.
Wan a Mersawa. Ba'dî wê Şîltatê tê. Kelakê me Abîdanî. That is Mersawa. After that comes Şîltatê. Our side is Abîdan.
Û zadê sînor e, na pir dûr e. And also the border, it's not very far.
Sînor li ser vê derê... awê mersowê, ne pir dûr e. Û nefs ê şîltatê jî eyn weha ne yanî. The border is upon this place... that of Mersawa, it isn't very far. And the same for Şîltatê, they are exactly like that, meaning.
Ka em ji te bipirsin. Kerem ke. Let us ask you. Please.
We behsê kir wekû... aw li vir e... bîrek heye, sarnînc li vir e. You mentioned like... that is here... there is a well, a cistern is here.
Bi xwe, me behsa sarnîncê kir, me go enû... hev rêya, rêya di dîrokê da... di navbera Rojavayê û Bakurê Kurdistanê, di go... Actually, we discussed the cistern, we said that... this road, the road in history... between Rojava [West] and Bakur [North] Kurdistan, they said...
Wexta ne zift tinebû, ne bîdar tinebûn, gî bi hespa bûn, çûn û hatina wan di vê rêyê de bû. When there was no asphalt, no threshing floors, everything was by horse, their coming and going was on this road.
Li vê derê bîrek hebû, serincek hebû. Here there was a well, there was a cistern.
Yanî zeman da hatibû kolandin. Meaning it had been dug in the old times.
Dê da dihatin av vedixwarin. They would come there and drink water.
Wek nuqteke îstîrahet li vê derê dibirin. They would take a rest stop here.
Li vê îstîrahetê, yanî mabeyna Bakurê Kurdistan û Rojavayê Kurdistan digihandin hevdu. Nuqteke esasî bû vê derê. At this rest stop, meaning it connected North Kurdistan and West Kurdistan. This was a fundamental point.
Hetanî di wê demê de... Even at that time...
...bûkên yekî biguheriyan, dihatin li vê nuqtê, li vê nuqtê dihatin guherandin. ...brides to be exchanged for one another, they would come to this point, at this point they were exchanged.
Jiber ku av li vir hebû? Because there was water here?
Li vir av hebû. Yanî serincek hebû bîr, av hebû, lber wê avê rûdiniştin. Wek nuqteyek bû yanî. Here there was water. Meaning there was a cistern, a well, there was water, they sat by that water. It was like a checkpoint, essentially.
Li vê derê diman. Bûkên xwe wan danîn digihandin vê derê, wan jî digihandin vê derê... They stayed here. They brought their brides and reached here, and the others reached here...
Hêla Rojavayê da û hêla Şerqî da, muhîm nuqte hebû. From the Western side and from the Eastern side, essentially there was a point [meeting place].
Dihanîn li vê derê, bûk bi hev diguherin. Ha va diguherin, bûkên xwe didan, wan bûkên xwe ha didan berê. They brought them here and exchanged brides. They exchanged like this, gave their brides, and those gave their brides back like that.
Ev rêya, rêyek pir dîrokî û kevn e yanî. This road is a very historical and ancient road.
Yanî di demê, zift tinebûn, rê tinebûn, makîne tinebûn, traktor tinebûn... Meaning in the time when there was no asphalt, no roads, no machines, no tractors...
Va rêya, rêya hespê û peya çûn û hatin, mabeyna Rojava û Bakurê Kurdistanê digihand hevdu. This road, the road of horses and pedestrians coming and going, connected West and North Kurdistan to each other.
Di vê hêlê de. Yanî şarê navçeya Reco, Bilbil, û heta Mîdan Ekbezê, ev hemû vê geçê, di vê geçê va digihandin hevdu. Çûn û hatina xwe xeta xwe hebûn. In this direction. Meaning the town of Rajo, Bulbul, and up to Meydan Ekbez, all of this pass, they connected to each other through this pass. They had their own line of coming and going.
Êê mam ne bera sînor va çend kîlometre hene? Uh, uncle, how many kilometers is it toward the border?
Welle mabeyna me û sînor va vê derê teqrîben 20 kîlometre mabeyna me û sînor hana heye. Well, between us and the border here, there is approximately 20 kilometers between us and that border.
Rojhilatê me heye. Bakurê me sê kîlometre ye. We have our East. Our North is three kilometers.
Di rojavayê xerbî me... heye sê kîlometre jî heye. In our western west... there is, there is also three kilometers.
Ha, hûn nêzîkî sînor in ne? Ah, you are close to the border, right?
Em nêzîkî sînor in, sifr in. We are close to the border, we are at zero [point].
Ka dayîk kerem ke. Ka vêr de were. Mother, please come. Come over here.
Behsa gotin dema bûk diguherin, dema şayîk çêdibûn dihatin vira. Tu çi dizanî? They mentioned that when they exchanged brides, when weddings happened, they came here. What do you know?
E, welle em gîştinê me dî, Qirnê û Marsawa anîn li vê derê guhorîn. Yes, well we reached/saw it, the "Qirnê" and "Marsawa" [tribes/villages] brought them here to exchange.
