What to do when everything feels broken | Daniel Alexander Jones

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00:12
"I've got people in me."
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"خەڵکانێک دۆستمن."
00:15
So sang the late Abbey Lincoln.
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ئابى لينكۆڵن لە گۆرانيەكەيدا وايگووت.
00:18
I take that lyric as mantra.
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ئەو وشانە بە دروشمێك دادەنێم.
00:21
"I've got people in me."
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"خەڵکانێک دۆستمن."
00:24
Jomama Jones is the person in me I turn to as a guide.
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جۆماما جۆنز ئەو كەسە دۆستمە ڕووى تێدەكەم بۆ ئەوەى ڕێنماييم بكات.
00:29
She's my alter ego.
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ئەو منێكى ترە.
00:31
I've been embodying her in performance since 1995,
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لە ساڵى ١٩٩٥ لە نمیاشکردندا بەرجەستەی دەکەم،
00:35
and she comes around when she has some insight to offer folks.
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كاتێك تێبينيەكى لەگەڵ خەڵك هەيە خۆى بەديار دەخات.
00:41
At this time of radical change,
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لەو كاتە سەختانەدا،
00:43
I'm glad to be the vessel for her message to you.
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خۆشحاڵم كە ناوبژىكەرێك بم پەيامەكەى بە ئێوە بگەيەنم.
00:53
Jomama Jones: What if I told you
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جوماما جۆنز: چى دەبێت ئەگەر پێم گووتيت
00:55
it's going to be alright ...
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هەموو شتێك باش دەبێت...
00:57
but what if I told you not yet?
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بە ڵام چى دەبێت ئەگەر وتم كاتى ئەمە نەهاتووە؟
01:00
What if I told you there are trials ahead
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ئەگەر پێو گووتيت شتى زۆر لەبەردەمت هەيە
01:03
beyond your deepest fears?
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زياد لە پێويست ترسناكە؟
01:06
What if I told you will you fall ...
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چى دەبێت ئەگەر بڵێم تۆ دەكەويتە...
01:08
down, down, down?
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خوارەوە، خوارەوە، خوارەوە؟
01:12
But what if I told you you will surprise yourself?
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بەڵام چى دەبێت ئەگەر بڵێم سەرتان سوڕماوە؟
01:17
What if I told you will be brave enough?
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چى دەبێت ئەگەر بڵێم تۆ ئازايت؟
01:23
What if I told you
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چى دەبێت ئەگەر بڵێم
01:25
we won't all make it through?
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هەموومان لەمە ڕزگارمان نابێت؟
01:28
But what if I told you
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بەڵام چى دەبێت ئەگەر بڵێم
01:30
that is as it must be?
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دەبێت بەو شێوەيە بێت؟
01:34
What if I told you I've seen the future?
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چى دەبێت ئەگەر بڵێم داهاتووم بينيوە؟
01:41
Do you like my hands?
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دەستەكانمت بە دڵە؟
01:43
They're expressive, yeah?
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ئەوان دەربڕن، وايە؟
01:45
Now look at your hands -- now go on.
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ئێستا سەيرى دەستەكانم بكە -- دەى.
01:48
There's so much history recorded through their touches
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مێژوويەكى زۆر بەو دەست لێدانە تۆمار كراوە
01:50
and marks of the future sketched on their palms.
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نيشانەكانى داهاتوو لەسەر لەپى دەست نەخشە دەكێشرێ.
01:55
Sometimes hands grip tight,
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هەندێكجار دەستەكان بە پتەوى ڕتدەگرێت،
01:57
sometimes hands let go.
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هەندێكجار دەستت لێ بەردەدەن.
02:01
What if I told you
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چى دەبێت ئەگەر پێم گووتيت
02:03
it's all going to come undone?
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هەموو شتێك لە كۆتايدا ئاشكرا دەبێت؟
02:07
Hm.
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هم.
02:08
Ladies and gentlemen
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خانمان و بەڕێزان
02:10
and otherwise described,
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بەم شێوەيە،
02:12
I am Jomama Jones.
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من جۆماما جۆنزم.
02:15
Some call me a soul sonic superstar,
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هەندێك پێمدەڵێن ئەستێرەى مۆسيقاى ڕۆح،
02:18
and I agree,
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و من ڕازيم،
02:20
though even in my past that was from the future.
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تەنانەت لە رابردوو و لە داهاتووش.
02:24
Let me take you back to girlhood.
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با بۆ منداڵيم بتانگەڕێنمەوە.
