Historien skriver poesi
Yousif Afrim är 96 år. Synen är nästan borta, men minnet vilar aldrig – och orden blir dikter.
K-mshandef ‘al i chavro tayye, k-halach b-shlayuthe. B-e-melothid u e-mushchothid k-kothaw i draytho aykan mushcho. I chzithid machla ‘asro d-k-eza wa d-msho, elo i chzithid gawoyto lay’kuth k-macha’ralle u u duchronid sofe u chayyo lay’kuth k-damcho.
”I chzithid gawoyto lay'kuth k-macha'ralle.”
I ‘aylthid d-sharbethid m-qritho d-qayrebo l-Midyath b-Turkiya, qritho d-wa ydi’to b-i shafultho d-qedre d-chino. U ‘afrayto smoqo mchalfowe l-chino d-wa k-mchakmi b-chfufutho min qom d-mithar b-i nuro l-monoth d-fchoro. B-e-qoyme, e-qedre u e-monoth d-chino k-mizo’ni wa l-e-qroyawothe d-chdarwayye.
Elo i ‘ayltho feshlo mzabmuto d-m’abro e-tcho me-Suriya bat’ar d-u bobid u u ‘amid feshne qriye l-i shuchono. B-u zabno hano e-kursane d-kolera, malaria u tyfus shkelfene chaye d-sagiye. U mawtho wa ‘asro rab d-b-yume mchofrine shaw’o noshe.
I ‘ayltho feshlo b-al-Qahtaniyah, aydo Yousif b-fcholo ‘asro u masbrofrutho qdirlid b-u charotho d-fothach dikano d-izobano b-i mditho d-al-Qamishli. Bat’ar hano mhajerli l-Swed, aydo fchal hal u frosho d-fcholo.
B-u yumo d-ad’yo k-chaye chaye shlayye, tayye u yaqure. Elo ith mono chakcho d-hal hoshu k-chocharle – u chumo, qrabutho u chfufutho d-wa k-mchawfene e-mchawryothe d-noshe b-u zabno d-u ‘abro.
Text: Malkon Malkon
