Shaqlawa, Christian: The Poor Girl and her Horse

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Transcribed by	Source	Speakers	Place
Geoffrey Khan	Fieldwork by Lourd Hanna	Sare Sawrish	Shaqlawa, Iraq

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0:00	xa bàxtaˈ gălak dzwā̀n꞊wawa.ˈ ʾə̀twalaˈ yàʿniˈ xà susa.ˈ ʾăya꞊š ʾàtxaˈ ʿaynan ʾatxa gu dèˈ ʾàdya,ˈ ʾaxonaw qam-ṭarə̀dlaˈ la čằdan.ˈ ʾăya꞊š bàxtu,ˈ mən baxtu t-čə̀dlaˈ la čan mày꞊wawa.ˈ là čădăna gălak ʾăya.ˈ xa bàxtaˈ gălak dzwā̀n꞊wawa.ˈ ʾə̀twalaˈ yàʿniˈ xà susa.ˈ ʾăya꞊š ʾàtxaˈ ʿaynan ʾatxa gu dèˈ ʾàdya,ˈ ʾaxonaw qam-ṭarə̀dlaˈ la čằdan.ˈ ʾăya꞊š bàxtu,ˈ mən baxtu t-čə̀dlaˈ la čan mày꞊wawa.ˈ là čădăna gălak ʾăya.ˈ	A woman was very beautiful. She had a horse. She was thus, in this [situation], her brother drove her away. I don’t know [why]. This was [because of] his wife, because she had fallen out with his wife. I don’t know what [it was]. I don’t know all that.
	qam-ṭarə̀dla.ˈ psela ʾizə̀laˈ ʾăya꞊š ʿaynan rəš xa ʾilana ʾisə̀qla.ˈ susa mə̀nawˈ susa qam-yasṛale l-xà duktaˈ l-ḥarùqta꞊wˈ ʾisəqla rəš ʾilàna.ˈ qam-ṭarə̀dla.ˈ psela ʾizə̀laˈ ʾăya꞊š ʿaynan rəš xa ʾilana ʾisə̀qla.ˈ susa mə̀nawˈ susa qam-yasṛale l-xà duktaˈ l-ḥarùqta꞊wˈ ʾisəqla rəš ʾilàna.ˈ	He drove her away. She went away. She climbed up a tree. Her horse was with her. She tied her horse somewhere, in a distant place, and climbed up a tree.
	dìsanˈ xà bronət malka ʾitele.ˈ qam-xazèla.ˈ ʾàmərˈ—gùre,ˈ dzŭlət gùre lwəšwala ʾăya,ˈ dzŭlət baxyata làˈ—qam-xazela ʾàmərˈ mà꞊ila? ʾamər.ˈ mə̀raˈ la mhèmən.ˈ dìsanˈ xà bronət malka ʾitele.ˈ qam-xazèla.ˈ ʾàmərˈ—gùre,ˈ dzŭlət gùre lwəšwala ʾăya,ˈ dzŭlət baxyata làˈ—qam-xazela ʾàmərˈ mà꞊ila? ʾamər.ˈ mə̀raˈ la mhèmən.ˈ	Then a son of a king came. He saw her. He said—she had put on men’s clothes, not women’s clothes—he saw her and said ‘What is the matter?’ She said ‘I do not believe (any-thing is the matter).’
	ʾăya xadṛàwa,ˈ xadṛawa ʾamràwaˈ ġḷama là gbitun?ˈ ġḷama là gbitun?ˈ ʾăya xadṛàwa,ˈ xadṛawa ʾamràwaˈ ġḷama là gbitun?ˈ ġḷama là gbitun?ˈ	In fact, she was wandering around [looking for a job], wandering around saying ‘Do you need a servant? Do you need a servant?’
	xa brunət malka ʾàmərˈ bā̀ˈ ʾana ġḷàma k-əbən.ˈ tàlaxˈ puš ġlām dìdi.ˈ yaʿni ġlàmi.ˈ yaʿni gu bètiˈ šùla wud qati.ˈ ʾaya꞊š qə̀mlaˈ ʾamra bàsˈ ʾana šula k-ùdan qatux.ˈ xa brunət malka ʾàmərˈ bā̀ˈ ʾana ġḷàma k-əbən.ˈ tàlaxˈ puš ġlām dìdi.ˈ yaʿni ġlàmi.ˈ yaʿni gu bètiˈ šùla wud qati.ˈ ʾaya꞊š qə̀mlaˈ ʾamra bàsˈ ʾana šula k-ùdan qatux.ˈ	A king’s son said, ‘Yes, I need a servant. Come and be a servant of mine, I mean my servant. I mean work for me in my house.’ She says ‘Yes, I will work for you.’
	mux gùre maḥkyawa.ˈ la mux bàxta.ˈ yaʿni la yăde bàxte꞊la.ˈ mux gùre maḥkyawa.ˈ ʾaya꞊š ʾàmraˈ ʾana k-udan qatòxənˈ kŭle mə̀ndiˈ bas ʾana k-əban sùsiˈ b-jani ʾixala yằwan qa-tuˈ. mux gùre maḥkyawa.ˈ la mux bàxta.ˈ yaʿni la yăde bàxte꞊la.ˈ mux gùre maḥkyawa.ˈ ʾaya꞊š ʾàmraˈ ʾana k-udan qatòxənˈ kŭle mə̀ndiˈ bas ʾana k-əban sùsiˈ b-jani ʾixala yằwan qa-tuˈ.	She spoke like men, not like a woman, so that he would not know that she was a woman. She spoke like men. So she said ‘I shall do for you everything, but I would like to feed my horse by myself.
