Urmi, Christian: A Painting of the King of Iran

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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	Frederic Ayyubkhan	Los Angeles, CA, USA

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0:00	ʾə́tva lə̀tvaˈ xá … yála ⁺róba jī̀lˈ šə́mmu ʾIlìyyəva.ˈ ʾá hák̭yat dùz꞊ila.ˈ savùniva.ˈ šə́mmət savúni ʾIlìyyəva.ˈ ⁺róba jī̀l꞊iva.ˈ mən-k̭ám ⁺p̂lāš-k̭àmetaˈ yálə jī́l ɟu-ʾÙrmi,ˈ ⁺Spùrġān,ˈ lèna ⁺šúla mačúxə.ˈ ɟàmi vayə́la.ˈ ⁺dòstə váyələ,ˈ bitáya bətyávəna ɟu-ɟàmi.ˈ bitàyəna,ˈ b-šə̀nnə,ˈ b-yàrxəˈ bəɟràšəla,ˈ bitáyəna Amèrica,ˈ dúz ɟu-Chicàɟo.ˈ ⁺mṱáyəna Chicàɟo.ˈ ⁺táma ⁺šarúyələ pəlxána ʾu-⁺bək̭ràya.ˈ xa-tlày šə́nnə,ˈ bálci ʾə́sri xàmša šə́nnə,ˈ tláy šə́nnə ⁺vàrəla,ˈ ʾá yála jī́l ⁺bək̭ràyələˈ šə́mmu ʾIlìyyəva,ˈ ʾIlíyya Danìyyəl.ˈ k̭a-bábu zùyzə ⁺šadúrələ.ˈ mə́n Chicáɟo pəlxànələ.ˈ màra b-xá-dana bìta ci-xayyə́nva.ˈ lé ⁺ʾaxlə̀nvaˈ zúyzə ci-⁺jammə́nva k̭a-bàbi ⁺šadrə́nvaˈ ɟu-⁺ʾàtra,ˈ ci-tanìva,ˈ k̭a-ʾÚrmi ci-taníva ⁺ʾàtra.ˈ zúyzə ci-⁺šadə̀rva.ˈ xa-ʾə́sri xámša šə́nnə ⁺vàrəna.ˈ ⁺bəddáyələ k̭at-⁺báyyə ɟàvər.ˈ mára lé ɟórən làxxa.ˈ ɟu-dé ⁺ʾàtra꞊zə,ˈ ⁺yánə ⁺Spúrġān ɟu-ʾÙrmiˈ xa-bràtəvaˈ šə́mmo Helìnəva.ˈ ⁺róba šap̂ə̀rta vítəlaˈ ʾe-⁺dān-ɟáno … nanùnti váyəla.ˈ ʾa-bráta ⁺róba šap̂ə̀rta víta,ˈ ʾa-ʾIlíyya b-surútu ⁺bìyyolə.ˈ mə́drə bətyávələ ɟu-ɟàmi,ˈ ⁺bəddárələ ⁺ʾal-⁺Spùrġān.ˈ mára ʾe-⁺dān-k̭át ⁺bəddarə́xva k̭álət ⁺tópə ⁺bəšmàyəxva.ˈ ⁺p̂lášət k̭ámeta ⁺šùryəva.ˈ k̭ā́l ⁺tòp ⁺bəšmáyəva.ˈ bitáyələ l-á-ybət … bitáyələ ⁺mṱáyələ ʾÙrmi.ˈ bábi ⁺ɟúra xa-náša ⁺roba … bábi ⁺ɟúra ʾIlíyya Danìyyəlˈ xa-náša ⁺róba ⁺ràma,ˈ ⁺ʾáynu mìləva.ˈ xá-dana súysa ⁺xvára bəzvànələ.ˈ júllət ⁺xlúylət nanúnti꞊zə zvinèvaˈ mə́n Chicàɟo.ˈ jullət ⁺xlúyla zvìnəva,ˈ júllət cálu zvìnəva.ˈ bitáyələ ɟu-ʾÙrmi,ˈ bərrə́xšələ k̭at-nanúnti xazzìla.ˈ nanúnti ⁺róba ʾelčìyyə ʾətvála,ˈ ⁺ròba ʾelčíyyə.ˈ savúyni ⁺roba šap̂íra laxùyməva.ˈ jibátu məlyə́va mən-dánnə pencílə xodkɑ̄́rə davanàyəˈ màsalanˈ tanùyəˈ ⁺ʾəsrá-danə xodkɑ̄̀rə ʾətválə,ˈ xa-dána꞊da ⁺sáʾat mən-dan-⁺saʾáttə ʾamricáyə ⁺ɟùrə.ˈ ɟu-da jìbu vítəla.ˈ nanúnti har-savùni bəxzáyula,ˈ mən-dánnə xodkɑ̄̀rə,ˈ mən-de-⁺sàʾat xóšo bitáyəla.ˈ k̭a-savúni ʾáslan léla bəxzá k̭át xòšo ʾátya.ˈ bəɟvàrəna.ˈ bəɟvárəna ⁺ʾùydalə,ˈ yúmət Chrìstmas꞊la.ˈ xá šábta ⁺vàrəla,ˈ ʾà sáparˈ k̭ala-k̭óxa bitáyələ pálɟət lèlə.ˈ yúmət Chrìstmasˈ ⁺hávar mxàyəna,ˈ ʾarəmnàyə váyəna,ˈ ⁺bərxàṱa,ˈ ʾÌliyyaˈ k̭u-rùk̭ˈ mára mù vítəla?ˈ mára véna ⁺bək̭ṱàlan.ˈ slàba váyələ.ˈ ⁺bək̭ṱàlan꞊na.ˈ ʾIlíyya bitàyələˈ nanúnti Hilína k̭at-xà-šabta ɟvírənaˈ ⁺ʾal-súysa mattùyolə.ˈ mára trè yárxə,ˈ yá ⁺ṱlà yárxə,ˈ ɟu-tàlɟaˈ váyəna ʾùrxa bərrə́xšaˈ hál ⁺Hayə̀stan,ˈ ʾArmanəs-⁺tɑ̄̀n ⁺mṱáyənaˈ ⁺Hàyəstan ⁺mṱáyəna.ˈ xá mən-dán mavā́t ⁺Hàyəstan ⁺mṱáyəna.ˈ mára ɟu-da-ʾúrxət k̭at-bərrə́xšəxva ɟu-da-talɟàˈ ⁺róba nášə yāl-súrə mattùyəva,ˈ ʾáxnan ⁺hayyurḕxva.ˈ yāl-súrə bəšk̭alḕxvaˈ čún léva ⁺bašúrə yāl-súrə lablìvalun,ˈ yá ⁺róba soyátə-ʾətva bənpàləvaˈ ⁺hayyúrəxva k̭a-dàni labúləxva.ˈ Ányway ⁺mṱáyəna ⁺ʾál ⁺Hayə̀stɑn,ˈ ɟu-xa-mátət ʾArmanə̀s-⁺tɑn꞊la,ˈ ⁺táma pyášəna trè-šənnə.ˈ ʾína ⁺šúla xàč̭č̭ələˈ ⁺róba ⁺šúla xàč̭č̭ələ ⁺táma.ˈ savúni mən-nanunti bitáyəna ɟú Leninɟràd,ˈ paytáxtət ⁺táma ⁺Rùsyaˈ čún savúni ʾə̀nɟliz ⁺bəddáyələ,ˈ ⁺tàma꞊zaˈ mə̀ndila,ˈ carxanánət consersɑ̄zì.ˈ xá carxàna mattúyənaˈ savúni vádəna ɟúrət dé carxàna,ˈ fòreman,ˈ čún nàk̭šə ⁺bašúrələ ⁺k̭árə.ˈ ⁺táma-zə mantùyələ savúni.ˈ duccanánət ⁺xálta štèta ptáxəl ⁺támaˈ ɟu-⁺Rùsya.ˈ xób vazyatté ⁺spày váyəla.ˈ hár vazyatté ⁺spay vayəlà,ˈ revolùtion váyəla ɟu-⁺Rùsya.ˈ ⁺yánə comunəstì váyəla.ˈ šə́mmət savúni ɟu-lístət k̭ámetət dánnə šəmmànələ.ˈ savúni mù vádələ?ˈ cúllə məndyánu zabunèləˈ ⁺mùblə ʾə́tvalun.ˈ ⁺k̭aravàttə ʾə́tvalun,ˈ ⁺mašínət ⁺xyùṱa ʾə́tvalun.ˈ cúllə ⁺bzayèlə.ˈ cúllə məndyánə k̭at zvinélə dàva vidélə,ˈ mapšurèlə.ˈ ɟu-dán ⁺mùbləˈ k̭attátət sandalìyyəˈ ɟú … ⁺mašínət ⁺xyùṱaˈ mláyulə dàvəˈ màraˈ bərrə́xšəx Yùrup.ˈ ⁺bəxlàṱənaˈ bitáyəna ⁺ʾÌran.ˈ ʾÍran léla Yùrup.ˈ mə́n dá ɟíbət daryá-ye Xazàrˈ bətyávəna ɟu-ɟàmiˈ mə́n dá-ɟibət yàmaˈ mə́n nanúnti bitàyəna.ˈ ⁺ʾárp̂a yāl-súrə-zə vayélə ʾé ⁺dàntaˈ yāl-súrə xína ⁺ɟùrə víyyəna,ˈ ɟu-⁺Rúsya víyyəna ⁺k̭ə̀ryə.ˈ b-ɟámi bitáyəna l-á-ybət ⁺ʾÌran.