How to be an upstander instead of a bystander | Angélique Parisot-Potter

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Transcriber: TED Translators Admin Reviewer: Rhonda Jacobs
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Let me tell you a story, where you'll meet the characters
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با چيڕۆكێكت بۆ بگێڕمەوە، تۆ دوو كارەكتەرت دەبينى
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who I'll call Bilal and Brenda.
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پێيان دەڵێم بيلال و بريندا.
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I was working in a most remarkable part of the world.
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پێشتر لە يەكێك لە شوێنە ديارەكانى جيهان كارم دەكرد.
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And one unremarkable morning,
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و بەيانيەكى ئاسايى،
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a colleague came to see me.
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يەكێك لە هاوكارەكانم بۆ بينينم هات.
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She told me that Bilal, one of our senior executives,
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پێى گووتم بيلال يەكێك لە گەورە جێبەجێكارەكانمانە،
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had been telling everyone I was being removed
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بە هەموو كەسێكى دەگووت من دەركرام
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because I'd been messing with the wrong people.
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ئەوەش بەهۆى ئەوەى لەگەڵ كەسانى هەڵە سەرم لێداوە.
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And now, I was going to face the consequences.
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ئێستا، ڕووبەڕڕوى ئەنجامى كارەكانم دەبمەوە.
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I wasn't alarmed,
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نيگەران نەبووم،
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because I knew I had done what I'd been hired to do:
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چونكە ئەوەى بۆم ديارى كرابوو ئەنجاممدا بوو:
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my job,
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كارى من ئەوەيە،
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dealing with thorny issues head on
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مامەڵە لەگەڵ كێشە سەختەكاندا بكەم
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and leaving no stone unturned.
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و هەموو هەوڵێكى خۆم بدەم.
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In fact, in the months prior to this,
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لە ڕاستيدا، لە مانگەكانى پێش ئەوە بووين،
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we'd overturned more than just a few stones.
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ئێمە زەحمەتيەكانمان زياتر هەڵدايەوە.
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Those details are for another time.
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ئەم وردەكاريانەش بۆ كاتێكى ترە.
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I called my husband, James,
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پەيوەنديم هاوسەرەكەم جەيمس كرد،
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to tell him about this bizarre conversation,
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بۆ ئەوەى ئەم گفتووگۆ سەيرەى پێبڵێم،
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and with what proved to be great foresight,
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لەگەڵ ئەوەى سەلماندوومە تاوەكو ببێتە پێشبينيەكى مەزن،
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he said, "Angélique, pack your things and call Brenda, in that order."
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گووتى:" ئەنجليك، چارمان نييە، با تەلەفۆن بۆ برێندا بكەين."
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I called Brenda.
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پەيوەنديم بە برێندا كرد.
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I'd worked with her for a number of years,
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بۆ ماوەى چەند ساڵێك كارم لەگەڵ دەكرد،
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and I trusted her.
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و متمانەم پێيەتى.
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She was the person who'd recommended me for that job.
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ئەو بوو منى بەو كارە ڕاسپارد
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I cut to the chase,
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بەهۆى كاردانەوەى هاوسەرەكەم كەوتمە ناو ئەمەوە
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because my husband's reaction made me realize
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وايلێكردم لە هەموو ئەوانەى پێشتر ڕووبەڕوى دەبومەوە لام ئاسايى بێت.
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this was more than just the usual stuff I'd encountered before.
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دەڵێم هەميشە، بەڵام لەكاتە ئاشكرايەدا،
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And I say usual, but in that moment of clarity,
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ئەوە بە مێشكمدا دێت كە جەيمس تێبينى كردبوو:
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it dawned on me what James had already recognized:
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هيچ كاميان ئاسايى نەبوو،
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none of this was usual.
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ئەم جياوازيانە بەشێكن لە قالبێك كە من هەستم پێ نەكردبوو
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These irregularities, part of a pattern I'd failed to notice,
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كە ئێستا بە نهێنى دەيزانم
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were what I now know as open secrets
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ئەوەى ئێستا بە نهێنى دەيزانم
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living beneath those proverbial stones I'd had the audacity to overturn.
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بە خورپەى خۆم زانيم ڕوودەدات
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To my shock, I learned that this was happening
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چونكە وەك پێويست هەوڵم نەدا، بۆ كار كردن لە"ناوچەى خۆڵەمێشى."
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because I hadn't tried hard enough to operate in the "gray space."
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نەمزانى كەى شتەكان ڕەتدەكەمەوە و مامەڵەيان لەگەڵ دەكەم.
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I didn't seem to know when to kick things into the long grass.
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And I didn't understand that this was how the system worked.
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و تێنەگەيشتم چۆن سيستەمەكە كار دەكات.
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The message, the implied threat,
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پەيامەكە و هەڕەشە ئاشكراكە،
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was clear.
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ڕوون بوو.
لەماوەى چەند هەفتەى داهاتەەدا،
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Over the next few weeks,
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I was replaced by a convenient yes-man while I was still there.
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لە جيات فەرمانبەرێكى ناسەرەكى لەوێدەبووم، لەوكاتەوە لەوێ بووم.
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I suffered from terrible gastritis,
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ئازارى زۆرم چەشت
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and I pretended to our two young daughters
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وا خۆم نيشان دەدا لەلاى دوو كچەكەم كە هەر لەوێم.
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that I still had that job.
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كە هێشتا ئەو كارەم هەيە.
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Leaving home every morning, dressed up as if for work,
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هەموو بەيانيەك بەجلى كارەوە ماڵم بەجێ دەهێشت،
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to drop them to school, for six months.
