Dohok, Christian: A dog and a ewe (folktale)

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0:00	1) ʾana Yawsip ʾEliša ʾIsḥàq mən Dŏ̀hok=iwən.ˈ yəmmi našət Mar Yàqu=la,ˈ šəmmaḥ Maryam Toma Jubràʾəl.ˈ dăha k-ibən ʾamrənuxun xa qəṣə̀tta,ˈ yaʿni,ˈ ḥaqìqatan,ˈ dət wằfa,ˈ d-kalba u-awànta.ˈ 2) ʾəθwa xà gaˈ xa kalba u-xa ʾawàna,ˈ yaʿni muxðàðe g-ʿayšiwa.ˈ xà yomaˈ k-əmra ʾawana ta kàlba,ˈ ‘xòni,ˈ xazuz har ʾana b-kalyan gawət bàyθa,ˈ u-àt,ˈ k-ìzət,ˈ kùt dukane b-jaylə̀ttay,ˈ u-k-əxlət u-k-šàtətˈ u-ʾana ʾaxxa, xa yoma lḕt mupqiˈ d-xazyan xa qesət čùl,ˈ ṛàʾyan.ˈ hàm hade qèsa, ʾəš d-awyan ʾana muxwàθux,ˈ qèsa napqan,ˈ qa săra yan gu čùl.ˈ paθəx lə̀bbi.’ˈ 3) ‘ʾe,ˈ xàθi,’ k-imər,ˈ ‘qay ʾìman merax ṭali d-la θeli ʾàna,ˈ mə̀nnax?’ˈ mhaymən qəmle npəqlay g-nābəlla l-čùl.ˈ zə̀llay,ˈ l-xa duka, maṛàʾya.ˈ pəšla bə-ṛàʾya ʾawanta tama.ˈ 4) kalba bà,ˈ har hole tiwa ču...ˈ bà,ˈ kalba là-k-ixəl gəlla,ˈ là-k-ixəl ʾənna,ˈ har hole ṣira.ˈ ham ʾawa kpə̀nne,ˈ ṣèle.ˈ k-imər ‘xàθi,ˈ ba qə̀ssa,ˈ ʾana kpənni u-ṣèli.ˈ xa qəssa b-zali l-bàyθa.ˈ b-xazən ma ʾiθən l-ixala məndi u-b-àθən.ˈ u-ati puš ḥal ʾàθən.’ˈ 5) ʾe k-əmra,ˈ ‘xòni,ˈ ʾati zalux dèhwa,ˈ ʾaθe mən ṭura ʾāxə̀lli.ˈ ba dằxi ʾana?’ˈ ʾe,ˈ k-imər,ˈ ‘xa qəssa mằšəlle,ˈ hal ʾaθən u-làttax šula.’ˈ k-imər,ˈ ‘lè-mašlən kabira.’ˈ k-əmraˈ ‘b-kèpux.ˈ də sì.’ˈ 6) ʾawa zə̀lle,ˈ là-fətle,ˈ là-msukere m-qamaya d-awànta,ˈ dèwa θele mən ṭura.ˈ xzele kalba lḕθ tama.ˈ θèleˈ u-mən tama bə-qyàma l-awanta.ˈ ‘dằxi ʾat ʾaθyat gawət koza diyi ṛàʾyat?ˈ u-ati mà ḥaq ʾəttax?ˈ u-ana dằ b-axlənnax.ˈ ma zā̀l ʾati θelaxˈ u-bə-ṛaʾya gu koza dìyi.’ˈ 7) ‘yaba,ˈ ʾay koza dìyan=ile.ˈ u-ʾati dăxi wət bə-mara dìyan=ile koza?ˈ ma ʾəttux məstanda b-yaðət koza dìyux?ˈ ʾəttux xa sahaða d-ile koza dìyux?ˈ màθi xa sahaða d-ile koza diyuxˈ ʾana ḥalàlta ṭalux.’ˈ k-imər,ˈ ‘ba,ˈ ʾən t-ila hadax b-zali maθax sahaða d-ile koza dìyi.’ˈ 8) zə̀lle l-ṭuraˈ qa d-maθe tèlaḥ,ˈ d- maθele telət sahað ṭàleḥ.ˈ θèle kalba.ˈ ‘ha xàθi,ˈ xu là-brele xa məndi?’ˈ k-əmra,ˈ ‘mhaymən ḥal u-masala hàtxa:ˈ θele dèhwa ʾəlliˈ d-āxə̀lli.ˈ u-meri ba, maθi xa sahaða d-ile koza dìyux,ˈ maṛaʾya dìyux,ˈ ʾana ḥalalta ṭàlux.ˈ ‘Qay b-āxləttli b-ḥaramùθa?’ˈ k-imər ‘hàtxa?’ˈ k-əmra ‘hè.’ˈ k-imər,ˈ ‘ba ʾana b-zali xu dawa kèpa.ˈ gu ʿədanət θèle,ˈ u-ʾana, ʾana, ʾàna,ˈ ʾàna ṭaleḥ.’