Dohok, Christian: A woman builds her home

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Dorota Molin	Lourd Hanna fieldwork	-

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0:00	ʾana šәmmi Madlèn=ile,ˈ brat Pattu Nagàra.ˈ šәmmət babi Hòrmәs.ˈ šәmmət yәmmi Làyya.ˈ ham šәmmət babaḥ hàm Hormәs.ˈ ʿumri tmani u-ʾarbà šәnne=le,ˈ ʾarba,ˈ xamša.ˈ yaʿni ṛàbθa=iwan laywan hәnna...ˈ zùrta, ʾe.ˈ ʾana šәmmi Madlèn=ile,ˈ brat Pattu Nagàra.ˈ šәmmət babi Hòrmәs.ˈ šәmmət yәmmi Làyya.ˈ ham šәmmət babaḥ hàm Hormәs.ˈ ʿumri tmani u-ʾarbà šәnne=le,ˈ ʾarba,ˈ xamša.ˈ yaʿni ṛàbθa=iwan laywan hәnna...ˈ zùrta, ʾe.ˈ	My name is Madeline, the daughter of Pattu Nagara. His father’s name is Hurmez. My mother’s name is ...Layya. Her father’s name is Hurmez too. I am eighty-four or eighty-five years old. I mean, I’m elderly, I am not, young, indeed.
	ʾәθwa xa naša ʾәθwale ṭlaθa bnàθa.ˈ màlka wewa.ˈ ʾәθwale ṭlaθa bnaθa.ˈ qәmle xa qam-yawәlla ta brāt malka xa ta brāt wazìr.ˈ pәšla ʾay zùrta.ˈ ʾe.ˈ pәšla xә̀kla.ˈ xә̀kla.ˈ pəšle bə-mara bàbaḥ,ˈ xazəx ʾàti măni b-gawrat.ˈ’ ʾәθwa xa naša ʾәθwale ṭlaθa bnàθa.ˈ màlka wewa.ˈ ʾәθwale ṭlaθa bnaθa.ˈ qәmle xa qam-yawәlla ta brāt malka xa ta brāt wazìr.ˈ pәšla ʾay zùrta.ˈ ʾe.ˈ pәšla xә̀kla.ˈ xә̀kla.ˈ pəšle bə-mara bàbaḥ,ˈ xazəx ʾàti măni b-gawrat.ˈ’	There was a man who had three daughters. He was a king. He had three daughters. He married one of them to a king’s son, the other to the minister’s son. The youngest one remained. She started laughing, she laughed. Her father said ‘let’s see who you are going to marry.’
	k-əmra kut hawe rә̀zqi.ˈ k-imər qay?ˈ mằni k-iwәð hәnna?ˈ k-imər ʾani pәšlay bàyθa u-kud xa ʾәtte bayθa u-zangī̀n =ilay.ˈ k-imərra,ˈ qay,ˈ mằni k-iwәð bayθa?ˈ baxta ʾәn gàwra?ˈ k-imәr ṭalaḥ.ˈ k-әmra bàxta.ˈ k-əmra kut hawe rә̀zqi.ˈ k-imər qay?ˈ mằni k-iwәð hәnna?ˈ k-imər ʾani pәšlay bàyθa u-kud xa ʾәtte bayθa u-zangī̀n =ilay.ˈ k-imərra,ˈ qay,ˈ mằni k-iwәð bayθa?ˈ baxta ʾәn gàwra?ˈ k-imәr ṭalaḥ.ˈ k-әmra bàxta.ˈ	She said ‘whoever happens to be my fortune.’ He said ‘how? Who is it that [can] do this? [Your sisters] have a home, they each have a [new] home and are well-off. How, who [is it that] builds a home, a woman or a man?’ he said. ‘The woman,’ she said.
	k-imәr də̀x k-uða baxta?ˈ ʾani gweray tərwe zangī̀n,ˈ xa ʾәbrət wazira xa brunət qàḍi.ˈ ʾati madam merax faqī̀r=lay,ˈ bàxta k-uða bayθa,ˈ waʿduθa hoya b-yawәnnax ta xa faqìra.ˈ k-imәr də̀x k-uða baxta?ˈ ʾani gweray tərwe zangī̀n,ˈ xa ʾәbrət wazira xa brunət qàḍi.ˈ ʾati madam merax faqī̀r=lay,ˈ bàxta k-uða bayθa,ˈ waʿduθa hoya b-yawәnnax ta xa faqìra.ˈ	‘But how come it is a woman who builds a home? [Your sisters] have married two rich people. One of them is the son of a minister and the other one the sone of a judge. [Since] you, madame, said they are poor and [that it is] the woman [who] builds a home, then I promise to marry you to a poor man,’ he said.
	tuxmә̀lla,ˈ k-əmra ʾay... yaʿni ʿadòle=le babi.ˈ b-awәð hàdax.ˈ qamayθa ʾәθwa... mnaqšìwa.ˈ qәmla mì wәðla?ˈ šqәlla xakma ḥàzna ʾәθwala gu beθa,ˈ xa ʾarba xamša meter hadax u-xakma sènti, u-xakma xmaṭa, xmaṭàθa.ˈ tuxmә̀lla,ˈ k-əmra ʾay... yaʿni ʿadòle=le babi.ˈ b-awәð hàdax.ˈ qamayθa ʾәθwa... mnaqšìwa.ˈ qәmla mì wәðla?ˈ šqәlla xakma ḥàzna ʾәθwala gu beθa,ˈ xa ʾarba xamša meter hadax u-xakma sènti, u-xakma xmaṭa, xmaṭàθa.ˈ	She thought and said ‘my father is serious and he will do it,’ she said. In the past, there was... people used to embroider. What did she do? She took some white fabric she had at home, some four or five meters and a few centimeters and some needles.
	mere ʾana mapqәnnax bas daryat ʿabàya b-rešax u-napqat ʾaxòp.ˈ xazәx dә̀x b-awðat bayθa.ˈ b-yawәnnax ta xa faqìra.ˈ’ là muḥkәla.ˈ k-imәr bas b-ʿabàya hәnna b-zàləx.ˈ mere ʾana mapqәnnax bas daryat ʿabàya b-rešax u-napqat ʾaxòp.ˈ xazәx dә̀x b-awðat bayθa.ˈ b-yawәnnax ta xa faqìra.ˈ’ là muḥkәla.ˈ k-imәr bas b-ʿabàya hәnna b-zàləx.ˈ	He said ‘I will take you out. You will only put on your abaya and leave empty-handed. Let’s see how you build a home. I’ll give you to a poor man.’ She said nothing. He said ‘we shall go with only your clothes on.’
	qәmle zәlle mere ta hәnna,ˈ ta xuḷàma,ˈ xa ʾәṣṛa yomàne hatxa,ˈ k-imәr xuḷàma! k-imәr mì?ˈ k-imәr si l-màydan,ˈ si xzi ʾema ʾiθ faqìra,ˈ bas là hawe raba.ˈ yaʿni zòra hawe,ˈ la hawe hә̀nna.ˈ xzi mằni=le faqira,ˈ yaʿni g-maθe qàyse.ˈ qәmle zәlle mere ta hәnna,ˈ ta xuḷàma,ˈ xa ʾәṣṛa yomàne hatxa,ˈ k-imәr xuḷàma! k-imәr mì?ˈ k-imәr si l-màydan,ˈ si xzi ʾema ʾiθ faqìra,ˈ bas là hawe raba.ˈ yaʿni zòra hawe,ˈ la hawe hә̀nna.ˈ xzi mằni=le faqira,ˈ yaʿni g-maθe qàyse.ˈ	Then, after some ten days, he said to his servant ‘serv-ant!’ He said ‘yes?’ ‘Go to the market square and find a poor but a young man, not an old one. Find who is poor, that is, [someone who] transports wood.’
	qamayθa g-maθewa qàyse.ˈ hatxa g-maθewa d-ʿayšiwa mən mi māθèwa.ˈ k-iziwa l-qayse gә-mzabnìwalay.ˈ qamayθa g-maθewa qàyse.ˈ hatxa g-maθewa d-ʿayšiwa mən mi māθèwa.ˈ k-iziwa l-qayse gә-mzabnìwalay.ˈ	In the past, [people] used to transport wood. They would bring it [to town] to make a living from what they brought. They would go to [collect] wood and sell it.
	xzele xa qәṣṣa jwànqe=le hatxa xaʾa.ˈ qam-xāzèle.ˈ k-imәr hayyu! màlka bәqrayux.ˈ’ k-imәr bàba,ˈ ʾana mì kәbe malka mәn-ni?ˈ ʾana xa naša faqìra,ˈ jәlli jìqe,ˈ ʾana mì kәbe mәnni?ˈ là k-iθәn.ˈ xzele xa qәṣṣa jwànqe=le hatxa xaʾa.ˈ qam-xāzèle.ˈ k-imәr hayyu! màlka bәqrayux.ˈ’ k-imәr bàba,ˈ ʾana mì kәbe malka mәn-ni?ˈ ʾana xa naša faqìra,ˈ jәlli jìqe,ˈ ʾana mì kәbe mәnni?ˈ là k-iθәn.ˈ	He found a man with wood who was young, like this. He saw him and said ‘come! The King is calling you.’ He said ‘Oh goodness, what does the king want from me when I am only a poor man in ragged clothes, what does he want from me? I won’t come.’
	k-imәr ‘hàyyu! ʾən malka... yaʿni ʾibux ʾamrәt là?’ k-imər ‘là.ˈ’ ‘p-qaṭè rešux! kəbe štàwe.ˈ’ qam-māθèle brona.ˈ qam-xāzele b-srubar u-ḥàle.ˈ k-imәr ‘hàyyu! ʾən malka... yaʿni ʾibux ʾamrәt là?’ k-imər ‘là.ˈ’ ‘p-qaṭè rešux! kəbe štàwe.ˈ’ qam-māθèle brona.ˈ qam-xāzele b-srubar u-ḥàle.ˈ	He said ‘Come! If the king... I mean, can you say “no”?’ ‘No,’ he said. ‘He will behead you. It must be.’ The young man [lit. son] came. [The king] saw him in his state.
	k-imər ‘hàyyu!’ k-imər ‘mà?’ k-imər ‘ʾay bràti qam-yāwәnna ṭalux.ˈ’ k-imər ‘ʾàna?ˈ daxi xa naša faqìra?’ k-imәr ‘ʾana meri ʾay brati wilali ṭàlux.ˈ’ k-imər ‘hàyyu!’ k-imər ‘mà?’ k-imər ‘ʾay bràti qam-yāwәnna ṭalux.ˈ’ k-imər ‘ʾàna?ˈ daxi xa naša faqìra?’ k-imәr ‘ʾana meri ʾay brati wilali ṭàlux.ˈ’	‘Come!’ said the king. ‘Yes [your majesty]?’ he said. [The king] said ‘this daughter I have given to you [as your wife].’ ‘But how [when I am only] a poor man?’ ‘I told you, I have given you this daughter.’
	qәmla brata šmèla.ˈ là ʾiðele babaḥ.ˈ u-šqәlla ʿabaya wәðla hàdax.ˈ qәmla brata šmèla.ˈ là ʾiðele babaḥ.ˈ u-šqәlla ʿabaya wәðla hàdax.ˈ	The daughter overheard her father, [but] he did not notice.
