Urmi, Christian: The Giant One-Eyed Demon

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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	Sophia Danielova	Arzni, Armenia

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0:00	ʾá sápar màraˈ ʾə́tva lə́tva mən-ʾalàhaˈ hə́č mə́ndi ⁺ɟúra lə̀tva.ˈ xá-dana ⁺púlad-dḕvˈ ɟu-xá-dana ⁺zàġa.ˈ ʾə́tlə xamšámma dánə ʾə̀rbə.ˈ ⁺ʾuxča xelána vàyələ.ˈ màyələˈ ʾó čó čó čó čó čó ʾə́rbə bədráyələ ɟu-⁺zàġa,ˈ ʾó cípa ⁺ʾáv xarbùsuləˈ k̭at-ʾə́rbə là ⁺pálṱi.ˈ cmá꞊t ʾə́ttən ɟu-dàˈ ⁺mazràˈ ⁺casíbə ⁺cusìbəˈ ʾə́rbə bəšk̭áləl bēt-ɟànu,ˈ ⁺bəxvàṱələˈ mayèlə.ˈ ʾáha màra,ˈ mayèlə.ˈ mə́rrə xá dànaˈ bràta ⁺pláṱəlaˈ váy ʾə́rbi lublèlun,ˈ lublèlun.ˈ lublḕl ⁺púlad-dḕv.ˈ bəšk̭álōl bràtaˈ ʾídət xéla máyol bədyàšoləˈ ɟu-dó ⁺zàġa.ˈ ɟu-dó ⁺záġa bətyàvəla.ˈ də̀k̭nuˈ plàyula.ˈ hamzùməla mə́nnu.ˈ màyələ,ˈ mattùyələ,ˈ ⁺bixàlələ.ˈ pə́štəla ⁺tàma.ˈ mə́rrə xá dána ⁺spáy yàlaˈ hóna b-⁺ɟúra súra lèləˈ mə̀rrəˈ ʾànaˈ ṱ-átən k̭a-díyyax pàrk̭ən.ˈ mə̀rrəˈ ⁺ʾávun ⁺ṱlá dā́n bnū̀n ʾə́tlə.ˈ ⁺ṱúllunte mìtəna.ˈ k̭àtu mə́rrun.ˈ ⁺ʾàvunˈ ʾè-⁺danətˈ búxčət dó brúnu ⁺ɟùraˈ ʾáha labùlolə,ˈ ʾáha bərrə́ššəl k̭at-parə̀k̭la.ˈ ⁺ʾámma k̭átu mìrənaˈ xzìˈ ʾát mən-ʾīd-⁺dàv lé park̭ə́tta.ˈ k̭úč̭č̭a mxáyulə ⁺ʾal-⁺ʾàrraˈ ɟə́ldət k̭úč̭č̭a bəlvàšulə,ˈ zìɟa bədráyələ b-k̭ùč̭č̭a.ˈ ɟašúk̭ələ ʾə́rbə jə̀nsˈ ⁺mavurél k̭at-⁺táma náša là-⁺ʾavər.ˈ múyyolə cal-nā̀šˈ ɟníva mùyyol.ˈ hú-ču ⁺mavùrolə.ˈ mən-⁺tàmaˈ ʾé-⁺dantaˈ ⁺várələ làxxa.ˈ ba-k̭átu mìrənaˈ ⁺ʾávva … dḕv,ˈ ⁺ṱlá dànəˈ nàšaˈ yácca dḕv꞊īl.ˈ bitàyələˈ màraˈ ʾòfˈ rḗx ⁺bar-náša bitáyələ m-àxxa.ˈ mára mu ⁺dílux rḗx ⁺bar-nàšələˈ mára hé rḗx ⁺bar-nàšəl.ˈ ɟánu ⁺ṱúšyolˈ ɟu-ɟə́ldət k̭úč̭č̭a.ˈ màraˈ ʾíta m-ídi xu-lè párk̭ət ʾátən.ˈ b-lèlə bək̭yámələ,ˈ ʾé-⁺danət ⁺ʾáv k̭at-ʾərbìtaˈ muttúyolə nùyraˈ bášli ⁺ʾàxli,ˈ b-lḗl bək̭yáməl ʾàhaˈ šámpur mašxùnuləˈ bədyášul ɟu-⁺ʾàynu,ˈ ɟu-⁺ʾàynu,ˈ ʾáxči k̭át ⁺pálət mən-⁺tàmaˈ ʾa-bráta꞊da cálu labə̀lla.ˈ mən-dé ʾè ⁺dántaˈ mə́rrə m-ídi lè párk̭ət xáyya.ˈ ʾé-⁺dān tìləˈ k̭at-cípa xurbə̀slə,ˈ dàna,ˈ dànaˈ ʾə́rbu ⁺pulṱìlə.ˈ ⁺ʾav zíɟa … b-k̭dàlulə,ˈ k̭ùč̭č̭əl꞊da xína.