	ʾadga k-ùdanˈ xəzmətət susi꞊w sùsox.ˈ tsə məndí xət là k-udan.ˈ tsə məndí xət là gban.ˈ bas xəzmət susi꞊w susox k-ùdan꞊uˈ ʾàxtsi.ˈ ʾamər bā̀š꞊ila.ˈ ʾadga k-ùdanˈ xəzmətət susi꞊w sùsox.ˈ tsə məndí xət là k-udan.ˈ tsə məndí xət là gban.ˈ bas xəzmət susi꞊w susox k-ùdan꞊uˈ ʾàxtsi.ˈ ʾamər bā̀š꞊ila.ˈ	So I will attend to both my horse and yours. I shall do nothing else. I want nothing else. I will attend to my horse and your horse, and that is all.’ He said ‘That is fine.’
	ʾamər bā̀š꞊ila.ˈ ʾay kabreta xa ʾòda wəllə qataw,ˈ wəlle qàtu,ˈ bròne꞊le,ˈ gùre꞊le.ˈ ʾaya꞊š l xodu k-axəl ʾixala꞊w štàya.ˈ ʾaw naša꞊š xa ʾòda ʾətwale.ˈ xa ʾòda ʾətwale.ˈ ʾamər bā̀š꞊ila.ˈ ʾay kabreta xa ʾòda wəllə qataw,ˈ wəlle qàtu,ˈ bròne꞊le,ˈ gùre꞊le.ˈ ʾaya꞊š l xodu k-axəl ʾixala꞊w štàya.ˈ ʾaw naša꞊š xa ʾòda ʾətwale.ˈ xa ʾòda ʾətwale.ˈ	He said ‘That is fine.’ The guy gave her a room, I mean he gave him—she was a young man, a man. So, she ate by her-self, eating and drinking [by herself]. He had a room [of his own]. He had a room.
	ʾaya꞊š har kud yum... dzwān pyàše꞊la꞊wˈ ṣuṛataw bəṛwàye꞊na꞊wˈ ʾènaw bəṛwaye꞊na꞊wˈ ʾaya꞊š har kud yum... dzwān pyàše꞊la꞊wˈ ṣuṛataw bəṛwàye꞊na꞊wˈ ʾènaw bəṛwaye꞊na꞊wˈ	She grew more and more beautiful every day. Her cheeks were growing and her eyes were growing.
	mare꞊le qa ʾodu ʾòda! k-əmra mà꞊ile?ˈ k-amər ʾàyaˈ k-mdamen maytarwàniˈ bàxte꞊la,ˈ bràte꞊la.ˈ wə̀luxˈ bratət mà quṭmaw gu rèšaw!ˈ ʾatən ma lewət bəxzaya ʾən là? mare꞊le qa ʾodu ʾòda! k-əmra mà꞊ile?ˈ k-amər ʾàyaˈ k-mdamen maytarwàniˈ bàxte꞊la,ˈ bràte꞊la.ˈ wə̀luxˈ bratət mà quṭmaw gu rèšaw!ˈ ʾatən ma lewət bəxzaya ʾən là?	He said to his mother ‘Mother!’ She said ‘What is it?’ ‘I think my horse groom is a girl, she is a woman.’ ‘What damned girl are you talking about?! Can you see her or not?
	ʾamər: dməxwala gu ʾòda꞊šˈ ʾatxa pălaw qam-pašṭawàlu.ˈ ʾamər bràte꞊la.ˈ ʾamra ʾăgar brata hàwya,ˈ čădət mà ʾawdət?ˈ ʾamər mà?ˈ ʾamər: dməxwala gu ʾòda꞊šˈ ʾatxa pălaw qam-pašṭawàlu.ˈ ʾamər bràte꞊la.ˈ ʾamra ʾăgar brata hàwya,ˈ čădət mà ʾawdət?ˈ ʾamər mà?ˈ	He said: [I saw her when] she had gone to sleep in the room and had stretched out her limbs like this.’ He said ‘It is a girl.’ She said ‘If it is a girl, then do you know what you should do?’ He said: ‘What?’
	ʾàmraˈ ʾizul ʾàdyaˈ ʾamər: ʾax sùsawˈ ʾizəla yawiwa qa sùstaˈ ... sùsaw.ˈ sùsawˈ là ʾixəle.ˈ ʾàmra,ˈ ʾamər: qa mà lēt bixala?ˈ ʾàmər:ˈ ʾaškằra pešat.ˈ ʾaya꞊š ʾamra: qa mà?ˈ ʾàmraˈ ʾizul ʾàdyaˈ ʾamər: ʾax sùsawˈ ʾizəla yawiwa qa sùstaˈ ... sùsaw.ˈ sùsawˈ là ʾixəle.ˈ ʾàmra,ˈ ʾamər: qa mà lēt bixala?ˈ ʾàmər:ˈ ʾaškằra pešat.ˈ ʾaya꞊š ʾamra: qa mà?ˈ	She said ‘Go!’ Her horse—she went, they used to give [food] to the mare, her horse, but her horse would not eat. She said, he said ‘Why aren’t you eating? It said: [Because if I do,] you will be discovered. She said ‘Why?’
	ʾamər: bas màre꞊wən qataxˈ tre dəsqət warde wə̀dˈ tre dəsqət warde wə̀d,ˈ mătu xut rèšax.ˈ ʾăgar m-xuška hàyaˈ qulax hallu qati ʾàni,ˈ xa dəsqa xə̀naˈ ʾət là sməqta.ˈ ʾamər: bas màre꞊wən qataxˈ tre dəsqət warde wə̀dˈ tre dəsqət warde wə̀d,ˈ mătu xut rèšax.ˈ ʾăgar m-xuška hàyaˈ qulax hallu qati ʾàni,ˈ xa dəsqa xə̀naˈ ʾət là sməqta.ˈ	It said ‘But I say to you: Make two bunches of flowers. Make two bunches of flowers and put them beneath your head. When it is early morning, get up and give them to me and an-other bunch that has not yet become red.’
