Sanandaj, Jewish: A Wedding in Sanandaj

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Geoffrey Khan	Khan, Geoffrey. The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Sanandaj. Gorgias Neo-Aramaic Studies vol. 10. Gorgias Press, 2009	Victoria Amini	IL

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0:00	xàˈ bronàˈ híye ba-ʿolā̀mˈ kăčā̀l-yele.ˈ məstá lìtwa ba-rešéf.ˈ bár-d-o xăràeˈ ʾáy bronàˈ băruxá lìtwale.ˈ híč-kas băruxèf lá xarwá.ˈ rə̀we,ˈ rə̀weˈ tá-ʾinke xìrˈ ba-xá bronàˈ taqribán ʾəsrì šəné.ˈ ʾáy broná be-čará hìč-kas lítwale.ˈ xá-yoma tíw məntắke daăkèfˈ ḥqéle mìreˈ dàykaˈ ʾanàˈ hìč băruxá lítiˈ wa-lá kắena má honà.ˈ hàlaxˈ tămā́m ʾáy dawruwărànˈ daʿwàt honúˈ bašká ʾašná xa-dána mə̀nun-uˈ bəxlé zəndəgì holéxin.ˈ xà-leleˈ rába xàrj wíleˈ rába xalà trə́ṣle.ˈ xalàˈ ga-ḥafšàˈ réša ʾărá məndèle-uˈ našé kŭ́le tìwi-uˈ xalá ràba trə́ṣle.ˈ míre ʾàna,ˈ ta-daăkèf míre,ˈ ʾána ʾay-xalá tărəṣnèfˈ ʾaná kằenaˈ bár-d-o xăràeˈ ʾáy čəkmá našèˈ hár-lele xa-našá daʿwát didí kòl,ˈ ké ʾána gézna ga-pəlgùn-uˈ ʾanàˈ băruxăwalé dòqna.ˈ wằleˈ ʾéa zìl-uˈ našăké ʾàṣər xílu,ˈ našé kŭ́le híyen dokà-uˈ xalàˈ rába trə̀ṣwale-uˈ yaxní săqatà-uˈ kăčawè,ˈ yapraġè,ˈ rəzzà xwará-uˈ rəzzà yăruqá-uˈ kŭ̀le jór trə́ṣwale báqa našé.ˈ ʾáy-naše kŭ́le hìyenˈ ʾáy-xala kŭ́le xìlu.ˈ kŭ́le xìlun-uˈ rába mtùlun-uˈ ḥqèlun-uˈ gxìki-uˈ pṣìxi-uˈ ʾó-č rába xoš-ḥā̀l xír-uˈ mə́nu kŭ́le ḥqèleˈ báška ʾəlhà-yˈ ʾənyexáe băruxéf xărì wáˈ hélu daʿwatèf holíˈ ke-hezə́l ga-pəlgá našè,ˈ hăwé ga-pəlgá našè-uˈ ʾălenile-ò.ˈ ʾáy bronàˈ daʿwatăké wilàle-uˈ ta-saʿằt-eˈ tresàr leléˈ dokà-yelun-uˈ dána dána kŭ́le zili-ò.ˈ tíw m-daăkéf ḥqèleˈ míre dàykaˈ ʾā́t nóšax hazə̀r hulá.ˈ jəlé ʿayzé-č xùṭ,ˈ jəlé ʿayzé hăwèlax,ˈ kŭ́le ʾáṣər didán daʿwàt kolí.ˈ hàr ʾáṣərˈ xa-našá daʿwát holànˈ nóšef tré yarxé ṭúl gărèš.ˈ ʾána-č băruxăwalé kwèliˈ ʾána-č xoš-ḥā̀l xárna ʾexá.ˈ wălèˈ kŭ́le ʾaṣə̀rˈ tíw ga-qam-tărà-uˈ muntăzə̀r xírˈ bašká daʿwătèf holí.ˈ hìč-kas lá-hiye.ˈ xà yomá,ˈ trè yomé,ˈ təlḥà yomé,ˈ xír xà yarxáˈ hič-kás daʿwătéf lá wilè.ˈ daăkéf míra xèlox?ˈ ʾā́t ʾáy ḥaštá wilàlox,ˈ ʾáy kŭ́le puḷé xərjìloxˈ híč kăsí daʿwătóx lá wilè.ˈ míre dàykaˈ ʾəlhá rŭwà-yˈ ʾā̀tˈ xăfàt la-xúl.ˈ bəlʾaxəràˈ xá-yoma kwèˈ ʾanàˈ daʿwătì kolí.ˈ zíl bazā̀r-uˈ ʾo-našé kŭ́le daʿwát wiliwalèˈ kŭ́le dubára šalòm drélu-ʾəlef-uˈ ḥqèle mə́nun-uˈ míre mằʿinˈ ʾanàˈ daʿwắt-e didăxún wilìˈ ké hètunˈ belí memaní wíli baqăxùn.ˈ ʾaxtú tămà didí-u daăkí daʿwát lá kolétun,ˈ ké ʾána-č héna ga-pəlgăxùn?ˈ míru ròḷaˈ ʾā́t sarwatmànd-yetˈ ké ʾā̀tˈ puḷè rába hitóx ké ʾáy memaní dəwqàlox.ˈ ʾaxní là kélan memaní ʾắxa doqéxin.ˈ hiye-ó belà-uˈ ta-daăkéf mìreˈ daăkéf-əč rába nóšaf na-raḥát wilàla.ˈ mìraˈ xăfàt la-xúlˈ ʾəlhà rŭwá-yˈ bəlʾaxəràˈ xá-mdi xàrˈ ʾəlhá xàˈ tắra báqa didán-əč kol-ò.ˈ xá-yoma tíwa ga-belàˈ ʾexà-uˈ xéle xàˈ gorá tărá dìle-uˈ ḥalèf bəqrúˈ míre dàx-yetu ʾexá-u?ˈ míre wắla ṭòb-yena.ˈ ʾanàˈ ʾăxá memaní dwə̀qli-uˈ hìč-kasˈ daʿwătí lá wile-òˈ wa-là kắenaˈ m-qám d-éa ʾanàˈ pərčè lití,ˈ kăčā̀l-yenaˈ yá šəmà lití ʾexá.ˈ míre làˈ ʾaná xá ḥaštá kə́wna baqòx.ˈ sélox xàˈ ksilá pərčé mătù.ˈ ksilá pərčé mătùˈ wa-sèˈ nóšox ʿayzá trùṣlaˈ sé ga-pəlgáwa našé dubàra.ˈ míre léka heznà?ˈ rahnamaí wìle-u,ˈ míre sé flā́n tʷkà,ˈ salmaní ké pərčé tărə̀ṣ,ˈ ʾóa hitè.ˈ zíl dòka.ˈ xánči puḷé pas-andā́z wilìwaleˈ hiwíle baqèf-uˈ míre mằʿinˈ ʾaná gbènaˈ xàˈ ksilá pərcé mătə́t baqá didìˈ ké ʾaná hèliˈ ga-pəlgá našé hăwènaˈ našé xošú hé mənì.ˈ míre ṭòv.ˈ qìmˈ ksilăké tərṣàle baqéf-uˈ mìreˈ xá čəkmá yomé xét hál baqàf.ˈ čəkmá yomé muntăzə̀r xír-uˈ híye-u zìl-uˈ híye-u zìlˈ ta-ʾìnkeˈ ʾáy ksilá triṣà.ˈ mətále rešèf-uˈ dubára zíl ga-bazā̀r-uˈ ga-našé ké daʿwàt wilíwale,ˈ šalòmˈ xèta wíle ʾexá.ˈ míru ʾé ʾòa-y?ˈ ʾé hár ʾó broná kăčalăkéle daʿwătàn wílwale?ˈ xá ʾlile-òˈ xá lá ʾlile-òˈ ʾaxréf bəqrù mənéfˈ mìreˈ ʾìˈ ʾaná ʾòena.ˈ wàˈ bár xa-čəkmá yomé xètˈ kén dána dána tắra dăèn-uˈ daʿwătèf kolí.ˈ mìreˈ ʾătá mà-hona?ˈ ʾătá ya-daʿwătí wilà-yˈ ba-mà-jor hezná belú?ˈ qím zìlˈ mən-xá tʷkaná jəlé krà wilé-uˈ hár ʾàṣərˈ ta-hár-kas daʿwătéf wìleˈ ba-xá dăsá jəlé zìl.ˈ ba-xá dăsá jəlé zìl-uˈ ga-pə́lga našăké tìw-uˈ ḥqéle mə́nun-u ʾexà-uˈ yăwā̀šˈ yăwā̀šˈ warə̀d xír-uˈ wa-našé ʾlilu-ò-ʾəlef.