Betanure: The Foolish Pauper

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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	ʾəθwa xá-faqī́r, ʾəθwāle ... ʾəθwāle yalunke, ʾəθwāle baxta, láθwāle pāre zāwənwa ʾixāla ṭalohun ... HʾazH baxte ẓləmla ʾəlle, gəmra qū ʾayya tawərta nábəlla, mzábənna. qəmle šqilāle tawərta nublāle l-šūqa, mərre b-xamša dināre. čú-xa lá-zwināle. θele kəsle dalāla, mərre ṭāle dide yā faqī́r! ʾāhət l-ekət mzabnətta? tawərta halla ṭāli, ʾāna mzabnənna ṭālox b-ʾəṣra, mən ʾəṣra xa halli, xa dinā́r. ʾəθwa xá-faqī́r, ʾəθwāle ... ʾəθwāle yalunke, ʾəθwāle baxta, láθwāle pāre zāwənwa ʾixāla ṭalohun ... HʾazH baxte ẓləmla ʾəlle, gəmra qū ʾayya tawərta nábəlla, mzábənna. qəmle šqilāle tawərta nublāle l-šūqa, mərre b-xamša dināre. čú-xa lá-zwināle. θele kəsle dalāla, mərre ṭāle dide yā faqī́r! ʾāhət l-ekət mzabnətta? tawərta halla ṭāli, ʾāna mzabnənna ṭālox b-ʾəṣra, mən ʾəṣra xa halli, xa dinā́r.	There was a pauper, and he had... he had children and a wife, but had no money [with which] to buy them food... So his wife bullied him, saying “Come on, take this cow and sell her.” He took the cow and led her off to the market, saying “[I’m selling her] for five dinars.” No-one bought her. A broker approached him, saying to him “Hey, pauper! Where will you sell her? Give me the cow, and I’ll sell her for you for ten, and give me one out of ten. One dinar.”
	gemər báš=ila. hiwāle ta dalāla, dalāla ṣrəxle Hʾayya tawərta wəlla sməxta u-ʾiθ moja gu kāsa! pədle xa šēx mən tám-geba, xəzyāle tawərta u-dalāla ṣrəxle. gemər ʾāna bzonənna. ʾó šex ʾəθwāle pāre. qəmle hūleʾəṣra dināre ṭāle u-tawərta šqilāle šēx u-nublàle. ʾó-dalāla qəmle xa dinār šqəlle ta gyāne u-ʾəč̣ʾa hiwile ta do faqī́r. gemər báš=ila. hiwāle ta dalāla, dalāla ṣrəxle Hʾayya tawərta wəlla sməxta u-ʾiθ moja gu kāsa! pədle xa šēx mən tám-geba, xəzyāle tawərta u-dalāla ṣrəxle. gemər ʾāna bzonənna. ʾó šex ʾəθwāle pāre. qəmle hūleʾəṣra dināre ṭāle u-tawərta šqilāle šēx u-nublàle. ʾó-dalāla qəmle xa dinār šqəlle ta gyāne u-ʾəč̣ʾa hiwile ta do faqī́r.	He says “Very well.” He gave her to the broker, and the broker proclaimed “This cow is pregnant and there’s a calf in her belly!” A certain sheikh was crossing by and saw the cow while the broker was proclaiming. He says “I’ll buy her.” That sheikh had money. He gave him ten dinars, and the sheikh took the cow and led her off. That broker took one dinar for himself and gave the nine to the pauper.
	ʾó-faqī́r θele mənnət ʾačʾa dìnāre kəs baxte, mərre hā! m-gebət xamša ʾəč̣ʾa muθeli. ʾuuu! gəmra ʾatta baš=ila! kefa θele, qəmla zwənna, l-šūqa, zwənna ʾixāla u-štāya ṭāla u-ta yalunka u-ṭāle. xəllu u-štelu hal mṭela brāte l-gwāra. gəmra da qū bratox=ši mágwərra! ʾāya... ʾó-faqī́r θele mənnət ʾačʾa dìnāre kəs baxte, mərre hā! m-gebət xamša ʾəč̣ʾa muθeli. ʾuuu! gəmra ʾatta baš=ila! kefa θele, qəmla zwənna, l-šūqa, zwənna ʾixāla u-štāya ṭāla u-ta yalunka u-ṭāle. xəllu u-štelu hal mṭela brāte l-gwāra. gəmra da qū bratox=ši mágwərra! ʾāya...	That pauper came with nine dinars to his wife, saying “Here you are! Instead of five, l brought nine!” She says “Ooooh! Now that’s good!” She was happy. She [went] to the market and bought food and drink for herself, for her children and for him. They ate and drank until his daughter reached the age of marriage. She says “Come on, marry your daughter off!” She...
