Qaraqosh (Baghdede): Theatre Plays and Storytelling

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Transcribed by	Source	Speakers	Place
Geoffrey Khan	Khan, Geoffrey. The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Qaraqosh. Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2002	-	London, UK

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0:00	ʾə́twalan masraḥìyyə b-Baġdédə,ˈ w-ána kiyə́nwa mšùrka b-gáwaḥ,ˈ ʾáhi yáwa ʿán tətté-ʾənšə tíwə z-zuqàqa.ˈ ġḏá kə-mdárədma l-xə̀rta.ˈ ʾu-k-páləṭ ʾə̀braḥ,ˈ k-amrálə wal-əbrì,ˈ ha-wál ʾə̀briˈ xzí ma-wúḏlə b-gàwan.ˈ k-páləṭ ʾə̀braḥˈ k-áṯə g-nàqəšlə bóks,ˈ kə-mḏàbəḥlə ḏabóḥə.ˈ ʾánə ʾə̀nšəˈ tə́rwehə fattànat-ina,ˈ fa-k-àtwiˈ ġḏá kə-mḥákya xə̀rta-wˈ ġḏá kə-mdárədma l-xə̀rta.ˈ ʾáḏa mášhad xàləṣ.ˈ k-áṯə xə̀nna mášhad,ˈ ʾáhulə d-xá zangìn,ˈ w-áḏa káwə šqíla pə̀lsəˈ k-áwə maṭlùbˈ fa-k-ámər ʿámmi ṣbòri dáha,ˈ da-mà-yət mustáʿjil, l-ánə pə́lsox?ˈ hédi hèdi gohəˈ har t-ewənnòxina.ˈ k-ámər léṯə ʾána dàha g-bíʾənnəˈ g-bíʾət də-mzábnət ʾàrox,ˈ g-bíʾət də-mzábnət bèṯox,ˈ ʾána g-bíʾən pə́lsə dàha.ˈ ʾu-íṯə ḥèlə,ˈ yáʿni b-qamèṯaˈ k-ḥakéwa ḥélə ḥukyàṯaˈ … ʾə́sər šə́nn-u la ṯìlaˈ ʾáhila ġḏá m-ḥukyàṯa.ˈ k-ḥakí́walə ʿammí čàʾawˈ ʾáḏa k-ḥakìwalə,ˈ ʾáhu kə-mšaġə́lwa bə-raqóʾəd … ʾəd-qòndarat,ˈ ʾáḏa xá m-d-ánə šuláləd Baġdédə qamàyə,ˈ k-awúḏwa qóndarat … ʾəd-zqàra,ˈ zaqə́rrə b-idáṯa k-awúḏḏə ləʾánnahu láṯwa táma …ˈ čaròxə,ˈ ham-wàṭaniyyə k-amaxwalhə́,ˈ w-áxni la-k-amáxwalhə qòndarat,ˈ zargùlə k-amaxwa.ˈ ʾə́twalan masraḥìyyə b-Baġdédə,ˈ w-ána kiyə́nwa mšùrka b-gáwaḥ,ˈ ʾáhi yáwa ʿán tətté-ʾənšə tíwə z-zuqàqa.ˈ ġḏá kə-mdárədma l-xə̀rta.ˈ ʾu-k-páləṭ ʾə̀braḥ,ˈ k-amrálə wal-əbrì,ˈ ha-wál ʾə̀briˈ xzí ma-wúḏlə b-gàwan.ˈ k-páləṭ ʾə̀braḥˈ k-áṯə g-nàqəšlə bóks,ˈ kə-mḏàbəḥlə ḏabóḥə.ˈ ʾánə ʾə̀nšəˈ tə́rwehə fattànat-ina,ˈ fa-k-àtwiˈ ġḏá kə-mḥákya xə̀rta-wˈ ġḏá kə-mdárədma l-xə̀rta.ˈ ʾáḏa mášhad xàləṣ.ˈ k-áṯə xə̀nna mášhad,ˈ ʾáhulə d-xá zangìn,ˈ w-áḏa káwə šqíla pə̀lsəˈ k-áwə maṭlùbˈ fa-k-ámər ʿámmi ṣbòri dáha,ˈ da-mà-yət mustáʿjil, l-ánə pə́lsox?ˈ hédi hèdi gohəˈ har t-ewənnòxina.ˈ k-ámər léṯə ʾána dàha g-bíʾənnəˈ g-bíʾət də-mzábnət ʾàrox,ˈ g-bíʾət də-mzábnət bèṯox,ˈ ʾána g-bíʾən pə́lsə dàha.ˈ ʾu-íṯə ḥèlə,ˈ yáʿni b-qamèṯaˈ k-ḥakéwa ḥélə ḥukyàṯaˈ … ʾə́sər šə́nn-u la ṯìlaˈ ʾáhila ġḏá m-ḥukyàṯa.ˈ k-ḥakí́walə ʿammí čàʾawˈ ʾáḏa k-ḥakìwalə,ˈ ʾáhu kə-mšaġə́lwa bə-raqóʾəd … ʾəd-qòndarat,ˈ ʾáḏa xá m-d-ánə šuláləd Baġdédə qamàyə,ˈ k-awúḏwa qóndarat … ʾəd-zqàra,ˈ zaqə́rrə b-idáṯa k-awúḏḏə ləʾánnahu láṯwa táma …ˈ čaròxə,ˈ ham-wàṭaniyyə k-amaxwalhə́,ˈ w-áxni la-k-amáxwalhə qòndarat,ˈ zargùlə k-amaxwa.ˈ	We had a play in Baǧdedə, in which I participated. It concerned two women who are sitting in a lane. One is gossiping with the other. Her son comes out. She says to him ‘Oh my son, oh my son, see what he has done to us!’ Her son goes off, he comes and hits him with a punch, he slaughters him. Those women are both gossips. They sit talking to each other, and gossiping with one another. This scene finishes. Another scene begins. This concerns a rich man. He has borrowed money. He is asked (for the money) and he says ‘Uncle be patient with me now. Why are you in a hurry for that money? Take it easy, I’ll soon give it to you’. He says ‘That won’t do, I want it now. Whether you wish to sell your land, or wish to sell your house (I do not care, but) I want the money now!’ There are many—they once used to tell many stories. ‘Ten years and she has not come’—this is one of the stories. My uncle the cobbler used to tell it. He used to tell it. His profession was to make shoes. This is one of the old professions of Baǧdedə. He used to make woven shoes. He would weave them by hand and make them, because there were no (shoes called) _čaroxə_ there. They also called them _waṭaniyyə_. We did not call them _qondarat_, but used to call them _zargulə_.