	ʾamər ʾằgarˈ ʾadya ʾòdaw məra qatuˈ ʾòdaw,ˈ ʾodu ʾamra ʾăgar ʾà...ˈ brata hàwya,ˈ dəsqət wàrdeˈ mătu xut rèšaw.ˈ ʾăgar bràta hawya,ˈ warde k-sàmqi.ˈ brata là [ha]way,ˈ warde là k-msamqi.ˈ ʾamər ʾằgarˈ ʾadya ʾòdaw məra qatuˈ ʾòdaw,ˈ ʾodu ʾamra ʾăgar ʾà...ˈ brata hàwya,ˈ dəsqət wàrdeˈ mătu xut rèšaw.ˈ ʾăgar bràta hawya,ˈ warde k-sàmqi.ˈ brata là [ha]way,ˈ warde là k-msamqi.ˈ	He said ‘If’—now his mother said to him, his mother—his mother said ‘If it is a girl, put a bunch of flowers under her head. If it is a girl, the flowers will become red. If it is not a girl, the flowers will not become red.’
	ʾăya꞊š qə̀mle.ˈ ʾadya sùsa ʾamərˈ qàtawˈ ʾāt ʾaškằra pyaše꞊wat.ˈ qə̀mleˈ tre dəsqət warde wə̀dle.ˈ ʾaga lə̀twala ʾăya.ˈ qam-matulu xùt rešaw.ˈ kā̀bra gorin,ˈ yàla gorin.ˈ ʾăya꞊š qə̀mle.ˈ ʾadya sùsa ʾamərˈ qàtawˈ ʾāt ʾaškằra pyaše꞊wat.ˈ qə̀mleˈ tre dəsqət warde wə̀dle.ˈ ʾaga lə̀twala ʾăya.ˈ qam-matulu xùt rešaw.ˈ kā̀bra gorin,ˈ yàla gorin.ˈ	He got up. Now the horse said to her ‘You will be re-vealed.’ He got up and made two bunches of flowers. She was not conscious. He put them beneath her head—the guy, the boy.
	ʾawa꞊š ʾizə̀la.ˈ susa bas mə̀re qatawˈ băyani qùˈ ʾan wàrdeˈ màxləplu.ˈ k-awi wìše,ˈ warde bəš gaš wùdluˈ matulu xut rèšax.ˈ ʾawa꞊š ʾizə̀la.ˈ susa bas mə̀re qatawˈ băyani qùˈ ʾan wàrdeˈ màxləplu.ˈ k-awi wìše,ˈ warde bəš gaš wùdluˈ matulu xut rèšax.ˈ	So, he went, but the horse told her ‘Get up early in the morning and replace the flowers. They will be dry, pick some redder flowers and place them under your head.’
	ʾaya ʾizə̀laˈ băyani qə̀mlaˈ ʾan warde qam-ʾawdàlu,ˈ qam-matwàluˈ warde xən wə̀dle,ˈ wə̀dla,ˈ mutula xut rèšaw,ˈ dmə̀xla.ˈ yaʿni ʾaga ləta ʾəl ʾùmrət dunye.ˈ ʾaya ʾizə̀laˈ băyani qə̀mlaˈ ʾan warde qam-ʾawdàlu,ˈ qam-matwàluˈ warde xən wə̀dle,ˈ wə̀dla,ˈ mutula xut rèšaw,ˈ dmə̀xla.ˈ yaʿni ʾaga ləta ʾəl ʾùmrət dunye.ˈ	She went out early in the morning and picked the flow-ers and put them... He picked other flowers, she picked, she put them under her head and went to sleep, I mean she was dead to the world.
	ʾitèleˈ warde labəlu qa ʾòdu.ˈ warde qam-labə̀lu qa ʾoduˈ ʾodu꞊š ʾàmra:ˈ ha bròni ,ˈhà?ˈ məre bəxzayat wardaw ma gaš꞊u jwā̀n꞊ina?ˈ ʾăya bròne꞊leˈ brata lèwe.ˈ ʾèˈ ləbux là xaru.ˈ ʾitèleˈ warde labəlu qa ʾòdu.ˈ warde qam-labə̀lu qa ʾoduˈ ʾodu꞊š ʾàmra:ˈ ha bròni ,ˈhà?ˈ məre bəxzayat wardaw ma gaš꞊u jwā̀n꞊ina?ˈ ʾăya bròne꞊leˈ brata lèwe.ˈ ʾèˈ ləbux là xaru.ˈ	He came back and brought the flowers to his mother. He brought the flowers to his mother and his mother said ‘Yes, son, what is it?’ ‘Do you see how red and beautiful her flowers are?’ [His mother said] ‘This is a young man, not a girl. Let not your heart be misled.’
	ʾamər: ʾè.ˈ mà ʾawəd? qəmle ʾamə̀ra,ˈ ʾamər xa tre yomata xət tḷaha ʾizə̀le꞊wˈ kābra ʾàmər: ʾana har šək byadewən ʾe bràte꞊la.ˈ qa yə̀mu.ˈ wəlux yə̀muˈ bratət mà ʾəl ʾurxət ʾalaha qurbanux ʾòdux,ˈ bratət mà?ˈ ʾamər: ʾè.ˈ mà ʾawəd? qəmle ʾamə̀ra,ˈ ʾamər xa tre yomata xət tḷaha ʾizə̀le꞊wˈ kābra ʾàmər: ʾana har šək byadewən ʾe bràte꞊la.ˈ qa yə̀mu.ˈ wəlux yə̀muˈ bratət mà ʾəl ʾurxət ʾalaha qurbanux ʾòdux,ˈ bratət mà?ˈ	He said: ‘Yes.’ What else could he do? He said to her, he said, [after] one or two days, three days, he went, and the guy said ‘I still suspect that it is a girl,’ [he said] to his mother. [His mother said] ‘My son, what girl for God’s sake?! My dear, what girl [are you talking about]?’