ˈ mə́drə bərràk̭əna mən-⁺támaˈ lá-⁺k̭aṱlìvalun,ˈ ⁺yánə mā́r zùyzəna ʾánnə.ˈ bitáyəna ɟu-l-à-yba,ˈ ⁺ʾÌran,ˈ ɟu-⁺ʾÍran-zə ⁺Sultanàbad.ˈ suráyə ⁺ròba,ˈ suráyə mən-ʾarəmnáyə ⁺róba ɟu-⁺Sultanàbad,ˈ ʾÙrmi,ˈ Cərmànšar,ˈ ⁺Hamàdanˈ burbəzzèlun.ˈ ʾé ⁺dánta málcət ⁺ʾÍran ʾíva Réza ⁺Šā̀h,ˈ málca ⁺róba sammàna málcəva.ˈ ⁺róba sammánəva.ˈ ʾánnə b-šə́nnə pyášəna ⁺táma máx yàxsər,ˈ suráyə ʾarəmnàyəˈ b-yàxsərˈ čún ʾánnə ⁺ʾiranáyə bəxšávəna ʾánnə communìst꞊ina.ˈ k̭até communìstˈ ⁺šúla lèva yavé,ˈ cúllə-zə ⁺k̭əryànəva.ˈ ⁺k̭ə̀ryəva,ˈ ʾína ⁺šúla lèva yavé.ˈ ʾánnə mən-dán zúyzə k̭at-muyyəvàˈ xarùjəva.ˈ mən-dán zúyzə xarùjəva.ˈ Ànyway,ˈ bábi k̭át ⁺rábi Daryavuš꞊vàˈ bitàyələ.ˈ mú vàdələ?ˈ šə́clət dó màlcaˈ bəɟràšulə.ˈ šə́clət Réza ⁺Šā̀hˈ k̭át ⁺ʾal-xá-dana tanìnaˈ vélə cə̀lya,ˈ k̭a-xá tanína vélə ⁺bək̭ṱàla.ˈ ⁺yánə tanína dəžmə́nnət ⁺ʾàtrələ ⁺manàyu.ˈ ⁺manáyət bábi ʾàhəva.ˈ ⁺bək̭ṱálələ ʾo-Réza ⁺Šā̀hˈ vá də́žmən bək̭ṱàlulə.ˈ ⁺róba ⁺ɟúrta ⁺táblo vìtəla.ˈ bí pàstəl,ˈ péncil cùma ɟríšulə.ˈ həč-náša lélə ⁺bəyyára ʾa-šə́cla k̭a-màlca,ˈ k̭at-Réza ⁺Šā̀h꞊ilə,ˈ maxzìlə,ˈ čún ⁺bəzdàyənaˈ xóšu la-ʾàtyaˈ k̭a-⁺nàk̭k̭aš꞊zə ⁺k̭aṱəl.ˈ bitáyəna k̭a-brū̀n-malca,ˈ k̭át vali-ʾàhd꞊ilə,ˈ Mahámat Réza ⁺Šā̀h,ˈ k̭at-brū̀n-málcələ,ˈ k̭a-⁺dàvun maxzúyəna.ˈ mən-taríġət ⁺dóstət bàbaˈ ⁺róba ʾət-k̭ošunàyə ⁺dóstə ʾə́tvalə.ˈ xá-dana mən-dáni-zə ʾAlàm꞊iva.ˈ šə́cla bəšk̭álələ k̭a-do-Mahámad Réza ⁺Šā́h k̭at-brū́n-malca vali-ʾáhd꞊ilə maxzùyulə.ˈ ⁺ròba xóšu bitáyələ.ˈ ⁺ròba xóšu bitáyələ.ˈ bábi꞊zə bəxzàyuləˈ mára mù ⁺báyyət?ˈ bábi xa-⁺nàk̭k̭aš꞊va.ˈ ʾé-⁺danta k̭át márən ɟu-⁺ʾÌranˈ másala ⁺nák̭k̭aš arzéš lə̀tvaləˈ ártist arzéš lə̀tvalə ɟu-⁺ʾÌranˈ ⁺róba꞊zə məscìnəvaˈ mār-zúyzə lèva.ˈ c-⁺áməsva tániva xa-bèta hálli.ˈ zùyzə hálli.ˈ ⁺róba məndyánə c-⁺áməsva ⁺ṱáləbva mən-màlcaˈ čún snìk̭əva.ˈ ʾína čún àrtist꞊vaˈ k̭a-məlláttət ɟànu víyyələ taxmúnaˈ k̭a-məlláttət ⁺ʾaturáyə taxmùnələˈ k̭a-dan-nášə k̭at-yàxsər꞊na bəxzayévaˈ k̭àtˈ … mú ʾòdən,ˈ mú là-ʾodən?ˈ k̭a-málca mára málca hávət basìma.ˈ hák̭yat ʾàhəlaˈ k̭át ʾáxnan mə́n dū̀rˈ nášət díyyan mən-do-⁺ʾátrət ⁺Rúsya k̭at-tíyyəna l-a-ybàˈ yàxsər꞊na láxxa.ˈ ⁺ʾiranáyəna ʾína yàxsər꞊na.ˈ lá ⁺šùla yavéna,ˈ lá … ʾé-⁺dān ⁺báyyi másalan ʾázi Téhran ɟắri pàssport ʾávilun,ˈ ⁺ʾə́mza ʾódi pàssportˈ ʾázi Téhrɑn mə́drə másalan k̭a-⁺ṱlà yárxəˈ ⁺déri mə́drə ⁺ʾal-⁺ʾàtraˈ másalan ⁺Spùrġan꞊laˈ yá ʾÙrmi꞊laˈ ⁺déri ⁺baràyə.ˈ málca lèva mára ⁺bəddáyaˈ hár ʾè ⁺dántaˈ k̭a-dó ʾAlàmˈ vazírət darbɑ̄̀rˈ xá varák̭a bəctàvələˈ péčat mxàyulə.ˈ mə́n ⁺tàmaˈ məlláttət ʾarəmnáyə mən-suráyə ⁺ʾàzad váyəna,ˈ k̭át máx ⁺ʾiranáyə k̭abulèna.ˈ bərrə́xšəna ⁺šulànə mačúxəna,ˈ xìna,ˈ ⁺ʾàzadˈ bərrə́xša bitàyəna ɟu-dá ⁺ʾàrra.ˈ ʾá xá mən-dán hak̭yàttəvaˈ k̭át xína ⁺bíli tanə̀nna.ˈ ʾə́tva lə̀tvaˈ xá … yála ⁺róba jī̀lˈ šə́mmu ʾIlìyyəva.ˈ ʾá hák̭yat dùz꞊ila.ˈ savùniva.ˈ šə́mmət savúni ʾIlìyyəva.ˈ ⁺róba jī̀l꞊iva.ˈ mən-k̭ám ⁺p̂lāš-k̭àmetaˈ yálə jī́l ɟu-ʾÙrmi,ˈ ⁺Spùrġān,ˈ lèna ⁺šúla mačúxə.ˈ ɟàmi vayə́la.ˈ ⁺dòstə váyələ,ˈ bitáya bətyávəna ɟu-ɟàmi.ˈ bitàyəna,ˈ b-šə̀nnə,ˈ b-yàrxəˈ bəɟràšəla,ˈ bitáyəna Amèrica,ˈ dúz ɟu-Chicàɟo.ˈ ⁺mṱáyəna Chicàɟo.ˈ ⁺táma ⁺šarúyələ pəlxána ʾu-⁺bək̭ràya.ˈ xa-tlày šə́nnə,ˈ bálci ʾə́sri xàmša šə́nnə,ˈ tláy šə́nnə ⁺vàrəla,ˈ ʾá yála jī́l ⁺bək̭ràyələˈ šə́mmu ʾIlìyyəva,ˈ ʾIlíyya Danìyyəl.ˈ k̭a-bábu zùyzə ⁺šadúrələ.ˈ mə́n Chicáɟo pəlxànələ.ˈ màra b-xá-dana bìta ci-xayyə́nva.ˈ lé ⁺ʾaxlə̀nvaˈ zúyzə ci-⁺jammə́nva k̭a-bàbi ⁺šadrə́nvaˈ ɟu-⁺ʾàtra,ˈ ci-tanìva,ˈ k̭a-ʾÚrmi ci-taníva ⁺ʾàtra.ˈ zúyzə ci-⁺šadə̀rva.ˈ xa-ʾə́sri xámša šə́nnə ⁺vàrəna.ˈ ⁺bəddáyələ k̭at-⁺báyyə ɟàvər.ˈ mára lé ɟórən làxxa.ˈ ɟu-dé ⁺ʾàtra꞊zə,ˈ ⁺yánə ⁺Spúrġān ɟu-ʾÙrmiˈ xa-bràtəvaˈ šə́mmo Helìnəva.ˈ ⁺róba šap̂ə̀rta vítəlaˈ ʾe-⁺dān-ɟáno … nanùnti váyəla.ˈ ʾa-bráta ⁺róba šap̂ə̀rta víta,ˈ ʾa-ʾIlíyya b-surútu ⁺bìyyolə.ˈ mə́drə bətyávələ ɟu-ɟàmi,ˈ ⁺bəddárələ ⁺ʾal-⁺Spùrġān.ˈ mára ʾe-⁺dān-k̭át ⁺bəddarə́xva k̭álət ⁺tópə ⁺bəšmàyəxva.ˈ ⁺p̂lášət k̭ámeta ⁺šùryəva.ˈ k̭ā́l ⁺tòp ⁺bəšmáyəva.ˈ bitáyələ l-á-ybət … bitáyələ ⁺mṱáyələ ʾÙrmi.ˈ bábi ⁺ɟúra xa-náša ⁺roba … bábi ⁺ɟúra ʾIlíyya Danìyyəlˈ xa-náša ⁺róba ⁺ràma,ˈ ⁺ʾáynu mìləva.ˈ xá-dana súysa ⁺xvára bəzvànələ.ˈ júllət ⁺xlúylət nanúnti꞊zə zvinèvaˈ mə́n Chicàɟo.ˈ jullət ⁺xlúyla zvìnəva,ˈ júllət cálu zvìnəva.