	k-imər,‘sì,ˈ xazəx ʾәn wәðlax bàyθa.ˈ xaθwaθax kulla gweray zangī̀n,ˈ bàxta k-uða.ˈ gàwra k-iwәð bayθa.ˈ xazəx ʾàti ʾibax ʾawðat bayθa,ˈ b-awðat bàyθa.ˈ’ k-imər,‘sì,ˈ xazəx ʾәn wәðlax bàyθa.ˈ xaθwaθax kulla gweray zangī̀n,ˈ bàxta k-uða.ˈ gàwra k-iwәð bayθa.ˈ xazəx ʾàti ʾibax ʾawðat bayθa,ˈ b-awðat bàyθa.ˈ’	He said ‘go! Let’s see if you can establish a good home.’ All your sisters married rich men, [and you are telling me it is the] woman [who] builds [a home]. [But it is] the man [who] builds a home. Let’s see [if] you can build a home, you shall build a home.’
	qәmla mì wәðla?ˈ mì wәðla?ˈ qәmla zә̀lle... qam-šaqlale u-zә̀lla.ˈ k-әmra‘tu ʾamrannux! da ʾana qam-yāwәlli bàbi,ˈ ḥāl ḥawal qәṣṣi hàtxa=yla.ˈ bas mor daha ʾana... là-k-šaqlәtti.ˈ mor waʿdùθa hawya,ˈ ma d-ʾamrànnux,ˈ ʾàwðәt b-xàbri,ˈ ʾana p-šaqlànnux.ˈ da-ha là-k-šaqlannux.ˈ’ qәmla mì wәðla?ˈ mì wәðla?ˈ qәmla zә̀lle... qam-šaqlale u-zә̀lla.ˈ k-әmra‘tu ʾamrannux! da ʾana qam-yāwәlli bàbi,ˈ ḥāl ḥawal qәṣṣi hàtxa=yla.ˈ bas mor daha ʾana... là-k-šaqlәtti.ˈ mor waʿdùθa hawya,ˈ ma d-ʾamrànnux,ˈ ʾàwðәt b-xàbri,ˈ ʾana p-šaqlànnux.ˈ da-ha là-k-šaqlannux.ˈ’	What did she do? What did she do? She got up, he went... she took [the young man] and went. ‘Sit down, I shall tell you something. My father has given me to you, but this is my real story. However, you must say that I, that is, you are not going to marry me.’ You must promise me [that] you shall do what-ever I tell you to. [Then] I will marry you. I’m not going to marry you now.’
	k-imər ‘waʿduθa ʾustàtti.ˈ’ yaʿni ʾiðèle,ˈ ʾiðèle ʾawa.ˈ ‘ʾuʾustatti mà d-amrat b-ʾoðәn b-xàbrax.ˈ’ k-ərma ‘də-štàwe.ˈ’ qəmla b-ay ʾəddana qam-ʿadlala qupràna wewa ma t-wewa.ˈ qam-ʿadlala qam-ʾawðàla.ˈ qəmla deθər yoma qèmla.ˈ qam-faṣlale ʾan hənna... xàzna.ˈ qəmla tula b-naqòše.ˈ mnoqəšla xàkma.ˈ k-əmra ‘se mzàbənnay!’ zəlle mzubnìle.ˈ k-imər ‘waʿduθa ʾustàtti.ˈ’ yaʿni ʾiðèle,ˈ ʾiðèle ʾawa.ˈ ‘ʾuʾustatti mà d-amrat b-ʾoðәn b-xàbrax.ˈ’ k-ərma ‘də-štàwe.ˈ’ qəmla b-ay ʾəddana qam-ʿadlala qupràna wewa ma t-wewa.ˈ qam-ʿadlala qam-ʾawðàla.ˈ qəmla deθər yoma qèmla.ˈ qam-faṣlale ʾan hənna... xàzna.ˈ qəmla tula b-naqòše.ˈ mnoqəšla xàkma.ˈ k-əmra ‘se mzàbənnay!’ zəlle mzubnìle.ˈ	He said ‘I promise, my lady.’ I mean he understood, he understood. ‘Whatever you say, I will do.’ She said ‘All right.’ Then she tidied up the shed, or whatever it was. The next morning, she cut the white linen into shapes and started em-broidering. She embroidered some of the pieces and said ‘Go and sell them.’ He went and sold them.
	mnuqəšla xa dasta xə̀rta,ˈ ‘si mzàbenna.ˈ’ mzubə̀nnay.ˈ ‘se swun xàzna!’ zwə̀nne.ˈ ‘se zwun xa xmàṭa.ˈ’ qam-malpàle kul məndi.ˈ qam-ʾawðila xa...ˈ xa hәnna... bàyθa.ˈ mnuqəšla xa dasta xə̀rta,ˈ ‘si mzàbenna.ˈ’ mzubə̀nnay.ˈ ‘se swun xàzna!’ zwə̀nne.ˈ ‘se zwun xa xmàṭa.ˈ’ qam-malpàle kul məndi.ˈ qam-ʾawðila xa...ˈ xa hәnna... bàyθa.ˈ	She embroidered another piece [and told him] ‘Sell it.’ He sold [it]. ‘Go and buy one needle.’ She taught him every-thing. They made for themselves a house.
	k-əmra dә ‘sì!ˈ’ k-imər-a ‘mì?ˈ’ k-әmra ʾati xzi mà d-ʾamrannux,ˈ babi hàtxa mere.ˈ k-imər ‘waʿdùθa,ˈ mà d-ʾamrat...ˈ k-imәr waʿad ʿàrabi k-imәr mà d-ʾamrat,ˈ hàdax.ˈ’ k-əmra dә ‘sì!ˈ’ k-imər-a ‘mì?ˈ’ k-әmra ʾati xzi mà d-ʾamrannux,ˈ babi hàtxa mere.ˈ k-imər ‘waʿdùθa,ˈ mà d-ʾamrat...ˈ k-imәr waʿad ʿàrabi k-imәr mà d-ʾamrat,ˈ hàdax.ˈ’	She said ‘Go!’ She said ‘Look, whatever I tell you... that... this is what my father said.’ ‘I promise, whatever you say’—it is an Arab promise—he said ‘I’ll do whatever you say. so [it will be].’
	k-әmra,ʾiθ xakma šaxṣìyye,ˈ mux danna naše ṛàbe u-ʾani hatxa naše rabe yatwi g-čayxàna,ˈ g-maḥke xabṛanət ʾàqle.ˈ là-g-maḥkay maḥkyaθət maḥšum dət hәnna... dət ʾanni... la,ˈ yaʿni,ˈ la basìme,ˈ mәn dani sarsariyye u-ḥàle hәnna.ˈ k-әmra,ʾiθ xakma šaxṣìyye,ˈ mux danna naše ṛàbe u-ʾani hatxa naše rabe yatwi g-čayxàna,ˈ g-maḥke xabṛanət ʾàqle.ˈ là-g-maḥkay maḥkyaθət maḥšum dət hәnna... dət ʾanni... la,ˈ yaʿni,ˈ la basìme,ˈ mәn dani sarsariyye u-ḥàle hәnna.ˈ	She said ‘There are a few prominent people, men of honour, who sit in a café. They discuss intellectual matters, they don’t talk about immoral things that, I mean, that are not nice, [things of] said by dishonest, simple people and the like.’
	xa k-imәr ʾana hatxa u-xa ʾànna,ˈ măni k-iwəð bàyθa.ˈ u-xәnna k-imәr kùl məndi u-xa k-imәr hàtxa—kul mәndi b-lәbbət naša basìma.ˈ xaʾa k-imer‘k-iðәt ʾiman=ile lәbbət naša basìma?ˈ xa k-imәr ʾana hatxa u-xa ʾànna,ˈ măni k-iwəð bàyθa.ˈ u-xәnna k-imәr kùl məndi u-xa k-imәr hàtxa—kul mәndi b-lәbbət naša basìma.ˈ xaʾa k-imer‘k-iðәt ʾiman=ile lәbbət naša basìma?ˈ	[He went to visit those men.] One said ‘I am so-and-so, and ask about who builds a home. Another said all [sorts of] things and another said so and so—everything about happiness [lit. good in heart]. One said [asking] ‘When is a man is happy? It is only when one is in his own home.’
	k-imәr ‘màha?’ ‘gu bàyθeḥ,’ k-imәr. ʾayi mәṣәθle.ˈ k-imәr ‘lәbbət naša basima gu bàyθeḥ=ile.ˈ’ k-imәr ‘màha?’ ‘gu bàyθeḥ,’ k-imәr. ʾayi mәṣәθle.ˈ k-imәr ‘lәbbət naša basima gu bàyθeḥ=ile.ˈ’	He said ‘What [is] it?’ ‘In his own home.’ [Meanwhile,] the poor man listened. One man said ‘A man’s heart is happy in his own home.’
	ʾayi ʾegət xere mәṣәθle qam-māxele xa zәṛa čәllàqa.ˈ k-imər ‘mì d-hәnna,ˈ màṣәθ?’ k-imәr ‘là,ˈ ʾustàði,ʾay dukθa wewa bә-xyàka,’ k-imər.ˈ ‘ʾana-ši fәtli hatxa qàmux.ˈ’ ʾayi ʾegət xere mәṣәθle qam-māxele xa zәṛa čәllàqa.ˈ k-imər ‘mì d-hәnna,ˈ màṣәθ?’ k-imәr ‘là,ˈ ʾustàði,ʾay dukθa wewa bә-xyàka,’ k-imər.ˈ ‘ʾana-ši fәtli hatxa qàmux.ˈ’	As [the poor man] was listening, he slapped him hard on the face. He said ‘What [is it that] he’s listening [to us]?’ He said ‘No, sir, this part of my body was itching’—he said—‘[as] I passed in front of you.’
	qam-ʾarele ʾay xàbra,ˈ gu pàθeḥ,ˈ u-qam-gāṛәšla naθeḥ.ˈ qam-hәnnәlle,ˈ qam-māxele b-xa zәṛṛa čәllàqa.ˈ ʾay paθeḥ smә̀qla m-xa zәṛṛa čәllàqa,ˈ ʿàpu,ˈ qam-maxèle ʾәlle.ˈ ‘mì d-maṣoθe?ˈ ˈ’ qam-ʾarele ʾay xàbra,ˈ gu pàθeḥ,ˈ u-qam-gāṛәšla naθeḥ.ˈ qam-hәnnәlle,ˈ qam-māxele b-xa zәṛṛa čәllàqa.ˈ ʾay paθeḥ smә̀qla m-xa zәṛṛa čәllàqa,ˈ ʿàpu,ˈ qam-maxèle ʾәlle.ˈ ‘mì d-maṣoθe?ˈ ˈ’	He told him this, in his face, and pulled his ear. He did this, he slapped him hard on his face. He slapped him so hard that his cheek reddened—excuse me—‘what [is it that you are] listening?’