	ʾàmra:ˈ čădət mà awdət?ˈ ʾamər: mà awdən? ʾàmraˈ ʾizùlˈ ṣxìmən.ˈ wudla bi ʾàtyaˈ d-azax ṣàxəx,ˈ ṣàxəx.ˈ ʾe ga ʾaškə̀ra peša.ˈ ʾăgar brata hàwya,ˈ là k-ətya mənux,ˈ là k-ətya mənux.ˈ ʾàmra:ˈ čădət mà awdət?ˈ ʾamər: mà awdən? ʾàmraˈ ʾizùlˈ ṣxìmən.ˈ wudla bi ʾàtyaˈ d-azax ṣàxəx,ˈ ṣàxəx.ˈ ʾe ga ʾaškə̀ra peša.ˈ ʾăgar brata hàwya,ˈ là k-ətya mənux,ˈ là k-ətya mənux.ˈ	She said ‘Do you know what you should do?’ He said ‘What should I do?’ She said ‘Go and swim together. Convince her to come so that we may go to swim, to swim. Then she will be recognised. If she is a girl, she will not come with you, she will not come with you.’
	bas susaw məre qàtawˈ ʾàmraˈ susaw ʾàmərˈ k-azitun ṣaxìtunˈ ʾat꞊u ʾàwa.ˈ mur dăbi sùsiˈ qam-sùsux yasṛə̀ne.ˈ ʾana ʾe gət mšureloxən gu šmàṭaˈ ʾana balutət susu g-dawqə̀na.ˈ ḥatta ʾawa là [a]teˈ là g-maṛmə̀na.ˈ ʾe ga bàṭraˈ bărabar ʾāt pèšat꞊uˈ ʾaškəra là k-pešat.ˈ bas susaw məre qàtawˈ ʾàmraˈ susaw ʾàmərˈ k-azitun ṣaxìtunˈ ʾat꞊u ʾàwa.ˈ mur dăbi sùsiˈ qam-sùsux yasṛə̀ne.ˈ ʾana ʾe gət mšureloxən gu šmàṭaˈ ʾana balutət susu g-dawqə̀na.ˈ ḥatta ʾawa là [a]teˈ là g-maṛmə̀na.ˈ ʾe ga bàṭraˈ bărabar ʾāt pèšat꞊uˈ ʾaškəra là k-pešat.ˈ	But her horse said to her, she said, it said ‘Go swim-ming, you and him, but say “I must tie my horse in front of your horse.” When you both begin to get undressed, I will grab his horse by the neck and will not allow it to go until he comes. Then you will be behind it and you will not be recog-nised.’
	ʾaya꞊š qə̀mlaˈ qəmle ʾizə̀leˈ ʾàmərˈ, ʾàmər:ˈ maytarwā̀n.ˈ ʾamər: mà꞊ila?ˈ ʾamər: ʾana k-əbən ʾana꞊w ʾāt ʾazəx ṣàxəx.ˈ qalbi gălak pìs꞊ile.ˈ mhemən ʾamər d-ana mən tə̀mmal꞊u la təmmal k-əbənwa ʾamrən qatux.ˈ ʾazəx xantsa ṣàxəx.ˈ bàsˈ bàržan la xzeli.ˈ ʾaya꞊š qə̀mlaˈ qəmle ʾizə̀leˈ ʾàmərˈ, ʾàmər:ˈ maytarwā̀n.ˈ ʾamər: mà꞊ila?ˈ ʾamər: ʾana k-əbən ʾana꞊w ʾāt ʾazəx ṣàxəx.ˈ qalbi gălak pìs꞊ile.ˈ mhemən ʾamər d-ana mən tə̀mmal꞊u la təmmal k-əbənwa ʾamrən qatux.ˈ ʾazəx xantsa ṣàxəx.ˈ bàsˈ bàržan la xzeli.ˈ	So she got up, he got up and went, he said, he said ‘Horse groom!’ He said ‘What is it?’ He said ‘I want the two of us to go swimming. My body is very dirty. To be honest, since yesterday and the day before, I wanted to tell you to go out and swim together, but I did not have the courage to tell you. I did not.’
	ʾaya ʾàwa꞊šˈ ʾizəlu rubār ṣàxi. hatta ʾàwaˈ qam-naše xàṣu qam-šarele,ˈ ʾàyaˈ šəṛwàlaw꞊uˈ qabàyaw꞊uˈ mə̀ndi꞊wˈ xàntsa məndèlaˈ xantsa jə̀le,ˈ qam mən dàwa,ˈ hăta šək là [a]wəd gawaw.ˈ ʾaya ʾàwa꞊šˈ ʾizəlu rubār ṣàxi. hatta ʾàwaˈ qam-naše xàṣu qam-šarele,ˈ ʾàyaˈ šəṛwàlaw꞊uˈ qabàyaw꞊uˈ mə̀ndi꞊wˈ xàntsa məndèlaˈ xantsa jə̀le,ˈ qam mən dàwa,ˈ hăta šək là [a]wəd gawaw.ˈ	She went out with him to the river to swim. By the time he loosened his waist belt, she took off her trousers, waist coat and the like. She took off some of her clothes before he did, so that he would not have doubts about her.
	ʾawa ʾizə̀leˈ ʾàyaˈ ʾabìwaˈ ʾabiwa šàmṭi,ˈ susa ʾizə̀leˈ paqartət susa qam-dawə̀qla,ˈ susət daw nàša.ˈ ʾay hawā̀r!ˈ ʾay hawā̀r!ˈ sùsaˈ paqartu qam-dawə̀qla.ˈ ʾawa ʾizə̀leˈ ʾàyaˈ ʾabìwaˈ ʾabiwa šàmṭi,ˈ susa ʾizə̀leˈ paqartət susa qam-dawə̀qla,ˈ susət daw nàša.ˈ ʾay hawā̀r!ˈ ʾay hawā̀r!ˈ sùsaˈ paqartu qam-dawə̀qla.ˈ	He went..., she... they wanted to get undressed, but the horse went and grabbed the horse’s neck, I mean the man’s horse. [She shouted] ‘Help! Help! The horse has grabbed its (i.e. the horse’s) neck!’