ˈ ⁺ʾávva b-k̭dálət k̭úč̭č̭u də́ryəl zìɟa.ˈ hé k̭am-cúllə bitáyələ ⁺plàṱələˈ ʾā꞊t k̭úč̭č̭a ⁺dàv,ˈ ⁺xárta dáx ṱ-átə ʾá ɟànuˈ k̭ámta dəryā̀l.ˈ ʾá sápar mən-⁺tàmaˈ k̭am-cùllə ⁺pláṱələ.ˈ mə́rrə bàˈ béti muxrə̀vlux.ˈ ⁺plìṱəl.ˈ m-ídi lè párk̭ət,ˈ xàyya-ʾalaha.ˈ ʾan-⁺ṱlá dástət jùlləˈ ʾé cálu ʾət-⁺dàvun,ˈ ʾət-yàlu,ˈ yuvvéla k̭a-dó nàšaˈ ʾṓ꞊t tílə parùk̭o,ˈ parùk̭o.ˈ mə́rra k̭am-cùlləˈ ʾe-dásta ⁺ɟúrta mattə̀ttaˈ ṱ-ázət b-rèk̭ət.ˈ b-yátəv ⁺ʾal-dáy báxə, bàxəˈ hal-⁺dā́r mattíla bèta,ˈ mə́drə ṱ-átə ⁺maṱìlux.ˈ mə̀rraˈ ʾá sápar mattə̀ttaˈ ʾe-dástət dó brùnuˈ ṱ-⁺aràlləġ.ˈ ʾádi báxə, bàxə,ˈ ⁺ʾállo ⁺rába b-àrk̭əl.ˈ ṱ-àtə,ˈ mə̀rra,ˈ xáč̭č̭a mázyəd ṱ-óya k̭at-mən-⁺ʾàra꞊zə ⁺ʾávər,ˈ mən-⁺ʾára꞊zə ʾàvər.ˈ mən-⁺tàmaˈ ʾé dástət ⁺ʾállo bətyávələ jə́ns bə̀xyəle,ˈ ⁺bəddára bitàyələ,ˈ mə́drə ⁺tàmaˈ cəs-dé bràta.ˈ ʾá sápar mən-⁺tàmaˈ mə̀rraˈ ʾət-dó brúnu súra mattə́ttun jùllu.ˈ ⁺ʾal-dá ⁺rába bàxəˈ k̭at-ʾát mən-⁺ʾára꞊zə ⁺ʾórət ʾàzətˈ k̭at-k̭a-díyyi pàrk̭ət,ˈ làblətˈ k̭at lé-⁺ʾaməs xína l-é-pāt ⁺ʾára꞊zə ⁺ʾàvər.ˈ ʾé ⁺dánət ʾan-jùlləˈ dó súra mattuyéla k̭àmuˈ xa-bə́xya bə̀xyələ,ˈ xína lá-⁺ʾamsan tàyyan.ˈ ʾé ⁺dánta ʾá bəšk̭álolə ʾé bràta,ˈ mən-⁺ʾára꞊zə ⁺vàrələ.ˈ ⁺ʾav꞊da npáləl ɟu-⁺ʾàra,ˈ bəxnàk̭əlˈ bənpála bəxnàk̭ələ.ˈ ⁺jamáhat mən ʾídət dàˈ ⁺púlad-dḗv k̭át pràk̭əl.ˈ ʾá sápar màraˈ ʾə́tva lə́tva mən-ʾalàhaˈ hə́č mə́ndi ⁺ɟúra lə̀tva.ˈ xá-dana ⁺púlad-dḕvˈ ɟu-xá-dana ⁺zàġa.ˈ ʾə́tlə xamšámma dánə ʾə̀rbə.ˈ ⁺ʾuxča xelána vàyələ.ˈ màyələˈ ʾó čó čó čó čó čó ʾə́rbə bədráyələ ɟu-⁺zàġa,ˈ ʾó cípa ⁺ʾáv xarbùsuləˈ k̭at-ʾə́rbə là ⁺pálṱi.ˈ cmá꞊t ʾə́ttən ɟu-dàˈ ⁺mazràˈ ⁺casíbə ⁺cusìbəˈ ʾə́rbə bəšk̭áləl bēt-ɟànu,ˈ ⁺bəxvàṱələˈ mayèlə.ˈ ʾáha màra,ˈ mayèlə.ˈ mə́rrə xá dànaˈ bràta ⁺pláṱəlaˈ váy ʾə́rbi lublèlun,ˈ lublèlun.ˈ lublḕl ⁺púlad-dḕv.ˈ bəšk̭álōl bràtaˈ ʾídət xéla máyol bədyàšoləˈ ɟu-dó ⁺zàġa.ˈ ɟu-dó ⁺záġa bətyàvəla.ˈ də̀k̭nuˈ plàyula.ˈ hamzùməla mə́nnu.ˈ màyələ,ˈ mattùyələ,ˈ ⁺bixàlələ.ˈ pə́štəla ⁺tàma.ˈ mə́rrə xá dána ⁺spáy yàlaˈ hóna b-⁺ɟúra súra lèləˈ mə̀rrəˈ ʾànaˈ ṱ-átən k̭a-díyyax pàrk̭ən.ˈ mə̀rrəˈ ⁺ʾávun ⁺ṱlá dā́n bnū̀n ʾə́tlə.ˈ ⁺ṱúllunte mìtəna.