Urmi, Christian: The Bald Man and the King

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Geoffrey Khan	Khan, Geoffrey. The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of the Assyrian Christians of Urmi. 4 vols. Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics 86. Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2016, vol. 4	Yulia Davudi	Sydney, AU

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0:00	ʾá masàlaˈ tanə́nna k̭a-dìyyux ʾátənˈ ʾìlaˈ xà-danaˈ cačàlaˈ ʾə̀tvaˈ ɟu-xàˈ mdìta.ˈ ʾə́tva ⁺rába cačàlə.ˈ ⁺k̭úrbət ⁺ʾəsrà-danə cačàlə-ʾətva.ˈ ʾə́tvalun … súysət k̭èsa xuté.ˈ ci-maxíva ⁺ʾàllu,ˈ c-avíva ⁺bərxàṱaˈ m-dà-rišaˈ ⁺ʾal-dò-riša,ˈ m-dà-rišaˈ ⁺ʾal-dò-riša,ˈ c-áviva vàdaˈ nù búbəšk̭a!ˈ nù búbəšk̭a!ˈ ʾax꞊ət ⁺maṱrúyəna sùysə.ˈ ʾína c-azíva ⁺màlyat šak̭líva mən-nášə,ˈ mən-duccanànə ci-⁺jammíva ⁺màlyatˈ b-dó-məndi ci-xayyìva-ʾannə.ˈ ʾína ʾá ⁺ɟùrət cačáləˈ ⁺ɟúrət cačàləˈ ⁺yànəˈ sar-dastèvaˈ ʾìvaˈ bùšˈ ⁺ʾùllulˈ mə̀nˈ dan-xìnə.ˈ xə̀šləˈ cə̀sˈ xá-dana ⁺tàjər.ˈ ⁺ʾo-tájər k̭a-dá cačála ⁺ràba ci-⁺bayyíva.ˈ ⁺ràba ci-⁺bayyívaˈ ⁺tájər ⁺bəddàyət mú꞊ilə-xina?ˈ ⁺rába ci-⁺bayyíva k̭a-dá cačàla.ˈ xə̀šlə cə́sluˈ k̭at-šak̭ə́lvalə zùyzə.ˈ moriša-jáldə꞊da ci-k̭emìva,ˈ m-k̭ám nášə naplíva ⁺ʾal-⁺šùla,ˈ k̭at-zuyzé šak̭lìvalə mənné,ˈ nášə yavvívalun ⁺màlyat.ˈ ci-šak̭líva zùyzəˈ c-azìvaˈ xayyìva biyyé.ˈ ʾó-yuma ʾá cačála xə́šlə cə́s … ⁺tàjər.ˈ mə́rrə k̭àtuˈ ⁺tàjər mə́rre k̭a-cačàlaˈ k̭at-ʾána bərrə̀xšəvənˈ ⁺ʾal-Màcca.ˈ Mácca ⁺bəddayət mù꞊ila?ˈ ʾánnə məššəlmánə c-ázi Màccaˈ Madìna.ˈ Màccaˈ ziyɑ̄ràt.ˈ mə́rrə ʾána bərrə́xšən ⁺ʾal-Màccaˈ k̭a-tré yàrxəˈ ʾu-zúyzət tre-yárxə b-yávvən k̭átux buš-⁺ràba.ˈ ʾína ⁺ʾáynux ʾóya ⁺ʾal-məndìyyiˈ ⁺ʾal-xayyùyti.ˈ ʾíman tíli ⁺də̀rriˈ bət-yavvə́nnux ⁺ràba.ˈ mə́rrə ⁺rába ⁺spàyˈ ʾu-švə́k̭lə b-šèna.ˈ nšə́k̭lun ⁺ʾùydalə.ˈ cačála xə̀šləˈ ⁺ʾu-tájər xə́šlə bèta.ˈ ⁺tájər ʾə́tval xa-báxta ⁺rába šap̂ə̀rta.ˈ tuxmə̀nnəˈ k̭at-ʾa-báxta ʾìca mattílaˈ k̭át ⁺xiyálu ʾávi ⁺ràhat.ˈ tuxmə́nnə ⁺rába ⁺ràba,ˈ mə́rrə k̭at-ʾə́tli xá-dana ⁺xòra,ˈ ⁺hàjilə.ˈ ⁺ʾáv꞊da xíšələ Màcca,ˈ xíšələ Madìna,ˈ xíšələ ⁺hā̀j.ˈ ⁺rába mhùmna nášələ.ˈ cúl-našə ⁺yaṱṱìlə.ˈ láblən mattə̀nna cə́slu.ˈ bəšk̭álolə bàxtuˈ bərrə́xšələ cəs-⁺hàji.ˈ márələ ⁺hàji,ˈ ⁺xòri,ˈ ʾána hə́č-ducta là mučə́xliˈ k̭at-báxti mattə́nna hemànta.ˈ múyyon cə̀slux.ˈ ʾánnə꞊da xá dúnyə dàvənaˈ k̭àtuxˈ k̭át ʾə́n xurə́jlux k̭a-bàxti,ˈ ʾə́n ⁺bsə̀rrunˈ ʾána p̂ṱ-átən b-yavvə̀nnun.ˈ ʾu-⁺hàji márələˈ ʾòˈ ⁺rába ⁺spày.ˈ ʾána báxtət díyyux ʾax-xa-xàtila.ˈ ʾána ⁺rába ⁺spàyˈ bət-ʾàvənˈ muk̭àyyad mə́nno,ˈ hə̀šyar.ˈ ʾáha mattúyolə báxtu ⁺tàmaˈ ʾú ⁺tàjərˈ bərrə́xšələ Màccaˈ k̭àˈ trè-yarxəˈ ʾú cačála bərrə́xšələ bètuˈ ʾu-báxta mattúyona cəs-⁺hàji.ˈ xá tré ⁺ṱlá šabátə ⁺vàrəla.ˈ ʾáyya bàxtaˈ bərrə́xšəla ⁺hàmmam.ˈ ʾú ⁺hàji꞊da bərrə́xšələˈ ⁺hàmmam.ˈ bəxzàyolə ʾáyya báxtaˈ ⁺rába šap̂ə̀rtaˈ b-⁺pàġroˈ ʾú šavvùtələ ⁺ʾállo.ˈ ⁺báyyə ʾázəl k̭ùrbo.ˈ bàxtaˈ lèla bəšvak̭a.ˈ ⁺ʾávva ⁺hàjiˈ ⁺ràbaˈ ⁺nərvə̀s꞊ləˈ ⁺byàyələˈ xèla ʾávəd ⁺ʾállo.ˈ báxta č̭arč̭ùrəla.ˈ č̭arč̭ùrəlaˈ ʾùˈ ⁺hàjiˈ ʾə́tvalə xá-dana rìɟa.ˈ ⁺rába ⁺spày꞊ivaˈ ʾo-rìɟa.ˈ ⁺rába mhùmnəvaˈ k̭a-⁺hàji.ˈ bərrə́xšəl ⁺bərxáṱəl ɟavàyˈ bəxzáyələ ʾìnaˈ ⁺háji šulxàyaˈ ʾú báxta šulxèta.ˈ ⁺háji ⁺bəddáyələ k̭ə́ssat mù꞊ilaˈ k̭a-rìɟa márələˈ k̭àtˈ bəxzáyət ʾa-báxta ⁺rába ⁺srə̀xtəla,ˈ ⁺srə̀xta ⁺yánəˈ ⁺hā̀r vítəlaˈ ⁺yánə xə̀rbəla.ˈ ʾátxa baxtàtəˈ ɟári péši ⁺k̭ṱìlə.ˈ dúk̭ ʾído ⁺sùrrun,ˈ làbəlla ɟú … váddar mən-mdìtaˈ ɟu-mèša,ˈ ⁺k̭ṱùlla.ˈ rìɟaˈ màjbur꞊ilə.ˈ májbur꞊ilə šak̭ə́lla báxta labə̀lla.ˈ ʾído ⁺bəsyarèləˈ labúlolə k̭at-⁺k̭aṱə̀lla.ˈ ʾu-ʾáyya bàxtaˈ ⁺rába nonùyəlaˈ ⁺xàyəš vádən mə́nnuxˈ là ⁺k̭ṱúlliˈ bə̀xya,ˈ ⁺ràbaˈ bənpála ʾák̭lu bənšak̭èˈ k̭at-là ⁺k̭ṱúlli.ˈ cùl-məndit ⁺báyyətˈ yavvànnux,ˈ ʾo-jùlli,ˈ cúl-məndit ⁺bàyyətˈ dàvi,ˈ ⁺rába dàvə ʾə́tli,ˈ k̭ənnəšyàtət dávaˈ ɟardànband dáva,ˈ ʾisàk̭tət dáva.ˈ cúl-məndit ⁺báyyət šk̭ùllun.ˈ ʾáxči là ⁺k̭ṱúlli!ˈ lé-⁺bayyan mètan.ˈ ʾú rìɟaˈ lə̀bbuˈ bək̭yàdələ.ˈ lèlə ⁺bək̭ṱálo.ˈ bəšk̭alélə júllo šaluxèləˈ ʾìnaˈ ⁺háji mírəva k̭at-júllo dəmmánə mayyə́tlun k̭àtiˈ k̭a-rìɟu.ˈ bàxta márəla k̭átˈ b-yavvánnux ⁺rába zùyzəˈ ʾú ʾa-zannàtti,ˈ zannátti ⁺yànəˈ dàviˈ lábəl zabə̀nnun.ˈ šk̭úllux xá-dana ʾə̀rba,ˈ ⁺k̭ṱùllaˈ də́mmo máttilə ʾal-jùlliˈ lábəlla k̭á màrux.ˈ ʾá rìɟaˈ ʾá-məndi vàdulə.ˈ báxta bəšvák̭ol šulxètaˈ ⁺tàmaˈ ɟu-mèšaˈ ⁺bár m-mdìta.ˈ bəšvàk̭ol ⁺tàma.ˈ ríɟa bərrə̀xšələ.ˈ bəšk̭ála xá-dana ⁺ṱèraˈ ⁺bək̭ṱàlulə.ˈ də́mma mattúyulə ⁺ʾal-jùllo,ˈ mayyélə k̭a-⁺hàji.ˈ mára ⁺k̭ṱilàli.ˈ ⁺hàjiˈ ⁺ràhat꞊ilə.ˈ ʾáyya bàxtaˈ ⁺tamma xabùləla.ˈ ⁺várəla xút ɟəllàləˈ k̭àlpəˈ ʾù …ˈ k̭at-là xábla.ˈ níxa níxa níxa nìxaˈ k̭arbúnəla la-mdìta.ˈ k̭úrbət mdíta ʾə́tva bət-⁺k̭uravàtə.ˈ ⁺bəddáyət bət-⁺k̭uraváy mù꞊ina?ˈ nášə ⁺ṱamrílun ɟavè.ˈ bərrə́xšəla ⁺tàmaˈ ɟáno bək̭nàzola.ˈ cačàlaˈ móriša jáldə k̭ìmələ.ˈ nú bubùšk̭aˈ ⁺maṱrúyələ b-dó k̭èsuˈ sùysə.ˈ bəxzáyələ ⁺hála jàldəla.ˈ ⁺sáʾat xàmšəla.ˈ ʾìca p̂ṱ-ázəl ʾadíyya?ˈ mára ʾázən xáč̭č̭a … ⁺maxlètaˈ mìyya ʾávədˈ míyya ⁺yánə ⁺jā̀rˈ xə́šlə ⁺táma k̭at-⁺jā̀r.ˈ xzílə ʾína xá-dana rìšaˈ ⁺bəryàmələ,ˈ bəcyàpələ,ˈ ⁺bəryàmələˈ bəcyàpələ.ˈ xáč̭č̭a buš-k̭úrba xə̀šləˈ xzílə nàšələ.ˈ ⁺xàrtaˈ xáč̭č̭a꞊da k̭ámta xə̀šlə.ˈ mə́rra k̭àtuˈ k̭àtˈ ʾòyan ⁺xlápux,ˈ là-ta k̭úrba,ˈ šulxètən.ˈ bərrə́xša ʾáxči ɟašùk̭ələˈ ⁺bəddàyoləˈ ⁺bəddáyolə ʾáha k̭át bax-⁺tàjər꞊ila.ˈ ʾáha ʾáy ⁺havā̀rˈ màraˈ ʾá mú-titəla b-rìšo?ˈ mára xáti sp̂úr ⁺ʾàlliˈ dūn-bità.ˈ bətyávələ ⁺ʾal-súysu k̭èsaˈ ⁺maṱrúyələ dūz-bèta.ˈ k̭a-yə́mmu màrələˈ ʾícət ʾə́tlax júllə šap̂ìrəˈ hállun k̭áti jàldə!ˈ ʾóyan ⁺xlàpuxˈ k̭a-mù꞊ina?ˈ màraˈ là hámzəmˈ ʾáxči hàllunˈ ʾé buš-šap̂ə́rta lvə́štax hàlla.ˈ màraˈ xina-ʾá mút hùcmələ?ˈ húcmət màlcələ?ˈ mù꞊ilə?ˈ ⁺rába jùllə šk̭íləvətˈ ʾíta ʾànnə꞊da ⁺báyyət šak̭lə́tlun mə́nni?ˈ mára là hámzəmˈ ʾáxči hàllun.ˈ bəšk̭alélə júllət yə̀mmuˈ labulèlə,ˈ ⁺rappuyél k̭àto.ˈ màraˈ xáti šk̭úl lvùšlun,ˈ tá ⁺bàri.ˈ bàxtaˈ bəšk̭aléla jùlləˈ bəlvašèla.ˈ bitàyəlaˈ mára ⁺narahát là-ʾoyatˈ ʾaxúnax lèlə míta.ˈ ʾána xáyən k̭a-dìyyaxˈ tú ⁺ʾal-sùysiˈ lablə̀nnax.ˈ ʾáy꞊da ʾák̭lo mattúyola l-á-pāt l-é-patət k̭èsaˈ ʾu-mxáyəna bərrə́xšələ bèta,ˈ labúlol bèta.ˈ k̭a-yə̀mmu márələˈ yə̀mmiˈ k̭u-jàldəˈ vúd ⁺ṱámta k̭a-dá … ⁺xànəmˈ cúncət hə́č léla ⁺xəlta xàti.ˈ ⁺ʾàxla.ˈ ʾə́n xa-náša buk̭ə̀rrə mənnáxˈ k̭at-ʾàhaˈ mànila,ˈ tànyatˈ bràtila.ˈ ʾə́n mə́rrax lèlaˈ lišánax parmə̀nnə.ˈ ʾu-cačàla꞊daˈ yə́mmu ⁺yaṱṱàvaˈ k̭at-xá-məndi tunìləˈ ṱ-avə̀dlə.ˈ k̭ə́mla zurə́zla k̭áto ⁺ṱàmtaˈ ʾu-júllo lvišèla.ˈ cačála ⁺plə̀ṱlə.ˈ supyálə b-yə̀mmuˈ ⁺plə́ṱlə xə́šle ⁺bár … šùlu.ˈ xə́šlə ⁺ʾal-dà duccánaˈ ⁺ʾal-dè duccána,ˈ ⁺ʾal-dè duccána.ˈ xá-ɟa ⁺və́rra xá ⁺dànaˈ ⁺šmílə k̭àtˈ ⁺tájər tìyyəle.ˈ ⁺tájər bitáyələ ⁺ʾál … mdìta ⁺mṱáyələ.ˈ ʾu-⁺šadùrələˈ ʾánnə mára xallàttəˈ k̭a-⁺hàji.ˈ ⁺šadúrul présent ⁺rába ⁺ṱimàntaˈ ⁺šadúrol k̭a-⁺hàjiˈ k̭at-bàxtuˈ ⁺maddə̀rra.ˈ ⁺háji bəšk̭alèləˈ … prèsentˈ ʾína k̭ála lə̀t mən-báxta.ˈ ⁺tàjər márələˈ bàlcətˈ ʾána ɟàniˈ ʾázən lablə́nnə p̂-ídi xa-mə̀ndiˈ ʾu-šák̭lən báxti mayyə̀nna,ˈ bálcət ⁺k̭anúnət dánnə ʾàtxələ.ˈ bəšk̭álələ mə́drə xá-dunyə mə́ndi šap̂ìraˈ k̭at-múyyulə mən-Màccaˈ labúlu k̭a-⁺hàji.ˈ xardúyəna b-k̭dálət ⁺dùydalə,ˈ bənšàk̭əna ⁺ʾuydàlə.ˈ ʾu-bətyàvənaˈ xa-⁺čáy bəštàyəna,ˈ ʾe-pášcaš yávol k̭a-⁺hàji.ˈ ⁺xárta márələ k̭àtˈ ʾé-⁺dana ⁺ràbaˈ lè hamzəmmívaˈ nášə sùrəˈ mən-nášə ⁺ɟùrə.ˈ masàlanˈ ʾíman꞊ət xá náša ⁺ɟúra ⁺ʾavə̀rvaˈ ɟári k̭emə́tva ⁺ʾal-ʾàk̭luxˈ k̭a-xəmyànuxˈ k̭a-xmàtuxˈ k̭a-savùnux.ˈ ʾáha꞊zə léva ⁺bašúrə hamzə́mva mə́n ⁺hàji.ˈ mə́rrə ⁺hàjiˈ ⁺rába ⁺maxlèta ⁺bəṱlábənˈ ⁺rába bənxàpənˈ k̭at-tànənˈ hemánti tíyyən lablə̀nna.ˈ hemántu bàxtuva.ˈ mə̀rrəˈ ⁺šurílə ⁺háji ʾátxa bə́xya ⁺šùləˈ k̭àtˈ ʾá mù tánən k̭a-dìyyux?ˈ bàxtuxˈ lḕn-⁺bašurə tánənˈ ʾína màjbur꞊ən tanə́nnuxˈ k̭át hemántət díyyux mə̀tla.ˈ ⁺tájər mxáyələ ɟu-rìšuˈ bə̀xyaˈ ⁺bək̭ṱálol ɟànu.ˈ dàx mə́tla?!ˈ mə́rrə mə̀tlaˈ lá b-⁺xábrət dìyyanˈ xə́šla ⁺ʾal-mèša.ˈ ʾu-díva ⁺xìlolə.ˈ bə̀xyaˈ bə̀xyaˈ bas-lə́tlux xá nišànk̭a?ˈ xá nišánk̭a k̭áti yávvət k̭át mújjur mə̀ttəla?ˈ mə́rrə làˈ hə́č mə̀ndi lə́tli-mənno.ˈ ʾàxčiˈ mə̀tlaˈ ʾu-⁺ṱumràli.ˈ dìva ⁺xilálə.ˈ ⁺ʾávva ⁺tàjərˈ màjbur pyášələˈ bərrə́xšələ cəs-màlca,ˈ cəs-màlca.ˈ k̭a-málca márələ k̭ə̀ssat.ˈ dɑ̄stɑ̄̀n-uˈ márol k̭a-málca k̭at-ʾána báxti múttonva cə́s ⁺hàji.ˈ ʾádi tíyyən šak̭lə̀nna,ˈ márələ mə̀ttəla.ˈ ʾa-mùjjur-ʾoya-⁺yanə?ˈ màlcaˈ ⁺šadúrələ ⁺bár ⁺hàji.ˈ ⁺bək̭ràyuləˈ ⁺bak̭úrələ mə̀nnuˈ bút báxtət ⁺tàjər.ˈ màraˈ ʾávən ⁺xlàpuxˈ ʾáha dùz꞊ila.ˈ báxtu mùttova cə́sli hemántaˈ ʾána ʾax-xàti xúmyonvaˈ ʾìnaˈ là-b-⁺xabra díyyiˈ xə́štəla ⁺ʾal-mèša,ˈ díva ⁺xìlolə.ˈ mùjjurra yavvə́nna xína?!ˈ ⁺bar-mə́ttəla mə̀ttəla.ˈ málca màrələˈ ʾə̀tluxˈ sàdə?ˈ mə́rrə hìˈ ⁺k̭ùrbān,ˈ ʾàvən ⁺xlápux.ˈ mànina?ˈ mə́rrə rìɟilə.ˈ ʾú ⁺k̭azí k̭at-k̭a-cúllə dá mdíta c-ávəd ⁺k̭azì,ˈ ⁺šulánə zarə̀zlun.ˈ ʾu-⁺màllələˈ ʾú xá-dana ⁺k̭àssab꞊iləˈ ⁺k̭àssabˈ ríšət cùčaˈ ⁺ʾalùla,ˈ ⁺ʾàvun꞊ilə.ˈ cúllə ⁺bəddàyənaˈ k̭át mə̀ttəla.ˈ màlca márələˈ xúb mù-⁺bayyət mə́nnu xína?ˈ ⁺bar-mə́tta mə̀ttəlaˈ dúna cúllə sadúyta yàvəna.ˈ k̭əryél cullə-ʾánnə꞊da málca ⁺tàma.ˈ mə́rrə hìˈ mə̀ttəla.ˈ k̭a-yàlaˈ k̭a-⁺tàjər márənaˈ xub-mə́ttəla mə̀ttəla báxtux,ˈ mù-⁺bayyət mə́nnu?ˈ làxxaˈ cačàlaˈ cúllə ʾánnə ⁺bəšmayèlə.ˈ bráta ɟu-bètula.ˈ ʾína bəxzáyələ k̭at-⁺háji mú꞊ilə vàda.ˈ bəxzáyələ ⁺ʾátra mújjurra ⁺bəxdàrələ.ˈ bəxzáyələ málca mùjjurraˈ ⁺dìvan vádələ.ˈ ʾánnə cúllə bəxzayèlə.ˈ cúllə ⁺bəšmayèlə.ˈ bərrə́xšələ ⁺rába ⁺pšìmaˈ k̭a-dà mə́ndiˈ k̭at-lə̀ttənˈ xá mə̀ndiˈ ɟā́v ⁺ʾàtraˈ k̭àtˈ xəžbùyna ʾódət ⁺ʾàllu.ˈ bərrə́xša k̭a-báxta màrələ.ˈ màraˈ ⁺rába bəpšàməvən xátiˈ ⁺ɟórax tìyyələˈ ʾína mírəna k̭at-ʾat-mə̀ttəvatˈ ʾu-málca-zə k̭ùblolə.ˈ ⁺ʾu-háji cúllə k̭ublálun k̭at-ʾat-mə̀ttət.ˈ báxta bə̀xyəlaˈ mára ʾòyan ⁺xlapuxˈ lábəlli cəs-⁺ɟòri.ˈ mára xàtiˈ mújjur lablə́nnax cəs-⁺ɟòrax?ˈ cúllə ⁺bəddáyəna ʾat-mə̀ttət.ˈ ʾə́n ʾádi ⁺yàṱṱiˈ k̭at-ʾátən cə́sli bəxxàyətˈ ʾu-k̭àtaxˈ k̭àtiˈ k̭a-ɟórax bət-k̭àṱliˈ k̭at-⁺xabré lá-⁺paləṱ dùɟla.ˈ bas-sp̂ùrˈ xázzən mù-⁺ʾamsən ʾódən.ˈ ʾá bəsp̂àrələˈ ⁺rába taxmùnələ.ˈ b-lélə b-yúma lélə bədmàxa.ˈ bəlɑ̄xará ⁺bək̭rayélə ʾan-cačálə xìnə.ˈ cačálə xínə cúllə ⁺bək̭rayèlə.ˈ k̭ə́ssat da-⁺hàjiˈ ʾu-⁺tàjər,ˈ bàxtuˈ hak̭úyol k̭atè.ˈ ʾànnəˈ cúllə màrənaˈ ʾáxnan p-⁺hayyərràxlux,ˈ cačàləˈ mára p-⁺hayyərràxlux.ˈ mu-ʾòdax,ˈ mu-le-ʾòdax?ˈ mára k̭úmun ⁺ṱálax ⁺ṱā̀lta.ˈ cačála váyələ màlcaˈ cačàla,ˈ ʾo-cačálət bràta múyyolə váyələ màlca,ˈ šópət màlca.ˈ xá mən-cačálə vádulə vàzzər.ˈ xá vádulə ⁺tàjər.ˈ xá vádulə … ⁺k̭azì.ˈ xá vádulə ⁺màlla.ˈ xá vádulə ⁺k̭àssab.ˈ xá vádul bràta.ˈ xá vádulə … ⁺tàjərˈ k̭aṱ-ílə bàxtu tlə́k̭ta.ˈ ʾánnə cùllə šəmmanéˈ mattuyélə vadèlə.ˈ šə́mmət vazzíru꞊da mattúyulə ʾAlla-Várdi ⁺Xā̀nˈ cúncət vazzírət málca ʾaslìˈ ʾílə ʾAlla-Várdi ⁺Xā̀n.ˈ málca-da màlcələ.ˈ ʾádi ʾánnə ⁺ṱávuləna ṱā̀ltaˈ k̭àtˈ mù ɟári ʾódi.ˈ ⁺bəddáyona ʾadi-cúllə ʾa-⁺ṱā́lta mù꞊ila.ˈ šəmmané꞊da cúllə mattuyèlə.ˈ k̭á … cačàlə márələˈ vímun hə̀šyarˈ xzímun màlcaˈ cút xa-⁺dànaˈ cút-cma xa-⁺dànaˈ cút trè-yarxəˈ cút ⁺ṱlá-yarxə xàˈ ci-⁺pàləṱ,ˈ c-ázəl ⁺xdàra,ˈ sàxbərˈ ɟáššək̭ ʾal-⁺ʾàtru k̭at-⁺xàdərˈ mən-vazzìru.ˈ bəlɑ̄xaráˈ bitáyəna cačàlə,ˈ ʾína ʾax-jasùsə,ˈ ɟaššùk̭əna,ˈ bitáyəna k̭á cačála ⁺ɟùraˈ márəna k̭àtˈ ʾà-šabtaˈ màlcaˈ ⁺pə́llan yùma,ˈ ⁺pə́llan ⁺dàna,ˈ ⁺pə́llan ⁺sàʾatˈ ⁺plàṱələˈ ⁺ʾal-dà ʾúrxa.ˈ mára ⁺ràba ⁺spáy.ˈ cullóxun lípotun darsòxun?ˈ mára hì.ˈ cúllə꞊da ⁺bəddáyəna mu-ʾòdi,ˈ cùllə.ˈ ʾànnəˈ k̭at-màlca bərrəxšələ,ˈ ʾánnə꞊da bərrə̀xšəna.ˈ ⁺táma ʾə́tva xa-dána bèta,ˈ ʾína xrìvaˈ lé-ʾoya nášə ɟávu xayyìva.ˈ bəxzáyət ⁺ʾal-vàddarˈ ɟu-còl,ˈ ɟu-⁺biyàbanˈ ʾə́ttən bətvátə tlìxə.ˈ ʾánnə cačálə cùllə bərrə́xšəna ⁺tàma,ˈ bətyàvəna.ˈ bəsp̂árəna k̭at-málca ʾàtə.ˈ ʾə́tlə ⁺táma mə́drə tré cačàləˈ jasusùyta vádənaˈ k̭at-málca ʾəm-⁺dana ʾádi ʾàk̭lu mattíla ⁺ʾal-ɟàrə.ˈ málca ʾaslìˈ mən-vazzìruˈ bəxzáyəna m-rə̀k̭k̭aˈ ɟu-⁺dávva béta tlìxaˈ ʾə́ttən ⁺šrayàtə bəlláyəna.ˈ málca màrələˈ mànilə bəxxá ɟu-⁺davvó béta?ˈ ⁺ʾávva tlìxaˈ hə́č-məndi lət-ɟàvu.ˈ ʾázax xázax mù꞊ilə.ˈ bərrə̀xšənaˈ ⁺mṱáyəna ⁺ʾàllu.ˈ ʾánnə láxxa cúllə ɟané ⁺hùdrona.ˈ ʾə́t xá càvə,ˈ ⁺ʾùllul.ˈ málca bitàyələˈ ʾák̭lu mattúyolə hal-⁺tàmaˈ k̭at-ɟàššək̭,ˈ ʾánnə ⁺šarùyəna.ˈ cačála ʾaslìˈ màlcələ.ˈ k̭a-xa-vazzìruˈ šə́mmu mùttuyələˈ ʾAlla-Vardi-⁺Xā̀n.ˈ ʾu-ʾa-vazzírət k̭aṱ-ílə cəs-màlcaˈ šə́mmu꞊da ʾAlla-Vardi-⁺Xā̀n꞊ilə.ˈ cačála xa-b-xá-ɟa mə̀rrəˈ ʾAlla-Vardi-⁺Xā̀n,ˈ ʾAlla-Vardi-⁺Xā̀n!ˈ mə́rrə bále ⁺k̭ùrbānˈ ʾávən ⁺xlàpux.ˈ ʾó vázzər꞊ət ⁺ʾùllulˈ ⁺byayəva tanìvaˈ málca púmmu dvə̀k̭lə.ˈ mə́rrə lá-vud k̭àla!ˈ bétu ⁺šìyya!ˈ ⁺byáyət ⁺k̭aṱlìlan láxxa?ˈ xzí ʾá mùt masàləla?ˈ máɟar ʾə́ttən málca xína ɟu-da-⁺ʾátrət díyyi ʾána lēn-⁺bəddà?ˈ ɟáššək̭ mù꞊ilə váyaˈ mú k̭avvùmələ.ˈ ʾánnə m-⁺táma ɟaššùk̭ənaˈ ʾína ʾánnə cúllə ⁺bəddáyəna málca ⁺ʾùllul꞊ilə.ˈ cačála k̭aṱ-ílə màlca,ˈ ⁺bəddàyət xínaˈ prə̀šlux mú꞊ila masàla,ˈ cačála ʾaslí ʾo-⁺ɟúra víyyələ màlca ʾadíyya,ˈ bədráyələ k̭álə k̭a-xá mən-cačàluˈ ʾìləˈ vàzzərˈ bədráyələ k̭àləˈ ʾAlla-Vardi-⁺Xā̀n!ˈ ʾAlla-Vardi-⁺Xā̀n!ˈ cačála bitáyələ k̭àtuˈ k̭amàytu máraˈ hí ʾávən ⁺xlàpuxˈ mù ⁺byáyət?ˈ mə́rrə bətxàrətˈ xa-k̭ə̀ssat ʾə́tvaˈ xa-⁺tàjər ʾə́tva.ˈ bàxtuˈ múttova cəs-⁺hàji.ˈ xá-ʾaxča mə̀ndi ʾə́tva.ˈ tílun cə̀sli.ˈ mə́rrun báxtu mə̀ttəla,ˈ ʾína ʾána màlca,ˈ málcət da-⁺ʾàtraˈ cmá xmàrənva!ˈ cmá xmàrənva!ˈ là ⁺buk̭ə́rri k̭at-ʾá bàxtaˈ b-mùt móta mə̀ttəla,ˈ dàxi mə́ttəla.ˈ ʾána ⁺byáyən ʾá-k̭əssat táza patxə̀nna.ˈ ʾána ⁺báyyən ⁺yàṱṱən.ˈ mára hìˈ ʾávən ⁺xlàpuxˈ xá-ʾaxča-məndi ʾə̀tva,ˈ ʾína màraˈ bále ⁺k̭ùrbanˈ ʾìva.ˈ cačála ⁺šadùrələˈ mára xùšˈ ⁺bár ⁺tàjər.ˈ xá mən-cačálə ʾílə ⁺tàjər.ˈ ⁺dìluxˈ k̭ámta mə̀rri.ˈ cúllə ⁺tàməna.ˈ xá cačála máyyulə šə́mmu ⁺tàjər.ˈ mára brùniˈ ⁺màxlili.ˈ ʾána ⁺rába ⁺rəpyùta və́dliˈ ʾát xà-ʾaxčaˈ k̭vàlta ʾə́tvaluxˈ mən-⁺hàjiˈ k̭at-báxtux lìtən,ˈ mə̀ttəla.ˈ ⁺rába ⁺màxlili,ˈ ⁺pàxəlli,ˈ ʾána ⁺byáyən ʾadíyya šarə̀nna masála.ˈ mùdiva k̭ə́ssa?ˈ ⁺tàjərˈ mə́drə hak̭úyolə k̭a-màlca.ˈ mára xúš túy ⁺tàmma.ˈ ⁺dílux mújjur huk̭yàlə xínaˈ k̭at-báxtu mə̀ttəla.ˈ ⁺tájər mattùyulə ⁺támmaˈ cačàla.ˈ màraˈ ⁺šádrun ⁺bar ⁺màlla.ˈ ⁺hàji,ˈ ⁺màlla,ˈ ⁺k̭àssabˈ cùllə mayḗl ⁺tàma.ˈ màraˈ ⁺hàji,ˈ ⁺tájər báxtu múttova cə̀slux.ˈ mùjjur mə́tla?ˈ mə́rrə ʾávən ⁺xlàpuxˈ mə̀tla.ˈ díva ⁺xilàləˈ mə̀tla.ˈ mə́rrə xuš-⁺tàmma.ˈ bitáyələ ⁺màllaˈ màraˈ ⁺màllaˈ ʾát ⁺dílux báxta mə̀ttəla?ˈ hìˈ ʾávən ⁺xlàpuxˈ dàx la-⁺díli!ˈ ʾána xzìliˈ ɟàni ⁺ṱúmron.