Ê Marsawa qîza xwe tembî kirine, gotî bila hewnas û lefê xwe av bidin, paşê tu siwar be. The Marsawa one instructed their daughter, saying let your in-laws and horses drink water, then you mount/ride.
Ew Marsawa, ew ji Qirnê çû Marsawa. Ew Marsawa tembî kirine qîzik siwar nabe. That Marsawa one, the one from Qirnê went to Marsawa. That Marsawa one was instructed, the girl does not mount [the horse].
Û vê miletê kûm bûn, çû dikin vê xeber didê erdê siwar nabe. And these people gathered, whatever they do, speak to her, on the ground, she won't mount.
Heta lê gîştin hevdu emelê şerrek çêbû, em gibazîn milet bazî... Until they reached each other, a fight broke out, we ran, the people ran...
Welle paşê bi zorê rakirin li hespê kirin. Well, afterwards they lifted her by force and put her on the horse.
Paşê wan axa bir, wan jî axa bir, û ban kirin go o me biser avê ket. Then those took the Aga [leader/groom], and the others took the Aga, and they shouted saying oh ours fell over the water.
Me bûka xwe beriya avê avêt. We threw our bride before the water.
Gîşta vê derê bû av, wek nuqteyê Şêxû jî xeber dayî. Qîze û pî me me dabû Diraqliya. All of this place was water, like the point Sheikhu also spoke about. My daughter and my cousins, we had given them to the Diraqliya [people of Diraql].
Yanî meselen heftok çû, di herr û çûn, sa qîzikê were mala bavkê xwe, dê bavkê xwe bibîne na wekî noka ye. Meaning for example a week passed, in the coming and going, for the girl to come to her father's house, see her father and mother, not like nowadays.
Gîşta yekê were vê nuqtê. Hewna j'Diraqliya hatin vê nuqtê, em jî ji gund daketin. Herkeş li hesabê xwe kirî, wan işta... Everyone would come to this point. The in-laws came from Diraqliya to this point, and we went down from the village. Everyone calculated for themselves, they...
Tiştê xwe bi xwe ra aniye, me helwiyat an çiye, me kerî mal û pî me anîne, hot em gund gî kûm bûn vê derê ber serincê. Brought their things with them, we brought sweets or whatever, we brought the goods/livestock of my cousins, here the whole village gathered at this place by the cistern.
Vê derê hev dîtin, em rûniştin heta devê êkindê hîn... Here they saw each other, we sat until the time of late afternoon...
Tama em li wî derê hîn, em qicik bûn wê çaxê. While we were there, we were small [children] at that time.
Di wê demê de hesp hebûn? Were there horses at that time?
Êê, hesp ba. Bi hewna bi hespa hatin, em jî wina daketin hatin. Yes, there were horses. With the in-laws coming by horse, we also came down like that.
Ê we nêzîk e. So yours is close.
Ê me nêzîk e, Diraqliya dûr e. Ours is close, Diraqliya is far.
Işta mal vê derê hev dît, hewna û... heta êkindê bû. So the families saw each other here, in-laws and... until it was late afternoon.
Êkindê ji em çûn gundê xwe, hewna jî çûn mala xwe. In the late afternoon, we went to our village, and the in- laws went to their home.
Ka ji kerema te vî ji were. Ka kerem ke vir de were. Please, you come as well. Please come over here.
Na behsa vê çayê dikin, dibêjin kelaşîr. Çiye, çi mena wê heye? Ka ji kerema te vir de were. No, they are talking about this tea, they say "Kelaşîr" [Milk Thistle]. What is it, what is its meaning? Please come over here.
Behsa vê çayê dikin, dibêjin çaya Kelaşîr e, jiber xuzayê gund e, zengîn e. They talk about this tea, they call it Kelaşîr tea, because the nature of the village is rich.
Dar û berê xwe pir in, kelemê xwe pir in. Its trees and fruits are many, its thorns/cabbages are many.
Yanî ser wê taybetmendî. Meaning based on that characteristic.
Û ev ji bo şîr. And this is for milk.
Pezên şîrê xwe kêm be tînin vêr, dibêjin ferq dide. Sheep whose milk is low, they bring them here, they say it makes a difference.
Vî çayî da. In this tea [plant area].
Û eydin jî, jinên şîrê xwe kêm bana... And likewise, women whose milk was low...
Qurbanek tînan vî çayî, ciyê xwe heye. Would bring a sacrifice to this tea [area], it has its place.
Li wir şarjê dikirin. They would "charge" [make an offering] there.
Digot qurban e. Saying it is a sacrifice.
Ji bo şîrê wê jinê zêde bibe. So that the woman's milk would increase.
Û heye jî yanî, hinda jin çûn wî derê qurbana xwe şarjê kir, şîrê wê zêde bû, go ez kanim du qicikan îdare bikim. And it exists, meaning, some women went there, made their sacrifice, her milk increased, she said "I can manage [feed] two children."
Şîrê wê silaf kêm bû. Her milk was previously low.
Ba'dî hat qurbana vî derê kir, şîrê wê zêde bû. After she came and made the sacrifice here, her milk increased.
Ka ji kerema te tu jî were. Please, you come too.