ˈ k̭àtu mə́rrun.ˈ ⁺ʾàvunˈ ʾè-⁺danətˈ búxčət dó brúnu ⁺ɟùraˈ ʾáha labùlolə,ˈ ʾáha bərrə́ššəl k̭at-parə̀k̭la.ˈ ⁺ʾámma k̭átu mìrənaˈ xzìˈ ʾát mən-ʾīd-⁺dàv lé park̭ə́tta.ˈ k̭úč̭č̭a mxáyulə ⁺ʾal-⁺ʾàrraˈ ɟə́ldət k̭úč̭č̭a bəlvàšulə,ˈ zìɟa bədráyələ b-k̭ùč̭č̭a.ˈ ɟašúk̭ələ ʾə́rbə jə̀nsˈ ⁺mavurél k̭at-⁺táma náša là-⁺ʾavər.ˈ múyyolə cal-nā̀šˈ ɟníva mùyyol.ˈ hú-ču ⁺mavùrolə.ˈ mən-⁺tàmaˈ ʾé-⁺dantaˈ ⁺várələ làxxa.ˈ ba-k̭átu mìrənaˈ ⁺ʾávva … dḕv,ˈ ⁺ṱlá dànəˈ nàšaˈ yácca dḕv꞊īl.ˈ bitàyələˈ màraˈ ʾòfˈ rḗx ⁺bar-náša bitáyələ m-àxxa.ˈ mára mu ⁺dílux rḗx ⁺bar-nàšələˈ mára hé rḗx ⁺bar-nàšəl.ˈ ɟánu ⁺ṱúšyolˈ ɟu-ɟə́ldət k̭úč̭č̭a.ˈ màraˈ ʾíta m-ídi xu-lè párk̭ət ʾátən.ˈ b-lèlə bək̭yámələ,ˈ ʾé-⁺danət ⁺ʾáv k̭at-ʾərbìtaˈ muttúyolə nùyraˈ bášli ⁺ʾàxli,ˈ b-lḗl bək̭yáməl ʾàhaˈ šámpur mašxùnuləˈ bədyášul ɟu-⁺ʾàynu,ˈ ɟu-⁺ʾàynu,ˈ ʾáxči k̭át ⁺pálət mən-⁺tàmaˈ ʾa-bráta꞊da cálu labə̀lla.ˈ mən-dé ʾè ⁺dántaˈ mə́rrə m-ídi lè párk̭ət xáyya.ˈ ʾé-⁺dān tìləˈ k̭at-cípa xurbə̀slə,ˈ dàna,ˈ dànaˈ ʾə́rbu ⁺pulṱìlə.ˈ ⁺ʾav zíɟa … b-k̭dàlulə,ˈ k̭ùč̭č̭əl꞊da xína.ˈ ⁺ʾávva b-k̭dálət k̭úč̭č̭u də́ryəl zìɟa.ˈ hé k̭am-cúllə bitáyələ ⁺plàṱələˈ ʾā꞊t k̭úč̭č̭a ⁺dàv,ˈ ⁺xárta dáx ṱ-átə ʾá ɟànuˈ k̭ámta dəryā̀l.ˈ ʾá sápar mən-⁺tàmaˈ k̭am-cùllə ⁺pláṱələ.ˈ mə́rrə bàˈ béti muxrə̀vlux.ˈ ⁺plìṱəl.ˈ m-ídi lè párk̭ət,ˈ xàyya-ʾalaha.ˈ ʾan-⁺ṱlá dástət jùlləˈ ʾé cálu ʾət-⁺dàvun,ˈ ʾət-yàlu,ˈ yuvvéla k̭a-dó nàšaˈ ʾṓ꞊t tílə parùk̭o,ˈ parùk̭o.ˈ mə́rra k̭am-cùlləˈ ʾe-dásta ⁺ɟúrta mattə̀ttaˈ ṱ-ázət b-rèk̭ət.ˈ b-yátəv ⁺ʾal-dáy báxə, bàxəˈ hal-⁺dā́r mattíla bèta,ˈ mə́drə ṱ-átə ⁺maṱìlux.ˈ mə̀rraˈ ʾá sápar mattə̀ttaˈ ʾe-dástət dó brùnuˈ ṱ-⁺aràlləġ.ˈ ʾádi báxə, bàxə,ˈ ⁺ʾállo ⁺rába b-àrk̭əl.ˈ ṱ-àtə,ˈ mə̀rra,ˈ xáč̭č̭a mázyəd ṱ-óya k̭at-mən-⁺ʾàra꞊zə ⁺ʾávər,ˈ mən-⁺ʾára꞊zə ʾàvər.ˈ mən-⁺tàmaˈ ʾé dástət ⁺ʾállo bətyávələ jə́ns bə̀xyəle,ˈ ⁺bəddára bitàyələ,ˈ mə́drə ⁺tàmaˈ cəs-dé bràta.ˈ ʾá sápar mən-⁺tàmaˈ mə̀rraˈ ʾət-dó brúnu súra mattə́ttun jùllu.ˈ ⁺ʾal-dá ⁺rába bàxəˈ k̭at-ʾát mən-⁺ʾára꞊zə ⁺ʾórət ʾàzətˈ k̭at-k̭a-díyyi pàrk̭ət,ˈ làblətˈ k̭at lé-⁺ʾaməs xína l-é-pāt ⁺ʾára꞊zə ⁺ʾàvər.