ˈ b-mùt móta mə́tla?ˈ mə́rrə pə́lla mən-ɟàrəˈ ʾə́ltəx mə̀tla.ˈ mə́rrə ʾàt꞊da xuš-⁺támma.ˈ bitáyələ ⁺k̭àssabˈ ⁺ʾáv꞊zə màraˈ hìˈ ʾávən ⁺xlàpuxˈ ʾána xzíli mə̀tla,ˈ ʾìnaˈ ʾána xzìliˈ pə́lla ɟu-hàvuzˈ xnə̀k̭laˈ ʾo-xìnaˈ ⁺málla màrələˈ mára ʾàt mú?ˈ màraˈ ʾána xzìliˈ k̭at-ʾá-baxta ⁺ràbaˈ xamxàmta ʾə́tvala.ˈ ⁺rába xamxámta k̭am-ʾàvila,ˈ mə̀tla.ˈ ʾánnə cúllə mattuyél ⁺tàmmaˈ mára ʾáxtun túmun ⁺tàmma.ˈ mára láxxa ʾə́ttən xá-dana náša xìnaˈ búš ⁺spáy꞊ilə k̭at-yavə́llan ⁺xàbra.ˈ ⁺ʾávun꞊da ʾílə ríɟət ⁺hàji.ˈ mémun làxxa ríɟa.ˈ mémunlə làxxa ríɟa.ˈ xá mən-cačálu꞊da rìɟəva.ˈ ríɟa bitàyələˈ màraˈ bále ⁺k̭ùrban,ˈ ʾávən ⁺xlàpux,ˈ mú ⁺byàyəvət?ˈ màraˈ tunílux, tunìlux.ˈ là tunílux,ˈ ɟə̀lduxˈ p-šalxə̀nnəˈ malə́nnə tùyna.ˈ malə́nnə tùyna.ˈ ɟári tanə́tla duzùta.ˈ ⁺bəddáyət k̭əssàttətˈ báxtət ⁺tajə̀rˈ mən-⁺hàji?ˈ mə́rrə hìˈ ʾávən ⁺xlàpuxˈ ⁺bəddàyon.ˈ mə́rrə mù víla?ˈ mə́rrə ʾàvən ⁺xlápux,ˈ ⁺háji k̭áti mə̀rrəˈ láblən ⁺k̭aṱlə̀nna.ˈ ʾína málca cúllə ⁺bəšmayèlə ʾánnə.ˈ ʾánnə cúllə ⁺ṱalànəna.ˈ màraˈ ⁺háji k̭áti mə̀rrəˈ ⁺byáyəva ʾavə́dva xèla ⁺ʾálloˈ ɟu-⁺hàmmam.ˈ ʾána ⁺rxə́ṱli xə̀šliˈ ʾu-⁺háji k̭áti mə̀rrəˈ k̭at-ʾà-baxtaˈ xrə̀vta báxtəla.ˈ šə́mmi maxrəvvàləˈ ɟu-nášə šə́mmi ṱ-àzəlˈ razzəllàlə.ˈ ɟári láblət ⁺k̭aṱlə̀tla.ˈ ʾána ʾído ⁺sirèliˈ k̭at-láblən ʾa-báxta ⁺k̭aṱlə̀nna.ˈ lubláli ɟu-mèša,ˈ ʾína ⁺ʾúxča báxta bxìlaˈ ⁺ʾúxča nuníla bìyyiˈ ⁺ʾúxča ʾidə-ʾák̭li nšik̭èlaˈ lə́bbi k̭ə̀dlə duzúta k̭áto.ˈ là ⁺k̭ṱiláli.ˈ švik̭àli.ˈ làxxaˈ mára ʾa-báxta xètəla?ˈ mára lḕn ⁺bəddá.ˈ ʾaláha ráxmə ʾávəd ⁺ʾállo k̭at-lá-ʾavi dívə xìloˈ sab-ʾána švik̭áli ⁺táma ɟu-xə̀šca.ˈ mára ʾà-da máttunlə ⁺támma.ˈ mattúna ⁺tàma.ˈ mára ⁺bəddáyətun mù꞊ila?ˈ mára là.ˈ mára ʾə́ttən láxxa xa-cačàla,ˈ šópət ɟànu꞊zəˈ múttələ xa-cačála xìnaˈ ɟánu vídolə màlca,ˈ mára ʾo-cačála làxxaˈ ʾá cačàlaˈ ʾə́tlə ⁺xàbra mən-da-báxta.ˈ xúšun ⁺bar-cačàla.ˈ xácma mən-dan-cačálə꞊da bərrə̀xšəna.ˈ xá cačála xína꞊da máyuna k̭amàytu.ˈ màraˈ ⁺ɟúrət cačàlət ʾátən.ˈ ⁺báyyən ⁺bák̭rən mənnux xa-⁺xàbra.ˈ ʾə́tlux ⁺xábra ʾàtənˈ mən-da-báxta tlə̀k̭taˈ ʾó mə̀tta,ˈ báxtət ⁺hàjiˈ mə́n ⁺tàjər?ˈ mára hìˈ ʾávən ⁺xlàpuxˈ ʾána ʾə̀tli ⁺xábra.ˈ báxta xètəla.ˈ ʾána mùčxon.ˈ ʾádi ɟu-bèti bəxxáyəla.ˈ k̭a-cačàla márənaˈ k̭át xòbˈ šk̭úl xuš-mèla ʾe-báxta.ˈ xá mən-cačálə꞊da vídulə báxtət ⁺tàjər.ˈ bərrə́xšələ máya xá dána bàxtaˈ mulvíšona ʾax-bàxta.ˈ màyolə.ˈ har-ɟu-⁺vàrto ⁺táma,ˈ ʾó cačála xína k̭aṱ-íva ⁺tàjər vídu,ˈ ⁺ṱùlona ⁺ṱā́lta,ˈ bək̭yáməl màraˈ ʾáy ⁺havā̀r!ˈ ʾay-⁺k̭ə́ṱma b-rìši!ˈ ʾáha bàxtila.ˈ dúla xètaˈ léla mə̀tta.ˈ ʾá ʾìcəva?ˈ bə́xya bəxpák̭əna ⁺ʾuydàle.ˈ k̭a-bàxta márələˈ ʾáha ⁺ɟòrax꞊lə?ˈ mára hìˈ ʾóyan ⁺xlàpux!ˈ ʾóyan ⁺nə̀drux!ˈ málcət màlcə!ˈ ʾáha ⁺ɟòril.ˈ mára xòb.ˈ ʾáxtun xpúk̭un ⁺ʾùydalə.ˈ máttunla ɟu-xá-dana ⁺ʾarabànaˈ ʾət-suysavàtəˈ lablúnla bèta.ˈ ʾánnə bərrə́xšəna bètaˈ ʾína ⁺tàməna.ˈ ʾánnə xìnə꞊daˈ dúk̭un cúllə ⁺sùrunlun!ˈ ⁺sùrunlun!ˈ cpùšunlun!ˈ màraˈ ⁺sùrunlun!ˈ dúšunlun ɟú ⁺dùssak̭!ˈ máttunlun ⁺tàma.ˈ ʾána lé-⁺bayyən xà-ʾaxča mə́ndi ɟu-⁺ʾátrət díyyi ʾávə.ˈ ʾána lévən ⁺bəddá k̭a-mùdiˈ ʾána ʾó-yuma žġìšənvaˈ lḗnva taxmúne ⁺spáy ⁺ràhat.ˈ ʾáha xá-ʾaxča ⁺šúla ⁺ɟúra ʾávə víyya ɟu-da-⁺ʾátrət dìyyi,ˈ ʾána là-⁺yaṱṱən?ˈ xòb,ˈ ʾádi xúšun b-šlàma.ˈ málcət ⁺ʾùllulˈ k̭a-vazzìru márəlˈ k̭ùˈ ⁺yàrmaxˈ ʾàzaxˈ m-k̭ám꞊ət k̭a-díyyan꞊da cápši ɟú ⁺dùssak̭ˈ dešílan ɟu-⁺dùssak̭ˈ ʾídan ⁺ʾasríla ⁺k̭aṱlìlan.ˈ k̭ú bètu ⁺šìyyaˈ k̭a-vazzíru màrələˈ xa-ɟáššək̭ mú k̭avvúmə ɟu-⁺ʾátrət dìyyan!ˈ ʾánnə níxa níxa ⁺bəsláyəna bərrə̀xšəna.ˈ cačála ⁺bəddáyələ k̭at-málca xə̀šlə.ˈ cačála ⁺bəddáyələ málca xə̀šlə,ˈ ʾìnaˈ ⁺bəddàyələˈ móriša jàldəˈ màlcaˈ p-⁺šádər ⁺bàru.ˈ ɟané ⁺házər vìdonaˈ cúllə cačàlə.ˈ málca móriša jáldə bək̭yàmələ,ˈ cúl-lelə šìma lélə dmíxa.ˈ lèlə dmíxaˈ mən-⁺narahatùytu.ˈ ⁺šadúrələ polìsəˈ ⁺šurṱìyyə márənaˈ ⁺bàrˈ cačàla.ˈ ʾícət ʾə́tten cačàləˈ bədvak̭é mayèna.ˈ mayéna ⁺tàma.ˈ k̭a-cačàla márələˈ ⁺ʾe-ṱā́ltət ⁺bèrašə ⁺ṱuláluxˈ ⁺ṱulàlux,ˈ ⁺ṱulàlux.ˈ là ⁺ṱulálux,ˈ bət-yávvən dàsturˈ k̭at-⁺k̭aṱlìluxˈ maxílə ríšux b-sèpa.ˈ ⁺jàllad ʾə́tva ⁺táma.ˈ mə̀rrəˈ rìšux maxílə.ˈ cačála k̭a-màlca mə́rrəˈ màlca ṱ-ávət basímaˈ lèla b-dá hasanúyta.ˈ ʾána šàrtə mə́nnux máttən.ˈ b-šàrt ṱ-odə́nnə ʾa-⁺šúla.ˈ mára mù꞊ila šártux?ˈ mára k̭a-trè ⁺saʾáttə malcútux hálla k̭ày.ˈ tré ⁺saʾàttəˈ malcútux hálla k̭ày.ˈ málca bək̭yàmələˈ júllu šaluxèləˈ yavél k̭àtu.ˈ cúllə cačálə bəlvašèna,ˈ vàzzər,ˈ vàccəl,ˈ hăsabdɑ̄̀r,ˈ cúllə bəlvašèna,ˈ ⁺tàməna.ˈ mára mə́nnux ⁺byàyənaˈ ⁺jā̀r dárətˈ ⁺maxbə́rrət k̭a-cúllə ⁺ʾátra ʾàtə.ˈ tánimun k̭at-málca ⁺byáyələ xá ⁺dívan ⁺rába ⁺ɟùrta ʾávədˈ cúllə ɟári ʾávi ⁺tàma.ˈ yávələ ⁺xàbraˈ cúllə nášə ⁺bəjmáyəna bitàyəna.ˈ cúllə ⁺vára ɟaššùk̭əna,ˈ ʾína málca vḗl tíva ⁺tàmma,ˈ ʾína xa-málca xàtələ.ˈ mára ʾíman ʾá málca vìləˈ ʾáxnan ⁺xábra lə̀tlan?ˈ ⁺šadúrələ ⁺bár ⁺tàjərˈ ʾaslì,ˈ ⁺bár ⁺k̭àzi,ˈ ⁺bár ⁺k̭àssab,ˈ ⁺bár ⁺màlla,ˈ ⁺bár rìɟa,ˈ cúllə mayèlə.ˈ ⁺šadúrələ ⁺bar ⁺tàjər,ˈ ⁺bar ⁺hàjiˈ ʾína ʾan-ʾaslìyyə,ˈ ⁺baré k̭at-ʾàti.ˈ ʾádi ⁺hàjile,ˈ ⁺tàjər꞊ilə,ˈ ⁺màllələ,ˈ ⁺k̭àssab꞊ilə,ˈ cúllə k̭at-yúvvə sadùytaˈ ⁺jummél ⁺tàma,ˈ muyél ⁺tàma.ˈ muyél ⁺tàma.ˈ ʾé-⁺dān xzìlun,ˈ ⁺hàjiˈ ⁺šurílun ʾák̭lu bərɟàda,ˈ ⁺páġru bərɟàdaˈ lə́bbu p̂k̭ìlə.ˈ cačála k̭át víyyəl ʾadíyya màlcaˈ humzə̀mləˈ mə̀rrəˈ ⁺bəddáyətun ɟu-da-⁺ʾátra mú k̭avvùmələ?ˈ ʾána lé-⁺bayyən lòmaˈ màyyənˈ ⁺ʾal-málca ʾaslì,ˈ ʾína xá-ʾaxča k̭ə̀ssat vítəla.ˈ xà-ʾaxčaˈ mə̀ndi vílə láxxaˈ k̭at-xá ⁺tàjərˈ báxtu mayyíla máttə cəs-⁺hàji.ˈ ⁺háji ⁺xárta k̭ā́m ⁺ʾal-ɟànoˈ ⁺xárta yávvəl k̭a-rìɟuˈ lábəl ⁺k̭aṱə̀lla.ˈ ríɟa ràxmə vídəl ⁺ʾàllo,ˈ lèlə ⁺k̭ṱílo.ˈ ʾá-məndi k̭abùlutun?ˈ cút-xa b-xá k̭ála mə́rrə là.ˈ mə̀rrəˈ k̭a-yàla mə́rrəˈ ʾátən ʾə́tvalux k̭válta mən-⁺hàji?ˈ mə́rrə hí ⁺k̭ùrbanˈ dáx꞊ət mə́rri k̭àtux,ˈ málca ṱ-ávət basìma,ˈ ʾána bərrə́xšənva ⁺ʾal-Màccaˈ ʾu-báxti muyyàliˈ muttáli cə́s ⁺hàjiˈ sắbab ⁺rába mhùmnəvaˈ ci-⁺bayyə̀nvalə,ˈ ⁺xòriva.ˈ ⁺bəddáyənva k̭at-xíšələ Màccaˈ xíšəle ⁺hàjiˈ víyəl ʾáx xa-dána xălìfaˈ ʾáx xa-dána ʾabùna,ˈ patriyàrcaˈ lə́tlə xá ⁺xṱíta ⁺xə̀lṱa.ˈ báxti muttáli cə̀slu.ˈ ʾína ʾána tíli šak̭lə̀nvalaˈ mə́rrə mə̀ttəla.ˈ tíli cəs-màlca,ˈ málca mə̀rrəˈ xób mə́tta mə̀ttəla.ˈ mú ⁺báyyət mən-xa-mìta?ˈ ʾu-cúllə sádu yvəllún sadùta k̭at-mə̀ttəla.ˈ málca ⁺hàji k̭rílə.ˈ mə̀rrəˈ ⁺byáyən ⁺bàk̭rənˈ bùtˈ báxtət ⁺tàjərˈ dàx vítəla?ˈ ⁺háji ⁺šurílə bə̀xyaˈ ʾína ʾaslìˈ ⁺šuríl bə̀xyaˈ mə́rrə k̭at-bàxtuˈ díva ⁺xilàlə.ˈ mə́rrə máttunlə ⁺tàmma.ˈ muttílun ⁺tàmmaˈ har-dáx꞊ət mə́rri k̭àmtaˈ ʾu-tílə ⁺k̭àssab,ˈ tílə ⁺màlla,ˈ tílə ⁺k̭àzi,ˈ cúllə tìlun.ˈ xá-mənne mə́rrə k̭át dìva ⁺xílolə.ˈ xá-mənne mə́rrə pə́lla ɟu-hàvuz.ˈ xá-mənne mə́rrə xumxə́mla mə̀tla.ˈ xá-mənne pə́lla mən-ɟàrə mə́tla.ˈ ʾánnə cùlləˈ mə̀rreˈ túmun ⁺tàmmaˈ ʾáni tə́vlun ⁺tàmma.ˈ k̭a-dé-baxta mìrəvaˈ mə́rrə ʾə́n ⁺šudə́rri ⁺bàraxˈ là ⁺zádyat,ˈ ʾàtyat.ˈ k̭a-dan-cačálət ɟànuˈ málca márələ k̭át tré-⁺ṱla dánə-da ⁺šurṱìyyəˈ ʾáti mənnóxun k̭at-lá p̂-ùrxa ⁺k̭aṱlíla.ˈ ʾánnə bərrə̀xšənaˈ báxta bəšk̭álo màyona.ˈ yála ⁺tàjərˈ har-bəxzáyolə bàxtu,ˈ hàvar vádələ.ˈ mxáyələ ɟu-rìšu.ˈ ʾáy ʾávən ⁺xlàpux,ˈ ʾá bàxtila,ˈ bás márəva mə̀ttəla.ˈ ʾína ⁺bar-našùytaˈ cùllə ɟaššùk̭əla,ˈ cùlləˈ ⁺narahát bə̀xya.ˈ báxta꞊da ⁺bərxáṱəla cəs-⁺ɟòroˈ bəxpàk̭ula.ˈ ʾáy ⁺havā̀rˈ ʾá ⁺ɟòrilə.ˈ mára ʾàxtunˈ … ʾá bàxtux꞊la?ˈ hì.ˈ bàxta,ˈ ʾá ⁺ɟòrax꞊lə?ˈ hì,ˈ ʾá ⁺ɟòrilə.ˈ bəxpák̭əna ⁺ʾùydalə.ˈ mára ʾànnəˈ máttimunlun ɟu-xá lilànk̭aˈ ʾət-susavàtəˈ ⁺mámṱimunlun bèta.ˈ ʾánnə bərrə̀xšəna.ˈ bitáyələ ⁺hàji,ˈ ⁺màlla,ˈ ʾu-⁺k̭àssabˈ ʾú ⁺k̭azì.ˈ ʾánnə cúllə mayèləˈ mára ʾánnə dúk̭unlun cùlləˈ ʾidə-ʾak̭lé ⁺sùrunlun.ˈ ⁺maxlèta láxxa.ˈ ʾánnə cúllə ⁺ʾə̀mza və́dlunˈ ⁺hàjiˈ ⁺ʾə̀mza və́dləˈ hì,ˈ ʾána ⁺ʾə̀mza vádəvənˈ dìva ⁺xiláləˈ ʾu-⁺k̭àssabˈ ⁺ʾə̀mza vádələˈ k̭át hìˈ ʾa-báxta pə́lla ɟu-hàvuz,ˈ mə̀tla.ˈ ʾú ⁺ʾo-málla xìna máraˈ k̭àtˈ ʾána xzìləˈ ʾá bàxtaˈ mən-ɟàre pə́lla.ˈ ʾína cùlləˈ ⁺ʾə̀mza vádəna,ˈ ⁺ʾə́mza bəšk̭áləna mənnèˈ k̭àmta.ˈ ⁺ʾəmzé bəšk̭àlulə,ˈ ʾidaté ⁺bəsyarèlə.ˈ mára ʾánnə làblunlun,ˈ máttunlun ɟu-⁺dùssak̭ˈ k̭a-hàl motè,ˈ k̭a-hál꞊ət mèti.ˈ bək̭yámələ ⁺ʾal-ʾàk̭lu.ˈ k̭a-màlca máraˈ ʾávət basíma ⁺ràbaˈ k̭át ʾa-pə́rsat yuvválux k̭àtiˈ ʾánnə jùlluxˈ ʾína ʾé-⁺dān ⁺báyyət ʾódət xa-mə̀ndiˈ vúdlə ʾax-nàšə.ˈ ʾánnə jùlluxˈ ʾànnəˈ … malcùytuxˈ ⁺ʾáxla rìšuxˈ ʾána lḕn ⁺byáyo xína.ˈ málca bək̭yámələ ⁺ʾal-ʾàk̭lu.ˈ cačàlaˈ ⁺bəzdàyələ,ˈ bəxšáva k̭at-ʾadíya ríšu maxìlə.ˈ mə́rrə lá là,ˈ ʾàtənˈ mən-cačàlux xínəˈ bṱ-avìtunˈ ɟu-dɑ̄rbɑ̄́r-ət dìyyi,ˈ dɑ̄rbɑ̄́r ⁺yánə betúytət malcùyta.ˈ ʾát ṱ-ávət šópət vazzìri.ˈ ʾánnə p̂ṱ-ávi ɟú vàccəlˈ vàzzər.ˈ ⁺rába bəxdàyəvənˈ k̭at-xá-ʾaxĉa mə̀ndiˈ ʾána mucə́xli ɟu-màllat.ˈ ʾávət ⁺rába basìmaˈ bəxpàk̭ulə.ˈ ʾánnə cúllə bədyašèləˈ vadélə ɟú betúytət malcùyta.ˈ basíma ⁺rába k̭at-⁺šmìlux.ˈ ʾá masàlaˈ tanə́nna k̭a-dìyyux ʾátənˈ ʾìlaˈ xà-danaˈ cačàlaˈ ʾə̀tvaˈ ɟu-xàˈ mdìta.ˈ ʾə́tva ⁺rába cačàlə.ˈ ⁺k̭úrbət ⁺ʾəsrà-danə cačàlə-ʾətva.ˈ ʾə́tvalun … súysət k̭èsa xuté.ˈ ci-maxíva ⁺ʾàllu,ˈ c-avíva ⁺bərxàṱaˈ m-dà-rišaˈ ⁺ʾal-dò-riša,ˈ m-dà-rišaˈ ⁺ʾal-dò-riša,ˈ c-áviva vàdaˈ nù búbəšk̭a!ˈ nù búbəšk̭a!ˈ ʾax꞊ət ⁺maṱrúyəna sùysə.ˈ ʾína c-azíva ⁺màlyat šak̭líva mən-nášə,ˈ mən-duccanànə ci-⁺jammíva ⁺màlyatˈ b-dó-məndi ci-xayyìva-ʾannə.ˈ ʾína ʾá ⁺ɟùrət cačáləˈ ⁺ɟúrət cačàləˈ ⁺yànəˈ sar-dastèvaˈ ʾìvaˈ bùšˈ ⁺ʾùllulˈ mə̀nˈ dan-xìnə.ˈ xə̀šləˈ cə̀sˈ xá-dana ⁺tàjər.ˈ ⁺ʾo-tájər k̭a-dá cačála ⁺ràba ci-⁺bayyíva.ˈ ⁺ràba ci-⁺bayyívaˈ ⁺tájər ⁺bəddàyət mú꞊ilə-xina?ˈ ⁺rába ci-⁺bayyíva k̭a-dá cačàla.ˈ xə̀šlə cə́sluˈ k̭at-šak̭ə́lvalə zùyzə.ˈ moriša-jáldə꞊da ci-k̭emìva,ˈ m-k̭ám nášə naplíva ⁺ʾal-⁺šùla,ˈ k̭at-zuyzé šak̭lìvalə mənné,ˈ nášə yavvívalun ⁺màlyat.ˈ ci-šak̭líva zùyzəˈ c-azìvaˈ xayyìva biyyé.ˈ ʾó-yuma ʾá cačála xə́šlə cə́s … ⁺tàjər.ˈ mə́rrə k̭àtuˈ ⁺tàjər mə́rre k̭a-cačàlaˈ k̭at-ʾána bərrə̀xšəvənˈ ⁺ʾal-Màcca.ˈ Mácca ⁺bəddayət mù꞊ila?ˈ ʾánnə məššəlmánə c-ázi Màccaˈ Madìna.ˈ Màccaˈ ziyɑ̄ràt.ˈ mə́rrə ʾána bərrə́xšən ⁺ʾal-Màccaˈ k̭a-tré yàrxəˈ ʾu-zúyzət tre-yárxə b-yávvən k̭átux buš-⁺ràba.ˈ ʾína ⁺ʾáynux ʾóya ⁺ʾal-məndìyyiˈ ⁺ʾal-xayyùyti.ˈ ʾíman tíli ⁺də̀rriˈ bət-yavvə́nnux ⁺ràba.ˈ mə́rrə ⁺rába ⁺spàyˈ ʾu-švə́k̭lə b-šèna.ˈ nšə́k̭lun ⁺ʾùydalə.ˈ cačála xə̀šləˈ ⁺ʾu-tájər xə́šlə bèta.ˈ ⁺tájər ʾə́tval xa-báxta ⁺rába šap̂ə̀rta.ˈ tuxmə̀nnəˈ k̭at-ʾa-báxta ʾìca mattílaˈ k̭át ⁺xiyálu ʾávi ⁺ràhat.ˈ tuxmə́nnə ⁺rába ⁺ràba,ˈ mə́rrə k̭at-ʾə́tli xá-dana ⁺xòra,ˈ ⁺hàjilə.ˈ ⁺ʾáv꞊da xíšələ Màcca,ˈ xíšələ Madìna,ˈ xíšələ ⁺hā̀j.ˈ ⁺rába mhùmna nášələ.ˈ cúl-našə ⁺yaṱṱìlə.ˈ láblən mattə̀nna cə́slu.ˈ bəšk̭álolə bàxtuˈ bərrə́xšələ cəs-⁺hàji.ˈ márələ ⁺hàji,ˈ ⁺xòri,ˈ ʾána hə́č-ducta là mučə́xliˈ k̭at-báxti mattə́nna hemànta.ˈ múyyon cə̀slux.ˈ ʾánnə꞊da xá dúnyə dàvənaˈ k̭àtuxˈ k̭át ʾə́n xurə́jlux k̭a-bàxti,ˈ ʾə́n ⁺bsə̀rrunˈ ʾána p̂ṱ-átən b-yavvə̀nnun.ˈ ʾu-⁺hàji márələˈ ʾòˈ ⁺rába ⁺spày.ˈ ʾána báxtət díyyux ʾax-xa-xàtila.ˈ ʾána ⁺rába ⁺spàyˈ bət-ʾàvənˈ muk̭àyyad mə́nno,ˈ hə̀šyar.ˈ ʾáha mattúyolə báxtu ⁺tàmaˈ ʾú ⁺tàjərˈ bərrə́xšələ Màccaˈ k̭àˈ trè-yarxəˈ ʾú cačála bərrə́xšələ bètuˈ ʾu-báxta mattúyona cəs-⁺hàji.ˈ xá tré ⁺ṱlá šabátə ⁺vàrəla.ˈ ʾáyya bàxtaˈ bərrə́xšəla ⁺hàmmam.ˈ ʾú ⁺hàji꞊da bərrə́xšələˈ ⁺hàmmam.ˈ bəxzàyolə ʾáyya báxtaˈ ⁺rába šap̂ə̀rtaˈ b-⁺pàġroˈ ʾú šavvùtələ ⁺ʾállo.ˈ ⁺báyyə ʾázəl k̭ùrbo.ˈ bàxtaˈ lèla bəšvak̭a.ˈ ⁺ʾávva ⁺hàjiˈ ⁺ràbaˈ ⁺nərvə̀s꞊ləˈ ⁺byàyələˈ xèla ʾávəd ⁺ʾállo.ˈ báxta č̭arč̭ùrəla.ˈ č̭arč̭ùrəlaˈ ʾùˈ ⁺hàjiˈ ʾə́tvalə xá-dana rìɟa.ˈ ⁺rába ⁺spày꞊ivaˈ ʾo-rìɟa.ˈ ⁺rába mhùmnəvaˈ k̭a-⁺hàji.ˈ bərrə́xšəl ⁺bərxáṱəl ɟavàyˈ bəxzáyələ ʾìnaˈ ⁺háji šulxàyaˈ ʾú báxta šulxèta.ˈ ⁺háji ⁺bəddáyələ k̭ə́ssat mù꞊ilaˈ k̭a-rìɟa márələˈ k̭àtˈ bəxzáyət ʾa-báxta ⁺rába ⁺srə̀xtəla,ˈ ⁺srə̀xta ⁺yánəˈ ⁺hā̀r vítəlaˈ ⁺yánə xə̀rbəla.ˈ ʾátxa baxtàtəˈ ɟári péši ⁺k̭ṱìlə.ˈ dúk̭ ʾído ⁺sùrrun,ˈ làbəlla ɟú … váddar mən-mdìtaˈ ɟu-mèša,ˈ ⁺k̭ṱùlla.ˈ rìɟaˈ màjbur꞊ilə.ˈ májbur꞊ilə šak̭ə́lla báxta labə̀lla.ˈ ʾído ⁺bəsyarèləˈ labúlolə k̭at-⁺k̭aṱə̀lla.ˈ ʾu-ʾáyya bàxtaˈ ⁺rába nonùyəlaˈ ⁺xàyəš vádən mə́nnuxˈ là ⁺k̭ṱúlliˈ bə̀xya,ˈ ⁺ràbaˈ bənpála ʾák̭lu bənšak̭èˈ k̭at-là ⁺k̭ṱúlli.ˈ cùl-məndit ⁺báyyətˈ yavvànnux,ˈ ʾo-jùlli,ˈ cúl-məndit ⁺bàyyətˈ dàvi,ˈ ⁺rába dàvə ʾə́tli,ˈ k̭ənnəšyàtət dávaˈ ɟardànband dáva,ˈ ʾisàk̭tət dáva.ˈ cúl-məndit ⁺báyyət šk̭ùllun.ˈ ʾáxči là ⁺k̭ṱúlli!ˈ lé-⁺bayyan mètan.ˈ ʾú rìɟaˈ lə̀bbuˈ bək̭yàdələ.ˈ lèlə ⁺bək̭ṱálo.ˈ bəšk̭alélə júllo šaluxèləˈ ʾìnaˈ ⁺háji mírəva k̭at-júllo dəmmánə mayyə́tlun k̭àtiˈ k̭a-rìɟu.ˈ bàxta márəla k̭átˈ b-yavvánnux ⁺rába zùyzəˈ ʾú ʾa-zannàtti,ˈ zannátti ⁺yànəˈ dàviˈ lábəl zabə̀nnun.ˈ šk̭úllux xá-dana ʾə̀rba,ˈ ⁺k̭ṱùllaˈ də́mmo máttilə ʾal-jùlliˈ lábəlla k̭á màrux.ˈ ʾá rìɟaˈ ʾá-məndi vàdulə.ˈ báxta bəšvák̭ol šulxètaˈ ⁺tàmaˈ ɟu-mèšaˈ ⁺bár m-mdìta.ˈ bəšvàk̭ol ⁺tàma.ˈ ríɟa bərrə̀xšələ.ˈ bəšk̭ála xá-dana ⁺ṱèraˈ ⁺bək̭ṱàlulə.ˈ də́mma mattúyulə ⁺ʾal-jùllo,ˈ mayyélə k̭a-⁺hàji.ˈ mára ⁺k̭ṱilàli.ˈ ⁺hàjiˈ ⁺ràhat꞊ilə.ˈ ʾáyya bàxtaˈ ⁺tamma xabùləla.ˈ ⁺várəla xút ɟəllàləˈ k̭àlpəˈ ʾù …ˈ k̭at-là xábla.ˈ níxa níxa níxa nìxaˈ k̭arbúnəla la-mdìta.ˈ k̭úrbət mdíta ʾə́tva bət-⁺k̭uravàtə.ˈ ⁺bəddáyət bət-⁺k̭uraváy mù꞊ina?ˈ nášə ⁺ṱamrílun ɟavè.ˈ bərrə́xšəla ⁺tàmaˈ ɟáno bək̭nàzola.ˈ cačàlaˈ móriša jáldə k̭ìmələ.ˈ nú bubùšk̭aˈ ⁺maṱrúyələ b-dó k̭èsuˈ sùysə.ˈ bəxzáyələ ⁺hála jàldəla.ˈ ⁺sáʾat xàmšəla.ˈ ʾìca p̂ṱ-ázəl ʾadíyya?ˈ mára ʾázən xáč̭č̭a … ⁺maxlètaˈ mìyya ʾávədˈ míyya ⁺yánə ⁺jā̀rˈ xə́šlə ⁺táma k̭at-⁺jā̀r.ˈ xzílə ʾína xá-dana rìšaˈ ⁺bəryàmələ,ˈ bəcyàpələ,ˈ ⁺bəryàmələˈ bəcyàpələ.ˈ xáč̭č̭a buš-k̭úrba xə̀šləˈ xzílə nàšələ.ˈ ⁺xàrtaˈ xáč̭č̭a꞊da k̭ámta xə̀šlə.ˈ mə́rra k̭àtuˈ k̭àtˈ ʾòyan ⁺xlápux,ˈ là-ta k̭úrba,ˈ šulxètən.ˈ bərrə́xša ʾáxči ɟašùk̭ələˈ ⁺bəddàyoləˈ ⁺bəddáyolə ʾáha k̭át bax-⁺tàjər꞊ila.ˈ ʾáha ʾáy ⁺havā̀rˈ màraˈ ʾá mú-titəla b-rìšo?ˈ mára xáti sp̂úr ⁺ʾàlliˈ dūn-bità.ˈ bətyávələ ⁺ʾal-súysu k̭èsaˈ ⁺maṱrúyələ dūz-bèta.ˈ k̭a-yə́mmu màrələˈ ʾícət ʾə́tlax júllə šap̂ìrəˈ hállun k̭áti jàldə!ˈ ʾóyan ⁺xlàpuxˈ k̭a-mù꞊ina?ˈ màraˈ là hámzəmˈ ʾáxči hàllunˈ ʾé buš-šap̂ə́rta lvə́štax hàlla.ˈ màraˈ xina-ʾá mút hùcmələ?ˈ húcmət màlcələ?ˈ mù꞊ilə?ˈ ⁺rába jùllə šk̭íləvətˈ ʾíta ʾànnə꞊da ⁺báyyət šak̭lə́tlun mə́nni?ˈ mára là hámzəmˈ ʾáxči hàllun.ˈ bəšk̭alélə júllət yə̀mmuˈ labulèlə,ˈ ⁺rappuyél k̭àto.ˈ màraˈ xáti šk̭úl lvùšlun,ˈ tá ⁺bàri.ˈ bàxtaˈ bəšk̭aléla jùlləˈ bəlvašèla.ˈ bitàyəlaˈ mára ⁺narahát là-ʾoyatˈ ʾaxúnax lèlə míta.ˈ ʾána xáyən k̭a-dìyyaxˈ tú ⁺ʾal-sùysiˈ lablə̀nnax.ˈ ʾáy꞊da ʾák̭lo mattúyola l-á-pāt l-é-patət k̭èsaˈ ʾu-mxáyəna bərrə́xšələ bèta,ˈ labúlol bèta.