Barwar: A Tale of a Prince and a Princess

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Geoffrey Khan	Khan, Geoffrey. The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Barwar. 3 vols. Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2008, vol. 3	Yuwəl Yuḥanna

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0:00	ʾíṯwa lìṯwaˈ biš-m-aláha góṛa lìṯwa,ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-màlka.ˈ ʾaw-málka ʾíṯwale xa-bròna,ˈ yăk̭àna.ˈ xà mən-yománeˈ ʾáw-bronət màlkaˈ mə́re ṭla-bábe díye bắyən pálṭən ṣɛ̀da,ˈ ʾána ʾu-xuràne,ˈ gu-ṭùra,ˈ ṱ-áwe ʾə́rwət wàlaˈ m-ánna məndiyàne,ˈ qəqwàne,ˈ ṭɛ̀re,ˈ lɛḏən-mòdi.ˈ ʾáp-awwa sìqɛle gu-ṭúraˈ mən-xuráne díye píšɛle gu-ṭúra xá-yoma yóme trè.ˈ dmìxelaˈ b-lɛ̀le xá-gaˈ ʾə́ṯyela tré malàxe,ˈ pyáḏa qama-qámət čádra d-ò-malka.ˈ hadìya,ˈ ʾan-maláxe mə́ra yắḏət ʾaw-ʾɛ̀nile?ˈ mə́ra ʾaw-brōn-màlkɛle.ˈ mə́ra hɛ̀!ˈ mə́re ʾáw brōn-málka rába šapìrɛleˈ ʾu-hawnànɛle,ˈ ʾína ʾíṯ ʾax-díye ʾáp-ay šapírta-w hawnánta brátət málkət maʾàrwa ṱ-ámrəx.ˈ mə́re mòdit mára?ˈ ʾáwwa nablə́xle kəs-d-àyˈ yan-ʾáy nablə́xla kəs-d-àwwa?ˈ ʾáwwa mə́re làʾˈ ʾàwwa nablə́xle kəs-d-áy.ˈ mə́re báxta be-bằxət-ila,ˈ maqəṭlàle.ˈ mɛ́ṯəx ʾày kəsle-díye.ˈ qímela múṯyəlla ʾa-brátə d-ó-malkət maʾárwa kə́sle dìye.ˈ ʾíman ṱ-íle xə̀zyəlla,ˈ hátxa šəṭránta-w šapìrta,ˈ ʾay-ṣrìxla.ˈ qəm-ṱ-amə́rra là-ṣarxət.ˈ ʾàtit ṯíṯa kə́sli.ˈ lán ʾàna-ʾəṯya kə́sləx.ˈ bár ṱ-ila-ḏíta qa-t-ʾàyyɛla ṯíṯa kəsle-dìye,ˈ muxə́bla ġḏàḏe.ˈ mšuxlə́pla b-isəqyàṯa.ˈ ʾu-hádəx gu-d-o-xúbba ṭə̀lyela.ˈ xánči ṱ-amrə́nna qalùltaˈ qa-t-pàrqa.ˈ gu-d-o-xúbba ṭə̀lyela.ˈ ʾɛ-dánə ṱ-ìla ṛíše,ˈ kút-xa gu-šwíṯət gàne,ˈ ʾáyya gu-qáṣrət bába dìya,ˈ ʾáw gu-čádre dìye,ˈ ʾáwwa məskéna ràba pšímleˈ ʾu-ʾáy mšuyḏə̀nna.ˈ har-ò-yomaˈ mšurèla,ˈ ʾámri brátət málka mšuyḏə̀nnaˈ mšuréla sráṭa júlla mšeyḏòne.ˈ ʾáp-xa lá-biš-ile-mṣaya mqarów-əlla dìya.ˈ brōn-málka qímɛle qə́ryɛle l-kúlla ʾan-xuráne dìye.ˈ mə́re yába dɛ̀ṛəx.