	ʾàmərˈ là k-awe.ˈ hằta qam-ʾawdile băsi băsi grəšlu rešət sùsaˈ qam-parqilu mə-ġdàde.ˈ ʾe꞊š pə̀šla.ˈ ʾàmərˈ ʾàmra,ˈ ʾodu ʾitela ʾamra: hàˈ ma꞊iwawa?! ʾàmərˈ là k-awe.ˈ hằta qam-ʾawdile băsi băsi grəšlu rešət sùsaˈ qam-parqilu mə-ġdàde.ˈ ʾe꞊š pə̀šla.ˈ ʾàmərˈ ʾàmra,ˈ ʾodu ʾitela ʾamra: hàˈ ma꞊iwawa?!	He said ‘This is not allowed.’ While they shouted ‘Steady, steady,’ they led the horse away and separated them, she stayed [where she was]. He said... she said, his mother came and said ‘Ah, what has happened?!’
	ʾamər wə̀laxˈ ʾamər ḥatta ʾànaˈ gòryi qam-šamṭənuˈ ʾaya kalakaw goryu qundə̀ruˈ qam-šamṭàlu,ˈ qam-šamə̀ṭlu.ˈ k-ə̀mra ˈ là k-əmran qatux broni lewe bràtaˈ... ?ˈ disanăkàˈ ʾamər wə̀laxˈ ʾamər ḥatta ʾànaˈ gòryi qam-šamṭənuˈ ʾaya kalakaw goryu qundə̀ruˈ qam-šamṭàlu,ˈ qam-šamə̀ṭlu.ˈ k-ə̀mra ˈ là k-əmran qatux broni lewe bràtaˈ... ?ˈ disanăkàˈ	He said ‘Look,’ he said ‘By the time I took off my socks, she had taken off her working shoes, her socks and shoes, [I mean] he had taken them off.’ He said ‘Am I not telling you that it is not a man, but it is a girl, it is not a man?’
	ʾizə̀laˈ har꞊š ʾe yàlaˈ har ʾàdya wədleˈ har dzwān pešàwaˈ har har ləbu pə̀le.ˈ ləbu pə̀le.ˈ xa yoma xzèleˈ ʾe baxta npəlta ʾàtxaˈ gu ʾoda dmə̀xte꞊la,ˈ qədle bìyaˈ dedawataw maxwòye꞊na.ˈ ʾizə̀laˈ har꞊š ʾe yàlaˈ har ʾàdya wədleˈ har dzwān pešàwaˈ har har ləbu pə̀le.ˈ ləbu pə̀le.ˈ xa yoma xzèleˈ ʾe baxta npəlta ʾàtxaˈ gu ʾoda dmə̀xte꞊la,ˈ qədle bìyaˈ dedawataw maxwòye꞊na.ˈ	Once again, she went, that man made... she grew more and more beautiful and he fell in love with her. One day he saw the woman lying in the room asleep. He fell in love with her. Her breasts were showing.
	ṣrəxle l-òdu.ˈ ʾòda!ˈ ʾòda! ʾamər: ʾita lăxa xùr.ˈ hàr mare꞊wən brate꞊laˈ hàr mare꞊wat lewa brata.ˈ hàr mare꞊wən brate꞊la,ˈ hàr mare꞊wat lewa brata.ˈ ʾayat ʾitàˈ xzì [i]ta.ˈ ṣrəxle l-òdu.ˈ ʾòda!ˈ ʾòda! ʾamər: ʾita lăxa xùr.ˈ hàr mare꞊wən brate꞊laˈ hàr mare꞊wat lewa brata.ˈ hàr mare꞊wən brate꞊la,ˈ hàr mare꞊wat lewa brata.ˈ ʾayat ʾitàˈ xzì [i]ta.ˈ	He shouted to his mother ‘Mother! Mother!’ He said ‘Come here and look. I keep telling you it is a girl and you tell me it is not a girl. You come, look, come!’
	ʾamra na kay ha tăṛa paθxə̀tte.ˈ ʾàmra: ʾā̀tˈ ʾăgar ʾā̀t brṓn malke꞊wət,ˈ ʾàna brṓn... brāt màlke꞊wan.ˈ ʾamra: nà kayˈ ʾamra na kay ha tăṛa paθxə̀tte.ˈ ʾàmra: ʾā̀tˈ ʾăgar ʾā̀t brṓn malke꞊wət,ˈ ʾàna brṓn... brāt màlke꞊wan.ˈ ʾamra: nà kayˈ	She (i.e. the horse groom) said ‘Don’t open the door, all right!’ She said ‘If you are the son of a king, then I too am the daughter of a king.’ She said ‘Don’t (open the door).’
	bas ʾamra gu daw ʾašt꞊iš k-mbaṛxằnuxˈ ʾàmraˈ har ʾana xəzmətət sùsi ʾawdan,ˈ xəzmətət sùsi ʾawdan.ˈ mhaymən ʾe ga꞊š pəšla ʾaškằraˈ qam-barə̀xla.ˈ ʾay꞊š xlə̀ṣla.ˈ bas ʾamra gu daw ʾašt꞊iš k-mbaṛxằnuxˈ ʾàmraˈ har ʾana xəzmətət sùsi ʾawdan,ˈ xəzmətət sùsi ʾawdan.ˈ mhaymən ʾe ga꞊š pəšla ʾaškằraˈ qam-barə̀xla.ˈ ʾay꞊š xlə̀ṣla.ˈ	But she said ‘I will marry you on condition that I may still attend to my horse, attend to my horse.’ So, believe me, she was then revealed [as a woman] and he married her. It (the story) is over.