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تاوەكو بۆماوەى شەش مانگ بيانبينە قوتابخانە.
كۆڵم نەدا،
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I did not submit,
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but I won't pretend that it was easy to speak up
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بەڵام وا نيشان نادەم كە ئاسانە باسى بكەم
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or beneficial in any way to me, to my family or to my career.
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يان بە سوود بێت بۆم يان بۆ خێزانەكەم و پيشەكەم.
كاتێك لە شوێنى كار قسە دەكەين ،سەرەڕاى ئەو ساسەتانەى كە لەگەڵمان ناگونجێن،
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When we speak up in the workplace despite policies to the contrary,
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whilst we may not lose our jobs,
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و لەكاتێكدا لەوانەيە كارەكەمان لەدەست نەدەين،
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we are likely to lose the camaraderie of our coworkers.
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لەوانەيە هاوپيشەكانمان لەدەست بدەين.
كە تێيدا بێ باوەڕان و دڕندەكان،
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Disbelieved, ostracized,
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ڕووبەڕوى بەدكارى،
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faced with under-the-radar bullying.
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دەبنەوە بەبێ ئەوەى ئاگايان لێبێت.
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You know the kind when you walk into a room and everyone stops talking?
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دەزانيت،ئەوە جۆرێكيانە كە دەچيتە ژورەوە هەموويان بێ دەنگ دەبن؟
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We think: It's not my responsibility to say anything.
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پێمان وايە:ئەوە بەر پرسياريەتى ئێمە نييە لە گووتنى هەرشتێكدا.
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So why did I choose to act despite the risks to my family and to me?
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كەواتە، بۆچى من هەڵمبژارد سەرەڕاى ئەو مەترسيانەى سەر خۆم و خێزانەكەم؟
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The sin of omission is a failure to do what you know is right.
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ئەنجامى پشتگوێ خستن كەوتنە بۆ كارێك كە دەزانين ڕاستە.
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When you stay quiet,
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كاتێك بێدەنگ دەمێنينەوە،
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even though you're not guilty of wrongdoing yourself,
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هەرچەند ئێمە لە زيان گەياندن بەخۆمان تاوانبار نين،
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what will you have to live with if you don't take action?
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دەبێت لوگەڵ چيدا بژين ئەگەر كاردارمان نەبوو؟
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So who are you in this lineup of actors?
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بۆيە نە لە كارەكتەرانە كاميانيت؟
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The bad actor, the wrongdoer?
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ئەكتەرە خراپەكە يان گوناهكار يان بەدكارى وەستاو؟
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The bad stander who benefits directly or indirectly
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ئەوەى كە ناڕاستوخۆ يان ناڕاستەخۆ سوودمەندە
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and acts as a puppet for the bad actor?
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و وەك بووكە سەماكەرێك كار دەكات بۆ دەستەيەكى خراپ؟
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The bystander, aware of the open secrets
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تەماشاكەر بە نهێنيەكان ئاشنايە
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but not actually doing anything wrong or the upstander?
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بەڵام ئەو هيچ كارێكى هەڵە ناكات؟
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This is the person we want to see when we look in the mirror.
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ئەوە ئەو كەسەيە كە دەمانەوێت لە ئاوێنە بيبينين.
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I've learned three things:
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سێ شت فێر بووم:
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One, don't second guess yourself.
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يەكەم، پرسيار كردن لەخۆت نييە.
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When you see something amiss, ask questions,
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كاتێك شتێكى هەڵە دەبينە، پرسيار بكە،
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because it is okay to challenge those in authority.
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چونكە ئاساييە بەرەنگارى دەسەڵات داران ببيتەوە.
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Two, don't be complicit.
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دووەم، هاوكار مەبە.
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You always have the power to say no in the face of wrongdoing.
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هەميشە لەو دۆخەى كە دەكەوتە سەرت ئەو هێزەت هەيە بڵێى نەخێر.
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And three, be an upstander.
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سێيەم، كەسێكى ڕێك و ڕستبە.
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Speaking up is not about being brave.
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ئەوە دەربارەى دەربڕينى بوێرى نييە.
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It's not about not feeling scared.
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ئەوە دەربارەى نەترسان نييە.
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But when you do what you know is right, you can be at peace with yourself.
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بەڵام كاتێك ئەوەى دەزانيت ڕاستە، دەتوانيت بە ئاشتى لەگەڵى بژيت.
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Yes, it is hard to say what you feel in the moment.
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بەڵێ سەختە لەوساتەدا ببينيت هەستت چۆنە.
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Do it anyway. Be fearless.
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بە هەرچۆنێك بێت بيكە و لە هيچ مەترسە.
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Martin Luther King said,
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مارتن لرسەر كينگ گووتى،
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"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies,
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" لەكۆتايى قسەى دووژمنەكانمان بير نايەتەوە
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but the silence of our friends."
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بەڵأم بێدەنگى هاوڕێيانمان بير دێتەوە."
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So when you look in the mirror,
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كاتێك سەيرى ئاوێنە دەكەيت،
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who will you see?
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تۆ كێ دەبينيت؟
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A bystander, keeper of open secrets?
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تەماشاكەر يان پارێزەرى نهێنيەكان؟
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Or will the person looking back at you be an upstander?
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يان كەسى ئاوێنێكە كەسێكى تەماشاكەر دەبێت؟
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I know who I see.
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دەزانم كێ دەبينم.
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I know who my daughters see.
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من دەزانم كچەكەم كێ دەبينێت.
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The choice is yours.
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هەڵبژاردن بۆ خۆتانە.
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