	‘la ʾustàði,ˈ har hàtxa...’ k-imәr.ˈ dә ‘sì!’ qәmle zә̀lle.ˈ θele l-bayθa là muḥkele.ˈ k-әmra ‘zә̀llux?ˈ zә̀llux ḥale?’ k-imər ‘è,ˈ b-izàla=wən,ˈ holay maḥkoye ḥal ta gyànay.ˈ’ k-əmra ‘štàwe.ˈ’ ‘la ʾustàði,ˈ har hàtxa...’ k-imәr.ˈ dә ‘sì!’ qәmle zә̀lle.ˈ θele l-bayθa là muḥkele.ˈ k-әmra ‘zә̀llux?ˈ zә̀llux ḥale?’ k-imər ‘è,ˈ b-izàla=wən,ˈ holay maḥkoye ḥal ta gyànay.ˈ’ k-əmra ‘štàwe.ˈ’	‘No, sir, it was just...’ he said. ‘Go away!’ He went. He came home but said nothing. ‘Tell me, did you go? If you went then... [she asked whether he had gone]. ‘Yes, I was walking [past] and they are speaking to one another.’ ‘All right,’ she said.
	pәšla xa yoma u-tre ṭlàθa,ˈ hole b-izala xazele šula.ˈ k-әmri ‘hu! ba màlka,ˈ hole ʾiθ xa ḥàywan,ˈ hole ʾәrya ṃàye.ˈ ʾәrya max d-karmàne,ˈ ḥàywan ʾәrya ʾan ṃaye.ˈ max sә̀kra=le,ˈ ʾә̀rye,ˈ lelu bә-šwaqa ṃàye,ˈ bə-zala l-karmàne.ˈ’ pәšla xa yoma u-tre ṭlàθa,ˈ hole b-izala xazele šula.ˈ k-әmri ‘hu! ba màlka,ˈ hole ʾiθ xa ḥàywan,ˈ hole ʾәrya ṃàye.ˈ ʾәrya max d-karmàne,ˈ ḥàywan ʾәrya ʾan ṃaye.ˈ max sә̀kra=le,ˈ ʾә̀rye,ˈ lelu bә-šwaqa ṃàye,ˈ bə-zala l-karmàne.ˈ’	After a day, two or three he was walking around, look-ing for a job. People said ‘Oh! By the king, there is a wild beast [which] is blocking the water.’ The beast holds up the water, the orchard water, for example. A wild beast has blocked the water. It has blocked it, [the water is] like a dam, the water is blocked, it’s not flowing to the orchards.
	k-imər ‘dә̀xi?’ k-imər ‘lelu bә-šwàqa,ˈ zala l-karmàne.ˈ’ k-əmri ‘ma! kud ʾay zala qaṭә̀lle ʾaw ḥàywan,ˈ malka b-yawәl ʾawqa lìre.ˈ ʾawqa pàre,ˈ lìre b-yawәlle.ˈ’ u-qәmlay bә-qraya bə-mara hàtxa.ˈ ʾawa šmèle.ˈ k-imər ‘dә̀xi?’ k-imər ‘lelu bә-šwàqa,ˈ zala l-karmàne.ˈ’ k-əmri ‘ma! kud ʾay zala qaṭә̀lle ʾaw ḥàywan,ˈ malka b-yawәl ʾawqa lìre.ˈ ʾawqa pàre,ˈ lìre b-yawәlle.ˈ’ u-qәmlay bә-qraya bə-mara hàtxa.ˈ ʾawa šmèle.ˈ	He said ‘How?’ They had said ‘[The water] is not flow-ing to the orchard. Anyone who goes and kills the animal, the king will give him a lot of gold coins. He will give him much money, gold coins.’ They began shouting out and announcing this. He heard them.
	zәlle k-imər ‘ʾustatti,ˈ ʾustàtti!’ k-әmra ‘màha?’ k-imәr ‘ʾitù! daha p-pešax zàngin.ˈ’ k-əmra ‘gu mì p-pešax zangin?ˈ’ zәlle k-imər ‘ʾustatti,ˈ ʾustàtti!’ k-әmra ‘màha?’ k-imәr ‘ʾitù! daha p-pešax zàngin.ˈ’ k-əmra ‘gu mì p-pešax zangin?ˈ’	He went home. He said ‘My mistress!’ ‘What is it?’ she said. ‘Sit down, we will soon become rich!’ ‘How are we going to be rich?’
	k-imәr ‘ḥal ḥawal d-malka hàtxa=yle,ˈ bas mi=la?ˈ bère=la,ˈ ʿamùqta=la bere.ʾәn ʾay bere b-ʾawri gàwaḥ,ˈ b-yaṣrìle ʾe xarta dìyyeḥ,ˈ kamara diyyeḥ b-yaṣrìle.ˈ ʾәn mәθle,ˈ b-garšìle u-ʾәn ʾawe ṣàḥ ši,ˈ hàm b-garšile.ˈ dәx t-hàwe.ˈ hàtxa pәšla.ˈ malka b-yawәlle ʾàwqa.ˈ’ k-imәr ‘ḥal ḥawal d-malka hàtxa=yle,ˈ bas mi=la?ˈ bère=la,ˈ ʿamùqta=la bere.ʾәn ʾay bere b-ʾawri gàwaḥ,ˈ b-yaṣrìle ʾe xarta dìyyeḥ,ˈ kamara diyyeḥ b-yaṣrìle.ˈ ʾәn mәθle,ˈ b-garšìle u-ʾәn ʾawe ṣàḥ ši,ˈ hàm b-garšile.ˈ dәx t-hàwe.ˈ hàtxa pәšla.ˈ malka b-yawәlle ʾàwqa.ˈ’	‘This is the decree of the king,’ he said. ‘But the problem is that it is a well, the well is deep, so the one who goes down has to be tied by the bottom, by the waist. If he dies, they would pull him out and if he is alive, they also pull him out. I mean, whatever might happen. I mean, this is the case. The king will give him a wealth.’
	‘k-әmra dә ‘si qrile ʾaw naša d-mere ṭàlux.ˈ’ zәlle qam-qārèle ʾaw naša.ˈ k-imər dә ‘hàyyu,ˈ hola ʾustatti bә-qràyallux,’ k-imər.ˈ k-əmra ʾana ʾay da b-aθe ʾayi mә̀nnux,ˈ xòni, k-əmra ṭaleḥ.ˈ yaʿni, mera xòni.ˈ ‘b-aθe mә̀nnux,ˈ bas k-әban làššeḥ.ˈ ʾәn hawe mìθa,ˈ ʾәn hawe ṣàḥ,ˈ màθәtte ṭali,ˈ šmèlux?ˈ ’ ‘k-әmra dә ‘si qrile ʾaw naša d-mere ṭàlux.ˈ’ zәlle qam-qārèle ʾaw naša.ˈ k-imər dә ‘hàyyu,ˈ hola ʾustatti bә-qràyallux,’ k-imər.ˈ k-əmra ʾana ʾay da b-aθe ʾayi mә̀nnux,ˈ xòni, k-əmra ṭaleḥ.ˈ yaʿni, mera xòni.ˈ ‘b-aθe mә̀nnux,ˈ bas k-әban làššeḥ.ˈ ʾәn hawe mìθa,ˈ ʾәn hawe ṣàḥ,ˈ màθәtte ṭali,ˈ šmèlux?ˈ ’	‘Go and call the man who told you about this. she said. He went to call the man saying, ‘Come, my lady wants you.’ She said ‘He will come with you, my brother will come with you.’ she said. That is, she called [him] ‘my brother.’ ‘But, dead or alive, I want you to bring me back his body, did you hear me?’ she said.
	k-imər ‘dә̀xi hadax?’ ‘daha b-yawәtte ʾawqa pàre.ˈ hole bə-myàθa.ˈ balki mә̀θle,ˈ ʾan pare d-šaqlannay ṭàli=way.ˈ’ k-imər štàwe.ˈ’ k-imər ‘dә̀xi hadax?’ ‘daha b-yawәtte ʾawqa pàre.ˈ hole bə-myàθa.ˈ balki mә̀θle,ˈ ʾan pare d-šaqlannay ṭàli=way.ˈ’ k-imər štàwe.ˈ’	‘How so?’ [he said]. ‘You will now give the money, he is going to die, he may die, so the money which I take is for my-self.’ ‘All right.’ he said.
	qәmle zә̀lle,ˈ holay ʾibe ʾәsrì naše.ˈ k-əmri ‘mằni b-napәl gu day bere?’ k-imәr ‘ʾana.ˈ’ ‘dә̀xi ʾati?’ k-әmri. qә̀mlay,ˈ qam-ʾārele u-yaṣrile.ˈ qam-šaytile gu bera ʾamùqta.ˈ šaytile gu ʾay bere,ˈ raḥuqa m-axxa ʾalpì naqle.ˈ qәmle zә̀lle,ˈ holay ʾibe ʾәsrì naše.ˈ k-əmri ‘mằni b-napәl gu day bere?’ k-imәr ‘ʾana.ˈ’ ‘dә̀xi ʾati?’ k-әmri. qә̀mlay,ˈ qam-ʾārele u-yaṣrile.ˈ qam-šaytile gu bera ʾamùqta.ˈ šaytile gu ʾay bere,ˈ raḥuqa m-axxa ʾalpì naqle.ˈ	They went. There were about twenty people there. ‘Who will go down the well?’ they said. ‘I will go down,’ he said. ‘How?’ they said. They held him, tied him and lowered him into the deep well. They threw him down the well—God forbid [lit. a thousand times away].
	tama-š màθa=ila,ˈ là-kyan mi=la.ˈ kullay holay hatxa—kullay raḥuqa m-àxxa—kullay yale zore d-màlke,ˈ hole qṭiʾe rèšay,ˈ hole šәklay dәrya tàma.ˈ tama-š màθa=ila,ˈ là-kyan mi=la.ˈ kullay holay hatxa—kullay raḥuqa m-àxxa—kullay yale zore d-màlke,ˈ hole qṭiʾe rèšay,ˈ hole šәklay dәrya tàma.ˈ	Down the well was a big village, I don’t know [what ex-actly]. Everywhere, were kings’ young children who—God for-bid—were beheaded, their bodies placed there.
	‘’u ho!’ k-imәr ‘xzi ʾamrә̀nnux,ˈ’ ḥàywan.ˈ k-imər ‘ʾana nàša weli,ˈ pәšli max hә̀nna.ˈ k-iwәt bə-xzàya.ˈ’ yaʿni raḥuqa m-àxxa,ˈ k-imər, ‘ʾaya ʾaṣәrta ʾayya dukθa pәšla ṭàlux,ˈ ʾìla,ˈ pә̀šla.ˈ ʾәn ʾiðèlux šarṭ dìyyi,ˈ waʿdùθa,ˈ ʾàti njәḥlux.ˈ ʾәn là ʾaθe,ˈ rešux pəšla ḅàne. ˈ ‘’u ho!’ k-imәr ‘xzi ʾamrә̀nnux,ˈ’ ḥàywan.ˈ k-imər ‘ʾana nàša weli,ˈ pәšli max hә̀nna.ˈ k-iwәt bə-xzàya.ˈ’ yaʿni raḥuqa m-àxxa,ˈ k-imər, ‘ʾaya ʾaṣәrta ʾayya dukθa pәšla ṭàlux,ˈ ʾìla,ˈ pә̀šla.ˈ ʾәn ʾiðèlux šarṭ dìyyi,ˈ waʿdùθa,ˈ ʾàti njәḥlux.ˈ ʾәn là ʾaθe,ˈ rešux pəšla ḅàne. ˈ	‘And look’—says the animal—‘look, I shall tell you some-thing,’ said the animal. ‘I was also a human being but became like this, you can see.’ God forbid this [from us]. He says ‘To-night, this place will become yours. If you meet my conditions, I promise that you win, otherwise, you [too] will be beheaded.’
	k-imәr ‘ya ḥàywan,ˈ mà d-kәbәt,ˈ mù ʾegәt...ʾәn dinət ʾàlaha,ˈ wiðaḥ hә̀nna,ˈ šàrṭ diyyux,ˈ ʾәn ʾawðә̀nne,ˈ njә̀ḥli.ˈ u-ʾәn là ši,ˈ šud màyθәn.ˈ’ k-imәr ‘ʾè.ˈ’ k-imәr ‘ya ḥàywan,ˈ mà d-kәbәt,ˈ mù ʾegәt...ʾәn dinət ʾàlaha,ˈ wiðaḥ hә̀nna,ˈ šàrṭ diyyux,ˈ ʾәn ʾawðә̀nne,ˈ njә̀ḥli.ˈ u-ʾәn là ši,ˈ šud màyθәn.ˈ’ k-imәr ‘ʾè.ˈ’	He said ‘Oh animal, as you wish, tell me your question. If [it is] God’s will that I meet your condition is met, if I meet them, I win. If not, I shall die.’ He said ‘Well then.’
