Dohok, Christian: The Bridge of Dalale (in Zakho)

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Dorota Molin	Lourd Hanna fieldwork	Madlen Patu Nagara

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0:00	ana šəmmi madlèn=ile,ˈ brat Pattu Nagara... Pattu Nagara—šəmmət babi,ˈ ʾay xərta Pattu Hòrməs.ˈ ʿomri tmani ʾarbà šənne.ˈ ʾana daha b-amran ʾan məndyàne.ˈ šamútu-le kùllawxu.ˈ ana šəmmi madlèn=ile,ˈ brat Pattu Nagara... Pattu Nagara—šəmmət babi,ˈ ʾay xərta Pattu Hòrməs.ˈ ʿomri tmani ʾarbà šənne.ˈ ʾana daha b-amran ʾan məndyàne.ˈ šamútu-le kùllawxu.ˈ	My name is Madelene, the daughter of Pattu Nagara. I am Pattu Nagara. My father’s name is, I mean, Pattu Hurmez. I am 84 years old. I’ll now tell all these things. Listen to them all of you.
	ʾaw dalale qam-gārə̀šle.ˈ k-ebe dət qāpə̀ṭle lele... lèle bə-braya.ˈ qəmle šmele xà qala.ˈ ʾawən ʾiθwale ṭḷaθá bnone u-ṭḷaθa kalàθa.ˈ mere mà b-awðən?ˈ ma d-ile bə-draya hole mpàla.ˈ ʾaw dalale qam-gārə̀šle.ˈ k-ebe dət qāpə̀ṭle lele... lèle bə-braya.ˈ qəmle šmele xà qala.ˈ ʾawən ʾiθwale ṭḷaθá bnone u-ṭḷaθa kalàθa.ˈ mere mà b-awðən?ˈ ma d-ile bə-draya hole mpàla.ˈ	The one who pulled Dalale, he wanted to connect the two ends of the bridge arch but they wouldn’t connect. Then he heard a voice. He had three sons and three daughters-in-law. ‘What shall I do?’ he said. Whatever [material] he puts [to con-nect the two end of the bridge], it it falls down.
	qəmle θele xà qala.ˈ mère,ˈ ʾən la darət xa mən bàytux... yaʿni gəšra là-k-ṭabəq.ˈ yaʿni là-g-bare,ˈ max là-g-ʿamər.ˈ qəmle mtuxmə̀lle.ˈ mere mì b-awðen?ˈ qəmle θele xà qala.ˈ mère,ˈ ʾən la darət xa mən bàytux... yaʿni gəšra là-k-ṭabəq.ˈ yaʿni là-g-bare,ˈ max là-g-ʿamər.ˈ qəmle mtuxmə̀lle.ˈ mere mì b-awðen?ˈ	Then he heard a voice telling him, ‘You must put a member of your house into the bridge otherwise it will not be possible to connect [the two ends of the arch], I mean it will not succeed, it will not stand.’ He began reasoning. ‘Who shall I put in?
	ʾən darən kalθi Ḥàne,ˈ ʾən darən kalθi Ḥàne,ˈ	‘If I put my daughter-in-law Hane,
	bi babaḥ našət dàrta,ˈ bi babaḥ našət dàrta,ˈ	her father’s family belongs to this community
	naxpən yatwən ʾàlulta.ˈ naxpən yatwən ʾàlulta.ˈ	and I be ashamed to sit out in their midst.
	ʾən darən kalθi Ḥàne,ˈ ʾən darən kalθi Ḥàne,ˈ	If I put my daughter-in-law Hane,
	bi babaḥ wal rešàne,ˈ bi babaḥ wal rešàne,ˈ	her family are village chiefs,
	b-naxpən yatwən b-diwàne.ˈ b-naxpən yatwən b-diwàne.ˈ	I will be ashamed to sit in the diwan.
	b-darən kalθi Dalàle.ˈ bi babaḥ m-nəxrayùθa,ˈ là g-naxpən.ˈ b-darən kalθi Dalàle.ˈ bi babaḥ m-nəxrayùθa,ˈ là g-naxpən.ˈ	I’ll put my daughter-in-law Dalale. Her family come from afar so I’ll not be ashamed.