	θelu ṭalobāye kəslu l-beθa (ʾaxni ṭalobāye gəmrax). θelu beθa kəslu u-tlibālu. gemər ʾayya brāti ʾətla brona gu kāsa. ṭalobāye gəmri ʾooo gəmri bráte=la māṭo ʾətla brona gu kāsaʾ! lá-gbaxla. qəmlu, qamšoqila u-zəllu. θelu ṭalobāye kəslu l-beθa (ʾaxni ṭalobāye gəmrax). θelu beθa kəslu u-tlibālu. gemər ʾayya brāti ʾətla brona gu kāsa. ṭalobāye gəmri ʾooo gəmri bráte=la māṭo ʾətla brona gu kāsaʾ! lá-gbaxla. qəmlu, qamšoqila u-zəllu.	The bride-price mediators came to their home (we call these talobaye). They came to their home and negotiated on her bride-price. He [the father] says “This daughter of mine is pregnant with a boy (lit. has a boy in her belly).” The bride price mediators said “Oh dear!”, they say “She’s a virgin! How come she is pregnant with a boy?! We don’t want her. They got up, left her and went away.
	baθər zəllu baxte qəmla ʾəlle, mərra ṭāle yā šwixa! tama ʾāhət mərrox hatxaʾ! brāta brate=la! čú-brona liθ gu kāsa!! gemər č̣umle pəmmax, ʾāhat lá-kiʾat, lewe šūlax! ʾayya šuli=le! baθər zəllu baxte qəmla ʾəlle, mərra ṭāle yā šwixa! tama ʾāhət mərrox hatxaʾ! brāta brate=la! čú-brona liθ gu kāsa!! gemər č̣umle pəmmax, ʾāhat lá-kiʾat, lewe šūlax! ʾayya šuli=le!	After they had gone away the wife attacked him, said to him “You fool! Why did you talk like that?! The girl is a virgin! She’s not pregnant with a boy!!” He says “Shut your mouth, you don’t know [anything], it’s none of your business! It’s my business!
	ʾāna tawərta hatxa mzubnāli. māṭod mzubnāli tawərta, hādax brati=ši magurənna. ʾāwa šuli=le, lewe šūlax! ʾāna mərri ʾətla brona gu kāsa tad nāše ʾāθe, tad šaqlila brāta u-gora u-ʾāza. ʾāna tawərta hatxa mzubnāli. māṭod mzubnāli tawərta, hādax brati=ši magurənna. ʾāwa šuli=le, lewe šūlax! ʾāna mərri ʾətla brona gu kāsa tad nāše ʾāθe, tad šaqlila brāta u-gora u-ʾāza.	I sold the cow like this. I’ll marry my daughter off the same way I sold the cow. It’s my business, not yours! I said she was pregnant with a boy so that people would come, so that they would take the girl and she would marry and go.”
	xá-gā xət pāre dohun xləṣlu, u-baxte gəmra ṭāle qū ʾətlan ʾayya xmarta, si mzabənna gu šuqa, míθilan pāre tad zónaxni məndyāne ta yalunke, ta gyānan,ʾaxlax, šatax, lošax. he. qəmle, zəlle b-ʾurxa, ṭina ... məṭra wāwa, u-ṭina dbəšle bəd HzanávH... bəd dūma u-bəd ʾaqlāθa. qəmle dūma qamqāyəṣle, gdārele gu čante, u-zəlle l-šūqa. xšūle ta gyāne hatxa dūma šəxtāna mənnət ṭina, lá-gzonila. qəmle qamqāyəṣle dūma šəxtāna, qamdārele gu čantət gyāne. xá-gā xət pāre dohun xləṣlu, u-baxte gəmra ṭāle qū ʾətlan ʾayya xmarta, si mzabənna gu šuqa, míθilan pāre tad zónaxni məndyāne ta yalunke, ta gyānan,ʾaxlax, šatax, lošax. he. qəmle, zəlle b-ʾurxa, ṭina ... məṭra wāwa, u-ṭina dbəšle bəd HzanávH... bəd dūma u-bəd ʾaqlāθa. qəmle dūma qamqāyəṣle, gdārele gu čante, u-zəlle l-šūqa. xšūle ta gyāne hatxa dūma šəxtāna mənnət ṭina, lá-gzonila. qəmle qamqāyəṣle dūma šəxtāna, qamdārele gu čantət gyāne.	Once again their money ran out, and his wife says to him “We have this she- ass, come on, go and sell her in the market, bring us some money so that we [can] buy things for the children, for ourselves, so that we [can] eat, drink and be dressed.” Yes. He set out on the road, mud... It had rained, and mud clung to the tail... to her tail and hooves (lit. feet). He cut her tail off, put it in his satchel, and went off to the market. He thought to himself “They won’t buy her [with] such a dirty, muddy tail.” He cut the dirty tail off and put it in his satchel.