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(1 0:00)xa bàxtaˈ gălak dzwā̀n꞊wawa.ˈ ʾə̀twalaˈ yàʿniˈ xà susa.ˈ ʾăya꞊š ʾàtxaˈ ʿaynan ʾatxa gu dèˈ ʾàdya,ˈ ʾaxonaw qam-ṭarə̀dlaˈ la čằdan.ˈ ʾăya꞊š bàxtu,ˈ mən baxtu t-čə̀dlaˈ la čan mày꞊wawa.ˈ là čădăna gălak ʾăya.ˈ(2)qam-ṭarə̀dla.ˈ psela ʾizə̀laˈ ʾăya꞊š ʿaynan rəš xa ʾilana ʾisə̀qla.ˈ susa mə̀nawˈ susa qam-yasṛale l-xà duktaˈ l-ḥarùqta꞊wˈ ʾisəqla rəš ʾilàna.ˈ(3)dìsanˈ xà bronət malka ʾitele.ˈ qam-xazèla.ˈ ʾàmərˈ—gùre,ˈ dzŭlət gùre lwəšwala ʾăya,ˈ dzŭlət baxyata làˈ—qam-xazela ʾàmərˈ mà꞊ila? ʾamər.ˈ mə̀raˈ la mhèmən.ˈ(4)ʾăya xadṛàwa,ˈ xadṛawa ʾamràwaˈ ġḷama là gbitun?ˈ ġḷama là gbitun?ˈ(5)xa brunət malka ʾàmərˈ bā̀ˈ ʾana ġḷàma k-əbən.ˈ tàlaxˈ puš ġlām dìdi.ˈ yaʿni ġlàmi.ˈ yaʿni gu bètiˈ šùla wud qati.ˈ ʾaya꞊š qə̀mlaˈ ʾamra bàsˈ ʾana šula k-ùdan qatux.ˈ(6)mux gùre maḥkyawa.ˈ la mux bàxta.ˈ yaʿni la yăde bàxte꞊la.ˈ mux gùre maḥkyawa.ˈ ʾaya꞊š ʾàmraˈ ʾana k-udan qatòxənˈ kŭle mə̀ndiˈ bas ʾana k-əban sùsiˈ b-jani ʾixala yằwan qa-tuˈ.(7)ʾadga k-ùdanˈ xəzmətət susi꞊w sùsox.ˈ tsə məndí xət là k-udan.ˈ tsə məndí xət là gban.ˈ bas xəzmət susi꞊w susox k-ùdan꞊uˈ ʾàxtsi.ˈ ʾamər bā̀š꞊ila.ˈ(8)ʾamər bā̀š꞊ila.ˈ ʾay kabreta xa ʾòda wəllə qataw,ˈ wəlle qàtu,ˈ bròne꞊le,ˈ gùre꞊le.ˈ ʾaya꞊š l xodu k-axəl ʾixala꞊w štàya.ˈ ʾaw naša꞊š xa ʾòda ʾətwale.ˈ xa ʾòda ʾətwale.ˈ(9)ʾaya꞊š har kud yum... dzwān pyàše꞊la꞊wˈ ṣuṛataw bəṛwàye꞊na꞊wˈ ʾènaw bəṛwaye꞊na꞊wˈ(10)mare꞊le qa ʾodu ʾòda! k-əmra mà꞊ile?ˈ k-amər ʾàyaˈ k-mdamen maytarwàniˈ bàxte꞊la,ˈ bràte꞊la.ˈ wə̀luxˈ bratət mà quṭmaw gu rèšaw!ˈ ʾatən ma lewət bəxzaya ʾən là?(11)ʾamər: dməxwala gu ʾòda꞊šˈ ʾatxa pălaw qam-pašṭawàlu.ˈ ʾamər bràte꞊la.ˈ ʾamra ʾăgar brata hàwya,ˈ čădət mà ʾawdət?ˈ ʾamər mà?ˈ(12)ʾàmraˈ ʾizul ʾàdyaˈ ʾamər: ʾax sùsawˈ ʾizəla yawiwa qa sùstaˈ ... sùsaw.ˈ sùsawˈ là ʾixəle.ˈ ʾàmra,ˈ ʾamər: qa mà lēt bixala?ˈ ʾàmər:ˈ ʾaškằra pešat.ˈ ʾaya꞊š ʾamra: qa mà?ˈ(13)ʾamər: bas màre꞊wən qataxˈ tre dəsqət warde wə̀dˈ tre dəsqət warde wə̀d,ˈ mătu xut rèšax.ˈ ʾăgar m-xuška hàyaˈ qulax hallu qati ʾàni,ˈ xa dəsqa xə̀naˈ ʾət là sməqta.ˈ(14)ʾamər ʾằgarˈ ʾadya ʾòdaw məra qatuˈ ʾòdaw,ˈ ʾodu ʾamra ʾăgar ʾà...ˈ brata hàwya,ˈ dəsqət wàrdeˈ mătu xut rèšaw.ˈ ʾăgar bràta hawya,ˈ warde k-sàmqi.ˈ brata là [ha]way,ˈ warde là k-msamqi.ˈ(15)ʾăya꞊š qə̀mle.ˈ ʾadya sùsa ʾamərˈ qàtawˈ ʾāt ʾaškằra pyaše꞊wat.ˈ qə̀mleˈ tre dəsqət warde wə̀dle.ˈ ʾaga lə̀twala ʾăya.ˈ qam-matulu xùt rešaw.ˈ kā̀bra gorin,ˈ yàla gorin.ˈ(16)ʾawa꞊š ʾizə̀la.ˈ susa bas mə̀re qatawˈ băyani qùˈ ʾan wàrdeˈ màxləplu.ˈ k-awi wìše,ˈ warde bəš gaš wùdluˈ matulu xut rèšax.ˈ(17)ʾaya ʾizə̀laˈ băyani qə̀mlaˈ ʾan warde qam-ʾawdàlu,ˈ qam-matwàluˈ warde xən wə̀dle,ˈ wə̀dla,ˈ mutula xut rèšaw,ˈ dmə̀xla.ˈ yaʿni ʾaga ləta ʾəl ʾùmrət dunye.ˈ(18)ʾitèleˈ warde labəlu qa ʾòdu.ˈ warde qam-labə̀lu qa ʾoduˈ ʾodu꞊š ʾàmra:ˈ ha bròni ,ˈhà?ˈ məre bəxzayat wardaw ma gaš꞊u jwā̀n꞊ina?ˈ ʾăya bròne꞊leˈ brata lèwe.ˈ ʾèˈ ləbux là xaru.ˈ(19)ʾamər: ʾè.ˈ mà ʾawəd? qəmle ʾamə̀ra,ˈ ʾamər xa tre yomata xət tḷaha ʾizə̀le꞊wˈ kābra ʾàmər: ʾana har šək byadewən ʾe bràte꞊la.ˈ qa yə̀mu.ˈ wəlux yə̀muˈ bratət mà ʾəl ʾurxət ʾalaha qurbanux ʾòdux,ˈ bratət mà?ˈ(20)ʾàmra:ˈ čădət mà awdət?ˈ ʾamər: mà awdən? ʾàmraˈ ʾizùlˈ ṣxìmən.ˈ wudla bi ʾàtyaˈ d-azax ṣàxəx,ˈ ṣàxəx.ˈ ʾe ga ʾaškə̀ra peša.ˈ ʾăgar brata hàwya,ˈ là k-ətya mənux,ˈ là k-ətya mənux.ˈ(21)bas susaw məre qàtawˈ ʾàmraˈ susaw ʾàmərˈ k-azitun ṣaxìtunˈ ʾat꞊u ʾàwa.ˈ mur dăbi sùsiˈ qam-sùsux yasṛə̀ne.ˈ ʾana ʾe gət mšureloxən gu šmàṭaˈ ʾana balutət susu g-dawqə̀na.ˈ ḥatta ʾawa là [a]teˈ là g-maṛmə̀na.ˈ ʾe ga bàṭraˈ bărabar ʾāt pèšat꞊uˈ ʾaškəra là k-pešat.ˈ(22)ʾaya꞊š qə̀mlaˈ qəmle ʾizə̀leˈ ʾàmərˈ, ʾàmər:ˈ maytarwā̀n.ˈ ʾamər: mà꞊ila?ˈ ʾamər: ʾana k-əbən ʾana꞊w ʾāt ʾazəx ṣàxəx.ˈ qalbi gălak pìs꞊ile.ˈ mhemən ʾamər d-ana mən tə̀mmal꞊u la təmmal k-əbənwa ʾamrən qatux.ˈ ʾazəx xantsa ṣàxəx.ˈ bàsˈ bàržan la xzeli.