ˈ 9) θèle,ˈ muθele tela dìyeḥ.ˈ ʿe,ˈ ʾaw=ž m-raḥùqa,ˈ ‘ʾa, ʾè!ˈ ʾay kozət ʾə̀nna=yle,ˈ ʾay koza dət dèhwa=yle.ˈ u-ʾati dằxi k-əθat ṛàʾyat biye?ˈ ʾay koza dìyeḥ=ile.’ˈ 10) ʾàma,ˈ k-əmrən ʾaygət àθay,ˈ garag b-yàmay t-ila diyeḥ.ˈ ʾaθay yàmay,ˈ maxe ʾiðe ʾəl ʾay kèpa.ˈ ‘si mxi ʾiðux l-ʾawa kepa ṭlaθà naqle,ˈ “maxe ʾəlli u-l-yàliˈ ʾən gə-mdàglənˈ ʾay koza d-dèhwa=yle.”ˈ u-làtlax šula.’ˈ 11) ʾàwa=žiˈ θele tèla.ˈ k-əmra ‘yàba,ˈ ʾən t-ile kòza,ˈ də si mxi ʾiðux l-ay ʾə̀nna,ˈ l-ay kèpa.ˈ ʾawa, ʾana ʾətti haymanùθa,ˈ ʾaw kepa, ʾən hawe koza dìyux,ˈ ʾàw kepaˈ štawe haymanùθi.ˈ mxì ʾiðux ṭlaθá naqle ʾəlle,ˈ mōr ʾay maxe ʾəlli u-l-yàliˈ ʾən g-əmdaglən ʾay kozət dèhwa=yle.’ˈ 12) hàm ʾaw zəlleˈ d-maxe ʾiðeḥ ʾəl-kèpa,ˈ wele k-xaze b-ʾaynət ʾə̀nna,ˈ ʾaynət kàlbaˈ mbalboṣe gawət kèpa.ˈ u-g-ʿàrəq u-k-izəl.ˈ u-kàlba θele,ˈ hjə̀mle ʾəllay.ˈ tərway kəm-parməšlay tàma.ˈ kəm-qāṭə̀llay.ˈ u-θèle,ˈ ʾawana=ži pəšla tàma,ˈ pəšle ḥàras ʾəlla,ˈ ḥal ʿāṣə̀rta,ˈ pəšla bə-ṛaʾya tàma.ˈ u-xlə̀ṣlaˈ u-θelay l-bàyθa.ˈ u-kùt šmele raḥme ṭaleḥ.ˈ 1) ʾana Yawsip ʾEliša ʾIsḥàq mən Dŏ̀hok=iwən.ˈ yəmmi našət Mar Yàqu=la,ˈ šəmmaḥ Maryam Toma Jubràʾəl.ˈ dăha k-ibən ʾamrənuxun xa qəṣə̀tta,ˈ yaʿni,ˈ ḥaqìqatan,ˈ dət wằfa,ˈ d-kalba u-awànta.ˈ 2) ʾəθwa xà gaˈ xa kalba u-xa ʾawàna,ˈ yaʿni muxðàðe g-ʿayšiwa.ˈ xà yomaˈ k-əmra ʾawana ta kàlba,ˈ ‘xòni,ˈ xazuz har ʾana b-kalyan gawət bàyθa,ˈ u-àt,ˈ k-ìzət,ˈ kùt dukane b-jaylə̀ttay,ˈ u-k-əxlət u-k-šàtətˈ u-ʾana ʾaxxa, xa yoma lḕt mupqiˈ d-xazyan xa qesət čùl,ˈ ṛàʾyan.ˈ hàm hade qèsa, ʾəš d-awyan ʾana muxwàθux,ˈ qèsa napqan,ˈ qa săra yan gu čùl.ˈ paθəx lə̀bbi.’ˈ 3) ‘ʾe,ˈ xàθi,’ k-imər,ˈ ‘qay ʾìman merax ṭali d-la θeli ʾàna,ˈ mə̀nnax?’ˈ mhaymən qəmle npəqlay g-nābəlla l-čùl.ˈ zə̀llay,ˈ l-xa duka, maṛàʾya.ˈ pəšla bə-ṛàʾya ʾawanta tama.ˈ 4) kalba bà,ˈ har hole tiwa ču...ˈ bà,ˈ kalba là-k-ixəl gəlla,ˈ là-k-ixəl ʾənna,ˈ har hole ṣira.ˈ ham ʾawa kpə̀nne,ˈ ṣèle.ˈ k-imər ‘xàθi,ˈ ba qə̀ssa,ˈ ʾana kpənni u-ṣèli.ˈ xa qəssa b-zali l-bàyθa.ˈ b-xazən ma ʾiθən l-ixala məndi u-b-àθən.ˈ u-ati puš ḥal ʾàθən.’ˈ 5) ʾe k-əmra,ˈ ‘xòni,ˈ ʾati zalux dèhwa,ˈ ʾaθe mən ṭura ʾāxə̀lli.ˈ ba dằxi ʾana?’ˈ ʾe,ˈ k-imər,ˈ ‘xa qəssa mằšəlle,ˈ hal ʾaθən u-làttax šula.’ˈ k-imər,ˈ ‘lè-mašlən kabira.’ˈ k-əmraˈ ‘b-kèpux.ˈ də sì.’ˈ 6) ʾawa zə̀lle,ˈ là-fətle,ˈ là-msukere m-qamaya d-awànta,ˈ dèwa θele mən ṭura.