02:26
Picture this:
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لەگەڵ وە بيهێنە پێش چاوت:
02:27
it was Planting Day,
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لە ڕۆژى چاندندا،
02:29
which was a holiday I invented
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ئەم پشوە بوو كە دامهێنا
02:31
for the Black youth community group I founded.
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بۆ كۆمەڵگاى گەنجە ڕەشپێستەكانم دامەزراند.
02:34
I dashed home to put on my gardening ensemble
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چوومە ماڵەوە بۆ ئەوەى جلى كێڵگە لەبەر بكەم
02:37
when I caught my uncle Freeman red-handed.
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مامم فريمانم دۆزيەوە.
02:41
He was standing over my piggy bank with his hammer raised high.
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لەسەر جانتاى نەختينەكەم بە چەكووشێكەوە ڕاوەەستا بوو.
02:46
He was fixing to steal my coins.
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دەيويست پارە كانمم ببات.
02:49
And you see,
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وەك دەبينن،
02:51
my uncle Freeman was a handyman.
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مام فريمان يارمەتيدەر بوو.
02:53
He could fix anything --
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دەيتوانى هەموو شتێك چاك بكاتەوە--
02:54
a broken chair, a shattered pot --
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كورسيەكى شكاو يان مەنجەڵێكى شكاو --
02:57
even bring grandmother's plants back to life.
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تەنانەت نەمامە سيسبووەكەى داپيرمى زيندوو كردەوە.
03:00
He had that magic touch with broken things ...
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ئەو دەستلێدانێكى جادووى هەبوو بۆ شتى شكاو ..
03:04
and broken people.
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و كەسانى تێكشكاو.
03:06
He would take me with him on his jobs
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منى لەگەڵ خۆى دەبرد بۆ كار
03:08
and say, "C'mon Jo,
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و پێى دەگووتم: " دەى جۆ،
03:09
let's go do something to make this world a better place."
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با بڕۆين شتێك بكەين ئەم جيهانە باشتر بكات."
03:12
His hands were wide and calloused,
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دەستەكانى پان و ڕەق بوون،
03:15
and they always reminded me of displaced tree roots.
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هەميشە ڕەگى درەختە هەڵتەكاوەكانى بير دەخستمەوە.
03:20
As we worked he would talk with folks
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لەو كاتەى كارمان دەكرد قسەى لەگەڵ خەڵك دەكرد
03:24
about the change he was sure was just around the corner.
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دەرباارەى ئەو گۆڕانكايە دڵنيايەى دەورى سووچەكە.
03:28
I saw him mend flagging hopes
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بينيم ئەو هيوا كەمەكان چارەسەر دەكات
03:32
and leave folks with their heads held high.
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و خەڵك بە شانازيەوە بەجێدەهێڵێت.
03:35
His hands stirred the sunshine.
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دەستەكانى ئاماژەى ڕوناكيان دەكرد.
03:38
And now he was about to break my piggy bank.
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و ئەو دەچوو سندوقى پارەكەم بشكێنێت.
03:43
I said "Step back, man, and show me your hands."
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پێى گووتم: "بگەڕێوە، دەستتم نيشان بدە."
03:46
You know the irony was
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نامۆيەكە ئەوەيە
03:48
he used to give me all the old coins he'd find under floorboards while working.
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هەموو پارە كۆنەكان كە لە ژێر تەختەكە دۆزيبويەوە لە كاتى كار كردن پێيدام.
03:54
And I put them in the piggy bank
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لە سندەقەكە دامناوە
03:56
along with the money I earned through my childhood side hustles.
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بەو پارەيەى كە لە منداڵى دروستم دەكرد.
04:01
But by the spring of 1970,
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بەڵام لە بەهارى ١٩٧٠،
04:04
Uncle Freeman had lost his touch ...
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مام فريمان دەستى لەدەستدا..
04:06
along with most of his jobs.
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و زۆربەى كارەكانى تريش.
04:10
He saw a heavy future
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داهاتوويەكى نابووتى بينى
04:13
of civil wrongs and Black power outages in his palms.
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لە هەڵەى مەدەنى و نەهێشتنى دەسەڵاتى ڕەشپێستەكان لە لەپى دەستى.
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The last straw had come the previous winter
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دوا پووش لە زستانى ڕابردوو بوو
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when they had gunned down Fred Hampton.
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كاتێك تەقەمان لە فرێد هامپتۆن كرد.
04:27
Overwhelmed with fear
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ئەو لە ترسدايە
04:30
and rage
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و توڕەيى
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and grief,
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و دڵتووندى.