	ʾaya=š ʾiθwala xa bròna,ˈ nàʿam,ˈ ʾiθwala xa bròna.ˈ qəmle ʾaw bròna,ˈ qəmla ʾay kalθa pəšla bə-lyàša.ˈ drela layša d-làyša,ˈ ʾay Dalàle.ˈ hola bə-lyašaḥ làyša.ˈ bə-lyaša xazya bronaḥ bxèle.ˈ qam-kasyàle layša.ˈ qəmle bronaḥ bxèle.ˈ zəlla,ˈ zəlla qam-mamṣàle.ˈ hola mamoṣaḥ čə̀čča,ˈ xəmyana qam-qārèla.ˈ ʾaya=š ʾiθwala xa bròna,ˈ nàʿam,ˈ ʾiθwala xa bròna.ˈ qəmle ʾaw bròna,ˈ qəmla ʾay kalθa pəšla bə-lyàša.ˈ drela layša d-làyša,ˈ ʾay Dalàle.ˈ hola bə-lyašaḥ làyša.ˈ bə-lyaša xazya bronaḥ bxèle.ˈ qam-kasyàle layša.ˈ qəmle bronaḥ bxèle.ˈ zəlla,ˈ zəlla qam-mamṣàle.ˈ hola mamoṣaḥ čə̀čča,ˈ xəmyana qam-qārèla.ˈ	As for her, also had a baby boy, yes, she had a baby boy and he... The daughter-in-law began making bread. She pre-pared the dough to make bread. She was making bread. As she was making bread, she saw that her baby started crying. She covered the dough. Her baby cried. She went, she went to breast feed him. As she was breast feeding him her father-in-law called her.
	k-imər ‘Dalle, Dàlle!’ k-əmra ‘màha?ˈ’ leba d-amrawale xàbreḥ.ˈ mera, ‘mì k-əbət baba?ˈ’ mere ‘hayyu bazan ḥal gə̀šra—dət Dalàle.ˈ là-k-əða mi ḥale.ˈqəmla zəlla baθrèḥ,ˈ mət āmèra.ˈ moṭèʿ wewa qamayθa.ˈ lewa max dàha naše.ˈ k-imər ‘Dalle, Dàlle!’ k-əmra ‘màha?ˈ’ leba d-amrawale xàbreḥ.ˈ mera, ‘mì k-əbət baba?ˈ’ mere ‘hayyu bazan ḥal gə̀šra—dət Dalàle.ˈ là-k-əða mi ḥale.ˈqəmla zəlla baθrèḥ,ˈ mət āmèra.ˈ moṭèʿ wewa qamayθa.ˈ lewa max dàha naše.ˈ	‘Dalle, Dalle’ he said. ‘What is it?’ she said. She could not disobey him. ‘What do you want, father?’ she said. ‘Come, I am going to the bridge—of Dalale.’ She didn’t understand the mat-ter.
	qəmle ʾawa=ši qəmle zə̀llay.ˈ ʾawa ʾəθwale,ˈ maḥšùm,ˈ tə̀kram,ˈ xa kàlba.ˈ ʾaw kalba gròsa wewa,ˈ ʾàqəl wewa.ˈ mpəqlay d-zalay ṭḷàθnay,ˈ kalba mpəqle qamàya.ˈ xəmyana xə̀kle.ˈ mera ‘tamì xəklux?ˈ’ mere ‘tamì kalba napəq qamaya?ˈ’ garag ʾàt hawy-at e... qamàyθa.ˈ qəmle ʾawa=ši qəmle zə̀llay.ˈ ʾawa ʾəθwale,ˈ maḥšùm,ˈ tə̀kram,ˈ xa kàlba.ˈ ʾaw kalba gròsa wewa,ˈ ʾàqəl wewa.ˈ mpəqlay d-zalay ṭḷàθnay,ˈ kalba mpəqle qamàya.ˈ xəmyana xə̀kle.ˈ mera ‘tamì xəklux?ˈ’ mere ‘tamì kalba napəq qamaya?ˈ’ garag ʾàt hawy-at e... qamàyθa.ˈ	She up and followed him, whatever he would tell her. In the past, people were obedient, not like now. So he up and went as well, they went. He had a dog, if you excuse me, a big, wise dog. The three set off and the dog got ahead of them. Her father-in-law laughed. She asked ‘Why did you laugh?’ He said ‘why is the dog going ahead of us? You should go first.’