Tu çi li ser vir zanî? Tu çi zanî? Ka tu jî me ra tiştekî bêje. Edî helekî tiştek ji me ra got, ka tu jî bêje. What do you know about here? What do you know? Tell us something too. Now, she told us something, you tell us too.
Welle ez wextê hatime vî gundî, li vira serincek hebû. Well, when I came to this village, there was a cistern here.
Û me'ser hebû û av hebû. And there was a press and there was water.
Dihatin işta pîreka li vira kinc dişûştin. The women would come here and wash clothes.
Derd dikirin, cilê xwe dişûştin û diçûn mala xwe, herkes. They would chat, wash their clothes, and go to their homes, everyone.
Tu bi xwe şêxû bûka vî gundî ye? You yourself, Sheikhu, are you a bride of this village?
Erê ez bûka vî gundî me. Yes, I am a bride of this village.
Te gîştê dema av li vir dikişiya? Dihata ji vê serincê dibirin? Did you catch the time when water was drawn here? Did they come and take it from this cistern?
Na, av dikişiya, ji vira dikişiya av. Ez gîştimê. No, water was flowing, it flowed from here. I caught [that time].
Ji kaniyê da av dikişiya diçû. Water flowed from the spring and went.
Dihatin vir cilê xwe dişûştin, li vir karê xwe dikirin? They came here, washed their clothes, did their work here?
Erê. Cilê xwe dişûştin, karê xwe dikirin, û işta xebat dikirin. Yes. They washed their clothes, did their work, and so, they labored.
Spas ji bo te jî. Mala we ava be. Spas. Thank you to you too. May your home be prosperous. Thanks.
Saet xweş. Cheers / Have a good time.
Xelkê gundê Heftêr di nava têkiliyên baş û ahengê de ne. The people of Heftêr village are amidst good relations and harmony.
Lewma di cejnan de hemû xelkê gund serdana hev dikin. Therefore, during holidays, all the people of the village visit each other.
Û pirsgirêkên xwe yên civakî çareser dikin. And they resolve their social problems.
Arî çopliyê, wek kargehek e ji bo çêkirina cebelxaneya çekan, di serdemên kevin da dihat bikaranîn. The "Arî Çopliyê" [Trash/Stick Mill], like a workshop for making weapon ammunition, was used in ancient eras.
Îbrahîmê Heftêr oldarek bû. Ibrahim of Heftêr was a religious man.
Û di heman demê de kesayetiyek civakî bi bandor û cihê rêzê bû li ba hemûyan. And at the same time, he was an influential social personality and respected by everyone.
Mûradê Heftêr jî zanyarekî ola îslamî bû. Murad of Heftêr was also a scholar of the Islamic religion.
Ji bo civaka xwe gelek ked û xebat kiriye. He put in a lot of effort and work for his society.
Canê min, bejna zirav li ser ta ki. My soul, the slender stature on a single thread.
Hişîn hatî bi her awakî. It has come green in every way.
Çi şêrîne ew bejna te. How sweet is that stature of yours.
Bisk û kezî li milên te. Locks and braids on your shoulders.
Cilên dirêj reng bi reng. Long clothes, colorful.
Bû te dixwîne pir deng. For you, it sings many sounds.
Keziyên dirêj sorsinî ye. Long braids, red and lily-white.
Bi hena urfa ye zerî ye. With the henna of Urfa, it is golden.
Li girz da ketî ser nav kel'a. In the clump, it fell upon the name of the citadel.
Rengê xwe ji rengê gula. Its color from the color of roses.
Yek sene ye, yek kerkûk. One is Sanandaj, one is Kirkuk.
Bi xemla şêrîn bûye bûk. With sweet adornment, she has become a bride.
Eniya sipî çiyayê Gewre. The white forehead is Mount Gewre [Gabar/Cudi region].
Rojhilatê dinya 'ewre. The East of the world is cloudy.
Dil zinar e ji mermer. The heart is a rock of marble.
Ceger pola ye li her der. The liver [courage] is steel everywhere.
Yek dest Mêrdîn û ya din Botan. One hand is Mardin and the other Botan.
Du mû rû ji her ssor gulan. Two faces/hairs from every red flower.
Çavên şiya reş belek. Eyes of the hawk, black and white.
Canê bê can çerxa felek. The soul without a soul, the wheel of fortune.
Hembeş fera derya wanê. The embrace is wide, the sea of Van.
Qafê bîna Kurdistanê. Qafê bîna Kurdistanê. The summit [Mount Qaf] of the vision of Kurdistan. The summit of the vision of Kurdistan.
Belê temaşevanên hêja, îro em li gundê Heftêr in. Yes dear viewers, today we are in Heftêr village.
Em di nava mala mamosteyê me yê hêja, helbestvanê me yê hêja, evîndar bûn. We were guests in the home of our dear teacher, our dear poet, Evîndar.
Denge wî sax be, jiber helbesta xwend, em spasiya wî dikin. May his voice be healthy, for the poem he read, we thank him.
Mamoste te helbesta xwe ya destpêkê xwend. Em spasiya te dikin. Teacher, you read your opening poem. We thank you.