ˈ(23)ʾaya ʾàwa꞊šˈ ʾizəlu rubār ṣàxi. hatta ʾàwaˈ qam-naše xàṣu qam-šarele,ˈ ʾàyaˈ šəṛwàlaw꞊uˈ qabàyaw꞊uˈ mə̀ndi꞊wˈ xàntsa məndèlaˈ xantsa jə̀le,ˈ qam mən dàwa,ˈ hăta šək là [a]wəd gawaw.ˈ(24)ʾawa ʾizə̀leˈ ʾàyaˈ ʾabìwaˈ ʾabiwa šàmṭi,ˈ susa ʾizə̀leˈ paqartət susa qam-dawə̀qla,ˈ susət daw nàša.ˈ ʾay hawā̀r!ˈ ʾay hawā̀r!ˈ sùsaˈ paqartu qam-dawə̀qla.ˈ(25)ʾàmərˈ là k-awe.ˈ hằta qam-ʾawdile băsi băsi grəšlu rešət sùsaˈ qam-parqilu mə-ġdàde.ˈ ʾe꞊š pə̀šla.ˈ ʾàmərˈ ʾàmra,ˈ ʾodu ʾitela ʾamra: hàˈ ma꞊iwawa?!(26)ʾamər wə̀laxˈ ʾamər ḥatta ʾànaˈ gòryi qam-šamṭənuˈ ʾaya kalakaw goryu qundə̀ruˈ qam-šamṭàlu,ˈ qam-šamə̀ṭlu.ˈ k-ə̀mra ˈ là k-əmran qatux broni lewe bràtaˈ... ?ˈ disanăkàˈ(27)ʾizə̀laˈ har꞊š ʾe yàlaˈ har ʾàdya wədleˈ har dzwān pešàwaˈ har har ləbu pə̀le.ˈ ləbu pə̀le.ˈ xa yoma xzèleˈ ʾe baxta npəlta ʾàtxaˈ gu ʾoda dmə̀xte꞊la,ˈ qədle bìyaˈ dedawataw maxwòye꞊na.ˈ(28)ṣrəxle l-òdu.ˈ ʾòda!ˈ ʾòda! ʾamər: ʾita lăxa xùr.ˈ hàr mare꞊wən brate꞊laˈ hàr mare꞊wat lewa brata.ˈ hàr mare꞊wən brate꞊la,ˈ hàr mare꞊wat lewa brata.ˈ ʾayat ʾitàˈ xzì [i]ta.ˈ(29)ʾamra na kay ha tăṛa paθxə̀tte.ˈ ʾàmra: ʾā̀tˈ ʾăgar ʾā̀t brṓn  malke꞊wət,ˈ ʾàna brṓn... brāt màlke꞊wan.ˈ ʾamra: nà kayˈ(30)bas ʾamra gu daw ʾašt꞊iš k-mbaṛxằnuxˈ ʾàmraˈ har ʾana xəzmətət sùsi ʾawdan,ˈ xəzmətət sùsi ʾawdan.ˈ mhaymən ʾe ga꞊š pəšla ʾaškằraˈ qam-barə̀xla.ˈ ʾay꞊š xlə̀ṣla.ˈ

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(1 0:00)A woman was very beautiful. She had a horse. She was thus, in this [situation], her brother drove her away. I don’t know [why]. This was [because of] his wife, because she had fallen out with his wife. I don’t know what [it was]. I don’t know all that.(2)He drove her away. She went away. She climbed up a tree. Her horse was with her. She tied her horse somewhere, in a distant place, and climbed up a tree.(3)Then  a son of a king came. He saw her. He said—she had put on men’s clothes, not women’s clothes—he saw her and said ‘What is the matter?’ She said ‘I do not believe (any-thing is the matter).’(4)In fact, she was wandering around [looking for a job], wandering around saying ‘Do you need a servant? Do you need a servant?’(5)A king’s son said, ‘Yes, I need a servant. Come and be a servant of mine, I mean my servant. I mean work for me in my house.’ She says ‘Yes, I will work for you.’(6)She spoke like men, not like a woman, so that he would not know that she was a woman. She spoke like men. So she said ‘I shall do for you everything, but I would like to feed my horse by myself.(7)So I will attend to both my horse and yours. I shall do nothing else. I want nothing else. I will attend to my horse and your horse, and that is all.’ He said ‘That is fine.’(8)He said ‘That is fine.’ The guy gave her a room, I mean he gave him—she was a young man, a man. So, she ate by her-self, eating and drinking [by herself]. He had a room [of his own]. He had a room.(9)She grew more and more beautiful every day. Her cheeks were growing and her eyes were growing.(10)He said to his mother ‘Mother!’ She said ‘What is it?’ ‘I think my horse groom is a girl, she is a woman.’ ‘What damned girl are you talking about?! Can you see her or not?(11)He said: [I saw her when] she had gone to sleep in the room and had stretched out her limbs like this.’ He said ‘It is a girl.’ She said ‘If it is a girl, then do you know what you should do?’ He said: ‘What?’(12)She said ‘Go!’ Her horse—she went, they used to give [food] to the mare, her horse, but her horse would not eat. She said, he said ‘Why aren’t you eating? It said: [Because if I do,] you will be discovered. She said ‘Why?’(13)It said ‘But I say to you: Make two bunches of flowers. Make two bunches of flowers and put them beneath your head. When it is early morning, get up and give them to me and an-other bunch that has not yet become red.’