ˈ k̭a-yə̀mmu márələˈ yə̀mmiˈ k̭u-jàldəˈ vúd ⁺ṱámta k̭a-dá … ⁺xànəmˈ cúncət hə́č léla ⁺xəlta xàti.ˈ ⁺ʾàxla.ˈ ʾə́n xa-náša buk̭ə̀rrə mənnáxˈ k̭at-ʾàhaˈ mànila,ˈ tànyatˈ bràtila.ˈ ʾə́n mə́rrax lèlaˈ lišánax parmə̀nnə.ˈ ʾu-cačàla꞊daˈ yə́mmu ⁺yaṱṱàvaˈ k̭at-xá-məndi tunìləˈ ṱ-avə̀dlə.ˈ k̭ə́mla zurə́zla k̭áto ⁺ṱàmtaˈ ʾu-júllo lvišèla.ˈ cačála ⁺plə̀ṱlə.ˈ supyálə b-yə̀mmuˈ ⁺plə́ṱlə xə́šle ⁺bár … šùlu.ˈ xə́šlə ⁺ʾal-dà duccánaˈ ⁺ʾal-dè duccána,ˈ ⁺ʾal-dè duccána.ˈ xá-ɟa ⁺və́rra xá ⁺dànaˈ ⁺šmílə k̭àtˈ ⁺tájər tìyyəle.ˈ ⁺tájər bitáyələ ⁺ʾál … mdìta ⁺mṱáyələ.ˈ ʾu-⁺šadùrələˈ ʾánnə mára xallàttəˈ k̭a-⁺hàji.ˈ ⁺šadúrul présent ⁺rába ⁺ṱimàntaˈ ⁺šadúrol k̭a-⁺hàjiˈ k̭at-bàxtuˈ ⁺maddə̀rra.ˈ ⁺háji bəšk̭alèləˈ … prèsentˈ ʾína k̭ála lə̀t mən-báxta.ˈ ⁺tàjər márələˈ bàlcətˈ ʾána ɟàniˈ ʾázən lablə́nnə p̂-ídi xa-mə̀ndiˈ ʾu-šák̭lən báxti mayyə̀nna,ˈ bálcət ⁺k̭anúnət dánnə ʾàtxələ.ˈ bəšk̭álələ mə́drə xá-dunyə mə́ndi šap̂ìraˈ k̭at-múyyulə mən-Màccaˈ labúlu k̭a-⁺hàji.ˈ xardúyəna b-k̭dálət ⁺dùydalə,ˈ bənšàk̭əna ⁺ʾuydàlə.ˈ ʾu-bətyàvənaˈ xa-⁺čáy bəštàyəna,ˈ ʾe-pášcaš yávol k̭a-⁺hàji.ˈ ⁺xárta márələ k̭àtˈ ʾé-⁺dana ⁺ràbaˈ lè hamzəmmívaˈ nášə sùrəˈ mən-nášə ⁺ɟùrə.ˈ masàlanˈ ʾíman꞊ət xá náša ⁺ɟúra ⁺ʾavə̀rvaˈ ɟári k̭emə́tva ⁺ʾal-ʾàk̭luxˈ k̭a-xəmyànuxˈ k̭a-xmàtuxˈ k̭a-savùnux.ˈ ʾáha꞊zə léva ⁺bašúrə hamzə́mva mə́n ⁺hàji.ˈ mə́rrə ⁺hàjiˈ ⁺rába ⁺maxlèta ⁺bəṱlábənˈ ⁺rába bənxàpənˈ k̭at-tànənˈ hemánti tíyyən lablə̀nna.ˈ hemántu bàxtuva.ˈ mə̀rrəˈ ⁺šurílə ⁺háji ʾátxa bə́xya ⁺šùləˈ k̭àtˈ ʾá mù tánən k̭a-dìyyux?ˈ bàxtuxˈ lḕn-⁺bašurə tánənˈ ʾína màjbur꞊ən tanə́nnuxˈ k̭át hemántət díyyux mə̀tla.ˈ ⁺tájər mxáyələ ɟu-rìšuˈ bə̀xyaˈ ⁺bək̭ṱálol ɟànu.ˈ dàx mə́tla?!ˈ mə́rrə mə̀tlaˈ lá b-⁺xábrət dìyyanˈ xə́šla ⁺ʾal-mèša.ˈ ʾu-díva ⁺xìlolə.ˈ bə̀xyaˈ bə̀xyaˈ bas-lə́tlux xá nišànk̭a?ˈ xá nišánk̭a k̭áti yávvət k̭át mújjur mə̀ttəla?ˈ mə́rrə làˈ hə́č mə̀ndi lə́tli-mənno.ˈ ʾàxčiˈ mə̀tlaˈ ʾu-⁺ṱumràli.ˈ dìva ⁺xilálə.ˈ ⁺ʾávva ⁺tàjərˈ màjbur pyášələˈ bərrə́xšələ cəs-màlca,ˈ cəs-màlca.ˈ k̭a-málca márələ k̭ə̀ssat.ˈ dɑ̄stɑ̄̀n-uˈ márol k̭a-málca k̭at-ʾána báxti múttonva cə́s ⁺hàji.ˈ ʾádi tíyyən šak̭lə̀nna,ˈ márələ mə̀ttəla.ˈ ʾa-mùjjur-ʾoya-⁺yanə?ˈ màlcaˈ ⁺šadúrələ ⁺bár ⁺hàji.ˈ ⁺bək̭ràyuləˈ ⁺bak̭úrələ mə̀nnuˈ bút báxtət ⁺tàjər.ˈ màraˈ ʾávən ⁺xlàpuxˈ ʾáha dùz꞊ila.ˈ báxtu mùttova cə́sli hemántaˈ ʾána ʾax-xàti xúmyonvaˈ ʾìnaˈ là-b-⁺xabra díyyiˈ xə́štəla ⁺ʾal-mèša,ˈ díva ⁺xìlolə.ˈ mùjjurra yavvə́nna xína?!ˈ ⁺bar-mə́ttəla mə̀ttəla.ˈ málca màrələˈ ʾə̀tluxˈ sàdə?ˈ mə́rrə hìˈ ⁺k̭ùrbān,ˈ ʾàvən ⁺xlápux.ˈ mànina?ˈ mə́rrə rìɟilə.ˈ ʾú ⁺k̭azí k̭at-k̭a-cúllə dá mdíta c-ávəd ⁺k̭azì,ˈ ⁺šulánə zarə̀zlun.ˈ ʾu-⁺màllələˈ ʾú xá-dana ⁺k̭àssab꞊iləˈ ⁺k̭àssabˈ ríšət cùčaˈ ⁺ʾalùla,ˈ ⁺ʾàvun꞊ilə.ˈ cúllə ⁺bəddàyənaˈ k̭át mə̀ttəla.ˈ màlca márələˈ xúb mù-⁺bayyət mə́nnu xína?ˈ ⁺bar-mə́tta mə̀ttəlaˈ dúna cúllə sadúyta yàvəna.ˈ k̭əryél cullə-ʾánnə꞊da málca ⁺tàma.ˈ mə́rrə hìˈ mə̀ttəla.ˈ k̭a-yàlaˈ k̭a-⁺tàjər márənaˈ xub-mə́ttəla mə̀ttəla báxtux,ˈ mù-⁺bayyət mə́nnu?ˈ làxxaˈ cačàlaˈ cúllə ʾánnə ⁺bəšmayèlə.ˈ bráta ɟu-bètula.ˈ ʾína bəxzáyələ k̭at-⁺háji mú꞊ilə vàda.ˈ bəxzáyələ ⁺ʾátra mújjurra ⁺bəxdàrələ.ˈ bəxzáyələ málca mùjjurraˈ ⁺dìvan vádələ.ˈ ʾánnə cúllə bəxzayèlə.ˈ cúllə ⁺bəšmayèlə.ˈ bərrə́xšələ ⁺rába ⁺pšìmaˈ k̭a-dà mə́ndiˈ k̭at-lə̀ttənˈ xá mə̀ndiˈ ɟā́v ⁺ʾàtraˈ k̭àtˈ xəžbùyna ʾódət ⁺ʾàllu.ˈ bərrə́xša k̭a-báxta màrələ.ˈ màraˈ ⁺rába bəpšàməvən xátiˈ ⁺ɟórax tìyyələˈ ʾína mírəna k̭at-ʾat-mə̀ttəvatˈ ʾu-málca-zə k̭ùblolə.ˈ ⁺ʾu-háji cúllə k̭ublálun k̭at-ʾat-mə̀ttət.ˈ báxta bə̀xyəlaˈ mára ʾòyan ⁺xlapuxˈ lábəlli cəs-⁺ɟòri.ˈ mára xàtiˈ mújjur lablə́nnax cəs-⁺ɟòrax?ˈ cúllə ⁺bəddáyəna ʾat-mə̀ttət.ˈ ʾə́n ʾádi ⁺yàṱṱiˈ k̭at-ʾátən cə́sli bəxxàyətˈ ʾu-k̭àtaxˈ k̭àtiˈ k̭a-ɟórax bət-k̭àṱliˈ k̭at-⁺xabré lá-⁺paləṱ dùɟla.ˈ bas-sp̂ùrˈ xázzən mù-⁺ʾamsən ʾódən.ˈ ʾá bəsp̂àrələˈ ⁺rába taxmùnələ.ˈ b-lélə b-yúma lélə bədmàxa.ˈ bəlɑ̄xará ⁺bək̭rayélə ʾan-cačálə xìnə.ˈ cačálə xínə cúllə ⁺bək̭rayèlə.ˈ k̭ə́ssat da-⁺hàjiˈ ʾu-⁺tàjər,ˈ bàxtuˈ hak̭úyol k̭atè.ˈ ʾànnəˈ cúllə màrənaˈ ʾáxnan p-⁺hayyərràxlux,ˈ cačàləˈ mára p-⁺hayyərràxlux.ˈ mu-ʾòdax,ˈ mu-le-ʾòdax?ˈ mára k̭úmun ⁺ṱálax ⁺ṱā̀lta.ˈ cačála váyələ màlcaˈ cačàla,ˈ ʾo-cačálət bràta múyyolə váyələ màlca,ˈ šópət màlca.ˈ xá mən-cačálə vádulə vàzzər.ˈ xá vádulə ⁺tàjər.ˈ xá vádulə … ⁺k̭azì.ˈ xá vádulə ⁺màlla.ˈ xá vádulə ⁺k̭àssab.ˈ xá vádul bràta.ˈ xá vádulə … ⁺tàjərˈ k̭aṱ-ílə bàxtu tlə́k̭ta.ˈ ʾánnə cùllə šəmmanéˈ mattuyélə vadèlə.ˈ šə́mmət vazzíru꞊da mattúyulə ʾAlla-Várdi ⁺Xā̀nˈ cúncət vazzírət málca ʾaslìˈ ʾílə ʾAlla-Várdi ⁺Xā̀n.ˈ málca-da màlcələ.ˈ ʾádi ʾánnə ⁺ṱávuləna ṱā̀ltaˈ k̭àtˈ mù ɟári ʾódi.ˈ ⁺bəddáyona ʾadi-cúllə ʾa-⁺ṱā́lta mù꞊ila.ˈ šəmmané꞊da cúllə mattuyèlə.ˈ k̭á … cačàlə márələˈ vímun hə̀šyarˈ xzímun màlcaˈ cút xa-⁺dànaˈ cút-cma xa-⁺dànaˈ cút trè-yarxəˈ cút ⁺ṱlá-yarxə xàˈ ci-⁺pàləṱ,ˈ c-ázəl ⁺xdàra,ˈ sàxbərˈ ɟáššək̭ ʾal-⁺ʾàtru k̭at-⁺xàdərˈ mən-vazzìru.ˈ bəlɑ̄xaráˈ bitáyəna cačàlə,ˈ ʾína ʾax-jasùsə,ˈ ɟaššùk̭əna,ˈ bitáyəna k̭á cačála ⁺ɟùraˈ márəna k̭àtˈ ʾà-šabtaˈ màlcaˈ ⁺pə́llan yùma,ˈ ⁺pə́llan ⁺dàna,ˈ ⁺pə́llan ⁺sàʾatˈ ⁺plàṱələˈ ⁺ʾal-dà ʾúrxa.ˈ mára ⁺ràba ⁺spáy.ˈ cullóxun lípotun darsòxun?ˈ mára hì.ˈ cúllə꞊da ⁺bəddáyəna mu-ʾòdi,ˈ cùllə.ˈ ʾànnəˈ k̭at-màlca bərrəxšələ,ˈ ʾánnə꞊da bərrə̀xšəna.ˈ ⁺táma ʾə́tva xa-dána bèta,ˈ ʾína xrìvaˈ lé-ʾoya nášə ɟávu xayyìva.ˈ bəxzáyət ⁺ʾal-vàddarˈ ɟu-còl,ˈ ɟu-⁺biyàbanˈ ʾə́ttən bətvátə tlìxə.ˈ ʾánnə cačálə cùllə bərrə́xšəna ⁺tàma,ˈ bətyàvəna.ˈ bəsp̂árəna k̭at-málca ʾàtə.ˈ ʾə́tlə ⁺táma mə́drə tré cačàləˈ jasusùyta vádənaˈ k̭at-málca ʾəm-⁺dana ʾádi ʾàk̭lu mattíla ⁺ʾal-ɟàrə.ˈ málca ʾaslìˈ mən-vazzìruˈ bəxzáyəna m-rə̀k̭k̭aˈ ɟu-⁺dávva béta tlìxaˈ ʾə́ttən ⁺šrayàtə bəlláyəna.ˈ málca màrələˈ mànilə bəxxá ɟu-⁺davvó béta?ˈ ⁺ʾávva tlìxaˈ hə́č-məndi lət-ɟàvu.ˈ ʾázax xázax mù꞊ilə.ˈ bərrə̀xšənaˈ ⁺mṱáyəna ⁺ʾàllu.ˈ ʾánnə láxxa cúllə ɟané ⁺hùdrona.ˈ ʾə́t xá càvə,ˈ ⁺ʾùllul.ˈ málca bitàyələˈ ʾák̭lu mattúyolə hal-⁺tàmaˈ k̭at-ɟàššək̭,ˈ ʾánnə ⁺šarùyəna.ˈ cačála ʾaslìˈ màlcələ.ˈ k̭a-xa-vazzìruˈ šə́mmu mùttuyələˈ ʾAlla-Vardi-⁺Xā̀n.ˈ ʾu-ʾa-vazzírət k̭aṱ-ílə cəs-màlcaˈ šə́mmu꞊da ʾAlla-Vardi-⁺Xā̀n꞊ilə.ˈ cačála xa-b-xá-ɟa mə̀rrəˈ ʾAlla-Vardi-⁺Xā̀n,ˈ ʾAlla-Vardi-⁺Xā̀n!ˈ mə́rrə bále ⁺k̭ùrbānˈ ʾávən ⁺xlàpux.ˈ ʾó vázzər꞊ət ⁺ʾùllulˈ ⁺byayəva tanìvaˈ málca púmmu dvə̀k̭lə.ˈ mə́rrə lá-vud k̭àla!ˈ bétu ⁺šìyya!ˈ ⁺byáyət ⁺k̭aṱlìlan láxxa?ˈ xzí ʾá mùt masàləla?ˈ máɟar ʾə́ttən málca xína ɟu-da-⁺ʾátrət díyyi ʾána lēn-⁺bəddà?ˈ ɟáššək̭ mù꞊ilə váyaˈ mú k̭avvùmələ.ˈ ʾánnə m-⁺táma ɟaššùk̭ənaˈ ʾína ʾánnə cúllə ⁺bəddáyəna málca ⁺ʾùllul꞊ilə.ˈ cačála k̭aṱ-ílə màlca,ˈ ⁺bəddàyət xínaˈ prə̀šlux mú꞊ila masàla,ˈ cačála ʾaslí ʾo-⁺ɟúra víyyələ màlca ʾadíyya,ˈ bədráyələ k̭álə k̭a-xá mən-cačàluˈ ʾìləˈ vàzzərˈ bədráyələ k̭àləˈ ʾAlla-Vardi-⁺Xā̀n!ˈ ʾAlla-Vardi-⁺Xā̀n!ˈ cačála bitáyələ k̭àtuˈ k̭amàytu máraˈ hí ʾávən ⁺xlàpuxˈ mù ⁺byáyət?ˈ mə́rrə bətxàrətˈ xa-k̭ə̀ssat ʾə́tvaˈ xa-⁺tàjər ʾə́tva.ˈ bàxtuˈ múttova cəs-⁺hàji.ˈ xá-ʾaxča mə̀ndi ʾə́tva.ˈ tílun cə̀sli.ˈ mə́rrun báxtu mə̀ttəla,ˈ ʾína ʾána màlca,ˈ málcət da-⁺ʾàtraˈ cmá xmàrənva!ˈ cmá xmàrənva!ˈ là ⁺buk̭ə́rri k̭at-ʾá bàxtaˈ b-mùt móta mə̀ttəla,ˈ dàxi mə́ttəla.ˈ ʾána ⁺byáyən ʾá-k̭əssat táza patxə̀nna.ˈ ʾána ⁺báyyən ⁺yàṱṱən.ˈ mára hìˈ ʾávən ⁺xlàpuxˈ xá-ʾaxča-məndi ʾə̀tva,ˈ ʾína màraˈ bále ⁺k̭ùrbanˈ ʾìva.ˈ cačála ⁺šadùrələˈ mára xùšˈ ⁺bár ⁺tàjər.ˈ xá mən-cačálə ʾílə ⁺tàjər.ˈ ⁺dìluxˈ k̭ámta mə̀rri.ˈ cúllə ⁺tàməna.ˈ xá cačála máyyulə šə́mmu ⁺tàjər.ˈ mára brùniˈ ⁺màxlili.ˈ ʾána ⁺rába ⁺rəpyùta və́dliˈ ʾát xà-ʾaxčaˈ k̭vàlta ʾə́tvaluxˈ mən-⁺hàjiˈ k̭at-báxtux lìtən,ˈ mə̀ttəla.ˈ ⁺rába ⁺màxlili,ˈ ⁺pàxəlli,ˈ ʾána ⁺byáyən ʾadíyya šarə̀nna masála.ˈ mùdiva k̭ə́ssa?ˈ ⁺tàjərˈ mə́drə hak̭úyolə k̭a-màlca.ˈ mára xúš túy ⁺tàmma.ˈ ⁺dílux mújjur huk̭yàlə xínaˈ k̭at-báxtu mə̀ttəla.ˈ ⁺tájər mattùyulə ⁺támmaˈ cačàla.ˈ màraˈ ⁺šádrun ⁺bar ⁺màlla.ˈ ⁺hàji,ˈ ⁺màlla,ˈ ⁺k̭àssabˈ cùllə mayḗl ⁺tàma.ˈ màraˈ ⁺hàji,ˈ ⁺tájər báxtu múttova cə̀slux.ˈ mùjjur mə́tla?ˈ mə́rrə ʾávən ⁺xlàpuxˈ mə̀tla.ˈ díva ⁺xilàləˈ mə̀tla.ˈ mə́rrə xuš-⁺tàmma.ˈ bitáyələ ⁺màllaˈ màraˈ ⁺màllaˈ ʾát ⁺dílux báxta mə̀ttəla?ˈ hìˈ ʾávən ⁺xlàpuxˈ dàx la-⁺díli!ˈ ʾána xzìliˈ ɟàni ⁺ṱúmron.ˈ b-mùt móta mə́tla?ˈ mə́rrə pə́lla mən-ɟàrəˈ ʾə́ltəx mə̀tla.ˈ mə́rrə ʾàt꞊da xuš-⁺támma.ˈ bitáyələ ⁺k̭àssabˈ ⁺ʾáv꞊zə màraˈ hìˈ ʾávən ⁺xlàpuxˈ ʾána xzíli mə̀tla,ˈ ʾìnaˈ ʾána xzìliˈ pə́lla ɟu-hàvuzˈ xnə̀k̭laˈ ʾo-xìnaˈ ⁺málla màrələˈ mára ʾàt mú?ˈ màraˈ ʾána xzìliˈ k̭at-ʾá-baxta ⁺ràbaˈ xamxàmta ʾə́tvala.ˈ ⁺rába xamxámta k̭am-ʾàvila,ˈ mə̀tla.ˈ ʾánnə cúllə mattuyél ⁺tàmmaˈ mára ʾáxtun túmun ⁺tàmma.ˈ mára láxxa ʾə́ttən xá-dana náša xìnaˈ búš ⁺spáy꞊ilə k̭at-yavə́llan ⁺xàbra.ˈ ⁺ʾávun꞊da ʾílə ríɟət ⁺hàji.ˈ mémun làxxa ríɟa.ˈ mémunlə làxxa ríɟa.ˈ xá mən-cačálu꞊da rìɟəva.ˈ ríɟa bitàyələˈ màraˈ bále ⁺k̭ùrban,ˈ ʾávən ⁺xlàpux,ˈ mú ⁺byàyəvət?ˈ màraˈ tunílux, tunìlux.ˈ là tunílux,ˈ ɟə̀lduxˈ p-šalxə̀nnəˈ malə́nnə tùyna.ˈ malə́nnə tùyna.ˈ ɟári tanə́tla duzùta.ˈ ⁺bəddáyət k̭əssàttətˈ báxtət ⁺tajə̀rˈ mən-⁺hàji?ˈ mə́rrə hìˈ ʾávən ⁺xlàpuxˈ ⁺bəddàyon.ˈ mə́rrə mù víla?ˈ mə́rrə ʾàvən ⁺xlápux,ˈ ⁺háji k̭áti mə̀rrəˈ láblən ⁺k̭aṱlə̀nna.ˈ ʾína málca cúllə ⁺bəšmayèlə ʾánnə.ˈ ʾánnə cúllə ⁺ṱalànəna.ˈ màraˈ ⁺háji k̭áti mə̀rrəˈ ⁺byáyəva ʾavə́dva xèla ⁺ʾálloˈ ɟu-⁺hàmmam.ˈ ʾána ⁺rxə́ṱli xə̀šliˈ ʾu-⁺háji k̭áti mə̀rrəˈ k̭at-ʾà-baxtaˈ xrə̀vta báxtəla.ˈ šə́mmi maxrəvvàləˈ ɟu-nášə šə́mmi ṱ-àzəlˈ razzəllàlə.ˈ ɟári láblət ⁺k̭aṱlə̀tla.ˈ ʾána ʾído ⁺sirèliˈ k̭at-láblən ʾa-báxta ⁺k̭aṱlə̀nna.ˈ lubláli ɟu-mèša,ˈ ʾína ⁺ʾúxča báxta bxìlaˈ ⁺ʾúxča nuníla bìyyiˈ ⁺ʾúxča ʾidə-ʾák̭li nšik̭èlaˈ lə́bbi k̭ə̀dlə duzúta k̭áto.ˈ là ⁺k̭ṱiláli.ˈ švik̭àli.ˈ làxxaˈ mára ʾa-báxta xètəla?ˈ mára lḕn ⁺bəddá.ˈ ʾaláha ráxmə ʾávəd ⁺ʾállo k̭at-lá-ʾavi dívə xìloˈ sab-ʾána švik̭áli ⁺táma ɟu-xə̀šca.ˈ mára ʾà-da máttunlə ⁺támma.ˈ mattúna ⁺tàma.ˈ mára ⁺bəddáyətun mù꞊ila?ˈ mára là.ˈ mára ʾə́ttən láxxa xa-cačàla,ˈ šópət ɟànu꞊zəˈ múttələ xa-cačála xìnaˈ ɟánu vídolə màlca,ˈ mára ʾo-cačála làxxaˈ ʾá cačàlaˈ ʾə́tlə ⁺xàbra mən-da-báxta.ˈ xúšun ⁺bar-cačàla.ˈ xácma mən-dan-cačálə꞊da bərrə̀xšəna.ˈ xá cačála xína꞊da máyuna k̭amàytu.ˈ màraˈ ⁺ɟúrət cačàlət ʾátən.ˈ ⁺báyyən ⁺bák̭rən mənnux xa-⁺xàbra.ˈ ʾə́tlux ⁺xábra ʾàtənˈ mən-da-báxta tlə̀k̭taˈ ʾó mə̀tta,ˈ báxtət ⁺hàjiˈ mə́n ⁺tàjər?ˈ mára hìˈ ʾávən ⁺xlàpuxˈ ʾána ʾə̀tli ⁺xábra.ˈ báxta xètəla.ˈ ʾána mùčxon.ˈ ʾádi ɟu-bèti bəxxáyəla.ˈ k̭a-cačàla márənaˈ k̭át xòbˈ šk̭úl xuš-mèla ʾe-báxta.ˈ xá mən-cačálə꞊da vídulə báxtət ⁺tàjər.ˈ bərrə́xšələ máya xá dána bàxtaˈ mulvíšona ʾax-bàxta.ˈ màyolə.ˈ har-ɟu-⁺vàrto ⁺táma,ˈ ʾó cačála xína k̭aṱ-íva ⁺tàjər vídu,ˈ ⁺ṱùlona ⁺ṱā́lta,ˈ bək̭yáməl màraˈ ʾáy ⁺havā̀r!ˈ ʾay-⁺k̭ə́ṱma b-rìši!ˈ ʾáha bàxtila.ˈ dúla xètaˈ léla mə̀tta.ˈ ʾá ʾìcəva?ˈ bə́xya bəxpák̭əna ⁺ʾuydàle.ˈ k̭a-bàxta márələˈ ʾáha ⁺ɟòrax꞊lə?ˈ mára hìˈ ʾóyan ⁺xlàpux!ˈ ʾóyan ⁺nə̀drux!ˈ málcət màlcə!ˈ ʾáha ⁺ɟòril.ˈ mára xòb.ˈ ʾáxtun xpúk̭un ⁺ʾùydalə.ˈ máttunla ɟu-xá-dana ⁺ʾarabànaˈ ʾət-suysavàtəˈ lablúnla bèta.ˈ ʾánnə bərrə́xšəna bètaˈ ʾína ⁺tàməna.ˈ ʾánnə xìnə꞊daˈ dúk̭un cúllə ⁺sùrunlun!ˈ ⁺sùrunlun!ˈ cpùšunlun!ˈ màraˈ ⁺sùrunlun!ˈ dúšunlun ɟú ⁺dùssak̭!ˈ máttunlun ⁺tàma.ˈ ʾána lé-⁺bayyən xà-ʾaxča mə́ndi ɟu-⁺ʾátrət díyyi ʾávə.ˈ ʾána lévən ⁺bəddá k̭a-mùdiˈ ʾána ʾó-yuma žġìšənvaˈ lḗnva taxmúne ⁺spáy ⁺ràhat.ˈ ʾáha xá-ʾaxča ⁺šúla ⁺ɟúra ʾávə víyya ɟu-da-⁺ʾátrət dìyyi,ˈ ʾána là-⁺yaṱṱən?ˈ xòb,ˈ ʾádi xúšun b-šlàma.ˈ málcət ⁺ʾùllulˈ k̭a-vazzìru márəlˈ k̭ùˈ ⁺yàrmaxˈ ʾàzaxˈ m-k̭ám꞊ət k̭a-díyyan꞊da cápši ɟú ⁺dùssak̭ˈ dešílan ɟu-⁺dùssak̭ˈ ʾídan ⁺ʾasríla ⁺k̭aṱlìlan.ˈ k̭ú bètu ⁺šìyyaˈ k̭a-vazzíru màrələˈ xa-ɟáššək̭ mú k̭avvúmə ɟu-⁺ʾátrət dìyyan!ˈ ʾánnə níxa níxa ⁺bəsláyəna bərrə̀xšəna.ˈ cačála ⁺bəddáyələ k̭at-málca xə̀šlə.ˈ cačála ⁺bəddáyələ málca xə̀šlə,ˈ ʾìnaˈ ⁺bəddàyələˈ móriša jàldəˈ màlcaˈ p-⁺šádər ⁺bàru.ˈ ɟané ⁺házər vìdonaˈ cúllə cačàlə.ˈ málca móriša jáldə bək̭yàmələ,ˈ cúl-lelə šìma lélə dmíxa.ˈ lèlə dmíxaˈ mən-⁺narahatùytu.ˈ ⁺šadúrələ polìsəˈ ⁺šurṱìyyə márənaˈ ⁺bàrˈ cačàla.ˈ ʾícət ʾə́tten cačàləˈ bədvak̭é mayèna.ˈ mayéna ⁺tàma.ˈ k̭a-cačàla márələˈ ⁺ʾe-ṱā́ltət ⁺bèrašə ⁺ṱuláluxˈ ⁺ṱulàlux,ˈ ⁺ṱulàlux.ˈ là ⁺ṱulálux,ˈ bət-yávvən dàsturˈ k̭at-⁺k̭aṱlìluxˈ maxílə ríšux b-sèpa.ˈ ⁺jàllad ʾə́tva ⁺táma.ˈ mə̀rrəˈ rìšux maxílə.ˈ cačála k̭a-màlca mə́rrəˈ màlca ṱ-ávət basímaˈ lèla b-dá hasanúyta.ˈ ʾána šàrtə mə́nnux máttən.ˈ b-šàrt ṱ-odə́nnə ʾa-⁺šúla.ˈ mára mù꞊ila šártux?ˈ mára k̭a-trè ⁺saʾáttə malcútux hálla k̭ày.ˈ tré ⁺saʾàttəˈ malcútux hálla k̭ày.ˈ málca bək̭yàmələˈ júllu šaluxèləˈ yavél k̭àtu.ˈ cúllə cačálə bəlvašèna,ˈ vàzzər,ˈ vàccəl,ˈ hăsabdɑ̄̀r,ˈ cúllə bəlvašèna,ˈ ⁺tàməna.ˈ mára mə́nnux ⁺byàyənaˈ ⁺jā̀r dárətˈ ⁺maxbə́rrət k̭a-cúllə ⁺ʾátra ʾàtə.ˈ tánimun k̭at-málca ⁺byáyələ xá ⁺dívan ⁺rába ⁺ɟùrta ʾávədˈ cúllə ɟári ʾávi ⁺tàma.ˈ yávələ ⁺xàbraˈ cúllə nášə ⁺bəjmáyəna bitàyəna.ˈ cúllə ⁺vára ɟaššùk̭əna,ˈ ʾína málca vḗl tíva ⁺tàmma,ˈ ʾína xa-málca xàtələ.ˈ mára ʾíman ʾá málca vìləˈ ʾáxnan ⁺xábra lə̀tlan?ˈ ⁺šadúrələ ⁺bár ⁺tàjərˈ ʾaslì,ˈ ⁺bár ⁺k̭àzi,ˈ ⁺bár ⁺k̭àssab,ˈ ⁺bár ⁺màlla,ˈ ⁺bár rìɟa,ˈ cúllə mayèlə.ˈ ⁺šadúrələ ⁺bar ⁺tàjər,ˈ ⁺bar ⁺hàjiˈ ʾína ʾan-ʾaslìyyə,ˈ ⁺baré k̭at-ʾàti.ˈ ʾádi ⁺hàjile,ˈ ⁺tàjər꞊ilə,ˈ ⁺màllələ,ˈ ⁺k̭àssab꞊ilə,ˈ cúllə k̭at-yúvvə sadùytaˈ ⁺jummél ⁺tàma,ˈ muyél ⁺tàma.ˈ muyél ⁺tàma.ˈ ʾé-⁺dān xzìlun,ˈ ⁺hàjiˈ ⁺šurílun ʾák̭lu bərɟàda,ˈ ⁺páġru bərɟàdaˈ lə́bbu p̂k̭ìlə.ˈ cačála k̭át víyyəl ʾadíyya màlcaˈ humzə̀mləˈ mə̀rrəˈ ⁺bəddáyətun ɟu-da-⁺ʾátra mú k̭avvùmələ?ˈ ʾána lé-⁺bayyən lòmaˈ màyyənˈ ⁺ʾal-málca ʾaslì,ˈ ʾína xá-ʾaxča k̭ə̀ssat vítəla.ˈ xà-ʾaxčaˈ mə̀ndi vílə láxxaˈ k̭at-xá ⁺tàjərˈ báxtu mayyíla máttə cəs-⁺hàji.ˈ ⁺háji ⁺xárta k̭ā́m ⁺ʾal-ɟànoˈ ⁺xárta yávvəl k̭a-rìɟuˈ lábəl ⁺k̭aṱə̀lla.ˈ ríɟa ràxmə vídəl ⁺ʾàllo,ˈ lèlə ⁺k̭ṱílo.ˈ ʾá-məndi k̭abùlutun?ˈ cút-xa b-xá k̭ála mə́rrə là.ˈ mə̀rrəˈ k̭a-yàla mə́rrəˈ ʾátən ʾə́tvalux k̭válta mən-⁺hàji?ˈ mə́rrə hí ⁺k̭ùrbanˈ dáx꞊ət mə́rri k̭àtux,ˈ málca ṱ-ávət basìma,ˈ ʾána bərrə́xšənva ⁺ʾal-Màccaˈ ʾu-báxti muyyàliˈ muttáli cə́s ⁺hàjiˈ sắbab ⁺rába mhùmnəvaˈ ci-⁺bayyə̀nvalə,ˈ ⁺xòriva.ˈ ⁺bəddáyənva k̭at-xíšələ Màccaˈ xíšəle ⁺hàjiˈ víyəl ʾáx xa-dána xălìfaˈ ʾáx xa-dána ʾabùna,ˈ patriyàrcaˈ lə́tlə xá ⁺xṱíta ⁺xə̀lṱa.ˈ báxti muttáli cə̀slu.ˈ ʾína ʾána tíli šak̭lə̀nvalaˈ mə́rrə mə̀ttəla.ˈ tíli cəs-màlca,ˈ málca mə̀rrəˈ xób mə́tta mə̀ttəla.