	ʾәθwa ṭliba u-ṭlә̀bta ši,ˈ we wiðe hàtxa,ˈ ham ʾani way yṣìre.ˈ ʾani hatxa pṣә̀xlay gu dayi jwanqa,ˈ hole bə-θaya hàtxa,ˈ hatxa hole maḥkòye.ˈ k-imәr ‘lәbbət naša gu mì=le basima? gu kabàbe,ˈ gu bәryàne,ˈ kubebe dìqe?ˈ’ ʾәθwa ṭliba u-ṭlә̀bta ši,ˈ we wiðe hàtxa,ˈ ham ʾani way yṣìre.ˈ ʾani hatxa pṣә̀xlay gu dayi jwanqa,ˈ hole bə-θaya hàtxa,ˈ hatxa hole maḥkòye.ˈ k-imәr ‘lәbbət naša gu mì=le basima? gu kabàbe,ˈ gu bәryàne,ˈ kubebe dìqe?ˈ’	‘There was an engaged couple, like this, who were also tied up. The couple became very happy with this young man—he was a young man at the time, wasn’t he—who talked like this. ‘What makes a man’s heart happy? Kebab, biryani or cut-lets?’ he said.
	k-imәr ‘là.ˈ’ k-imәr ‘lәbbәt naša gu bàyθeḥ.ˈ’ ‘də̀x gu bayθeḥ?’ ‘ʾәn lәbbux hawe basima gu bàyθux,ˈ bàxtux,ˈ ʿayál dìyyux,ˈ ʾәn lәbbux basìma,ˈ lәbbət naše basìma.ˈ’ k-imәr ‘mihi?’ npәxle,ˈ npәxle,ˈ npә̀xle. k-imər ‘mdaglə̀tti!ˈ’ k-imәr ‘là.ˈ’ k-imәr ‘lәbbәt naša gu bàyθeḥ.ˈ’ ‘də̀x gu bayθeḥ?’ ‘ʾәn lәbbux hawe basima gu bàyθux,ˈ bàxtux,ˈ ʿayál dìyyux,ˈ ʾәn lәbbux basìma,ˈ lәbbət naše basìma.ˈ’ k-imәr ‘mihi?’ npәxle,ˈ npәxle,ˈ npә̀xle. k-imər ‘mdaglə̀tti!ˈ’	He said ‘No.’ He said ‘A man’s heart [is pleased] at home.’ ‘How at home?’ [said the animal]. ‘If you are happy at home [with] your wife and children, if you are happy, [then] a man is [truly] happy.’ [The animal] said ‘What?’ and swelled greatly. ‘You are lying to me.
	k-imər lәbbәt naše gu dani basìma,ˈ gu beθət nàša.ˈ’ ṭlaθa ge mere—maḥšum mәnnàwxu—bqèle ʾaw ḥeywan.ˈ ʾegət bqèle ʾaw ḥaywan,ˈ ṃaye zә̀llay.ˈ ṃaye zә̀llay.ˈ k-imər lәbbәt naše gu dani basìma,ˈ gu beθət nàša.ˈ’ ṭlaθa ge mere—maḥšum mәnnàwxu—bqèle ʾaw ḥeywan.ˈ ʾegət bqèle ʾaw ḥaywan,ˈ ṃaye zә̀llay.ˈ ṃaye zә̀llay.ˈ	He said ‘A man is happy there, in his own home,’ he said. He repeated this three times at which the animal—excuse me—burst into pieces. At the animal’s burst, water began to flow. Yes, the water flowed.
	ṭliba u-ṭlәbta=š wewa ṣiray.ˈ ham ʾanay pәšlay bə-xpàra. k-imәr ‘šqulun,ˈ mḷáwloxun pàre,ˈ u-mà dət k-әbutu.ˈ qәmle šqәlle qam-maḷele ʾә̀bbeḥ.ˈ qam-maḷele u-hwәlle ta dan xәnne šì.ˈ qәmlay là-ybay garšile.ˈ ʾegәt qam-garšìle,ˈ zәllay mara ta màlka.ˈ k-əmri ‘malka! ‘ṃaye θèlay.ˈ xaʾa hàtxa wәðle.ˈ’ k-imər ‘màθawle ʾaxxa!ˈ’ ṭliba u-ṭlәbta=š wewa ṣiray.ˈ ham ʾanay pәšlay bə-xpàra. k-imәr ‘šqulun,ˈ mḷáwloxun pàre,ˈ u-mà dət k-әbutu.ˈ qәmle šqәlle qam-maḷele ʾә̀bbeḥ.ˈ qam-maḷele u-hwәlle ta dan xәnne šì.ˈ qәmlay là-ybay garšile.ˈ ʾegәt qam-garšìle,ˈ zәllay mara ta màlka.ˈ k-əmri ‘malka! ‘ṃaye θèlay.ˈ xaʾa hàtxa wәðle.ˈ’ k-imər ‘màθawle ʾaxxa!ˈ’	The tied couple also began to dig. He said ‘fill [your clothes] for yourselves with money, as much as you desire.’ He filled [his shirt] with money and gave [some] to others too. They could not pull him up. When they did, they went to the king and told him. They said ‘Your majesty!’ ‘What?’ he said. ‘The water is flowing. Such-and-such has done it.’ ‘Bring him here!’ said the king.
	qәmlay pθәxlay ṃaye zәllay,ˈ u-ʾawa zәlle ʾan pare qam-yāwәllay ta ta ṭlәbteḥ,ˈ štàwe.ˈ qәmla zәlla mə̀nne.ˈ k-imәr ‘ʾayya ʾawqa ši ṭàlux.ˈ’ k-imәr dә ‘yaḷḷa,’ də ‘tù.ˈ xazәx màni b-awәð bayθa.ˈ qәmlay pθәxlay ṃaye zәllay,ˈ u-ʾawa zәlle ʾan pare qam-yāwәllay ta ta ṭlәbteḥ,ˈ štàwe.ˈ qәmla zәlla mə̀nne.ˈ k-imәr ‘ʾayya ʾawqa ši ṭàlux.ˈ’ k-imәr dә ‘yaḷḷa,’ də ‘tù.ˈ xazәx màni b-awәð bayθa.ˈ	They had opened the gateway for the water to flow and left. He left too and gave the money to his fiancé who had come with him. He said ‘This wealth is for you.’ ‘Let’s see who builds a home.’
	‘pәšlay xa ʾәsrà yomane.ˈ dә ‘qu! si maθi xa muxwàθoxun,ˈ xa banàya,ˈ mhàndәs,ˈ mhandәs handәsla ʾay ʾằra.ˈ’ ’e,ˈ qam-zāwәnna,ˈ zwәnne ʾằra.ˈ’ u-qam-mhandәsila u-qam-maʿmәrila qàsṛa,ˈ bә̀š mәn daw malka,ˈ k-imər bә̀š ʾawwa ʿali mәn daw d-màlka.ˈ ‘pәšlay xa ʾәsrà yomane.ˈ dә ‘qu! si maθi xa muxwàθoxun,ˈ xa banàya,ˈ mhàndәs,ˈ mhandәs handәsla ʾay ʾằra.ˈ’ ’e,ˈ qam-zāwәnna,ˈ zwәnne ʾằra.ˈ’ u-qam-mhandәsila u-qam-maʿmәrila qàsṛa,ˈ bә̀š mәn daw malka,ˈ k-imər bә̀š ʾawwa ʿali mәn daw d-màlka.ˈ	About ten days went by. ‘Go and bring someone like you, a builder, an engineer, an engineer to make plans for this land. He bought it, he bought the plot of land where they planned and built a palace [greater] than the king’s, taller than the king’s.
	qәmle qam-maʿmәrila u-ʾayi yala pәšle jwanqa yoma to yòmaˈ u-ʾayi ṭlәbta=š k-əmra là k-šaqlannux ḥәl babi...ˈ ʾana dә̀x p-šaqlannux?ˈ dət yaðe măni k-iwәð bàyθa.ˈ’ qәmle qam-maʿmәrila u-ʾayi yala pәšle jwanqa yoma to yòmaˈ u-ʾayi ṭlәbta=š k-əmra là k-šaqlannux ḥәl babi...ˈ ʾana dә̀x p-šaqlannux?ˈ dət yaðe măni k-iwәð bàyθa.ˈ’	So they built [the palace] and the young boy grew into a handsome young man by the day, but his fiancé said, ‘I’ll not marry you until my father... How shall I marry you? After [my father] knows who builds a home.
	ʾәn baxta hawya ʾàqәl,ˈ baxta g-malpa gàwra.ˈ yaʿni lèwan mara gawṛa layweʾàqәl,ˈ bas baxta ʾәn hawya ʾàqәl,ˈ marxәša gàwra,ˈ hawe tafàhәm b-raxәš šùlay.ˈ b-raxәš bayθa p-payәš tafa-hum buxðàðe.ˈ ʾәn baxta là ʾawða bayθa,ˈ zәlle bàyθa.ˈ lela hatxa bròni?ˈ’ ʾәn baxta hawya ʾàqәl,ˈ baxta g-malpa gàwra.ˈ yaʿni lèwan mara gawṛa layweʾàqәl,ˈ bas baxta ʾәn hawya ʾàqәl,ˈ marxәša gàwra,ˈ hawe tafàhәm b-raxәš šùlay.ˈ b-raxәš bayθa p-payәš tafa-hum buxðàðe.ˈ ʾәn baxta là ʾawða bayθa,ˈ zәlle bàyθa.ˈ lela hatxa bròni?ˈ’	If a woman is wise, she can teach her husband. I don’t mean that men are not wise, but if a woman is wise, she can lead her husband and there is harmony between them, in the management of their affairs. and the affairs go smoothly. But if a woman doesn’t build a home, the home is ruined. Isn’t it true, my son?’
	hemәn qәmla muʿmera bayθa u-wә̀ðla.ˈ k-әmra ‘xzi ʾamrànnux.ˈ’ k-imər ‘mì?’ k-əmra ‘daha b-awðan ʾixàla,ˈ u-b-awðan ʾixala,ˈ daha ʾədyu u-ṣapra b-awðan ʾixàla.ˈ hemәn qәmla muʿmera bayθa u-wә̀ðla.ˈ k-әmra ‘xzi ʾamrànnux.ˈ’ k-imər ‘mì?’ k-əmra ‘daha b-awðan ʾixàla,ˈ u-b-awðan ʾixala,ˈ daha ʾədyu u-ṣapra b-awðan ʾixàla.ˈ	All right, she built the home and completed [it]. She said ‘Listen!’ He said ‘What?’ ‘I’m going to prepare food now. I’m going to prepare food now, today and tomorrow I shall make food.
	u-ʾati zalux kәb màlka.ˈ xzi ʾamrànnux.ˈ malka,ˈ babi ḥal u-ḥawal hàtxa=yle.ˈ ma d-iyat mә̀rta,ˈ yaʿni b-xàbrax pәšle way.ˈ ‘k-imər ‘è.ˈ’ u-ʾati zalux kәb màlka.ˈ xzi ʾamrànnux.ˈ malka,ˈ babi ḥal u-ḥawal hàtxa=yle.ˈ ma d-iyat mә̀rta,ˈ yaʿni b-xàbrax pәšle way.ˈ ‘k-imər ‘è.ˈ’	You shall go to the king. Let me tell you that my father’s situation is such and such. ‘Whatever you have said, I mean, it will be according to your wish.’ He said yes.
