Em dizanin dema niha de, gotina meriv dikeve di nava kurahîya dîrokê. We know that right now, human speech falls into the depths of history.
Yanê gelek tiştên balkêş jî ji dîroka Kurda de meriv kane mesela dest bixe yanê. Meaning, one can also touch upon many interesting things from Kurdish history.
Niha di Çiyayê Lêlûn livir, gelek heu... împaratorîyet, memalîk, hezarat livir ava bûne. Now, here in Mount Lelun, many uh... empires, kingdoms, and civilizations were established here.
Her kesekî bi rengekî nû, bi rengê xwe yanê, heu... ava kiriye. Everyone established it in a new way, in their own way.
Di destpêkê de, em kanin bêjin mesela di însanê... di hezaratê însanê Niyandertal de dest pê kiriye. In the beginning, we can say, for example, it started with the human... the civilization of the Neanderthal man.
Ji 40 sal... 40 hezar sal heta 60 hezar sal beriya mîladê ta dema me niha. From 40 years... 40,000 years to 60,000 years BC, up until our current time.
Însanê ku livir... xwedî hezarat... hezarat çêkirine, ew bûn Hûrîgîn. The humans who were here... the owners of civilization... who created civilization, they were the Hurrians.
Hûrîgîn jî dibên eslê wan Kurd in yanê. And they say the origin of the Hurrians is Kurdish.
Ê niha yanê, tiştê ku em bala meriva dikişîne, ew jî ku nexşeyên gulşon xwe hiştine yanê. So now, the thing that attracts one's attention is the reliefs/carvings they left behind.
Keremkin temaşevanên hêja, em bernameya xwe vekin. Please, dear viewers, let us open our program.
Belê temaşevanên hêja, îro jî em derbasî Çiyayê Lêlûn bûn e. Yes dear viewers, today we have crossed into Mount Lelun.
Hêrema Şêrawa, gundê Birc Qasê. The Sherawa Region, the village of Burj Qas (Birc Qasê).
Dema mera derbasî Çiyayê Lêlûn dibe, hemî nexşên Kurda tê dibîne. When a person passes through Mount Lelun, they see all the Kurdish carvings.
Dîroka Kurda a resen bi hezar sala di vê milî dibîne. One sees the authentic Kurdish history dating back thousands of years in this area.
Em spasîya Mamoste Nûrî dikin. We thank Teacher Nuri.
Mamosta, te behsa nexşa kir. Ev nexşa wateya wê çine? Teacher, you mentioned the carvings. What is the meaning of this carving?
Ee niha... nexşe nexşê rojê heye, li ser xirabeyên ku li cem me, li Çiyayê Lêlûn heye. Uh now... there is a carving of the sun, on the ruins that are near us, in Mount Lelun.
Nexşê rojê û tawûs heye. There is a carving of the sun and a peacock.
Ê roj jî dibêje... vedigere "Îlah Nebû". And the sun tells... it goes back to "God Nabu" (Note: Speaker likely means general solar deity concepts or local variation).
Wekî ku di Tewrata pîroz de hatiye zikrandin yanê, hatiye ser ziman. As it has been mentioned in the Holy Torah, it has been spoken of.
Dibê "Îlah Nebû" li vir, li Çiyayê Lêlûn, diyaneta xwe, ola xwe dest pê kir. It says "God Nabu" started his religion, his faith, here in Mount Lelun.
Ew jî di abidîya rojê yanê... roj jî sembolek ji sembola diyaneta wî bû, ola wî bû. And that was in the worship of the sun... the sun was a symbol among the symbols of his religion, his faith.
Ee niha heta dema me niha jî li gundê Kefer Nebû, li wî gundî ser navê xwe ma. Uh, now until our current time, in the village of Kafr Nabu, that village has remained in his name.
Û gelek nav jî yanê, ji hane... mesela navê Nebû heye, malbata Nebûkê heye mesela. And many names also... for example, there is the name Nabu, there is the Nabuke family, for example.
Rast e, rast e. That's right, that's right.
Hema tu derbasî Şêrawa dibî, piraniya navê kesa, tu dibînî Nebû ye. As soon as you enter Sherawa, the majority of people's names, you see, are Nabu.
Nexşên Tawûsê Melek tu dibînî, nexşên rojê tu dibînî, hemî ev nexşê Kurdan e. You see reliefs of the Peacock Angel (Tawûsê Melek), you see reliefs of the sun, all these are Kurdish reliefs.
Ee nexşê Tawûsê Melek bi xwe yanê, ew jî em zanin z... diyaneta mesela ola Zerdeştî ya Êzdahî. Uh, the relief of the Peacock Angel itself, we know that... for example, the Zoroastrian religion or Ezidism (Yezidism).
Gelekî kevnar e, yanê ji beriya mîladê 3000-4000 sal jî. It is very ancient, meaning from 3000-4000 years BC.
Yanê "Îlah Nebû" jî dîsa den... ew jî tabeek ji diyan... mesela Zerdeştî yan jî Êzdahîyê bû. Meaning "God Nabu" was also... he was also a follower of the... for example, Zoroastrian or Ezidi religion.
Bixwe yanê navê meabidê wî jî yanê dihat naskirin bi navê Êzdaha. In fact, the name of his temple was known by the name of the Ezidis (Ezdaha).
Bixwe îlahê el-kîtabe we-l-hikme bû, ew jî Îlah Nebû yanê. He was strictly the god of writing and wisdom, that was God Nabu.
Piştî wê, Rûm derbas vir bû? After that, did the Romans (Rûm) pass through here?
Ee dibê di dîrokek, ku dîrok dibêje, di sala 64'a berî mîladê jî Roman derbasî bakurê Sûriyê bûn. Uh, history says, as history states, in the year 64 BC, the Romans crossed into Northern Syria.
Ji împaratoriya wî jî ji çemê Feratê ta derya Spî... yanê nehr el-Furat heta Behr Ebyed Mutewesit, Antakya. And his empire extended from the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean... meaning the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean Sea, Antioch.
Zêdetir di wê demê da, Antakya paytexta Romaniyan bû. Moreover, at that time, Antioch was the capital of the Romans.
Di Çiyayê Lêlûn jî girêdayî ewê bû. Girêdayî Antakya bû. And Mount Lelun was connected to it. Connected to Antioch.
Antakya û gundê derdora wê jî yanê di’abidîn weke asnam yanê, weke peykeran yanê. Antioch and the surrounding villages worshipped idols, meaning statues.
Nisbeten Îlah Nebû, di’abidîne asnama. Relative to God Nabu, they worshipped idols.
Piştî wê ra jî, ola Îslam... Xiristiyan daket. And after that, the Islamic... [correction] Christian religion descended.
Di dema Xiristiyanê da jî, mubeşirîn hebûn. During the time of Christianity, there were missionaries.
Mubeşirîn jî li hemû devera dinyayê belav dibûn jiber ku ser ola xwe Xiristiyan bidin naskirin ji kesa ra. Missionaries spread all over the world to introduce their Christian religion to people.
Yek ji wan jî, ji navê mubeşirîna da jî, hineka jî hebûn dixwastin jiyaneka xwa taybet bijîn. One of them, among the missionaries, there were some who wanted to live a private life.
Yanê li halê xwa bin, dûrî milet. Meaning to be on their own, away from the people.
Yek ji wan Marmarûnî ye, ya kemînî kî hatîye Çiyayê Lêlûn. One of them is Saint Maron (Marmarûn), the first one who came to Mount Lelun.
Li vê derê Marmarûn derbasî Çiyayê Lêlûn bû. Here, Maron entered Mount Lelun.
Û ola Xiristiyan bi... kesa hat naskirin. And the Christian religion was introduced to the people.
Gelek milet jî wê demê da jî heu bûn, Xiristiyan bûn yanê. Many people at that time became uh, became Christian.
Û niha em kanin... meselen remzê hewe jî heye, nexşê selîbê jî heye, ew jî diptilê... yanê di dema Romaniyan de. And now we can... for example there is their symbol, there is the carving of the cross, which dates back... meaning to the Roman era.
Ee dibên piştî ke... Marmarûn jî çû ser dilovaniya xwedê yanê. Uh, they say after Maron went to God's mercy (passed away).
Ev gundê derdora Çiyayê Lêlûn, ixtîlaf çêbû di navbera wan de gel kurve şêrin. These villages around Mount Lelun, a dispute occurred between them... [unclear phrase, possibly "with lions/warriors" or a specific group].
