Urmi, Christian: The Old Man and the Fish

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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	Maryam Gwirgis	Canda, Georgia

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0:00	ʾə́tva lə̀tvaˈ ʾə́tva xá náša sàva.ˈ ʾə́tvāl xá čullùxtaˈ ʾə́tvalə xá brùnaˈ hám꞊da ɟánu báxtu ʾu-hám꞊da ʾo-brúnu bəxxáyəva ɟu-dé čullùxta.ˈ xá ⁺čolə ʾə̀tvaləˈ béta sùra.ˈ ʾíta ʾó náša sáva c-azə́lva hammáša ⁺ʾal-yàma.ˈ ci-davə́k̭va nùynə.ˈ bí hàdaˈ rišé ci-xamìvalə,ˈ c-⁺axlíva xá tíca làxma.ˈ hí꞊da dí xà-ca xə́šlə.ˈ trè-ca xə́šlə.ˈ ⁺xárta xá-yuma vìlaˈ mú júra vìla,ˈ ʾaláha rxə́mlə ⁺ʾàllu.ˈ tílə dvə́k̭lə xá núyna smùk̭ta.ˈ núyna smúk̭ta ba-dvik̭àlə,ˈ ⁺xárta ʾé nùynaˈ xá b-xá hamzámta pə́lla bìyyoˈ lišána víla hamzùma.ˈ ⁺xárta mə̀rraˈ ʾóyan ⁺xlàpuxˈ ʾóyan nə́drux k̭a-do náša sàva mə́rra,ˈ lá làbəlli.ˈ šùk̭li.ˈ ʾànaˈ ʾə́n mújjura ⁺xlə́sla ⁺ʾàllux,ˈ tàluxˈ ṱlúb mə̀nniˈ cú-m ṱàlbətˈ ʾànaˈ b-yavvànnux,ˈ ṱ-odànnux.ˈ hí꞊da ʾá náša ⁺xṱíto tìlaˈ ʾé núyna šk̭ə́llə ⁺ruppálə ɟu-yàmaˈ xə̀šla.ˈ xə̀šla,ˈ ⁺xárta xə́šlə k̭a-báxtu huk̭ìlə.ˈ mə́rrə ʾáy ʾátxa ʾátxa ⁺šùlova.ˈ ʾá báxtu crə̀bla,ˈ víla ⁺sàraˈ víla bəndà,ˈ víla bətyàva,ˈ ʾáy k̭á-mu ⁺ruppàlux?ˈ ⁺k̭ə́ṱma b-rìšuxˈ súyla b-rìšux,ˈ k̭a-mú ⁺ruppàlux?ˈ mùyyo!ˈ mírəva xína ⁺ruppàli.ˈ xína m-íca ʾána ʾázən máčxən mayyə̀nna?ˈ ⁺xárta mára mə́rra k̭a-dìyyiˈ ʾàtxa,ˈ ʾàtxa,ˈ ʾé ⁺dánta mə́rra sì.ˈ di-sìˈ ʾə́n ʾátxa tunìtux꞊la,ˈ sí xá mə́ndi b-yavvàlux.ˈ xə́šlə ʾá náša sàvaˈ mə́drə ⁺tàmaˈ ʾícət ʾé núyna ṱ-í dvik̭àlə.ˈ xə́šlə ⁺tàma.ˈ hìˈ tunílə k̭àtoˈ nùyna,ˈ hày núyna smúk̭taˈ tàlax.ˈ ʾána ʾə́tli xá hamzàmta mə́nnax.ˈ mə́rra mú ⁺byàyət?ˈ táni nàša,ˈ sàva náša,ˈ jī̀s náša,ˈ mú ⁺byàyət?ˈ mìrəvaˈ ʾátxa ʾátxa vádəla b-ríši bàxti,ˈ mən-béta ⁺rappùyila,ˈ ⁺p̂làšəla.ˈ ⁺báyyət lè-⁺bət,ˈ ʾá béti sùraˈ vúdlə ⁺ɟùra.ˈ hìˈ mə́rtəva là-⁺zdi.ˈ sílux bèta.ˈ bétux užé yàcca p̂ṱ-avìni.ˈ mə́jjət꞊da ʾá náša xə̀šlə,ˈ ɟášək̭ ʾó bétu súra víyyəva xá yácca máx bə́tət màlcə víyyəva.ˈ hí꞊da dí ⁺spày.ˈ ⁺xárta ʾá báxtu bi-dò béta꞊da ⁺rázi léva víta.ˈ mə́rtəva bàˈ ʾána mə́n dá꞊da yácca béta ⁺bàyyan.ˈ mə́n dá꞊da yácca béta ⁺bàyyan,ˈ jī́s dàrta ⁺báyyan,ˈ ʾilànə,ˈ vàrdə,ˈ čučàɟa ʾóya mlíta.ˈ váy máy ʾá náša pə́šlə mə́drə čòr,ˈ ⁺pašìma,ˈ mú ʾòdən ʾána?ˈ m-ìca ʾázən?ˈ ʾuže bənxápələ ʾo náša yànˈ cút-yum cút-yum ʾázəl k̭a-da nùyna,ˈ k̭a-dá núyna cút ⁺dána záhmat ɟárəš ⁺ʾàlloˈ yànˈ ʾána mú-jurra ʾázən mə́drə ⁺ṱàlbən mə́nno?