ˈ mú ⁺báyyət mən-xa-mìta?ˈ ʾu-cúllə sádu yvəllún sadùta k̭at-mə̀ttəla.ˈ málca ⁺hàji k̭rílə.ˈ mə̀rrəˈ ⁺byáyən ⁺bàk̭rənˈ bùtˈ báxtət ⁺tàjərˈ dàx vítəla?ˈ ⁺háji ⁺šurílə bə̀xyaˈ ʾína ʾaslìˈ ⁺šuríl bə̀xyaˈ mə́rrə k̭at-bàxtuˈ díva ⁺xilàlə.ˈ mə́rrə máttunlə ⁺tàmma.ˈ muttílun ⁺tàmmaˈ har-dáx꞊ət mə́rri k̭àmtaˈ ʾu-tílə ⁺k̭àssab,ˈ tílə ⁺màlla,ˈ tílə ⁺k̭àzi,ˈ cúllə tìlun.ˈ xá-mənne mə́rrə k̭át dìva ⁺xílolə.ˈ xá-mənne mə́rrə pə́lla ɟu-hàvuz.ˈ xá-mənne mə́rrə xumxə́mla mə̀tla.ˈ xá-mənne pə́lla mən-ɟàrə mə́tla.ˈ ʾánnə cùlləˈ mə̀rreˈ túmun ⁺tàmmaˈ ʾáni tə́vlun ⁺tàmma.ˈ k̭a-dé-baxta mìrəvaˈ mə́rrə ʾə́n ⁺šudə́rri ⁺bàraxˈ là ⁺zádyat,ˈ ʾàtyat.ˈ k̭a-dan-cačálət ɟànuˈ málca márələ k̭át tré-⁺ṱla dánə-da ⁺šurṱìyyəˈ ʾáti mənnóxun k̭at-lá p̂-ùrxa ⁺k̭aṱlíla.ˈ ʾánnə bərrə̀xšənaˈ báxta bəšk̭álo màyona.ˈ yála ⁺tàjərˈ har-bəxzáyolə bàxtu,ˈ hàvar vádələ.ˈ mxáyələ ɟu-rìšu.ˈ ʾáy ʾávən ⁺xlàpux,ˈ ʾá bàxtila,ˈ bás márəva mə̀ttəla.ˈ ʾína ⁺bar-našùytaˈ cùllə ɟaššùk̭əla,ˈ cùlləˈ ⁺narahát bə̀xya.ˈ báxta꞊da ⁺bərxáṱəla cəs-⁺ɟòroˈ bəxpàk̭ula.ˈ ʾáy ⁺havā̀rˈ ʾá ⁺ɟòrilə.ˈ mára ʾàxtunˈ … ʾá bàxtux꞊la?ˈ hì.ˈ bàxta,ˈ ʾá ⁺ɟòrax꞊lə?ˈ hì,ˈ ʾá ⁺ɟòrilə.ˈ bəxpák̭əna ⁺ʾùydalə.ˈ mára ʾànnəˈ máttimunlun ɟu-xá lilànk̭aˈ ʾət-susavàtəˈ ⁺mámṱimunlun bèta.ˈ ʾánnə bərrə̀xšəna.ˈ bitáyələ ⁺hàji,ˈ ⁺màlla,ˈ ʾu-⁺k̭àssabˈ ʾú ⁺k̭azì.ˈ ʾánnə cúllə mayèləˈ mára ʾánnə dúk̭unlun cùlləˈ ʾidə-ʾak̭lé ⁺sùrunlun.ˈ ⁺maxlèta láxxa.ˈ ʾánnə cúllə ⁺ʾə̀mza və́dlunˈ ⁺hàjiˈ ⁺ʾə̀mza və́dləˈ hì,ˈ ʾána ⁺ʾə̀mza vádəvənˈ dìva ⁺xiláləˈ ʾu-⁺k̭àssabˈ ⁺ʾə̀mza vádələˈ k̭át hìˈ ʾa-báxta pə́lla ɟu-hàvuz,ˈ mə̀tla.ˈ ʾú ⁺ʾo-málla xìna máraˈ k̭àtˈ ʾána xzìləˈ ʾá bàxtaˈ mən-ɟàre pə́lla.ˈ ʾína cùlləˈ ⁺ʾə̀mza vádəna,ˈ ⁺ʾə́mza bəšk̭áləna mənnèˈ k̭àmta.ˈ ⁺ʾəmzé bəšk̭àlulə,ˈ ʾidaté ⁺bəsyarèlə.ˈ mára ʾánnə làblunlun,ˈ máttunlun ɟu-⁺dùssak̭ˈ k̭a-hàl motè,ˈ k̭a-hál꞊ət mèti.ˈ bək̭yámələ ⁺ʾal-ʾàk̭lu.ˈ k̭a-màlca máraˈ ʾávət basíma ⁺ràbaˈ k̭át ʾa-pə́rsat yuvválux k̭àtiˈ ʾánnə jùlluxˈ ʾína ʾé-⁺dān ⁺báyyət ʾódət xa-mə̀ndiˈ vúdlə ʾax-nàšə.ˈ ʾánnə jùlluxˈ ʾànnəˈ … malcùytuxˈ ⁺ʾáxla rìšuxˈ ʾána lḕn ⁺byáyo xína.ˈ málca bək̭yámələ ⁺ʾal-ʾàk̭lu.ˈ cačàlaˈ ⁺bəzdàyələ,ˈ bəxšáva k̭at-ʾadíya ríšu maxìlə.ˈ mə́rrə lá là,ˈ ʾàtənˈ mən-cačàlux xínəˈ bṱ-avìtunˈ ɟu-dɑ̄rbɑ̄́r-ət dìyyi,ˈ dɑ̄rbɑ̄́r ⁺yánə betúytət malcùyta.ˈ ʾát ṱ-ávət šópət vazzìri.ˈ ʾánnə p̂ṱ-ávi ɟú vàccəlˈ vàzzər.ˈ ⁺rába bəxdàyəvənˈ k̭at-xá-ʾaxĉa mə̀ndiˈ ʾána mucə́xli ɟu-màllat.ˈ ʾávət ⁺rába basìmaˈ bəxpàk̭ulə.ˈ ʾánnə cúllə bədyašèləˈ vadélə ɟú betúytət malcùyta.ˈ basíma ⁺rába k̭at-⁺šmìlux.ˈ	I shall tell you this story. It is (as follows): There was a bald man in a town. There were many bald men. There were nearly ten bald men. They had a wooden horse beneath them. They used to strike it (while) they ran from this side to that side, from this side to that side, and (while) they used to shout ‘_nu bubəšk̭a! nu bubəšk̭a!_’ as if they were riding a (real) horse. Now, they used to go and take protection money from people. They used to gather protection money from shops. They used to live by this. Now, the elder of the bald men, the elder of the bald men, that is he was the head of their gang, he was higher (in rank) than the others. He went to a merchant. The merchant used to like this bald man very much. He liked him very much. You know what a merchant is, right? He used to like this bald man very much. He went to him to take money. In the early morning they used to get up, before people went to work, to take their money from them, the people who used to give them protection money. They used to take money, go off and live by it. On that day the bald man went to the merchant. He said to him, the merchant said to the bald man, ‘I am going to Mecca.’ Do you know what Mecca is? The Muslims go to Mecca, Medina, Mecca, pilgrimage. He said 'I am going to Mecca for two months, and the money of two months I shall give to you, and more too, but keep your eye on my belongings, my livelihood. When I come back and return, I shall give you a great deal.’ He said ‘Very well’ and left him with (a greeting of) peace. They kissed each other. The bald man went (on his way) and the merchant went home. The merchant had a very beautiful wife. He thought about where he could he put this wife of his so his thoughts could be at peace. He thought a lot. He said ‘I have a friend. He is a pilgrim. He too has gone to Mecca and Medina, he has gone on the pilgrimage. He is a very pious man. Everybody knows him. I will take her and place her with him.’ He takes his wife and he goes to the pilgrim. He says ‘Pilgrim, my friend. I did not find any place to leave my wife in trust. I have brought her to you. These are a load of gold coins for you, which, if you spend them on my wife, if they are insufficient, I shall come and pay them (back).’ The pilgrim says ‘Oh, very good! Your wife is like a sister of mine. I shall be very careful with her, vigilant.’ He places his wife there. The merchant goes to Mecca for two months and the bald man goes to his house. They place the wife with the pilgrim. One, two, three weeks pass. The woman goes to the bathroom. The pilgrim also goes to the bathroom. He sees the woman, beautiful in her body, and he desires her. He wants to go near her. The woman does not allow it. The pilgrim became very upset and wants to force her. The woman screams. She screams. Now, the pilgrim had a servant. That servant was very good. He was very faithful to the pilgrim. He goes and runs inside. He sees that the pilgrim is naked and the woman is naked. The pilgrim knows what the situation is and says to the servant ‘You can see that this woman is in a mad passion, in a mad passion, that is, she is hot (with passion), that is, she is wicked. Such women should be killed. Seize her and tie her hands. Take her outside the city into the forest and kill her.’ The servant is forced (to do so). He is forced to take the woman away. He ties her hands and takes her to kill her. But the woman begs very much ‘Please. I plead with you don’t kill me,’ crying very much, falling kissing his feet (saying) ‘Don’t kill me. I shall give you everything you want—these clothes of mine, everything you want, my gold, I have a lot of gold, gold earrings, a golden necklace, a gold ring, take everything you want. Just don’t kill me! I don’t want to die.’ The servant feels sorry for her. He does not kill her. He strips her clothes off, since the pilgrim had said to his servant ‘Bring her bloody clothes to me.’ The woman says ‘I shall give you a lot of money, this ornament of mine, my ornament.’—meaning ‘my gold.’ ‘Take them away and sell them. Take a sheep, kill it, put its blood on my clothes and take it to your master.’ The servant does this. He leaves the woman naked there in the forest, outside of the town. He leaves her there. The servant goes. He takes a bird and kills it. He puts the blood on her clothes and brings them to the pilgrim. He says ‘I have killed her.’ The pilgrim is content. The woman becomes cold there. She enters under shrubs and bark in order not to get cold. Very slowly she comes near to the town. Near the city there was a cemetery. You know what cemeteries are? They bury people in them. She goes there and huddles up. The bald man is awake in the early morning. ‘_nu bubušk̭a_,’ he is galloping with his piece of wood, the horse. He sees that it is still early. It is five o’clock. Where will he go now? He says ‘I shall go ...’ —pardon, to pass water,’—that is urinate. He went there to urinate. He saw a head going up and down, going up and down. He went a little nearer and saw that it was a person. Then, he went a little further forward. She said to him ‘Please, do not come near, I am naked.’ He goes forward and as soon as looks, he recognizes her. He knows that she is the wife of the merchant. He says ‘Oh dear! What has happened to her?’ He says ‘My sister, wait for me. I am coming back.’ He sits on his horse of wood and gallops straight home. He says to his mother ‘Wherever you have beautiful clothes give them to me quickly!’ ‘May I ask what are they for?’ He says ‘Don’t speak, just give them. Give (me) your most beautiful dress.’ She says ‘What order is this? Is it the order of the king? What is it? You have taken many clothes, now, do you want to take these too from me?’ He says ‘Don’t speak, just give them (to me).’ He takes the clothes of his mother. He takes them (with him) and throws them to her. He says ‘My sister, take them and put them on, (then) come after me.’ The woman takes the clothes and puts them on. She comes and he says ‘Don’t be upset. Your brother has not died. I am alive for you. Sit on my horse and I shall take you away.’ She puts her leg this side and that side of the wood, they strike (the horse) and he goes home, he takes her home. He says to his mother ‘Mother, get up quickly, make breakfast quickly for this lady, because my sister has not eaten anything. Let her eat. If somebody asks you who this is, say “She is my sister.” If you say that she is not, I shall cut out your tongue.’ Now, the bald man—his mother knew that if he said something, he would do it. She got up and prepared breakfast for her, she put on her clothes and the bald man went out. He delivered her into the care of his mother and he went out to work. He went to this shop, to that shop, to that shop. Once some time had passed, he heard that the merchant had come back. The merchant comes back and arrives at the town. He sends gifts to the pilgrim. He sends him a very expensive present. He sends it to the pilgrim so that he will return his wife. The pilgrim takes them ... the present, but there is no word about the woman. The merchant says ‘Perhaps I myself should go and take something by my own hand and bring my wife back. Perhaps the custom of these people is like this.’ He takes a load of beautiful things, which he has brought from Mecca and takes them to the pilgrim. They embrace each other around the neck and kiss one another. The sit down, drink tea and he gives the present to the pilgrim. Then he says—at that time young people did not talk much with the older people. For example, when an old person entered, you would have to get up on your feet, for your father-in-law, for your mother-in-law, for your grandfather. So he (the merchant) did not manage to talk to the pilgrim. He said ‘Pilgrim, I beg your pardon, I am very ashamed to say that I have come to take what I left in trust.’ His trust was his wife. He said, the pilgrim began crying like this and so forth, (saying) ‘What can I tell you? Your wife—I cannot say (it), but I must tell you that what you left in trust died.’ The merchant beat his head, weeping. He kills himself (in anguish). ‘What do you mean she died!? He said ‘She died. Without our permission, she went to the forest and a wolf ate her.’ He weeps and weeps ‘But do you not have a sign? Can you give me a sign as to how she died?’ He said ‘No, I have nothing of hers. She just died and I buried her. A wolf ate her.’ The merchant has no choice. He goes to the king, the king. He tells the king the story. He tells his story to the king (saying) that ‘I placed my wife with the pilgrim. Now I have come back to take her and he says “She has died.” How could this be?’ The king sends for the pilgrim. He summons him and asks him about the wife of the merchant. He says ‘With respect, this is true. He placed his wife with me in trust and I looked after her like my sister, but, without my permission she went to the wood and a wolf ate her. How can I give her back?! After she has died, she has died.’ The king says ‘Do you have witnesses?’ He says ‘Yes, with respect.’ ‘Who are they?’ He said ‘There is my servant, my servant, and the judge, who works as judge for the whole town and sorts things out, and there is the mullah, and there is a butcher, a butcher, he is the head of the quarter, the street. All know that she is dead' The king says ‘So, what do you want from him? After she has died, she has died. Look they are all bearing testimony.’ The king called all of them there. He said ‘Yes, she is dead.’ They say to the lad, to the merchant ‘So, (if) your wife is dead, she is dead. What do you want from him?’ Here, the bald man is hearing all these things. The girl is in his house. Well, he sees what the pilgrim is doing. He sees how the country is being run. He sees how the king holds a court. He sees all these things. He hears all of them. He goes (on his way), very sad on account of the fact that there is nothing in the land that you can rely on. He goes and says to the woman, and says, he says ‘I am very sorry, my sister'. He is going and saying to the wife. He is says ‘I very much regret my sister, your husband has come back but they have said that you have died and the king has accepted it. The pilgrim and everybody has accepted that you have died'. The woman weeps and says ‘Oh please, take me to my husband.’ He says ‘My sister, how can I take you to your husband? Everybody knows that you are dead. If they now know that you are living with me, they will kill you, me and your husband so that their word does not turn out to be a lie. But wait, let me see what I can do.’ He waits and thinks a lot. Night and day he does not sleep. In the end he calls the other bald men. He calls all the other bald men. He tells them the story of, the story of the pilgrim and the merchant and his wife. They all say ‘We shall help you.’ The bald men say ‘We shall help you. What on earth shall we do?' He says ‘Get up let’s play a game.’ The bald man becomes a king. The bald man, the bald man who has brought the girl becomes a king, in place of the (real) king. He makes one of the bald men a vizier. He makes one a merchant. He makes one a judge. He makes one a mullah. He makes one a butcher. He makes one a girl. He makes one a merchant whose wife is lost. He fixes all their names. He makes the name of his vizier Allah-Vardi-Khan, because the vizier of the original king is Allah-Vardi-Khan. The king is (called) king. Now they play the game, according to what they have to do. They now all know what this game is, since he fixes all their names. He says to the bald men ‘Be aware, take note that the king every once in a while, every so often, once every two or three months, goes out and tours around, to visit and look at his land, to tour with his vizier.’ Eventually the bald men come—they look around like spies—they come to the head bald man and say ‘This week the king, on such-and-such a day, at such-and-such a time, at such-and-such an hour, is going out on this journey.’ He says ‘Very good. Have you all learnt your lesson?’ They say ‘Yes.’ They all know what to do, all of them. When the king sets off, they also set off. There was a house there, but it was a ruin, in which people could not live. You see (such ruins) outside, in the desert, in the wilderness there are houses that have collapsed. The bald men all go there and sit down. They wait for the king to come. He (the head of the gang) has there two bald men who act as spies (to see) at what time the king puts his foot on the roof. The real king with his vizier see from afar that in that ruined house there are lanterns burning. The king says ‘Who is living in that house over there, the one that is collapsed? There is nothing in it. Let’s go and see what it is.’ They go and reach it. These (bald men) here have all prepared themselves. These ones here all have prepared themselves. There is a window above. The king comes and places his foot there in order to look, and they begin. The person who is really a bald man is the king. He gives his vizier the name Allah-Vardi-Khan. The name of the vizier who is with the king is also Allah-Vardi-Khan. The bald man all of a sudden says ‘Allah-Vardi-Khan, Allah-Vardi-Khan! He said ‘Yes, I am at your service.’ The (real) vizier above wanted to speak but the king held his mouth. He said ‘Don’t make a sound! Damn it! Do you want them to kill us here? Look, what is happening? But is there another king in this country of mine whom I do not know? What is going on, what is happening?' They look from there, but they all know that the king is above. The bald man who is the king—you know, you understand what the story is, the elder bald man has now become the king—shouts to one of his bald men who is the vizier, he shouts ‘Allah-Vardi-Khan! Allah-Vardi-Khan!’ The bald man comes to him, to meet him, and says ‘Yes, at your service,what do you want?’ He said ‘Do you remember there was a story, there was a merchant? He had placed his wife with a pilgrim. There was something like this. They came to me. They said that his wife died, but I the king, the king of this country, what an ass I was! What an ass I was! I did not ask with what (type of) death she died, how she died. I want to open this case afresh. I want to know'. He says ‘Yes, sir, there was such a thing'—but rather he said ‘Yes, my lord, there was.’ The bald man sends (a messenger) saying ‘Go and fetch the merchant'. One of the bald men is the merchant. You have understood, I told you previously. They are all there. They bring a bald man who is named as the merchant. He (the king) says ‘My son, forgive me, I acted weakly. You had a complaint against the pilgrim that your wife was missing, that she had died. Forgive me, pardon me. I now want to resolve the matter. What was the story?' The merchant tells this again to the king. He says ‘Go and sit over there.’ You know how he told it, that his wife had died. The bald man puts the merchant over there. He says ‘Send for the mullah.’ The pilgrim, the mullah, the butcher, he brings them all there. He says ‘Pilgrim, the merchant placed his wife with you. How did she die?’ He said ‘My lord, she died. A wolf ate her, she died.’ He said ‘Go and sit over there.’ The mullah comes. He (the bald man) says ‘Mullah, do you know that the woman is dead?’ ‘Yes, my lord, of course I know! I saw it. I have buried her myself.’ ‘By what kind of death did she die?’ He said ‘She fell from the roof and died at the bottom.’ He said ‘You also go over there.’ The butcher comes. He also says ‘Yes, my lord, I saw that she died, but I saw that she fell into the pool and drowned.’ The other one, the mullah, says—he (the bald man) says ‘What do you (have to say)?’ He says ‘I saw that the woman had a great fever. She had a great fever and died.’ He puts them all over there and says ‘You sit over there.’ He says ‘There is here another man, who is better (qualified) to give us a report. He is the servant of the pilgrim. Bring the servant here. Bring the servant here'. One of the bald men was the servant. The servant comes and says ‘Yes, my lord, at your service, what do you want?’ He says ‘(If) you say (the truth), you say (the truth). (If) you do not say the truth, I shall flay your skin and fill it with straw. I shall fill it with straw. You have to tell the truth. Do you know the story of the wife of the merchant with the pilgrim?’ He says ‘Yes, my lord, I know it.’ He said ‘What was it?’ He said ‘My lord, the pilgrim said to me that I should take her and kill her.’ The king hears all of them. They are all actors. He says ‘The pilgrim said to me—he wanted to rape her in the bathroom. I ran and went there and the pilgrim said to me that this woman is a bad woman. “She will ruin my (good) name, my (good) name among the people will be lost and she will ridicule me. You must take her and kill her.” I tied her hands to take the woman and kill her. I took her into the forest, but the woman wept so much, she pleaded with me so much, she kissed my hands and feet so much, that, in truth, I felt sorry for her. I did not kill her. I left her.’ Here he says ‘Is this woman alive?’ He says ‘I do not know. God have mercy on her that wolves have not eaten her, since I left her there in the dark.’ He says ‘Put him also over there.’ They put him there. He says ‘Do you know what?’ They say ‘No.’ He says ‘There is here a bald man’—in the place of himself he has put another bald man, he has made himself the king—he says ‘The bald man here, this bald man has a report about this woman. Go and look for the bald man.’ Some of the bald men go off. They bring another bald man before him. He says ‘You are the elder of the bald men. I want to ask you something. Do you have any news of the woman who has disappeared or died, the woman of the pilgrim, (taken) from the merchant?’ He says ‘Yes, my lord, I have news. The woman is alive. I have found her. Now she is living in my house.’ They say to the bald man ‘Good, go and bring the woman.’ He has made one of the bald men the wife of the merchant. They go and bring a woman, they have dressed her like a woman. They bring her. Just as she enters there, the other bald man whom he had made the merchant—they have played the game (well)—gets up and says ‘Oh alas! Oh ash be on my head! This is my wife. She is alive, she is not dead. Where was she?’ Weeping, they embraced one another. He says to the woman ‘Is this your husband?’ She says ‘May I be your substitute! My I be your offering! King of kings! This is my husband.’ He says ‘Good. You embrace one another. Put her in a carriage of horses and take her home.’ They go home, but they are there. ‘Seize the others and tie them up! Tie them up! Round them up.’ He says ‘Tie them up! Throw them into prison! Put them there. I do not want such a thing to be in my land. I do not know why I was confused that day and I was not thinking clearly. Has such a mighty matter as this taken place in this land of mine and I do not know about it? Good, now go in peace.’ The king above says to his vizier ‘Get up, let’s go, before they bundle us into prison, kick us into prison, bind our hands and kill us. Get up—may his house be sealed!’ He says to his vizier ‘Just look what is happening in our land!’ They slowly come down and go on their way. The bald man knows that the king has gone. The bald man knows that the king has gone. The bald man knows that the king has gone, but he knows that early in the morning the king will send for him. All the bald men have prepared themselves. The king gets up early in the morning, during the whole night he has not slept. He has not slept due to his being upset. He sends policemen, we say ‘policemen,’ after the bald man. Wherever there are bald men they seize them and bring them in. They bring them there. He says to the bald man ‘The game that you played last night—if you played it, you played it. If you did not play it, I shall issue a decree to kill you, to strike off your head with a sword.’ There was an executioner there. He said ‘He will strike off your head.’ The bald man said to the king ‘King, be well, it is not this easy. I shall set conditions with you. I shall do this on one condition.’ He said ‘What is your condition?’ He says ‘Give me your kingdom for two hours. Give me your kingdom for two hours'. The king gets up, takes off his clothes and gives them to him. All the bald men put them on, the vizier, the deputy, the accountant, they all put them on and they are there. He says ‘They want you to make an announcement, to tell all the land to come. Say that the king wants to hold a large court and everybody must be there'. He makes an announcement, all the people gather and come. The all enter and look (and see) that the king is sitting there, but he is a new king. They say ‘When did this man become king (while) we had no word of it?’ He sends for the real merchant, the judge, the butcher, the mullah, the servant. They bring them all. He sends for the merchant, pilgrim, but the real ones, (he sends) for them to come. Now there is the pilgrim, the merchant, the mullah, the butcher—he gathered there all who had given testimony and brought them there. He brought them there. When they saw (what was happening), the legs of the pilgrim began to tremble and his body (began) to tremble. His heart burst (with fear). The bald man who had now become the king spoke and said ‘You know what is happening in this land? I do not want to adduce blame against the real king, but a certain event has taken place, a certain thing has happened here, whereby a merchant brings his wife and places her with a pilgrim, the pilgrim then assaults her, then gives her to his servant to take away and kill. The servant has mercy on her and does not kill her. Do you accept this?’ Everybody with one voice said ‘No!’ He said, he said to the fellow (the merchant) ‘Did you have a complaint concerning the pilgrim?’ Yes, my lord, as I said to you, king be well I was going to Mecca and I brought my wife and placed her with the pilgrim, because he was very pious, I loved him, he was my friend. I knew that he had gone to Mecca, he had gone on the pilgrimage, he had become like a caliph, like a bishop, like a patriarch, he had no sin or mistake. I placed my wife with him. But when I came to fetch her, he said that she was dead. I came to the king and the king said “Now, if she has died, she has died. What do you want from a dead person?” All his witnesses gave their testimony that she had died.’ The king called the pilgrim. He said ‘I want to ask about the wife of the merchant, how did has it come about? The pilgrim—the real one—began to weep, he began to weep, he said that a wolf ate his wife. He said ‘Put him over there.’ They put him there, just as I said before, and the butcher came, the mullah came, the judge came, they all came. One of them said ‘A wolf has eaten her.’ One of them said ‘She fell into a pool.’ One of them said ‘She got a fever and died.’ One of them (said) ‘She fell from the roof and died.’ (To) all of these he said ‘Sit over there.’ They sat over there. He had said to the woman, he said ‘If I send for you, do not fear, you should come.’ The king says to his own bald men ‘Two or three policemen should come with you so that they do not kill her on the way.’ They go and bring the woman. The lad, the merchant, as soon as he sees his wife, he yells. He beats his head. ‘Oh, my lord, this is my wife, but he had said that she was dead.’ Now, the crowd are all watching, all being moved and weeping. The woman runs to her husband and embraces him ‘Oh joy! This is my husband!’ They embrace one another. He says ‘Put these in a horse-drawn carriage and take them home. They go off. The pilgrim comes, the mullah, the butcher and the judge. They bring them all and he says ‘Seize them all and tie their hands and feet.’ Pardon (I forgot to say) here: They all signed. The pilgrim signed, yes, (he says) ‘I sign (and certify) that a wolf ate her.’ The butcher signs that ‘yes, the woman fell into the pool and died.’ The mullah says ‘I saw the woman fall from the roof.’ They all sign. They take a signature from them, previously. They take their signatures and bind their hands. He says ‘Take them and put them in jail until their death, until they die.’ He gets up onto his feet. He says to the king ‘Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity, here are your clothes, but when you want to do something, do it properly. Here are your clothes, and your kingdom is your responsibility. I do not want it anymore.’ The king gets onto his feet. The bald man is afraid and thinks that now he will strike off his head. He said ‘No, no, you together with your other bald men will be in my court, court, that is the royal household. You will be in place of my vizier. They will be in (place of) the deputy and vizier. I am very pleased that I have found such a thing in the nation. Many thanks.’ He embraces him. He insists on making them (members of) the royal household. Many thanks for listening.