	pə̀šla qamayθa,ˈ là ʾiðela.ˈ ʾegət mṭela kəb gəšrət Dalàle,ˈ qayəm xemyàna qam-qāṭella ʾarèla.ˈ ʾegət qam-ʾārèla... we wiða xa max ʾòta hatxa,ˈ ʾota ṭàlaḥ,ˈ wewa muḥəðra max hənna ta kud d... yaʿni ʾawəðle ʾay dət qapəṭle hə̀nna,ˈ gəšrət Dalàle,ˈ d-ṭabə̀qle yaʿni b-ḥalə̀qle.ˈ pə̀šla qamayθa,ˈ là ʾiðela.ˈ ʾegət mṭela kəb gəšrət Dalàle,ˈ qayəm xemyàna qam-qāṭella ʾarèla.ˈ ʾegət qam-ʾārèla... we wiða xa max ʾòta hatxa,ˈ ʾota ṭàlaḥ,ˈ wewa muḥəðra max hənna ta kud d... yaʿni ʾawəðle ʾay dət qapəṭle hə̀nna,ˈ gəšrət Dalàle,ˈ d-ṭabə̀qle yaʿni b-ḥalə̀qle.ˈ	She took the lead. She had no idea. When she arrived at the bridge of Dalale, her father-in-law up and killed her, then seized her body. When he had seized her... Earlier, he had pre-pared a place like a chamber. He had prepared the chamber for anyone that... I mean, that he would finish the bridge of Dalale, I mean, that he would build it, complete it.
	qəmle qam-šāqəlla Dàlaleˈ u-qam-dārela tama u-muθya,ˈ ʾaw qəmle, qəmle, qam-bānele u-drele xa kawe gàwaḥ,ˈ qəmle qam-šāwəqla ʾaya tàma,ˈ qam-maʿmər-a ʿmere.ˈ mì k-iwəðwala ta Dalale?ˈ g-nabəlwala kùd-yum laxma u-mìyya.ˈk-əmri: qəmle qam-šāqəlla Dàlaleˈ u-qam-dārela tama u-muθya,ˈ ʾaw qəmle, qəmle, qam-bānele u-drele xa kawe gàwaḥ,ˈ qəmle qam-šāwəqla ʾaya tàma,ˈ qam-maʿmər-a ʿmere.ˈ mì k-iwəðwala ta Dalale?ˈ g-nabəlwala kùd-yum laxma u-mìyya.ˈk-əmri:	So, he seized Dalale and put her there, she was placed there. Thus he completed [the bridge] and put a window inside it. He left her there [in the window] and thus completed his building. What did he use to for Dalale? He would bring her bread and water every day. They say:
	‘Dalle u-Dalàle ‘Dalle u-Dalàle	Dalle, Dalale
	kma šaṛ u-šap̣àle kma šaṛ u-šap̣àle	How graceful/miserable you are.
	šuqlax darguštət yàle.ˈ šuqlax darguštət yàle.ˈ	You left behind your child’s cradle.
	ya bronax palgu myàṣa ya bronax palgu myàṣa	Your half-fed baby and half-baked bread.
	u-layšax palgu lyàša.ˈ u-layšax palgu lyàša.ˈ	Dalle, Dalle, captured by her father-in-law.
	Dalle Dalle ʾərya l-xəmyàna.ˈxəmyani kalba kòma. Dalle Dalle ʾərya l-xəmyàna.ˈxəmyani kalba kòma.	A black dog is my father-in-law,
	ˈʾәlləḥ la zarəq yòma.ˈ ˈʾәlləḥ la zarəq yòma.ˈ	May the sun not rise over his head.
	Dalle ʾərya l-xəmyànaḥ.ˈ Dalle ʾərya l-xəmyànaḥ.ˈ	Dalle was captured by her father-in-law.
	qam-dārela gu day hə̀nna,ˈ gu daw gəšrət Dalàle.ˈ gəšrət Dalale ṭbə̀qle.ˈ Dalale pəšla... mə̀θla,ˈ u-ʾayi qəṣṣa diyyaḥ xlə̀ṣla.ˈ è.ˈ qam-dārela gu day hə̀nna,ˈ gu daw gəšrət Dalàle.ˈ gəšrət Dalale ṭbə̀qle.ˈ Dalale pəšla... mə̀θla,ˈ u-ʾayi qəṣṣa diyyaḥ xlə̀ṣla.ˈ è.ˈ	He put her there, in the Bridge of Dalale. So the Bridge of Dalale was completed. Dalale became... she died and her story ended.