Gundê Baradê herî bi nav û deng bû. The village of Barad was the most famous.
Wê demê da birin li gel xwe, niha li kenîse Julyanos, weke tê naskirin, livir veşartin. At that time, they took [his body] with them, now at the Church of Julianos, as it is known, they buried him here.
Heta niha tirba wî jî yanê, amade ye, yanê. Even now, his tomb is present there.
Zaten piştî wê bi dest futûhatê Îslamîyê bû? Anyway, after that, it was the Islamic conquests?
Yanê herêma me, destpêkê hemî Êzdahî bûn, piştî wê Rûm derbas vir bû, piştî wê futûhatê Îslamîyê çêbû. Meaning our region, in the beginning, were all Ezidis, afterwards the Romans passed here, afterwards the Islamic conquests happened.
Belê, raste, temam e. Yes, that is correct, exactly.
Ee dibê ne weke dîrokê jî... dema futûhat Îslamîyê jî dest pê kir, kî derbasî vir bû? Uh, as history says... when the Islamic conquests began, who entered here?
Ubeyde Bin El-Cerrah, ew jî weke serokekî di dema futûhatê Îslamîyê, derbasî bakurê Sûriyê bû. Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah, he was like a leader during the Islamic conquests, he entered Northern Syria.
Ee gelê livir, hinek yanê... te behes bine bizorê yanê, hinek jî misilman bûn, hinek jî ser ola xwe kevnar man. Uh, the people here, some... if you look at it, by force, some became Muslims, and some remained on their ancient religion.
Hinek Xiristiyan, hinek jî Êzdahî. Êzdahî, yanê Yezîdî yanê man. Some Christians, and some Ezidis. Ezidis, meaning Yezidis remained.
Û ta dema me niha jî mane. And they have remained until our current time.
Ee lê di sala... sed sala 19'a de... Uh, but in the year... in the 19th century...
Yanê gelê livir, hinek jî mije misilman bûn, hinek jî ser diyaneta xwe man, weke em dibînin di gundê me da jî hinek hene ser diyanet mesela Yezîdî... Êzdahî. Meaning the people here, some just became Muslim, and some remained on their religion, as we see in our village too, there are some on the religion, for example Yezidi... Ezidi.
Û di gundê Basûfanê, gundê Baiyê... And in the village of Basufan, the village of Baie...
Gelek gund Êzdahî ne, mane. Many villages are Ezidi, they remained.
Belê Êzdahî mane, belê ser diyanet û ola dayik û bavê xwe jî mane. Yes, they remained Ezidi, yes, they remained on the religion and faith of their mothers and fathers.
Em spasîya te dikin. We thank you.
Mala te ava be. May your home be prosperous (Thank you).
Em jî pêşwazîya we dikin, bi xêr hatine axa welat û nûra derbasî gundê me bûn, û bi xêr hatin. We also welcome you, welcome to the land of the country and light entered our village, and welcome.
Spas dikim. Thank you.
Gundê Bircika Têrpê, ango Bircil Qas. The village of Bircika Têrpê, or Burj al-Qas.
Girêdayî navçeya Şêrawa ya kantona Efrînê ye. It is connected to the Sherawa district of the Afrin canton.
Nêzî 24 kîlometrî li başûr-rojavayê Efrînê, û pazdeh kîlometrî ji navenda navçeya Şêrawa dûr e. Approximately 24 kilometers to the southwest of Afrin, and fifteen kilometers away from the center of the Sherawa district.
Gundê Bircika Têrpê li ser Çiyayê Lêlûnê hatiye avakirin. The village of Bircika Têrpê is built upon Mount Lelun.
Navê gund berê Birca Spî bû. Jiber ku di demên borî de bircek ji bo çavdêriyê di gund de hebu. The name of the village used to be the White Tower (Birca Spî). Because in past times, there was a tower for surveillance in the village.
Berê şûna gund bi navê Xirabê Kîmarê dihat naskirin. Before, the site of the village was known by the name Ruins of Kimar (Xirabê Kîmarê).
Û kesek bi navê Mensûrê Kal ji gundê Mezin ev xirab kirî. And a person named Mansur the Elder (Mansûrê Kal) from the Great Village bought these ruins.
Piştra kurekî xwe bi navê Xidir şande deverê û niştecîh bû û bingehê gund avakir. Afterwards, he sent a son of his named Khidr to the area, he settled there and established the foundation of the village.
Cîbûna bircan di gelêk gundên navçeya Şêrawa da nîşana pêkhatinê ango ji bo çavdêrî û keşfkirina hewirdorê ye. The placement of towers in many villages of the Sherawa district is a sign of composition, or for surveillance and scouting the surroundings.
Tê gotin ku birçeke bilind nêzî gund hebu. Bilindahiya wê nêzî 12 metra bû, lê bi rûskê lê xist û hilweşiya. It is said that there was a tall tower near the village. Its height was close to 12 meters, but lightning struck it and it collapsed.
Navê gundê Bircika Têrpê ji navê kesê yekemîn, Têrpê Kal, ku di gund de niştecîh bibû hatiye. The name of the village Bircika Têrpê comes from the name of the first person, Têrpê Kal, who had settled in the village.
Piştra Osmaniyan navê Qadî û Ereban navê Birc el-Qas ango kevanek lêkirin. Afterwards, the Ottomans applied the name Qadi, and the Arabs applied the name Burj al-Qas, meaning a bow/arch.
Jiber ku hîç kevanek di nava gund de nebûn û piştra bû Bircil Qas. Because there were no arches whatsoever inside the village, and later it became Burj al-Qas.
Berî şoreşa Rojavayê gund girêdayî navçeya Nubilê ya herêma Ezazê bû. Before the Rojava revolution, the village was connected to the Nubl sub-district of the Azaz region.
Lê piştî şoreşa 19'ê Tîrmeha 2012'an, yekser gund tevlî herêmê ango Kantona Efrînê bû. But after the revolution of July 19, 2012, the village immediately joined the region, or the Canton of Afrin.
Berî nêzî 80 salî şêniyên gund ji ola Êzdî bûn, lê piştra hemû bûn misilman. Around 80 years ago, the residents of the village were of the Ezidi religion, but afterwards they all became Muslim.
Niha apê hêja, çend kîlometre hûn ji gund derketine? Now, dear uncle, how many kilometers have you come out from the village?
Welle teqrîben sê kîlometir nîv. Well, approximately three and a half kilometers.
Berîya motoran, berîya hûn bikişînin gund, hûn dihatin ser vî bîrî? Before the engines (pumps), before you pulled (water) to the village, did you come to this well?
Em dihatin ser vî bîrî. We used to come to this well.
Berê berîya niha, sarnicên me hebûn. Before, prior to now, we had cisterns.
Zivistanê tijî av dibûn. Heta talîya biharê, avê me têra me dikirin. In winter they filled with water. Until the end of spring, our water sufficed for us.
Bi rastî gelek dûr bû êş. Dema miletê me dîtî, niki dûrbûn heye ji gund va. Honestly, the suffering was very far (great). When our people saw, look, there is a distance from the village.
E berê va ava xwa jive birê dibir? So before, did they take their water from this well?
Aaa, berê dema... dibû avîn... Ah, before when... it became summer...
Zivistanê cem me sarnicên nav gund av diketin. In winter, with us, water fell into the cisterns inside the village.
Heta talîya biharê, xwa pê ve avê diqetandin. Gava dibû avîn, av di gunda da nedima. Until the end of spring, they managed with that water. When it became summer, water did not remain in the village.
Dihatin ser vî bîrî. They used to come to this well.
Rikî ye, vê derê dibêjin Rikî. It is 'Riki', they call this place 'Riki'.
Ava xwa avzê ye. Its water is groundwater (seepage).
Gundî me, Berad, Bêî, Kifir Nebû, Birc Heyder, gi dihatin vê derya avê. Our village, Barad, Beie, Kafr Nabu, Burj Haydar, all used to come to this lake of water.
Pênc gund? Five villages?
Gi dihatin, va cabyê ana, tija av dikirin. All used to come, fill these troughs here with water.
Rawî hebûn, rawî. There were water carriers (animals/containers), carriers.
Û teneke. Tenekê xwa rawê xwa tija av dikirin. And tins. They filled their tins, their carriers with water.
Ê dêwer dikirin, dibirin xetera, dikanin xetera xetera. Dikanin gund vedigerîn. They put it on animals, took it through danger, sometimes danger, danger. They reached the village and returned.
Ew ji bo vexwardinê? That was for drinking?