ˈ ʾlilu-ò-ʾəlef-uˈ xá bratá măʿarəfì wilálu báefˈ kèˈ báška xlulà-č hólˈ ʾéa zəndəgiyéf biš-ʿayzá xàr.ˈ xá mən-băruxăwalèfˈ ké băruxà xírwa-uˈ daʿwătèf wíle dubára-uˈ zíl dóka ʾexàˈ míre xá bratá ʾăxà hítˈ ʾaná kmènafˈ ʾā́t ʾəlula-òˈ šáyad hélăxun bə̀xleˈ xlulá holètu.ˈ bratăké hiyá-u ʾexà-uˈ xèlaˈ ʾìˈ broná ʿayzèk-ye-uˈ xá čəkmá mŭdằteˈ híyen-u zìli.ˈ bratăkèˈ míra gbé hét xāstgarí lā́ tatí-u daăkì.ˈ míre bàše.ˈ ʾaná daăkí kmènaf-uˈ kéna xāstgarì.ˈ qíma daăkèfˈ həjbìyaf holáˈ híya zíla həjbì bratăké.ˈ zíl lā́ táta daăkàf-uˈ mìreˈ ḥaštóx mà-ya? ʾéxaˈ míre wàllaˈ ʾaná ta-ʾătá ḥaštá-e xa-ba-jóri lăxá lìti-uˈ gbéna hézna ḥaštà yălə́pna kéˈ ḥaštá ʿayzá dòqna.ˈ tatăké míre làʾ!ˈ ʾanàˈ bratí ta-xá-nāš là kə́wnaf ké ḥaštá líte-u ʾexá.ˈ be-čaràˈ na-raḥàt xír-uˈ hiye-ó belà.ˈ hiye-ó belà,ˈ ta-daăkéf mìreˈ dàykaˈ ʾā́t zílat m-d-ənyexáe ḥqèlaxˈ lá mírax ʾaná ḥaští mà-ya.ˈ wằleˈ táta bratăké bəqré mə̀niˈ míre ʾā́t ḥaštóx mà-ya?ˈ míri ʾaná ḥaštá líti ta-ʾătàˈ gbéna ḥašta tăḥèna.ˈ mìraˈ ròḷa gyā́n,ˈ ʾătá g-áy səná didòxˈ ké xirètˈ ʾəsrí šənèˈ ʾəsrí-u xamšá šənè,ˈ dàx kélox ḥaštá yalpét?ˈ hár-jor xirá-y yălə̀pna.ˈ zíl ga-xá tʷká kèˈ karxanà-yela,ˈ parčé ʾexá tarṣìwa.ˈ zíl ga-dòka,ˈ xaìš wíle míreˈ ʾaná ḥaštà gbéna čúnˈ gbènaˈ zəndəgì tărə́ṣna-uˈ baxtá gòrna-u ʾexá.ˈ ga-doká ʾlilu-ò-ʾəlef-uˈ ḥaštá híwlu baqèf-uˈ hiye-òˈ rába pṣìx-uˈ míre ta-daăkèfˈ dàykaˈ ʾanà xétˈ mən-qóme-u xăré gbé hézna ḥaštàˈ wa-zəndəgí nòšiˈ ʾədára hònefˈ wa-ba-xá zəndəgì măṭéna.ˈ míra ṭòvˈ sèˈ ʾanàˈ rába paṣxắna ʾā́t hezét ḥaštà-uˈ báška hélox-əč xá baxtá-č gorə́t b-ày jorá.ˈ xolàṣaˈ zíl ḥaštàˈ baqá xá-yarxa-u tré-yarxe ḥaštá wìle-uˈ dubára xa-bráta xét ʾəlyale-ò.ˈ ʾəlyale-ò,ˈ daăkéf šərále həjbì,ˈ həjbí bratăkèˈ məntắke tatá-u daăkáf-u ʾexà.ˈ míru mà kól?ˈ míra ga-xá tʷká xa-ḥaštà kól-uˈ rába broní ʿayzà-yˈ rába taʿrifèf hiwlá-uˈ míru gbé hamyắte xăexìle.ˈ lə̀bla-uˈ méla bronăkè.ˈ lə́bla lā́ táta-u daăkăkè-uˈ xá ʾáṣər zíli dokà-uˈ mewá-u širní-u ʾexá kŭ́le mtúlu rešá mèz-uˈ ḥqèlun-uˈ bráta-u bronăké mən-lə́xle ḥqèlun-uˈ míra ṭòvˈ tə́nan lə́xle gbèxin.ˈ xolàṣaˈ xìraˈ băruxtèf-uˈ taṣmím dwə́qlu xlulá hóli baqèf.ˈ xá xlulá rába mojălàl dəwqále baqáf tatăké.ˈ rába xoš-bàxt xír ʾáy brona-kăčā̀l.ˈ wa-ba-mrá-e nóšef mə̀ṭeˈ wa-xá yalá-č xèleˈ hár mangól nóšef pərčé lìtwale.ˈ míre mà honá?ˈ ʾáy-əč mangól nóši xirá-y-u ʾexà.ˈ bár-d-o xăràeˈ míre ʾəlhá rŭwà-yˈ har-dáx-dax ʾana-nóši ba-xà tʷká mṭénaˈ ʾày-brona-č mắṭeˈ ba-tʷkà.ˈ xolàṣaˈ g-áy xètaˈ xoš-ḥā̀l xír-uˈ zəndəgìyefˈ šərù wilé.ˈ ráza ʾáy broná ʾày-yela tíma.ˈ xàˈ bronàˈ híye ba-ʿolā̀mˈ kăčā̀l-yele.ˈ məstá lìtwa ba-rešéf.ˈ bár-d-o xăràeˈ ʾáy bronàˈ băruxá lìtwale.ˈ híč-kas băruxèf lá xarwá.ˈ rə̀we,ˈ rə̀weˈ tá-ʾinke xìrˈ ba-xá bronàˈ taqribán ʾəsrì šəné.ˈ ʾáy broná be-čará hìč-kas lítwale.ˈ xá-yoma tíw məntắke daăkèfˈ ḥqéle mìreˈ dàykaˈ ʾanàˈ hìč băruxá lítiˈ wa-lá kắena má honà.ˈ hàlaxˈ tămā́m ʾáy dawruwărànˈ daʿwàt honúˈ bašká ʾašná xa-dána mə̀nun-uˈ bəxlé zəndəgì holéxin.ˈ xà-leleˈ rába xàrj wíleˈ rába xalà trə́ṣle.ˈ xalàˈ ga-ḥafšàˈ réša ʾărá məndèle-uˈ našé kŭ́le tìwi-uˈ xalá ràba trə́ṣle.ˈ míre ʾàna,ˈ ta-daăkèf míre,ˈ ʾána ʾay-xalá tărəṣnèfˈ ʾaná kằenaˈ bár-d-o xăràeˈ ʾáy čəkmá našèˈ hár-lele xa-našá daʿwát didí kòl,ˈ ké ʾána gézna ga-pəlgùn-uˈ ʾanàˈ băruxăwalé dòqna.ˈ wằleˈ ʾéa zìl-uˈ našăké ʾàṣər xílu,ˈ našé kŭ́le híyen dokà-uˈ xalàˈ rába trə̀ṣwale-uˈ yaxní săqatà-uˈ kăčawè,ˈ yapraġè,ˈ rəzzà xwará-uˈ rəzzà yăruqá-uˈ kŭ̀le jór trə́ṣwale báqa našé.ˈ ʾáy-naše kŭ́le hìyenˈ ʾáy-xala kŭ́le xìlu.ˈ kŭ́le xìlun-uˈ rába mtùlun-uˈ ḥqèlun-uˈ gxìki-uˈ pṣìxi-uˈ ʾó-č rába xoš-ḥā̀l xír-uˈ mə́nu kŭ́le ḥqèleˈ báška ʾəlhà-yˈ ʾənyexáe băruxéf xărì wáˈ hélu daʿwatèf holíˈ ke-hezə́l ga-pəlgá našè,ˈ hăwé ga-pəlgá našè-uˈ ʾălenile-ò.ˈ ʾáy bronàˈ daʿwatăké wilàle-uˈ ta-saʿằt-eˈ tresàr leléˈ dokà-yelun-uˈ dána dána kŭ́le zili-ò.ˈ tíw m-daăkéf ḥqèleˈ míre dàykaˈ ʾā́t nóšax hazə̀r hulá.ˈ jəlé ʿayzé-č xùṭ,ˈ jəlé ʿayzé hăwèlax,ˈ kŭ́le ʾáṣər didán daʿwàt kolí.ˈ hàr ʾáṣərˈ xa-našá daʿwát holànˈ nóšef tré yarxé ṭúl gărèš.ˈ ʾána-č băruxăwalé kwèliˈ ʾána-č xoš-ḥā̀l xárna ʾexá.ˈ wălèˈ kŭ́le ʾaṣə̀rˈ tíw ga-qam-tărà-uˈ muntăzə̀r xírˈ bašká daʿwătèf holí.