Em jî spasiya hemû endamên Ronahî dikin. We also thank all the members of [TV Station] Ronahî.
Û em spasiya hemû gelê Kurd, û hemû şoreşgerên xwe dikin. And we thank all the Kurdish people, and all our revolutionaries.
Mamoste te ji kengî de helbestê dinivîsînî? Teacher, since when have you been writing poetry?
Welle ez ji kevin da... yanî têkevebê ji sî salî da, em helbestan dinivîsin. Well, I [have been] since old times... meaning it might be since thirty years that we write poems.
Li ser welêt, li ser xwezayê, li ser evînî, em dinivîsin. About the homeland, about nature, about love, we write.
Ê di malbata te de kes helbestvan hebû? Lê te li mal, li gund de bi tenê helbestvan e? Was there anyone in your family who was a poet? Or are you the only poet at home, in the village?
Welle ez bi xwe, ez bi tenê helbestvan im. Well, I myself, I am the only poet.
Ê... yanî kesî din tîne ye. Uh... meaning there is no one else.
Lê, ema ji biçûkî xwe da hinikî... ewên me û... xasse bûn. But, however, since my childhood somewhat... those of ours and... they were special.
Jiber wî, awana ez pê tesîr bûbim. Because of that, perhaps I was influenced by it.
Belkî ji biçûkî da me çi dida kûlama, me çi... tembîrê di xist, me çi... şe'r yazmîş dikir. Perhaps since childhood, whatever songs we gave, whatever... played the lute, whatever... wrote poetry.
Hinî tiştên me hebûn, yanî ji biçûkî da ez pê tesîr bûbim. We had some things, meaning since childhood I might have been influenced by them.
Jiber we yekê, em hana derketin, em her tiştekî xweş û baş yazmîş dikin, dinivîsin lo. Because of that one thing, we came out like this, we write down every good and beautiful thing, we write it, man.
Te helbestên kê dixwend? Whose poems did you read?
Helbestê... î Cegerxwîn min dixwend. The poems... of Cegerxwîn, I read.
Ê... qisetên Ehmedê Xanî... Uh... the stories of Ehmedê Xanî...
Hinekî... mewqifê dwî ez pê mekin tesîr dibûm. Some... of his stance, I was greatly influenced by it.
Û helbestên Melayê Cizîrî min dixwendin. And the poems of Melayê Cizîrî, I read them.
Ê Melayê Cizîrî jî, giha bêtir ez pê tesîr dibûm. And Melayê Cizîrî too, even more so I was influenced by him.
Û heya naha meselen, em bêjin, ez helbestên xwe yazmîş dikim, belkî pirik nizane bin, îno va helbesta min ji kûjan rengî ne yanî. And until now, for example, let's say, I write my poems, perhaps many don't know, well, what kind of style my poem is.
Rengê xwe, her kesek tê darnaxe yanî. Its style, not everyone can decipher it.
Jiber gî qasî ji biçûkî xwe da ez bi tiştî folklorî ez tesîr bûme. Because as much as from my childhood I was influenced by folklore things.
Haya helbesta min, wek klamên me yên berê vê bi pênc hezar sal, bi sê hezar sal, bi du hezar sal, hatine gotin, hatine bîna klam. Until my poem, like our songs of before, of five thousand years ago, of three thousand years, of two thousand years, they were sung, they came as songs.
Yanî heta helbesta min, wek we helbesta berî vê bi pênc hezar sal, we klamên berî vê bi pênc hezar sal. Meaning even my poem, [is] like that poem of five thousand years ago, like those songs of five thousand years ago.
Her kesek qa nizane... ew helbestna ji kûjan rengî ne. Not everyone knows... what style those poems are.
Ne hurr e, ne tef'îl e, ne... awe. It is not free verse, not metric prosody, not... that.
...diyan e. Jiber ku hunera li ser wê muzîqê ji hev nayê derxistin. ...because the art on that music cannot be separated from each other.
Têkwan e, waha kelamêt me dikevin, bereke muzîqê ji hev cuda bike ge, ew başqatirî we ye. It is a mixture, that is how our songs are formed, if one separates the music from it, that is something else entirely.
Ê, heya ez rengî helbestê min, pir gulî dinin, bes û pir helbestvan û nizanin ebkûjan rengî yê ez mêş dikim. Yes, until... the color of my poems, many put flowers [melodies] on them, but many poets don't know exactly what color/style I am walking [writing] in.
Baş e, naha çiqas helbestên te hene? Te dîwan te hene? Te çi kirine? Okay, now how many poems do you have? Do you have divans (collections)? What have you done?
Ê dîwanên min hene, min caîz kiriye. Hîna min tebe ne kiriye. Yes, I have divans, I have prepared them. I haven't printed them yet.
Caîz kiriye? You prepared them?
Min caîz kiriye, min caîz kiriye. Hîna min tebe ne kiriye. I prepared them, I prepared them. I haven't printed them yet.
Naha tiştekî ji te bipirsim mamoste. Now let me ask you something, sir (Mamoste).