Ji bo vexwardinê, he. Dewer jî tanîn vêrê avdidan. For drinking, yes. They also brought the livestock here to water them.
Pez û ga. Sheep and cattle.
E apê hêja, ez tiştek bipirsim. Ê berê di wê demê da, çawa av ji vir dikişan? So dear uncle, let me ask something. Before, in that time, how did they pull water from here?
Me pê dêwar dikişan. We pulled it with animals (livestock).
Me pê dêwar av dikişan. We pulled water with animals.
Heu hebûn... rawî hebûn wekî lastîk bun. There were uh... there were carriers that were like rubber.
E li kerê dikirin haşol. Uh, they put it on the donkeys like that.
Û dibirin. Dibirin ne gund. And they took it. Took it to the village.
Û boşa sarnica dikirin. Ege bermîlê xwa ye, boşa bermîl dikir. Ege boşa bermîlê xwa tne jî, boşa sarnica dikir. Ege... And they emptied it into the cisterns. If they had a barrel, they emptied it into the barrel. If they didn't empty into their barrel, they emptied into the cistern. If...
Rojê sê xatra dibirin, çar xatra dibirin, hasebî tu serxwebûna xwa. They took three trips a day, took four trips, according to your own capability.
Î feqîre em bêjin... kesî xwa li vir tne, em bê qîçkeyî min, tî qîçkî mikî... This poor guy, let's say... he has no one here, let's say my little one, or your little one...
Nexêr axayê min. Keş û ke şertê şikê di teneka av sê teneka av te dibirrin. Hey bû. No, my sir. The condition was such that you could take water from two or three tins [of depth]. It was there.
Pir zehmet bû kişandin wê demê? Was it very difficult to pull [water] at that time?
Pir zehmet bû. Pir, pir, pir. Pir, pir. Xusûsî salekê, teqrîben heftê de bû, heftê û pênca de bû ez nizanim. It was very difficult. Very, very, very. Very, very. Especially one year, it was roughly in the 70s, in '75, I don't know.
Teqrîben şêst û pênc mal Ereb li vê derê bûn. Cebel Heswar hatibûn, çi hatibûn ez nizanim. There were roughly sixty-five Arab households here. They had come from Mount Haswar, or wherever they came from, I don't know.
Mana hêz û metiya gel me dikir. Reqa kesî neditirsiyan ne dikir. Meaning, they used force and strength against us. They were not afraid of anyone, nor did they care.
Weleh min dî vê derê... qîçikek bûm, min dî li vê derê birayê min... emrê xwe teqrîben deh û çar sal bûn... navê wî gotin Elî... di vê bîrê werbû. By God, I saw here... I was a small child, I saw here that my brother... he was approximately fourteen years old... his name was Ali... he fell into this well.
Mana du teneke av. Du teneke av Ereb a jêr tije kiribû. Meaning, two tins of water. The Arabs down there had filled it [the trough/area] with two tins of water.
Giştî bû nîvê rêkê... pismamê min... qîçik bû, bi tevê bû. Fitilîbûn hatibûn... It reached halfway... my cousin... he was small, he was with him. They had turned back and come...
Ew danîbûn hatibûn coga wêden tije kiribûn. Du teneke nîv av dixwe. Yekî ezmê xwe nîmeke ba nikane bigre. They had put... they came and filled the trough over there. It holds two and a half tins of water. If one doesn't balance his weight, he cannot hold it.
Giştî derê hanî... ku dest bavêjiyê, av digirt. Bêguman niha bigre, nika hîn çû... lawik tevê de werbû. It came all the way up... if you threw your hand in, you caught water. Surely now, it has gone down... the boy fell inside it.
Berî bi çend sala? How many years ago?
E teqrîben hew jî heftê û pênca, heftê û çara de bû. Roughly that was also in '75, in '74.
Haya kengî we av ji wir dibir? Until when did you take water from there?
Heta heftê û pênca, heftê û çara de me dikişand av. Paşê me bîr kolan cem me. Until '75, '74 we were drawing water. Then we dug a well at our place.
Rahmetiyê bavê min, rahmetî li wê be, go; ger me zaniya ba hanekî av a nîzîk e, me yê bi destê xwe kola. Zilimokê me ser va rakyaz xwar e, îşekî pir bû. My late father, mercy be upon him, said; if we had known the water was this close, we would have dug it by hand. Our man struggled a lot over this, it was a lot of work.
Li kûderê we bîr kolandin? Where did you dig wells?
Li gund e. Dor şanî me go dibîre ne. In the village. Around us, we said it's a well.
Li gund de bîr hene? Are there wells in the village?
Her hewşekê xetasek li pêş e. Every courtyard has a submersible pump in front of it.
Yanî çarsed mal, çarsed bîr heye? Meaning four hundred houses, there are four hundred wells?
Erê. Hemkî bi ser re jî. Tu bes zêde be jî. Yes. Maybe even more. Just count more.
Yanî baş bîr û ava we giştî li mal û... So, it's good, your wells and water are all at home and...
Lê avê me pir e maşalah, av kêm... But our water is plentiful, mashallah, water is [not] scarce...
E dema winda tiber, we çawa dikişand? And when you fetched it from there, how did you pull it?
Me vê derê... Jurnek li vê derê bû. Şûna vî dîrekî. Çiqir bû, çiqir, a pan e. We here... There was a trough here. In the place of this pole. It was a 'chiqir', a 'chiqir', wide.
Sê daw, çar daw têre dikişandin, şerqandin. Three buckets, four buckets were pulled into it, poured.
Bo şevê re dikirin, bo şevê va cirna dikirin. Coga wiya ji vir bû, işkane, bo şevê re dikirin. They did it for the night [?], they filled these troughs for the night. Its canal was from here, broken, they did it for the night.
Cirnê li jêr hebûn, bo şevê va cirna dikirin. There were troughs below, they filled these troughs for the night.
Bi dorê bû mesela, pez da hat şî, dor a avdan. It was by turn, for example, the sheep came, [it was their] turn to be watered.
E bîra çend metro ye? And how many meters deep is the well?
Ev bîra deh û şeş metro, deh û heft metro ne. Heftdeh metro yanî. This well is sixteen meters, seventeen meters. Seventeen meters, meaning.
Çawa av jê derdixist? We bi desta, lê bi dewêr va dikişand? How did you extract water from it? Did you pull by hand, or with animals?
Desta... didi ketna dêr. Da neberî kêleka xwe, wekî min... Hands... two would go under... put it under their side/shoulder, like me...
Me dikişand. Di sêkek a şunda, kendirê digirt û diştandin. We pulled. At the end, they grabbed the rope and tightened/pulled.
Yekî ji vê derê dewil digirt. Boş e cabî dikir. One person from here grabbed the bucket. Emptied it into the trough.
Belkî hinekî marîkarî bin, em sekin çawa dikişandin karin bin. Maybe they can help, let's see how they pulled if they can.
Dû kes bûn, va av dikişandin. There were two people, they were pulling this water.
Tebdîl dikirin? Did they take turns?
Gê dewera ba, dewera dikirin yê dikişandin. Dewera tina ba, meriya dikişand. If there were animals, they used animals to pull. If there were no animals, humans pulled.
Di diya dikişand, yek li ber ser dewilê dibû. The mother pulled, [while] one was at the head of the bucket.
Jin jî dihatin vir? Did women also come here?
Jin jî dihatin. Jin a dihat av pê, serê xwe dibir. Women also came. The woman came for water, carried it on her head.
With her head from here to... Bi serê xwe ji vir ta heya mal dikişand.
With her head from here to... With her head, from here all the way home she carried it.
Rêkekî qulbetî kîlûtî heye. Rahmetiya metka me bû... deh alb av tev hevdidibirrin. There is a pulley system path. Our late aunt... she pulled ten buckets of water together.
Her sed metrî yek dibir, wena da tanî diftilî, yek a didu, ji wênê dibir derbas dikir, diftiliya dihatin. Didu bi hevra digihan ne goncan e. Every hundred meters she carried one, then put it down, turned back, took the second one, passed it, returned and came. Two arriving together was not possible.
Yanî vê re gi nava bikşînin? So draw it all through here?
Giran e? Is it heavy?
E giran e. Yes, it is heavy.
Dewl berê hebû ji vê mezintir bû. Du teneke nîv av, sê teneke av diçûyê. There used to be a bucket bigger than this. It held two and a half tins of water, three tins of water.