ˈ hìč-kas lá-hiye.ˈ xà yomá,ˈ trè yomé,ˈ təlḥà yomé,ˈ xír xà yarxáˈ hič-kás daʿwătéf lá wilè.ˈ daăkéf míra xèlox?ˈ ʾā́t ʾáy ḥaštá wilàlox,ˈ ʾáy kŭ́le puḷé xərjìloxˈ híč kăsí daʿwătóx lá wilè.ˈ míre dàykaˈ ʾəlhá rŭwà-yˈ ʾā̀tˈ xăfàt la-xúl.ˈ bəlʾaxəràˈ xá-yoma kwèˈ ʾanàˈ daʿwătì kolí.ˈ zíl bazā̀r-uˈ ʾo-našé kŭ́le daʿwát wiliwalèˈ kŭ́le dubára šalòm drélu-ʾəlef-uˈ ḥqèle mə́nun-uˈ míre mằʿinˈ ʾanàˈ daʿwắt-e didăxún wilìˈ ké hètunˈ belí memaní wíli baqăxùn.ˈ ʾaxtú tămà didí-u daăkí daʿwát lá kolétun,ˈ ké ʾána-č héna ga-pəlgăxùn?ˈ míru ròḷaˈ ʾā́t sarwatmànd-yetˈ ké ʾā̀tˈ puḷè rába hitóx ké ʾáy memaní dəwqàlox.ˈ ʾaxní là kélan memaní ʾắxa doqéxin.ˈ hiye-ó belà-uˈ ta-daăkéf mìreˈ daăkéf-əč rába nóšaf na-raḥát wilàla.ˈ mìraˈ xăfàt la-xúlˈ ʾəlhà rŭwá-yˈ bəlʾaxəràˈ xá-mdi xàrˈ ʾəlhá xàˈ tắra báqa didán-əč kol-ò.ˈ xá-yoma tíwa ga-belàˈ ʾexà-uˈ xéle xàˈ gorá tărá dìle-uˈ ḥalèf bəqrúˈ míre dàx-yetu ʾexá-u?ˈ míre wắla ṭòb-yena.ˈ ʾanàˈ ʾăxá memaní dwə̀qli-uˈ hìč-kasˈ daʿwătí lá wile-òˈ wa-là kắenaˈ m-qám d-éa ʾanàˈ pərčè lití,ˈ kăčā̀l-yenaˈ yá šəmà lití ʾexá.ˈ míre làˈ ʾaná xá ḥaštá kə́wna baqòx.ˈ sélox xàˈ ksilá pərčé mătù.ˈ ksilá pərčé mătùˈ wa-sèˈ nóšox ʿayzá trùṣlaˈ sé ga-pəlgáwa našé dubàra.ˈ míre léka heznà?ˈ rahnamaí wìle-u,ˈ míre sé flā́n tʷkà,ˈ salmaní ké pərčé tărə̀ṣ,ˈ ʾóa hitè.ˈ zíl dòka.ˈ xánči puḷé pas-andā́z wilìwaleˈ hiwíle baqèf-uˈ míre mằʿinˈ ʾaná gbènaˈ xàˈ ksilá pərcé mătə́t baqá didìˈ ké ʾaná hèliˈ ga-pəlgá našé hăwènaˈ našé xošú hé mənì.ˈ míre ṭòv.ˈ qìmˈ ksilăké tərṣàle baqéf-uˈ mìreˈ xá čəkmá yomé xét hál baqàf.ˈ čəkmá yomé muntăzə̀r xír-uˈ híye-u zìl-uˈ híye-u zìlˈ ta-ʾìnkeˈ ʾáy ksilá triṣà.ˈ mətále rešèf-uˈ dubára zíl ga-bazā̀r-uˈ ga-našé ké daʿwàt wilíwale,ˈ šalòmˈ xèta wíle ʾexá.ˈ míru ʾé ʾòa-y?ˈ ʾé hár ʾó broná kăčalăkéle daʿwătàn wílwale?ˈ xá ʾlile-òˈ xá lá ʾlile-òˈ ʾaxréf bəqrù mənéfˈ mìreˈ ʾìˈ ʾaná ʾòena.ˈ wàˈ bár xa-čəkmá yomé xètˈ kén dána dána tắra dăèn-uˈ daʿwătèf kolí.ˈ mìreˈ ʾătá mà-hona?ˈ ʾătá ya-daʿwătí wilà-yˈ ba-mà-jor hezná belú?ˈ qím zìlˈ mən-xá tʷkaná jəlé krà wilé-uˈ hár ʾàṣərˈ ta-hár-kas daʿwătéf wìleˈ ba-xá dăsá jəlé zìl.ˈ ba-xá dăsá jəlé zìl-uˈ ga-pə́lga našăké tìw-uˈ ḥqéle mə́nun-u ʾexà-uˈ yăwā̀šˈ yăwā̀šˈ warə̀d xír-uˈ wa-našé ʾlilu-ò-ʾəlef.ˈ ʾlilu-ò-ʾəlef-uˈ xá bratá măʿarəfì wilálu báefˈ kèˈ báška xlulà-č hólˈ ʾéa zəndəgiyéf biš-ʿayzá xàr.ˈ xá mən-băruxăwalèfˈ ké băruxà xírwa-uˈ daʿwătèf wíle dubára-uˈ zíl dóka ʾexàˈ míre xá bratá ʾăxà hítˈ ʾaná kmènafˈ ʾā́t ʾəlula-òˈ šáyad hélăxun bə̀xleˈ xlulá holètu.ˈ bratăké hiyá-u ʾexà-uˈ xèlaˈ ʾìˈ broná ʿayzèk-ye-uˈ xá čəkmá mŭdằteˈ híyen-u zìli.ˈ bratăkèˈ míra gbé hét xāstgarí lā́ tatí-u daăkì.ˈ míre bàše.ˈ ʾaná daăkí kmènaf-uˈ kéna xāstgarì.ˈ qíma daăkèfˈ həjbìyaf holáˈ híya zíla həjbì bratăké.ˈ zíl lā́ táta daăkàf-uˈ mìreˈ ḥaštóx mà-ya? ʾéxaˈ míre wàllaˈ ʾaná ta-ʾătá ḥaštá-e xa-ba-jóri lăxá lìti-uˈ gbéna hézna ḥaštà yălə́pna kéˈ ḥaštá ʿayzá dòqna.ˈ tatăké míre làʾ!ˈ ʾanàˈ bratí ta-xá-nāš là kə́wnaf ké ḥaštá líte-u ʾexá.ˈ be-čaràˈ na-raḥàt xír-uˈ hiye-ó belà.ˈ hiye-ó belà,ˈ ta-daăkéf mìreˈ dàykaˈ ʾā́t zílat m-d-ənyexáe ḥqèlaxˈ lá mírax ʾaná ḥaští mà-ya.ˈ wằleˈ táta bratăké bəqré mə̀niˈ míre ʾā́t ḥaštóx mà-ya?ˈ míri ʾaná ḥaštá líti ta-ʾătàˈ gbéna ḥašta tăḥèna.ˈ mìraˈ ròḷa gyā́n,ˈ ʾătá g-áy səná didòxˈ ké xirètˈ ʾəsrí šənèˈ ʾəsrí-u xamšá šənè,ˈ dàx kélox ḥaštá yalpét?ˈ hár-jor xirá-y yălə̀pna.ˈ zíl ga-xá tʷká kèˈ karxanà-yela,ˈ parčé ʾexá tarṣìwa.ˈ zíl ga-dòka,ˈ xaìš wíle míreˈ ʾaná ḥaštà gbéna čúnˈ gbènaˈ zəndəgì tărə́ṣna-uˈ baxtá gòrna-u ʾexá.ˈ ga-doká ʾlilu-ò-ʾəlef-uˈ ḥaštá híwlu baqèf-uˈ hiye-òˈ rába pṣìx-uˈ míre ta-daăkèfˈ dàykaˈ ʾanà xétˈ mən-qóme-u xăré gbé hézna ḥaštàˈ wa-zəndəgí nòšiˈ ʾədára hònefˈ wa-ba-xá zəndəgì măṭéna.ˈ míra ṭòvˈ sèˈ ʾanàˈ rába paṣxắna ʾā́t hezét ḥaštà-uˈ báška hélox-əč xá baxtá-č gorə́t b-ày jorá.ˈ xolàṣaˈ zíl ḥaštàˈ baqá xá-yarxa-u tré-yarxe ḥaštá wìle-uˈ dubára xa-bráta xét ʾəlyale-ò.ˈ ʾəlyale-ò,ˈ daăkéf šərále həjbì,ˈ həjbí bratăkèˈ məntắke tatá-u daăkáf-u ʾexà.ˈ míru mà kól?ˈ míra ga-xá tʷká xa-ḥaštà kól-uˈ rába broní ʿayzà-yˈ rába taʿrifèf hiwlá-uˈ míru gbé hamyắte xăexìle.ˈ lə̀bla-uˈ méla bronăkè.