Betanure: A Jew and a Mule

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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 xa huðāya, huðāya Hbaderex klālH ʿáqəl=ile. mā wədle? pārət ʾəθwāle ʾu-ləθwāle, drele gu quṛṭāna, mtošele gu quṛṭānət koðənta. ʾu koðənta xa yoma ðəʿl, ðəʿla, ʾu pəšle bəṭʾāya ʿaxxa ʾu ṭṃāha, koðənta lá-xəzyāle. wədle neder ta qudšabarixu xāzela koðəntət gyāne béb-quṛṭāna, ʾu mzābənna, yāwəlla b-xá-lira, ʾó-lira yāwəlle ta faqire. ʾəθwa xa huðāya, huðāya Hbaderex klālH ʿáqəl=ile. mā wədle? pārət ʾəθwāle ʾu-ləθwāle, drele gu quṛṭāna, mtošele gu quṛṭānət koðənta. ʾu koðənta xa yoma ðəʿl, ðəʿla, ʾu pəšle bəṭʾāya ʿaxxa ʾu ṭṃāha, koðənta lá-xəzyāle. wədle neder ta qudšabarixu xāzela koðəntət gyāne béb-quṛṭāna, ʾu mzābənna, yāwəlla b-xá-lira, ʾó-lira yāwəlle ta faqire.	There was a Jew, and a Jew is usually clever. What did he do? Whatever money he had he put in the saddlebag, hid it in his mule’s saddlebag. And one day the mule got lost. It got lost, and he started searching here and there, but did not find the mule. He vowed to the Almighty, that [if] he found his mule along with the saddlebag, he would give [sell] it for one dinar, and give that dinar to the needy.
	mā wədle? zwərre, zwərre, zwərre gu ṭurāne, qamxāzela. qamxāzela, qam-meθela, quṛṭāna qamšāqəlle, pārət gyāne qamšāqəllu, dārelu gu jebānəd gyāne, ʾu zəlle ʾəl šūqa, qamnābəlla koðənta l-šuqa. qəmle mā wədle? b-ʾurxa ʾurxa qṭəlle xa gāṛo ʾu sirāle bət dūmət koðənta, gāṛo kumta. sirāle b-dūmət koðənta. gāṛo kumta b-dumət koðənta. mā wədle? zwərre, zwərre, zwərre gu ṭurāne, qamxāzela. qamxāzela, qam-meθela, quṛṭāna qamšāqəlle, pārət gyāne qamšāqəllu, dārelu gu jebānəd gyāne, ʾu zəlle ʾəl šūqa, qamnābəlla koðənta l-šuqa. qəmle mā wədle? b-ʾurxa ʾurxa qṭəlle xa gāṛo ʾu sirāle bət dūmət koðənta, gāṛo kumta. sirāle b-dūmət koðənta. gāṛo kumta b-dumət koðənta.	What did he do? He roamed and roamed and roamed in the mountains, [until] he found it. He found it and brought it, took the saddlebag, took his money and put it in his pockets, and went to the market, taking the mule to the market. What did he do? On his way he killed a rat and tied it to the mule’s tail. A black rat. He tied it to the mule’s tail. A black rat [tied] to the mule’s tail.
	ʾu zəlle gu šuqa, pəšle bəṣrāxa heeee! mani bzāwənna koðənta b-xá-dinar, HʾaválH gāṛo b-ʾəmma dināre? nāše məttūlu bāla, gəmri gāṛo mā boðax ʾəbba b-ʾamma dināre? ʾaxni lá-gzonaxla. koðənta lá-zwina ʾu gāṛo=ši pəšla b-dūməd koðənta. θele l-beθa, mərre ... ta qudšabarixá ʾāna neder gyāni moqimāli, čú-xa lá-zwināle koðənta, mā ʾóðena ʾu zəlle gu šuqa, pəšle bəṣrāxa heeee! mani bzāwənna koðənta b-xá-dinar, HʾaválH gāṛo b-ʾəmma dināre? nāše məttūlu bāla, gəmri gāṛo mā boðax ʾəbba b-ʾamma dināre? ʾaxni lá-gzonaxla. koðənta lá-zwina ʾu gāṛo=ši pəšla b-dūməd koðənta. θele l-beθa, mərre ... ta qudšabarixá ʾāna neder gyāni moqimāli, čú-xa lá-zwināle koðənta, mā ʾóðena	Then he went to the market and started calling “Hey! Who will buy the mule for one dinar, but the rat for one hundred dinars?” People looked, saying “What would we do with the rat for one hundred dinars? We won’t buy it.” The mule was not sold, and the rat remained on the mule’s tail. He came home and said to the Almighty “I [have] kept my vow, [but] no-one bought the mule. What can I do?”

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(1 0:00)ʾəθwa xa huðāya, huðāya Hbaderex klālH ʿáqəl=ile. mā wədle? pārət ʾəθwāle ʾu-ləθwāle, drele gu quṛṭāna, mtošele gu quṛṭānət koðənta. ʾu koðənta xa yoma ðəʿl, ðəʿla, ʾu pəšle bəṭʾāya ʿaxxa ʾu ṭṃāha, koðənta lá-xəzyāle. wədle neder ta qudšabarixu xāzela koðəntət gyāne béb-quṛṭāna, ʾu mzābənna, yāwəlla b-xá-lira, ʾó-lira yāwəlle ta faqire.(2)mā wədle? zwərre, zwərre, zwərre gu ṭurāne, qamxāzela. qamxāzela, qam-meθela, quṛṭāna qamšāqəlle, pārət gyāne qamšāqəllu, dārelu gu jebānəd gyāne, ʾu zəlle ʾəl šūqa, qamnābəlla koðənta l-šuqa. qəmle mā wədle? b-ʾurxa ʾurxa qṭəlle xa gāṛo ʾu sirāle bət dūmət koðənta, gāṛo kumta. sirāle b-dūmət koðənta. gāṛo kumta b-dumət koðənta.(3)ʾu zəlle gu šuqa, pəšle bəṣrāxa heeee! mani bzāwənna koðənta b-xá-dinar, HʾaválH gāṛo b-ʾəmma dināre? nāše məttūlu bāla, gəmri gāṛo mā boðax ʾəbba b-ʾamma dināre? ʾaxni lá-gzonaxla. koðənta lá-zwina ʾu gāṛo=ši pəšla b-dūməd koðənta. θele l-beθa, mərre ... ta qudšabarixá ʾāna neder gyāni moqimāli, čú-xa lá-zwināle koðənta, mā ʾóðena()()()()

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(1 0:00)There was a Jew, and a Jew is usually clever. What did he do? Whatever money he had he put in the saddlebag, hid it in his mule’s saddlebag. And one day the mule got lost. It got lost, and he started searching here and there, but did not find the mule. He vowed to the Almighty, that [if] he found his mule along with the saddlebag, he would give [sell] it for one dinar, and give that dinar to the needy.(2)What did he do? He roamed and roamed and roamed in the mountains, [until] he found it. He found it and brought it, took the saddlebag, took his money and put it in his pockets, and went to the market, taking the mule to the market. What did he do? On his way he killed a rat and tied it to the mule’s tail. A black rat. He tied it to the mule’s tail. A black rat [tied] to the mule’s tail.(3)Then he went to the market and started calling “Hey! Who will buy the mule for one dinar, but the rat for one hundred dinars?” People looked, saying “What would we do with the rat for one hundred dinars? We won’t buy it.” The mule was not sold, and the rat remained on the mule’s tail. He came home and said to the Almighty “I [have] kept my vow, [but] no-one bought the mule. What can I do?”
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