Bes vana acûk e, av berye vê hinda kirin, ne a çû kirin, ne a hazir e. But this is just a sample, the water used to be up to here, they did that, not what is gone, not what is present [now].
Na vir gişt aviye. Heftdeh metre ye ev. Now here it's all water [deep down]. This is seventeen meters.
Mala we ava be. May your home be prosperous [Thank you].
Ser çava, sax bî. You're welcome, be healthy.
Hinekî jê redim ye yanî? It's a bit ruined, meaning?
Belê zêde hane kûr bû. Ê nako kes nîye ser... çivîn û vana xetimandin. Panzdeh metre mane belkî. Yes, back then it was deep. Now there is no one on it... birds/dirt and such have blocked it. Maybe fifteen meters remain.
Em pir spas dikin, saet a we xweş. Mala we ava be. Spas. We thank you very much, have a good time. Thank you.
Ser çava. Ehlen we sehlen. Ehlen a va. You're welcome. Welcome. Welcome to you.
Di nava gund de gelek xaniyên kevnar hene û temenê wan ta serdama Horiyan diçe. Within the village, there are many ancient houses, and their age dates back to the Hurrian era.
Ev xuya dike ku herêm gelekî kevnar û dîrokî ye. This indicates that the region is very ancient and historical.
Herêmek heye li rojhilatê gund bi navê Kefer Heşîr ango Erdê Şîn heye. There is a region east of the village named Kefer Heshir, meaning Blue [or Green] Earth.
Gelekî ji bo çandiniyê baş û guncaw bû. It was very good and suitable for agriculture.
Di sala hezar û nehsed û çaran da, derdora çil rojî berf lekir, û neh rojî li erdê ma. In the year 1904, snow fell for around forty days, and it stayed on the ground for nine days.
Hingê pezê gundiyan nêzî du hezar û sê sed serî hemû mirin. At that time, nearly 2,300 head of the villagers' sheep all died.
Birjika Tirbespiyê bi dewlemendiya ava bin erdê navdar e. The Birjik of Tirbespiye is famous for the richness of its groundwater.
Û ji kûrahiya dozdeh tarî çil metroyî av derdikeve. And water comes out from a depth of twelve to forty meters.
Û gundî ji bo pêdiviyên malê û çandiniyê bikartînin. And the villagers use it for household needs and agriculture.
Xelkê gund dabara jiyana xwe bi çandiniyê dikin. The people of the village make their living through agriculture.
Ji çandina baxçeyên fêkiyan wekî darên henarê, d'asla yekem de. From planting fruit orchards, like pomegranate trees, primarily.
Zeytûn û gûzan digel darên jî baxçeyên sebzeyan jî diçînin ji hemû cureyan. They plant olives and walnuts along with trees, and vegetable gardens of all kinds.
Digel çandiniyê gelek malbat sewalan ji mih û çêlekan jî xwedî dikin. Along with agriculture, many families also raise livestock such as sheep and cows.
Û berhemên wan li bazarên Efrînê difroşin. And they sell their products in the markets of Afrin.
Pê Ehmed merheba. Uncle Ahmed, hello.
Ehlen we sehlen, ehlen merheba. Welcome, hello and welcome.
Pê Ehmed îro em derbasî gundê we bûn, Birj el-Qaws. E navê gundê we ji kû hatiye? Uncle Ahmed, today we passed into your village, Birj al- Qaws. Where does the name of your village come from?
Navê gundê me, esasê me... em ê ji gundî mezin in. Melekî ji gundê mezin hat, li vê derê rûnişt, nav Birjik bû. The name of our village, our foundation... we are from the big village. A family from the big village came, settled here, the name was Birjik [Small Tower].
Berê birja Asifî bû. Paşê wexta dewlet hukm ye, hisabê herbê a alemiyê ûla, heşt qewsê têda bûn, kirine Birj el-Qaws. Before, it was the Tower of Asifi. Later, when the state ruled, during the First World War, there were eight arches inside it, they named it Birj al-Qaws [Tower of the Arch].
Birj el-Qaws... yawaş yawaş kirine Birj el-Qas. Bûye Birj el-Qas. Birj al-Qaws... slowly, slowly they made it Birj al-Qas. It became Birj al-Qas.
Ê geş ji bîrê... ji gundê mezin hatî nav Xidir bû. Xidir lawê Ehmed bû, Ehmed lawê Naso bû. The one who came from the... from the big village, his name was Khidir. Khidir was the son of Ahmed, Ahmed was the son of Naso.
Kurmanciya wî jêra digotin Naso. Leqemek bû wena leqemek bû, leqemek bû. In Kurmanji, they called him Naso. It was a nickname, it was a nickname.
De ma tu diçî navçê û şêra, tu rê ne navê gundê xwe bêjî tu nas dikin? When you go to the district and cities, if you don't say the name of your village, do they recognize you?
E tekîdî, wiya li du Efrîn mentiqê du pirskir, gotim Birjkê Terpê. Certainly, back then in Afrin, region two asked, I said Birjik of Terpe.
Eweleh, rast bû, rast bû. Bi vî ştê nas kirin? By God, it was true, true. Did they recognize it by this thing?
Bi vî ştê nas kirin. Lê ewê amê ten, ew însanê xelkê bige bere mir, eyna Birj, Qaws ji çû bû, bibû Qas. They recognized it by this. But the general public, the people who died long ago, look, the 'Qaws' [Arch] of the Tower was gone, it had become 'Qas'.
Dewletê gunaguhismên de kir a Birj el-Qaws. Heşt qewsê têda bûn. Wekî xirabê Şemsê bawerke çwayî têda mane, e me êrrifin. The state had named it Birj al-Qaws in various ways. There were eight arches in it. Like Khirbet Shams, believe me, nothing remained of it, we knew it.
Êrrifandin çûn. Birj el-Qas, peyva wî Birj el-Qas e. Dewletê lê kir Birj el-Qas. They identified it and left. Birj al-Qas, its word is Birj al-Qas. The state named it Birj al-Qas.
Wekî em a berê êzî bûn, baş e, heta pêncî... heta pêncî de, yawaş yawaş misilman bûn. Just as we used to be Yazidis before, okay, until the 50s... until the 50s, slowly, slowly became Muslims.
E ne zû da ye? Is it not from long ago?
E ne zêde zû da ye. Zû da ye go tem gi êzî bûn. It's not very long ago. It is long ago that we were all Yazidis.
E de paşê, êk hatê vê derê, çar law jê çêbûn. Hemo bû, û Naso bû, û Hesen bû. Ê dî mir. And then, the one who came here, four sons were born from him. There was Hemo, and there was Naso, and there was Hassan. The other one died.
E be gundê giştîkî ji Hemo ye, û ji Naso ye, û giyê ji Hesen e. Çar pênc sed mal têda heye. And this whole village is from Hemo, and from Naso, and the rest from Hassan. There are four or five hundred households in it.
Gi weqetiyan, gi qetiyan, gi qetçik bûn. All separated, all split, all became small pieces.
Gundê me ji gundê mezin e. Gundê me û gundê mezin va, du sed şerq hene, şerqî gundê mezin hene, jê re dibêjin Sed Erdê Şîn, Sedê Şîn. Our village is from the big village. Our village and the big village, there are two hundred [units of land?] east, east of the big village, they call it the Dam/Field of the Blue Earth, the Blue Dam/Field.
Berî sed salî navê xwe Erdê Şîn bû, Sedê Şîn bû. Pê de dijiyan. A hundred years ago its name was Blue Earth, Blue Dam. They lived on it.
Dikirin sefî, dikirin genim, dikirin garis, pê de dijîn. They planted summer crops, they planted wheat, they planted millet, they lived on it.
Tabaan, zêde hane însan jî ne pir bûn. Vê derê dêmek... sê, çar, heft mal bûn. Li gundê mezin jî ne zêde pir mal bûn. Of course, back then people were not many. Here was a dry- farming area... there were three, four, seven houses. In the big village, there were also not very many houses.
Pîrê te ye îşon? How is your old woman doing?
Elhemdu lîllahî rebil alemin, ew ê baş e, baş e. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, she is well, she is well.
Apê Ehmed, teşkeş ser pirsa. Ev bahsa erdê hêşîn kirin. Ev ardekî wa kelek nebûleh hebû. Ev ê wa bû. Uncle Ahmed, thank you for asking. You mentioned the green land. This land wasn't always so dense [with vegetation] like this. It used to be like that [barren].