ˈ bitáyələ ɟu-ʾÙrmi,ˈ bərrə́xšələ k̭at-nanúnti xazzìla.ˈ nanúnti ⁺róba ʾelčìyyə ʾətvála,ˈ ⁺ròba ʾelčíyyə.ˈ savúyni ⁺roba šap̂íra laxùyməva.ˈ jibátu məlyə́va mən-dánnə pencílə xodkɑ̄́rə davanàyəˈ màsalanˈ tanùyəˈ ⁺ʾəsrá-danə xodkɑ̄̀rə ʾətválə,ˈ xa-dána꞊da ⁺sáʾat mən-dan-⁺saʾáttə ʾamricáyə ⁺ɟùrə.ˈ ɟu-da jìbu vítəla.ˈ nanúnti har-savùni bəxzáyula,ˈ mən-dánnə xodkɑ̄̀rə,ˈ mən-de-⁺sàʾat xóšo bitáyəla.ˈ k̭a-savúni ʾáslan léla bəxzá k̭át xòšo ʾátya.ˈ bəɟvàrəna.ˈ bəɟvárəna ⁺ʾùydalə,ˈ yúmət Chrìstmas꞊la.ˈ xá šábta ⁺vàrəla,ˈ ʾà sáparˈ k̭ala-k̭óxa bitáyələ pálɟət lèlə.ˈ yúmət Chrìstmasˈ ⁺hávar mxàyəna,ˈ ʾarəmnàyə váyəna,ˈ ⁺bərxàṱa,ˈ ʾÌliyyaˈ k̭u-rùk̭ˈ mára mù vítəla?ˈ mára véna ⁺bək̭ṱàlan.ˈ slàba váyələ.ˈ ⁺bək̭ṱàlan꞊na.ˈ ʾIlíyya bitàyələˈ nanúnti Hilína k̭at-xà-šabta ɟvírənaˈ ⁺ʾal-súysa mattùyolə.ˈ mára trè yárxə,ˈ yá ⁺ṱlà yárxə,ˈ ɟu-tàlɟaˈ váyəna ʾùrxa bərrə́xšaˈ hál ⁺Hayə̀stan,ˈ ʾArmanəs-⁺tɑ̄̀n ⁺mṱáyənaˈ ⁺Hàyəstan ⁺mṱáyəna.ˈ xá mən-dán mavā́t ⁺Hàyəstan ⁺mṱáyəna.ˈ mára ɟu-da-ʾúrxət k̭at-bərrə́xšəxva ɟu-da-talɟàˈ ⁺róba nášə yāl-súrə mattùyəva,ˈ ʾáxnan ⁺hayyurḕxva.ˈ yāl-súrə bəšk̭alḕxvaˈ čún léva ⁺bašúrə yāl-súrə lablìvalun,ˈ yá ⁺róba soyátə-ʾətva bənpàləvaˈ ⁺hayyúrəxva k̭a-dàni labúləxva.ˈ Ányway ⁺mṱáyəna ⁺ʾál ⁺Hayə̀stɑn,ˈ ɟu-xa-mátət ʾArmanə̀s-⁺tɑn꞊la,ˈ ⁺táma pyášəna trè-šənnə.ˈ ʾína ⁺šúla xàč̭č̭ələˈ ⁺róba ⁺šúla xàč̭č̭ələ ⁺táma.ˈ savúni mən-nanunti bitáyəna ɟú Leninɟràd,ˈ paytáxtət ⁺táma ⁺Rùsyaˈ čún savúni ʾə̀nɟliz ⁺bəddáyələ,ˈ ⁺tàma꞊zaˈ mə̀ndila,ˈ carxanánət consersɑ̄zì.ˈ xá carxàna mattúyənaˈ savúni vádəna ɟúrət dé carxàna,ˈ fòreman,ˈ čún nàk̭šə ⁺bašúrələ ⁺k̭árə.ˈ ⁺táma-zə mantùyələ savúni.ˈ duccanánət ⁺xálta štèta ptáxəl ⁺támaˈ ɟu-⁺Rùsya.ˈ xób vazyatté ⁺spày váyəla.ˈ hár vazyatté ⁺spay vayəlà,ˈ revolùtion váyəla ɟu-⁺Rùsya.ˈ ⁺yánə comunəstì váyəla.ˈ šə́mmət savúni ɟu-lístət k̭ámetət dánnə šəmmànələ.ˈ savúni mù vádələ?ˈ cúllə məndyánu zabunèləˈ ⁺mùblə ʾə́tvalun.ˈ ⁺k̭aravàttə ʾə́tvalun,ˈ ⁺mašínət ⁺xyùṱa ʾə́tvalun.ˈ cúllə ⁺bzayèlə.ˈ cúllə məndyánə k̭at zvinélə dàva vidélə,ˈ mapšurèlə.ˈ ɟu-dán ⁺mùbləˈ k̭attátət sandalìyyəˈ ɟú … ⁺mašínət ⁺xyùṱaˈ mláyulə dàvəˈ màraˈ bərrə́xšəx Yùrup.ˈ ⁺bəxlàṱənaˈ bitáyəna ⁺ʾÌran.ˈ ʾÍran léla Yùrup.ˈ mə́n dá ɟíbət daryá-ye Xazàrˈ bətyávəna ɟu-ɟàmiˈ mə́n dá-ɟibət yàmaˈ mə́n nanúnti bitàyəna.ˈ ⁺ʾárp̂a yāl-súrə-zə vayélə ʾé ⁺dàntaˈ yāl-súrə xína ⁺ɟùrə víyyəna,ˈ ɟu-⁺Rúsya víyyəna ⁺k̭ə̀ryə.ˈ b-ɟámi bitáyəna l-á-ybət ⁺ʾÌran.ˈ mə́drə bərràk̭əna mən-⁺támaˈ lá-⁺k̭aṱlìvalun,ˈ ⁺yánə mā́r zùyzəna ʾánnə.ˈ bitáyəna ɟu-l-à-yba,ˈ ⁺ʾÌran,ˈ ɟu-⁺ʾÍran-zə ⁺Sultanàbad.ˈ suráyə ⁺ròba,ˈ suráyə mən-ʾarəmnáyə ⁺róba ɟu-⁺Sultanàbad,ˈ ʾÙrmi,ˈ Cərmànšar,ˈ ⁺Hamàdanˈ burbəzzèlun.ˈ ʾé ⁺dánta málcət ⁺ʾÍran ʾíva Réza ⁺Šā̀h,ˈ málca ⁺róba sammàna málcəva.ˈ ⁺róba sammánəva.ˈ ʾánnə b-šə́nnə pyášəna ⁺táma máx yàxsər,ˈ suráyə ʾarəmnàyəˈ b-yàxsərˈ čún ʾánnə ⁺ʾiranáyə bəxšávəna ʾánnə communìst꞊ina.ˈ k̭até communìstˈ ⁺šúla lèva yavé,ˈ cúllə-zə ⁺k̭əryànəva.ˈ ⁺k̭ə̀ryəva,ˈ ʾína ⁺šúla lèva yavé.ˈ ʾánnə mən-dán zúyzə k̭at-muyyəvàˈ xarùjəva.ˈ mən-dán zúyzə xarùjəva.ˈ Ànyway,ˈ bábi k̭át ⁺rábi Daryavuš꞊vàˈ bitàyələ.ˈ mú vàdələ?ˈ šə́clət dó màlcaˈ bəɟràšulə.ˈ šə́clət Réza ⁺Šā̀hˈ k̭át ⁺ʾal-xá-dana tanìnaˈ vélə cə̀lya,ˈ k̭a-xá tanína vélə ⁺bək̭ṱàla.ˈ ⁺yánə tanína dəžmə́nnət ⁺ʾàtrələ ⁺manàyu.ˈ ⁺manáyət bábi ʾàhəva.ˈ ⁺bək̭ṱálələ ʾo-Réza ⁺Šā̀hˈ vá də́žmən bək̭ṱàlulə.ˈ ⁺róba ⁺ɟúrta ⁺táblo vìtəla.ˈ bí pàstəl,ˈ péncil cùma ɟríšulə.ˈ həč-náša lélə ⁺bəyyára ʾa-šə́cla k̭a-màlca,ˈ k̭at-Réza ⁺Šā̀h꞊ilə,ˈ maxzìlə,ˈ čún ⁺bəzdàyənaˈ xóšu la-ʾàtyaˈ k̭a-⁺nàk̭k̭aš꞊zə ⁺k̭aṱəl.ˈ bitáyəna k̭a-brū̀n-malca,ˈ k̭át vali-ʾàhd꞊ilə,ˈ Mahámat Réza ⁺Šā̀h,ˈ k̭at-brū̀n-málcələ,ˈ k̭a-⁺dàvun maxzúyəna.ˈ mən-taríġət ⁺dóstət bàbaˈ ⁺róba ʾət-k̭ošunàyə ⁺dóstə ʾə́tvalə.ˈ xá-dana mən-dáni-zə ʾAlàm꞊iva.ˈ šə́cla bəšk̭álələ k̭a-do-Mahámad Réza ⁺Šā́h k̭at-brū́n-malca vali-ʾáhd꞊ilə maxzùyulə.ˈ ⁺ròba xóšu bitáyələ.ˈ ⁺ròba xóšu bitáyələ.ˈ bábi꞊zə bəxzàyuləˈ mára mù ⁺báyyət?ˈ bábi xa-⁺nàk̭k̭aš꞊va.ˈ ʾé-⁺danta k̭át márən ɟu-⁺ʾÌranˈ másala ⁺nák̭k̭aš arzéš lə̀tvaləˈ ártist arzéš lə̀tvalə ɟu-⁺ʾÌranˈ ⁺róba꞊zə məscìnəvaˈ mār-zúyzə lèva.ˈ c-⁺áməsva tániva xa-bèta hálli.ˈ zùyzə hálli.ˈ ⁺róba məndyánə c-⁺áməsva ⁺ṱáləbva mən-màlcaˈ čún snìk̭əva.