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ʾá masàlaˈ tanə́nna k̭a-dìyyux ʾátənˈ ʾìlaˈ xà-danaˈ cačàlaˈ ʾə̀tvaˈ ɟu-xàˈ mdìta.ˈ ʾə́tva ⁺rába cačàlə.ˈ ⁺k̭úrbət ⁺ʾəsrà-danə cačàlə-ʾətva.ˈ ʾə́tvalun … súysət k̭èsa xuté.ˈ ci-maxíva ⁺ʾàllu,ˈ c-avíva ⁺bərxàṱaˈ m-dà-rišaˈ ⁺ʾal-dò-riša,ˈ m-dà-rišaˈ ⁺ʾal-dò-riša,ˈ c-áviva vàdaˈ nù búbəšk̭a!ˈ nù búbəšk̭a!ˈ ʾax꞊ət ⁺maṱrúyəna sùysə.ˈ ʾína c-azíva ⁺màlyat šak̭líva mən-nášə,ˈ mən-duccanànə ci-⁺jammíva ⁺màlyatˈ b-dó-məndi ci-xayyìva-ʾannə.ˈ ʾína ʾá ⁺ɟùrət cačáləˈ ⁺ɟúrət cačàləˈ ⁺yànəˈ sar-dastèvaˈ ʾìvaˈ bùšˈ ⁺ʾùllulˈ mə̀nˈ dan-xìnə.ˈ xə̀šləˈ cə̀sˈ xá-dana ⁺tàjər.ˈ ⁺ʾo-tájər k̭a-dá cačála ⁺ràba ci-⁺bayyíva.ˈ ⁺ràba ci-⁺bayyívaˈ ⁺tájər ⁺bəddàyət mú꞊ilə-xina?ˈ ⁺rába ci-⁺bayyíva k̭a-dá cačàla.ˈ xə̀šlə cə́sluˈ k̭at-šak̭ə́lvalə zùyzə.ˈ moriša-jáldə꞊da ci-k̭emìva,ˈ m-k̭ám nášə naplíva ⁺ʾal-⁺šùla,ˈ k̭at-zuyzé šak̭lìvalə mənné,ˈ nášə yavvívalun ⁺màlyat.ˈ ci-šak̭líva zùyzəˈ c-azìvaˈ xayyìva biyyé.ˈ ʾó-yuma ʾá cačála xə́šlə cə́s … ⁺tàjər.ˈ mə́rrə k̭àtuˈ ⁺tàjər mə́rre k̭a-cačàlaˈ k̭at-ʾána bərrə̀xšəvənˈ ⁺ʾal-Màcca.ˈ Mácca ⁺bəddayət mù꞊ila?ˈ ʾánnə məššəlmánə c-ázi Màccaˈ Madìna.ˈ Màccaˈ ziyɑ̄ràt.ˈ mə́rrə ʾána bərrə́xšən ⁺ʾal-Màccaˈ k̭a-tré yàrxəˈ ʾu-zúyzət tre-yárxə b-yávvən k̭átux buš-⁺ràba.ˈ ʾína ⁺ʾáynux ʾóya ⁺ʾal-məndìyyiˈ ⁺ʾal-xayyùyti.ˈ ʾíman tíli ⁺də̀rriˈ bət-yavvə́nnux ⁺ràba.ˈ mə́rrə ⁺rába ⁺spàyˈ ʾu-švə́k̭lə b-šèna.ˈ nšə́k̭lun ⁺ʾùydalə.ˈ cačála xə̀šləˈ ⁺ʾu-tájər xə́šlə bèta.ˈ ⁺tájər ʾə́tval xa-báxta ⁺rába šap̂ə̀rta.ˈ tuxmə̀nnəˈ k̭at-ʾa-báxta ʾìca mattílaˈ k̭át ⁺xiyálu ʾávi ⁺ràhat.ˈ tuxmə́nnə ⁺rába ⁺ràba,ˈ mə́rrə k̭at-ʾə́tli xá-dana ⁺xòra,ˈ ⁺hàjilə.ˈ ⁺ʾáv꞊da xíšələ Màcca,ˈ xíšələ Madìna,ˈ xíšələ ⁺hā̀j.ˈ ⁺rába mhùmna nášələ.ˈ cúl-našə ⁺yaṱṱìlə.ˈ láblən mattə̀nna cə́slu.ˈ bəšk̭álolə bàxtuˈ bərrə́xšələ cəs-⁺hàji.ˈ márələ ⁺hàji,ˈ ⁺xòri,ˈ ʾána hə́č-ducta là mučə́xliˈ k̭at-báxti mattə́nna hemànta.ˈ múyyon cə̀slux.ˈ ʾánnə꞊da xá dúnyə dàvənaˈ k̭àtuxˈ k̭át ʾə́n xurə́jlux k̭a-bàxti,ˈ ʾə́n ⁺bsə̀rrunˈ ʾána p̂ṱ-átən b-yavvə̀nnun.ˈ ʾu-⁺hàji márələˈ ʾòˈ ⁺rába ⁺spày.ˈ ʾána báxtət díyyux ʾax-xa-xàtila.ˈ ʾána ⁺rába ⁺spàyˈ bət-ʾàvənˈ muk̭àyyad mə́nno,ˈ hə̀šyar.ˈ ʾáha mattúyolə báxtu ⁺tàmaˈ ʾú ⁺tàjərˈ bərrə́xšələ Màccaˈ k̭àˈ trè-yarxəˈ ʾú cačála bərrə́xšələ bètuˈ ʾu-báxta mattúyona cəs-⁺hàji.ˈ

xá tré ⁺ṱlá šabátə ⁺vàrəla.ˈ ʾáyya bàxtaˈ bərrə́xšəla ⁺hàmmam.ˈ ʾú ⁺hàji꞊da bərrə́xšələˈ ⁺hàmmam.ˈ bəxzàyolə ʾáyya báxtaˈ ⁺rába šap̂ə̀rtaˈ b-⁺pàġroˈ ʾú šavvùtələ ⁺ʾállo.ˈ ⁺báyyə ʾázəl k̭ùrbo.ˈ bàxtaˈ lèla bəšvak̭a.ˈ ⁺ʾávva ⁺hàjiˈ ⁺ràbaˈ ⁺nərvə̀s꞊ləˈ ⁺byàyələˈ xèla ʾávəd ⁺ʾállo.ˈ báxta č̭arč̭ùrəla.ˈ č̭arč̭ùrəlaˈ ʾùˈ ⁺hàjiˈ ʾə́tvalə xá-dana rìɟa.ˈ ⁺rába ⁺spày꞊ivaˈ ʾo-rìɟa.ˈ ⁺rába mhùmnəvaˈ k̭a-⁺hàji.ˈ bərrə́xšəl ⁺bərxáṱəl ɟavàyˈ bəxzáyələ ʾìnaˈ ⁺háji šulxàyaˈ ʾú báxta šulxèta.ˈ ⁺háji ⁺bəddáyələ k̭ə́ssat mù꞊ilaˈ k̭a-rìɟa márələˈ k̭àtˈ bəxzáyət ʾa-báxta ⁺rába ⁺srə̀xtəla,ˈ ⁺srə̀xta ⁺yánəˈ ⁺hā̀r vítəlaˈ ⁺yánə xə̀rbəla.ˈ ʾátxa baxtàtəˈ ɟári péši ⁺k̭ṱìlə.ˈ dúk̭ ʾído ⁺sùrrun,ˈ làbəlla ɟú … váddar mən-mdìtaˈ ɟu-mèša,ˈ ⁺k̭ṱùlla.ˈ rìɟaˈ màjbur꞊ilə.ˈ májbur꞊ilə šak̭ə́lla báxta labə̀lla.ˈ ʾído ⁺bəsyarèləˈ labúlolə k̭at-⁺k̭aṱə̀lla.ˈ ʾu-ʾáyya bàxtaˈ ⁺rába nonùyəlaˈ ⁺xàyəš vádən mə́nnuxˈ là ⁺k̭ṱúlliˈ bə̀xya,ˈ ⁺ràbaˈ bənpála ʾák̭lu bənšak̭èˈ k̭at-là ⁺k̭ṱúlli.ˈ cùl-məndit ⁺báyyətˈ yavvànnux,ˈ ʾo-jùlli,ˈ cúl-məndit ⁺bàyyətˈ dàvi,ˈ ⁺rába dàvə ʾə́tli,ˈ k̭ənnəšyàtət dávaˈ ɟardànband dáva,ˈ ʾisàk̭tət dáva.ˈ cúl-məndit ⁺báyyət šk̭ùllun.ˈ ʾáxči là ⁺k̭ṱúlli!ˈ lé-⁺bayyan mètan.ˈ ʾú rìɟaˈ lə̀bbuˈ bək̭yàdələ.ˈ lèlə ⁺bək̭ṱálo.ˈ bəšk̭alélə júllo šaluxèləˈ ʾìnaˈ ⁺háji mírəva k̭at-júllo dəmmánə mayyə́tlun k̭àtiˈ k̭a-rìɟu.ˈ bàxta márəla k̭átˈ b-yavvánnux ⁺rába zùyzəˈ ʾú ʾa-zannàtti,ˈ zannátti ⁺yànəˈ dàviˈ lábəl zabə̀nnun.ˈ šk̭úllux xá-dana ʾə̀rba,ˈ ⁺k̭ṱùllaˈ də́mmo máttilə ʾal-jùlliˈ lábəlla k̭á màrux.ˈ ʾá rìɟaˈ ʾá-məndi vàdulə.ˈ báxta bəšvák̭ol šulxètaˈ ⁺tàmaˈ ɟu-mèšaˈ ⁺bár m-mdìta.ˈ bəšvàk̭ol ⁺tàma.ˈ ríɟa bərrə̀xšələ.ˈ bəšk̭ála xá-dana ⁺ṱèraˈ ⁺bək̭ṱàlulə.ˈ də́mma mattúyulə ⁺ʾal-jùllo,ˈ mayyélə k̭a-⁺hàji.ˈ mára ⁺k̭ṱilàli.ˈ ⁺hàjiˈ ⁺ràhat꞊ilə.ˈ

ʾáyya bàxtaˈ ⁺tamma xabùləla.ˈ ⁺várəla xút ɟəllàləˈ k̭àlpəˈ ʾù …ˈ k̭at-là xábla.ˈ níxa níxa níxa nìxaˈ k̭arbúnəla la-mdìta.ˈ k̭úrbət mdíta ʾə́tva bət-⁺k̭uravàtə.ˈ ⁺bəddáyət bət-⁺k̭uraváy mù꞊ina?ˈ nášə ⁺ṱamrílun ɟavè.ˈ bərrə́xšəla ⁺tàmaˈ ɟáno bək̭nàzola.ˈ cačàlaˈ móriša jáldə k̭ìmələ.ˈ nú bubùšk̭aˈ ⁺maṱrúyələ b-dó k̭èsuˈ sùysə.ˈ bəxzáyələ ⁺hála jàldəla.ˈ ⁺sáʾat xàmšəla.ˈ ʾìca p̂ṱ-ázəl ʾadíyya?ˈ mára ʾázən xáč̭č̭a … ⁺maxlètaˈ mìyya ʾávədˈ míyya ⁺yánə ⁺jā̀rˈ xə́šlə ⁺táma k̭at-⁺jā̀r.ˈ xzílə ʾína xá-dana rìšaˈ ⁺bəryàmələ,ˈ bəcyàpələ,ˈ ⁺bəryàmələˈ bəcyàpələ.ˈ xáč̭č̭a buš-k̭úrba xə̀šləˈ xzílə nàšələ.ˈ ⁺xàrtaˈ xáč̭č̭a꞊da k̭ámta xə̀šlə.ˈ mə́rra k̭àtuˈ k̭àtˈ ʾòyan ⁺xlápux,ˈ là-ta k̭úrba,ˈ šulxètən.ˈ bərrə́xša ʾáxči ɟašùk̭ələˈ ⁺bəddàyoləˈ ⁺bəddáyolə ʾáha k̭át bax-⁺tàjər꞊ila.ˈ ʾáha ʾáy ⁺havā̀rˈ màraˈ ʾá mú-titəla b-rìšo?ˈ mára xáti sp̂úr ⁺ʾàlliˈ dūn-bità.ˈ bətyávələ ⁺ʾal-súysu k̭èsaˈ ⁺maṱrúyələ dūz-bèta.ˈ k̭a-yə́mmu màrələˈ ʾícət ʾə́tlax júllə šap̂ìrəˈ hállun k̭áti jàldə!ˈ ʾóyan ⁺xlàpuxˈ k̭a-mù꞊ina?ˈ màraˈ là hámzəmˈ ʾáxči hàllunˈ ʾé buš-šap̂ə́rta lvə́štax hàlla.ˈ màraˈ xina-ʾá mút hùcmələ?ˈ húcmət màlcələ?ˈ mù꞊ilə?ˈ ⁺rába jùllə šk̭íləvətˈ ʾíta ʾànnə꞊da ⁺báyyət šak̭lə́tlun mə́nni?ˈ mára là hámzəmˈ ʾáxči hàllun.ˈ bəšk̭alélə júllət yə̀mmuˈ labulèlə,ˈ ⁺rappuyél k̭àto.ˈ màraˈ xáti šk̭úl lvùšlun,ˈ tá ⁺bàri.ˈ bàxtaˈ bəšk̭aléla jùlləˈ bəlvašèla.ˈ bitàyəlaˈ mára ⁺narahát là-ʾoyatˈ ʾaxúnax lèlə míta.ˈ ʾána xáyən k̭a-dìyyaxˈ tú ⁺ʾal-sùysiˈ lablə̀nnax.ˈ ʾáy꞊da ʾák̭lo mattúyola l-á-pāt l-é-patət k̭èsaˈ ʾu-mxáyəna bərrə́xšələ bèta,ˈ labúlol bèta.ˈ k̭a-yə̀mmu márələˈ yə̀mmiˈ k̭u-jàldəˈ vúd ⁺ṱámta k̭a-dá … ⁺xànəmˈ cúncət hə́č léla ⁺xəlta xàti.ˈ ⁺ʾàxla.ˈ ʾə́n xa-náša buk̭ə̀rrə mənnáxˈ k̭at-ʾàhaˈ mànila,ˈ tànyatˈ bràtila.ˈ ʾə́n mə́rrax lèlaˈ lišánax parmə̀nnə.ˈ ʾu-cačàla꞊daˈ yə́mmu ⁺yaṱṱàvaˈ k̭at-xá-məndi tunìləˈ ṱ-avə̀dlə.ˈ k̭ə́mla zurə́zla k̭áto ⁺ṱàmtaˈ ʾu-júllo lvišèla.ˈ cačála ⁺plə̀ṱlə.ˈ supyálə b-yə̀mmuˈ ⁺plə́ṱlə xə́šle ⁺bár … šùlu.ˈ xə́šlə ⁺ʾal-dà duccánaˈ ⁺ʾal-dè duccána,ˈ ⁺ʾal-dè duccána.ˈ xá-ɟa ⁺və́rra xá ⁺dànaˈ ⁺šmílə k̭àtˈ ⁺tájər tìyyəle.ˈ ⁺tájər bitáyələ ⁺ʾál … mdìta ⁺mṱáyələ.ˈ ʾu-⁺šadùrələˈ ʾánnə mára xallàttəˈ k̭a-⁺hàji.ˈ ⁺šadúrul présent ⁺rába ⁺ṱimàntaˈ ⁺šadúrol k̭a-⁺hàjiˈ k̭at-bàxtuˈ ⁺maddə̀rra.ˈ ⁺háji bəšk̭alèləˈ … prèsentˈ ʾína k̭ála lə̀t mən-báxta.ˈ ⁺tàjər márələˈ bàlcətˈ ʾána ɟàniˈ ʾázən lablə́nnə p̂-ídi xa-mə̀ndiˈ ʾu-šák̭lən báxti mayyə̀nna,ˈ bálcət ⁺k̭anúnət dánnə ʾàtxələ.ˈ bəšk̭álələ mə́drə xá-dunyə mə́ndi šap̂ìraˈ k̭at-múyyulə mən-Màccaˈ labúlu k̭a-⁺hàji.ˈ xardúyəna b-k̭dálət ⁺dùydalə,ˈ bənšàk̭əna ⁺ʾuydàlə.ˈ ʾu-bətyàvənaˈ xa-⁺čáy bəštàyəna,ˈ ʾe-pášcaš yávol k̭a-⁺hàji.ˈ ⁺xárta márələ k̭àtˈ ʾé-⁺dana ⁺ràbaˈ lè hamzəmmívaˈ nášə sùrəˈ mən-nášə ⁺ɟùrə.ˈ masàlanˈ ʾíman꞊ət xá náša ⁺ɟúra ⁺ʾavə̀rvaˈ ɟári k̭emə́tva ⁺ʾal-ʾàk̭luxˈ k̭a-xəmyànuxˈ k̭a-xmàtuxˈ k̭a-savùnux.ˈ ʾáha꞊zə léva ⁺bašúrə hamzə́mva mə́n ⁺hàji.ˈ mə́rrə ⁺hàjiˈ ⁺rába ⁺maxlèta ⁺bəṱlábənˈ ⁺rába bənxàpənˈ k̭at-tànənˈ hemánti tíyyən lablə̀nna.ˈ hemántu bàxtuva.ˈ mə̀rrəˈ ⁺šurílə ⁺háji ʾátxa bə́xya ⁺šùləˈ k̭àtˈ ʾá mù tánən k̭a-dìyyux?ˈ bàxtuxˈ lḕn-⁺bašurə tánənˈ ʾína màjbur꞊ən tanə́nnuxˈ k̭át hemántət díyyux mə̀tla.ˈ ⁺tájər mxáyələ ɟu-rìšuˈ bə̀xyaˈ ⁺bək̭ṱálol ɟànu.ˈ dàx mə́tla?!ˈ mə́rrə mə̀tlaˈ lá b-⁺xábrət dìyyanˈ xə́šla ⁺ʾal-mèša.ˈ ʾu-díva ⁺xìlolə.ˈ bə̀xyaˈ bə̀xyaˈ bas-lə́tlux xá nišànk̭a?ˈ xá nišánk̭a k̭áti yávvət k̭át mújjur mə̀ttəla?ˈ mə́rrə làˈ hə́č mə̀ndi lə́tli-mənno.ˈ ʾàxčiˈ mə̀tlaˈ ʾu-⁺ṱumràli.ˈ dìva ⁺xilálə.ˈ ⁺ʾávva ⁺tàjərˈ màjbur pyášələˈ bərrə́xšələ cəs-màlca,ˈ cəs-màlca.ˈ k̭a-málca márələ k̭ə̀ssat.ˈ dɑ̄stɑ̄̀n-uˈ márol k̭a-málca k̭at-ʾána báxti múttonva cə́s ⁺hàji.ˈ ʾádi tíyyən šak̭lə̀nna,ˈ márələ mə̀ttəla.ˈ ʾa-mùjjur-ʾoya-⁺yanə?ˈ màlcaˈ ⁺šadúrələ ⁺bár ⁺hàji.ˈ ⁺bək̭ràyuləˈ ⁺bak̭úrələ mə̀nnuˈ bút báxtət ⁺tàjər.ˈ màraˈ ʾávən ⁺xlàpuxˈ ʾáha dùz꞊ila.ˈ báxtu mùttova cə́sli hemántaˈ ʾána ʾax-xàti xúmyonvaˈ ʾìnaˈ là-b-⁺xabra díyyiˈ xə́štəla ⁺ʾal-mèša,ˈ díva ⁺xìlolə.ˈ mùjjurra yavvə́nna xína?!ˈ ⁺bar-mə́ttəla mə̀ttəla.ˈ málca màrələˈ ʾə̀tluxˈ sàdə?ˈ mə́rrə hìˈ ⁺k̭ùrbān,ˈ ʾàvən ⁺xlápux.ˈ mànina?ˈ mə́rrə rìɟilə.ˈ ʾú ⁺k̭azí k̭at-k̭a-cúllə dá mdíta c-ávəd ⁺k̭azì,ˈ ⁺šulánə zarə̀zlun.ˈ ʾu-⁺màllələˈ ʾú xá-dana ⁺k̭àssab꞊iləˈ ⁺k̭àssabˈ ríšət cùčaˈ ⁺ʾalùla,ˈ ⁺ʾàvun꞊ilə.ˈ cúllə ⁺bəddàyənaˈ k̭át mə̀ttəla.ˈ màlca márələˈ xúb mù-⁺bayyət mə́nnu xína?ˈ ⁺bar-mə́tta mə̀ttəlaˈ dúna cúllə sadúyta yàvəna.ˈ k̭əryél cullə-ʾánnə꞊da málca ⁺tàma.ˈ mə́rrə hìˈ mə̀ttəla.ˈ k̭a-yàlaˈ k̭a-⁺tàjər márənaˈ xub-mə́ttəla mə̀ttəla báxtux,ˈ mù-⁺bayyət mə́nnu?ˈ

làxxaˈ cačàlaˈ cúllə ʾánnə ⁺bəšmayèlə.ˈ bráta ɟu-bètula.ˈ ʾína bəxzáyələ k̭at-⁺háji mú꞊ilə vàda.ˈ bəxzáyələ ⁺ʾátra mújjurra ⁺bəxdàrələ.ˈ bəxzáyələ málca mùjjurraˈ ⁺dìvan vádələ.ˈ ʾánnə cúllə bəxzayèlə.ˈ cúllə ⁺bəšmayèlə.ˈ bərrə́xšələ ⁺rába ⁺pšìmaˈ k̭a-dà mə́ndiˈ k̭at-lə̀ttənˈ xá mə̀ndiˈ ɟā́v ⁺ʾàtraˈ k̭àtˈ xəžbùyna ʾódət ⁺ʾàllu.ˈ bərrə́xša k̭a-báxta màrələ.ˈ màraˈ ⁺rába bəpšàməvən xátiˈ ⁺ɟórax tìyyələˈ ʾína mírəna k̭at-ʾat-mə̀ttəvatˈ ʾu-málca-zə k̭ùblolə.ˈ ⁺ʾu-háji cúllə k̭ublálun k̭at-ʾat-mə̀ttət.ˈ báxta bə̀xyəlaˈ mára ʾòyan ⁺xlapuxˈ lábəlli cəs-⁺ɟòri.ˈ mára xàtiˈ mújjur lablə́nnax cəs-⁺ɟòrax?ˈ cúllə ⁺bəddáyəna ʾat-mə̀ttət.ˈ ʾə́n ʾádi ⁺yàṱṱiˈ k̭at-ʾátən cə́sli bəxxàyətˈ ʾu-k̭àtaxˈ k̭àtiˈ k̭a-ɟórax bət-k̭àṱliˈ k̭at-⁺xabré lá-⁺paləṱ dùɟla.ˈ bas-sp̂ùrˈ xázzən mù-⁺ʾamsən ʾódən.ˈ ʾá bəsp̂àrələˈ ⁺rába taxmùnələ.ˈ b-lélə b-yúma lélə bədmàxa.ˈ bəlɑ̄xará ⁺bək̭rayélə ʾan-cačálə xìnə.ˈ cačálə xínə cúllə ⁺bək̭rayèlə.ˈ k̭ə́ssat da-⁺hàjiˈ ʾu-⁺tàjər,ˈ bàxtuˈ hak̭úyol k̭atè.ˈ ʾànnəˈ cúllə màrənaˈ ʾáxnan p-⁺hayyərràxlux,ˈ cačàləˈ mára p-⁺hayyərràxlux.ˈ mu-ʾòdax,ˈ mu-le-ʾòdax?ˈ mára k̭úmun ⁺ṱálax ⁺ṱā̀lta.ˈ cačála váyələ màlcaˈ cačàla,ˈ ʾo-cačálət bràta múyyolə váyələ màlca,ˈ šópət màlca.ˈ xá mən-cačálə vádulə vàzzər.ˈ xá vádulə ⁺tàjər.ˈ xá vádulə … ⁺k̭azì.ˈ xá vádulə ⁺màlla.ˈ xá vádulə ⁺k̭àssab.ˈ xá vádul bràta.ˈ xá vádulə … ⁺tàjərˈ k̭aṱ-ílə bàxtu tlə́k̭ta.ˈ ʾánnə cùllə šəmmanéˈ mattuyélə vadèlə.ˈ šə́mmət vazzíru꞊da mattúyulə ʾAlla-Várdi ⁺Xā̀nˈ cúncət vazzírət málca ʾaslìˈ ʾílə ʾAlla-Várdi ⁺Xā̀n.ˈ málca-da màlcələ.ˈ ʾádi ʾánnə ⁺ṱávuləna ṱā̀ltaˈ k̭àtˈ mù ɟári ʾódi.ˈ ⁺bəddáyona ʾadi-cúllə ʾa-⁺ṱā́lta mù꞊ila.ˈ šəmmané꞊da cúllə mattuyèlə.ˈ k̭á … cačàlə márələˈ vímun hə̀šyarˈ xzímun màlcaˈ cút xa-⁺dànaˈ cút-cma xa-⁺dànaˈ cút trè-yarxəˈ cút ⁺ṱlá-yarxə xàˈ ci-⁺pàləṱ,ˈ c-ázəl ⁺xdàra,ˈ sàxbərˈ ɟáššək̭ ʾal-⁺ʾàtru k̭at-⁺xàdərˈ mən-vazzìru.ˈ bəlɑ̄xaráˈ bitáyəna cačàlə,ˈ ʾína ʾax-jasùsə,ˈ ɟaššùk̭əna,ˈ bitáyəna k̭á cačála ⁺ɟùraˈ márəna k̭àtˈ ʾà-šabtaˈ màlcaˈ ⁺pə́llan yùma,ˈ ⁺pə́llan ⁺dàna,ˈ ⁺pə́llan ⁺sàʾatˈ ⁺plàṱələˈ ⁺ʾal-dà ʾúrxa.ˈ mára ⁺ràba ⁺spáy.ˈ cullóxun lípotun darsòxun?ˈ mára hì.ˈ cúllə꞊da ⁺bəddáyəna mu-ʾòdi,ˈ cùllə.ˈ ʾànnəˈ k̭at-màlca bərrəxšələ,ˈ ʾánnə꞊da bərrə̀xšəna.ˈ ⁺táma ʾə́tva xa-dána bèta,ˈ ʾína xrìvaˈ lé-ʾoya nášə ɟávu xayyìva.ˈ bəxzáyət ⁺ʾal-vàddarˈ ɟu-còl,ˈ ɟu-⁺biyàbanˈ ʾə́ttən bətvátə tlìxə.ˈ ʾánnə cačálə cùllə bərrə́xšəna ⁺tàma,ˈ bətyàvəna.ˈ bəsp̂árəna k̭at-málca ʾàtə.ˈ ʾə́tlə ⁺táma mə́drə tré cačàləˈ jasusùyta vádənaˈ k̭at-málca ʾəm-⁺dana ʾádi ʾàk̭lu mattíla ⁺ʾal-ɟàrə.ˈ málca ʾaslìˈ mən-vazzìruˈ bəxzáyəna m-rə̀k̭k̭aˈ ɟu-⁺dávva béta tlìxaˈ ʾə́ttən ⁺šrayàtə bəlláyəna.ˈ málca màrələˈ mànilə bəxxá ɟu-⁺davvó béta?ˈ ⁺ʾávva tlìxaˈ hə́č-məndi lət-ɟàvu.ˈ ʾázax xázax mù꞊ilə.ˈ bərrə̀xšənaˈ ⁺mṱáyəna ⁺ʾàllu.ˈ ʾánnə láxxa cúllə ɟané ⁺hùdrona.ˈ ʾə́t xá càvə,ˈ ⁺ʾùllul.ˈ málca bitàyələˈ ʾák̭lu mattúyolə hal-⁺tàmaˈ k̭at-ɟàššək̭,ˈ ʾánnə ⁺šarùyəna.ˈ cačála ʾaslìˈ màlcələ.ˈ k̭a-xa-vazzìruˈ šə́mmu mùttuyələˈ ʾAlla-Vardi-⁺Xā̀n.ˈ ʾu-ʾa-vazzírət k̭aṱ-ílə cəs-màlcaˈ šə́mmu꞊da ʾAlla-Vardi-⁺Xā̀n꞊ilə.ˈ cačála xa-b-xá-ɟa mə̀rrəˈ ʾAlla-Vardi-⁺Xā̀n,ˈ ʾAlla-Vardi-⁺Xā̀n!ˈ mə́rrə bále ⁺k̭ùrbānˈ ʾávən ⁺xlàpux.ˈ ʾó vázzər꞊ət ⁺ʾùllulˈ ⁺byayəva tanìvaˈ málca púmmu dvə̀k̭lə.ˈ mə́rrə lá-vud k̭àla!ˈ bétu ⁺šìyya!ˈ ⁺byáyət ⁺k̭aṱlìlan láxxa?ˈ xzí ʾá mùt masàləla?ˈ máɟar ʾə́ttən málca xína ɟu-da-⁺ʾátrət díyyi ʾána lēn-⁺bəddà?ˈ ɟáššək̭ mù꞊ilə váyaˈ mú k̭avvùmələ.ˈ ʾánnə m-⁺táma ɟaššùk̭ənaˈ ʾína ʾánnə cúllə ⁺bəddáyəna málca ⁺ʾùllul꞊ilə.ˈ cačála k̭aṱ-ílə màlca,ˈ ⁺bəddàyət xínaˈ prə̀šlux mú꞊ila masàla,ˈ cačála ʾaslí ʾo-⁺ɟúra víyyələ màlca ʾadíyya,ˈ bədráyələ k̭álə k̭a-xá mən-cačàluˈ ʾìləˈ vàzzərˈ bədráyələ k̭àləˈ ʾAlla-Vardi-⁺Xā̀n!ˈ ʾAlla-Vardi-⁺Xā̀n!ˈ cačála bitáyələ k̭àtuˈ k̭amàytu máraˈ hí ʾávən ⁺xlàpuxˈ mù ⁺byáyət?