	‘si kәb màlka.ˈ’ u-xәple u-msele u-pәšle jwànqa,ˈ xa zәṛṛa jwànqa.ˈ ‘tu qameḥ,ˈ ʾәgәt qayәm malka: “ha jwanqa mì wət ʾәθya?” ‘si kәb màlka.ˈ’ u-xәple u-msele u-pәšle jwànqa,ˈ xa zәṛṛa jwànqa.ˈ ‘tu qameḥ,ˈ ʾәgәt qayәm malka: “ha jwanqa mì wət ʾәθya?”	‘Go to the king!’ He took a bath and put on clean clothes and [suddenly] looked like a young man, a handsome young man. ‘Wait before him. When the king wakes up, [he will say] “Well, young man, what have you come for?”
	‘mur ṭàleḥ “ba ʾana xa naša nuxràya=ʾiyәn,ˈ hun ʾәθya gu dayi ʾàθrux,ˈ ha,ˈ d-yaðәt yaʿni yaðәt xa ganawùθe=la,ˈ xa qṭàle=la,ˈ d-yaði ʾәttux naše nuxràye,ˈ yaʿni d-ʾaθe hawar dìyyi.ˈ’ ‘mur ṭàleḥ “ba ʾana xa naša nuxràya=ʾiyәn,ˈ hun ʾәθya gu dayi ʾàθrux,ˈ ha,ˈ d-yaðәt yaʿni yaðәt xa ganawùθe=la,ˈ xa qṭàle=la,ˈ d-yaði ʾәttux naše nuxràye,ˈ yaʿni d-ʾaθe hawar dìyyi.ˈ’	Tell him “Your majesty, I am a stranger and I have come to your kingdom that you may know [in case of] theft or mur-der, so that you may know that you have strangers among your subjects, that my voice may be heard.”
	xzi, xzì,ˈ xzay mà ʾaqәl! ’e.ˈ ‘hàtxa murre! ṣapra wət ʿzima gebi d-yaðәt ʾiθәn hәnna naše nuxraye gawәt ʾàθrux.ˈ’ har ʾati u-ma xət ʾiθ hənna dìyyux,ˈ xuḷàmux u-xəddàmux.ˈ xuḷàmux yaʿni,ˈ gùre.ˈ’ xzi, xzì,ˈ xzay mà ʾaqәl! ’e.ˈ ‘hàtxa murre! ṣapra wət ʿzima gebi d-yaðәt ʾiθәn hәnna naše nuxraye gawәt ʾàθrux.ˈ’ har ʾati u-ma xət ʾiθ hənna dìyyux,ˈ xuḷàmux u-xəddàmux.ˈ xuḷàmux yaʿni,ˈ gùre.ˈ’	Look how wise of her! ‘Tell him this. ‘Tomorrow, you will be invited to my house that you may know, I mean, that you have strangers living in your country. You and all those that are with you, your servants and entourage, your servants, I mean [your] men.’
	k-imər ‘štàwe.ˈ’ hemən qəmle zəlle məre ṭaleḥ. k-imər ‘bro-ni,ˈ štàwe.ˈ ʾiðeli wət ʾàxxa u-ḥàle,ˈ də̀xi.ˈ’ k-imər ‘štàwe.ˈ’ hemən qəmle zəlle məre ṭaleḥ. k-imər ‘bro-ni,ˈ štàwe.ˈ ʾiðeli wət ʾàxxa u-ḥàle,ˈ də̀xi.ˈ’	‘All right,’ he said. He went and told [the king]. The king said ‘All right, my son. I know that you are here and so on, [but] how [should I come].’
	k-imәr ‘la,ˈ wət ʿzìma,ˈ là-g-bare ʾustaði... hole màra,ˈ yaʿni garag, gàrag ʾaθәt,ˈ ʾati u-xuḷamwàθux,ˈ ʾaθutu saʿa b-ʾàwqa.ˈ’ k-imər ‘štàwe.ˈ’ k-imәr ‘la,ˈ wət ʿzìma,ˈ là-g-bare ʾustaði... hole màra,ˈ yaʿni garag, gàrag ʾaθәt,ˈ ʾati u-xuḷamwàθux,ˈ ʾaθutu saʿa b-ʾàwqa.ˈ’ k-imər ‘štàwe.ˈ’	He said ‘No, you are invited, this cannot be. My master says [this], I mean, please do come, you and your servants, you shall come at such and such time.’ The king said ‘All right.’
	qәmla mrәmla gyànaḥ,ˈ wәðla ʾixalane ʾaškā̀l,ˈ ʾalwā̀n.ˈ qam-ʾawðale ṣәfra qam-hәnnàle.ˈ ʾè.ˈ θela ʾay xә̀rta,ˈ zәllay xulàme,ˈ zә̀llay.ˈ θele ʾawa xәnna malka u-xuḷamwaθeḥ θèlay.ˈ qәmlay qamәḥ.ˈ qәmla mrәmla gyànaḥ,ˈ wәðla ʾixalane ʾaškā̀l,ˈ ʾalwā̀n.ˈ qam-ʾawðale ṣәfra qam-hәnnàle.ˈ ʾè.ˈ θela ʾay xә̀rta,ˈ zәllay xulàme,ˈ zә̀llay.ˈ θele ʾawa xәnna malka u-xuḷamwaθeḥ θèlay.ˈ qәmlay qamәḥ.ˈ	She got ready for the occasion and prepared all sorts of foods. She prepared the table. The other woman came. The servants arrived and then the king and his servants came. They all stood up [in respect of the king].
	ʾawa piša čardaṣàli.ˈ jwanqa piša u-julleḥ kàšxa.ˈ max la p-payәš max qamàyθa,ˈ b-zale b-maθewa qàyse.ˈ qam-ʾawðale màlka,ˈ pәšle hàtxa.ˈ ʾawa piša čardaṣàli.ˈ jwanqa piša u-julleḥ kàšxa.ˈ max la p-payәš max qamàyθa,ˈ b-zale b-maθewa qàyse.ˈ qam-ʾawðale màlka,ˈ pәšle hàtxa.ˈ	The young man had grown up into a young man of four-teen days. He had grown to a very handsome young man, dressed very elegantly. He had changed since the time when he used to transport wood. She made him [like a] king, this what he was like [now].
	u-ʾaya θela lwәšta šal u-šàppәk.ˈ hàm ʾaya lwәšta šal u-šàppәk,ˈ ʾaya.ˈ hola lwәšta šal u-šàppәk.ˈ la k-iðe d-ʾila bràteḥ.ˈ muθelay ʾixala u-drelay u-wә̀ðlay.ˈ qamayθa ʾәθwa massìne.ˈ laθwa ḥanafiyyàθa way.ˈ’è.ˈ qәmle zәlle xә̀lle.ˈ k-әbe mxallәl ʾiðàθeḥ.ˈ qәmla šqilala massina u-qam-šaqlàla ʾaya b-ʾiðàḥ.ˈ ʾay bràteḥ,ˈ hola lwәšta šal u-šàppәk.ˈ u-ʾaya θela lwәšta šal u-šàppәk.ˈ hàm ʾaya lwәšta šal u-šàppәk,ˈ ʾaya.ˈ hola lwәšta šal u-šàppәk.ˈ la k-iðe d-ʾila bràteḥ.ˈ muθelay ʾixala u-drelay u-wә̀ðlay.ˈ qamayθa ʾәθwa massìne.ˈ laθwa ḥanafiyyàθa way.ˈ’è.ˈ qәmle zәlle xә̀lle.ˈ k-әbe mxallәl ʾiðàθeḥ.ˈ qәmla šqilala massina u-qam-šaqlàla ʾaya b-ʾiðàḥ.ˈ ʾay bràteḥ,ˈ hola lwәšta šal u-šàppәk.ˈ	She came wearing šal and šappik, yes, she too was wearing šal and šappik, indeed, she was wearing šal and šappik. [The king] didn’t know that she was his own daughter. They served the food and so forth. In the past there was earthen-ware [for washing]. There were no water taps. She took the earthenware herself. [It was] his daughter, wearing šal and šappik.
	k-imәr ‘là,ˈ baxt d-ʾalàha.ˈ ʾati yaʿni dә̀xi?ˈ ʾati yaʿni ʾaw zәṛṛa hәnna u-ḥal ʾàti.ˈ mšadәr xuḷàmux.ˈ’ qam-šaqlala kafìyaḥ.ˈ ʾegət xère,ˈ kәple rèše.ˈ k-imər ‘ʾàyat,’ k-imər ‘ʿàdәl=iwat,ˈ ʿàdәl.ˈ yaʿni bàxta k-uða,ˈ k-uða bàyθa.ˈ k-imәr ‘là,ˈ baxt d-ʾalàha.ˈ ʾati yaʿni dә̀xi?ˈ ʾati yaʿni ʾaw zәṛṛa hәnna u-ḥal ʾàti.ˈ mšadәr xuḷàmux.ˈ’ qam-šaqlala kafìyaḥ.ˈ ʾegət xère,ˈ kәple rèše.ˈ k-imər ‘ʾàyat,’ k-imər ‘ʿàdәl=iwat,ˈ ʿàdәl.ˈ yaʿni bàxta k-uða,ˈ k-uða bàyθa.ˈ	‘God forbid, how [can] you [do this]? [You are] a no-bleman, send your servants.’ [At that], she took off her keffiyeh. When he saw, he hung his head [in shame]. He said ‘You are right. You are right indeed. It is the woman who builds a home.’
	b-ʾәddàna qəmle mšudere xuḷamwàθa.ˈ də ‘sawqu sawu maθu xa dahola u-ẓùṛna.ˈ’ šawʾà yomane dahola u-ẓəṛna wәðlu daʿwa ṭàleḥ.ˈ qәmlay.ˈ qəmlay way wәðlu daʿwa ṭàleḥ,ˈ hà,ˈ u-qam-barxilay l-uxðàðe.ˈ b-ʾәddàna qəmle mšudere xuḷamwàθa.ˈ də ‘sawqu sawu maθu xa dahola u-ẓùṛna.ˈ’ šawʾà yomane dahola u-ẓəṛna wәðlu daʿwa ṭàleḥ.ˈ qәmlay.ˈ qəmlay way wәðlu daʿwa ṭàleḥ,ˈ hà,ˈ u-qam-barxilay l-uxðàðe.ˈ	He immediately sent his servants and told them ‘bring the flute and drum’ and held a wedding feast for them for sev-en days. They held a marriage celebration for him and gave them a blessing.
	m-tama θèli,ˈ mәθeli ṭḷaθa xabùše,ˈ xa ta Màdu,ˈ xa ṭaḷi u-xa ta d-mera ḥakkòθa.ˈ ʿàdәl=ila?...ʿàdәl wela?ˈ ṭḷaθà xabuše,ˈ xa ṭali xa ta Màdu,ˈ xa ta d-mere ḥakkòθa.ˈ m-tama θèli,ˈ mәθeli ṭḷaθa xabùše,ˈ xa ta Màdu,ˈ xa ṭaḷi u-xa ta d-mera ḥakkòθa.ˈ ʿàdәl=ila?...ʿàdәl wela?ˈ ṭḷaθà xabuše,ˈ xa ṭali xa ta Màdu,ˈ xa ta d-mere ḥakkòθa.ˈ	I came from there with three apples, one for Madu, one for myself and one for the storyteller. ‘That’s fair, isn’t it? One for Madu, one for me, and one for the storyteller.