Ev e ne, du sed ten, du sed ten. Yekî xerbî, yekî şerqî. Şerqî gundî mezin, vêr... dibên erdê hêşîn. Me digot seta şîn. These are... there were two hundred, two hundred. One western, one eastern. The eastern one is the big village... here... they call it the green land. We used to call it the green set (dam/barrier).
Paşê wexta Hage, Kurdistanê, wexta şikestê. Û ta ta hukim kirê, yavaş yavaş girtin. Then, during the time of the Hage [movement], of Kurdistan, during the defeat. And until [the government] ruled, they slowly took it over.
Bi zor birin, kirine nav kufr hêşîn. Kufr, hêşîn. They took it by force, they turned it into a "green blasphemy" (referring to non-believers taking over fertile land). Blasphemy, green.
Wê gavê, gava nebûba, gava nebûba pênc şeş salê herbê, gundê me dest pê kirin. Bî çiyayî gîda, gundê me halî xwe rind e. At that time, if it hadn't been... if it hadn't been for the five or six years of war, our village started [to rebuild]. In all these mountains, our village's condition is good.
Yanî dil hebûn giyî bikirin. Çî çî jê kirîn, wekî hefsed û çel çewalî, sê sêsed şible. Meaning, they had the heart to buy all of it. What, what did they buy from it? Like seven hundred and forty sacks, three... three hundred young shoots.
Û ev herbe bû, û alem giyî kesî ne wêrî malê xwe derkevê. Ne rehal e bû, ne rê bû, ne rêyê derê ye. And there was this war, and the whole world, nobody dared to leave their house. There was no travel, no road, no way out.
Ê gava çû nible, giyî dikirin gêrê dan, giyî hefs dikirin, hefs dikirin. And when they went... they would round everyone up on the threshing floor, they would imprison everyone, imprison them.
Apê Ehmed. Ka ji me re çîroka Çil Berfiyê bêje. Çil rojî berfê, çawa lêkirin, çawa lêbarîn? Uncle Ahmed. Tell us the story of the "Forty Snows". Forty days of snow, how did it happen, how did it fall?
Dê bêjim berî... berî Herbil Alemiyê el-ûla, çarde salan. Hezaro nehsed û çarde. Rabû berfê lêkir, berfê çil berfî lêkir. Çil rojî, ewliya Çilê da lêkir heta taliyê. I will tell you, before... before the First World War, fourteen years [into the century]. Nineteen hundred and fourteen. The snow started falling, the "Forty Snows" fell. For forty days, from the beginning of Chele (mid-winter month) until the end.
Xelkê e... dexil ziyan bîyan, eger dewî gelyayî da bas... şandin, weçî aze cûte nabe gumbetê. The people... the crops were damaged, if... in the valleys... sent... so that a pair of oxen couldn't even reach the dome [due to snow depth].
Ê dê wer, pê pê bi zeîşin bes. Ê pezê kalke me, ê her sêka... Yekî hefsed bû, yekî şeşsed bû, yekî hezar bû. So come, they barely survived. And our grandfather's sheep, all three flocks... One was seven hundred, one was six hundred, one was a thousand.
Giyî nezar bûn, ne ka dî, ne danî bûn, û ne imdanî bûn, ne ceh dayî bûn. Çiya giyî sindiyan û berû bûn. Giyî pê dan, a da eîşî. Giyî xebat bûn. They all became emaciated. There was no straw, no wheat, no provisions, no barley given. The mountains were all hawthorn and acorns. They fed them all [with acorns], so they could live. It was all hard labor.
Mala te ava be, spas serra. May your house be prosperous, thank you.
Ehlen we sehlen. You are welcome.
Gundê Bircika Têrpê gundekî mezin e. Behtirî pêncsed xanî û nêzî sê hezar û pêncsed kes lê dijîn. The village of Bircika Têrpê is a large village. More than five hundred houses and nearly three thousand five hundred people live there.
Çar malbatên bingehîn di gund de hene. Malbata Hesen, Elî, Nasir û malbata Hemû. There are four fundamental families in the village. The family of Hesen, Elî, Nasir, and the family of Hemû.
Û giş ji yek eşîrê ne. Ango eşîra Menqurî, ya girêdayî eşîra Şerqiyan e. And all are from one tribe. That is the Menqurî tribe, which is connected to the Sherqiyan tribe.
Dê merheba jara. Hello, sister-in-law.
Ehlen we sehlen. Welcome.
Dema buhar e niha. Di buharê da ji em derbas gundê we bûn. Birûsk û qosî bûn. It is spring time now. During the spring we passed through your village. There was lightning and thunder.
Ê niha jî dema şîr e, pez e, buhar e. And now it is the time of milk, sheep, and spring.
Buhar e. It is spring.
Ka te çi no... te çi çêkirî? We derbasbûn çawa bû? We tiştê xwe hemû anî di cîm xwe? What have you... what have you made? How was your passing [of the season]? Did you bring all your things with you?
Ti ti niha te... çi çêkî û te çi çêkirî? You... you now... what are you making and what have you made?
Ne ka sibe de em rabûn, me pez dot, me şîrê xwe têkir, û me dermanê xwe kirê, û penîrê me bû. Me şikand, û em ke dikine kifnokan, û hûr kin. Işta ev e ne şuxlê me ye. Well, in the morning we got up, we milked the sheep, we poured our milk, added our rennet (culture), and it became cheese. We broke it [the curds], put it in the cheesecloth bags, and crumbled it. Look, this is our work.
Na, dibê buharê da xweş e, dibê? No, but it's good in the spring, isn't it?
Dibê buharê... dibê buharê da. Buharekî xweş, yekî bi gul û çîçek. Işta... halê buharê heye. It must be spring... in the spring. A nice spring, one with flowers and blossoms. Look... this is the state of spring.
Xweş e. Yanî pez jî heye? It is nice. Meaning there are sheep too?
Erê. Yes.
Û çêlek jî hene? Herduka hene? And there are cows too? Are there both?
Erê çêl jî û pez jî. Yes, cows and sheep too.
Niha va penîra we hazir kiriye? Now, have you prepared this cheese?
Erê, me hazir kiriye, kiriye kifnokan. Weşta em kanokan qut kin, û penîr kin dinê ser tefsiyê û xwê kin, û paşê em ê bikelînin. Yes, we prepared it, put it in cloth bags. Now we will cut the blocks, make the cheese, put it on the tray and salt it, and then we will boil it.
Niha heke çêbû... kaşkerema te dîtisa vegere. Now if it's done... please turn it over so we can see.
Vana... ê dibr de ye. Em dikine vir. These... it's inside here. We put it here.
Ev a? This one?
Penîr e, ha vîne? Hê hazir nebûye, ev e ne hazir bûye. It's cheese, do you see? It wasn't ready yet, [but] this one is ready.
Dînî veke. Open the mouth [of the bag].
Ka veke. Here, open it.
Ev çend saeta dimîne hetanî dibe penîr? How many hours does it stay until it becomes cheese?
Wek du saeta dimîne. Dibe penîr. It stays about two hours. It becomes cheese.
Niha ew penîra, yê pez e? Now that cheese, is it sheep [cheese]?
Erê, penîrê pez e. Em ke hûr kine, û em dînin ser, vir xwê kin, paşê çend ra bimîne, em ê bikelînin, û em ê di kûskin wekî vînî di kûskin. Yes, it is sheep cheese. We will crumble it, put it on... salt it here, then after it stays a few days, we will boil it, and we will put it in skins/jars like you see in the skins.
Niha te qut bikî? Will you cut it now?
Piştî vînî bikelînin? After we boil it?
Erê. Yes.
Seke hana em ê qut kin, he. Look, this is how we will cut it, here.
Dayê kî mino, dayê merheba ştara ji. Mother, my dear, mother hello to you too.
Ehlen we sehlen bira. Welcome, brother.
Dayê te çi hazir kiriye? Mother, what have you prepared?
Ehlen we sehlen bira. Me pezê xwe dot, û me şîrê xwe da ser agir, keland qoskê da. Û me hevan kirê me yî, û me kirê tûr... du ro sê ro ha av av jê çû, me xwo xwo pê reşand, me ca kî dikira qoskê me mastê xwe keland, û me kira qethermîz, me kira gulilok, û me kira qethermîzê xwe, û me zêta xwe kire ser. Welcome, brother. We milked our sheep, and we put our milk on the fire, boiled it in the hut. And we added culture (rennet) to it, and we put it in bags... for two or three days the water drained from it, we sprinkled salt on it ourselves, we put it in the place in the hut, we boiled our yogurt (to make curd/cheese), and we put it in jars, we made 'gulilok' (cheese balls/curd), put it in our jars, and put our oil on top.