(14)He said ‘If’—now his mother said to him, his mother—his mother said ‘If it is a girl, put a bunch of flowers under her head. If it is a girl, the flowers will become red. If it is not a girl, the flowers will not become red.’(15)He got up. Now the horse said to her ‘You will be re-vealed.’ He got up and made two bunches of flowers. She was not conscious. He put them beneath her head—the guy, the boy.(16)So, he went, but the horse told her ‘Get up early in the morning and replace the flowers. They will be dry, pick some redder flowers and place them under your head.’(17)She went out early in the morning and picked the flow-ers and put them... He picked other flowers, she picked, she put them under her head and went to sleep, I mean she was dead to the world.(18)He came back and brought the flowers to his mother. He brought the flowers to his mother and his mother said ‘Yes, son, what is it?’ ‘Do you see how red and beautiful her flowers are?’ [His mother said] ‘This is a young man, not a girl. Let not your heart be misled.’(19)He said: ‘Yes.’ What else could he do? He said to her, he said, [after] one or two days, three days, he went, and the guy said ‘I still suspect that it is a girl,’ [he said] to his mother. [His mother said] ‘My son, what girl for God’s sake?! My dear,  what girl [are you talking about]?’(20)She said ‘Do you know what you should do?’ He said ‘What should I do?’ She said ‘Go and swim together. Convince her to come so that we may go to swim, to swim. Then she will be recognised. If she is a girl, she will not come with you, she will not come with you.’(21)But her horse said to her, she said, it said ‘Go swim-ming, you and him, but say “I must tie my horse in front of your horse.” When you both begin to get undressed, I will grab his horse by the neck and will not allow it to go  until he comes. Then you will be behind it and you will not be recog-nised.’(22)So she got up, he got up and went, he said, he said ‘Horse groom!’ He said ‘What is it?’ He said ‘I want the two of us to go swimming. My body is very dirty. To be honest, since yesterday and the day before, I wanted to tell you to go out and swim together, but I did not have the courage to tell you. I did not.’(23)She went out with him to the river to swim. By the time he loosened his waist belt, she took off her trousers, waist coat and the like. She took off some of her clothes before he did, so that he would not have doubts about her.(24)He went..., she... they wanted to get undressed, but the horse went and grabbed the horse’s neck, I mean the man’s horse. [She shouted] ‘Help! Help! The horse has grabbed its (i.e. the horse’s) neck!’(25)He said ‘This is not allowed.’ While they shouted ‘Steady, steady,’ they led the horse away and separated them, she stayed [where she was]. He said... she said, his mother came and said ‘Ah, what has happened?!’(26)He said ‘Look,’ he said ‘By the time I took off my socks, she had taken off her working shoes, her socks and shoes, [I mean] he had taken them off.’ He said ‘Am I not telling you that it is not a man, but it is a girl, it is not a man?’(27)Once again, she went, that man made... she grew more and more beautiful and he fell in love with her.  One day he saw the woman lying in the room asleep. He fell in love with her. Her breasts were showing.(28)He shouted to his mother ‘Mother! Mother!’ He said ‘Come here and look. I keep telling you it is a girl and you tell me it is not a girl. You come, look, come!’(29)She (i.e. the horse groom) said ‘Don’t open the door, all right!’ She said ‘If you are the son of a king, then I too am the daughter of a king.’ She said ‘Don’t (open the door).’(30)But she said ‘I will marry you on condition that I may still attend to my horse, attend to my horse.’ So, believe me, she was then revealed [as a woman] and he married  her. It (the story) is over.