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(1 0:00)ʾana šәmmi Madlèn=ile,ˈ brat Pattu Nagàra.ˈ šәmmət babi Hòrmәs.ˈ šәmmət yәmmi Làyya.ˈ ham šәmmət babaḥ hàm Hormәs.ˈ ʿumri tmani u-ʾarbà šәnne=le,ˈ ʾarba,ˈ xamša.ˈ yaʿni ṛàbθa=iwan laywan hәnna...ˈ zùrta, ʾe.ˈ(2)ʾәθwa xa naša ʾәθwale ṭlaθa bnàθa.ˈ màlka wewa.ˈ ʾәθwale ṭlaθa bnaθa.ˈ qәmle xa qam-yawәlla ta brāt  malka xa ta brāt wazìr.ˈ pәšla ʾay zùrta.ˈ ʾe.ˈ pәšla xә̀kla.ˈ xә̀kla.ˈ pəšle bə-mara bàbaḥ,ˈ xazəx ʾàti măni b-gawrat.ˈ’(3)k-əmra kut hawe rә̀zqi.ˈ k-imər qay?ˈ mằni k-iwәð hәnna?ˈ k-imər ʾani pәšlay bàyθa u-kud xa ʾәtte bayθa u-zangī̀n =ilay.ˈ k-imərra,ˈ qay,ˈ mằni k-iwәð bayθa?ˈ baxta ʾәn gàwra?ˈ k-imәr ṭalaḥ.ˈ k-әmra bàxta.ˈ(4)k-imәr də̀x k-uða baxta?ˈ ʾani gweray tərwe zangī̀n,ˈ xa ʾәbrət wazira xa brunət qàḍi.ˈ ʾati madam merax faqī̀r=lay,ˈ bàxta k-uða bayθa,ˈ waʿduθa hoya b-yawәnnax ta xa faqìra.ˈ(5)tuxmә̀lla,ˈ k-əmra ʾay... yaʿni ʿadòle=le babi.ˈ b-awәð hàdax.ˈ qamayθa ʾәθwa... mnaqšìwa.ˈ qәmla mì wәðla?ˈ šqәlla xakma ḥàzna ʾәθwala gu beθa,ˈ xa ʾarba xamša meter hadax u-xakma sènti, u-xakma xmaṭa, xmaṭàθa.ˈ(6)mere ʾana mapqәnnax bas daryat ʿabàya b-rešax u-napqat ʾaxòp.ˈ xazәx dә̀x b-awðat bayθa.ˈ b-yawәnnax ta xa faqìra.ˈ’ là muḥkәla.ˈ k-imәr bas b-ʿabàya hәnna b-zàləx.ˈ(7)qәmle zәlle mere ta hәnna,ˈ ta xuḷàma,ˈ xa ʾәṣṛa yomàne hatxa,ˈ k-imәr xuḷàma! k-imәr mì?ˈ k-imәr si l-màydan,ˈ si xzi ʾema ʾiθ faqìra,ˈ bas là hawe raba.ˈ yaʿni zòra hawe,ˈ la hawe hә̀nna.ˈ xzi mằni=le faqira,ˈ yaʿni g-maθe qàyse.ˈ(8)qamayθa g-maθewa qàyse.ˈ hatxa g-maθewa d-ʿayšiwa mən mi māθèwa.ˈ k-iziwa l-qayse gә-mzabnìwalay.ˈ(9)xzele xa qәṣṣa jwànqe=le hatxa xaʾa.ˈ qam-xāzèle.ˈ k-imәr hayyu! màlka bәqrayux.ˈ’ k-imәr bàba,ˈ ʾana mì kәbe malka mәn-ni?ˈ  ʾana xa naša faqìra,ˈ jәlli jìqe,ˈ ʾana mì kәbe mәnni?ˈ là k-iθәn.ˈ(10)k-imәr ‘hàyyu! ʾən malka... yaʿni ʾibux ʾamrәt là?’ k-imər ‘là.ˈ’ ‘p-qaṭè rešux! kəbe štàwe.ˈ’ qam-māθèle brona.ˈ qam-xāzele b-srubar  u-ḥàle.ˈ(11)k-imər ‘hàyyu!’ k-imər ‘mà?’ k-imər ‘ʾay bràti qam-yāwәnna ṭalux.ˈ’ k-imər ‘ʾàna?ˈ daxi xa naša faqìra?’ k-imәr ‘ʾana meri ʾay brati wilali ṭàlux.ˈ’(12)qәmla brata šmèla.ˈ là ʾiðele babaḥ.ˈ u-šqәlla ʿabaya wәðla hàdax.ˈ(13)k-imər,‘sì,ˈ xazəx ʾәn wәðlax bàyθa.ˈ xaθwaθax kulla gweray zangī̀n,ˈ bàxta k-uða.ˈ gàwra k-iwәð bayθa.ˈ xazəx ʾàti ʾibax ʾawðat bayθa,ˈ b-awðat bàyθa.ˈ’(14)qәmla mì wәðla?ˈ mì wәðla?ˈ qәmla zә̀lle... qam-šaqlale u-zә̀lla.ˈ k-әmra‘tu ʾamrannux! da ʾana qam-yāwәlli bàbi,ˈ ḥāl ḥawal qәṣṣi hàtxa=yla.ˈ bas mor daha ʾana... là-k-šaqlәtti.ˈ mor waʿdùθa hawya,ˈ ma d-ʾamrànnux,ˈ ʾàwðәt b-xàbri,ˈ ʾana p-šaqlànnux.ˈ da-ha là-k-šaqlannux.ˈ’(15)k-imər ‘waʿduθa ʾustàtti.ˈ’ yaʿni ʾiðèle,ˈ ʾiðèle ʾawa.ˈ ‘ʾuʾustatti mà d-amrat b-ʾoðәn b-xàbrax.ˈ’ k-ərma ‘də-štàwe.ˈ’ qəmla b-ay ʾəddana qam-ʿadlala qupràna wewa ma t-wewa.ˈ qam-ʿadlala qam-ʾawðàla.ˈ qəmla deθər yoma qèmla.ˈ qam-faṣlale ʾan hənna... xàzna.ˈ qəmla tula b-naqòše.ˈ mnoqəšla xàkma.ˈ k-əmra ‘se mzàbənnay!’ zəlle mzubnìle.ˈ(16)mnuqəšla xa dasta xə̀rta,ˈ ‘si mzàbenna.ˈ’ mzubə̀nnay.ˈ ‘se swun xàzna!’ zwə̀nne.ˈ ‘se zwun xa xmàṭa.ˈ’ qam-malpàle kul məndi.ˈ qam-ʾawðila xa...ˈ xa hәnna... bàyθa.ˈ(17)k-əmra dә ‘sì!ˈ’ k-imər-a ‘mì?ˈ’ k-әmra ʾati xzi mà d-ʾamrannux,ˈ babi hàtxa mere.ˈ k-imər ‘waʿdùθa,ˈ mà d-ʾamrat...ˈ k-imәr waʿad ʿàrabi k-imәr mà d-ʾamrat,ˈ hàdax.ˈ’(18)k-әmra,ʾiθ xakma šaxṣìyye,ˈ mux danna naše ṛàbe u-ʾani hatxa naše rabe yatwi g-čayxàna,ˈ g-maḥke xabṛanət ʾàqle.ˈ là-g-maḥkay maḥkyaθət maḥšum dət hәnna... dət ʾanni... la,ˈ yaʿni,ˈ la basìme,ˈ mәn dani sarsariyye u-ḥàle hәnna.ˈ(19)xa k-imәr ʾana hatxa u-xa ʾànna,ˈ măni k-iwəð bàyθa.ˈ u-xәnna k-imәr kùl məndi u-xa k-imәr hàtxa—kul mәndi b-lәbbət naša basìma.ˈ xaʾa k-imer‘k-iðәt ʾiman=ile lәbbət naša basìma?ˈ(20)k-imәr ‘màha?’ ‘gu bàyθeḥ,’ k-imәr. ʾayi mәṣәθle.ˈ k-imәr ‘lәbbət naša basima gu bàyθeḥ=ile.ˈ’(21)ʾayi ʾegət xere mәṣәθle qam-māxele xa zәṛa čәllàqa.ˈ k-imər ‘mì d-hәnna,ˈ màṣәθ?’ k-imәr ‘là,ˈ ʾustàði,ʾay dukθa wewa bә-xyàka,’ k-imər.ˈ ‘ʾana-ši fәtli hatxa qàmux.ˈ’(22)qam-ʾarele ʾay xàbra,ˈ gu pàθeḥ,ˈ u-qam-gāṛәšla naθeḥ.ˈ qam-hәnnәlle,ˈ qam-māxele b-xa zәṛṛa čәllàqa.ˈ ʾay paθeḥ smә̀qla m-xa zәṛṛa čәllàqa,ˈ ʿàpu,ˈ qam-maxèle ʾәlle.ˈ ‘mì d-maṣoθe?ˈ ˈ’(23)‘la ʾustàði,ˈ har hàtxa...’ k-imәr.ˈ dә ‘sì!’ qәmle zә̀lle.ˈ θele l-bayθa là muḥkele.ˈ k-әmra ‘zә̀llux?ˈ zә̀llux ḥale?’ k-imər ‘è,ˈ b-izàla=wən,ˈ holay maḥkoye ḥal ta gyànay.ˈ’ k-əmra ‘štàwe.ˈ’(24)pәšla xa yoma u-tre ṭlàθa,ˈ hole b-izala xazele šula.ˈ k-әmri ‘hu! ba màlka,ˈ hole ʾiθ xa ḥàywan,ˈ hole ʾәrya ṃàye.ˈ ʾәrya max d-karmàne,ˈ ḥàywan ʾәrya ʾan ṃaye.ˈ max sә̀kra=le,ˈ ʾә̀rye,ˈ lelu bә-šwaqa ṃàye,ˈ bə-zala l-karmàne.ˈ’(25)k-imər ‘dә̀xi?’ k-imər ‘lelu bә-šwàqa,ˈ zala l-karmàne.ˈ’ k-əmri ‘ma! kud ʾay zala qaṭә̀lle ʾaw ḥàywan,ˈ malka b-yawәl ʾawqa lìre.ˈ ʾawqa pàre,ˈ lìre b-yawәlle.ˈ’ u-qәmlay bә-qraya bə-mara hàtxa.ˈ ʾawa šmèle.ˈ(26)zәlle k-imər ‘ʾustatti,ˈ ʾustàtti!’ k-әmra ‘màha?’ k-imәr ‘ʾitù! daha p-pešax zàngin.ˈ’ k-əmra ‘gu mì p-pešax zangin?ˈ’(27)k-imәr ‘ḥal ḥawal d-malka hàtxa=yle,ˈ bas mi=la?ˈ bère=la,ˈ ʿamùqta=la bere.ʾәn ʾay bere b-ʾawri gàwaḥ,ˈ b-yaṣrìle ʾe xarta dìyyeḥ,ˈ kamara diyyeḥ b-yaṣrìle.ˈ ʾәn mәθle,ˈ b-garšìle u-ʾәn ʾawe ṣàḥ ši,ˈ hàm b-garšile.ˈ dәx t-hàwe.ˈ hàtxa pәšla.ˈ malka b-yawәlle ʾàwqa.ˈ’(28)‘k-әmra dә ‘si qrile ʾaw naša d-mere ṭàlux.ˈ’ zәlle qam-qārèle ʾaw naša.ˈ k-imər dә ‘hàyyu,ˈ hola ʾustatti bә-qràyallux,’ k-imər.ˈ k-əmra ʾana ʾay da b-aθe ʾayi mә̀nnux,ˈ xòni, k-əmra ṭaleḥ.ˈ yaʿni, mera xòni.ˈ ‘b-aθe mә̀nnux,ˈ bas k-әban làššeḥ.ˈ ʾәn hawe mìθa,ˈ ʾәn hawe ṣàḥ,ˈ màθәtte ṭali,ˈ šmèlux?ˈ ’(29)k-imər ‘dә̀xi hadax?’ ‘daha b-yawәtte ʾawqa pàre.ˈ hole bə-myàθa.ˈ balki mә̀θle,ˈ ʾan pare d-šaqlannay ṭàli=way.ˈ’ k-imər štàwe.ˈ’(30)qәmle zә̀lle,ˈ holay ʾibe ʾәsrì naše.ˈ k-əmri ‘mằni b-napәl gu day bere?’ k-imәr ‘ʾana.ˈ’ ‘dә̀xi ʾati?’ k-әmri. qә̀mlay,ˈ qam-ʾārele u-yaṣrile.ˈ qam-šaytile gu bera ʾamùqta.ˈ šaytile gu ʾay bere,ˈ raḥuqa m-axxa ʾalpì naqle.ˈ(31)tama-š màθa=ila,ˈ là-kyan mi=la.ˈ kullay holay hatxa—kullay raḥuqa m-àxxa—kullay yale zore d-màlke,ˈ hole qṭiʾe rèšay,ˈ hole šәklay dәrya tàma.ˈ(32)‘’u ho!’ k-imәr ‘xzi ʾamrә̀nnux,ˈ’ ḥàywan.ˈ k-imər ‘ʾana nàša weli,ˈ pәšli max hә̀nna.ˈ k-iwәt bə-xzàya.ˈ’ yaʿni raḥuqa m-àxxa,ˈ k-imər, ‘ʾaya ʾaṣәrta ʾayya dukθa pәšla ṭàlux,ˈ ʾìla,ˈ pә̀šla.ˈ ʾәn ʾiðèlux šarṭ dìyyi,ˈ waʿdùθa,ˈ ʾàti njәḥlux.ˈ ʾәn là ʾaθe,ˈ rešux pəšla ḅàne. ˈ(33)k-imәr ‘ya ḥàywan,ˈ mà d-kәbәt,ˈ mù ʾegәt...ʾәn dinət ʾàlaha,ˈ wiðaḥ hә̀nna,ˈ šàrṭ diyyux,ˈ ʾәn ʾawðә̀nne,ˈ njә̀ḥli.ˈ u-ʾәn là ši,ˈ šud màyθәn.ˈ’ k-imәr ‘ʾè.ˈ’(34)ʾәθwa ṭliba u-ṭlә̀bta ši,ˈ we wiðe hàtxa,ˈ ham ʾani way yṣìre.ˈ ʾani hatxa pṣә̀xlay gu dayi jwanqa,ˈ hole bə-θaya hàtxa,ˈ hatxa hole maḥkòye.ˈ k-imәr ‘lәbbət naša gu mì=le basima? gu kabàbe,ˈ gu bәryàne,ˈ kubebe dìqe?ˈ’(35)k-imәr ‘là.ˈ’ k-imәr ‘lәbbәt naša gu bàyθeḥ.ˈ’ ‘də̀x gu bayθeḥ?’ ‘ʾәn lәbbux hawe basima gu bàyθux,ˈ bàxtux,ˈ ʿayál dìyyux,ˈ ʾәn lәbbux basìma,ˈ lәbbət naše basìma.ˈ’ k-imәr ‘mihi?’ npәxle,ˈ npәxle,ˈ npә̀xle. k-imər ‘mdaglə̀tti!ˈ’(36)k-imər lәbbәt naše gu dani basìma,ˈ gu beθət nàša.ˈ’ ṭlaθa ge mere—maḥšum mәnnàwxu—bqèle ʾaw ḥeywan.ˈ ʾegət bqèle ʾaw ḥaywan,ˈ ṃaye zә̀llay.ˈ ṃaye zә̀llay.ˈ(37)ṭliba u-ṭlәbta=š wewa ṣiray.ˈ ham ʾanay pәšlay bə-xpàra. k-imәr ‘šqulun,ˈ mḷáwloxun pàre,ˈ u-mà dət k-әbutu.ˈ qәmle šqәlle qam-maḷele ʾә̀bbeḥ.ˈ qam-maḷele u-hwәlle ta dan xәnne šì.ˈ qәmlay là-ybay garšile.ˈ ʾegәt qam-garšìle,ˈ zәllay mara ta màlka.ˈ k-əmri ‘malka! ‘ṃaye θèlay.ˈ xaʾa hàtxa wәðle.ˈ’ k-imər ‘màθawle ʾaxxa!ˈ’(38)qәmlay pθәxlay ṃaye zәllay,ˈ u-ʾawa zәlle ʾan pare qam-yāwәllay ta ta ṭlәbteḥ,ˈ štàwe.ˈ qәmla zәlla mə̀nne.ˈ k-imәr ‘ʾayya ʾawqa ši ṭàlux.ˈ’ k-imәr dә ‘yaḷḷa,’ də ‘tù.ˈ xazәx màni b-awәð bayθa.ˈ(39)‘pәšlay xa ʾәsrà yomane.ˈ dә ‘qu! si maθi xa muxwàθoxun,ˈ xa banàya,ˈ mhàndәs,ˈ mhandәs handәsla ʾay ʾằra.ˈ’ ’e,ˈ qam-zāwәnna,ˈ zwәnne ʾằra.ˈ’ u-qam-mhandәsila u-qam-maʿmәrila qàsṛa,ˈ bә̀š mәn daw malka,ˈ k-imər bә̀š ʾawwa ʿali mәn daw d-màlka.