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ʾə́twalan masraḥìyyə b-Baġdédə,ˈ w-ána kiyə́nwa mšùrka b-gáwaḥ,ˈ ʾáhi yáwa ʿán tətté-ʾənšə tíwə z-zuqàqa.ˈ ġḏá kə-mdárədma l-xə̀rta.ˈ ʾu-k-páləṭ ʾə̀braḥ,ˈ k-amrálə wal-əbrì,ˈ ha-wál ʾə̀briˈ xzí ma-wúḏlə b-gàwan.ˈ k-páləṭ ʾə̀braḥˈ k-áṯə g-nàqəšlə bóks,ˈ kə-mḏàbəḥlə ḏabóḥə.ˈ ʾánə ʾə̀nšəˈ tə́rwehə fattànat-ina,ˈ fa-k-àtwiˈ ġḏá kə-mḥákya xə̀rta-wˈ ġḏá kə-mdárədma l-xə̀rta.ˈ ʾáḏa mášhad xàləṣ.ˈ k-áṯə xə̀nna mášhad,ˈ ʾáhulə d-xá zangìn,ˈ w-áḏa káwə šqíla pə̀lsəˈ k-áwə maṭlùbˈ fa-k-ámər ʿámmi ṣbòri dáha,ˈ da-mà-yət mustáʿjil, l-ánə pə́lsox?ˈ hédi hèdi gohəˈ har t-ewənnòxina.ˈ k-ámər léṯə ʾána dàha g-bíʾənnəˈ g-bíʾət də-mzábnət ʾàrox,ˈ g-bíʾət də-mzábnət bèṯox,ˈ ʾána g-bíʾən pə́lsə dàha.ˈ

ʾu-íṯə ḥèlə,ˈ yáʿni b-qamèṯaˈ k-ḥakéwa ḥélə ḥukyàṯaˈ … ʾə́sər šə́nn-u la ṯìlaˈ ʾáhila ġḏá m-ḥukyàṯa.ˈ k-ḥakí́walə ʿammí čàʾawˈ ʾáḏa k-ḥakìwalə,ˈ ʾáhu kə-mšaġə́lwa bə-raqóʾəd … ʾəd-qòndarat,ˈ ʾáḏa xá m-d-ánə šuláləd Baġdédə qamàyə,ˈ k-awúḏwa qóndarat … ʾəd-zqàra,ˈ zaqə́rrə b-idáṯa k-awúḏḏə ləʾánnahu láṯwa táma …ˈ čaròxə,ˈ ham-wàṭaniyyə k-amaxwalhə́,ˈ w-áxni la-k-amáxwalhə qòndarat,ˈ zargùlə k-amaxwa.ˈ

Translation:

We had a play in Baǧdedə, in which I participated. It concerned two women who are sitting in a lane. One is gossiping with the other. Her son comes out. She says to him ‘Oh my son, oh my son, see what he has done to us!’ Her son goes off, he comes and hits him with a punch, he slaughters him. Those women are both gossips. They sit talking to each other, and gossiping with one another. This scene finishes. Another scene begins. This concerns a rich man. He has borrowed money. He is asked (for the money) and he says ‘Uncle be patient with me now. Why are you in a hurry for that money? Take it easy, I’ll soon give it to you’. He says ‘That won’t do, I want it now. Whether you wish to sell your land, or wish to sell your house (I do not care, but) I want the money now!’

There are many—they once used to tell many stories. ‘Ten years and she has not come’—this is one of the stories. My uncle the cobbler used to tell it. He used to tell it. His profession was to make shoes. This is one of the old professions of Baǧdedə. He used to make woven shoes. He would weave them by hand and make them, because there were no (shoes called) _čaroxə_ there. They also called them _waṭaniyyə_. We did not call them _qondarat_, but used to call them _zargulə_.