ˈ lə́bla lā́ táta-u daăkăkè-uˈ xá ʾáṣər zíli dokà-uˈ mewá-u širní-u ʾexá kŭ́le mtúlu rešá mèz-uˈ ḥqèlun-uˈ bráta-u bronăké mən-lə́xle ḥqèlun-uˈ míra ṭòvˈ tə́nan lə́xle gbèxin.ˈ xolàṣaˈ xìraˈ băruxtèf-uˈ taṣmím dwə́qlu xlulá hóli baqèf.ˈ xá xlulá rába mojălàl dəwqále baqáf tatăké.ˈ rába xoš-bàxt xír ʾáy brona-kăčā̀l.ˈ wa-ba-mrá-e nóšef mə̀ṭeˈ wa-xá yalá-č xèleˈ hár mangól nóšef pərčé lìtwale.ˈ míre mà honá?ˈ ʾáy-əč mangól nóši xirá-y-u ʾexà.ˈ bár-d-o xăràeˈ míre ʾəlhá rŭwà-yˈ har-dáx-dax ʾana-nóši ba-xà tʷká mṭénaˈ ʾày-brona-č mắṭeˈ ba-tʷkà.ˈ xolàṣaˈ g-áy xètaˈ xoš-ḥā̀l xír-uˈ zəndəgìyefˈ šərù wilé.ˈ ráza ʾáy broná ʾày-yela tíma.ˈ	A boy came into the world who was bald. He did not have a hair on his head. Later (in his life) this boy did not have a friend. Nobody became his friend. He grew and grew until he became a boy about twenty years old. This unfortunate boy had nobody. One day he sat with his mother, spoke and said ‘Mother, I do not have any friend and I do not know what to do. Come, let me invite everybody around us, perhaps I shall became acquainted with one of them and we can spend time together.’ One night he spent a lot of money and made a lot of food. He laid out the food in the courtyard on the ground and all the people sat down. He made a lot of food. He said ‘I’—he said to his mother—‘I shall make this food and I know that afterwards each night one of these people will invite me, since I shall go among them and I shall make friends.’ Now, he went (to make the preparations) and the people ate in the evening. The people all came there. He had made a lot of food—offal soup, rissoles, stuffed vine leaves, white rice, green rice. He made every kind (of food) for the people. The people all came and ate all the food. They all ate, served themselves a lot, spoke, laughed, made merry, and he was happy. He spoke with them all, so that perhaps, God willing, they would become his friends and would be able to invite him, so that he could visit people and be among people and they would become acquainted with him. The boy held the party and they were there until twelve o’clock at night. One by one they went away. He sat down and spoke with his mother and said ‘Mother, prepare yourself, sew fine clothes, get some fine clothes, they will invite us every evening. Each evening for two months somebody will invite us. I shall have friends. I shall be happy,’ and so forth. But, he sat outside, he waited hoping they would invite him, and nobody came. One day, two days, three days (went by), a month passed without anybody inviting him. His mother said ‘Do you see? You have done this work, you have spent all this money, and nobody has invited you.’ He said ‘Mother. God is great. Don’t worry. In the end, a day will come when they will invite me.’ He went to the market. The people whom he had invited all greeted him again. He spoke to them and said ‘Look, I invited you to come and I hosted you in my house. Why do you not invite me and my mother, so that I can visit you?’ They said ‘Dear boy, you are rich, since you must have a lot of money to have offered that hospitality. We cannot offer such hospitality.’ He came back home and told his mother. His mother became very upset. She said ‘Don’t worry. God is great. In the end something will happen. God will open a door also for us.’ One day he was sitting in the house and so froth, and he saw a man knock on the door. They asked after his health. He said ‘How are you? and so forth.’ He said ‘I am well. But, I held a party and nobody invited me back. I don’t know whether it was because I do not have any hair and am bald, or whether I am not well known and so forth.’ He said ‘No, I’ll sort something out for you. Go and put on a wig. Put on a wig and go and make yourself look good, then go and visit people again. He said ‘Where should I go?’ He guided him and said ‘Go to such-and-such a place, a barber who makes hair, he has one.’ He went there. He had saved some money and gave it to him. He said ‘Look, I want you to make a wig for me so that I can be among people and people will like me.’ He said ‘Fine.’ He made the wig for him. He said ‘In a few more days come for it.’ He waited for a few days. He came and went, came and went, until the wig was made. He put it on his head, then he went to the market among the people whom he had invited, and greeted them and so forth. They said ‘Is this him? Is this the same bald boy who invited us?’ One recognized him and another did not recognize him. In the end they asked him. He said ‘Yes, it is me.’ Then, after a few more days they came one by one and knocked on the door, and invited him. He said ‘Now what should I do? Now that they have invited me, how shall I go to their house?’ He went and hired clothes from a shop. Each evening he went in a suit to each one who had invited him. He went in a suit and sat among the people and spoke to them, and so forth. Gradually he entered (into their circle) and people became acquainted with him. They became acquainted with him and introduced a girl to him, whom he could perhaps marry and so his life would become better. One of his friends, (somebody) who had (already) become his friend, invited him again and he went there (to his home) and so forth—he (the friend) said ‘There is a such a girl (here), I shall bring her and you can get to know her, perhaps you can marry one another.’ The girl came and so forth. She saw that, yes, he was a fine boy. They came and went a few times. The girl said you must make your suit with my father and mother. He said ‘So be it.’ I shall bring my mother and I shall make suit.’ His mother went to act as intermediary to ask for the hand of the girl. He then went to her father and mother. He (the father) said ‘What is your work?’ and so forth. He said ‘By God, I have not any particular job here, but I want to go and learn to work, so that I can hold down a job.’ The father said ‘No! I shall not give my daughter to a man who has no job’ and so forth. The unfortunate boy became upset and went back home. He went back home and said to his mother ‘Mother, you went and talked to these people and did not say what my job is. But the father of the girl has asked me saying “What is your job?” I said “Until now I have no job. I want to find work.’” She said ‘My dear boy, now at the age that you are, twenty years old, twenty-five years old, how can you learn a job?’ ‘Whatever the situation may be, I shall learn.’ He went to a place that was a factory, where they made material, and so forth. He went there and pleaded saying ‘I need a job, since I want to build a life and get married’ and so forth.’ They got to know him there and gave him a job. He came back and was very happy. He said to his mother ‘Mother, from tomorrow onwards I have to go to work to manage my own life and to make a livelihood for myself.’ She said ‘Fine. I am very happy if you go to work. Perhaps you will be able to marry a woman in this way.’ In short, he went to work and worked for one or two months, then he became acquainted with another girl. He became acquainted with her and he sent his mother to ask for her hand in marriage, to request the hand of the girl from her father and mother, and so forth. They said ‘What does he do?’ She said ‘He works in a certain place. My son is very good.’ She described him in glowing terms. They said ‘You must bring him for us to see.’ She took him. She brought the boy. She took him to the father and mother. One evening they went there. They laid out on the table fruit, sweets and so forth. They talked. The girl and boy talked together. She (the girl) said ‘Fine, we both love each other’. In short, she became his girl friend and they (the parents) decided to arrange a wedding for him. The father arranged a very grand wedding for her. The bald boy was very happy. He attained his heart’s desire. He had a son who had no hair just like him. He said ‘What shall I do? He has turned out to be like me’ and so forth. Then he said ‘God is great, just as I attained a place (in life), this boy also will attain a place.’ In short, he was happy with the situation and he began to live his life. This is the story of this boy. It has ended.