ˈ xzele kalba lḕθ tama.ˈ θèleˈ u-mən tama bə-qyàma l-awanta.ˈ ‘dằxi ʾat ʾaθyat gawət koza diyi ṛàʾyat?ˈ u-ati mà ḥaq ʾəttax?ˈ u-ana dằ b-axlənnax.ˈ ma zā̀l ʾati θelaxˈ u-bə-ṛaʾya gu koza dìyi.’ˈ 7) ‘yaba,ˈ ʾay koza dìyan=ile.ˈ u-ʾati dăxi wət bə-mara dìyan=ile koza?ˈ ma ʾəttux məstanda b-yaðət koza dìyux?ˈ ʾəttux xa sahaða d-ile koza dìyux?ˈ màθi xa sahaða d-ile koza diyuxˈ ʾana ḥalàlta ṭalux.’ˈ k-imər,ˈ ‘ba,ˈ ʾən t-ila hadax b-zali maθax sahaða d-ile koza dìyi.’ˈ 8) zə̀lle l-ṭuraˈ qa d-maθe tèlaḥ,ˈ d- maθele telət sahað ṭàleḥ.ˈ θèle kalba.ˈ ‘ha xàθi,ˈ xu là-brele xa məndi?’ˈ k-əmra,ˈ ‘mhaymən ḥal u-masala hàtxa:ˈ θele dèhwa ʾəlliˈ d-āxə̀lli.ˈ u-meri ba, maθi xa sahaða d-ile koza dìyux,ˈ maṛaʾya dìyux,ˈ ʾana ḥalalta ṭàlux.ˈ ‘Qay b-āxləttli b-ḥaramùθa?’ˈ k-imər ‘hàtxa?’ˈ k-əmra ‘hè.’ˈ k-imər,ˈ ‘ba ʾana b-zali xu dawa kèpa.ˈ gu ʿədanət θèle,ˈ u-ʾana, ʾana, ʾàna,ˈ ʾàna ṭaleḥ.’ˈ 9) θèle,ˈ muθele tela dìyeḥ.ˈ ʿe,ˈ ʾaw=ž m-raḥùqa,ˈ ‘ʾa, ʾè!ˈ ʾay kozət ʾə̀nna=yle,ˈ ʾay koza dət dèhwa=yle.ˈ u-ʾati dằxi k-əθat ṛàʾyat biye?ˈ ʾay koza dìyeḥ=ile.’ˈ 10) ʾàma,ˈ k-əmrən ʾaygət àθay,ˈ garag b-yàmay t-ila diyeḥ.ˈ ʾaθay yàmay,ˈ maxe ʾiðe ʾəl ʾay kèpa.ˈ ‘si mxi ʾiðux l-ʾawa kepa ṭlaθà naqle,ˈ “maxe ʾəlli u-l-yàliˈ ʾən gə-mdàglənˈ ʾay koza d-dèhwa=yle.”ˈ u-làtlax šula.’ˈ 11) ʾàwa=žiˈ θele tèla.ˈ k-əmra ‘yàba,ˈ ʾən t-ile kòza,ˈ də si mxi ʾiðux l-ay ʾə̀nna,ˈ l-ay kèpa.ˈ ʾawa, ʾana ʾətti haymanùθa,ˈ ʾaw kepa, ʾən hawe koza dìyux,ˈ ʾàw kepaˈ štawe haymanùθi.ˈ mxì ʾiðux ṭlaθá naqle ʾəlle,ˈ mōr ʾay maxe ʾəlli u-l-yàliˈ ʾən g-əmdaglən ʾay kozət dèhwa=yle.’ˈ 12) hàm ʾaw zəlleˈ d-maxe ʾiðeḥ ʾəl-kèpa,ˈ wele k-xaze b-ʾaynət ʾə̀nna,ˈ ʾaynət kàlbaˈ mbalboṣe gawət kèpa.ˈ u-g-ʿàrəq u-k-izəl.ˈ u-kàlba θele,ˈ hjə̀mle ʾəllay.ˈ tərway kəm-parməšlay tàma.ˈ kəm-qāṭə̀llay.ˈ u-θèle,ˈ ʾawana=ži pəšla tàma,ˈ pəšle ḥàras ʾəlla,ˈ ḥal ʿāṣə̀rta,ˈ pəšla bə-ṛaʾya tàma.ˈ u-xlə̀ṣlaˈ u-θelay l-bàyθa.ˈ u-kùt šmele raḥme ṭaleḥ.ˈ	Dohok: A dog and a ewe, translation 1) I am Yusip Elisha Ishaq, from Dohok. My mother is from Mar Yaqou, her name is Miryam Toma Jibrail. I now want to tell you a story, indeed, about trust, between a dog and a ewe. 2) Once upon a time, there was a dog and a ewe. That’s to say, they lived together. One day the ewe said to the dog ‘Brother, look, I am just stuck at