ˈ ʾína čún àrtist꞊vaˈ k̭a-məlláttət ɟànu víyyələ taxmúnaˈ k̭a-məlláttət ⁺ʾaturáyə taxmùnələˈ k̭a-dan-nášə k̭at-yàxsər꞊na bəxzayévaˈ k̭àtˈ … mú ʾòdən,ˈ mú là-ʾodən?ˈ k̭a-málca mára málca hávət basìma.ˈ hák̭yat ʾàhəlaˈ k̭át ʾáxnan mə́n dū̀rˈ nášət díyyan mən-do-⁺ʾátrət ⁺Rúsya k̭at-tíyyəna l-a-ybàˈ yàxsər꞊na láxxa.ˈ ⁺ʾiranáyəna ʾína yàxsər꞊na.ˈ lá ⁺šùla yavéna,ˈ lá … ʾé-⁺dān ⁺báyyi másalan ʾázi Téhran ɟắri pàssport ʾávilun,ˈ ⁺ʾə́mza ʾódi pàssportˈ ʾázi Téhrɑn mə́drə másalan k̭a-⁺ṱlà yárxəˈ ⁺déri mə́drə ⁺ʾal-⁺ʾàtraˈ másalan ⁺Spùrġan꞊laˈ yá ʾÙrmi꞊laˈ ⁺déri ⁺baràyə.ˈ málca lèva mára ⁺bəddáyaˈ hár ʾè ⁺dántaˈ k̭a-dó ʾAlàmˈ vazírət darbɑ̄̀rˈ xá varák̭a bəctàvələˈ péčat mxàyulə.ˈ mə́n ⁺tàmaˈ məlláttət ʾarəmnáyə mən-suráyə ⁺ʾàzad váyəna,ˈ k̭át máx ⁺ʾiranáyə k̭abulèna.ˈ bərrə́xšəna ⁺šulànə mačúxəna,ˈ xìna,ˈ ⁺ʾàzadˈ bərrə́xša bitàyəna ɟu-dá ⁺ʾàrra.ˈ ʾá xá mən-dán hak̭yàttəvaˈ k̭át xína ⁺bíli tanə̀nna.ˈ	There was once a very young lad whose name was Elijah. This is a true story. He was my grandfather. My grandfather’s name was Elijah. He was very young. Before the First World War young lads in Urmi and Spurǧan do not find work. There is a ship. He has friends. They come and board the ship. They come, years, months go by, they come to America, directly to Chicago. They arrive in Chicago. There he begins to work and study. Some thirty years, perhaps twenty-five years, thirty years go by. This young lad studies, his name was Elijah, Elijah Daniel. He sends money to his father. He is working from Chicago. He says ‘I used to live on one single egg. I did not eat. I used to collect money to send to my father in the homeland.’ He used to call Urmi the homeland. He used to send money. Some twenty-five years go by. He knows that he wants to get married. He says ‘I shall not get married here.’ In that land, meaning Spurǧan in Urmi, there was a girl whose name was Helen. She was very beautiful for her time … she becomes my grandmother. This girl was very beautiful. Elijah had fallen in love with her in his childhood. He boards the ship again and returns to Spurǧan. He says ‘When we were returning we heard the sound of cannons.’ The First World War had started. He heard the sound of cannons. He comes and arrives in Urmi. My grandfather was a very … man, my grandfather Elijah Daniel was a very tall man with blue eyes. He buys a white horse. He had bought the wedding dress of my grandmother from Chicago. He had bought the wedding dress, he had bought the bridal dress. He comes to Urmi. He goes to see my grandmother. My grandmother had many suitors, many suitors. My grandfather was very handsome and good-looking. His pockets were full of golden automatic pencils, for example, say he had ten automatic (pencils) and a watch too, one of those large American watches. It was in his pocket. As soon as my grandmother sees my grandfather, she is attracted by these automatic (pencils) and this watch. She does not see my grandfather and becomes attracted (to him). They get married. They get married to one another. (Now) it is Christmas day. A week goes by. Then the sound of yelling comes in the middle of the night. On Christmas day they scream, they are Armenians, they run (and say) ‘Elijah, get up and flee!’ He says ‘What has happened?’ They say ‘They are killing us. There is looting. They are killing us.’ Elijah comes. He puts my grandmother Helen on a horse, after they have been married for only a week. They say they journey for two months, or three months in the snow until they arrive in Armenia, Armenia, they arrive in Armenia. They arrive in one of the villages of Armenia. They say ‘On the journey that we made in the snow many people put down their children and we helped them. We took the children, because they did not manage to carry their children, or there were many elderly women who fell and we helped and carried them.’ Anyway they arrive in Armenia, it is in a village of Armenia and stay there for two years. But work is scarce, work is very scarce there. My grandfather goes together with my grandmother to Leningrad the capital there, of Russia. Because my grandfather knew English, and there is something, a workshop of concert artists. They establish a workshop and they make my grandfather the man in charge of the workshop, a foreman, because he is able to read designs. Also there my grandfather is successful. He opens food and drink shops there in Russia. Well, their situation improves. Just as their situation improves, the revolution occurs in Russia, that is communism comes. My grandfather’s name is on the first list of the names (of the proscribed). What does my grandfather do? He sells all of his things. They had furniture. They had beds. They had a sewing machine. He breaks everything up. He melts down everything that he has bought and which is coated with gold. He fills the furniture, the arms of chairs, the sewing machine with gold. He says ‘We are going to Europe.’ But they make a mistake and go to Iran. Iran is not Europe. From the shore of the Caspian sea they board a ship, from the sea shore, and he comes together with my grandmother. They had four children at that time. The children had grown up, they had studied in Russia. They go in a ship to Iran. Again they flee so that they (in Russia) do not kill them, that is (because) they are wealthy. They come to Iran, in Iran to Sultan-Abad. They scattered many Assyrians and Armenians in Sultan-Abad, Urmi, Kermanshah and Hamadan. At that time the king of Iran was Reza Shah. The king was a very malicious king. He was very malicious. They stay there for years like prisoners, Assyrians and Armenians were in captivity, because the Iranians think that they are communists. (They call) them communists. They did not give them work, although all of them were educated. But they did not give them work. They spent the money that they had brought. They spent the money. Anyway, my father, who was Rabi Darius, comes. What does he do? He draws a picture of that king, a picture of Reza Shah, who (in the picture) is standing on a dragon, is killing a dragon. The meaning is that the dragon is the enemy of the country. This was my father’s meaning. Reza Shah is killing, he is killing the enemy. It was a very large picture. He drew it in pastel, with black pencil. Nobody dares to show this picture to the king, who is Reza Shah, because they are afraid that he would kill the painter if he does not like it. They come to the king’s son, who is heir to the throne, Mohammad Reza Shah, who is the king’s son and show it to him, by the way of the friends of the father—he had many military friends. One of them was Alam. He takes the picture and shows it to Mohammad Reza Shah, who is the king’s son, the heir to the throne. He likes it very much. He likes it very much. He meets my father. He says ‘What do you want?’ My father was a painter. At the time that I am talking about in Iran a painter was not valued; an artist was not valued in Iran. He was very poor and had no money. He could have said ‘Give me a house. Give me money.’ He could have asked for many things from the king, because he was in need. But because he was an artist, he was thinking about his own people, he was thinking about the Assyrian people. Concerning the people who are prisoners he was considering ‘What should I do? What should I not do?’ He says to the king ‘King, may you be well. The story is this. ‘We, who have come from afar, our people who have come here from the land of Russia are prisoners here. They are Iranians but they are prisoners. They do not give them jobs … for example when they want to go to Tehran they must have a passport, they have their passport stamped and they go to Tehran, then, for example, after three months they return again to their country, be it Spurǧan or Urmi, they come back.’ The king said he had no knowledge of this. At that very moment he writes a document for that Alam, the minister of the royal court, he seals it. It is on account of this that the Armenian and the Assyrian people become free, that they accept them as Iranians. They go and find jobs, and from then on they travel freely in the land. This was one of the stories that I wanted to tell.