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xàˈ bronàˈ híye ba-ʿolā̀mˈ kăčā̀l-yele.ˈ məstá lìtwa ba-rešéf.ˈ bár-d-o xăràeˈ ʾáy bronàˈ băruxá lìtwale.ˈ híč-kas băruxèf lá xarwá.ˈ rə̀we,ˈ rə̀weˈ tá-ʾinke xìrˈ ba-xá bronàˈ taqribán ʾəsrì šəné.ˈ ʾáy broná be-čará hìč-kas lítwale.ˈ xá-yoma tíw məntắke daăkèfˈ ḥqéle mìreˈ dàykaˈ ʾanàˈ hìč băruxá lítiˈ wa-lá kắena má honà.ˈ hàlaxˈ tămā́m ʾáy dawruwărànˈ daʿwàt honúˈ bašká ʾašná xa-dána mə̀nun-uˈ bəxlé zəndəgì holéxin.ˈ xà-leleˈ rába xàrj wíleˈ rába xalà trə́ṣle.ˈ xalàˈ ga-ḥafšàˈ réša ʾărá məndèle-uˈ našé kŭ́le tìwi-uˈ xalá ràba trə́ṣle.ˈ míre ʾàna,ˈ ta-daăkèf míre,ˈ ʾána ʾay-xalá tărəṣnèfˈ ʾaná kằenaˈ bár-d-o xăràeˈ ʾáy čəkmá našèˈ hár-lele xa-našá daʿwát didí kòl,ˈ ké ʾána gézna ga-pəlgùn-uˈ ʾanàˈ băruxăwalé dòqna.ˈ wằleˈ ʾéa zìl-uˈ našăké ʾàṣər xílu,ˈ našé kŭ́le híyen dokà-uˈ xalàˈ rába trə̀ṣwale-uˈ yaxní săqatà-uˈ kăčawè,ˈ yapraġè,ˈ rəzzà xwará-uˈ rəzzà yăruqá-uˈ kŭ̀le jór trə́ṣwale báqa našé.ˈ ʾáy-naše kŭ́le hìyenˈ ʾáy-xala kŭ́le xìlu.ˈ kŭ́le xìlun-uˈ rába mtùlun-uˈ ḥqèlun-uˈ gxìki-uˈ pṣìxi-uˈ ʾó-č rába xoš-ḥā̀l xír-uˈ mə́nu kŭ́le ḥqèleˈ báška ʾəlhà-yˈ ʾənyexáe băruxéf xărì wáˈ hélu daʿwatèf holíˈ ke-hezə́l ga-pəlgá našè,ˈ hăwé ga-pəlgá našè-uˈ ʾălenile-ò.ˈ ʾáy bronàˈ daʿwatăké wilàle-uˈ ta-saʿằt-eˈ tresàr leléˈ dokà-yelun-uˈ dána dána kŭ́le zili-ò.ˈ tíw m-daăkéf ḥqèleˈ míre dàykaˈ ʾā́t nóšax hazə̀r hulá.ˈ jəlé ʿayzé-č xùṭ,ˈ jəlé ʿayzé hăwèlax,ˈ kŭ́le ʾáṣər didán daʿwàt kolí.ˈ hàr ʾáṣərˈ xa-našá daʿwát holànˈ nóšef tré yarxé ṭúl gărèš.ˈ ʾána-č băruxăwalé kwèliˈ ʾána-č xoš-ḥā̀l xárna ʾexá.ˈ wălèˈ kŭ́le ʾaṣə̀rˈ tíw ga-qam-tărà-uˈ muntăzə̀r xírˈ bašká daʿwătèf holí.ˈ hìč-kas lá-hiye.ˈ xà yomá,ˈ trè yomé,ˈ təlḥà yomé,ˈ xír xà yarxáˈ hič-kás daʿwătéf lá wilè.ˈ daăkéf míra xèlox?ˈ ʾā́t ʾáy ḥaštá wilàlox,ˈ ʾáy kŭ́le puḷé xərjìloxˈ híč kăsí daʿwătóx lá wilè.ˈ míre dàykaˈ ʾəlhá rŭwà-yˈ ʾā̀tˈ xăfàt la-xúl.ˈ bəlʾaxəràˈ xá-yoma kwèˈ ʾanàˈ daʿwătì kolí.ˈ zíl bazā̀r-uˈ ʾo-našé kŭ́le daʿwát wiliwalèˈ kŭ́le dubára šalòm drélu-ʾəlef-uˈ ḥqèle mə́nun-uˈ míre mằʿinˈ ʾanàˈ daʿwắt-e didăxún wilìˈ ké hètunˈ belí memaní wíli baqăxùn.ˈ ʾaxtú tămà didí-u daăkí daʿwát lá kolétun,ˈ ké ʾána-č héna ga-pəlgăxùn?ˈ míru ròḷaˈ ʾā́t sarwatmànd-yetˈ ké ʾā̀tˈ puḷè rába hitóx ké ʾáy memaní dəwqàlox.ˈ ʾaxní là kélan memaní ʾắxa doqéxin.ˈ hiye-ó belà-uˈ ta-daăkéf mìreˈ daăkéf-əč rába nóšaf na-raḥát wilàla.ˈ mìraˈ xăfàt la-xúlˈ ʾəlhà rŭwá-yˈ bəlʾaxəràˈ xá-mdi xàrˈ ʾəlhá xàˈ tắra báqa didán-əč kol-ò.ˈ xá-yoma tíwa ga-belàˈ ʾexà-uˈ xéle xàˈ gorá tărá dìle-uˈ ḥalèf bəqrúˈ míre dàx-yetu ʾexá-u?ˈ míre wắla ṭòb-yena.ˈ ʾanàˈ ʾăxá memaní dwə̀qli-uˈ hìč-kasˈ daʿwătí lá wile-òˈ wa-là kắenaˈ m-qám d-éa ʾanàˈ pərčè lití,ˈ kăčā̀l-yenaˈ yá šəmà lití ʾexá.ˈ míre làˈ ʾaná xá ḥaštá kə́wna baqòx.ˈ sélox xàˈ ksilá pərčé mătù.ˈ ksilá pərčé mătùˈ wa-sèˈ nóšox ʿayzá trùṣlaˈ sé ga-pəlgáwa našé dubàra.ˈ míre léka heznà?ˈ rahnamaí wìle-u,ˈ míre sé flā́n tʷkà,ˈ salmaní ké pərčé tărə̀ṣ,ˈ ʾóa hitè.ˈ zíl dòka.ˈ xánči puḷé pas-andā́z wilìwaleˈ hiwíle baqèf-uˈ míre mằʿinˈ ʾaná gbènaˈ xàˈ ksilá pərcé mătə́t baqá didìˈ ké ʾaná hèliˈ ga-pəlgá našé hăwènaˈ našé xošú hé mənì.ˈ míre ṭòv.ˈ qìmˈ ksilăké tərṣàle baqéf-uˈ mìreˈ xá čəkmá yomé xét hál baqàf.ˈ čəkmá yomé muntăzə̀r xír-uˈ híye-u zìl-uˈ híye-u zìlˈ ta-ʾìnkeˈ ʾáy ksilá triṣà.ˈ mətále rešèf-uˈ dubára zíl ga-bazā̀r-uˈ ga-našé ké daʿwàt wilíwale,ˈ šalòmˈ xèta wíle ʾexá.ˈ míru ʾé ʾòa-y?ˈ ʾé hár ʾó broná kăčalăkéle daʿwătàn wílwale?ˈ xá ʾlile-òˈ xá lá ʾlile-òˈ ʾaxréf bəqrù mənéfˈ mìreˈ ʾìˈ ʾaná ʾòena.ˈ wàˈ bár xa-čəkmá yomé xètˈ kén dána dána tắra dăèn-uˈ daʿwătèf kolí.ˈ mìreˈ ʾătá mà-hona?ˈ ʾătá ya-daʿwătí wilà-yˈ ba-mà-jor hezná belú?ˈ qím zìlˈ mən-xá tʷkaná jəlé krà wilé-uˈ hár ʾàṣərˈ ta-hár-kas daʿwătéf wìleˈ ba-xá dăsá jəlé zìl.ˈ ba-xá dăsá jəlé zìl-uˈ ga-pə́lga našăké tìw-uˈ ḥqéle mə́nun-u ʾexà-uˈ yăwā̀šˈ yăwā̀šˈ warə̀d xír-uˈ wa-našé ʾlilu-ò-ʾəlef.ˈ ʾlilu-ò-ʾəlef-uˈ xá bratá măʿarəfì wilálu báefˈ kèˈ báška xlulà-č hólˈ ʾéa zəndəgiyéf biš-ʿayzá xàr.ˈ xá mən-băruxăwalèfˈ ké băruxà xírwa-uˈ daʿwătèf wíle dubára-uˈ zíl dóka ʾexàˈ míre xá bratá ʾăxà hítˈ ʾaná kmènafˈ ʾā́t ʾəlula-òˈ šáyad hélăxun bə̀xleˈ xlulá holètu.ˈ bratăké hiyá-u ʾexà-uˈ xèlaˈ ʾìˈ broná ʿayzèk-ye-uˈ xá čəkmá mŭdằteˈ híyen-u zìli.ˈ bratăkèˈ míra gbé hét xāstgarí lā́ tatí-u daăkì.ˈ míre bàše.ˈ ʾaná daăkí kmènaf-uˈ kéna xāstgarì.ˈ qíma daăkèfˈ həjbìyaf holáˈ híya zíla həjbì bratăké.ˈ zíl lā́ táta daăkàf-uˈ mìreˈ ḥaštóx mà-ya? ʾéxaˈ míre wàllaˈ ʾaná ta-ʾătá ḥaštá-e xa-ba-jóri lăxá lìti-uˈ gbéna hézna ḥaštà yălə́pna kéˈ ḥaštá ʿayzá dòqna.ˈ tatăké míre làʾ!ˈ ʾanàˈ bratí ta-xá-nāš là kə́wnaf ké ḥaštá líte-u ʾexá.ˈ be-čaràˈ na-raḥàt xír-uˈ hiye-ó belà.