ˈ ʾé ⁺dánət ʾan-jùlləˈ dó súra mattuyéla k̭àmuˈ xa-bə́xya bə̀xyələ,ˈ xína lá-⁺ʾamsan tàyyan.ˈ ʾé ⁺dánta ʾá bəšk̭álolə ʾé bràta,ˈ mən-⁺ʾára꞊zə ⁺vàrələ.ˈ ⁺ʾav꞊da npáləl ɟu-⁺ʾàra,ˈ bəxnàk̭əlˈ bənpála bəxnàk̭ələ.ˈ ⁺jamáhat mən ʾídət dàˈ ⁺púlad-dḗv k̭át pràk̭əl.ˈ	Now, the story goes: there was once upon a time, there was nothing greater than God, there was a great demon in a cave. He has five hundred sheep. He is so strong. He brings the sheep, o čo čo čo čo čo, and puts them in the cave. He pushes a stone (over the entrance) so that the sheep do not escape. He takes to his home as many sheep as there are in this land of wretched paupers, brings them and mixes them together. The story goes he brings them back. He said ‘A girl is going out.’ (She says) ‘Oh, they have taken the sheep, they have taken them. The great demon has taken the sheep.’ He takes the girl. He brings the girl forcefully and squeezes her into the cave. She sits in the cave. She delouses his beard. She speaks with him. He brings (food), he puts it down and eats. She remained there. A fine young man, who who was not lacking brains, said, he said ‘I shall come and save you.’ He said ‘He (the demon) had three sons. The three of them have died.’ They said to him ‘After he takes the knapsack of his elder son, he could go to save her.’ But they said to him ‘Look, you will not save her from his hand.’ He strikes a ram on the ground. He puts on the skin of the ram and puts a bell on the ram. He (the demon) keeps a close eye on the sheep and brings them in (to the cave) so that people cannot enter. He has brought the young girl, he has kidnapped her and brought her. (Saying) ‘hu-ču’ he brings her in. Then he enters here (into the cave). But they said to him (the young man) ‘He is a demon, a huge demon the size of three men.’ Three sons (of his) have died. He (the demon) comes and says ‘Oh, there is a smell of a man here.’ She says ‘How do you know it is the smell of a man?’ He says ‘Yes, it is the smell of a man.’ He (the young man) has hidden himself in the skin of a ram. He (the demon) says ‘You will indeed not escape from my hands.’ He gets up at night. When he puts a ewe on the fire for them to cook and eat, he gets up at night, he heats a skewer, and presses it into his eye, so that he can escape from there and take the girl bride away. Then he (the demon) said ‘You will not escape from my hands.’ When he came and pushed the stone aside, he let out his sheep, one by one. He (the young man) had a bell on his neck, well he was (dressed up like) a ram. He has placed a bell on the neck of his ram. The one that is his ram comes and goes out before all the others, then when he (the young man) comes, he put himself first. Then he goes out from there before all the others. He (the demon) says ‘You have ruined my house.’ He has gone out. ‘You will not escape from my hands, as God lives.’ The bride gave three sets of clothes of his (the demon), of his children, to that man, who came to rescue her, rescue her. She said ‘First of all lay out the big set of clothes, and you will go and flee. He will sit and weep and weep over that, until he comes back and puts it in the house, then he will come again and reach you.’ She said ‘Then lay out the set of clothes of his middle son. Then he will weep and weep, and tarry a long time over it. He will come back,’ she said ‘he will increase (the gap) a little so that he can pass in between, pass in between. From there, the set of clothes over which he sits and weeps, he returns and comes back again there to the girl. ‘Then after that,’ she said ‘Lay out the clothes of his youngest son. He will weep a lot over that, so that you can go in between and save me and take me away, so that he cannot go through to the other side of the gap anymore.’ When she lays out the clothes of the young son before him, he wept bitterly, more than I can tell. Then he (the young man) takes the girl, he comes through the gap. He (the demon) falls in the gap, he is strangled. He falls and is strangled, with the result that the community is saved from the hands of the great demon.