home while you’re going, wandering around everywhere, eating and drinking. And I [am] here, you have never taken me out to see some time the pasture, to graze. So let me be like you for once, let me go out to town or to the pasture. I will be glad for that.’ 3) ‘Oh, sister,’ he said ‘when was it that you asked me and I didn’t come, with you?’ Believe me, they went out. He took her out to the pasture. They went to a place, a pasture, the ewe started grazing there. 4) The dog was just sitting, nothing... Indeed, a dog doesn’t eat grass. He doesn’t eat it. He was stuck. He, too, got hungry and thirsty. He said ‘Sister, I have become hungry and thirsty. I’ll go home for a little while to find something to eat and come back. And you, stay [here] till I come.’ 5) ‘Oh,’ she said ‘brother, when you go, the wolf, [he] will come from the mountain and eat me. So how [can] I [stay here]?’ He said ‘You just occupy him for a while and don’t worry.’ He said ‘I won’t tarry.’ She said ‘As you wish, go then.’ 6) He went away and before he even disappeared from the ewe’s sight, the wolf appeared from the mountain. He saw that the dog wasn’t there. He came and started scolding the ewe. ‘How [dare] you come to my pasture and graze? What right do you have? I’m going to eat you now, since you haven’t stopped coming, grazing on my pasture.’ 7) ‘My dear, this pasture is ours. How can you say “it’s our pasture?” What evidence do you have to know it’s your pasture? Do you have a witness that the pasture is yours? If you get a witness [to say] that this is your pasture, I am guilty before you.’ He said ‘In that case, I will get a witness [to testify] that the pasture is mine.’ 8) He went away to get his fox, to get a fox to testify for him. The dog came. ‘Oh, sister, has anything happened?’ She said ‘Believe me, the is what happened. The wolf came down on me to eat me. I told him “if you get a witness to testify the pasture is yours, I will be yours. Why would you eat me illegally?”’ He said ‘Is that so?’ She said ‘Yes.’ He said ‘Then I am going [to hide] under that rock. When he comes down, I will [confront] him.’ 9) [The wolf] came and brought his fox with him. He, too, said from afar, ‘Oh, yes, this is the wolf’s pasture. Now, how [dare] you come graze on it? This is the wolf’s pasture.’ 