ˈ bàssa,ˈ wídlən ṣɛ̀da,ˈ bàssa.ˈ ʾána ṣɛ́di wìdli.ˈ mə́re ʾána ṣɛ́di wìdli.ˈ qímɛle díṛṛe bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ díṛɛle kəs-bábe dìye.ˈ ʾámər bàbiˈ ṱ-amrə́nnux xà-məndiˈ béli ʾə̀llux.ˈ mə́re hā́l ʾu-hawā́l hátxa xzèli.ˈ gu-d-ɛ̀-danaˈ mə́re bábi bálki gu-xə̀lmux-iwətwa.ˈ xə́lma náša hár ʾi-xàze.ˈ mə́re bábi là-babi,ˈ lɛ̀le xə́lma.ˈ škằrɛla.ˈ ʾáyya ʾisə́qṯa ʾu-ʾáyya yalə́xta ṱ-íwəx mšuxə̀lpe,ˈ kúl-məndi dìya.ˈ ʾo-mə́re hadíya mòdi bắyət?ˈ mə́re bắyən ʾázət xáḏrət bába dìyaˈ kú-dukə ṱ-íla mɛṯə̀tla-lli.ˈ mə́re spày.ˈ lá-yăḏe brāt-d-ɛ̀nila.ˈ lɛ́la mirtə̀lle.ˈ lá-yăḏe brāt-d-ɛ̀nila.ˈ malàxe yắḏi,ˈ ʾàxči.ˈ hadìya,ˈ módila wìḏe?ˈ málka qímɛle yomət-trè,ˈ híwɛle xábra ta-wăzíre dìye,ˈ ʾu-ráyəs wuzàraˈ yába hon-zàlaˈ xḏára báṯər báxta ta-bròni.ˈ ʾɛ́-ga b-dɛ̀ṛənˈ mɛyə́nna ʾay-bàxta.ˈ ʾáti wằkil-iwət.ˈ málka mə́xyɛle ʾíḏe l-gàneˈ ʾu-zìlɛle,ˈ núbla xulamwàṯa mə́nneˈ ʾu-nàše.ˈ ʾu-xìšɛleˈ b-ùrxaˈ xḏàraˈ m-máṯa l-màṯa,ˈ m-mḏíta l-mḏìta,ˈ xáze ʾɛ̀ka b-xazéla.ˈ ʾó-yomə ṱ-íle plíṭa málka m-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ ʾó-yoma bróne díye mìṯɛle.ˈ ʾó-yoma mìtle bróne díye.ˈ ʾáwwa là-yăḏe.ˈ ʾu-xìšɛle,ˈ ʾu-xìšɛle,ˈ ʾu-xìšɛle,ˈ ʾu-xìšɛle,ˈ ʾu-xìšɛle.ˈ xuláṣa ʾaláha mutə́pqəlle gu-d-a-mḏíta ṱ-íla ʾɛ-bráta d-o-màlka.ˈ xə́zyəlla náše jə̀myeˈ qúrbət qáṣrət màlka,ˈ kút-xa mṣawóṯe xà-məndi,ˈ kút-xa mára xà-məndi.ˈ ʾáwwa-ži qə́ryəlla mə́re mòdila qə́ṣṣət?ˈ mə́ra brāt-málka hóla mšuyḏànta.ˈ ta-mòdila mšuyḏánta?ˈ mə́ra ʾáyya là-yăḏa.ˈ hóla màraˈ xzíṯəlle xa-bronət-xà-malka,ˈ láx-ḏaʾa ʾɛ̀ka,ˈ ʾu-bìṯəllela-wˈ ʾu-hóla mšuyḏánta mən-d-ó-yoma ṱ-íla xzíṯəlle ʾàw.ˈ ʾáp-xa lɛle-mṣáya mbasə̀mla.ˈ mə́re ʾɛ́ni ʾítlɛxu t-náše t-máṣi mšáwṯi mə̀nnaˈ xazɛ́la màṭola?ˈ mə́ra ʾítlən ḏa-ṱóṱo y-óḏa xə̀rše.ˈ ʾáy y-ásqa kə́sla-w ṣàlya.ˈ ʾu-hál-diya čù-məndi.ˈ mə́re maṣítu mšadrítula kə̀sli?ˈ mə́ra hè.ˈ ʾaw-zílɛle gu-čádre dìye,ˈ ṯíṯɛla ṱòṱo.ˈ ṯíṯɛla kə́sle dìye,ˈ dríṯɛla šlàma.