ˈ mə́rrə bətxàrətˈ xa-k̭ə̀ssat ʾə́tvaˈ xa-⁺tàjər ʾə́tva.ˈ bàxtuˈ múttova cəs-⁺hàji.ˈ xá-ʾaxča mə̀ndi ʾə́tva.ˈ tílun cə̀sli.ˈ mə́rrun báxtu mə̀ttəla,ˈ ʾína ʾána màlca,ˈ málcət da-⁺ʾàtraˈ cmá xmàrənva!ˈ cmá xmàrənva!ˈ là ⁺buk̭ə́rri k̭at-ʾá bàxtaˈ b-mùt móta mə̀ttəla,ˈ dàxi mə́ttəla.ˈ ʾána ⁺byáyən ʾá-k̭əssat táza patxə̀nna.ˈ ʾána ⁺báyyən ⁺yàṱṱən.ˈ mára hìˈ ʾávən ⁺xlàpuxˈ xá-ʾaxča-məndi ʾə̀tva,ˈ ʾína màraˈ bále ⁺k̭ùrbanˈ ʾìva.ˈ cačála ⁺šadùrələˈ mára xùšˈ ⁺bár ⁺tàjər.ˈ xá mən-cačálə ʾílə ⁺tàjər.ˈ ⁺dìluxˈ k̭ámta mə̀rri.ˈ cúllə ⁺tàməna.ˈ xá cačála máyyulə šə́mmu ⁺tàjər.ˈ mára brùniˈ ⁺màxlili.ˈ ʾána ⁺rába ⁺rəpyùta və́dliˈ ʾát xà-ʾaxčaˈ k̭vàlta ʾə́tvaluxˈ mən-⁺hàjiˈ k̭at-báxtux lìtən,ˈ mə̀ttəla.ˈ ⁺rába ⁺màxlili,ˈ ⁺pàxəlli,ˈ ʾána ⁺byáyən ʾadíyya šarə̀nna masála.ˈ mùdiva k̭ə́ssa?ˈ ⁺tàjərˈ mə́drə hak̭úyolə k̭a-màlca.ˈ mára xúš túy ⁺tàmma.ˈ ⁺dílux mújjur huk̭yàlə xínaˈ k̭at-báxtu mə̀ttəla.ˈ ⁺tájər mattùyulə ⁺támmaˈ cačàla.ˈ màraˈ ⁺šádrun ⁺bar ⁺màlla.ˈ ⁺hàji,ˈ ⁺màlla,ˈ ⁺k̭àssabˈ cùllə mayḗl ⁺tàma.ˈ màraˈ ⁺hàji,ˈ ⁺tájər báxtu múttova cə̀slux.ˈ mùjjur mə́tla?ˈ mə́rrə ʾávən ⁺xlàpuxˈ mə̀tla.ˈ díva ⁺xilàləˈ mə̀tla.ˈ mə́rrə xuš-⁺tàmma.ˈ bitáyələ ⁺màllaˈ màraˈ ⁺màllaˈ ʾát ⁺dílux báxta mə̀ttəla?ˈ hìˈ ʾávən ⁺xlàpuxˈ dàx la-⁺díli!ˈ ʾána xzìliˈ ɟàni ⁺ṱúmron.ˈ b-mùt móta mə́tla?ˈ mə́rrə pə́lla mən-ɟàrəˈ ʾə́ltəx mə̀tla.ˈ mə́rrə ʾàt꞊da xuš-⁺támma.ˈ bitáyələ ⁺k̭àssabˈ ⁺ʾáv꞊zə màraˈ hìˈ ʾávən ⁺xlàpuxˈ ʾána xzíli mə̀tla,ˈ ʾìnaˈ ʾána xzìliˈ pə́lla ɟu-hàvuzˈ xnə̀k̭laˈ ʾo-xìnaˈ ⁺málla màrələˈ mára ʾàt mú?ˈ màraˈ ʾána xzìliˈ k̭at-ʾá-baxta ⁺ràbaˈ xamxàmta ʾə́tvala.ˈ ⁺rába xamxámta k̭am-ʾàvila,ˈ mə̀tla.ˈ ʾánnə cúllə mattuyél ⁺tàmmaˈ mára ʾáxtun túmun ⁺tàmma.ˈ mára láxxa ʾə́ttən xá-dana náša xìnaˈ búš ⁺spáy꞊ilə k̭at-yavə́llan ⁺xàbra.ˈ ⁺ʾávun꞊da ʾílə ríɟət ⁺hàji.ˈ mémun làxxa ríɟa.ˈ mémunlə làxxa ríɟa.ˈ xá mən-cačálu꞊da rìɟəva.ˈ ríɟa bitàyələˈ màraˈ bále ⁺k̭ùrban,ˈ ʾávən ⁺xlàpux,ˈ mú ⁺byàyəvət?ˈ màraˈ tunílux, tunìlux.ˈ là tunílux,ˈ ɟə̀lduxˈ p-šalxə̀nnəˈ malə́nnə tùyna.ˈ malə́nnə tùyna.ˈ ɟári tanə́tla duzùta.ˈ ⁺bəddáyət k̭əssàttətˈ báxtət ⁺tajə̀rˈ mən-⁺hàji?ˈ mə́rrə hìˈ ʾávən ⁺xlàpuxˈ ⁺bəddàyon.ˈ mə́rrə mù víla?ˈ mə́rrə ʾàvən ⁺xlápux,ˈ ⁺háji k̭áti mə̀rrəˈ láblən ⁺k̭aṱlə̀nna.ˈ ʾína málca cúllə ⁺bəšmayèlə ʾánnə.ˈ ʾánnə cúllə ⁺ṱalànəna.ˈ màraˈ ⁺háji k̭áti mə̀rrəˈ ⁺byáyəva ʾavə́dva xèla ⁺ʾálloˈ ɟu-⁺hàmmam.ˈ ʾána ⁺rxə́ṱli xə̀šliˈ ʾu-⁺háji k̭áti mə̀rrəˈ k̭at-ʾà-baxtaˈ xrə̀vta báxtəla.ˈ šə́mmi maxrəvvàləˈ ɟu-nášə šə́mmi ṱ-àzəlˈ razzəllàlə.ˈ ɟári láblət ⁺k̭aṱlə̀tla.ˈ ʾána ʾído ⁺sirèliˈ k̭at-láblən ʾa-báxta ⁺k̭aṱlə̀nna.ˈ lubláli ɟu-mèša,ˈ ʾína ⁺ʾúxča báxta bxìlaˈ ⁺ʾúxča nuníla bìyyiˈ ⁺ʾúxča ʾidə-ʾák̭li nšik̭èlaˈ lə́bbi k̭ə̀dlə duzúta k̭áto.ˈ là ⁺k̭ṱiláli.ˈ švik̭àli.ˈ làxxaˈ mára ʾa-báxta xètəla?ˈ mára lḕn ⁺bəddá.ˈ ʾaláha ráxmə ʾávəd ⁺ʾállo k̭at-lá-ʾavi dívə xìloˈ sab-ʾána švik̭áli ⁺táma ɟu-xə̀šca.ˈ mára ʾà-da máttunlə ⁺támma.ˈ mattúna ⁺tàma.ˈ mára ⁺bəddáyətun mù꞊ila?ˈ mára là.ˈ mára ʾə́ttən láxxa xa-cačàla,ˈ šópət ɟànu꞊zəˈ múttələ xa-cačála xìnaˈ ɟánu vídolə màlca,ˈ mára ʾo-cačála làxxaˈ ʾá cačàlaˈ ʾə́tlə ⁺xàbra mən-da-báxta.ˈ xúšun ⁺bar-cačàla.ˈ xácma mən-dan-cačálə꞊da bərrə̀xšəna.ˈ xá cačála xína꞊da máyuna k̭amàytu.ˈ màraˈ ⁺ɟúrət cačàlət ʾátən.ˈ ⁺báyyən ⁺bák̭rən mənnux xa-⁺xàbra.ˈ ʾə́tlux ⁺xábra ʾàtənˈ mən-da-báxta tlə̀k̭taˈ ʾó mə̀tta,ˈ báxtət ⁺hàjiˈ mə́n ⁺tàjər?ˈ mára hìˈ ʾávən ⁺xlàpuxˈ ʾána ʾə̀tli ⁺xábra.ˈ báxta xètəla.ˈ ʾána mùčxon.ˈ ʾádi ɟu-bèti bəxxáyəla.ˈ k̭a-cačàla márənaˈ k̭át xòbˈ šk̭úl xuš-mèla ʾe-báxta.ˈ xá mən-cačálə꞊da vídulə báxtət ⁺tàjər.ˈ bərrə́xšələ máya xá dána bàxtaˈ mulvíšona ʾax-bàxta.ˈ màyolə.ˈ har-ɟu-⁺vàrto ⁺táma,ˈ ʾó cačála xína k̭aṱ-íva ⁺tàjər vídu,ˈ ⁺ṱùlona ⁺ṱā́lta,ˈ bək̭yáməl màraˈ ʾáy ⁺havā̀r!ˈ ʾay-⁺k̭ə́ṱma b-rìši!ˈ ʾáha bàxtila.ˈ dúla xètaˈ léla mə̀tta.ˈ ʾá ʾìcəva?ˈ bə́xya bəxpák̭əna ⁺ʾuydàle.ˈ k̭a-bàxta márələˈ ʾáha ⁺ɟòrax꞊lə?ˈ mára hìˈ ʾóyan ⁺xlàpux!ˈ ʾóyan ⁺nə̀drux!ˈ málcət màlcə!ˈ ʾáha ⁺ɟòril.ˈ mára xòb.ˈ ʾáxtun xpúk̭un ⁺ʾùydalə.ˈ máttunla ɟu-xá-dana ⁺ʾarabànaˈ ʾət-suysavàtəˈ lablúnla bèta.ˈ ʾánnə bərrə́xšəna bètaˈ ʾína ⁺tàməna.ˈ ʾánnə xìnə꞊daˈ dúk̭un cúllə ⁺sùrunlun!ˈ ⁺sùrunlun!ˈ cpùšunlun!ˈ màraˈ ⁺sùrunlun!ˈ dúšunlun ɟú ⁺dùssak̭!ˈ máttunlun ⁺tàma.ˈ ʾána lé-⁺bayyən xà-ʾaxča mə́ndi ɟu-⁺ʾátrət díyyi ʾávə.ˈ ʾána lévən ⁺bəddá k̭a-mùdiˈ ʾána ʾó-yuma žġìšənvaˈ lḗnva taxmúne ⁺spáy ⁺ràhat.ˈ ʾáha xá-ʾaxča ⁺šúla ⁺ɟúra ʾávə víyya ɟu-da-⁺ʾátrət dìyyi,ˈ ʾána là-⁺yaṱṱən?ˈ xòb,ˈ ʾádi xúšun b-šlàma.ˈ

málcət ⁺ʾùllulˈ k̭a-vazzìru márəlˈ k̭ùˈ ⁺yàrmaxˈ ʾàzaxˈ m-k̭ám꞊ət k̭a-díyyan꞊da cápši ɟú ⁺dùssak̭ˈ dešílan ɟu-⁺dùssak̭ˈ ʾídan ⁺ʾasríla ⁺k̭aṱlìlan.ˈ k̭ú bètu ⁺šìyyaˈ k̭a-vazzíru màrələˈ xa-ɟáššək̭ mú k̭avvúmə ɟu-⁺ʾátrət dìyyan!ˈ ʾánnə níxa níxa ⁺bəsláyəna bərrə̀xšəna.ˈ cačála ⁺bəddáyələ k̭at-málca xə̀šlə.ˈ cačála ⁺bəddáyələ málca xə̀šlə,ˈ ʾìnaˈ ⁺bəddàyələˈ móriša jàldəˈ màlcaˈ p-⁺šádər ⁺bàru.ˈ ɟané ⁺házər vìdonaˈ cúllə cačàlə.ˈ málca móriša jáldə bək̭yàmələ,ˈ cúl-lelə šìma lélə dmíxa.ˈ lèlə dmíxaˈ mən-⁺narahatùytu.ˈ ⁺šadúrələ polìsəˈ ⁺šurṱìyyə márənaˈ ⁺bàrˈ cačàla.ˈ ʾícət ʾə́tten cačàləˈ bədvak̭é mayèna.ˈ mayéna ⁺tàma.ˈ k̭a-cačàla márələˈ ⁺ʾe-ṱā́ltət ⁺bèrašə ⁺ṱuláluxˈ ⁺ṱulàlux,ˈ ⁺ṱulàlux.ˈ là ⁺ṱulálux,ˈ bət-yávvən dàsturˈ k̭at-⁺k̭aṱlìluxˈ maxílə ríšux b-sèpa.ˈ ⁺jàllad ʾə́tva ⁺táma.ˈ mə̀rrəˈ rìšux maxílə.ˈ cačála k̭a-màlca mə́rrəˈ màlca ṱ-ávət basímaˈ lèla b-dá hasanúyta.ˈ ʾána šàrtə mə́nnux máttən.ˈ b-šàrt ṱ-odə́nnə ʾa-⁺šúla.ˈ mára mù꞊ila šártux?ˈ mára k̭a-trè ⁺saʾáttə malcútux hálla k̭ày.ˈ tré ⁺saʾàttəˈ malcútux hálla k̭ày.ˈ málca bək̭yàmələˈ júllu šaluxèləˈ yavél k̭àtu.ˈ cúllə cačálə bəlvašèna,ˈ vàzzər,ˈ vàccəl,ˈ hăsabdɑ̄̀r,ˈ cúllə bəlvašèna,ˈ ⁺tàməna.ˈ mára mə́nnux ⁺byàyənaˈ ⁺jā̀r dárətˈ ⁺maxbə́rrət k̭a-cúllə ⁺ʾátra ʾàtə.ˈ tánimun k̭at-málca ⁺byáyələ xá ⁺dívan ⁺rába ⁺ɟùrta ʾávədˈ cúllə ɟári ʾávi ⁺tàma.ˈ yávələ ⁺xàbraˈ cúllə nášə ⁺bəjmáyəna bitàyəna.ˈ cúllə ⁺vára ɟaššùk̭əna,ˈ ʾína málca vḗl tíva ⁺tàmma,ˈ ʾína xa-málca xàtələ.ˈ mára ʾíman ʾá málca vìləˈ ʾáxnan ⁺xábra lə̀tlan?ˈ ⁺šadúrələ ⁺bár ⁺tàjərˈ ʾaslì,ˈ ⁺bár ⁺k̭àzi,ˈ ⁺bár ⁺k̭àssab,ˈ ⁺bár ⁺màlla,ˈ ⁺bár rìɟa,ˈ cúllə mayèlə.ˈ ⁺šadúrələ ⁺bar ⁺tàjər,ˈ ⁺bar ⁺hàjiˈ ʾína ʾan-ʾaslìyyə,ˈ ⁺baré k̭at-ʾàti.ˈ ʾádi ⁺hàjile,ˈ ⁺tàjər꞊ilə,ˈ ⁺màllələ,ˈ ⁺k̭àssab꞊ilə,ˈ cúllə k̭at-yúvvə sadùytaˈ ⁺jummél ⁺tàma,ˈ muyél ⁺tàma.ˈ muyél ⁺tàma.ˈ ʾé-⁺dān xzìlun,ˈ ⁺hàjiˈ ⁺šurílun ʾák̭lu bərɟàda,ˈ ⁺páġru bərɟàdaˈ lə́bbu p̂k̭ìlə.ˈ cačála k̭át víyyəl ʾadíyya màlcaˈ humzə̀mləˈ mə̀rrəˈ ⁺bəddáyətun ɟu-da-⁺ʾátra mú k̭avvùmələ?ˈ ʾána lé-⁺bayyən lòmaˈ màyyənˈ ⁺ʾal-málca ʾaslì,ˈ ʾína xá-ʾaxča k̭ə̀ssat vítəla.ˈ xà-ʾaxčaˈ mə̀ndi vílə láxxaˈ k̭at-xá ⁺tàjərˈ báxtu mayyíla máttə cəs-⁺hàji.ˈ ⁺háji ⁺xárta k̭ā́m ⁺ʾal-ɟànoˈ ⁺xárta yávvəl k̭a-rìɟuˈ lábəl ⁺k̭aṱə̀lla.ˈ ríɟa ràxmə vídəl ⁺ʾàllo,ˈ lèlə ⁺k̭ṱílo.ˈ ʾá-məndi k̭abùlutun?ˈ cút-xa b-xá k̭ála mə́rrə là.ˈ mə̀rrəˈ k̭a-yàla mə́rrəˈ ʾátən ʾə́tvalux k̭válta mən-⁺hàji?ˈ mə́rrə hí ⁺k̭ùrbanˈ dáx꞊ət mə́rri k̭àtux,ˈ málca ṱ-ávət basìma,ˈ ʾána bərrə́xšənva ⁺ʾal-Màccaˈ ʾu-báxti muyyàliˈ muttáli cə́s ⁺hàjiˈ sắbab ⁺rába mhùmnəvaˈ ci-⁺bayyə̀nvalə,ˈ ⁺xòriva.ˈ ⁺bəddáyənva k̭at-xíšələ Màccaˈ xíšəle ⁺hàjiˈ víyəl ʾáx xa-dána xălìfaˈ ʾáx xa-dána ʾabùna,ˈ patriyàrcaˈ lə́tlə xá ⁺xṱíta ⁺xə̀lṱa.ˈ báxti muttáli cə̀slu.ˈ ʾína ʾána tíli šak̭lə̀nvalaˈ mə́rrə mə̀ttəla.ˈ tíli cəs-màlca,ˈ málca mə̀rrəˈ xób mə́tta mə̀ttəla.ˈ mú ⁺báyyət mən-xa-mìta?ˈ ʾu-cúllə sádu yvəllún sadùta k̭at-mə̀ttəla.ˈ málca ⁺hàji k̭rílə.ˈ mə̀rrəˈ ⁺byáyən ⁺bàk̭rənˈ bùtˈ báxtət ⁺tàjərˈ dàx vítəla?ˈ ⁺háji ⁺šurílə bə̀xyaˈ ʾína ʾaslìˈ ⁺šuríl bə̀xyaˈ mə́rrə k̭at-bàxtuˈ díva ⁺xilàlə.ˈ mə́rrə máttunlə ⁺tàmma.ˈ muttílun ⁺tàmmaˈ har-dáx꞊ət mə́rri k̭àmtaˈ ʾu-tílə ⁺k̭àssab,ˈ tílə ⁺màlla,ˈ tílə ⁺k̭àzi,ˈ cúllə tìlun.ˈ xá-mənne mə́rrə k̭át dìva ⁺xílolə.ˈ xá-mənne mə́rrə pə́lla ɟu-hàvuz.ˈ xá-mənne mə́rrə xumxə́mla mə̀tla.ˈ xá-mənne pə́lla mən-ɟàrə mə́tla.ˈ ʾánnə cùlləˈ mə̀rreˈ túmun ⁺tàmmaˈ ʾáni tə́vlun ⁺tàmma.ˈ k̭a-dé-baxta mìrəvaˈ mə́rrə ʾə́n ⁺šudə́rri ⁺bàraxˈ là ⁺zádyat,ˈ ʾàtyat.ˈ k̭a-dan-cačálət ɟànuˈ málca márələ k̭át tré-⁺ṱla dánə-da ⁺šurṱìyyəˈ ʾáti mənnóxun k̭at-lá p̂-ùrxa ⁺k̭aṱlíla.ˈ ʾánnə bərrə̀xšənaˈ báxta bəšk̭álo màyona.ˈ yála ⁺tàjərˈ har-bəxzáyolə bàxtu,ˈ hàvar vádələ.ˈ mxáyələ ɟu-rìšu.ˈ ʾáy ʾávən ⁺xlàpux,ˈ ʾá bàxtila,ˈ bás márəva mə̀ttəla.ˈ ʾína ⁺bar-našùytaˈ cùllə ɟaššùk̭əla,ˈ cùlləˈ ⁺narahát bə̀xya.ˈ báxta꞊da ⁺bərxáṱəla cəs-⁺ɟòroˈ bəxpàk̭ula.ˈ ʾáy ⁺havā̀rˈ ʾá ⁺ɟòrilə.ˈ mára ʾàxtunˈ … ʾá bàxtux꞊la?ˈ hì.ˈ bàxta,ˈ ʾá ⁺ɟòrax꞊lə?ˈ hì,ˈ ʾá ⁺ɟòrilə.ˈ bəxpák̭əna ⁺ʾùydalə.ˈ mára ʾànnəˈ máttimunlun ɟu-xá lilànk̭aˈ ʾət-susavàtəˈ ⁺mámṱimunlun bèta.ˈ ʾánnə bərrə̀xšəna.ˈ bitáyələ ⁺hàji,ˈ ⁺màlla,ˈ ʾu-⁺k̭àssabˈ ʾú ⁺k̭azì.ˈ ʾánnə cúllə mayèləˈ mára ʾánnə dúk̭unlun cùlləˈ ʾidə-ʾak̭lé ⁺sùrunlun.ˈ ⁺maxlèta láxxa.ˈ ʾánnə cúllə ⁺ʾə̀mza və́dlunˈ ⁺hàjiˈ ⁺ʾə̀mza və́dləˈ hì,ˈ ʾána ⁺ʾə̀mza vádəvənˈ dìva ⁺xiláləˈ ʾu-⁺k̭àssabˈ ⁺ʾə̀mza vádələˈ k̭át hìˈ ʾa-báxta pə́lla ɟu-hàvuz,ˈ mə̀tla.ˈ ʾú ⁺ʾo-málla xìna máraˈ k̭àtˈ ʾána xzìləˈ ʾá bàxtaˈ mən-ɟàre pə́lla.ˈ ʾína cùlləˈ ⁺ʾə̀mza vádəna,ˈ ⁺ʾə́mza bəšk̭áləna mənnèˈ k̭àmta.ˈ ⁺ʾəmzé bəšk̭àlulə,ˈ ʾidaté ⁺bəsyarèlə.ˈ mára ʾánnə làblunlun,ˈ máttunlun ɟu-⁺dùssak̭ˈ k̭a-hàl motè,ˈ k̭a-hál꞊ət mèti.ˈ bək̭yámələ ⁺ʾal-ʾàk̭lu.ˈ k̭a-màlca máraˈ ʾávət basíma ⁺ràbaˈ k̭át ʾa-pə́rsat yuvválux k̭àtiˈ ʾánnə jùlluxˈ ʾína ʾé-⁺dān ⁺báyyət ʾódət xa-mə̀ndiˈ vúdlə ʾax-nàšə.ˈ ʾánnə jùlluxˈ ʾànnəˈ … malcùytuxˈ ⁺ʾáxla rìšuxˈ ʾána lḕn ⁺byáyo xína.ˈ málca bək̭yámələ ⁺ʾal-ʾàk̭lu.ˈ cačàlaˈ ⁺bəzdàyələ,ˈ bəxšáva k̭at-ʾadíya ríšu maxìlə.ˈ mə́rrə lá là,ˈ ʾàtənˈ mən-cačàlux xínəˈ bṱ-avìtunˈ ɟu-dɑ̄rbɑ̄́r-ət dìyyi,ˈ dɑ̄rbɑ̄́r ⁺yánə betúytət malcùyta.ˈ ʾát ṱ-ávət šópət vazzìri.ˈ ʾánnə p̂ṱ-ávi ɟú vàccəlˈ vàzzər.ˈ ⁺rába bəxdàyəvənˈ k̭at-xá-ʾaxĉa mə̀ndiˈ ʾána mucə́xli ɟu-màllat.ˈ ʾávət ⁺rába basìmaˈ bəxpàk̭ulə.ˈ ʾánnə cúllə bədyašèləˈ vadélə ɟú betúytət malcùyta.ˈ basíma ⁺rába k̭at-⁺šmìlux.ˈ

Translation:

I shall tell you this story. It is (as follows): There was a bald man in a town. There were many bald men. There were nearly ten bald men. They had a wooden horse beneath them. They used to strike it (while) they ran from this side to that side, from this side to that side, and (while) they used to shout ‘_nu bubəšk̭a! nu bubəšk̭a!_’ as if they were riding a (real) horse. Now, they used to go and take protection money from people. They used to gather protection money from shops. They used to live by this. Now, the elder of the bald men, the elder of the bald men, that is he was the head of their gang, he was higher (in rank) than the others. He went to a merchant. The merchant used to like this bald man very much. He liked him very much. You know what a merchant is, right? He used to like this bald man very much. He went to him to take money. In the early morning they used to get up, before people went to work, to take their money from them, the people who used to give them protection money. They used to take money, go off and live by it. On that day the bald man went to the merchant. He said to him, the merchant said to the bald man, ‘I am going to Mecca.’ Do you know what Mecca is? The Muslims go to Mecca, Medina, Mecca, pilgrimage. He said 'I am going to Mecca for two months, and the money of two months I shall give to you, and more too, but keep your eye on my belongings, my livelihood. When I come back and return, I shall give you a great deal.’ He said ‘Very well’ and left him with (a greeting of) peace. They kissed each other. The bald man went (on his way) and the merchant went home. The merchant had a very beautiful wife. He thought about where he could he put this wife of his so his thoughts could be at peace. He thought a lot. He said ‘I have a friend. He is a pilgrim. He too has gone to Mecca and Medina, he has gone on the pilgrimage. He is a very pious man. Everybody knows him. I will take her and place her with him.’ He takes his wife and he goes to the pilgrim. He says ‘Pilgrim, my friend. I did not find any place to leave my wife in trust. I have brought her to you. These are a load of gold coins for you, which, if you spend them on my wife, if they are insufficient, I shall come and pay them (back).’ The pilgrim says ‘Oh, very good! Your wife is like a sister of mine. I shall be very careful with her, vigilant.’ He places his wife there. The merchant goes to Mecca for two months and the bald man goes to his house. They place the wife with the pilgrim.