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ʾá sápar màraˈ ʾə́tva lə́tva mən-ʾalàhaˈ hə́č mə́ndi ⁺ɟúra lə̀tva.ˈ xá-dana ⁺púlad-dḕvˈ ɟu-xá-dana ⁺zàġa.ˈ ʾə́tlə xamšámma dánə ʾə̀rbə.ˈ ⁺ʾuxča xelána vàyələ.ˈ màyələˈ ʾó čó čó čó čó čó ʾə́rbə bədráyələ ɟu-⁺zàġa,ˈ ʾó cípa ⁺ʾáv xarbùsuləˈ k̭at-ʾə́rbə là ⁺pálṱi.ˈ cmá꞊t ʾə́ttən ɟu-dàˈ ⁺mazràˈ ⁺casíbə ⁺cusìbəˈ ʾə́rbə bəšk̭áləl bēt-ɟànu,ˈ ⁺bəxvàṱələˈ mayèlə.ˈ ʾáha màra,ˈ mayèlə.ˈ mə́rrə xá dànaˈ bràta ⁺pláṱəlaˈ váy ʾə́rbi lublèlun,ˈ lublèlun.ˈ lublḕl ⁺púlad-dḕv.ˈ bəšk̭álōl bràtaˈ ʾídət xéla máyol bədyàšoləˈ ɟu-dó ⁺zàġa.ˈ ɟu-dó ⁺záġa bətyàvəla.ˈ də̀k̭nuˈ plàyula.ˈ hamzùməla mə́nnu.ˈ màyələ,ˈ mattùyələ,ˈ ⁺bixàlələ.ˈ pə́štəla ⁺tàma.ˈ mə́rrə xá dána ⁺spáy yàlaˈ hóna b-⁺ɟúra súra lèləˈ mə̀rrəˈ ʾànaˈ ṱ-átən k̭a-díyyax pàrk̭ən.ˈ mə̀rrəˈ ⁺ʾávun ⁺ṱlá dā́n bnū̀n ʾə́tlə.ˈ ⁺ṱúllunte mìtəna.ˈ k̭àtu mə́rrun.ˈ ⁺ʾàvunˈ ʾè-⁺danətˈ búxčət dó brúnu ⁺ɟùraˈ ʾáha labùlolə,ˈ ʾáha bərrə́ššəl k̭at-parə̀k̭la.ˈ ⁺ʾámma k̭átu mìrənaˈ xzìˈ ʾát mən-ʾīd-⁺dàv lé park̭ə́tta.ˈ k̭úč̭č̭a mxáyulə ⁺ʾal-⁺ʾàrraˈ ɟə́ldət k̭úč̭č̭a bəlvàšulə,ˈ zìɟa bədráyələ b-k̭ùč̭č̭a.ˈ ɟašúk̭ələ ʾə́rbə jə̀nsˈ ⁺mavurél k̭at-⁺táma náša là-⁺ʾavər.ˈ múyyolə cal-nā̀šˈ ɟníva mùyyol.ˈ hú-ču ⁺mavùrolə.ˈ mən-⁺tàmaˈ ʾé-⁺dantaˈ ⁺várələ làxxa.ˈ ba-k̭átu mìrənaˈ ⁺ʾávva … dḕv,ˈ ⁺ṱlá dànəˈ nàšaˈ yácca dḕv꞊īl.ˈ bitàyələˈ màraˈ ʾòfˈ rḗx ⁺bar-náša bitáyələ m-àxxa.ˈ mára mu ⁺dílux rḗx ⁺bar-nàšələˈ mára hé rḗx ⁺bar-nàšəl.ˈ ɟánu ⁺ṱúšyolˈ ɟu-ɟə́ldət k̭úč̭č̭a.ˈ màraˈ ʾíta m-ídi xu-lè párk̭ət ʾátən.ˈ b-lèlə bək̭yámələ,ˈ ʾé-⁺danət ⁺ʾáv k̭at-ʾərbìtaˈ muttúyolə nùyraˈ bášli ⁺ʾàxli,ˈ b-lḗl bək̭yáməl ʾàhaˈ šámpur mašxùnuləˈ bədyášul ɟu-⁺ʾàynu,ˈ ɟu-⁺ʾàynu,ˈ ʾáxči k̭át ⁺pálət mən-⁺tàmaˈ ʾa-bráta꞊da cálu labə̀lla.ˈ mən-dé ʾè ⁺dántaˈ mə́rrə m-ídi lè párk̭ət xáyya.ˈ ʾé-⁺dān tìləˈ k̭at-cípa xurbə̀slə,ˈ dàna,ˈ dànaˈ ʾə́rbu ⁺pulṱìlə.ˈ ⁺ʾav zíɟa … b-k̭dàlulə,ˈ k̭ùč̭č̭əl꞊da xína.ˈ ⁺ʾávva b-k̭dálət k̭úč̭č̭u də́ryəl zìɟa.ˈ hé k̭am-cúllə bitáyələ ⁺plàṱələˈ ʾā꞊t k̭úč̭č̭a ⁺dàv,ˈ ⁺xárta dáx ṱ-átə ʾá ɟànuˈ k̭ámta dəryā̀l.ˈ ʾá sápar mən-⁺tàmaˈ k̭am-cùllə ⁺pláṱələ.ˈ mə́rrə bàˈ béti muxrə̀vlux.ˈ ⁺plìṱəl.ˈ m-ídi lè párk̭ət,ˈ xàyya-ʾalaha.ˈ ʾan-⁺ṱlá dástət jùlləˈ ʾé cálu ʾət-⁺dàvun,ˈ ʾət-yàlu,ˈ yuvvéla k̭a-dó nàšaˈ ʾṓ꞊t tílə parùk̭o,ˈ parùk̭o.ˈ mə́rra k̭am-cùlləˈ ʾe-dásta ⁺ɟúrta mattə̀ttaˈ ṱ-ázət b-rèk̭ət.ˈ b-yátəv ⁺ʾal-dáy báxə, bàxəˈ hal-⁺dā́r mattíla bèta,ˈ mə́drə ṱ-átə ⁺maṱìlux.