ˈ mə́re ʾáti y-ázət kəs-brátət màlka?ˈ mə́re mòdila qə́ṣṣət díya?ˈ mə́ra b-álaha qə́ṣṣət díya hàtxɛla.ˈ mpíltɛla b-xùbba.ˈ xzíṯəlla gyána díya kəs-xa brónət xa-màlka-wˈ ʾu-yómət trèˈ qedámta xzíṯəlla gyána gu-šwiyáṯət gyàna.ˈ mən-d-ó-yoma hóla mšuyḏànta.ˈ mə́re ʾamrə̀nnəx xá-məndi.ˈ šqíləlla qamáye ḏá-kísta dàwe.ˈ mə́re ʾáy ṭlàləx,ˈ ta-ṱ-óḏət šùla.ˈ hé mə̀ra,ˈ mjunəgníla hàtxa.ˈ mə́ra ʾɛ́-gət mən-d-ánna hàwe,ˈ šúla bṱ-ázəl lă-qàma!ˈ kut-dúkət bắyət nablànnux.ˈ mə́re làʾ.ˈ ʾáwwa xabùšaˈ muttále yalə̀xṯaˈ ʾaw-xabúša qṣèle.ˈ muttále ʾisə́qṯe díye gàwe.ˈ ʾu-ó-xabuša síṛṛe gu-d-áy-yalə́xṯe díye b-gyàne.ˈ mə́re máṯyət ʾáwwa xabùšaˈ ʾu-ʾáyya yalə̀xṯa.ˈ mamṭátla ʾə́lla dìyaˈ ʾu-xza-mò-ṱ-oḏaˈ ʾáṯyət ṱ-amràtli.ˈ ʾíman ṱ-àṯyət,ˈ ḏa-kista-xéta max-d-áy yawə̀nnəx.ˈ mə́ra dáx litlux-xàṭər?ˈ har-díya máṭyən ṱ-àṯyən.ˈ sìqtɛla.ˈ ʾáy hár mšeyḏòne,ˈ šwára nḏáya gu-d-án ʾotáxe šluxɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ʾay-m-rə́ḥqa hóla wáḏəlla ʾa-yalə́xṯa hàtxa qam-ʾɛ́na díya.ˈ ʾu-sìqla-wˈ ʾu-sìqla-wˈʾu-sìqla-wˈ ʾu-sìqla-wˈ ʾɛ́-ga ṱ-ìla-qriwta ʾə́lla,ˈ xzìṯəlla,ˈ xzíṯəlla yalə́xṯa hàtxa,ˈ ʾáx ṱ-àmrət,ˈ xáčča biš-šlèla.ˈ mabyóne ʾìṯ-xa-məndi gu-qə́ṣṣət.ˈ ʾu-wírtɛla ṱóṱo kə́sla dìya.ˈ mə́ra módit wáḏa?ˈ hàyyo!ˈ hóla hà!ˈ šqúlla yalə̀xṯa.ˈ ʾáyya d-ɛ̀nila?ˈ mə́ra yalə́xṯa dìyila.ˈ pṯíxtəlla xabúša gàwa.ˈ ʾo-xabúša pṯìxtəlle,ˈ ʾína ʾisə́qṯa dìya.ˈ mə́ra ʾap-ʾáyya ʾisə̀qṯila.ˈ kɛ̀le mára d-áyya?ˈ ʾɛ̀ni híwle-lləx?ˈ díya xanqànnəx!ˈ mə́ra klɛ̀!ˈ ʿala-kèfəx.ˈ hóle ʾàxxa.ˈ ʾàwwɛle mšudə́rəlli.ˈ kɛ̀le?ˈ ʾɛ̀kɛle?ˈ mə́ra klɛ̀.ˈ ʿala-kèfəx.ˈ mə́ra diya-mɛ́ṯu júlli malušùla.ˈ ʾána bsìmliˈ čú-mdi liṯ-bìyi.ˈ móṯi júlla dìya,ˈ kúlla qəm-malušíla ʾə́lla dìya.ˈ hadíya mə̀raˈ xábra plìṭleˈ mə́ra ṱóṱo mbusmála brāt-màlka.ˈ mə́ra b-ṣàlyənˈ b-tápqən bìye.ˈ xázəx mò-ṱ-awəḏ,ˈ ʾu-ta-t-šáqlən màwʿədˈ xazə̀xle.ˈ ʾàmraˈ sɛ-múr ṭla-bàbiˈ ṱ-àṯiˈ mpalṭíli m-àxxa-wˈ ṱ-ázən sàxyən,ˈ lóšən jùlli.ˈ ʾána hon-bsìmta.