10) Earlier, I should have said that when they come, they make an oath that it’s his. When they come, they make an oath by tapping their hand on this rock. ‘Go tap your hand on that rock three times, and [say,] “May this rock fall on me and my children if I am lying that this is the wolf’s pasture.” You’ve got nothing to worry about then.’ 11) The fox came. [The ewe] said ‘My dear, if this is the [the wolf’s] pasture, go tap your hand on that rock. I put my faith in that rock. That rock, if the pasture is yours, that rock shall be my assurance. Tap your hand on it three times and say, “May it fall on me and my children if I am lying that this is the wolf’s pasture.”’ 12) So he went to tap the rock with his hand, and look, he saw the dog’s eyes glinting under the rock. He ran away and left. The dog came and attacked them. He tore them both to pieces and killed them. His ewe came to him and stayed there. He kept guard of her till evening as she remained grazing. When she finished, they came back home. Blessings to all who listened.

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(0:00)1)	ʾana Yawsip ʾEliša ʾIsḥàq mən Dŏ̀hok=iwən.ˈ yəmmi našət Mar Yàqu=la,ˈ šəmmaḥ Maryam Toma Jubràʾəl.ˈ dăha k-ibən ʾamrənuxun xa qəṣə̀tta,ˈ yaʿni,ˈ ḥaqìqatan,ˈ dət wằfa,ˈ d-kalba u-awànta.ˈ
2)	ʾəθwa xà gaˈ xa kalba u-xa ʾawàna,ˈ yaʿni muxðàðe g-ʿayšiwa.ˈ xà yomaˈ k-əmra ʾawana ta kàlba,ˈ ‘xòni,ˈ xazuz har ʾana b-kalyan gawət bàyθa,ˈ u-àt,ˈ k-ìzət,ˈ kùt dukane b-jaylə̀ttay,ˈ u-k-əxlət u-k-šàtətˈ u-ʾana ʾaxxa, xa yoma lḕt mupqiˈ d-xazyan xa qesət čùl,ˈ ṛàʾyan.ˈ hàm hade qèsa, ʾəš d-awyan ʾana muxwàθux,ˈ qèsa napqan,ˈ qa săra yan gu čùl.ˈ paθəx lə̀bbi.’ˈ 
3)	‘ʾe,ˈ xàθi,’ k-imər,ˈ ‘qay ʾìman merax ṭali d-la θeli ʾàna,ˈ mə̀nnax?’ˈ mhaymən qəmle npəqlay g-nābəlla l-čùl.ˈ zə̀llay,ˈ l-xa duka, maṛàʾya.ˈ pəšla bə-ṛàʾya ʾawanta tama.ˈ 
4)	kalba bà,ˈ har hole tiwa ču...ˈ bà,ˈ kalba là-k-ixəl gəlla,ˈ là-k-ixəl ʾənna,ˈ har hole ṣira.ˈ ham ʾawa kpə̀nne,ˈ ṣèle.ˈ k-imər ‘xàθi,ˈ ba qə̀ssa,ˈ ʾana kpənni u-ṣèli.ˈ xa qəssa b-zali l-bàyθa.ˈ b-xazən ma ʾiθən l-ixala məndi u-b-àθən.ˈ u-ati puš ḥal ʾàθən.’ˈ 
5)	ʾe k-əmra,ˈ ‘xòni,ˈ ʾati zalux dèhwa,ˈ ʾaθe mən ṭura ʾāxə̀lli.ˈ ba dằxi ʾana?’ˈ ʾe,ˈ k-imər,ˈ ‘xa qəssa mằšəlle,ˈ hal ʾaθən u-làttax šula.’ˈ k-imər,ˈ ‘lè-mašlən kabira.’ˈ k-əmraˈ ‘b-kèpux.ˈ də sì.’ˈ 
