Betanure: The thief in the Mirror

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Hezy Mutzafi	Mutzafi, Hezy. 2008. The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Betanure (Province of Dihok). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.	-

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0:00	xa šiðāna gbewa gāreʾwa, zəlle qam nohra ʾu mattūle bāla gu nehra... nohr a. ʾu ṣrəxle baxte, gemər da, da, ʾiθ ganäwa gu beθan! baxte zəlla, mattūla bāla, gəmra ganāwa māto le yʾila gu beθan dla hāyid deni ʾu lá-ðeʾlan? m-éka-geb ʾile yʾila? xa šiðāna gbewa gāreʾwa, zəlle qam nohra ʾu mattūle bāla gu nehra... nohr a. ʾu ṣrəxle baxte, gemər da, da, ʾiθ ganäwa gu beθan! baxte zəlla, mattūla bāla, gəmra ganāwa māto le yʾila gu beθan dla hāyid deni ʾu lá-ðeʾlan? m-éka-geb ʾile yʾila?	A madman wished to shave, went in front of the mirror and looked in the river ... [I mean,] the mirror. He called his wife, saying “Come, come, there is a thief in our house!” His wife went and looked, and she says “How has the thief entered our house without our awareness and knowledge (lit. and we didn’t know)? Where has he entered from?”
	ʾāwa=šl... ʾāwa mərre ta baxte θa laxxa xze - walle baθər nohra ganāwa! θela xzela, ʾu gəmra tāle la bas ganawe=le, qaḥbəd gyane=ši le múθyəlla mən gyāne! mattūla bāla gu ne ... nohra, gəmra da qū, hayya hayya drilu, ʾó-nohra drile gu hanna, sanduq, hluqle ʾu ʾāna bṣarxan HmištaraH, yaʿni polise, jandarme! ʾāwa=šl... ʾāwa mərre ta baxte θa laxxa xze - walle baθər nohra ganāwa! θela xzela, ʾu gəmra tāle la bas ganawe=le, qaḥbəd gyane=ši le múθyəlla mən gyāne! mattūla bāla gu ne ... nohra, gəmra da qū, hayya hayya drilu, ʾó-nohra drile gu hanna, sanduq, hluqle ʾu ʾāna bṣarxan HmištaraH, yaʿni polise, jandarme!	And he ... he said to his wife “Come here and see - there’s a thief behind the mirror!” She came and looked, and [seeing her husband and herself in the mirror] she says to him “Not only is there a thief, but he has also brought his whore with him!” She looked in the ... mirror, and says “Come on, quickly, put them (i.e. the couple in the mirror), put this mirror in the what-do-you-call-it, crate, lock it, and I’ll call the police, I mean policemen, gendarmes!”
	ʾāya ... ʾāwa qəmle, qamdārele ʾó-nohra gu sanduq, qamhālaqle pəmmad sanduq, ʾu ʾāya mšodərra baθər jandarme. jandarme θelu tam, drelu taffāqe gu ṣadar d-āwa d-wewa tiwa reš sanduq. gemər la, la, léwena! ʾəlla, gəmri, ké=le? gemər walle laxxa gu d-ayya sanduq. ʾāya ... ʾāwa qəmle, qamdārele ʾó-nohra gu sanduq, qamhālaqle pəmmad sanduq, ʾu ʾāya mšodərra baθər jandarme. jandarme θelu tam, drelu taffāqe gu ṣadar d-āwa d-wewa tiwa reš sanduq. gemər la, la, léwena! ʾəlla, gəmri, ké=le? gemər walle laxxa gu d-ayya sanduq.	She ... he put that mirror in the crate, closed it (lit. shut its cover) while she sent for the gendarmes. The gendarmes came there and pointed rifles at the chest of that one [the madman] who was sitting on the crate. He says “No, no, it’s not me!” They say ‘‘Then where is he?” He says “Here he is in this crate.”
	qampaθxile sanduq, matwi bāla - nóhra=yle. matwi bala=ši - ʾāwa ʾu báxte=lu. čú-məndi xat lá-xzelu. Hʾaz qəmlu, qammāxele bad qultāxəd hanna, HrovéH... təffaq, he, təffaq, ʾu gəmri tāle ʾāhat qamməθəttan mən tāma həl ʾaxxa sta ... balaš? (dax gəmrax ʾaxni), balaš? čú-ganāwe líθena! ʾāhat ʾu baxtox wetun. baxtox ʾu ʾāhat líθenae bar qaḥbé=wetun kútroxun! qampaθxile sanduq, matwi bāla - nóhra=yle. matwi bala=ši - ʾāwa ʾu báxte=lu. čú-məndi xat lá-xzelu. Hʾaz qəmlu, qammāxele bad qultāxəd hanna, HrovéH... təffaq, he, təffaq, ʾu gəmri tāle ʾāhat qamməθəttan mən tāma həl ʾaxxa sta ... balaš? (dax gəmrax ʾaxni), balaš? čú-ganāwe líθena! ʾāhat ʾu baxtox wetun. baxtox ʾu ʾāhat líθenae bar qaḥbé=wetun kútroxun!	They opened the crate, they look - it’s a mirror. They look also [around] - there is [only] him and his wife. They did not find anything else. So they started hitting him with the butt of the what-do-you-call-it... rifle, yes, a rifle, and they say to him “You brought us here from there for noth ... nothing?” (as we say). “For nothing? There are no thieves whatsoever! There’s [only] you and your wife. You damn bastard, both you and your wife! (lit. you and your wife are both whores, children of whores).”