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(0:00)ana šəmmi madlèn=ile,ˈ brat Pattu Nagara... Pattu Nagara—šəmmət babi,ˈ ʾay xərta Pattu Hòrməs.ˈ ʿomri tmani ʾarbà šənne.ˈ ʾana daha b-amran ʾan məndyàne.ˈ šamútu-le kùllawxu.ˈ(2)ʾaw dalale qam-gārə̀šle.ˈ k-ebe dət qāpə̀ṭle lele... lèle bə-braya.ˈ qəmle šmele xà qala.ˈ ʾawən ʾiθwale ṭḷaθá bnone u-ṭḷaθa kalàθa.ˈ mere mà b-awðən?ˈ ma d-ile bə-draya hole mpàla.ˈ(3)qəmle θele xà qala.ˈ mère,ˈ ʾən la darət xa mən bàytux... yaʿni gəšra là-k-ṭabəq.ˈ yaʿni là-g-bare,ˈ max là-g-ʿamər.ˈ qəmle mtuxmə̀lle.ˈ mere mì b-awðen?ˈ(4)ʾən darən kalθi Ḥàne,ˈ(5)bi babaḥ našət dàrta,ˈ(6)naxpən yatwən ʾàlulta.ˈ(7)ʾən darən kalθi Ḥàne,ˈ(8)bi babaḥ wal rešàne,ˈ(9)b-naxpən yatwən b-diwàne.ˈ(10)b-darən kalθi Dalàle.ˈ bi babaḥ m-nəxrayùθa,ˈ là g-naxpən.ˈ(11)ʾaya=š ʾiθwala xa bròna,ˈ nàʿam,ˈ ʾiθwala xa bròna.ˈ qəmle ʾaw bròna,ˈ qəmla ʾay kalθa pəšla bə-lyàša.ˈ drela layša d-làyša,ˈ ʾay Dalàle.ˈ hola bə-lyašaḥ làyša.ˈ bə-lyaša xazya bronaḥ bxèle.ˈ qam-kasyàle layša.ˈ qəmle bronaḥ bxèle.ˈ zəlla,ˈ zəlla qam-mamṣàle.ˈ hola mamoṣaḥ čə̀čča,ˈ xəmyana qam-qārèla.ˈ(12)k-imər ‘Dalle, Dàlle!’ k-əmra ‘màha?ˈ’ leba d-amrawale xàbreḥ.ˈ mera, ‘mì k-əbət baba?ˈ’ mere ‘hayyu bazan ḥal gə̀šra—dət Dalàle.ˈ là-k-əða mi ḥale.ˈqəmla zəlla baθrèḥ,ˈ mət āmèra.ˈ moṭèʿ wewa qamayθa.ˈ lewa max dàha naše.ˈ(13)qəmle ʾawa=ši qəmle zə̀llay.ˈ ʾawa ʾəθwale,ˈ maḥšùm,ˈ tə̀kram,ˈ xa kàlba.ˈ ʾaw kalba gròsa wewa,ˈ ʾàqəl wewa.ˈ mpəqlay d-zalay ṭḷàθnay,ˈ kalba mpəqle qamàya.ˈ xəmyana xə̀kle.ˈ mera ‘tamì xəklux?ˈ’ mere ‘tamì kalba napəq qamaya?ˈ’ garag ʾàt hawy-at e... qamàyθa.ˈ(14)pə̀šla qamayθa,ˈ là ʾiðela.ˈ ʾegət mṭela kəb gəšrət Dalàle,ˈ qayəm xemyàna qam-qāṭella ʾarèla.ˈ ʾegət qam-ʾārèla... we wiða xa max ʾòta hatxa,ˈ ʾota ṭàlaḥ,ˈ wewa muḥəðra max hənna ta kud d... yaʿni ʾawəðle ʾay dət qapəṭle hə̀nna,ˈ gəšrət Dalàle,ˈ d-ṭabə̀qle yaʿni b-ḥalə̀qle.ˈ(15)qəmle qam-šāqəlla Dàlaleˈ u-qam-dārela tama u-muθya,ˈ ʾaw qəmle, qəmle, qam-bānele u-drele xa kawe gàwaḥ,ˈ qəmle qam-šāwəqla ʾaya tàma,ˈ qam-maʿmər-a ʿmere.ˈ mì k-iwəðwala ta Dalale?ˈ g-nabəlwala kùd-yum laxma u-mìyya.ˈk-əmri:(16)‘Dalle u-Dalàle(17)kma šaṛ u-šap̣àle(18)šuqlax darguštət yàle.ˈ(19)ya bronax palgu myàṣa(20)u-layšax palgu lyàša.ˈ(21)Dalle Dalle ʾərya l-xəmyàna.ˈxəmyani kalba kòma.(22)ˈʾәlləḥ la zarəq yòma.ˈ(23)Dalle ʾərya l-xəmyànaḥ.ˈ(24)qam-dārela gu day hə̀nna,ˈ gu daw gəšrət Dalàle.ˈ gəšrət Dalale ṭbə̀qle.ˈ Dalale pəšla... mə̀θla,ˈ u-ʾayi qəṣṣa diyyaḥ xlə̀ṣla.ˈ è.ˈ()