ˈ xína cút-jur ṱ-ìlaˈ ʾá náša sáva xə̀šlə.ˈ xə̀šlə,ˈ mə́drə ⁺k̭rílə k̭a-dé nùyna.ˈ ʾé núyna tìla.ˈ mə́rrə bàxtiˈ xína mə́tli ɟu-ʾìdo,ˈ hár ʾàtxaˈ ⁺bəṱlàbəla,ˈ ⁺rázi léla bi-dó bèta,ˈ mə́drə ⁺byáyəla mən-⁺dávva꞊da yácca bèta.ˈ hí ⁺spàyˈ là-⁺zdi mára,ˈ sìlux.ˈ ʾáti sílux bèta.ˈ hál ṱ-ázət bèta,ˈ úže ʾo-bètuxˈ ⁺ʾə́sra háda béta ṱ-ávə yàcca.ˈ hí xə̀šlə,ˈ ʾá náša sáva ɟàšək̭ˈ ʾína mə̀jjət꞊daˈ ʾó béta xà꞊vaˈ ⁺ʾə́sra háda béta yàcca.ˈ núyna və́dtəva k̭àtu.ˈ hí xdìla,ˈ ⁺psə̀xlaˈ ʾe bàxtu.ˈ ⁺k̭aravàšə dvə́k̭la.ˈ xá sak̭úlə bak̭úlə bí payṱùn ⁺bəxdáraˈ xá cu-maràca váda.ˈ ⁺xárta mə̀drə,ˈ mə́drə ⁺rázi léla víta bí dàyˈ ʾána ⁺byáyən ⁺ʾàvvaˈ ʾána ⁺byáyən ʾàtxa.ˈ ʾá náša xína mə́tlə xə́šlə ɟu-ʾìdo.ˈ xína cú-jur ṱ-ìvaˈ xə̀šlə.ˈ ṱlà-ca꞊da mə́rrəˈ ṱ-ázən b-⁺jarbə̀nna.ˈ xə́šlə mə̀rrəˈ ʾátxa ʾátxa báxti màrəla.ˈ mə́rtəva sí là-⁺zdi.ˈ sìlux.ˈ cúl mə́ndi p̂ṱ-oyàni.ˈ ⁺xárta ʾá náša sáva xə̀šləˈ ɟašə́k̭ni yán ʾèˈ bétu máx màlcaˈ xə̀šlə.ˈ hár ʾé čullúxta tfə́k̭la bìyyu,ˈ ʾé ⁺čolə sùrṱaˈ tfə́k̭la bìyyu,ˈ ʾe báxtu ⁺tàmaˈ tə́vta ɟu-dé ⁺čòla.ˈ ʾày mə́rrəˈ ʾátxa ⁺byàyətva?ˈ xúb ⁺bəxzáyəvat ⁺rázi là vílax bí dḗn dvarətsì.ˈ ʾádi mə́drə túy ɟu-dá ⁺čóla sùrṱa.ˈ pə̀šleˈ ʾḗn sáva sóta bíyya bí do-yála sùra.ˈ mə́drə háda pə́šle ɟu-de-⁺čòlaˈ vílə háda càsəb bəxxáya.ˈ ʾo sáva mə́drə hár háda c-azə́lva máx k̭ámta nùynə ci-davə̀k̭va,ˈ c-atìva rišé xamúyəva bi-dḗn nùynə.ˈ ʾátxa və́rre ʾḗn xayyèˈ ʾátxa c-⁺oríva ʾḗn ⁺ɟóra bàxta.ˈ ʾàtxaˈ xína mú-jurra ci-tàni?ˈ párta ⁺tàma,ˈ k̭ámxa làxxa.ˈ ⁺márran tušnák̭an ⁺tàma,ˈ xúbban xədyúytan làxxaˈ k̭a-dìyyan,ˈ k̭a-diyyóxun k̭a-dìyyan.ˈ ʾə́tva lə̀tvaˈ ʾə́tva xá náša sàva.ˈ ʾə́tvāl xá čullùxtaˈ ʾə́tvalə xá brùnaˈ hám꞊da ɟánu báxtu ʾu-hám꞊da ʾo-brúnu bəxxáyəva ɟu-dé čullùxta.ˈ xá ⁺čolə ʾə̀tvaləˈ béta sùra.ˈ ʾíta ʾó náša sáva c-azə́lva hammáša ⁺ʾal-yàma.ˈ ci-davə́k̭va nùynə.ˈ bí hàdaˈ rišé ci-xamìvalə,ˈ c-⁺axlíva xá tíca làxma.ˈ hí꞊da dí xà-ca xə́šlə.ˈ trè-ca xə́šlə.ˈ ⁺xárta xá-yuma vìlaˈ mú júra vìla,ˈ ʾaláha rxə́mlə ⁺ʾàllu.ˈ tílə dvə́k̭lə xá núyna smùk̭ta.ˈ núyna smúk̭ta ba-dvik̭àlə,ˈ ⁺xárta ʾé nùynaˈ xá b-xá hamzámta pə́lla bìyyoˈ lišána víla hamzùma.ˈ ⁺xárta mə̀rraˈ ʾóyan ⁺xlàpuxˈ ʾóyan nə́drux k̭a-do náša sàva mə́rra,ˈ lá làbəlli.ˈ šùk̭li.ˈ ʾànaˈ ʾə́n mújjura ⁺xlə́sla ⁺ʾàllux,ˈ tàluxˈ ṱlúb mə̀nniˈ cú-m ṱàlbətˈ ʾànaˈ b-yavvànnux,ˈ ṱ-odànnux.ˈ hí꞊da ʾá náša ⁺xṱíto tìlaˈ ʾé núyna šk̭ə́llə ⁺ruppálə ɟu-yàmaˈ xə̀šla.