04:33
Uncle Freeman tried to game his future.
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مام فريمان هەوڵيدا داهاتوى بخاتە مەترسيەوە.
04:37
He gripped too tight,
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زۆر بە توندى بەستاى،
04:39
and he started playing the numbers.
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دەستى بە بەشدارى كردن لە تير و پشكەكە كرد.
04:41
"Well, one of these numbers is gonna hit, little girl.
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"يەكێك لەمانە قازانج مسۆگەر دەكات, ئازيزم.
04:43
You got a quarter for your uncle Free -- "
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چارەگێكت هەيە بۆ مامت فري--"
04:46
Now some of y'all have that relative.
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هەندێكتان خزمى وەهاتان هەيە.
04:48
But I knew right then and there I had to do something.
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بەڵام دواتر دڵنيا بووم كە دەبێت شتێك بكەم.
04:52
I jumped up and I grabbed that hammer
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خۆم هەڵدا و چەكووشەكەم گرت
04:53
and I brought it crashing down on that pig.
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و بردم و خستمە ناو جزدانەكە.
04:56
And Uncle Freeman started to weep as I gathered up all the coins.
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لە كاتێكدا من دراوەكانم كۆدەكردەوە مام فريمان دەستى كردە گريان.
05:00
"We're not buying no lottery ticket, Uncle Freeman.
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"ئێمە يارى بەخت ناكڕين، مام فريمان.
05:02
C'mon."
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دەى."
05:05
We spent every last cent at the seed store.
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هەموو پارەكەمان لە دووكانى تۆو خەرج كرد.
05:11
You know, the kids in my gardening group?
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دەزانن، منداڵەكان لە گروپى جوتيارى لەگەڵ منن؟
05:13
They didn't bat an eye when I had Uncle Freeman get down
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كاتێك مام فريمان لەگەڵمان هاتە خوارەوە ئەوان سەرسوڕماو نەبوون
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and put his hands in the earth again
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دەستيشە خستەوە سەر زەوى
05:18
and start breaking up that soil for our seeds.
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دەستى بە خاك هەڵكەندن كرد تاوەكو تۆوەكانمان بچێنين.
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And my little friend Taesha even came over and started slapping him on the back
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هاوڕێ بچووكەكەم، تايشا لێى نزيك بۆوە و لە پشتيدا
05:25
saying, "Cry it out, Uncle Freeman.
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و دەڵێت، " مامە فريمان بگرى.
05:27
Cry it out."
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بۆ پشوودان بگرى."
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"I can't fix this," he sobbed.
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گريا و گووتى "ناتوانم ئەمە چاك بكەم".
05:34
It's an ancient-future truism, that.
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ئەمە ڕاستيەكى ئاشكراى كۆن و داهاتووە.
05:39
He wasn't the first to feel that way, and he wouldn't be the last.
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ئەو يەكەم كەس نەبوو بەم شێوە هەستى دەكرد، و دواهەمين كەسيش نابێت.
05:43
Right now, it feels as though everything is breaking beyond repair.
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ئێستا وادەر دەكەوێت هەموو شتێك بەشێوەيەكى ناڕێك تێكشكابێت.
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It is.
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بەم شێوەيە.
05:52
But that breaking apart can be a breaking open,
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بەڵام ئەم داڕوخانە لەوانە ببێتە هۆ کردنەوەیەک،
05:57
no matter how violent and uncertain
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گرينگ نييە شتەكان چەند تووندوتيژ و نادڵنيا
05:59
and fearsome it seems.
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و ترسناك دەردەكەون.
06:03
The thing is ...
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گرفتەکە ئەوەيە...
06:05
we can't do it alone.
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ناتوانين بەتەنها بيكەين.
06:08
Uncle Freeman cried so much that day as we planted our seeds,
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كاتێك تۆوەكانمان چەند مام فريمان زۆر گريا،
06:14
he was our very own irrigation system.
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ئەو سيستەمى ئاودێريمان بوو.
06:20
"I don't know who I am anymore, little girl,"
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"کچی بچکۆڵانە، چیتر نازانم من کێم،"
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he said to me at sundown.
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لە کاتی خۆرئاوابوون پێگووتم،.
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"Good, Uncle Freeman.
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"باشە، مام فريمان.
06:28
Good.
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باشە.
06:30
You're new again,
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دووبارە کەسێکی نوێیت،
06:33
and that's just how we need you."
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هەربۆیە پێویستمان پێتە."
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