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(0:00)My name is Madelene, the daughter of Pattu Nagara. I am Pattu Nagara. My father’s name is, I mean, Pattu Hurmez. I am 84 years old. I’ll now tell all these things. Listen to them all of you.(2)The one who pulled Dalale, he wanted to connect the two ends of the bridge arch but they wouldn’t connect. Then he heard a voice. He had three sons and three daughters-in-law. ‘What shall I do?’ he said. Whatever [material] he puts [to con-nect the two end of the bridge], it it falls down.(3)Then he heard a voice telling him, ‘You must put a member of your house into the bridge otherwise it will not be possible to connect [the two ends of the arch], I mean it will not succeed, it will not stand.’ He began reasoning. ‘Who shall I put in?(4)‘If I put my daughter-in-law Hane,(5)her father’s family belongs to this community(6)and I be ashamed to sit out in their midst.(7)If I put my daughter-in-law Hane,(8)her family are village chiefs,(9)I will be ashamed to sit in the diwan.(10)I’ll put my daughter-in-law Dalale. Her family come from afar so I’ll not be ashamed.(11)As for her, also had a baby boy, yes, she had a baby boy and he... The daughter-in-law began making bread. She pre-pared the dough to make bread. She was making bread. As she was making bread, she saw that her baby started crying. She covered the dough. Her baby cried. She went, she went to breast feed him. As she was breast feeding him her father-in-law called her.(12)‘Dalle, Dalle’ he said. ‘What is it?’ she said. She could not disobey him. ‘What do you want, father?’ she said. ‘Come, I am going to the bridge—of Dalale.’ She didn’t understand the mat-ter.(13)She up and followed him, whatever he would tell her. In the past, people were obedient, not like now. So he up and went as well, they went. He had a dog, if you excuse me, a big, wise dog. The three set off and the dog got ahead of them. Her father-in-law laughed. She asked ‘Why did you laugh?’ He said ‘why is the dog going ahead of us? You should go first.’(14)She took the lead. She had no idea. When she arrived at the bridge of Dalale, her father-in-law up and killed her, then seized her body. When he had seized her... Earlier, he had pre-pared a place like a chamber. He had prepared the chamber for anyone that... I mean, that he would finish the bridge of Dalale, I mean, that he would build it, complete it.(15)So, he seized Dalale and put her there, she was placed there. Thus he completed [the bridge] and put a window inside it. He left her there [in the window] and thus completed his building. What did he use to for Dalale? He would bring her bread and water every day. They say:(16)Dalle, Dalale(17)How graceful/miserable you are.(18)You left behind your child’s cradle.(19)Your half-fed baby and half-baked bread.(20)Dalle, Dalle, captured by her father-in-law.(21)A black dog is my father-in-law,(22)May the sun not rise over his head.(23)Dalle was captured by her father-in-law.(24)He put her there, in the Bridge of Dalale. So the Bridge of Dalale was completed. Dalale became... she died and her story ended.()