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ʾə́tva lə̀tvaˈ xá … yála ⁺róba jī̀lˈ šə́mmu ʾIlìyyəva.ˈ ʾá hák̭yat dùz꞊ila.ˈ savùniva.ˈ šə́mmət savúni ʾIlìyyəva.ˈ ⁺róba jī̀l꞊iva.ˈ mən-k̭ám ⁺p̂lāš-k̭àmetaˈ yálə jī́l ɟu-ʾÙrmi,ˈ ⁺Spùrġān,ˈ lèna ⁺šúla mačúxə.ˈ ɟàmi vayə́la.ˈ ⁺dòstə váyələ,ˈ bitáya bətyávəna ɟu-ɟàmi.ˈ bitàyəna,ˈ b-šə̀nnə,ˈ b-yàrxəˈ bəɟràšəla,ˈ bitáyəna Amèrica,ˈ dúz ɟu-Chicàɟo.ˈ ⁺mṱáyəna Chicàɟo.ˈ ⁺táma ⁺šarúyələ pəlxána ʾu-⁺bək̭ràya.ˈ xa-tlày šə́nnə,ˈ bálci ʾə́sri xàmša šə́nnə,ˈ tláy šə́nnə ⁺vàrəla,ˈ ʾá yála jī́l ⁺bək̭ràyələˈ šə́mmu ʾIlìyyəva,ˈ ʾIlíyya Danìyyəl.ˈ k̭a-bábu zùyzə ⁺šadúrələ.ˈ mə́n Chicáɟo pəlxànələ.ˈ màra b-xá-dana bìta ci-xayyə́nva.ˈ lé ⁺ʾaxlə̀nvaˈ zúyzə ci-⁺jammə́nva k̭a-bàbi ⁺šadrə́nvaˈ ɟu-⁺ʾàtra,ˈ ci-tanìva,ˈ k̭a-ʾÚrmi ci-taníva ⁺ʾàtra.ˈ zúyzə ci-⁺šadə̀rva.ˈ xa-ʾə́sri xámša šə́nnə ⁺vàrəna.ˈ ⁺bəddáyələ k̭at-⁺báyyə ɟàvər.ˈ mára lé ɟórən làxxa.ˈ ɟu-dé ⁺ʾàtra꞊zə,ˈ ⁺yánə ⁺Spúrġān ɟu-ʾÙrmiˈ xa-bràtəvaˈ šə́mmo Helìnəva.ˈ ⁺róba šap̂ə̀rta vítəlaˈ ʾe-⁺dān-ɟáno … nanùnti váyəla.ˈ ʾa-bráta ⁺róba šap̂ə̀rta víta,ˈ ʾa-ʾIlíyya b-surútu ⁺bìyyolə.ˈ mə́drə bətyávələ ɟu-ɟàmi,ˈ ⁺bəddárələ ⁺ʾal-⁺Spùrġān.ˈ mára ʾe-⁺dān-k̭át ⁺bəddarə́xva k̭álət ⁺tópə ⁺bəšmàyəxva.ˈ ⁺p̂lášət k̭ámeta ⁺šùryəva.ˈ k̭ā́l ⁺tòp ⁺bəšmáyəva.ˈ bitáyələ l-á-ybət … bitáyələ ⁺mṱáyələ ʾÙrmi.ˈ bábi ⁺ɟúra xa-náša ⁺roba … bábi ⁺ɟúra ʾIlíyya Danìyyəlˈ xa-náša ⁺róba ⁺ràma,ˈ ⁺ʾáynu mìləva.ˈ xá-dana súysa ⁺xvára bəzvànələ.ˈ júllət ⁺xlúylət nanúnti꞊zə zvinèvaˈ mə́n Chicàɟo.ˈ jullət ⁺xlúyla zvìnəva,ˈ júllət cálu zvìnəva.ˈ bitáyələ ɟu-ʾÙrmi,ˈ bərrə́xšələ k̭at-nanúnti xazzìla.ˈ nanúnti ⁺róba ʾelčìyyə ʾətvála,ˈ ⁺ròba ʾelčíyyə.ˈ savúyni ⁺roba šap̂íra laxùyməva.ˈ jibátu məlyə́va mən-dánnə pencílə xodkɑ̄́rə davanàyəˈ màsalanˈ tanùyəˈ ⁺ʾəsrá-danə xodkɑ̄̀rə ʾətválə,ˈ xa-dána꞊da ⁺sáʾat mən-dan-⁺saʾáttə ʾamricáyə ⁺ɟùrə.ˈ ɟu-da jìbu vítəla.ˈ nanúnti har-savùni bəxzáyula,ˈ mən-dánnə xodkɑ̄̀rə,ˈ mən-de-⁺sàʾat xóšo bitáyəla.ˈ k̭a-savúni ʾáslan léla bəxzá k̭át xòšo ʾátya.ˈ bəɟvàrəna.ˈ bəɟvárəna ⁺ʾùydalə,ˈ yúmət Chrìstmas꞊la.ˈ xá šábta ⁺vàrəla,ˈ ʾà sáparˈ k̭ala-k̭óxa bitáyələ pálɟət lèlə.ˈ yúmət Chrìstmasˈ ⁺hávar mxàyəna,ˈ ʾarəmnàyə váyəna,ˈ ⁺bərxàṱa,ˈ ʾÌliyyaˈ k̭u-rùk̭ˈ mára mù vítəla?ˈ mára véna ⁺bək̭ṱàlan.ˈ slàba váyələ.ˈ ⁺bək̭ṱàlan꞊na.ˈ ʾIlíyya bitàyələˈ nanúnti Hilína k̭at-xà-šabta ɟvírənaˈ ⁺ʾal-súysa mattùyolə.ˈ mára trè yárxə,ˈ yá ⁺ṱlà yárxə,ˈ ɟu-tàlɟaˈ váyəna ʾùrxa bərrə́xšaˈ hál ⁺Hayə̀stan,ˈ ʾArmanəs-⁺tɑ̄̀n ⁺mṱáyənaˈ ⁺Hàyəstan ⁺mṱáyəna.ˈ xá mən-dán mavā́t ⁺Hàyəstan ⁺mṱáyəna.ˈ mára ɟu-da-ʾúrxət k̭at-bərrə́xšəxva ɟu-da-talɟàˈ ⁺róba nášə yāl-súrə mattùyəva,ˈ ʾáxnan ⁺hayyurḕxva.ˈ yāl-súrə bəšk̭alḕxvaˈ čún léva ⁺bašúrə yāl-súrə lablìvalun,ˈ yá ⁺róba soyátə-ʾətva bənpàləvaˈ ⁺hayyúrəxva k̭a-dàni labúləxva.ˈ Ányway ⁺mṱáyəna ⁺ʾál ⁺Hayə̀stɑn,ˈ ɟu-xa-mátət ʾArmanə̀s-⁺tɑn꞊la,ˈ ⁺táma pyášəna trè-šənnə.ˈ ʾína ⁺šúla xàč̭č̭ələˈ ⁺róba ⁺šúla xàč̭č̭ələ ⁺táma.ˈ savúni mən-nanunti bitáyəna ɟú Leninɟràd,ˈ paytáxtət ⁺táma ⁺Rùsyaˈ čún savúni ʾə̀nɟliz ⁺bəddáyələ,ˈ ⁺tàma꞊zaˈ mə̀ndila,ˈ carxanánət consersɑ̄zì.ˈ xá carxàna mattúyənaˈ savúni vádəna ɟúrət dé carxàna,ˈ fòreman,ˈ čún nàk̭šə ⁺bašúrələ ⁺k̭árə.ˈ ⁺táma-zə mantùyələ savúni.ˈ duccanánət ⁺xálta štèta ptáxəl ⁺támaˈ ɟu-⁺Rùsya.ˈ xób vazyatté ⁺spày váyəla.ˈ hár vazyatté ⁺spay vayəlà,ˈ revolùtion váyəla ɟu-⁺Rùsya.ˈ ⁺yánə comunəstì váyəla.ˈ šə́mmət savúni ɟu-lístət k̭ámetət dánnə šəmmànələ.ˈ savúni mù vádələ?ˈ cúllə məndyánu zabunèləˈ ⁺mùblə ʾə́tvalun.ˈ ⁺k̭aravàttə ʾə́tvalun,ˈ ⁺mašínət ⁺xyùṱa ʾə́tvalun.ˈ cúllə ⁺bzayèlə.ˈ cúllə məndyánə k̭at zvinélə dàva vidélə,ˈ mapšurèlə.ˈ ɟu-dán ⁺mùbləˈ k̭attátət sandalìyyəˈ ɟú … ⁺mašínət ⁺xyùṱaˈ mláyulə dàvəˈ màraˈ bərrə́xšəx Yùrup.ˈ ⁺bəxlàṱənaˈ bitáyəna ⁺ʾÌran.ˈ ʾÍran léla Yùrup.ˈ mə́n dá ɟíbət daryá-ye Xazàrˈ bətyávəna ɟu-ɟàmiˈ mə́n dá-ɟibət yàmaˈ mə́n nanúnti bitàyəna.ˈ ⁺ʾárp̂a yāl-súrə-zə vayélə ʾé ⁺dàntaˈ yāl-súrə xína ⁺ɟùrə víyyəna,ˈ ɟu-⁺Rúsya víyyəna ⁺k̭ə̀ryə.ˈ b-ɟámi bitáyəna l-á-ybət ⁺ʾÌran.ˈ mə́drə bərràk̭əna mən-⁺támaˈ lá-⁺k̭aṱlìvalun,ˈ ⁺yánə mā́r zùyzəna ʾánnə.ˈ bitáyəna ɟu-l-à-yba,ˈ ⁺ʾÌran,ˈ ɟu-⁺ʾÍran-zə ⁺Sultanàbad.ˈ suráyə ⁺ròba,ˈ suráyə mən-ʾarəmnáyə ⁺róba ɟu-⁺Sultanàbad,ˈ ʾÙrmi,ˈ Cərmànšar,ˈ ⁺Hamàdanˈ burbəzzèlun.ˈ ʾé ⁺dánta málcət ⁺ʾÍran ʾíva Réza ⁺Šā̀h,ˈ málca ⁺róba sammàna málcəva.ˈ ⁺róba sammánəva.ˈ ʾánnə b-šə́nnə pyášəna ⁺táma máx yàxsər,ˈ suráyə ʾarəmnàyəˈ b-yàxsərˈ čún ʾánnə ⁺ʾiranáyə bəxšávəna ʾánnə communìst꞊ina.ˈ k̭até communìstˈ ⁺šúla lèva yavé,ˈ cúllə-zə ⁺k̭əryànəva.ˈ ⁺k̭ə̀ryəva,ˈ ʾína ⁺šúla lèva yavé.ˈ ʾánnə mən-dán zúyzə k̭at-muyyəvàˈ xarùjəva.ˈ mən-dán zúyzə xarùjəva.ˈ Ànyway,ˈ bábi k̭át ⁺rábi Daryavuš꞊vàˈ bitàyələ.ˈ mú vàdələ?ˈ šə́clət dó màlcaˈ bəɟràšulə.