Ev ne mastê buharê ye, û moneta buharê ye, û pêşiya me zivistan e, bi xêr û xweşî da bimînin, ji mêvana ra, û ji milletê bindira, û bişta ye. This is spring yogurt, and spring provisions, and winter is ahead of us, may we remain in goodness and happiness, for guests, and for the people underneath [the family/community], and that's it.
Ev dibêjin, çi... çi bi navî wî dikin? What do they call this... what do they name it?
Mastê kemandî. Strained/Pressed yogurt (Kemandî/Dewandî).
Ev mastê kemandî ye? Is this strained yogurt?
Erê, gulilok e. Yes, it is 'gulilok'.
Mastê kemandî bira ngî diji çêdibe? Ah, 'gulilok'.
Mastê kemandî bira ngî diji çêdibe? Does strained yogurt happen with the other color (referring to non-white/meat)?
Bi rengî diji em dikin qethermîzê xwe, da abînin, da efsînin, û zêta xwe dikine ser, qopaxê mezbût digirin, ku mişk û mormor tê neçî, û ro dikin. Hiltînin zivistanê dixwun. In another way, we put it in our jars, we press it down, we pack it tight, and we put our oil on top, we close the lid tight, so that mice and ants don't go in, and we store it. We keep it to eat in the winter.
Ev jî rûn e? Is this oil/fat too?
Erê, eva jî rûn e. Yes, this is also oil/fat.
Dîsa em ê rûnê xwe şîrê xwe têkin, legenê roxînin, û em ê wê qeymaxê ser ra rakin, û em ê bimeyînin, û biklin, fîşek her em têda diklin. Again, we pour our milk, pour it into the basin, and we skim that cream off the top, and we let it ferment, and churn it, we always churn the butter in it.
Û rûn psar dikeve, rûnê sor çêdibe wek vayî. Û em ê xona xwe pê têkine, û têkine tencerê binen serê bihelînin, û bisefînin, wek vayî têkine qethermîz û rakin dîsa. And the butter cools down, it becomes yellow ghee/oil like this. And we put our meat in it (to make Qelî), put the pot on the fire to melt it, and strain it, put it in the jar like this and store it again.
Yanî ev kelandî, ew jî ne kelandî ye? So this is boiled, and that is not boiled?
Awa ye sar e, ne kelandî ye. Vê dibê rûnê sar. Vay jî dibê rûnê kelandî. That one is cold, not boiled. This is called cold butter. And this one is called boiled butter (ghee).
Hêlîna dikin, ê têde mamûnê çêdikin, ji mêvanek tê têda şîvê dikin, işta ji millet ra, û ji malê ra, û serxweşbûnê re inşallah. They make omelets/nests, they make pastries in it, if a guest comes they make dinner in it, look, for the people, for the home, and for happiness/sobriety, God willing.
Vê min dixêr û xweşî. May you eat it in goodness and happiness.
Evî din? The other one?
Ava jî lorik e. What is this?
Ava jî lorik e. This is 'lorik' (whey cheese/curd).
Lorik? 'Lorik'?
Erê, va jî penêr çêdikin, û wî avê ser ra radikin, dikine qoskê dikelînin, û dîsa dikine nav kevnik xwo nav pêç, û hişk dikin, xwo dikin, dikine qethermîzê xwe, dîsa wî jî radikin, ser musîbetê, ser tiştekî, hewce bûn derdixin dixwun. Yes, they also make cheese, and remove that water (whey) from it, put it in the hut and boil it, and again put it in old cloth or a wrap, and dry it, salt it, put it in their jars, and store that too, for times of trouble, for something, when needed they take it out and eat.
Sîrîk jî çêdikin? Do they make 'sîrîk' (garlic yogurt/cheese) too?
Erê, sîr jî dikine nav, sîrîk jî çêdikin. Û pîvazê teze hûr dikin, sibê da tînin sifreyê pê dixwun. Tevehev dikin pê dixwun, taştî. Yes, they put garlic in it too, they make 'sîrîk' too. And they chop fresh onions, in the morning they bring it to the tablecloth and eat with it. They mix it together and eat it, for breakfast.
Ev jî tev penîr e? Is this all cheese too?
Erê, ava jî penîr e. Yes, this is also cheese.
Ew jî din çi têde heye? Vî din? And what is in that other one? The other one?
Ava jî berê rûn me dikire vana. Me rûnê xwe dihelan, me pir dikan da vî dihelan. Me boş evoy dikir. Zemanê berê me dikir vana. This one, in the past we used to put oil in these [large jars/skins]. We used to melt our oil/butter, we melted a lot in this. We used to do this a lot. In the old times we used these.
Û noka jî em dikine qethermîzî. And now we put it in jars.
Vana baştir nîne? Were those [old containers] not better?
Vana dibên moda kevn e, neman. Moda berê ornt bû. Tiştê xwe gişt tebîhî bû, nexoşî tinebû, alem giya saxlem bû, em gi cîranê hevdû bûn. They say those are old fashion, they are gone. The old fashion was correct/better. Everything was natural, there was no sickness, everyone was healthy, we were all neighbors to each other.
Hewa mala mixtêrê berê bû, mixtarê me yê mezin bû. This was the house of the Mukhtar (village head) of the past, he was our great Mukhtar.
Û tişt cem pir bû, pezê xwe hebû, rûn hebû, mast hebû. Em dihatin malekê, gerekê xwe dibût, digotin kebaniya mixtêr çi çikir, ro me de em kan, çkê xware, pelûlê çêkir, me mûnê çêkir. And he had plenty of things, he had sheep, oil, yogurt. We would come to a house, if we had a need, they would say "What did the Mukhtar's wife make today?" She gave us... we made... a little food, made pudding (pelûl), made pastries.
Dida me, me dibir dciş xwa çkara çêdikir dixwarin. Gewrê xwe dêşîn pê çêdibûn. She gave it to us, we took it to our children, made it and ate it. [Even if] their throats hurt, they would get better with it.
Mastê xwe çêke, derman e. Make your own yogurt, it is medicine.
Belê. Yes.
Tizane te çû çêdikê, te çi dikê, te çû dikelînê, ê te bidestê xwe bikê rind e. You know what you are making, what you are doing, how you are boiling it. What you do with your own hands is good.
Ne wekî yê çarşiyê. Ne wekî te her çarşiyê bikirî û weleh, hacê xelas dikin, dibên dabû nebûna, em ê biçin çarşiyê. Not like the market one. Not like you go buy from the market every time and say "by God, the pilgrims are finished," they say "whether there was or wasn't, we will go to the market."
Ê em ê bidestê xwe çêkin, em ê bixwun, işta rind dibe. But we will make it with our own hands, we will eat it, look, it becomes good.
Nexweşî jê çênabe, tişt jê çênabe. No sickness comes from it, nothing [bad] comes from it.
Ewanî kîjî ve, ji min jî pirsin, ji dayê jî pirsin. Ask this one too, ask me, ask mother too.
Pirs kin. Ask.
Dayê, a bare cem te jî. Mother, the microphone is with you too.
Ya Reb sate. Oh Lord, [give] patience/health.
Sax be. Dayê gelo behsa rûn çêkirina, mastê kemandî çêkirina, penêr çêkirina. Ê başqeyî vê tiştûn çêdikin li gunda? Be healthy. Mother, regarding making oil, making strained yogurt, making cheese. Do they make other things in the village besides these?
Lê? What?
Tiştûn çi çêdikin? What things do they make?
Hew çi dibîn wan çêdikin. Whatever you see, they make.
Yanî zêdetirî vê tina, başqeyî vê tişt tina? Meaning there is nothing more than this, no other things?
Dimsê baîcana çêdikin, ê hişk dikin, ê dege çi hewe wunî çêdikin. They make eggplant/tomato molasses (paste), they dry them, whatever there is, they make that.
Ta penîr heye, begabe penîr çêdikin. As long as there is cheese, they make cheese continuously.
Dayê tu ji vî gundî ye? Mother, are you from this village?
Na. No.
Ji kuderê ye? Where are you from?
Ji Qitmê, ji Qitmê. From Qitmê, from Qitmê.
Ji Qitmê ye? From Qitmê?
Tu Misilman e yan Êzidî ye? Are you Muslim or Yezidi?
Ez Êzidî me. I am Yezidi.
Gund neha hemû misilman e, tu tenê Êzidî mayî? The village is all Muslim now, have you remained the only Yezidi?