ˈ hiye-ó belà,ˈ ta-daăkéf mìreˈ dàykaˈ ʾā́t zílat m-d-ənyexáe ḥqèlaxˈ lá mírax ʾaná ḥaští mà-ya.ˈ wằleˈ táta bratăké bəqré mə̀niˈ míre ʾā́t ḥaštóx mà-ya?ˈ míri ʾaná ḥaštá líti ta-ʾătàˈ gbéna ḥašta tăḥèna.ˈ mìraˈ ròḷa gyā́n,ˈ ʾătá g-áy səná didòxˈ ké xirètˈ ʾəsrí šənèˈ ʾəsrí-u xamšá šənè,ˈ dàx kélox ḥaštá yalpét?ˈ hár-jor xirá-y yălə̀pna.ˈ zíl ga-xá tʷká kèˈ karxanà-yela,ˈ parčé ʾexá tarṣìwa.ˈ zíl ga-dòka,ˈ xaìš wíle míreˈ ʾaná ḥaštà gbéna čúnˈ gbènaˈ zəndəgì tărə́ṣna-uˈ baxtá gòrna-u ʾexá.ˈ ga-doká ʾlilu-ò-ʾəlef-uˈ ḥaštá híwlu baqèf-uˈ hiye-òˈ rába pṣìx-uˈ míre ta-daăkèfˈ dàykaˈ ʾanà xétˈ mən-qóme-u xăré gbé hézna ḥaštàˈ wa-zəndəgí nòšiˈ ʾədára hònefˈ wa-ba-xá zəndəgì măṭéna.ˈ míra ṭòvˈ sèˈ ʾanàˈ rába paṣxắna ʾā́t hezét ḥaštà-uˈ báška hélox-əč xá baxtá-č gorə́t b-ày jorá.ˈ xolàṣaˈ zíl ḥaštàˈ baqá xá-yarxa-u tré-yarxe ḥaštá wìle-uˈ dubára xa-bráta xét ʾəlyale-ò.ˈ ʾəlyale-ò,ˈ daăkéf šərále həjbì,ˈ həjbí bratăkèˈ məntắke tatá-u daăkáf-u ʾexà.ˈ míru mà kól?ˈ míra ga-xá tʷká xa-ḥaštà kól-uˈ rába broní ʿayzà-yˈ rába taʿrifèf hiwlá-uˈ míru gbé hamyắte xăexìle.ˈ lə̀bla-uˈ méla bronăkè.ˈ lə́bla lā́ táta-u daăkăkè-uˈ xá ʾáṣər zíli dokà-uˈ mewá-u širní-u ʾexá kŭ́le mtúlu rešá mèz-uˈ ḥqèlun-uˈ bráta-u bronăké mən-lə́xle ḥqèlun-uˈ míra ṭòvˈ tə́nan lə́xle gbèxin.ˈ xolàṣaˈ xìraˈ băruxtèf-uˈ taṣmím dwə́qlu xlulá hóli baqèf.ˈ xá xlulá rába mojălàl dəwqále baqáf tatăké.ˈ rába xoš-bàxt xír ʾáy brona-kăčā̀l.ˈ wa-ba-mrá-e nóšef mə̀ṭeˈ wa-xá yalá-č xèleˈ hár mangól nóšef pərčé lìtwale.ˈ míre mà honá?ˈ ʾáy-əč mangól nóši xirá-y-u ʾexà.ˈ bár-d-o xăràeˈ míre ʾəlhá rŭwà-yˈ har-dáx-dax ʾana-nóši ba-xà tʷká mṭénaˈ ʾày-brona-č mắṭeˈ ba-tʷkà.ˈ xolàṣaˈ g-áy xètaˈ xoš-ḥā̀l xír-uˈ zəndəgìyefˈ šərù wilé.ˈ ráza ʾáy broná ʾày-yela tíma.ˈ

Translation:

A boy came into the world who was bald. He did not have a hair on his head. Later (in his life) this boy did not have a friend. Nobody became his friend. He grew and grew until he became a boy about twenty years old. This unfortunate boy had nobody. One day he sat with his mother, spoke and said ‘Mother, I do not have any friend and I do not know what to do. Come, let me invite everybody around us, perhaps I shall became acquainted with one of them and we can spend time together.’ One night he spent a lot of money and made a lot of food. He laid out the food in the courtyard on the ground and all the people sat down. He made a lot of food. He said ‘I’—he said to his mother—‘I shall make this food and I know that afterwards each night one of these people will invite me, since I shall go among them and I shall make friends.’ Now, he went (to make the preparations) and the people ate in the evening. The people all came there. He had made a lot of food—offal soup, rissoles, stuffed vine leaves, white rice, green rice. He made every kind (of food) for the people. The people all came and ate all the food. They all ate, served themselves a lot, spoke, laughed, made merry, and he was happy. He spoke with them all, so that perhaps, God willing, they would become his friends and would be able to invite him, so that he could visit people and be among people and they would become acquainted with him. The boy held the party and they were there until twelve o’clock at night. One by one they went away. He sat down and spoke with his mother and said ‘Mother, prepare yourself, sew fine clothes, get some fine clothes, they will invite us every evening. Each evening for two months somebody will invite us. I shall have friends. I shall be happy,’ and so forth. But, he sat outside, he waited hoping they would invite him, and nobody came. One day, two days, three days (went by), a month passed without anybody inviting him. His mother said ‘Do you see? You have done this work, you have spent all this money, and nobody has invited you.’ He said ‘Mother. God is great. Don’t worry. In the end, a day will come when they will invite me.’ He went to the market. The people whom he had invited all greeted him again. He spoke to them and said ‘Look, I invited you to come and I hosted you in my house. Why do you not invite me and my mother, so that I can visit you?’ They said ‘Dear boy, you are rich, since you must have a lot of money to have offered that hospitality. We cannot offer such hospitality.’ He came back home and told his mother. His mother became very upset. She said ‘Don’t worry. God is great. In the end something will happen. God will open a door also for us.’ One day he was sitting in the house and so froth, and he saw a man knock on the door. They asked after his health. He said ‘How are you? and so forth.’ He said ‘I am well. But, I held a party and nobody invited me back. I don’t know whether it was because I do not have any hair and am bald, or whether I am not well known and so forth.’ He said ‘No, I’ll sort something out for you. Go and put on a wig. Put on a wig and go and make yourself look good, then go and visit people again. He said ‘Where should I go?’ He guided him and said ‘Go to such-and-such a place, a barber who makes hair, he has one.’ He went there. He had saved some money and gave it to him. He said ‘Look, I want you to make a wig for me so that I can be among people and people will like me.’ He said ‘Fine.’ He made the wig for him. He said ‘In a few more days come for it.’ He waited for a few days. He came and went, came and went, until the wig was made. He put it on his head, then he went to the market among the people whom he had invited, and greeted them and so forth. They said ‘Is this him? Is this the same bald boy who invited us?’ One recognized him and another did not recognize him. In the end they asked him. He said ‘Yes, it is me.’ Then, after a few more days they came one by one and knocked on the door, and invited him. He said ‘Now what should I do? Now that they have invited me, how shall I go to their house?’ He went and hired clothes from a shop. Each evening he went in a suit to each one who had invited him. He went in a suit and sat among the people and spoke to them, and so forth. Gradually he entered (into their circle) and people became acquainted with him. They became acquainted with him and introduced a girl to him, whom he could perhaps marry and so his life would become better. One of his friends, (somebody) who had (already) become his friend, invited him again and he went there (to his home) and so forth—he (the friend) said ‘There is a such a girl (here), I shall bring her and you can get to know her, perhaps you can marry one another.’ The girl came and so forth. She saw that, yes, he was a fine boy. They came and went a few times. The girl said you must make your suit with my father and mother. He said ‘So be it.’ I shall bring my mother and I shall make suit.’ His mother went to act as intermediary to ask for the hand of the girl. He then went to her father and mother. He (the father) said ‘What is your work?’ and so forth. He said ‘By God, I have not any particular job here, but I want to go and learn to work, so that I can hold down a job.’ The father said ‘No! I shall not give my daughter to a man who has no job’ and so forth. The unfortunate boy became upset and went back home. He went back home and said to his mother ‘Mother, you went and talked to these people and did not say what my job is. But the father of the girl has asked me saying “What is your job?” I said “Until now I have no job. I want to find work.’” She said ‘My dear boy, now at the age that you are, twenty years old, twenty-five years old, how can you learn a job?’ ‘Whatever the situation may be, I shall learn.’ He went to a place that was a factory, where they made material, and so forth. He went there and pleaded saying ‘I need a job, since I want to build a life and get married’ and so forth.’ They got to know him there and gave him a job. He came back and was very happy. He said to his mother ‘Mother, from tomorrow onwards I have to go to work to manage my own life and to make a livelihood for myself.’ She said ‘Fine. I am very happy if you go to work. Perhaps you will be able to marry a woman in this way.’ In short, he went to work and worked for one or two months, then he became acquainted with another girl. He became acquainted with her and he sent his mother to ask for her hand in marriage, to request the hand of the girl from her father and mother, and so forth. They said ‘What does he do?’ She said ‘He works in a certain place. My son is very good.’ She described him in glowing terms. They said ‘You must bring him for us to see.’ She took him. She brought the boy. She took him to the father and mother. One evening they went there. They laid out on the table fruit, sweets and so forth. They talked. The girl and boy talked together. She (the girl) said ‘Fine, we both love each other’. In short, she became his girl friend and they (the parents) decided to arrange a wedding for him. The father arranged a very grand wedding for her. The bald boy was very happy. He attained his heart’s desire. He had a son who had no hair just like him. He said ‘What shall I do? He has turned out to be like me’ and so forth. Then he said ‘God is great, just as I attained a place (in life), this boy also will attain a place.’ In short, he was happy with the situation and he began to live his life. This is the story of this boy. It has ended.