ˈ šə́clət Réza ⁺Šā̀hˈ k̭át ⁺ʾal-xá-dana tanìnaˈ vélə cə̀lya,ˈ k̭a-xá tanína vélə ⁺bək̭ṱàla.ˈ ⁺yánə tanína dəžmə́nnət ⁺ʾàtrələ ⁺manàyu.ˈ ⁺manáyət bábi ʾàhəva.ˈ ⁺bək̭ṱálələ ʾo-Réza ⁺Šā̀hˈ vá də́žmən bək̭ṱàlulə.ˈ ⁺róba ⁺ɟúrta ⁺táblo vìtəla.ˈ bí pàstəl,ˈ péncil cùma ɟríšulə.ˈ həč-náša lélə ⁺bəyyára ʾa-šə́cla k̭a-màlca,ˈ k̭at-Réza ⁺Šā̀h꞊ilə,ˈ maxzìlə,ˈ čún ⁺bəzdàyənaˈ xóšu la-ʾàtyaˈ k̭a-⁺nàk̭k̭aš꞊zə ⁺k̭aṱəl.ˈ bitáyəna k̭a-brū̀n-malca,ˈ k̭át vali-ʾàhd꞊ilə,ˈ Mahámat Réza ⁺Šā̀h,ˈ k̭at-brū̀n-málcələ,ˈ k̭a-⁺dàvun maxzúyəna.ˈ mən-taríġət ⁺dóstət bàbaˈ ⁺róba ʾət-k̭ošunàyə ⁺dóstə ʾə́tvalə.ˈ xá-dana mən-dáni-zə ʾAlàm꞊iva.ˈ šə́cla bəšk̭álələ k̭a-do-Mahámad Réza ⁺Šā́h k̭at-brū́n-malca vali-ʾáhd꞊ilə maxzùyulə.ˈ ⁺ròba xóšu bitáyələ.ˈ ⁺ròba xóšu bitáyələ.ˈ bábi꞊zə bəxzàyuləˈ mára mù ⁺báyyət?ˈ bábi xa-⁺nàk̭k̭aš꞊va.ˈ ʾé-⁺danta k̭át márən ɟu-⁺ʾÌranˈ másala ⁺nák̭k̭aš arzéš lə̀tvaləˈ ártist arzéš lə̀tvalə ɟu-⁺ʾÌranˈ ⁺róba꞊zə məscìnəvaˈ mār-zúyzə lèva.ˈ c-⁺áməsva tániva xa-bèta hálli.ˈ zùyzə hálli.ˈ ⁺róba məndyánə c-⁺áməsva ⁺ṱáləbva mən-màlcaˈ čún snìk̭əva.ˈ ʾína čún àrtist꞊vaˈ k̭a-məlláttət ɟànu víyyələ taxmúnaˈ k̭a-məlláttət ⁺ʾaturáyə taxmùnələˈ k̭a-dan-nášə k̭at-yàxsər꞊na bəxzayévaˈ k̭àtˈ … mú ʾòdən,ˈ mú là-ʾodən?ˈ k̭a-málca mára málca hávət basìma.ˈ hák̭yat ʾàhəlaˈ k̭át ʾáxnan mə́n dū̀rˈ nášət díyyan mən-do-⁺ʾátrət ⁺Rúsya k̭at-tíyyəna l-a-ybàˈ yàxsər꞊na láxxa.ˈ ⁺ʾiranáyəna ʾína yàxsər꞊na.ˈ lá ⁺šùla yavéna,ˈ lá … ʾé-⁺dān ⁺báyyi másalan ʾázi Téhran ɟắri pàssport ʾávilun,ˈ ⁺ʾə́mza ʾódi pàssportˈ ʾázi Téhrɑn mə́drə másalan k̭a-⁺ṱlà yárxəˈ ⁺déri mə́drə ⁺ʾal-⁺ʾàtraˈ másalan ⁺Spùrġan꞊laˈ yá ʾÙrmi꞊laˈ ⁺déri ⁺baràyə.ˈ málca lèva mára ⁺bəddáyaˈ hár ʾè ⁺dántaˈ k̭a-dó ʾAlàmˈ vazírət darbɑ̄̀rˈ xá varák̭a bəctàvələˈ péčat mxàyulə.ˈ mə́n ⁺tàmaˈ məlláttət ʾarəmnáyə mən-suráyə ⁺ʾàzad váyəna,ˈ k̭át máx ⁺ʾiranáyə k̭abulèna.ˈ bərrə́xšəna ⁺šulànə mačúxəna,ˈ xìna,ˈ ⁺ʾàzadˈ bərrə́xša bitàyəna ɟu-dá ⁺ʾàrra.ˈ ʾá xá mən-dán hak̭yàttəvaˈ k̭át xína ⁺bíli tanə̀nna.ˈ

Translation:

There was once a very young lad whose name was Elijah. This is a true story. He was my grandfather. My grandfather’s name was Elijah. He was very young. Before the First World War young lads in Urmi and Spurǧan do not find work. There is a ship. He has friends. They come and board the ship. They come, years, months go by, they come to America, directly to Chicago. They arrive in Chicago. There he begins to work and study. Some thirty years, perhaps twenty-five years, thirty years go by. This young lad studies, his name was Elijah, Elijah Daniel. He sends money to his father. He is working from Chicago. He says ‘I used to live on one single egg. I did not eat. I used to collect money to send to my father in the homeland.’ He used to call Urmi the homeland. He used to send money. Some twenty-five years go by. He knows that he wants to get married. He says ‘I shall not get married here.’ In that land, meaning Spurǧan in Urmi, there was a girl whose name was Helen. She was very beautiful for her time … she becomes my grandmother. This girl was very beautiful. Elijah had fallen in love with her in his childhood. He boards the ship again and returns to Spurǧan. He says ‘When we were returning we heard the sound of cannons.’ The First World War had started. He heard the sound of cannons. He comes and arrives in Urmi. My grandfather was a very … man, my grandfather Elijah Daniel was a very tall man with blue eyes. He buys a white horse. He had bought the wedding dress of my grandmother from Chicago. He had bought the wedding dress, he had bought the bridal dress. He comes to Urmi. He goes to see my grandmother. My grandmother had many suitors, many suitors. My grandfather was very handsome and good-looking. His pockets were full of golden automatic pencils, for example, say he had ten automatic (pencils) and a watch too, one of those large American watches. It was in his pocket. As soon as my grandmother sees my grandfather, she is attracted by these automatic (pencils) and this watch. She does not see my grandfather and becomes attracted (to him). They get married. They get married to one another. (Now) it is Christmas day. A week goes by. Then the sound of yelling comes in the middle of the night. On Christmas day they scream, they are Armenians, they run (and say) ‘Elijah, get up and flee!’ He says ‘What has happened?’ They say ‘They are killing us. There is looting. They are killing us.’ Elijah comes. He puts my grandmother Helen on a horse, after they have been married for only a week. They say they journey for two months, or three months in the snow until they arrive in Armenia, Armenia, they arrive in Armenia. They arrive in one of the villages of Armenia. They say ‘On the journey that we made in the snow many people put down their children and we helped them. We took the children, because they did not manage to carry their children, or there were many elderly women who fell and we helped and carried them.’ Anyway they arrive in Armenia, it is in a village of Armenia and stay there for two years. But work is scarce, work is very scarce there. My grandfather goes together with my grandmother to Leningrad the capital there, of Russia. Because my grandfather knew English, and there is something, a workshop of concert artists. They establish a workshop and they make my grandfather the man in charge of the workshop, a foreman, because he is able to read designs. Also there my grandfather is successful. He opens food and drink shops there in Russia. Well, their situation improves. Just as their situation improves, the revolution occurs in Russia, that is communism comes. My grandfather’s name is on the first list of the names (of the proscribed). What does my grandfather do? He sells all of his things. They had furniture. They had beds. They had a sewing machine. He breaks everything up. He melts down everything that he has bought and which is coated with gold. He fills the furniture, the arms of chairs, the sewing machine with gold. He says ‘We are going to Europe.’ But they make a mistake and go to Iran. Iran is not Europe. From the shore of the Caspian sea they board a ship, from the sea shore, and he comes together with my grandmother. They had four children at that time. The children had grown up, they had studied in Russia. They go in a ship to Iran. Again they flee so that they (in Russia) do not kill them, that is (because) they are wealthy. They come to Iran, in Iran to Sultan-Abad. They scattered many Assyrians and Armenians in Sultan-Abad, Urmi, Kermanshah and Hamadan. At that time the king of Iran was Reza Shah. The king was a very malicious king. He was very malicious. They stay there for years like prisoners, Assyrians and Armenians were in captivity, because the Iranians think that they are communists. (They call) them communists. They did not give them work, although all of them were educated. But they did not give them work. They spent the money that they had brought. They spent the money. Anyway, my father, who was Rabi Darius, comes. What does he do? He draws a picture of that king, a picture of Reza Shah, who (in the picture) is standing on a dragon, is killing a dragon. The meaning is that the dragon is the enemy of the country. This was my father’s meaning. Reza Shah is killing, he is killing the enemy. It was a very large picture. He drew it in pastel, with black pencil. Nobody dares to show this picture to the king, who is Reza Shah, because they are afraid that he would kill the painter if he does not like it. They come to the king’s son, who is heir to the throne, Mohammad Reza Shah, who is the king’s son and show it to him, by the way of the friends of the father—he had many military friends. One of them was Alam. He takes the picture and shows it to Mohammad Reza Shah, who is the king’s son, the heir to the throne. He likes it very much. He likes it very much. He meets my father. He says ‘What do you want?’ My father was a painter. At the time that I am talking about in Iran a painter was not valued; an artist was not valued in Iran. He was very poor and had no money. He could have said ‘Give me a house. Give me money.’ He could have asked for many things from the king, because he was in need. But because he was an artist, he was thinking about his own people, he was thinking about the Assyrian people. Concerning the people who are prisoners he was considering ‘What should I do? What should I not do?’ He says to the king ‘King, may you be well. The story is this. ‘We, who have come from afar, our people who have come here from the land of Russia are prisoners here. They are Iranians but they are prisoners. They do not give them jobs … for example when they want to go to Tehran they must have a passport, they have their passport stamped and they go to Tehran, then, for example, after three months they return again to their country, be it Spurǧan or Urmi, they come back.’ The king said he had no knowledge of this. At that very moment he writes a document for that Alam, the minister of the royal court, he seals it. It is on account of this that the Armenian and the Assyrian people become free, that they accept them as Iranians. They go and find jobs, and from then on they travel freely in the land. This was one of the stories that I wanted to tell.