ZAZAKI ENGLISH DICTIONARY – AX TI ŞIYA WARE / HAL YAMANO

ZAZAKI ENGLISH DICTIONARY – AX TI ŞIYA WARE / HAL YAMANO

Ax ti şiya ware ye = Oh, you have gone to the summer pasture

ax = oh / ah / alas

ti = you

şiya = went / have gone

ware = summer pasture / highland pasture / yayla

ye = are / have / is

Ax ti şiya ware ye = Oh, you have gone to the summer pasture

Lemine çiqa serdo = Oh my, how cold it is

lemine = oh my dear / alas / lament sound

çiqa = how much / how

serd = cold

serdo = it is cold

Lemine çiqa serdo = Oh my, how cold it is

Çene to ez caverdu = Girl, you left me behind

çene = girl / daughter

to = you

ez = I / me

caverdu / caverdo = left / abandoned / left behind

Çene to ez caverdu = Girl, you left me behind

Ez biyo wayire derdo = I have become the owner of pain

ez = I

biyo = became / have become

wayir / wayire = owner / holder / possessor

derd = pain / sorrow / trouble

derdo = pain / the pain

Ez biyo wayire derdo = I became the owner of pain / I am left with pain

Daye hal yamano = Mother, the situation is terrible

daye = mother

hal = state / situation / condition

yamano = bad / terrible / painful / miserable

Daye hal yamano = Mother, the situation is terrible

Bawo hal sebeno = Father, what will become of this state?

bawo = father

hal = situation / condition

sebeno = what will happen / what will become

Bawo hal sebeno = Father, what will happen to this situation?

Munzir / Munzur Baba = Munzur Baba / sacred figure/place name

mirad / miradiyo = wish-granter / fulfiller of wishes

Munzir Baba miradiyo = Munzur Baba is the granter of wishes

Serê zerya ma zondano = Our hearts are aching / burning inside

serê = on / over / upon

zerya = heart / inner heart

ma = our / us / we

zerya ma = our heart / our hearts

zondano = aching / burning / hurting / sore

Serê zerya ma zondano = Our hearts are aching / our hearts are burning inside

Ax ti ware wisari ye = Oh, you are like the spring pasture

wisari / wisarî = spring-like / of spring / spring pasture

ware wisari = spring pasture / spring-like pasture

Ax ti ware wisari ye = Oh, you are like the spring pasture

IMPORTANT WORDS

ax = oh / ah / alas

ti = you

şiya = went / have gone

ware = summer pasture / highland pasture / yayla

lemine = oh my dear / lament sound

çiqa = how much / how

serd = cold

çene = girl / daughter

to = you

ez = I / me

caverdu / caverdo = left / abandoned

biyo = became

wayire = owner / holder

derd = pain / sorrow

daye = mother

bawo = father

hal = situation / condition

yamano = terrible / bad / painful

sebeno = what will happen / what will become

Munzur / Munzir Baba = Munzur Baba

mirad / miradiyo = wish / wish-granter

zerya = heart / inner heart

ma = our / us / we

zondano = aching / hurting / burning

wisari = spring-like / of spring

GRAMMAR NOTES

ti / to = you

Example: Ti şiya = you went

Example: To ez caverdu = you left me

ez = I / me

Example: Ez biyo = I became

ma = our / us / we

Example: zerya ma = our heart / our hearts

-ê = of / on / belonging

Example: serê zerya ma = on/upon our heart

biyo = became / has become

Example: Ez biyo wayire derdo = I became the owner of pain

sebeno = what will happen / what will become

Example: Hal sebeno? = What will happen to the situation?

SHORT SENTENCE MEANINGS

Ax ti şiya ware ye = Oh, you have gone to the summer pasture

Lemine çiqa serdo = Oh my, how cold it is

Çene to ez caverdu = Girl, you left me behind

Ez biyo wayire derdo = I have become the owner of pain

Daye hal yamano = Mother, the situation is terrible

Bawo hal sebeno = Father, what will become of this situation?

Munzir Baba miradiyo = Munzur Baba is the granter of wishes

Serê zerya ma zondano = Our hearts are aching inside

Ax ti ware wisari ye = Oh, you are like the spring pasture

FULL MEANING

The song is a love lament. The speaker says the beloved has gone to the summer pasture, and everything feels cold after her leaving. The girl has left the speaker behind, and he has become the owner of pain. The speaker cries to mother and father about the terrible situation, calls on Munzur Baba as the granter of wishes, and says the hearts are aching. The final image compares the beloved to a spring pasture, showing beauty, freshness, and longing.