ˈ mə̀rraˈ ʾá sápar mattə̀ttaˈ ʾe-dástət dó brùnuˈ ṱ-⁺aràlləġ.ˈ ʾádi báxə, bàxə,ˈ ⁺ʾállo ⁺rába b-àrk̭əl.ˈ ṱ-àtə,ˈ mə̀rra,ˈ xáč̭č̭a mázyəd ṱ-óya k̭at-mən-⁺ʾàra꞊zə ⁺ʾávər,ˈ mən-⁺ʾára꞊zə ʾàvər.ˈ mən-⁺tàmaˈ ʾé dástət ⁺ʾállo bətyávələ jə́ns bə̀xyəle,ˈ ⁺bəddára bitàyələ,ˈ mə́drə ⁺tàmaˈ cəs-dé bràta.ˈ ʾá sápar mən-⁺tàmaˈ mə̀rraˈ ʾət-dó brúnu súra mattə́ttun jùllu.ˈ ⁺ʾal-dá ⁺rába bàxəˈ k̭at-ʾát mən-⁺ʾára꞊zə ⁺ʾórət ʾàzətˈ k̭at-k̭a-díyyi pàrk̭ət,ˈ làblətˈ k̭at lé-⁺ʾaməs xína l-é-pāt ⁺ʾára꞊zə ⁺ʾàvər.ˈ ʾé ⁺dánət ʾan-jùlləˈ dó súra mattuyéla k̭àmuˈ xa-bə́xya bə̀xyələ,ˈ xína lá-⁺ʾamsan tàyyan.ˈ ʾé ⁺dánta ʾá bəšk̭álolə ʾé bràta,ˈ mən-⁺ʾára꞊zə ⁺vàrələ.ˈ ⁺ʾav꞊da npáləl ɟu-⁺ʾàra,ˈ bəxnàk̭əlˈ bənpála bəxnàk̭ələ.ˈ ⁺jamáhat mən ʾídət dàˈ ⁺púlad-dḗv k̭át pràk̭əl.ˈ

Translation:

Now, the story goes: there was once upon a time, there was nothing greater than God, there was a great demon in a cave. He has five hundred sheep. He is so strong. He brings the sheep, o čo čo čo čo čo, and puts them in the cave. He pushes a stone (over the entrance) so that the sheep do not escape. He takes to his home as many sheep as there are in this land of wretched paupers, brings them and mixes them together. The story goes he brings them back. He said ‘A girl is going out.’ (She says) ‘Oh, they have taken the sheep, they have taken them. The great demon has taken the sheep.’ He takes the girl. He brings the girl forcefully and squeezes her into the cave. She sits in the cave. She delouses his beard. She speaks with him. He brings (food), he puts it down and eats. She remained there. A fine young man, who who was not lacking brains, said, he said ‘I shall come and save you.’ He said ‘He (the demon) had three sons. The three of them have died.’ They said to him ‘After he takes the knapsack of his elder son, he could go to save her.’ But they said to him ‘Look, you will not save her from his hand.’ He strikes a ram on the ground. He puts on the skin of the ram and puts a bell on the ram. He (the demon) keeps a close eye on the sheep and brings them in (to the cave) so that people cannot enter. He has brought the young girl, he has kidnapped her and brought her. (Saying) ‘hu-ču’ he brings her in. Then he enters here (into the cave). But they said to him (the young man) ‘He is a demon, a huge demon the size of three men.’ Three sons (of his) have died. He (the demon) comes and says ‘Oh, there is a smell of a man here.’ She says ‘How do you know it is the smell of a man?’ He says ‘Yes, it is the smell of a man.’ He (the young man) has hidden himself in the skin of a ram. He (the demon) says ‘You will indeed not escape from my hands.’ He gets up at night. When he puts a ewe on the fire for them to cook and eat, he gets up at night, he heats a skewer, and presses it into his eye, so that he can escape from there and take the girl bride away. Then he (the demon) said ‘You will not escape from my hands.’ When he came and pushed the stone aside, he let out his sheep, one by one. He (the young man) had a bell on his neck, well he was (dressed up like) a ram. He has placed a bell on the neck of his ram. The one that is his ram comes and goes out before all the others, then when he (the young man) comes, he put himself first. Then he goes out from there before all the others. He (the demon) says ‘You have ruined my house.’ He has gone out. ‘You will not escape from my hands, as God lives.’ The bride gave three sets of clothes of his (the demon), of his children, to that man, who came to rescue her, rescue her. She said ‘First of all lay out the big set of clothes, and you will go and flee. He will sit and weep and weep over that, until he comes back and puts it in the house, then he will come again and reach you.’ She said ‘Then lay out the set of clothes of his middle son. Then he will weep and weep, and tarry a long time over it. He will come back,’ she said ‘he will increase (the gap) a little so that he can pass in between, pass in between. From there, the set of clothes over which he sits and weeps, he returns and comes back again there to the girl. ‘Then after that,’ she said ‘Lay out the clothes of his youngest son. He will weep a lot over that, so that you can go in between and save me and take me away, so that he cannot go through to the other side of the gap anymore.’ When she lays out the clothes of the young son before him, he wept bitterly, more than I can tell. Then he (the young man) takes the girl, he comes through the gap. He (the demon) falls in the gap, he is strangled. He falls and is strangled, with the result that the community is saved from the hands of the great demon.