life in black & white...

...is interesting! see it for yourself in the picture if you dont belive me. voila:

if you click on the picture, you can see it in a larger size!

EZ XELEF IM

So, I have finally taken the time to translate the lyrics of "Ez Xelef Im". Firstly, let me clarify some points before I publish the lyrics. There is more than one version of the song, in fact the song changes from region to region, even from village to village. So the lyrics I have translated are the most commonly known and sung by Sivan Perwer.

LYRICS(first, original in Kurdish, then in English):

Ez Xelef im

Ez Xelef im Xelef im
Hewar e Mîr hewar e Mîr
Ez Xelef im Xelef im

Êzdînşêr Mîrê Botan e

Xwediyê şûrê’b sedef im

Hewar e Mîr hewar e Mîr

Xwediyê şûrê’b sedef im

Êzdînşêr Mîrê Botan e

Li nav eşîran bi gef im

Hewar e Mîr hewar e Mîr

Li nav eşîran bi gef im

Êzdînşêr Mîrê Botan e

Ez Xelefê kinik im
Hewar e Mîr hewar e Mîr

Ez Xelefê kinik im

Êzdînşêr Mîrê Botan e

Xwediyê şûrê’b şirik im

Hewar e Mîr hewar e Mîr

Xwediyê şûrê’b şirik im

Êzdînşêr Mîrê Botan e

Li nav eşîran bi rik im

Hewar e Mîr hewar e Mîr

Li nav eşîran bi rik im

Êzdînşêr Mîrê Botan e

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Xelef I am

Xelef I am, I am Xelef

It is the prince crying for help, It is him

Xelef I am, I am Xelef

Êzdînşêr is Prince of Botan

I am the owner of the pearl sword

It is the prince crying for help, it is him

I am the owner of the pearl sword

Êzdînşêr is Prince of Botan

I am the threat among the tribes

It is the prince crying for help, it is him

I am the threat among the tribes

Êzdînşêr is Prince of Botan

I am Xelef, the slender

It is the Prince crying for help, it is him

I am Xelef, the slender

Êzdînşêr is Prince of Botan
I am the owner of the streaming sword
It is the prince crying for help, it is him
I am the owner of the streaming sword
Êzdînşêr is Prince of Botan
Among the tribes I am the unyielding
It is the prince crying for help, it is him
Among the tribes I am the unyielding
Êzdînşêr is Prince of Botan

The story, mind you this is also only one version, is as follows: While Êzdînşêr, who is Prince of Botan, is fighting with Xelef, who could be called the rebel or bandit in the name of people, the Ottomans slowly conquer Botan. By the time they realize this, it is too late...


If you are curious as to where Botan region is, click here. If you are curious about what Xelef means, click here.


Also, If you guys want to listen to the song, here is one version by Sivan Perwer:

ADDITION: In the song Sivan first tells the story of how the men of the Prince go after Xelef etc., and by the time they come to their senses and realize what is going on, it is too late, and they have lost everything by now.

i found myself in your absence...

Let's have some fun!

Ok, it has been a while since I wrote anything here. But that is about to change!
I have some new stories to share with you, from Turkey, Sweden and of course now Spain. But before going on to those stories, let's first have some fun with one of the pictures that I took while visiting my hometown Botan or officially known as Siirt/Sert. It literally took half an hour from my life to take that picture. Really. But was it worth it? Hells yeah!

So, now you see the picture below. Here is the single rule of the game that we are going to play: Everybody has to come up with a sentence that would fit with the picture and the way our heroes in the picture are standing! Our heroes are: the tall guy, the middle guy, and the short guy.

What could they possible be saying? Why are they in that position? Voila.

Here are two things that we (Eset, Heqi and I) came up with:

• Middle guy: "Who did just fart?"
• Tall guy: "Kita hazir ol!"="Battalian, attention!"

The rest is for you. Let's see what talents we've got!