ˈ zìltɛla ṱóṱoˈ mə́ra màlka,ˈ màlka,ˈ mbusmáli bràtux.ˈ ʾáp-awwa šaqə́lla ḏá-kista qa-d-ày,ˈ yawə́lla qa-d-ày.ˈ hár mkapáštət kisyáṯət dàwela ṱóṱo.ˈ hè,ˈ wíḏta šùlɛla ṱóṱo.ˈ mára màsxola,ˈ malušúla jùlla-diyaˈ ʾu-díya ṱ-àṯyən.ˈ ʾítli šùla.ˈ kìzle málkaˈ mòdila qə́ṣṣət?ˈ ʾáti klì!ˈ ʾànən wáḏa šúla díya.ˈ ṣlìṯɛla.ˈ ʾámra ṭlále díye qù!ˈ drə̀stila qə́ṣṣət.ˈ hóla bsìmta.ˈ qù!ˈ bắya xazyàlux.ˈ qímela sìqe.ˈ ṱóṱo síqtɛla kəs-màlka.ˈ mə́ra lan-ʾàna mbusámtəlla brátux.ˈ mə́ra ʾíṯ ʾó-naša t-wéwa … ʾáyya là-yăḏa.ˈ xášwa ʾàwile.ˈ mə́ra ʾo-yálət băyàwaleˈ hóle ʾə̀ṯya-wˈ qəm-yawə́lla yalə̀xṯa ʾə́lli.ˈ ʾu-ʾáyyɛla kùlla.ˈ ʾána hadíya m-kə̀slən ṯáya.ˈ ʾu-bắye ʾáṯe xazèluxˈ ʾu-qa-t xazéla bràta-ži.ˈ ʾòy,ˈ mə́re sɛ-múr … ʾàxni ṣáləx qamóṯe díye.ˈ ʾáxni ṣáləx qamòṯe díye.ˈ qímela ṣə́lye qamóṯe dìyeˈ ʾu-múṯyəlle músqəlle dáwla-w zòrna-wˈ hósa ʾu-gargàrtaˈ ʾu-musqə́lle kəs-màlka.ˈ tíwela mṣawòṯe.ˈ málka mə́re hàˈ de-mùrri.ˈ xázəx mòdila qə́ṣṣət.ˈ mə́re ʾamrə̀nnux.ˈ ʾána ʾíwən bábə d-o-yàla.ˈ ʾána ʾíwən màlka,ˈ ʾax-dìyux.ˈ ʾu-mə́re bróni ʾu-brátux xə́zyela ġḏàḏeˈ ʾu-ʾána ʾə́ṯyən xḏàra,ˈ ʾu-ʾaláha qəm-matfə́qli bíya díya ʾàxxa.ˈ škíra ʾaláha díya bsìmla.ˈ hadíya mòdit mára?ˈ hon-ʾə́ṯya t-yawə́tla nablə́nna ta-bròni.ˈ max-ṱ-íla brátux mšuyḏànta,ˈ ʾap-àw,ˈ ʾən-lá-ʾazən mšàyḏən.ˈ mə́re dū̀s-it.ˈ qímela-w mírtəlla bràta-wˈ xḏíṯɛla ràba-wˈ max-d-an-gúmle t-wéwa núbla mə́nne díye max-d-áni xéne híwle bába ṭlála dìya.ˈ ʾu-mŭṭə̀nnaˈ ʾu-šwiqála mḏíta-w də́ṛṛa ta-ʾaṯrɛ̀y.ˈ hadíya dìṛela,ˈ xà-yoma,ˈ trè-yome,ˈ ṭḷàṯa.ˈ ʾə̀ṯyela,ˈ plíṭe bárqūl mḏitèy.ˈ ʾína mḏitéy kúlla mxíṯa l-kòma,ˈ báte kòme,ˈ júllət náše kòme,ˈ kúlla kòmewa.ˈ ʾàjib!ˈ mòdila qəṣṣəttɛ́xu?ˈ ʾámra bábi xázəx ʾáyya mḏitɛ́xu kúlla hola-mxíṯa kòma.ˈ mòdila qəṣṣəttɛ́xu?ˈ ṱ-ámrəx l-mìla,ˈ hóya mxíṯa l-mìla.ˈ ʾə́dlɛle dámxəx ʾàxxa.ˈ ʾáw bắye t-yằḏe,ˈ xáze mòdila qə́ṣṣət.ˈ tə̀mməl ṣáləx.ˈ ʾáxni ʾádət díyən hàtxɛla.ˈ qam-dànaˈ yáwəx xàbraˈ ta-t-pálṭi l-qamòṯənˈ maṣlɛ́lən b-iqàra.