ˈ xə̀šla,ˈ ⁺xárta xə́šlə k̭a-báxtu huk̭ìlə.ˈ mə́rrə ʾáy ʾátxa ʾátxa ⁺šùlova.ˈ ʾá báxtu crə̀bla,ˈ víla ⁺sàraˈ víla bəndà,ˈ víla bətyàva,ˈ ʾáy k̭á-mu ⁺ruppàlux?ˈ ⁺k̭ə́ṱma b-rìšuxˈ súyla b-rìšux,ˈ k̭a-mú ⁺ruppàlux?ˈ mùyyo!ˈ mírəva xína ⁺ruppàli.ˈ xína m-íca ʾána ʾázən máčxən mayyə̀nna?ˈ ⁺xárta mára mə́rra k̭a-dìyyiˈ ʾàtxa,ˈ ʾàtxa,ˈ ʾé ⁺dánta mə́rra sì.ˈ di-sìˈ ʾə́n ʾátxa tunìtux꞊la,ˈ sí xá mə́ndi b-yavvàlux.ˈ xə́šlə ʾá náša sàvaˈ mə́drə ⁺tàmaˈ ʾícət ʾé núyna ṱ-í dvik̭àlə.ˈ xə́šlə ⁺tàma.ˈ hìˈ tunílə k̭àtoˈ nùyna,ˈ hày núyna smúk̭taˈ tàlax.ˈ ʾána ʾə́tli xá hamzàmta mə́nnax.ˈ mə́rra mú ⁺byàyət?ˈ táni nàša,ˈ sàva náša,ˈ jī̀s náša,ˈ mú ⁺byàyət?ˈ mìrəvaˈ ʾátxa ʾátxa vádəla b-ríši bàxti,ˈ mən-béta ⁺rappùyila,ˈ ⁺p̂làšəla.ˈ ⁺báyyət lè-⁺bət,ˈ ʾá béti sùraˈ vúdlə ⁺ɟùra.ˈ hìˈ mə́rtəva là-⁺zdi.ˈ sílux bèta.ˈ bétux užé yàcca p̂ṱ-avìni.ˈ mə́jjət꞊da ʾá náša xə̀šlə,ˈ ɟášək̭ ʾó bétu súra víyyəva xá yácca máx bə́tət màlcə víyyəva.ˈ hí꞊da dí ⁺spày.ˈ ⁺xárta ʾá báxtu bi-dò béta꞊da ⁺rázi léva víta.ˈ mə́rtəva bàˈ ʾána mə́n dá꞊da yácca béta ⁺bàyyan.ˈ mə́n dá꞊da yácca béta ⁺bàyyan,ˈ jī́s dàrta ⁺báyyan,ˈ ʾilànə,ˈ vàrdə,ˈ čučàɟa ʾóya mlíta.ˈ váy máy ʾá náša pə́šlə mə́drə čòr,ˈ ⁺pašìma,ˈ mú ʾòdən ʾána?ˈ m-ìca ʾázən?ˈ ʾuže bənxápələ ʾo náša yànˈ cút-yum cút-yum ʾázəl k̭a-da nùyna,ˈ k̭a-dá núyna cút ⁺dána záhmat ɟárəš ⁺ʾàlloˈ yànˈ ʾána mú-jurra ʾázən mə́drə ⁺ṱàlbən mə́nno?ˈ xína cút-jur ṱ-ìlaˈ ʾá náša sáva xə̀šlə.ˈ xə̀šlə,ˈ mə́drə ⁺k̭rílə k̭a-dé nùyna.ˈ ʾé núyna tìla.ˈ mə́rrə bàxtiˈ xína mə́tli ɟu-ʾìdo,ˈ hár ʾàtxaˈ ⁺bəṱlàbəla,ˈ ⁺rázi léla bi-dó bèta,ˈ mə́drə ⁺byáyəla mən-⁺dávva꞊da yácca bèta.ˈ hí ⁺spàyˈ là-⁺zdi mára,ˈ sìlux.ˈ ʾáti sílux bèta.ˈ hál ṱ-ázət bèta,ˈ úže ʾo-bètuxˈ ⁺ʾə́sra háda béta ṱ-ávə yàcca.ˈ hí xə̀šlə,ˈ ʾá náša sáva ɟàšək̭ˈ ʾína mə̀jjət꞊daˈ ʾó béta xà꞊vaˈ ⁺ʾə́sra háda béta yàcca.ˈ núyna və́dtəva k̭àtu.ˈ hí xdìla,ˈ ⁺psə̀xlaˈ ʾe bàxtu.ˈ ⁺k̭aravàšə dvə́k̭la.ˈ xá sak̭úlə bak̭úlə bí payṱùn ⁺bəxdáraˈ xá cu-maràca váda.ˈ ⁺xárta mə̀drə,ˈ mə́drə ⁺rázi léla víta bí dàyˈ ʾána ⁺byáyən ⁺ʾàvvaˈ ʾána ⁺byáyən ʾàtxa.ˈ ʾá náša xína mə́tlə xə́šlə ɟu-ʾìdo.ˈ xína cú-jur ṱ-ìvaˈ xə̀šlə.ˈ ṱlà-ca꞊da mə́rrəˈ ṱ-ázən b-⁺jarbə̀nna.ˈ xə́šlə mə̀rrəˈ ʾátxa ʾátxa báxti màrəla.ˈ mə́rtəva sí là-⁺zdi.ˈ sìlux.ˈ cúl mə́ndi p̂ṱ-oyàni.ˈ ⁺xárta ʾá náša sáva xə̀šləˈ ɟašə́k̭ni yán ʾèˈ bétu máx màlcaˈ xə̀šlə.