	zəlle l-šuqa, qamxāzela, gəmri ṭāle die ʾayya mā xmárte=la? dūma lətla! mərru ṭāle dide qútte=la, māṭo bzonaxla? gemər ʾətla jaḥša gu kāsa, u-ʾən gbetun duma=ši mzabnənne ʾəlloxun. xa xmarta b-xamša dināre u-dūma ba-tré dināre, u-jahðət t=ile gu kása=ši ba-tláha dināre, ʾanna ʾəṣra dināre. HʾaiH mərre ṭalohun šə́qya=šiʾətli, byāwənne taloxun b-xá-dinār. zəlle l-šuqa, qamxāzela, gəmri ṭāle die ʾayya mā xmárte=la? dūma lətla! mərru ṭāle dide qútte=la, māṭo bzonaxla? gemər ʾətla jaḥša gu kāsa, u-ʾən gbetun duma=ši mzabnənne ʾəlloxun. xa xmarta b-xamša dināre u-dūma ba-tré dināre, u-jahðət t=ile gu kása=ši ba-tláha dināre, ʾanna ʾəṣra dināre. HʾaiH mərre ṭalohun šə́qya=šiʾətli, byāwənne taloxun b-xá-dinār.	He went to the market, they saw her and said to him “What sort of a she-ass is this? She has no tail!” They said to him “She is tailless. How could we buy her?” He says “She is pregnant with a foal, and if you want, I can also sell you the tail. A she-ass for five dinars and her tail for two dinars, and the foal that is in her womb for three dinars, that makes ten dinars.” So he told them “I also have glue, I’ll give it to you for one dinar.”
	tad mṭāpele dūmət xmarta b-əxðe. dūmət xmarta b- əxðe. qamqāṭéʾwāle, gəbe mṭāpele b-əxðe bəd mā? bəd šəqya. he. gəmri si, šiðána=wat!ʾaxni lá-gzonaxla. HʾaH qəmle θele l-beθa, u-baxte gəmra mā wədlox? gemər hatxa wədli. qamṣaʿrāle u-qamhatkāle u-mərra ṭāle mā wədloxʾ! xmarta wiðālox qutte!! tad mṭāpele dūmət xmarta b-əxðe. dūmət xmarta b- əxðe. qamqāṭéʾwāle, gəbe mṭāpele b-əxðe bəd mā? bəd šəqya. he. gəmri si, šiðána=wat!ʾaxni lá-gzonaxla. HʾaH qəmle θele l-beθa, u-baxte gəmra mā wədlox? gemər hatxa wədli. qamṣaʿrāle u-qamhatkāle u-mərra ṭāle mā wədloxʾ! xmarta wiðālox qutte!!	[The glue was] in order that they would glue the tail back to the she-ass. The tail of the she-ass together. He had cut it off, and he wishes them to paste it together with what? With glue. Yes. They say “Go away, you’re crazy! We won’t buy her.” So he went home, and his wife says “What did you do?” He says “I did such-and-such.” So she reviled him and admonished him and said to him “What have you done?! You’ve made the she-ass tailless!!”
	gemər ṭāla ʾətla jahša gu kāsa. gəmra ʾanna dugle didox m-éka=ylu? dugle mdogəllox, mhemnət l-duglət gyānox, ʾətla jahša gu kāsaʾ! wiðālox xmarta qutte!! u-qəmla qamkardāle, qamṣaʿrāle, u-zəlle. gemər ṭāla ʾətla jahša gu kāsa. gəmra ʾanna dugle didox m-éka=ylu? dugle mdogəllox, mhemnət l-duglət gyānox, ʾətla jahša gu kāsaʾ! wiðālox xmarta qutte!! u-qəmla qamkardāle, qamṣaʿrāle, u-zəlle.	He says to her “She’s pregnant with a foal”. She says “Where are these lies of yours [coming] from?” You lied and you believe in your own lies that she’s pregnant with a foal?! You've made the she-ass tailless!!” And... she sent him away, cursed him, and he went away.