ˈ ʾána màlkən.ˈ ʾáy dmìxtɛla,ˈ ʾáw mšùdrɛle,ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle xa-mən-zaràye.ˈ qə̀ryəlle,ˈ mə́re ta-módila ʾáyya mḏíta hàtxa?ˈ ʾáw lɛ̀le ḏíya málkɛle.ˈ mə́re lɛ̀-yăḏət módi bə́rya?ˈ xa-qə́ṣṣət rába mapšəmàntɛla.ˈ ʾíṯwalən xa-màlka.ˈ hàdəx-iwa xóš-naša.ˈ hàdəx-iwa spày.ˈ náše băyìwale.ˈ ʾáwwa málka díyən zìlɛle.ˈ mən-d-ó-yōm ṱ-íle zìla,ˈ zílɛle mɛṯóye xa-bráta ta-bróne dìye,ˈ ʾó-yōm ṱ-ìle plíṭaˈ bróne díye mìṯɛle.ˈ ʾu-ʾáxni-ži láx muqíme m-báṯre díye màlkaˈ ʾu-mə́xyəxəlla máṯən kúlla l-míla-w l-kóma m-báṯre dìye.ˈ ʾu-ʾɛ́-ga maxurə́xla ta-t-dàyəṛˈ mə́re hàtxɛla qə́ṣṣət?ˈ mə́re bróne díye mìṯɛle?ˈ mə́re hé hóle mìṯa brōn-díye.ˈ ʾámər sí-mur ta-pə́llən wăzī̀rˈ múrgena málka ṯèle.ˈ bắyən lá-ʾaṯi b-xàššaˈ ʾu-bxáya-w jnàna.ˈ ʾáṯi b-dáwla-w zórna-w tópe-w ʾəstəqbāl ràsmi.ˈ la-bắyən ʾáyya bráta ṱ-in-múṯyəlla t-yắḏa qá-t ṭlíba díya hóle mìṯa.ˈ zìlɛle,ˈ mə́re ṭlà-wăzīrˈ mḏíta băyə́nna mbádla jálde kúlla ʾax-qamàye,ˈ muxwàrta.ˈ ʾáwwa kóma šàqəl.ˈ hadìya,ˈ híwɛle xábra ṭla-wăzī̀rˈ har-b-ò-lɛle.ˈ kúlla mḏíta mə́xyəlla ṣŭ̀buġ,ˈ píštɛla xwàrta,ˈ max-qamàye.ˈ ʾu-murízela mbádla jàldeˈ síqela ʾəstəqbāl t-màlka,ˈ xéna ʾax-ṱ-óḏi ʾəstəqbā́l t-màlke,ˈ b-iqàra-wˈ ʾáyya hóla mparòje,ˈ káza xyára hàtxaˈ ta-t-xazyále ṭlíba dìye,ˈ lɛ̀la xzayəlle.ˈ mára bábi tə́mməl ʾáyya mḏíta xu-kòmta-wawa?ˈ xázəx ʾə́dyo hóla xwàrta.ˈ mə́re bràti,ˈ ʾáy ṱ-ix-ʾə́ṯye kčìxeˈ hádəx qam-ʾɛ̀nəx mubyə́nna.ˈ har-xwàrta wáwa.ˈ dìṛɛle,ˈ ʾay-káza xyàra,ˈ mára kyɛ̀le brónux?ˈ xázəx xzàyəlle.ˈ lɛ́le hràwa.ˈ lɛ̀-yăḏən ʾap-ʾána.ˈ ʾay-mə́ra bálki ʾadətéy hàtxɛlaˈ lá-hoya yóma qamáya xə́tna t-xazéla kyàlo.ˈ xéna ṣlìṯɛla,ˈ sìqtɛla.ˈ músqəlla gu-ṭábaq t-ṭḷàṯa,ˈ gu-ʾotáxa dìya.ˈ mə́re ʾotàxəxila.ˈ xulamwáṯa l-áy-gota ʾu-l-àyya.ˈ ʾáw ṣə́lyɛle kəs-báxte dìye.ˈ mšúryela bxàya,ˈ mxáya l-ganèyˈ ʾu-rmáya ganèy.ˈ hadíya xà-yoma-w,ˈ trè,ˈ ṭḷà,ˈ káza ʾáyya xyára b-panjarìye,ˈ xazyále ṭlíba wára plàṭa,ˈ ʾàp-xa lɛ́la-xzaya.