ˈ hár ʾé čullúxta tfə́k̭la bìyyu,ˈ ʾé ⁺čolə sùrṱaˈ tfə́k̭la bìyyu,ˈ ʾe báxtu ⁺tàmaˈ tə́vta ɟu-dé ⁺čòla.ˈ ʾày mə́rrəˈ ʾátxa ⁺byàyətva?ˈ xúb ⁺bəxzáyəvat ⁺rázi là vílax bí dḗn dvarətsì.ˈ ʾádi mə́drə túy ɟu-dá ⁺čóla sùrṱa.ˈ pə̀šleˈ ʾḗn sáva sóta bíyya bí do-yála sùra.ˈ mə́drə háda pə́šle ɟu-de-⁺čòlaˈ vílə háda càsəb bəxxáya.ˈ ʾo sáva mə́drə hár háda c-azə́lva máx k̭ámta nùynə ci-davə̀k̭va,ˈ c-atìva rišé xamúyəva bi-dḗn nùynə.ˈ ʾátxa və́rre ʾḗn xayyèˈ ʾátxa c-⁺oríva ʾḗn ⁺ɟóra bàxta.ˈ ʾàtxaˈ xína mú-jurra ci-tàni?ˈ párta ⁺tàma,ˈ k̭ámxa làxxa.ˈ ⁺márran tušnák̭an ⁺tàma,ˈ xúbban xədyúytan làxxaˈ k̭a-dìyyan,ˈ k̭a-diyyóxun k̭a-dìyyan.ˈ	Once upon a time there was an old man. He had a hut. He had a son. He and his wife and also his son used to live in that hut. They had a cabin, a small house. Now, the old man always used to go to the sea. He used to catch fish. In this way he sustained them and they used to eat some food. Now, he went off once. He went off the second time. Then one day it happened, it happened in some way, God had mercy on him. He came and he caught the red fish, then it suddenly started to speak, it started speaking a language. It said ‘May I be your substitute. May I be your offering,’ it said to the old man, ‘Do not take me. Leave me. If you are in any difficulties, come and make a request from me. Whatever you ask, I shall give you, I shall do it for you.’ Yes, the man felt sorry for it. He took the fish and threw it into the sea and it went off. It went off. Then he went and told his wife. He said ‘This was the story about it.’ His wife became angry. She starting cursing, she started jumping up and sitting down. ‘Oh, why did you throw it away? Ash be on your head, manure be on your head, why did you throw it away? You should have brought it!’ He said ‘Well I threw it away.’ 'Where can I go and find it and bring it back?’ Then he says ‘It said to me such-and-such.’ ‘Then,’ she said ‘Go, go. If it told you that, it will give you something.’ The old man went off again to there where he caught the fish. He went there. Yes, he said to it ‘Fish, oh red fish, come here. I have something to say to you.’ It said ‘What do you want? Tell me, man, old man, good man, what do you want?’ He said ‘This is what my wife is doing to me. She is throwing me out of the house. She is arguing. If you want or not, make this small house of mine big.’ Yes. It said ‘Do not fear. Go home. Your house will be huge. Indeed the man went off and sees that his small house had become huge, it had become like the house of kings. Yes, that was very good. But then his wife became discontented with that house. She said ‘Well, I want a house bigger than this one. I want a house bigger than this one. I want a nice garden, full of trees, flowers and blossoms. Oh dear, the man became again upset and sad ‘What should I do? Where I should I go?’ The man is already ashamed to go every day to the fish, to trouble the fish every time (and he said) ‘How can I go and again make a request from it?' Well, one way or another, the old man went. He went and called the fish. The fish came. He said ‘I am again dying at the hands of my wife. She keeps making demands, she is not satisfied with the house. She again wants a bigger house.’ ‘Yes, fine. Do not be afraid,’ it says ‘Go, you go home. By the time you get home, your house will be already ten times bigger.’ Yes, the old man went and looks and indeed the house had been one (size) and the house (was now) ten times bigger (than this). The fish had done it for him. Yes, his wife was happy and joyful. She took on maidservants. She dressed beautifully and went around in a carriage, making quite a hullabaloo. Then again, again she became dissatisfied with that. ‘I want that, I want this.’ The man again was dying in her hands. Again, in one way or another he went. For the third time he said ‘I shall go and test it.’ He went and said ‘My wife says such-and-such.’ It said ‘Don’t be afraid. Go. Everything will be fulfilled.’ Then the old man went and sees that his house that was like (that of) a king had gone. Only that hut appeared to him, that small cabin, appeared to him, with his wife sitting there in the hut. ‘Oh’ he said ‘Is this what you wanted? Well, you see, you were not satisfied with those palaces. Now sit again in this small hut' The old man and woman remained with the child. They again ended up in that hut and he began to live poorly. The old man again in the same way as before went to catch fish, and he came back and sustained them with those fish. Their life went by like that. This is how that husband and wife spent (their life). So, what do they say? Chaff there, flour here. Our illness and suffering there, our love and joy here for us, for you and for us.