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(1 0:00)ʾəθwa xá-faqī́r, ʾəθwāle ... ʾəθwāle yalunke, ʾəθwāle baxta, láθwāle pāre zāwənwa ʾixāla ṭalohun ... HʾazH baxte ẓləmla ʾəlle, gəmra qū ʾayya tawərta nábəlla, mzábənna. qəmle šqilāle tawərta nublāle l-šūqa, mərre b-xamša dināre. čú-xa lá-zwināle. θele kəsle dalāla, mərre ṭāle dide yā faqī́r! ʾāhət l-ekət mzabnətta? tawərta halla ṭāli, ʾāna mzabnənna ṭālox b-ʾəṣra, mən ʾəṣra xa halli, xa dinā́r.(2)gemər báš=ila. hiwāle ta dalāla, dalāla ṣrəxle Hʾayya tawərta wəlla sməxta u-ʾiθ moja gu kāsa! pədle xa šēx mən tám-geba, xəzyāle tawərta u-dalāla ṣrəxle. gemər ʾāna bzonənna. ʾó šex ʾəθwāle pāre. qəmle hūleʾəṣra dināre ṭāle u-tawərta šqilāle šēx u-nublàle. ʾó-dalāla qəmle xa dinār šqəlle ta gyāne u-ʾəč̣ʾa hiwile ta do faqī́r.(3)ʾó-faqī́r θele mənnət ʾačʾa dìnāre kəs baxte, mərre hā! m-gebət xamša ʾəč̣ʾa muθeli. ʾuuu! gəmra ʾatta baš=ila! kefa θele, qəmla zwənna, l-šūqa, zwənna ʾixāla u-štāya ṭāla u-ta yalunka u-ṭāle. xəllu u-štelu hal mṭela brāte l-gwāra. gəmra da qū bratox=ši mágwərra! ʾāya...(4)θelu ṭalobāye kəslu l-beθa (ʾaxni ṭalobāye gəmrax). θelu beθa kəslu u-tlibālu. gemər ʾayya brāti ʾətla brona gu kāsa. ṭalobāye gəmri ʾooo gəmri bráte=la māṭo ʾətla brona gu kāsaʾ! lá-gbaxla. qəmlu, qamšoqila u-zəllu.(5)baθər zəllu baxte qəmla ʾəlle, mərra ṭāle yā šwixa! tama ʾāhət mərrox hatxaʾ! brāta brate=la! čú-brona liθ gu kāsa!! gemər č̣umle pəmmax, ʾāhat lá-kiʾat, lewe šūlax! ʾayya šuli=le!(6)ʾāna tawərta hatxa mzubnāli. māṭod mzubnāli tawərta, hādax brati=ši magurənna. ʾāwa šuli=le, lewe šūlax! ʾāna mərri ʾətla brona gu kāsa tad nāše ʾāθe, tad šaqlila brāta u-gora u-ʾāza.(7)xá-gā xət pāre dohun xləṣlu, u-baxte gəmra ṭāle qū ʾətlan ʾayya xmarta, si mzabənna gu šuqa, míθilan pāre tad zónaxni məndyāne ta yalunke, ta gyānan,ʾaxlax, šatax, lošax. he. qəmle, zəlle b-ʾurxa, ṭina ... məṭra wāwa, u-ṭina dbəšle bəd HzanávH... bəd dūma u-bəd ʾaqlāθa. qəmle dūma qamqāyəṣle, gdārele gu čante, u-zəlle l-šūqa. xšūle ta gyāne hatxa dūma šəxtāna mənnət ṭina, lá-gzonila. qəmle qamqāyəṣle dūma šəxtāna, qamdārele gu čantət gyāne.(8)zəlle l-šuqa, qamxāzela, gəmri ṭāle die ʾayya mā xmárte=la? dūma lətla! mərru ṭāle dide qútte=la, māṭo bzonaxla? gemər ʾətla jaḥša gu kāsa, u-ʾən gbetun duma=ši mzabnənne ʾəlloxun. xa xmarta b-xamša dināre u-dūma ba-tré dināre, u-jahðət t=ile gu kása=ši ba-tláha dināre, ʾanna ʾəṣra dināre. HʾaiH mərre ṭalohun šə́qya=šiʾətli, byāwənne taloxun b-xá-dinār.(9)tad mṭāpele dūmət xmarta b-əxðe. dūmət xmarta b- əxðe. qamqāṭéʾwāle, gəbe mṭāpele b-əxðe bəd mā? bəd šəqya. he. gəmri si, šiðána=wat!ʾaxni lá-gzonaxla. HʾaH qəmle θele l-beθa, u-baxte gəmra mā wədlox? gemər hatxa wədli. qamṣaʿrāle u-qamhatkāle u-mərra ṭāle mā wədloxʾ! xmarta wiðālox qutte!!(10)gemər ṭāla ʾətla jahša gu kāsa. gəmra ʾanna dugle didox m-éka=ylu? dugle mdogəllox, mhemnət l-duglət gyānox, ʾətla jahša gu kāsaʾ! wiðālox xmarta qutte!! u-qəmla qamkardāle, qamṣaʿrāle, u-zəlle.