6)	ʾawa zə̀lle,ˈ là-fətle,ˈ là-msukere m-qamaya d-awànta,ˈ dèwa θele mən ṭura.ˈ xzele kalba lḕθ tama.ˈ θèleˈ u-mən tama bə-qyàma l-awanta.ˈ ‘dằxi ʾat ʾaθyat gawət koza diyi ṛàʾyat?ˈ u-ati mà ḥaq ʾəttax?ˈ u-ana dằ b-axlənnax.ˈ ma zā̀l ʾati θelaxˈ u-bə-ṛaʾya gu koza dìyi.’ˈ 
7)	‘yaba,ˈ ʾay koza dìyan=ile.ˈ u-ʾati dăxi wət bə-mara dìyan=ile koza?ˈ ma ʾəttux məstanda b-yaðət koza dìyux?ˈ ʾəttux xa sahaða d-ile koza dìyux?ˈ màθi xa sahaða d-ile koza diyuxˈ ʾana ḥalàlta ṭalux.’ˈ k-imər,ˈ ‘ba,ˈ ʾən t-ila hadax b-zali maθax sahaða d-ile koza dìyi.’ˈ 
8)	zə̀lle l-ṭuraˈ qa d-maθe tèlaḥ,ˈ d- maθele telət sahað ṭàleḥ.ˈ θèle kalba.ˈ ‘ha xàθi,ˈ xu là-brele xa məndi?’ˈ k-əmra,ˈ ‘mhaymən ḥal u-masala hàtxa:ˈ θele dèhwa ʾəlliˈ d-āxə̀lli.ˈ u-meri ba, maθi xa sahaða d-ile koza dìyux,ˈ maṛaʾya dìyux,ˈ ʾana ḥalalta ṭàlux.ˈ ‘Qay b-āxləttli b-ḥaramùθa?’ˈ k-imər ‘hàtxa?’ˈ k-əmra ‘hè.’ˈ k-imər,ˈ ‘ba ʾana b-zali xu dawa kèpa.ˈ gu ʿədanət θèle,ˈ u-ʾana, ʾana, ʾàna,ˈ ʾàna ṭaleḥ.’ˈ 
9)	θèle,ˈ muθele tela dìyeḥ.ˈ ʿe,ˈ ʾaw=ž m-raḥùqa,ˈ ‘ʾa, ʾè!ˈ ʾay kozət ʾə̀nna=yle,ˈ ʾay koza dət dèhwa=yle.ˈ u-ʾati dằxi k-əθat ṛàʾyat biye?ˈ ʾay koza dìyeḥ=ile.’ˈ 
10)	ʾàma,ˈ k-əmrən ʾaygət àθay,ˈ garag b-yàmay t-ila diyeḥ.ˈ ʾaθay yàmay,ˈ maxe ʾiðe ʾəl ʾay kèpa.ˈ ‘si mxi ʾiðux l-ʾawa kepa ṭlaθà naqle,ˈ “maxe ʾəlli u-l-yàliˈ ʾən gə-mdàglənˈ ʾay koza d-dèhwa=yle.”ˈ u-làtlax šula.’ˈ
11)	ʾàwa=žiˈ θele tèla.ˈ k-əmra ‘yàba,ˈ ʾən t-ile kòza,ˈ də si mxi ʾiðux l-ay ʾə̀nna,ˈ l-ay kèpa.ˈ ʾawa, ʾana ʾətti haymanùθa,ˈ ʾaw kepa, ʾən hawe koza dìyux,ˈ ʾàw kepaˈ štawe haymanùθi.ˈ mxì ʾiðux ṭlaθá naqle ʾəlle,ˈ mōr ʾay maxe ʾəlli u-l-yàliˈ ʾən g-əmdaglən ʾay kozət dèhwa=yle.’ˈ 
12)	hàm ʾaw zəlleˈ d-maxe ʾiðeḥ ʾəl-kèpa,ˈ wele k-xaze b-ʾaynət ʾə̀nna,ˈ ʾaynət kàlbaˈ mbalboṣe gawət kèpa.ˈ u-g-ʿàrəq u-k-izəl.ˈ u-kàlba θele,ˈ hjə̀mle ʾəllay.ˈ tərway kəm-parməšlay tàma.ˈ kəm-qāṭə̀llay.ˈ u-θèle,ˈ ʾawana=ži pəšla tàma,ˈ pəšle ḥàras ʾəlla,ˈ ḥal ʿāṣə̀rta,ˈ pəšla bə-ṛaʾya tàma.ˈ u-xlə̀ṣlaˈ u-θelay l-bàyθa.ˈ u-kùt šmele raḥme ṭaleḥ.ˈ

Translation:

(0:00)Dohok: A dog and a ewe, translation
1)	I am Yusip Elisha Ishaq, from Dohok. My mother is from Mar Yaqou, her name is Miryam Toma Jibrail. I now want to tell you a story, indeed, about trust, between a dog and a ewe.