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ʾə́tva lə̀tvaˈ ʾə́tva xá náša sàva.ˈ ʾə́tvāl xá čullùxtaˈ ʾə́tvalə xá brùnaˈ hám꞊da ɟánu báxtu ʾu-hám꞊da ʾo-brúnu bəxxáyəva ɟu-dé čullùxta.ˈ xá ⁺čolə ʾə̀tvaləˈ béta sùra.ˈ ʾíta ʾó náša sáva c-azə́lva hammáša ⁺ʾal-yàma.ˈ ci-davə́k̭va nùynə.ˈ bí hàdaˈ rišé ci-xamìvalə,ˈ c-⁺axlíva xá tíca làxma.ˈ hí꞊da dí xà-ca xə́šlə.ˈ trè-ca xə́šlə.ˈ ⁺xárta xá-yuma vìlaˈ mú júra vìla,ˈ ʾaláha rxə́mlə ⁺ʾàllu.ˈ tílə dvə́k̭lə xá núyna smùk̭ta.ˈ núyna smúk̭ta ba-dvik̭àlə,ˈ ⁺xárta ʾé nùynaˈ xá b-xá hamzámta pə́lla bìyyoˈ lišána víla hamzùma.ˈ ⁺xárta mə̀rraˈ ʾóyan ⁺xlàpuxˈ ʾóyan nə́drux k̭a-do náša sàva mə́rra,ˈ lá làbəlli.ˈ šùk̭li.ˈ ʾànaˈ ʾə́n mújjura ⁺xlə́sla ⁺ʾàllux,ˈ tàluxˈ ṱlúb mə̀nniˈ cú-m ṱàlbətˈ ʾànaˈ b-yavvànnux,ˈ ṱ-odànnux.ˈ hí꞊da ʾá náša ⁺xṱíto tìlaˈ ʾé núyna šk̭ə́llə ⁺ruppálə ɟu-yàmaˈ xə̀šla.ˈ xə̀šla,ˈ ⁺xárta xə́šlə k̭a-báxtu huk̭ìlə.ˈ mə́rrə ʾáy ʾátxa ʾátxa ⁺šùlova.ˈ ʾá báxtu crə̀bla,ˈ víla ⁺sàraˈ víla bəndà,ˈ víla bətyàva,ˈ ʾáy k̭á-mu ⁺ruppàlux?ˈ ⁺k̭ə́ṱma b-rìšuxˈ súyla b-rìšux,ˈ k̭a-mú ⁺ruppàlux?ˈ mùyyo!ˈ mírəva xína ⁺ruppàli.ˈ xína m-íca ʾána ʾázən máčxən mayyə̀nna?ˈ ⁺xárta mára mə́rra k̭a-dìyyiˈ ʾàtxa,ˈ ʾàtxa,ˈ ʾé ⁺dánta mə́rra sì.ˈ di-sìˈ ʾə́n ʾátxa tunìtux꞊la,ˈ sí xá mə́ndi b-yavvàlux.ˈ xə́šlə ʾá náša sàvaˈ mə́drə ⁺tàmaˈ ʾícət ʾé núyna ṱ-í dvik̭àlə.ˈ xə́šlə ⁺tàma.ˈ hìˈ tunílə k̭àtoˈ nùyna,ˈ hày núyna smúk̭taˈ tàlax.ˈ ʾána ʾə́tli xá hamzàmta mə́nnax.ˈ mə́rra mú ⁺byàyət?ˈ táni nàša,ˈ sàva náša,ˈ jī̀s náša,ˈ mú ⁺byàyət?ˈ mìrəvaˈ ʾátxa ʾátxa vádəla b-ríši bàxti,ˈ mən-béta ⁺rappùyila,ˈ ⁺p̂làšəla.ˈ ⁺báyyət lè-⁺bət,ˈ ʾá béti sùraˈ vúdlə ⁺ɟùra.ˈ hìˈ mə́rtəva là-⁺zdi.ˈ sílux bèta.ˈ bétux užé yàcca p̂ṱ-avìni.ˈ mə́jjət꞊da ʾá náša xə̀šlə,ˈ ɟášək̭ ʾó bétu súra víyyəva xá yácca máx bə́tət màlcə víyyəva.ˈ hí꞊da dí ⁺spày.ˈ ⁺xárta ʾá báxtu bi-dò béta꞊da ⁺rázi léva víta.ˈ mə́rtəva bàˈ ʾána mə́n dá꞊da yácca béta ⁺bàyyan.ˈ mə́n dá꞊da yácca béta ⁺bàyyan,ˈ jī́s dàrta ⁺báyyan,ˈ ʾilànə,ˈ vàrdə,ˈ čučàɟa ʾóya mlíta.ˈ váy máy ʾá náša pə́šlə mə́drə čòr,ˈ ⁺pašìma,ˈ mú ʾòdən ʾána?ˈ m-ìca ʾázən?ˈ ʾuže bənxápələ ʾo náša yànˈ cút-yum cút-yum ʾázəl k̭a-da nùyna,ˈ k̭a-dá núyna cút ⁺dána záhmat ɟárəš ⁺ʾàlloˈ yànˈ ʾána mú-jurra ʾázən mə́drə ⁺ṱàlbən mə́nno?ˈ xína cút-jur ṱ-ìlaˈ ʾá náša sáva xə̀šlə.ˈ xə̀šlə,ˈ mə́drə ⁺k̭rílə k̭a-dé nùyna.ˈ ʾé núyna tìla.ˈ mə́rrə bàxtiˈ xína mə́tli ɟu-ʾìdo,ˈ hár ʾàtxaˈ ⁺bəṱlàbəla,ˈ ⁺rázi léla bi-dó bèta,ˈ mə́drə ⁺byáyəla mən-⁺dávva꞊da yácca bèta.ˈ hí ⁺spàyˈ là-⁺zdi mára,ˈ sìlux.ˈ ʾáti sílux bèta.ˈ hál ṱ-ázət bèta,ˈ úže ʾo-bètuxˈ ⁺ʾə́sra háda béta ṱ-ávə yàcca.ˈ hí xə̀šlə,ˈ ʾá náša sáva ɟàšək̭ˈ ʾína mə̀jjət꞊daˈ ʾó béta xà꞊vaˈ ⁺ʾə́sra háda béta yàcca.