ˈ(40)qәmle qam-maʿmәrila u-ʾayi yala pәšle jwanqa yoma to yòmaˈ u-ʾayi ṭlәbta=š k-əmra là k-šaqlannux ḥәl babi...ˈ ʾana dә̀x p-šaqlannux?ˈ dət yaðe măni k-iwәð bàyθa.ˈ’(41)ʾәn baxta hawya ʾàqәl,ˈ baxta g-malpa gàwra.ˈ yaʿni lèwan mara gawṛa layweʾàqәl,ˈ bas baxta ʾәn hawya ʾàqәl,ˈ marxәša gàwra,ˈ hawe tafàhәm b-raxәš šùlay.ˈ b-raxәš bayθa p-payәš tafa-hum buxðàðe.ˈ ʾәn baxta là ʾawða bayθa,ˈ zәlle bàyθa.ˈ lela hatxa bròni?ˈ’(42)hemәn qәmla muʿmera bayθa u-wә̀ðla.ˈ k-әmra ‘xzi ʾamrànnux.ˈ’ k-imər ‘mì?’ k-əmra ‘daha b-awðan ʾixàla,ˈ u-b-awðan ʾixala,ˈ daha ʾədyu u-ṣapra b-awðan ʾixàla.ˈ(43)u-ʾati zalux kәb màlka.ˈ xzi ʾamrànnux.ˈ malka,ˈ babi ḥal u-ḥawal hàtxa=yle.ˈ ma d-iyat mә̀rta,ˈ yaʿni b-xàbrax pәšle way.ˈ ‘k-imər ‘è.ˈ’(44)‘si kәb màlka.ˈ’ u-xәple u-msele u-pәšle jwànqa,ˈ xa zәṛṛa jwànqa.ˈ ‘tu qameḥ,ˈ ʾәgәt qayәm malka: “ha jwanqa mì wət ʾәθya?”(45)‘mur ṭàleḥ “ba ʾana xa naša nuxràya=ʾiyәn,ˈ hun ʾәθya gu dayi ʾàθrux,ˈ ha,ˈ d-yaðәt yaʿni yaðәt xa ganawùθe=la,ˈ xa qṭàle=la,ˈ d-yaði ʾәttux naše nuxràye,ˈ yaʿni d-ʾaθe hawar dìyyi.ˈ’(46)xzi, xzì,ˈ xzay mà ʾaqәl! ’e.ˈ ‘hàtxa murre! ṣapra wət ʿzima gebi d-yaðәt ʾiθәn hәnna naše nuxraye gawәt ʾàθrux.ˈ’ har ʾati u-ma xət ʾiθ hənna dìyyux,ˈ xuḷàmux u-xəddàmux.ˈ xuḷàmux yaʿni,ˈ gùre.ˈ’(47)k-imər ‘štàwe.ˈ’ hemən qəmle zəlle məre ṭaleḥ. k-imər ‘bro-ni,ˈ štàwe.ˈ ʾiðeli wət ʾàxxa u-ḥàle,ˈ də̀xi.ˈ’(48)k-imәr ‘la,ˈ wət ʿzìma,ˈ là-g-bare ʾustaði... hole màra,ˈ yaʿni garag, gàrag ʾaθәt,ˈ ʾati u-xuḷamwàθux,ˈ ʾaθutu saʿa b-ʾàwqa.ˈ’ k-imər ‘štàwe.ˈ’(49)qәmla mrәmla gyànaḥ,ˈ wәðla ʾixalane ʾaškā̀l,ˈ ʾalwā̀n.ˈ qam-ʾawðale ṣәfra qam-hәnnàle.ˈ ʾè.ˈ θela ʾay xә̀rta,ˈ zәllay xulàme,ˈ zә̀llay.ˈ θele ʾawa xәnna malka u-xuḷamwaθeḥ θèlay.ˈ qәmlay qamәḥ.ˈ(50)ʾawa piša čardaṣàli.ˈ jwanqa piša u-julleḥ kàšxa.ˈ max la p-payәš max qamàyθa,ˈ b-zale b-maθewa qàyse.ˈ qam-ʾawðale màlka,ˈ pәšle hàtxa.ˈ(51)u-ʾaya θela lwәšta šal u-šàppәk.ˈ hàm ʾaya lwәšta šal u-šàppәk,ˈ ʾaya.ˈ hola lwәšta šal u-šàppәk.ˈ la k-iðe d-ʾila bràteḥ.ˈ muθelay ʾixala u-drelay u-wә̀ðlay.ˈ qamayθa ʾәθwa massìne.ˈ laθwa ḥanafiyyàθa way.ˈ’è.ˈ qәmle zәlle xә̀lle.ˈ k-әbe mxallәl ʾiðàθeḥ.ˈ qәmla šqilala massina u-qam-šaqlàla ʾaya b-ʾiðàḥ.ˈ ʾay bràteḥ,ˈ hola lwәšta šal u-šàppәk.ˈ(52)k-imәr ‘là,ˈ baxt d-ʾalàha.ˈ ʾati yaʿni dә̀xi?ˈ ʾati yaʿni ʾaw zәṛṛa hәnna u-ḥal ʾàti.ˈ mšadәr xuḷàmux.ˈ’ qam-šaqlala kafìyaḥ.ˈ ʾegət xère,ˈ kәple rèše.ˈ k-imər ‘ʾàyat,’ k-imər ‘ʿàdәl=iwat,ˈ ʿàdәl.ˈ yaʿni bàxta k-uða,ˈ k-uða bàyθa.ˈ(53)b-ʾәddàna qəmle mšudere xuḷamwàθa.ˈ də ‘sawqu sawu maθu xa dahola u-ẓùṛna.ˈ’ šawʾà yomane dahola u-ẓəṛna wәðlu daʿwa ṭàleḥ.ˈ qәmlay.ˈ qəmlay way wәðlu daʿwa ṭàleḥ,ˈ hà,ˈ u-qam-barxilay l-uxðàðe.ˈ(54)m-tama θèli,ˈ mәθeli ṭḷaθa xabùše,ˈ xa ta Màdu,ˈ xa ṭaḷi u-xa ta d-mera ḥakkòθa.ˈ ʿàdәl=ila?...ʿàdәl wela?ˈ ṭḷaθà xabuše,ˈ xa ṭali xa ta Màdu,ˈ xa ta d-mere ḥakkòθa.ˈ

Translation:

(1 0:00)My name is Madeline, the daughter of Pattu Nagara. His father’s name is Hurmez. My mother’s name is ...Layya. Her father’s name is Hurmez too. I am eighty-four or eighty-five years old. I mean, I’m elderly, I am not, young, indeed.(2)There was a man who had three daughters. He was a king. He had three daughters. He married one of them to a king’s son, the other to the minister’s son. The youngest one remained. She started laughing, she laughed. Her father said ‘let’s see who you are going to marry.’(3)She said ‘whoever happens to be my fortune.’ He said ‘how? Who is it that [can] do this? [Your sisters] have a home, they each have a [new] home and are well-off. How, who [is it that] builds a home, a woman or a man?’ he said. ‘The woman,’ she said.(4)‘But how come it is a woman who builds a home? [Your sisters] have married two rich people. One of them is the son of a minister and the other one the sone of a judge. [Since] you, madame, said they are poor and [that it is] the woman [who] builds a home, then I promise to marry you to a poor man,’ he said.(5)She thought and said ‘my father is serious and he will do it,’ she said. In the past, there was... people used to embroider. What did she do? She took some white fabric she had at home, some four or five meters and a few centimeters and some needles.(6)He said ‘I will take you out. You will only put on your abaya and leave empty-handed. Let’s see how you build a home. I’ll give you to a poor man.’ She said nothing. He said ‘we shall go with only your clothes on.’(7)Then, after some ten days, he said to his servant ‘serv-ant!’ He said ‘yes?’ ‘Go to the market square and find a poor but a young man, not an old one. Find who is poor, that is, [someone who] transports wood.’(8)In the past, [people] used to transport wood. They would bring it [to town] to make a living from what they brought. They would go to [collect] wood and sell it.(9)He found a man with wood who was young, like this. He saw him and said ‘come! The King is calling you.’ He said ‘Oh goodness, what does the king want from me when I am only a poor man in ragged clothes, what does he want from me? I won’t come.’(10)He said ‘Come! If the king... I mean, can you say “no”?’ ‘No,’ he said. ‘He will behead you. It must be.’ The young man [lit. son] came. [The king] saw him in his state.(11)‘Come!’ said the king. ‘Yes [your majesty]?’ he said. [The king] said ‘this daughter I have given to you [as your wife].’ ‘But how [when I am only] a poor man?’ ‘I told you, I have given you this daughter.’(12)The daughter overheard her father, [but] he did not notice.(13)He said ‘go! Let’s see if you can establish a good home.’ All your sisters married rich men, [and you are telling me it is the] woman [who] builds [a home]. [But it is] the man [who] builds a home. Let’s see [if] you can build a home, you shall build a home.’(14)What did she do? What did she do? She got up, he went... she took [the young man] and went. ‘Sit down, I shall tell you something. My father has given me to you, but this is my real story. However, you must say that I, that is, you are not going to marry me.’ You must promise me [that] you shall do what-ever I tell you to. [Then] I will marry you. I’m not going to marry you now.’(15)He said ‘I promise, my lady.’ I mean he understood, he understood. ‘Whatever you say, I will do.’ She said ‘All right.’ Then she tidied up the shed, or whatever it was. The next morning, she cut the white linen into shapes and started em-broidering. She embroidered some of the pieces and said ‘Go and sell them.’ He went and sold them.(16)She embroidered another piece [and told him] ‘Sell it.’ He sold [it]. ‘Go and buy one needle.’ She taught him every-thing. They made for themselves a house.(17)She said ‘Go!’ She said ‘Look, whatever I tell you... that... this is what my father said.’ ‘I promise, whatever you say’—it is an Arab promise—he said ‘I’ll do whatever you say. so [it will be].’(18)She said ‘There are a few prominent people, men of honour, who sit in a café. They discuss intellectual matters, they don’t talk about immoral things that, I mean, that are not nice, [things of] said by dishonest, simple people and the like.’(19)[He went to visit those men.] One said ‘I am so-and-so, and ask about who builds a home. Another said all [sorts of] things and another said so and so—everything about happiness [lit. good in heart]. One said [asking] ‘When is a man is happy? It is only when one is in his own home.’(20)He said ‘What [is] it?’ ‘In his own home.’ [Meanwhile,] the poor man listened. One man said ‘A man’s heart is happy in his own home.’(21)As [the poor man] was listening, he slapped him hard on the face. He said ‘What [is it that] he’s listening [to us]?’ He said ‘No, sir, this part of my body was itching’—he said—‘[as] I passed in front of you.’