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(1 0:00)xa šiðāna gbewa gāreʾwa, zəlle qam nohra ʾu mattūle bāla gu nehra... nohr a. ʾu ṣrəxle baxte, gemər da, da, ʾiθ ganäwa gu beθan! baxte zəlla, mattūla bāla, gəmra ganāwa māto le yʾila gu beθan dla hāyid deni ʾu lá-ðeʾlan? m-éka-geb ʾile yʾila?(2)ʾāwa=šl... ʾāwa mərre ta baxte θa laxxa xze - walle baθər nohra ganāwa! θela xzela, ʾu gəmra tāle la bas ganawe=le, qaḥbəd gyane=ši le múθyəlla mən gyāne! mattūla bāla gu ne ... nohra, gəmra da qū, hayya hayya drilu, ʾó-nohra drile gu hanna, sanduq, hluqle ʾu ʾāna bṣarxan HmištaraH, yaʿni polise, jandarme!(3)ʾāya ... ʾāwa qəmle, qamdārele ʾó-nohra gu sanduq, qamhālaqle pəmmad sanduq, ʾu ʾāya mšodərra baθər jandarme. jandarme θelu tam, drelu taffāqe gu ṣadar d-āwa d-wewa tiwa reš sanduq. gemər la, la, léwena! ʾəlla, gəmri, ké=le? gemər walle laxxa gu d-ayya sanduq.(4)qampaθxile sanduq, matwi bāla - nóhra=yle. matwi bala=ši - ʾāwa ʾu báxte=lu. čú-məndi xat lá-xzelu. Hʾaz qəmlu, qammāxele bad qultāxəd hanna, HrovéH... təffaq, he, təffaq, ʾu gəmri tāle ʾāhat qamməθəttan mən tāma həl ʾaxxa sta ... balaš? (dax gəmrax ʾaxni), balaš? čú-ganāwe líθena! ʾāhat ʾu baxtox wetun. baxtox ʾu ʾāhat líθenae bar qaḥbé=wetun kútroxun!()()()()

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(1 0:00)A madman wished to shave, went in front of the mirror and looked in the river ... [I mean,] the mirror. He called his wife, saying “Come, come, there is a thief in our house!” His wife went and looked, and she says “How has the thief entered our house without our awareness and knowledge (lit. and we didn’t know)? Where has he entered from?”(2)And he ... he said to his wife “Come here and see - there’s a thief behind the mirror!” She came and looked, and [seeing her husband and herself in the mirror] she says to him “Not only is there a thief, but he has also brought his whore with him!” She looked in the ... mirror, and says “Come on, quickly, put them (i.e. the couple in the mirror), put this mirror in the what-do-you-call-it, crate, lock it, and I’ll call the police, I mean policemen, gendarmes!”(3)She ... he put that mirror in the crate, closed it (lit. shut its cover) while she sent for the gendarmes. The gendarmes came there and pointed rifles at the chest of that one [the madman] who was sitting on the crate. He says “No, no, it’s not me!” They say ‘‘Then where is he?” He says “Here he is in this crate.”(4)They opened the crate, they look - it’s a mirror. They look also [around] - there is [only] him and his wife. They did not find anything else. So they started hitting him with the butt of the what-do-you-call-it... rifle, yes, a rifle, and they say to him “You brought us here from there for noth ... nothing?” (as we say). “For nothing? There are no thieves whatsoever! There’s [only] you and your wife. You damn bastard, both you and your wife! (lit. you and your wife are both whores, children of whores).”()()()()