Naha gelek caran hunermendên me hene, dibêjin "Em ê xwa helbestê binivîsînin, em ê xwa awazê wê stranê çêbikin." Now, often we have artists who say, "We will write the lyrics ourselves, we will create the melody of that song ourselves."
Yanî gelek helbestvan jî hene, mînak wek te yane, û gelek helbestvanên me di mal da rûniştine. I mean, there are many poets, for example like you, and many of our poets are sitting at home.
Naçin serdana helbestvanan nakin, ê naçin helbest... yanî helbest... They [singers] don't go to visit the poets, they don't go to [get] poems... I mean poems...
...bestî cem helbestvana nabin. Ew sedem çiya ne? Yanî wîn xwa ji hunermenda va nîzik nakin? Lê ew çi pskirêk çiya ne? ...they don't get poems from the poets. What is the reason for that? Do you not get close to the artists? Or what is the problem?
Ê tiştekî biçûk ji te re bibêjim. Let me tell you a small thing.
Ji berî vê bi 25 sala, istaz Mustafa Qasim. Before this, 25 years ago, Mr. Mustafa Qasim.
A çiqas o kased ge di dêrûkê da baş, û helbestvan û rewşenbîr, hinek ez naskim, hinek haw naskê. Oh, how many cassettes went well in history, and poets and intellectuals, some I know, some know him.
Her carê, 20 kes, 25 kes li serî mehkûm dikirin. Every time, 20 people, 25 people were gathering/judging over it.
Eyn em li mala wî rûdiniştin. Exactly as we were sitting in his house.
Û ez pir wî însanî teşekur dikim. Jiber ku wî gunehî pir pere bi miro tune bûn. And I thank that person very much. Because that poor guy didn't have much money.
Heya însanê ji dûr da hatine, pereyê wî dan. Until people came from afar, and they gave him [the singer] his money.
Jiber ku bes havna hatine, çiqas va kaseda jê hatiye hatine, bes jiber ku werin helbestê min neqad bikin. Just because they came together, however much income came from that cassette, [they should have come] just to critique/acknowledge my poem.
Vê wîjdan... dizanî? This is conscience... you know?
Ê di hingî di wê... ewê da... So at that time, in that... in that [situation]...
Ê em... merin gavê xwe çêkir û em pir jî pêş de çûn. Uh, we... we took our step and we went very far forward.
Belkî carekê min yek bi xur û bir wê dere, min go "Hişta kesên me hene, rewşenbîrin me." Perhaps once I took someone forcibly there, I said, "Look, we have people, we have intellectuals."
"Di çîrokê dinivîsînin, însanên me yî musaqaf zana pir me hene." "They write stories, we have many cultured, wise people."
"Ino mi şêm tu jî bi min ra herî yanî teq bînî, tu di vê ûrtê da tu nokî, tu moyî ye." "So I said you should go with me, meaning act properly, you are new in this area, you are raw."
"Mi şêm bi min ra here, amade şerê te jî neqad bikin û derbikin filan û bêvan." "I said go with me, ready for them to critique your poem and publish it, and so on."
"Û em çûn wê dere, belkî şerê ge de neqad kirin." "And we went there, maybe they critiqued the poem there."
"Hinekî banzî xwe hat qulibandin. A reş bî, heşîn bî, bes ê me a ne waha bî." "Some turned their faces away. Whether it was black or blue [bad or good], but ours wasn't like that."
"Ma eb erde ra dûz dikirin. A çiqas o neqada bî gi dikirin." "They leveled it to the ground [criticized harshly]. Whatever critique there was, they did it all."
Na mamoste, helbestên te dane hunermenda? No sir, have you given your poems to artists?
Welle... Well...
Kes hunermend... te hunermendek helbest daye ne? Any artist... have you given a poem to an artist or not?
Mamoste min dane, min dane Elî Dawûd. Sir, I gave, I gave to Ali Dawud.
Min dane... Walîd Mûsa. I gave to... Walid Musa.
Min dane Ebdo Mihemed, Derya Evînê. I gave to Abdo Mohammad, [the song] "Sea of Love" (Derya Evînê).
Dizanî? Ê... Mihemed Walîd, hew jî şe'ir yozmîş dikê, bes hinekî em jî çûkê da bi hevdu ra... You know? Uh... Mohammad Walid, he also writes poetry, but we were somewhat together since childhood...
...mezin bîne, bi şe'rê min pir tesîr dibê, heta min şe'rê xwe dayî Mihemed Walîd, dîsa kirî kelam. ...grew up together, he is very influenced by my poetry, I even gave my poetry to Mohammad Walid, and he made it into a song again.
Na, di nav... na te dî di Efrîn da, kîjan hunermenda? Stranek te gotî, ew strana tê naskirin? Tu kanî ji me ra bêjî? No, within... no, you saw within Efrîn, which artist? A song you mentioned, is that song well-known? Can you tell us?
Ê bêje "filan strana min e". Uh, say "such and such song is mine".
Ê wek wek wê stranê, ewa min dayî Ebdo Mihemed, Derya Evînê. Uh, like that song, the one I gave to Abdo Mohammad, "Derya Evînê" (Sea of Love).