Erê. Yes.
Çend sal e tî gundê Birc Qasê? How many years have you been in the village of Birc Qas?
Uy, nea, nea heftê sala ye, heştê sala ye. Oh, now, now it's seventy years, eighty years.
Ê dema tu ji gundê Qitmê anîn, tu çawa anîn? And when they brought you from the village of Qitmê, how did they bring you?
Dibe dema we de moka Ereba hebû tina bûn? Was there the Arab [style/tradition of] mounts/horses in your time or not?
Erê, hesp anîn. Yes, they brought horses.
Hespê kirin, kumek dan serê min, qanekî perekî berekî kirin, û desmalek çekirin ser çavê min, hizar. They prepared the horse, put a cap/headdress on my head, put some fabric/money... something on, and tied a handkerchief over my eyes, a veil.
Haa, çi ciqicik bûm, sêzde salî bûm, sêzde salî. Haa, I was so small, I was thirteen years old, thirteen years.
Sêzde salî bûyî tu dan mêr? You were thirteen years old when you were given to a husband?
Erê welle. Yes, by God.
Bavê te tu dayî? Did your father give you?
Erê, bavê min kirî, "Bice wce, bice ne bêje tişt". Yes, my father did it, "Go go, go and don't say a thing."
Tu hînî vî gundî bûyî? Did you get used to this village?
Erê welle, da... meriyê xwa bûn. Yes by God... they became [my] own people.
Ez domamê. I was the cousin [of the groom/family].
Û berîka tu jê mêrê xweş kirin, hejîr kirin? And before, did you love your husband, did you care for him?
Gotin te ser hespê, xwedê ne xwar ne tiştek. They said "You on the horse", by God [it was a horse], not a donkey or anything else.
Rê jî dûr e? Is the road far too?
Dûr e. It is far.
Ji Qitmê heya vir dûr e? From Qitmê to here is far?
Danîn, enabkê danîn, û yekî go, yekî vî gundî... They brought [me], they brought me to the grapes/vineyard, and one said, one from this village...
Gotin werin emê herin Gokê avdan, berê rokê xwandindê çûn. They said come, let's go water Gokê, they went to the reading (school) for a day.
Û rokê diçûn bukê tanîn. And one day they went to bring the bride.
Gokê avdan, go jina... Ena bû ke, gotin emê keyê bukê bibînin. They watered Gokê, the woman said... it was Ena, they said let's see who is the bride.
Hatin, ez dît, go gotin serê Xudanê buk e, bi qurbana bukê, be kes neyê qîza deba dera. They came, saw me, and said by God she is a bride, I sacrifice myself for the bride, may no one come without the girls... [indistinct].
Te mîj bi rê da xwar yan nexwar? Did you eat the raisins (snack) on the road or not?
Weleh me nexwar. By God, we didn't eat.
Te mîj nexwar? You didn't eat the raisins?
Na weleh me nexwarine. No, by God, we didn't eat them.
Ez zanim me nexwarine. I know that we didn't eat them.
Ee, heftê sal e tu li vî gundî? Uh, you have been in this village for seventy years?
Erê. Emreke. Yes. A lifetime.
Emreke. A lifetime.
Dema tu hatî vî gundî, gundgi misilman bûn? When you came to this village, were the villagers Muslim?
Na. Giştî Êzidî bûn. No. They were all Yezidi.
Giştî Êzidî bûn. They were all Yezidi.
Em hinek stofkî bibînin dada, te çi çêkirî? Let's see some of the goods auntie, what have you made?
Penêr me çêkirî. We made cheese.
Ev ji penêr e? Is this cheese too?
Erê. Yes.
Ev çi dibêjin, penêrê çi ye? What do they call this, what kind of cheese is it?
Penêr e, wekî manê şîr germ dikin ê... It's cheese, like, you know, they heat the milk...
Te fikrê eyar bes? You just meant the skin bag?
Na, em dikine 'elbekê. Avê dikinê ser, wekî mast ye, heta ku seryal çêdikin. No, we put it in a container. They put water on it, like yogurt, until the cream rises.
Û em paşê hûr dikin. And then we add rennet (stomach lining enzyme).
Em xoyê xwe pê wer dikin, raşraşk û meyana pê wer dikin. We put our salt on it, we add cumin and liquorice (spices).
Û em dikine vî tûrî, hûr dikin, dikine tûr û pê şûnkekî dikutin. And we put it in this sack, chop/crumble it, put it in the sack and beat it with a stick.
Dikutin, dikutin heta ku tijî dibe. Beat it, beat it until it becomes full.
Gava tijî bû, radibin dikine bin kevir. When it is full, they get up and put it under a stone (press it).
Ew qatixê ge, jê derdikeve. That whey/liquid comes out of it.
Û rind hişk dibe. And it becomes nice and dry.
Û em derdixînîn danine kîsê han. And we take it out and put it in a sack like this.
No, ev eyarê pez e ev o? Wait, is this a sheepskin bag?
Erê. Eyarê pez e. Yes. It is a sheepskin bag.
Bes min nedî pez dageriya bû, berê bidi cew dageriya. Paşê me kir eyarê pez. But I didn't skin the sheep, it was skinned before. Then we turned it into a sheepskin bag.
Yanî penêr wusa jê tê? Bere wusa jê tê? Meaning the cheese comes out like that? It comes out like that before?
Erê em datînin ber pêşiyê xwe, ber çayê, ser sifrê. Yes, we put it in front of us, with tea, on the dining cloth.
Rasti xweş tîtik e. It's truly a nice snack.
Ev penêrê han cûda ye, ne wekî vî ye? This cheese here is different, isn't it like this one?
Ev hûrik bûn, ew hûrik bûn piçikî. These were crumbles, those were crumbles a little bit.
Ev ne wekî vê ye? This is not like that one?
Na. Eve ne yê hûrik e. Wane yê qalpike. No. This one is not the crumbled one. Those are the solid pieces.
Mala we ava be. Spas were. May your home be prosperous. Thank you.
Ê, ela wa selam, ser çava. Hey, peace be upon you, you are welcome.
Du şikeftên dîrokî di gund da hene, û gelek xaniyên kevnar hene, lê bûne kavil û xirab. There are two historical caves in the village, and there are many ancient houses, but they have become ruins and destroyed.
Ziyaretgehek bi navê Şêx Qesab di başûrê gund heye. There is a shrine named Sheikh Qassab in the south of the village.
Ew mîna şikeftekê ye gel mar xweyî dike. It is like a cave that houses snakes.
Di êvarên pêncşemê de, gel mûman vêdixin û daxwaza mirad û hêviyên xwe dikin. On Thursday evenings, people light candles and ask for their wishes and hopes.
Belê temaşevanên hêja, em ji gundê Birşqasê derketin, me berê xwe da ziyaretekê. Yes dear viewers, we left the village of Birshqas, we headed towards a shrine.
Di şikeftê da ziyatet heye. Inside the cave there is a shrine.
Miletê vî gundî, miletê derdora vî gundî, hemî baweriya xwe bi vê ziyaretê dikin, û derbasî vir dibin. The people of this village, the people surrounding this village, all place their faith in this shrine, and they pass through here.
Me jî, yekî bi aqil walet meraq kir, em derbas bibin, em hinek dîmenê ziyaretê pêşkêşî we bikin. We too, as a reasonable person was curious, [decided] to pass through, to present some scenes of the shrine to you.
Win jî derbasî ziyaretê bûn? Did you also visit the shrine?
Erê. Yes.
Win kîjan rojê derbasî ziyaretê dibin? Which days do you visit the shrine?
Rojê çarşem û pêncşemê. On Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Win roja çarşem û pêncşemê va? You mean Wednesdays and Thursdays?
Temam. Correct.
Çarşemê, baweriya miletê me yê Êzdahî ye, û pêncşem û înê jî yê Misilman e. Wednesday is the belief of our Yezidi people, and Thursday and Friday are for the Muslims.
Û min dît win mirîşka serjê dikin? And I saw that you slaughter chickens?
Em mirîşkê serjê dikin, ji bo em miradan dixwazin, em hewayê dixwazin. We slaughter chickens because we ask for wishes, we ask for [relief/rain/desires].
Em mirîşka Xatîn qurbanê serjê dikin, û şîvê dikin û em boazêîna feqîran dikin. We slaughter the chicken as a sacrifice for the Lady (Saint), and we make dinner and distribute it to the poor.