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(1 0:00)There was a pauper, and he had... he had children and a wife, but had no money [with which] to buy them food... So his wife bullied him, saying “Come on, take this cow and sell her.” He took the cow and led her off to the market, saying “[I’m selling her] for five dinars.” No-one bought her. A broker approached him, saying to him “Hey, pauper! Where will you sell her? Give me the cow, and I’ll sell her for you for ten, and give me one out of ten. One dinar.”(2)He says “Very well.” He gave her to the broker, and the broker proclaimed “This cow is pregnant and there’s a calf in her belly!” A certain sheikh was crossing by and saw the cow while the broker was proclaiming. He says “I’ll buy her.” That sheikh had money. He gave him ten dinars, and the sheikh took the cow and led her off. That broker took one dinar for himself and gave the nine to the pauper.(3)That pauper came with nine dinars to his wife, saying “Here you are! Instead of five, l brought nine!” She says “Ooooh! Now that’s good!” She was happy. She [went] to the market and bought food and drink for herself, for her children and for him. They ate and drank until his daughter reached the age of marriage. She says “Come on, marry your daughter off!” She...(4)The bride-price mediators came to their home (we call these talobaye). They came to their home and negotiated on her bride-price. He [the father] says “This daughter of mine is pregnant with a boy (lit. has a boy in her belly).” The bride price mediators said “Oh dear!”, they say “She’s a virgin! How come she is pregnant with a boy?! We don’t want her. They got up, left her and went away.(5)After they had gone away the wife attacked him, said to him “You fool! Why did you talk like that?! The girl is a virgin! She’s not pregnant with a boy!!” He says “Shut your mouth, you don’t know [anything], it’s none of your business! It’s my business!(6)I sold the cow like this. I’ll marry my daughter off the same way I sold the cow. It’s my business, not yours! I said she was pregnant with a boy so that people would come, so that they would take the girl and she would marry and go.”(7)Once again their money ran out, and his wife says to him “We have this she- ass, come on, go and sell her in the market, bring us some money so that we [can] buy things for the children, for ourselves, so that we [can] eat, drink and be dressed.” Yes. He set out on the road, mud... It had rained, and mud clung to the tail... to her tail and hooves (lit. feet). He cut her tail off, put it in his satchel, and went off to the market. He thought to himself “They won’t buy her [with] such a dirty, muddy tail.” He cut the dirty tail off and put it in his satchel.(8)He went to the market, they saw her and said to him “What sort of a she-ass is this? She has no tail!” They said to him “She is tailless. How could we buy her?” He says “She is pregnant with a foal, and if you want, I can also sell you the tail. A she-ass for five dinars and her tail for two dinars, and the foal that is in her womb for three dinars, that makes ten dinars.” So he told them “I also have glue, I’ll give it to you for one dinar.”(9)[The glue was] in order that they would glue the tail back to the she-ass. The tail of the she-ass together. He had cut it off, and he wishes them to paste it together with what? With glue. Yes. They say “Go away, you’re crazy! We won’t buy her.” So he went home, and his wife says “What did you do?” He says “I did such-and-such.” So she reviled him and admonished him and said to him “What have you done?! You’ve made the she-ass tailless!!”(10)He says to her “She’s pregnant with a foal”. She says “Where are these lies of yours [coming] from?” You lied and you believe in your own lies that she’s pregnant with a foal?! You've made the she-ass tailless!!” And... she sent him away, cursed him, and he went away.