Derya Evînê, a giştk dizanin, ino wê pir cihê xwe girt di nav milet da û li her dawetekê jî tê strandin. "Derya Evînê", everyone knows it, so it took a big place among the people and it is sung at every wedding.
Ê, ê Walîd Mûsa min dayê, waye dibê "Ey xêr zeman". Uh, uh, I gave to Walid Musa, he sings "Ey xêr zeman" (Oh good times).
Ê, ê Elî Dawûd waye dibê "Bê hezkirin dinya fen e". Uh, uh, Ali Dawud sings "Bê hezkirin dinya fen e" (Without love, the world is a deception/fake).
Ê rola helbestvan di şoreşê da çi ye? Gerek wek helbestvan, di şoreşê da çi bike? Uh, what is the role of the poet in the revolution? As a poet, what must one do in the revolution?
Însanî helbestvan... gerek e rêbertiyê ji gelê xwe re bike. The human poet... must provide leadership/guidance for his people.
Rêbertiyê ji gelê xwe re bike. Me xwest em li berî giştika rewşenbîrên me yî Kurd em bi yek in. Provide leadership for his people. We wanted, before everything, for us Kurdish intellectuals to be united.
A orta, li hezba de mînin, milet hizb ji ber xwe fe bikin, hevna jî bi pê me kevin. In the middle, stay away from parties, let the people figure out the parties themselves, and they will follow us.
Yanî mamoste, naha tu cihê xwe di çand û huner da digirî? So sir, do you currently take your place in [the department of] Culture and Arts?
Welle, evole Şerîf, ez bi xwe di Yekîtiya a wayê da me, ê rewşenbîran. Well, my dear Sherif, I myself am in that Union, uh, of the Intellectuals.
Dizanî? Em di ewê rewşenbîra da, du wê dere de em meclîs dan e. You know? We are in that [Union] of Intellectuals, in that place we have established a council.
Û çi ji me were xwestin, çi di çand û hunerê da bê û çi li kû derê bê... And whatever is asked of us, whether in culture and arts or wherever it may be...
Wan bêjin, çi ji destê me tê der, em karibin bikin ji bo miletê xwe. Let them speak, whatever comes from our hands, we are able to do for our people.
Mamoste, naha dibêjin stranên hemû ji can we ye. Tu kanî ji me ra bêjî ev çi çîrok e? Sir, now they say all the songs are from your soul/side. Can you tell us what this story is?
Dadî ew stranên hemû, bi nav û deng e. Heta başûrê Kurdistanê wan jî strayî. You saw all those songs are famous. Even in Southern Kurdistan they sang them.
Dibêjin folklorê Efrînê. Dibêjin ev çîrok jî can we ye. Hemû kî ye? Kê ev strana gotiye? They call it Efrîn folklore. They say this story is from your side too. Who is "Hamu"? Who sang this song?
Hemû bi xwe bavê min e. Navê xwe Ehmed bî. Ehmed Heftaro. "Hamu" [All/The Whole] is actually my father. His name was Ahmed. Ahmed Heftaro.
Feqet ji ber ku, qesrî didelan, û jê hez dikirin. Only because... the palace of hearts/lovers, and they loved him.
Û ji ber wê yekê nav lê kirin "Hemû". And for that reason, they named him "Hamu" [Everyone/All].
Yanî henekî pir zana bî, û henekî qabadayî bî. Meaning he was someone very wise, and someone who was a "kabadayi" (tough/brave man).
Yanî heya ji tirsê wî ra, kesî li gundî me hukum nekir. Em bi nav nakin. I mean, due to fear of him, no one ruled over our village. We won't mention names.
Yanî ji ber ku gimeletê me ne. Ama bi rastî di tarîxê da, kesekî di dêrûkê da li gundî me hukum nekir ji tirsa bavkê min ra. I mean because they are our people. But truly in history, historically no one ruled our village due to fear of my father.
Însanekî qabadayî bî, û zana bî. He was a tough man, and wise.
Ji ber wê mêrantiya gund de, ji ber wê qabadayîbûna gund de, evdê şe'rê pê tesîr bî. Because of that bravery in the village, because of that toughness in the village, people were influenced by the poetry.
A kelam li ser derxist, û ew kelama jî cihê xwe di her derkê da girt. He brought out songs upon it, and those songs took their place everywhere.
Mala te ava be. Spas. May your home be prosperous. Thank you.
Ne, spas a we be. No, thank you to you.
Dibistana Şehîd Cuma, dibistanek e, hevbeş e di navbera gundê Heftêr û Abîdanê da. Martyr Juma School is a school, shared between the villages of Heftêr and Abîdan.
Û her wiha komîn a gund jî bi navê Şehîd Dîrok hatiye binavkirin. And likewise, the village commune has been named Martyr Dîrok.
Hêjayî bibîrxistinê ye ku di serdema ku ji ya ermeniyan da, di sala 1914an da, gelek kes ji ermeniyan serî li gundê Heftêr dane. It is worth mentioning that during the era of the Armenian Genocide, in the year 1914, many Armenian people sought refuge in the village of Heftêr.