ˈ núyna və́dtəva k̭àtu.ˈ hí xdìla,ˈ ⁺psə̀xlaˈ ʾe bàxtu.ˈ ⁺k̭aravàšə dvə́k̭la.ˈ xá sak̭úlə bak̭úlə bí payṱùn ⁺bəxdáraˈ xá cu-maràca váda.ˈ ⁺xárta mə̀drə,ˈ mə́drə ⁺rázi léla víta bí dàyˈ ʾána ⁺byáyən ⁺ʾàvvaˈ ʾána ⁺byáyən ʾàtxa.ˈ ʾá náša xína mə́tlə xə́šlə ɟu-ʾìdo.ˈ xína cú-jur ṱ-ìvaˈ xə̀šlə.ˈ ṱlà-ca꞊da mə́rrəˈ ṱ-ázən b-⁺jarbə̀nna.ˈ xə́šlə mə̀rrəˈ ʾátxa ʾátxa báxti màrəla.ˈ mə́rtəva sí là-⁺zdi.ˈ sìlux.ˈ cúl mə́ndi p̂ṱ-oyàni.ˈ ⁺xárta ʾá náša sáva xə̀šləˈ ɟašə́k̭ni yán ʾèˈ bétu máx màlcaˈ xə̀šlə.ˈ hár ʾé čullúxta tfə́k̭la bìyyu,ˈ ʾé ⁺čolə sùrṱaˈ tfə́k̭la bìyyu,ˈ ʾe báxtu ⁺tàmaˈ tə́vta ɟu-dé ⁺čòla.ˈ ʾày mə́rrəˈ ʾátxa ⁺byàyətva?ˈ xúb ⁺bəxzáyəvat ⁺rázi là vílax bí dḗn dvarətsì.ˈ ʾádi mə́drə túy ɟu-dá ⁺čóla sùrṱa.ˈ pə̀šleˈ ʾḗn sáva sóta bíyya bí do-yála sùra.ˈ mə́drə háda pə́šle ɟu-de-⁺čòlaˈ vílə háda càsəb bəxxáya.ˈ ʾo sáva mə́drə hár háda c-azə́lva máx k̭ámta nùynə ci-davə̀k̭va,ˈ c-atìva rišé xamúyəva bi-dḗn nùynə.ˈ ʾátxa və́rre ʾḗn xayyèˈ ʾátxa c-⁺oríva ʾḗn ⁺ɟóra bàxta.ˈ ʾàtxaˈ xína mú-jurra ci-tàni?ˈ párta ⁺tàma,ˈ k̭ámxa làxxa.ˈ ⁺márran tušnák̭an ⁺tàma,ˈ xúbban xədyúytan làxxaˈ k̭a-dìyyan,ˈ k̭a-diyyóxun k̭a-dìyyan.ˈ

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Once upon a time there was an old man. He had a hut. He had a son. He and his wife and also his son used to live in that hut. They had a cabin, a small house. Now, the old man always used to go to the sea. He used to catch fish. In this way he sustained them and they used to eat some food. Now, he went off once. He went off the second time. Then one day it happened, it happened in some way, God had mercy on him. He came and he caught the red fish, then it suddenly started to speak, it started speaking a language. It said ‘May I be your substitute. May I be your offering,’ it said to the old man, ‘Do not take me. Leave me. If you are in any difficulties, come and make a request from me. Whatever you ask, I shall give you, I shall do it for you.’ Yes, the man felt sorry for it. He took the fish and threw it into the sea and it went off. It went off. Then he went and told his wife. He said ‘This was the story about it.’ His wife became angry. She starting cursing, she started jumping up and sitting down. ‘Oh, why did you throw it away? Ash be on your head, manure be on your head, why did you throw it away? You should have brought it!’ He said ‘Well I threw it away.’ 'Where can I go and find it and bring it back?’ Then he says ‘It said to me such-and-such.’ ‘Then,’ she said ‘Go, go. If it told you that, it will give you something.’ The old man went off again to there where he caught the fish. He went there. Yes, he said to it ‘Fish, oh red fish, come here. I have something to say to you.’ It said ‘What do you want? Tell me, man, old man, good man, what do you want?’ He said ‘This is what my wife is doing to me. She is throwing me out of the house. She is arguing. If you want or not, make this small house of mine big.’ Yes. It said ‘Do not fear. Go home. Your house will be huge. Indeed the man went off and sees that his small house had become huge, it had become like the house of kings. Yes, that was very good. But then his wife became discontented with that house. She said ‘Well, I want a house bigger than this one. I want a house bigger than this one. I want a nice garden, full of trees, flowers and blossoms. Oh dear, the man became again upset and sad ‘What should I do? Where I should I go?’ The man is already ashamed to go every day to the fish, to trouble the fish every time (and he said) ‘How can I go and again make a request from it?' Well, one way or another, the old man went. He went and called the fish. The fish came. He said ‘I am again dying at the hands of my wife. She keeps making demands, she is not satisfied with the house. She again wants a bigger house.’ ‘Yes, fine. Do not be afraid,’ it says ‘Go, you go home. By the time you get home, your house will be already ten times bigger.’ Yes, the old man went and looks and indeed the house had been one (size) and the house (was now) ten times bigger (than this). The fish had done it for him. Yes, his wife was happy and joyful. She took on maidservants. She dressed beautifully and went around in a carriage, making quite a hullabaloo. Then again, again she became dissatisfied with that. ‘I want that, I want this.’ The man again was dying in her hands. Again, in one way or another he went. For the third time he said ‘I shall go and test it.’ He went and said ‘My wife says such-and-such.’ It said ‘Don’t be afraid. Go. Everything will be fulfilled.’ Then the old man went and sees that his house that was like (that of) a king had gone. Only that hut appeared to him, that small cabin, appeared to him, with his wife sitting there in the hut. ‘Oh’ he said ‘Is this what you wanted? Well, you see, you were not satisfied with those palaces. Now sit again in this small hut' The old man and woman remained with the child. They again ended up in that hut and he began to live poorly. The old man again in the same way as before went to catch fish, and he came back and sustained them with those fish. Their life went by like that. This is how that husband and wife spent (their life). So, what do they say? Chaff there, flour here. Our illness and suffering there, our love and joy here for us, for you and for us.