One, two, three weeks pass. The woman goes to the bathroom. The pilgrim also goes to the bathroom. He sees the woman, beautiful in her body, and he desires her. He wants to go near her. The woman does not allow it. The pilgrim became very upset and wants to force her. The woman screams. She screams. Now, the pilgrim had a servant. That servant was very good. He was very faithful to the pilgrim. He goes and runs inside. He sees that the pilgrim is naked and the woman is naked. The pilgrim knows what the situation is and says to the servant ‘You can see that this woman is in a mad passion, in a mad passion, that is, she is hot (with passion), that is, she is wicked. Such women should be killed. Seize her and tie her hands. Take her outside the city into the forest and kill her.’ The servant is forced (to do so). He is forced to take the woman away. He ties her hands and takes her to kill her. But the woman begs very much ‘Please. I plead with you don’t kill me,’ crying very much, falling kissing his feet (saying) ‘Don’t kill me. I shall give you everything you want—these clothes of mine, everything you want, my gold, I have a lot of gold, gold earrings, a golden necklace, a gold ring, take everything you want. Just don’t kill me! I don’t want to die.’ The servant feels sorry for her. He does not kill her. He strips her clothes off, since the pilgrim had said to his servant ‘Bring her bloody clothes to me.’ The woman says ‘I shall give you a lot of money, this ornament of mine, my ornament.’—meaning ‘my gold.’ ‘Take them away and sell them. Take a sheep, kill it, put its blood on my clothes and take it to your master.’ The servant does this. He leaves the woman naked there in the forest, outside of the town. He leaves her there. The servant goes. He takes a bird and kills it. He puts the blood on her clothes and brings them to the pilgrim. He says ‘I have killed her.’ The pilgrim is content.

The woman becomes cold there. She enters under shrubs and bark in order not to get cold. Very slowly she comes near to the town. Near the city there was a cemetery. You know what cemeteries are? They bury people in them. She goes there and huddles up. The bald man is awake in the early morning. ‘_nu bubušk̭a_,’ he is galloping with his piece of wood, the horse. He sees that it is still early. It is five o’clock. Where will he go now? He says ‘I shall go ...’ —pardon, to pass water,’—that is urinate. He went there to urinate. He saw a head going up and down, going up and down. He went a little nearer and saw that it was a person. Then, he went a little further forward. She said to him ‘Please, do not come near, I am naked.’ He goes forward and as soon as looks, he recognizes her. He knows that she is the wife of the merchant. He says ‘Oh dear! What has happened to her?’ He says ‘My sister, wait for me. I am coming back.’ He sits on his horse of wood and gallops straight home. He says to his mother ‘Wherever you have beautiful clothes give them to me quickly!’ ‘May I ask what are they for?’ He says ‘Don’t speak, just give them. Give (me) your most beautiful dress.’ She says ‘What order is this? Is it the order of the king? What is it? You have taken many clothes, now, do you want to take these too from me?’ He says ‘Don’t speak, just give them (to me).’ He takes the clothes of his mother. He takes them (with him) and throws them to her. He says ‘My sister, take them and put them on, (then) come after me.’ The woman takes the clothes and puts them on. She comes and he says ‘Don’t be upset. Your brother has not died. I am alive for you. Sit on my horse and I shall take you away.’ She puts her leg this side and that side of the wood, they strike (the horse) and he goes home, he takes her home. He says to his mother ‘Mother, get up quickly, make breakfast quickly for this lady, because my sister has not eaten anything. Let her eat. If somebody asks you who this is, say “She is my sister.” If you say that she is not, I shall cut out your tongue.’ Now, the bald man—his mother knew that if he said something, he would do it. She got up and prepared breakfast for her, she put on her clothes and the bald man went out. He delivered her into the care of his mother and he went out to work. He went to this shop, to that shop, to that shop. Once some time had passed, he heard that the merchant had come back. The merchant comes back and arrives at the town. He sends gifts to the pilgrim. He sends him a very expensive present. He sends it to the pilgrim so that he will return his wife. The pilgrim takes them ... the present, but there is no word about the woman. The merchant says ‘Perhaps I myself should go and take something by my own hand and bring my wife back. Perhaps the custom of these people is like this.’ He takes a load of beautiful things, which he has brought from Mecca and takes them to the pilgrim. They embrace each other around the neck and kiss one another. The sit down, drink tea and he gives the present to the pilgrim. Then he says—at that time young people did not talk much with the older people. For example, when an old person entered, you would have to get up on your feet, for your father-in-law, for your mother-in-law, for your grandfather. So he (the merchant) did not manage to talk to the pilgrim. He said ‘Pilgrim, I beg your pardon, I am very ashamed to say that I have come to take what I left in trust.’ His trust was his wife. He said, the pilgrim began crying like this and so forth, (saying) ‘What can I tell you? Your wife—I cannot say (it), but I must tell you that what you left in trust died.’ The merchant beat his head, weeping. He kills himself (in anguish). ‘What do you mean she died!? He said ‘She died. Without our permission, she went to the forest and a wolf ate her.’ He weeps and weeps ‘But do you not have a sign? Can you give me a sign as to how she died?’ He said ‘No, I have nothing of hers. She just died and I buried her. A wolf ate her.’ The merchant has no choice. He goes to the king, the king. He tells the king the story. He tells his story to the king (saying) that ‘I placed my wife with the pilgrim. Now I have come back to take her and he says “She has died.” How could this be?’ The king sends for the pilgrim. He summons him and asks him about the wife of the merchant. He says ‘With respect, this is true. He placed his wife with me in trust and I looked after her like my sister, but, without my permission she went to the wood and a wolf ate her. How can I give her back?! After she has died, she has died.’ The king says ‘Do you have witnesses?’ He says ‘Yes, with respect.’ ‘Who are they?’ He said ‘There is my servant, my servant, and the judge, who works as judge for the whole town and sorts things out, and there is the mullah, and there is a butcher, a butcher, he is the head of the quarter, the street. All know that she is dead' The king says ‘So, what do you want from him? After she has died, she has died. Look they are all bearing testimony.’ The king called all of them there. He said ‘Yes, she is dead.’ They say to the lad, to the merchant ‘So, (if) your wife is dead, she is dead. What do you want from him?’

Here, the bald man is hearing all these things. The girl is in his house. Well, he sees what the pilgrim is doing. He sees how the country is being run. He sees how the king holds a court. He sees all these things. He hears all of them. He goes (on his way), very sad on account of the fact that there is nothing in the land that you can rely on. He goes and says to the woman, and says, he says ‘I am very sorry, my sister'. He is going and saying to the wife. He is says ‘I very much regret my sister, your husband has come back but they have said that you have died and the king has accepted it. The pilgrim and everybody has accepted that you have died'. The woman weeps and says ‘Oh please, take me to my husband.’ He says ‘My sister, how can I take you to your husband? Everybody knows that you are dead. If they now know that you are living with me, they will kill you, me and your husband so that their word does not turn out to be a lie. But wait, let me see what I can do.’ He waits and thinks a lot. Night and day he does not sleep. In the end he calls the other bald men. He calls all the other bald men. He tells them the story of, the story of the pilgrim and the merchant and his wife. They all say ‘We shall help you.’ The bald men say ‘We shall help you. What on earth shall we do?' He says ‘Get up let’s play a game.’ The bald man becomes a king. The bald man, the bald man who has brought the girl becomes a king, in place of the (real) king. He makes one of the bald men a vizier. He makes one a merchant. He makes one a judge. He makes one a mullah. He makes one a butcher. He makes one a girl. He makes one a merchant whose wife is lost. He fixes all their names. He makes the name of his vizier Allah-Vardi-Khan, because the vizier of the original king is Allah-Vardi-Khan. The king is (called) king. Now they play the game, according to what they have to do. They now all know what this game is, since he fixes all their names. He says to the bald men ‘Be aware, take note that the king every once in a while, every so often, once every two or three months, goes out and tours around, to visit and look at his land, to tour with his vizier.’ Eventually the bald men come—they look around like spies—they come to the head bald man and say ‘This week the king, on such-and-such a day, at such-and-such a time, at such-and-such an hour, is going out on this journey.’ He says ‘Very good. Have you all learnt your lesson?’ They say ‘Yes.’ They all know what to do, all of them. When the king sets off, they also set off. There was a house there, but it was a ruin, in which people could not live. You see (such ruins) outside, in the desert, in the wilderness there are houses that have collapsed. The bald men all go there and sit down. They wait for the king to come. He (the head of the gang) has there two bald men who act as spies (to see) at what time the king puts his foot on the roof. The real king with his vizier see from afar that in that ruined house there are lanterns burning. The king says ‘Who is living in that house over there, the one that is collapsed? There is nothing in it. Let’s go and see what it is.’ They go and reach it. These (bald men) here have all prepared themselves. These ones here all have prepared themselves. There is a window above. The king comes and places his foot there in order to look, and they begin. The person who is really a bald man is the king. He gives his vizier the name Allah-Vardi-Khan. The name of the vizier who is with the king is also Allah-Vardi-Khan. The bald man all of a sudden says ‘Allah-Vardi-Khan, Allah-Vardi-Khan! He said ‘Yes, I am at your service.’ The (real) vizier above wanted to speak but the king held his mouth. He said ‘Don’t make a sound! Damn it! Do you want them to kill us here? Look, what is happening? But is there another king in this country of mine whom I do not know? What is going on, what is happening?' They look from there, but they all know that the king is above. The bald man who is the king—you know, you understand what the story is, the elder bald man has now become the king—shouts to one of his bald men who is the vizier, he shouts ‘Allah-Vardi-Khan! Allah-Vardi-Khan!’ The bald man comes to him, to meet him, and says ‘Yes, at your service,what do you want?’ He said ‘Do you remember there was a story, there was a merchant? He had placed his wife with a pilgrim. There was something like this. They came to me. They said that his wife died, but I the king, the king of this country, what an ass I was! What an ass I was! I did not ask with what (type of) death she died, how she died. I want to open this case afresh. I want to know'. He says ‘Yes, sir, there was such a thing'—but rather he said ‘Yes, my lord, there was.’ The bald man sends (a messenger) saying ‘Go and fetch the merchant'. One of the bald men is the merchant. You have understood, I told you previously. They are all there. They bring a bald man who is named as the merchant. He (the king) says ‘My son, forgive me, I acted weakly. You had a complaint against the pilgrim that your wife was missing, that she had died. Forgive me, pardon me. I now want to resolve the matter. What was the story?' The merchant tells this again to the king. He says ‘Go and sit over there.’ You know how he told it, that his wife had died. The bald man puts the merchant over there. He says ‘Send for the mullah.’ The pilgrim, the mullah, the butcher, he brings them all there. He says ‘Pilgrim, the merchant placed his wife with you. How did she die?’ He said ‘My lord, she died. A wolf ate her, she died.’ He said ‘Go and sit over there.’ The mullah comes. He (the bald man) says ‘Mullah, do you know that the woman is dead?’ ‘Yes, my lord, of course I know! I saw it. I have buried her myself.’ ‘By what kind of death did she die?’ He said ‘She fell from the roof and died at the bottom.’ He said ‘You also go over there.’ The butcher comes. He also says ‘Yes, my lord, I saw that she died, but I saw that she fell into the pool and drowned.’ The other one, the mullah, says—he (the bald man) says ‘What do you (have to say)?’ He says ‘I saw that the woman had a great fever. She had a great fever and died.’ He puts them all over there and says ‘You sit over there.’ He says ‘There is here another man, who is better (qualified) to give us a report. He is the servant of the pilgrim. Bring the servant here. Bring the servant here'. One of the bald men was the servant. The servant comes and says ‘Yes, my lord, at your service, what do you want?’ He says ‘(If) you say (the truth), you say (the truth). (If) you do not say the truth, I shall flay your skin and fill it with straw. I shall fill it with straw. You have to tell the truth. Do you know the story of the wife of the merchant with the pilgrim?’ He says ‘Yes, my lord, I know it.’ He said ‘What was it?’ He said ‘My lord, the pilgrim said to me that I should take her and kill her.’ The king hears all of them. They are all actors. He says ‘The pilgrim said to me—he wanted to rape her in the bathroom. I ran and went there and the pilgrim said to me that this woman is a bad woman. “She will ruin my (good) name, my (good) name among the people will be lost and she will ridicule me. You must take her and kill her.” I tied her hands to take the woman and kill her. I took her into the forest, but the woman wept so much, she pleaded with me so much, she kissed my hands and feet so much, that, in truth, I felt sorry for her. I did not kill her. I left her.’ Here he says ‘Is this woman alive?’ He says ‘I do not know. God have mercy on her that wolves have not eaten her, since I left her there in the dark.’ He says ‘Put him also over there.’ They put him there. He says ‘Do you know what?’ They say ‘No.’ He says ‘There is here a bald man’—in the place of himself he has put another bald man, he has made himself the king—he says ‘The bald man here, this bald man has a report about this woman. Go and look for the bald man.’ Some of the bald men go off. They bring another bald man before him. He says ‘You are the elder of the bald men. I want to ask you something. Do you have any news of the woman who has disappeared or died, the woman of the pilgrim, (taken) from the merchant?’ He says ‘Yes, my lord, I have news. The woman is alive. I have found her. Now she is living in my house.’ They say to the bald man ‘Good, go and bring the woman.’ He has made one of the bald men the wife of the merchant. They go and bring a woman, they have dressed her like a woman. They bring her. Just as she enters there, the other bald man whom he had made the merchant—they have played the game (well)—gets up and says ‘Oh alas! Oh ash be on my head! This is my wife. She is alive, she is not dead. Where was she?’ Weeping, they embraced one another. He says to the woman ‘Is this your husband?’ She says ‘May I be your substitute! My I be your offering! King of kings! This is my husband.’ He says ‘Good. You embrace one another. Put her in a carriage of horses and take her home.’ They go home, but they are there. ‘Seize the others and tie them up! Tie them up! Round them up.’ He says ‘Tie them up! Throw them into prison! Put them there. I do not want such a thing to be in my land. I do not know why I was confused that day and I was not thinking clearly. Has such a mighty matter as this taken place in this land of mine and I do not know about it? Good, now go in peace.’

The king above says to his vizier ‘Get up, let’s go, before they bundle us into prison, kick us into prison, bind our hands and kill us. Get up—may his house be sealed!’ He says to his vizier ‘Just look what is happening in our land!’ They slowly come down and go on their way. The bald man knows that the king has gone. The bald man knows that the king has gone. The bald man knows that the king has gone, but he knows that early in the morning the king will send for him. All the bald men have prepared themselves. The king gets up early in the morning, during the whole night he has not slept. He has not slept due to his being upset. He sends policemen, we say ‘policemen,’ after the bald man. Wherever there are bald men they seize them and bring them in. They bring them there. He says to the bald man ‘The game that you played last night—if you played it, you played it. If you did not play it, I shall issue a decree to kill you, to strike off your head with a sword.’ There was an executioner there. He said ‘He will strike off your head.’ The bald man said to the king ‘King, be well, it is not this easy. I shall set conditions with you. I shall do this on one condition.’ He said ‘What is your condition?’ He says ‘Give me your kingdom for two hours. Give me your kingdom for two hours'. The king gets up, takes off his clothes and gives them to him. All the bald men put them on, the vizier, the deputy, the accountant, they all put them on and they are there. He says ‘They want you to make an announcement, to tell all the land to come. Say that the king wants to hold a large court and everybody must be there'. He makes an announcement, all the people gather and come. The all enter and look (and see) that the king is sitting there, but he is a new king. They say ‘When did this man become king (while) we had no word of it?’ He sends for the real merchant, the judge, the butcher, the mullah, the servant. They bring them all. He sends for the merchant, pilgrim, but the real ones, (he sends) for them to come. Now there is the pilgrim, the merchant, the mullah, the butcher—he gathered there all who had given testimony and brought them there. He brought them there. When they saw (what was happening), the legs of the pilgrim began to tremble and his body (began) to tremble. His heart burst (with fear). The bald man who had now become the king spoke and said ‘You know what is happening in this land? I do not want to adduce blame against the real king, but a certain event has taken place, a certain thing has happened here, whereby a merchant brings his wife and places her with a pilgrim, the pilgrim then assaults her, then gives her to his servant to take away and kill. The servant has mercy on her and does not kill her. Do you accept this?’ Everybody with one voice said ‘No!’ He said, he said to the fellow (the merchant) ‘Did you have a complaint concerning the pilgrim?’ Yes, my lord, as I said to you, king be well I was going to Mecca and I brought my wife and placed her with the pilgrim, because he was very pious, I loved him, he was my friend. I knew that he had gone to Mecca, he had gone on the pilgrimage, he had become like a caliph, like a bishop, like a patriarch, he had no sin or mistake. I placed my wife with him. But when I came to fetch her, he said that she was dead. I came to the king and the king said “Now, if she has died, she has died. What do you want from a dead person?” All his witnesses gave their testimony that she had died.’ The king called the pilgrim. He said ‘I want to ask about the wife of the merchant, how did has it come about? The pilgrim—the real one—began to weep, he began to weep, he said that a wolf ate his wife. He said ‘Put him over there.’ They put him there, just as I said before, and the butcher came, the mullah came, the judge came, they all came. One of them said ‘A wolf has eaten her.’ One of them said ‘She fell into a pool.’ One of them said ‘She got a fever and died.’ One of them (said) ‘She fell from the roof and died.’ (To) all of these he said ‘Sit over there.’ They sat over there. He had said to the woman, he said ‘If I send for you, do not fear, you should come.’ The king says to his own bald men ‘Two or three policemen should come with you so that they do not kill her on the way.’ They go and bring the woman. The lad, the merchant, as soon as he sees his wife, he yells. He beats his head. ‘Oh, my lord, this is my wife, but he had said that she was dead.’ Now, the crowd are all watching, all being moved and weeping. The woman runs to her husband and embraces him ‘Oh joy! This is my husband!’ They embrace one another. He says ‘Put these in a horse-drawn carriage and take them home. They go off. The pilgrim comes, the mullah, the butcher and the judge. They bring them all and he says ‘Seize them all and tie their hands and feet.’ Pardon (I forgot to say) here: They all signed. The pilgrim signed, yes, (he says) ‘I sign (and certify) that a wolf ate her.’ The butcher signs that ‘yes, the woman fell into the pool and died.’ The mullah says ‘I saw the woman fall from the roof.’ They all sign. They take a signature from them, previously. They take their signatures and bind their hands. He says ‘Take them and put them in jail until their death, until they die.’ He gets up onto his feet. He says to the king ‘Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity, here are your clothes, but when you want to do something, do it properly. Here are your clothes, and your kingdom is your responsibility. I do not want it anymore.’ The king gets onto his feet. The bald man is afraid and thinks that now he will strike off his head. He said ‘No, no, you together with your other bald men will be in my court, court, that is the royal household. You will be in place of my vizier. They will be in (place of) the deputy and vizier. I am very pleased that I have found such a thing in the nation. Many thanks.’ He embraces him. He insists on making them (members of) the royal household. Many thanks for listening.