Û xelkê gund ji aliyê xwe ve, malovaniye wan kir, û ew pêşwazî kirin, û di nava xwe da hewandina. And the people of the village, for their part, hosted them, and welcomed them, and sheltered them among themselves.
Ta asta ku xaniyek jî ji wan ra ava kirin. To the extent that they even built a house for them.
Belê temaşevanên hêja, îro ji vê sibê da em li gundê Heftêr in. Yes dear viewers, today since this morning we are in the village of Heftêr.
Naha jî di dawiye da em derbasî mala Birêz Şêxû bûn. And now finally we have entered the house of Mr. Sheikhu.
Di her gundekî da taybetmendiyek xwe heye. In every village, there is a distinct characteristic.
Me xwest taybetmendiya vê gundî em nas bikin. We wanted to learn the characteristic of this village.
Me bi hevre jî şopand ya ne, me gund nas kir. We followed it together, right? We got to know the village.
Lê naha jî em hatin mala Şêxû, milet dîsa caran din hemû vegeriya hat vê malê. But now we came to Sheikhu's house, the people once again all returned and came to this house.
Naha jî Apê Şêxû kelk min e. Now Uncle Sheikhu is beside me.
Şêx Heftaro. Shekh Heftaro.
Şêx Heftaro. Merheba, ji te re, carê din. Shekh Heftaro. Hello to you, once again.
Ehlen we sehlen. Welcome.
Wa behsa gelek tişta kir. Te dî ji vê sibê da em li gundê we digerin. He talked about many things. You saw since this morning we are walking around your village.
Me hene gund nas kir, ya ne. Em dixwazin ji ber ku bernameya me jî kêm e ya ne. We got to know some of the village, right. We want to [wrap up] because our program [time] is short, right.
Yanî em nikanin ji vê zêdetir bigerin. Meaning we cannot walk around more than this.
Ser teva xweş bî. You are welcome (lit: may it be pleasant on your eyes).
Sax be. Apê Şêx wa behsa kir, we got dema di cejna da, di eyda da. Be healthy. Uncle Sheikhu mentioned, you said during the feasts (cejn), during the holidays (eyd).
Heb rûmet e, kom heye, em malik in, em malbatik in, sehî? Em noka, elhemdulila, pir bûn e. There is respect together, there is gathering, we are one household, we are one family, right? We now, thank God, have become many.
Bes em wek berê ji hev hez dikin, û em qîmetê hev jî dizanin. But we love each other like before, and we know each other's value.
Em li her malê jî, rûdinin, û em giştik bi hevdu ra, dost in, sedî sed. And at every house, we sit, and we are all together, friends, one hundred percent.
Belê. Naha te dî gelek gundên me, dema cejna da tên xwarinê bi hevre dixwin. Yes. Now you saw many of our villages, during the feast they come and eat food together.
Mînak wek gundê Ze'rê, gelek gundê din jî me çû serdana wan kirin. For example, like the village of Za're, and many other villages we went to visit.
Di roja cejnê da, gund giştî li hev kom dibe. On the day of the feast, the whole village gathers together.
Yanî xwarinê tînin, li ser sifrê datînin, bi hevre dixwin. Meaning they bring food, put it on the table, and eat together.
Naha we got milet vegerî, dîsa giştî hatine vir. Now you said the people returned, again everyone came here.
Ê dema... ka tu ji me ra... tu bi xwe bêje ji me ra. Dema cejn tê hûn çi dikin? Uh when... tell us... you yourself tell us. When the feast comes, what do you do?
Em dîsa li hevdu kom dibin. Em... kê tiştê xwe ji hevre hewal didin, tiştê vî dize jî tînaye. We gather together again. We... whoever shares their things with each other, they bring whatever they have cooked/prepared.
Û em giş sifrê xwe bi hevdura datînin. Bi hevdura dixwin. Bi hevdura radibin. Bi hevdura rûdinin. Em giştik yek in, înşallah. And we all lay our table together. We eat together. We stand up together. We sit together. We are all one, God willing.
Ê di wê demê da, te behsa... te digo... Uh at that time, you mentioned... you said...
Em li malê fera dixwin, malê me giya jî fera ne, elhemdulîla. We eat at individual houses [too], all our houses are open/plentiful, thank God.
Û em li orta gund jî dixwin, geh cew xweş bîsa. And we eat in the middle of the village too, if the weather is nice.
Em ne zivistan e, em kol in, na em rêwî ne, ba derna. We are not winter [gloomy?], we are not 'kol' [stuck/slaves?], no, we are travelers [passing through], moving on.
Yanî heta naha, heya naha, ev berdewam e. Meaning until now, up to now, this continues.
Em heya naha, û tim û tim înşallah. We until now, and always and always, God willing.
Û em... hîn jî qebir didim qetkê xwe. Aman ji hev meqetin. And we... still give advice to our offspring. "Oh please, don't separate from each other."
Aman qîmetê hev dizanin bin. Aman sîleta rehm ji bîr nekin. "Oh please, know the value of each other. Oh please, do not forget the ties of kinship (silat al-rahim)."
Qîmetê dê û bavê xwe bizanibin. Know the value of your mother and father.