(22)He told him this, in his face, and pulled his ear. He did this, he slapped him hard on his face. He slapped him so hard that his cheek reddened—excuse me—‘what [is it that you are] listening?’(23)‘No, sir, it was just...’ he said. ‘Go away!’ He went. He came home but said nothing. ‘Tell me, did you go? If you went then... [she asked whether he had gone]. ‘Yes, I was walking [past] and they are speaking to one another.’ ‘All right,’ she said.(24)After a day, two or three he was walking around, look-ing for a job. People said ‘Oh! By the king, there is a wild beast [which] is blocking the water.’ The beast holds up the water, the orchard water, for example. A wild beast has blocked the water. It has blocked it, [the water is] like a dam, the water is blocked, it’s not flowing to the orchards.(25)He said ‘How?’ They had said ‘[The water] is not flow-ing to the orchard. Anyone who goes and kills the animal, the king will give him a lot of gold coins. He will give him much money, gold coins.’ They began shouting out and announcing this. He heard them.(26)He went home. He said ‘My mistress!’ ‘What is it?’ she said. ‘Sit down, we will soon become rich!’ ‘How are we going to be rich?’(27)‘This is the decree of the king,’ he said. ‘But the problem is that it is a well, the well is deep, so the one who goes down has to be tied by the bottom, by the waist. If he dies, they would pull him out and if he is alive, they also pull him out. I mean, whatever might happen. I mean, this is the case. The king will give him a wealth.’(28)‘Go and call the man who told you about this. she said. He went to call the man saying, ‘Come, my lady wants you.’ She said ‘He will come with you, my brother will come with you.’ she said. That is, she called [him] ‘my brother.’ ‘But, dead or alive, I want you to bring me back his body, did you hear me?’ she said.(29)‘How so?’ [he said]. ‘You will now give the money, he is going to die, he may die, so the money which I take is for my-self.’ ‘All right.’ he said.(30)They went. There were about twenty people there. ‘Who will go down the well?’ they said. ‘I will go down,’ he said. ‘How?’ they said. They held him, tied him and lowered him into the deep well. They threw him down the well—God forbid [lit. a thousand times away].(31)Down the well was a big village, I don’t know [what ex-actly]. Everywhere, were kings’ young children who—God for-bid—were beheaded, their bodies placed there.(32)‘And look’—says the animal—‘look, I shall tell you some-thing,’ said the animal. ‘I was also a human being but became like this, you can see.’ God forbid this [from us]. He says ‘To-night, this place will become yours. If you meet my conditions, I promise that you win, otherwise, you [too] will be beheaded.’(33)He said ‘Oh animal, as you wish, tell me your question. If [it is] God’s will that I meet your condition is met, if I meet them, I win. If not, I shall die.’ He said ‘Well then.’(34)‘There was an engaged couple, like this, who were also tied up. The couple became very happy with this young man—he was a young man at the time, wasn’t he—who talked like this. ‘What makes a man’s heart happy? Kebab, biryani or cut-lets?’ he said.(35)He said ‘No.’ He said ‘A man’s heart [is pleased] at home.’ ‘How at home?’ [said the animal]. ‘If you are happy at home [with] your wife and children, if you are happy, [then] a man is [truly] happy.’ [The animal] said ‘What?’ and swelled greatly. ‘You are lying to me.(36)He said ‘A man is happy there, in his own home,’ he said. He repeated this three times at which the animal—excuse me—burst into pieces. At the animal’s burst, water began to flow. Yes, the water flowed.(37)The tied couple also began to dig. He said ‘fill [your clothes] for yourselves with money, as much as you desire.’ He filled [his shirt] with money and gave [some] to others too. They could not pull him up. When they did, they went to the king and told him. They said ‘Your majesty!’ ‘What?’ he said. ‘The water is flowing. Such-and-such has done it.’ ‘Bring him here!’ said the king.(38)They had opened the gateway for the water to flow and left. He left too and gave the money to his fiancé who had come with him. He said ‘This wealth is for you.’ ‘Let’s see who builds a home.’(39)About ten days went by. ‘Go and bring someone like you, a builder, an engineer, an engineer to make plans for this land. He bought it, he bought the plot of land where they planned and built a palace [greater] than the king’s, taller than the king’s.(40)So they built [the palace] and the young boy grew into a handsome young man by the day, but his fiancé said, ‘I’ll not marry you until my father... How shall I marry you? After [my father] knows who builds a home.(41)If a woman is wise, she can teach her husband. I don’t mean that men are not wise, but if a woman is wise, she can lead her husband and there is harmony between them, in the management of their affairs. and the affairs go smoothly. But if a woman doesn’t build a home, the home is ruined. Isn’t it true, my son?’(42)All right, she built the home and completed [it]. She said ‘Listen!’ He said ‘What?’ ‘I’m going to prepare food now. I’m going to prepare food now, today and tomorrow I shall make food.(43)You shall go to the king. Let me tell you that my father’s situation is such and such. ‘Whatever you have said, I mean, it will be according to your wish.’ He said yes.(44)‘Go to the king!’ He took a bath and put on clean clothes and [suddenly] looked like a young man, a handsome young man. ‘Wait before him. When the king wakes up, [he will say] “Well, young man, what have you come for?”(45)Tell him “Your majesty, I am a stranger and I have come to your kingdom that you may know [in case of] theft or mur-der, so that you may know that you have strangers among your subjects, that my voice may be heard.”(46)Look how wise of her! ‘Tell him this. ‘Tomorrow, you will be invited to my house that you may know, I mean, that you have strangers living in your country. You and all those that are with you, your servants and entourage, your servants, I mean [your] men.’(47)‘All right,’ he said. He went and told [the king]. The king said ‘All right, my son. I know that you are here and so on, [but] how [should I come].’(48)He said ‘No, you are invited, this cannot be. My master says [this], I mean, please do come, you and your servants, you shall come at such and such time.’ The king said ‘All right.’(49)She got ready for the occasion and prepared all sorts of foods. She prepared the table. The other woman came. The servants arrived and then the king and his servants came. They all stood up [in respect of the king].(50)The young man had grown up into a young man of four-teen days.  He had grown to a very handsome young man, dressed very elegantly. He had changed since the time when he used to transport wood. She made him [like a] king, this what he was like [now].(51)She came wearing šal and šappik, yes, she too was wearing šal and šappik, indeed, she was wearing šal and šappik. [The king] didn’t know that she was his own daughter. They served the food and so forth. In the past there was earthen-ware [for washing]. There were no water taps. She took the earthenware herself. [It was] his daughter, wearing šal and šappik.(52)‘God forbid, how [can] you [do this]? [You are] a no-bleman, send your servants.’ [At that], she took off her keffiyeh. When he saw, he hung his head [in shame]. He said ‘You are right. You are right indeed. It is the woman who builds a home.’(53)He immediately sent his servants and told them ‘bring the flute and drum’ and held a wedding feast for them for sev-en days. They held a marriage celebration for him and gave them a blessing.(54)I came from there with three apples, one for Madu,  one for myself and one for the storyteller. ‘That’s fair, isn’t it? One for Madu, one for me, and one for the storyteller.