K-090 Erzincan, Turkey
K-090 Erzincan, Turkey
1 | Em zaro bûnê li gund, gotin ceyran tê gund, dîrek îște çêkirin. |
When we were children in the village, they said that electricity was coming to the village, so they were setting up power lines. | |
2 | Me muxtar beklemîș dikirin, muxtar hat, gotin berxikê șer jê dikin, me beklemîș kir berxikê șerjêkin, berxik șer jê kirin, me jî beklemîș kir, tene goșt bidine me, ema nadin. |
We were expecting the headman, the headman came, they said they will slaughter a lamb, we waited for them to slaughter the lamb, they slaughtered the lamb, we waited for them to give us some meat, but they didn’t. | |
3 | Beklemîș dikinê, beklemîș dikinê belkî dibê tene goșt bidine me, ema nedin. |
We waited on and on so that maybe they would give us some meat, but they didn’t. | |
4 | Vira tene meriyê me nas dikirin hatin. Meriyê me-y gir em nas dikinê, ena hatin. Ena gotin tene goșt jî bidine zarîyan. |
Then some men who we knew arrived. Elderly people who we knew came. They said give some meat to the children. | |
5 | Em qiçiknê beklemîș dikinê ena jî tene goșt dane me, ema hindik bû. |
e the young ones were waiting, and they gave us some meat, but it wasn’t very much. | |
6 | Ondan sonra ceyran, ceyran vekirin. Me go/ yêvarî jî dawet hebû. |
Afterwards they started the electricity. Then in the evening there was a wedding. | |
7 | Me go em hernê dawetê, ema ber berxikanê, berxik, berxik me teslîmê yekî din kir. Çûnê dolmîșê siyar bûnê. |
We said we should go to the wedding, but we were taking care of the lambs, we entrusted the lambs to someone else. We went and got on the minibus. | |
8 | Me go em-ê dawetê ema bavo me yeẋelemîș kir. |
We said we will go to the wedding but our father caught us. | |
9 | Go were vira, ti herî ku? Me go tiherin dawetê, me berxik teslîme meriyekî kir. Ê bawê-me me temîz kuta. |
He said come here, where are you going? We said we are going to the wedding, we have entrusted the lambs to a man. Our father beat us extensively. | |
10 | Em jî șûn-ve vegeriyanê, çûnê ber berxikan, berxik yê be ewkê re qiçik in, pezî qiçik, me hinek girtin usa hatinê gund. |
And we returned back, went to take care of the lambs. The lambs are small, are the small sheep, we caught a bit and came back. |
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Turkey (Kurmanji)