Dê û bavê we çawa bi hevdu ra bûn, hûn jî wilo bin. Just as your mother and father were together, you be like that too.
Yanî bi taybet cejna da, lê di roja din jî yane? Meaning specifically during feasts, but on other days too, right?
Di cejnê... tim jî wane ye. Em di cejna da jî wane ne, û em li miriya jî wane ne. During the feast... it is always like that. We are like that during feasts, and we are like that at funerals (deaths) too.
Em pir qîmetê hev dizanin. Şahiyê da jî wane ne. We value each other very much. In celebrations [weddings] we are like that too.
Em qîmetê hev dizanin, û em tim jî ji bîr nakin înşallah. Bav û kalê me wana bûn, bi hevdura. We know each other's value, and we will never forget, God willing. Our forefathers were like that, together.
Te behsa bav û kalê we kir. Ê di wê demê da bav û kalê we jî wisa dikirin? You mentioned your forefathers. Uh, in that time did your forefathers do the same?
Na, em... hema 'edetê bav û kalê me ye. No [correction/agreement], we... it is just the custom of our forefathers.
Bav û kalê me jî wisa dikirin. Em diçûn ber Nebî Hûrî. Our forefathers did the same. We used to go to Nebi Huri.
Hemo ebdanê ba dihatin cem hevdu. Me sifrê xwe datanî orta gund. All the people/worshippers would come together. We would lay our table in the middle of the village.
Gundê me, ê Ebadana, ê gundê... ê... erên. Our village, the people of Abidan, the village of... uh... yes.
Di cejna Êyîdê da. In the feast of Eid.
Û em di cejna Nêrozê jî, me nedizanî Nêroz e. And during the feast of Newroz, we didn't know it was Newroz [politically/formally].
Em diçûn ber Nebî Hûrî, dîsa xelkê dewar dibir, dîsa hevala dewar dibir. We went to Nebi Huri, again people took animals [for sacrifice/food], friends took animals.
Her malekî qurbanek xwe dibir. Dîsa şerje dikirin. Every house took a sacrifice. Again they charged/prepared [the feast].
Û dîsa sifra eyn hona datanîn. Û xelkê dixwar. Giya dixwar yane. Milet teva de. And again they laid the table exactly like this. And the people ate. Everyone ate, I mean. The whole nation/people.
Ê di wê demê da te behsa... te go... Uh at that time you mentioned... you said...
Bav û kalê me wana bûn. Our forefathers were like that.
Mezinê me kî bûn? Who were our elders?
Ew Hekîmê Mezin, Apê Meybûn, Brokê Meybûn... There was Hekîm the Elder, Apê Meybûn, Brokê Meybûn...
Pismamê me Îbrahîmê Xeftêr mezin hebû, êşta... Our cousin Îbrahîm of Xeftêr was a great elder, back then...
Mezinê me... em bera diçûn ser... Our elders... we used to go to...
Îbrahîmê Xeftêr û kî bava bûn? Besides Îbrahîm of Xeftêr, who else was there?
Îbrahîmê Xeftêr hebû, Hemkê Xeftêr hebû, Eliyê Xeftêr hebû... There was Îbrahîm of Xeftêr, Hemkê of Xeftêr, Eliyê of Xeftêr...
Miradê Xeftêr, şêxlix dikir li cem me, li gund hebû. Mirad of Xeftêr, he acted as a leader among us, he was in the village.
Xwedê kêmasiyê we nede, mala we ava be. May God not let you lack anything, may your house be prosperous.
Saeta we jî xweş be, Xwedê kêmasiyê we jî nede. May your time be pleasant too, may God not let you lack anything either.
Spas dikim. Thank you.
Belê, bi vî rengî, îro emê xatira xwe bixwazin. Yes, in this way, today we will say our goodbyes.
Em spasiya gundê Xeftêr dikin, îro ji vî sibê da em li vî gundî ne. We thank the village of Xeftêr, today we have been in this village since the morning.
Hêvar jî li me da hat. Evening has fallen upon us.
Xûşk û birayên vî gundî, erf û adetên vî gundî me nas kir. The sisters and brothers of this village, we got to know the customs and traditions of this village.
Çawa milet bi hevra carek din, hatin li ser sifrakeyê bi hevra xwarinekê bixwin. How the people came together once again, to eat a meal together at one table.
Gelek gundê me bi vê rengî ne. Many of our villages are like this.
Yanî dema cejnada, di şahiyada, di miriyada, bi vê rengî li hev dicivin. Meaning during holidays, during celebrations, during funerals, they gather together like this.
Hinekî serma hebû, îro em derbas gund bûn, û em derbasî hindir bûn yanî. It was a bit cold, today we stopped by the village, and we went inside.
Haya hefteyekî din, li gundekî din, emê dîsa bi hevra bin, bi xatira we. Until another week, in another village, we will be together again, goodbye.
Naşikê û danayê topên zeman. The cannons of time will not break it or bring it down.
Kes nebê Kurd dimirin, Kurd jîn dibin. Let no one say Kurds are dying, Kurds are living on.
Jîn dibe qet nakeve ala rengîn. Living on, the colorful flag will never fall.