Yanî wa daxwaziyek we hebû? Û meraqek we hebû, ew xwestek we hebû lewra win hatin mirîşkê serjê kin? Meaning you had a request? And you had a concern, you had that wish, that's why you came to slaughter the chicken?
Temam, hebû. Xwestekê me hebûn. Correct, we did. We had wishes.
Birakê min zewicî, deh, dozdeh salan zarokê wî çênebûn. My brother was married, for ten, twelve years he didn't have children.
Çiqas çû ba doxtora, û ba ziyareta, û berdera... qîçkê wî nebûn. No matter how much he went to doctors, and to shrines, and doorsteps... he didn't have kids.
Çû a Lubnanê. Hemdillah, yanî hal bû, û Hêro lawkêkê xwe çêbûye. He went to Lebanon. Praise God, meaning it was resolved, and today he has a son.
Hêro? Today?
Erê. Yes.
Xwedê jêra bihêle. Yanî nozdeh sal bûn? Zarokê wî tune bûn? May God spare him for him. Meaning it was nineteen years? He didn't have children?
Erê. Tune bûn. Yes. There were none.
Ew jî hat vê ziyaretê? Did he also come to this shrine?
Hew jî hat. Hew jî hat, û hemdillah, û me vêra kess şan, me teberik şan. He also came. He also came, and praise God, and we [indistinct: lit candles/distributed food] here, we distributed blessings.
Noka jî... yanî qîçkê xwe Hêro bû. And now... meaning his child was born today.
Hêro? Today?
Erê. Yes.
Xwedê jêra bihêle. May God spare him for him.
Xwedê yê we jî bihêle. May God spare yours too.
Viro jî win derbasî ziyaretê bûn? And over here, did you enter the shrine?
Em derbasî ziyaretê bûn, me hat şem'a vêxistin. We entered the shrine, we came and lit candles.
Me qurbanê xwe serjê kirin, me da'ê kirin, me dîsa dît, me mirad xwestin. We slaughtered our sacrifice, we prayed, we saw it again, we asked for wishes.
İnşallah hew jî vegerê vir. God willing, he will return here too.
Û miletê derdorê ew jî hemî tên? Ev gundê derdorê. And the surrounding people, do they all come too? These surrounding villages.
Erê, derdor tên, ji bajar ra tên. Yes, the surroundings come, they come from the city.
Navê ziyaretê wa çi ye? What is the name of your shrine?
Nebî Qesab. Gulî Sor. Nabi Qassab. Guli Sor (Red Rose).
Gulî Sor. Guli Sor.
Mm. Mm.
Ev jî yê Êzidiya ye? Is this also Yezidi?
Ew jî Êzidî ye, erê. That is also Yezidi, yes.
Ê, Xwedê qebûl ke. Kerem kin, derbas bin. Hey, may God accept it. Please, go ahead.
Derbasî be. Thank you (May you pass through safely).
Pakrewanek di gund da heye, bi navê Dilxaz Botan, her wiha du komînên guncî hene, bi navê Şehîd Piling û Serfiraz hatine binavkirin. There is a martyr in the village, named Dilxaz Botan, likewise there are two youth communes, named Martyr Piling and Serfiraz.
Yek ji kesên navdar ji gund bi navê Omerê Cemlo heye. Ew dengbêjekî Kurd e, di sala 1915an da jidayik bûye, û piştra li gundê Xezawiyê jiyan kiriye. One of the famous people from the village is named Omerê Cemlo. He is a Kurdish bard, born in the year 1915, and afterwards lived in the village of Xezawiye.
Lê lê gewrê, w'ezê biyan im, hey nar o, kurmala mino. Oh fair one, I am a stranger, hey fire, my cousin.
Eger bû karê te, ejleta temam, ejleta temam... If it was your doing, the complete fate/death, the complete fate...
Bine ke yan te yar o... [Indistinct]... or your lover...
Feqet îlah... Only God...
Me dî ejleta temam, bine yar te yare, le qetiya. We saw the complete fate, [indistinct]... it was cut off.
Bazara Heme... The market of Hama...
Delal, delal, delal, delal, delal. My dear, my dear, my dear, my dear, my dear.
Henekê bayê xerbî lo delal, delal. A cool breeze of the west, oh my dear, my dear.
Edule, bi dengekî bar, kulla... lo lo, dilê min dinale, sejarî dinale. Edule, with a heavy voice, grief... oh oh, my heart groans, groans constantly.
Lo hawar, lo dilê min dinale, sejarî dinale. Oh help, oh my heart groans, groans constantly.
Lo hawar, lo şêrîna, lo şêrîna. Oh help, oh sweet one, oh sweet one.
Xwa şêrîna, nizanm sebeba kîjan a betala, lo delal kîjan a şêrîna, wey lo, lo wey lo, lo wey lo, wey lo. Your sweetness, I don't know the reason for which idleness, oh dear which sweetness, woe is me, oh woe is me, oh woe is me.
Ezê bala xwe didimê, bes di destê Elî Paşa, mirûzê delîlê tala. I pay attention to it, but in the hand of Ali Pasha, the sullen face of the bitter guide.
Delalê qehre ye nizanm xêr e, wey lo, lo wey lo, lo wey lo, lo wey lo, wey lo. The dear one is angry, I don't know if it is good, woe is me, oh woe is me, oh woe is me.
Delal, dilê min dinale, sejarî dinale. Dear, my heart groans, groans constantly.
Lo hawar, no şêrîna, xwa şêrîna. Oh help, new sweetness, your sweetness.
Min neyina wenda kirye, dîn da na kekê Se'do, suware Nûmen, miqlacî erdî beriye. I have lost the mirror, gave the faith brother Se'do, rider of Numen, the eyeliner of the barren land.
Ezê bûme 'ebîdek ji 'ebîdê 'ereban, nesûka milê, kibîr da ve, kesavê xudîme, wey lo, wey lo, wey lo, wey lo. I have become a slave among the Arab slaves, [indistinct], woe is me, woe is me, woe is me.
Wey lo delal, wey lo. Oh woe dear, woe.
Edule go, eskî me, lo qaso wisas, tora navê mala me. Edule said, my old one, oh Qaso... the net of our house's name.
Lo Qasimê lo delîla zerrîn me, lo lo lo lo lo lo lo delal. Oh Qasim, oh my golden guide, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh dear.
Eskî me, goşta Qaso Demir Paşa ye zengûzêrîn me. My old one, Qaso is the meat of Demir Pasha, I am golden stirruped.
Xwsteka zdelîlim lo delal, wey lo, lo wey lo, wey lo. My request is my guide oh dear, woe is me, oh woe is me, woe is me.
Edule go, go ti bike û bilezîne. Edule said, said you do it and hurry.
Ti were nav û nîşanê dilê ji min re, wal de çi biçîne. You bring the name and sign of the heart for me, [indistinct] what to sow.
Me go bes delal da, şilfê kevanê rima, hûrbêş xûna ereb û 'ecîta xemilandîne, wey lo, wey lo. We said only in the dear one, the tip of the spear's bow, [indistinct] decorated with Arab blood and 'ajits, woe is me, woe is me.
Betaliya 'emrê min negihiştolê lo delal, delal. The idleness of my life did not reach him, oh dear, dear.
Belê temaşevanên hêja, livir jî em gihiştin dawiya bernameya xwe. Yes dear viewers, here we have reached the end of our program.
Emê bêjin we bernameya me bi dilê we bû. Îro me li gundê Birşqasê derbas kir. We hope that our program was to your liking. Today we spent it in the village of Birshqas.
Emê xatirê xwe ji we bixwazin, heya hefteyekî din, li gundekî din, emê dîsa berra bin, li benda me bin. We will say goodbye to you, until another week, in another village, we will be back again, wait for us.
Keçûbûkê bajarê mexribê, birana sêkilîne, li pişta mîrê meşxûl sê qolane. The girl and bride of the city of the West/Maghreb, brothers... on the back of the busy prince are three girths.
Yekûne dost û ehbabê memîne... One is the friends and loved ones of Mem...
Lê lê min wî, bavê Dresê, de bi Ebdirehmanê Şirîdê yê makan e Oh woe is me, father of Dres, with Abdurrahman of Shirid, the man of status
Guliyê xwe morî hûnanê, dane ber devê kîran û meqesan e She gave her bead-woven braids to the edge of shears and scissors
Qut kirin, çêkirin li ser bavan û bira, Reşo Mîrê meşxûr, Siltanê Kurda li serê xan e Cut and arranged for the fathers and brothers, Rasho the famous Prince, Sultan of Kurds, is at the high inn