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Qaraqosh (Baghdede): Easter

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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	ʾə́tlan ʾarùta,ˈ ʾarútəd … də-ḥàša k-amáxla.ˈ ʾək-pálṭax əl-baràyə,ˈ ʾək-pálṭi kúllehə maràḥəl.ˈ ʾarbá-ʾsər màrḥalat,ˈ kúd-xa ṭʿína marḥàltəḥ,ˈ šamàša,ˈ ʾu-kúd-xa qárə màrḥala.ˈ ʾək-máṭax hal-ékəd yálə zórə k-áwe lwíšə xwàraˈ ʾu-darráʾat kòmə,ˈ ʾu-ṣlíwa b-gòhə.ˈ ʾu-pálṭi ʾə́nšə́ kúllehə kə-ʾámri ʾanāšī̀dˈ d-oqàna.ˈ ʾánhən k-amráxxə xóṯə də-ṣlíwa g-bàxya,ˈ ʾu-Máryam dé Màryam.ˈ ʾu-k-zálan əg-máṭax hál ékəd … ʾəd-ʾàrʾaˈ ʾáhila da-ʾìta.ˈ m-qámə ma-máṭax Már Qurṭàya k-sàmkax,ˈ ʾu-kə-ʾámrax ʾanāšī̀d,ˈ ʾu-ṣlòṯa.ˈ ʾu-k-ámri šamášə ṣlòṯa.ˈ baʿdén k-áṯe k-ʾámri … marḥàlat k-amríhə,ˈ hál ʾarbáʾsər màrḥalat,ˈ k-amríhə kùllehə.ˈ baʿdén kə-mṣále kúllehə nàšə,ˈ k-áwe ṭʿínə xa-ṣlíwa ràba,ˈ ʾu-g-dáʾri l-ʾìta,ˈ ʾəṭʿín də-ṣlìwa,ˈ ʾu-xálṣa ʾarúta … ʾəd-ṣalabùt.ˈ ʾə́tlan ʾarùta,ˈ ʾarútəd … də-ḥàša k-amáxla.ˈ ʾək-pálṭax əl-baràyə,ˈ ʾək-pálṭi kúllehə maràḥəl.ˈ ʾarbá-ʾsər màrḥalat,ˈ kúd-xa ṭʿína marḥàltəḥ,ˈ šamàša,ˈ ʾu-kúd-xa qárə màrḥala.ˈ ʾək-máṭax hal-ékəd yálə zórə k-áwe lwíšə xwàraˈ ʾu-darráʾat kòmə,ˈ ʾu-ṣlíwa b-gòhə.ˈ ʾu-pálṭi ʾə́nšə́ kúllehə kə-ʾámri ʾanāšī̀dˈ d-oqàna.ˈ ʾánhən k-amráxxə xóṯə də-ṣlíwa g-bàxya,ˈ ʾu-Máryam dé Màryam.ˈ ʾu-k-zálan əg-máṭax hál ékəd … ʾəd-ʾàrʾaˈ ʾáhila da-ʾìta.ˈ m-qámə ma-máṭax Már Qurṭàya k-sàmkax,ˈ ʾu-kə-ʾámrax ʾanāšī̀d,ˈ ʾu-ṣlòṯa.ˈ ʾu-k-ámri šamášə ṣlòṯa.ˈ baʿdén k-áṯe k-ʾámri … marḥàlat k-amríhə,ˈ hál ʾarbáʾsər màrḥalat,ˈ k-amríhə kùllehə.ˈ baʿdén kə-mṣále kúllehə nàšə,ˈ k-áwe ṭʿínə xa-ṣlíwa ràba,ˈ ʾu-g-dáʾri l-ʾìta,ˈ ʾəṭʿín də-ṣlìwa,ˈ ʾu-xálṣa ʾarúta … ʾəd-ṣalabùt.ˈ	We have what we call ‘Friday of suffering’ (Good Friday). We go outside. All the ‘stages’ come out. Fourteen ‘stages’, each one, each deacon, carries his ‘stage’, and each one reads his ‘stage’. We arrive at a place where small children are dressed in white, and black jackets, and there is a cross among them. All the women come out chanting hymns of grief. These are (hymns) that we call ‘She weeps under the cross’ and ‘Mary, Oh Mary!’ We go until we reach the land belonging to the church. Before we reach (the monastery of ) Saint Qurṭaya we stop and chant hymns and say prayers. The deacons say prayers. Then they come and say ... the say the ‘stages’, up to fourteen ‘stages’, they say them all. Then all the people pray, while carryng a large cross, and return to the church, carrying the cross. And so the Friday of the crucifixion comes to an end.

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