2)	Once upon a time, there was a dog and a ewe. That’s to say, they lived together. One day the ewe said to the dog ‘Brother, look, I am just stuck at home while you’re going, wandering around everywhere, eating and drinking. And I [am] here, you have never taken me out to see some time the pasture, to graze. So let me be like you for once, let me go out to town or to the pasture. I will be glad for that.’
3)	‘Oh, sister,’ he said ‘when was it that you asked me and I didn’t come, with you?’ Believe me, they went out. He took her out to the pasture. They went to a place, a pasture, the ewe started grazing there. 
4)	The dog was just sitting, nothing... Indeed, a dog doesn’t eat grass. He doesn’t eat it. He was stuck. He, too, got hungry and thirsty. He said ‘Sister, I have become hungry and thirsty. I’ll go home for a little while to find something to eat and come back. And you, stay [here] till I come.’ 
5)	‘Oh,’ she said ‘brother, when you go, the wolf, [he] will come from the mountain and eat me. So how [can] I [stay here]?’ He said ‘You just occupy him for a while and don’t worry.’ He said ‘I won’t tarry.’ She said ‘As you wish, go then.’ 
6)	He went away and before he even disappeared from the ewe’s sight, the wolf appeared from the mountain. He saw that the dog wasn’t there. He came and started scolding the ewe. ‘How [dare] you come to my pasture and graze? What right do you have? I’m going to eat you now, since you haven’t stopped coming, grazing on my pasture.’ 
7)	‘My dear, this pasture is ours. How can you say “it’s our pasture?” What evidence do you have to know it’s your pasture? Do you have a witness that the pasture is yours? If you get a witness [to say] that this is your pasture, I am guilty before you.’ He said ‘In that case, I will get a witness [to testify] that the pasture is mine.’ 
8)	He went away to get his fox, to get a fox to testify for him. The dog came. ‘Oh, sister, has anything happened?’ She said ‘Believe me, the is what happened. The wolf came down on me to eat me. I told him “if you get a witness to testify the pasture is yours, I will be yours. Why would you eat me illegally?”’ He said ‘Is that so?’ She said ‘Yes.’ He said ‘Then I am going [to hide] under that rock. When he comes down, I will [confront] him.’ 
9)	[The wolf] came and brought his fox with him. He, too, said from afar, ‘Oh, yes, this is the wolf’s pasture. Now, how [dare] you come graze on it? This is the wolf’s pasture.’ 
10)	Earlier, I should have said that when they come, they make an oath that it’s his. When they come, they make an oath by tapping their hand on this rock. ‘Go tap your hand on that rock three times, and [say,] “May this rock fall on me and my children if I am lying that this is the wolf’s pasture.” You’ve got nothing to worry about then.’ 
11)	The fox came. [The ewe] said ‘My dear, if this is the [the wolf’s] pasture, go tap your hand on that rock. I put my faith in that rock. That rock, if the pasture is yours, that rock shall be my assurance. Tap your hand on it three times and say, “May it fall on me and my children if I am lying that this is the wolf’s pasture.”’ 
12)	So he went to tap the rock with his hand, and look, he saw the dog’s eyes glinting under the rock. He ran away and left. The dog came and attacked them. He tore them both to pieces and killed them. His ewe came to him and stayed there. He kept guard of her till evening as she remained grazing. When she finished, they came back home. Blessings to all who listened.