ˈ mòdila qəṣṣə́tte?ˈ píšla qúrbət xà-yarxaˈ ʾɛ́-ga málka mə́re ṭla-bàxteˈ mó-ṱ-oya ʾàyya?ˈ ʾay-báxta hox-mùṯyəlla.ˈ gắrəg ʾàmrəx.ˈ ʾay-xá-yoma har-t-yằḏaˈ ṱ-íle míṯa brònən.ˈ láx mṣáya ʾázəx ʾamrə̀xla.ˈ bắya pɛ̀ša,ˈ pɛ́ša ʾáy ʾàxxa,ˈ b-šópət brònənˈ ṱ-óya malə́kṯa b-šópi ʾíman-t-ʾána mɛ̀ṯən.ˈ ʾu-bắya dɛ́ṛa l-bɛ́ṯət bába dìya,ˈ mattə́nna xá-ga xèta,ˈ ʾàna mădəṛə́nna.ˈ xulàṣa,ˈ qə́ryəlle wăzīr-díye ʾu-xákma guṛàneˈ ʾu-báxte dìye.ˈ ʾaw-qímɛle síqɛle kə́sla dìya.ˈ wíre kə́sla dìyaˈ tìwela.ˈ mə́re tù-brati,ˈ tù.ˈ bắyən mṣáwṯən mə̀nnəx.ˈ ʾítli xákma xabráne ṱ-amrə̀nnəx.ˈ xèrila?ˈ mòdila bábi?ˈ mə́re dusùṯa bắyət,ˈ ʾó-yoma ṱ-ín ʾána zíla xḏára bárəx qa-t-mɛyə̀nnəxˈ ʾó-yoma bróni mìṯɛle.ˈ ʾáy-mə́ra dàx míṯɛle?!ˈ mə́re mìṯɛle.ˈ mə́re díya ṯéli bắyən ʾamrə̀nnəxˈ ʾáwwa xà-yarxaˈ ʾàxči máṣəx maspərə́xləx.ˈ lá maspərə́xləx bi-zàwda.ˈ ʾən-măxóbət pɛ́šət ʾàxxa,ˈ ʾáti pɛ́šət malə́kṯa šòpiˈ gu-d-áwwa ʾàṯṛa.ˈ ʾən-bắyət ʾázət dɛ́ṛət ṭla-bɛ́ṯət bàbəx,ˈ tə́mməl mădəṛə̀nnəx.ˈ bróni mìṯɛle.ˈ šwíqəlla xáye bìyəx.ˈ mšuréla bxàya.ˈ xéna mò-ṱ-oḏa dé-u?ˈ xárṯa mə́ra làʾ.ˈ lá-băyən dɛ̀ṛən.ˈ ʾána bắyən ṣálət banə́tli ḏa-ʾótəx rəš-qáwre dìye.ˈ kúlla záwni b-xáye ṱ-àwyənˈ hál ʾo-yómət ʾáp-ana mɛ̀ṯənˈ ʾu-mattíli kə̀sle.ˈ ʾàxxa,ˈ tàmma,ˈ mə́ra ʾàyyɛla,ˈ čú-mdi xéna lìṯən.ˈ qímɛle ṣə́lyɛle bə́nyəlla ḏa-ʾòtəxˈ rəš-qáwrət bróne dìye.ˈ ʾu-píštɛla bxàya.ˈ píštɛla bxàya,ˈ ʾu-bxàya,ˈ ʾu-bxàya,ˈ xà-yoma-wˈ trè-uˈ xa-yàrxa-wˈ xá-bena ʾan-tre-maláxe t-wɛ́wa ʾə́ṯye bìya,ˈ t-wɛ́wa mutə́pqəlla b-ġḏàḏe,ˈ ṯéla pyáḏa táma tàma.ˈ xá-mənna mə́re ʾáwwa mò-qalət bə́xyɛle?ˈ ʾo-xéna mə́re la-yắḏət mo-qálət bə̀xyɛle?ˈ txárət ʾan-xa-tré t-mutəpqíwalən bə-ġḏàḏe?ˈ hè.ˈ mə́re ʾu-xaráye ṭlíba díya qəm-šaqlə̀xle.ˈ ʾáy pìšla.ˈ ʾáyya hóla ṯíṯa ʾàxxa.ˈ hóla mùṯyəlla.ˈ hóla mára ʾàxxa ṱ-óyənˈ hál-ʾo-yomət mɛ̀ṯən.ˈ ʾàyyaˈ ʾəštì-šənne xéne xăyála.ˈ yáʿni ʾəští-šənne xéne ṱ-óya rəš-d-ɛ́-qora tíwta bxàya.ˈ mə́re módi bắyət ṱ-òḏəx?ˈ baqrə̀xla.ˈ ʾən-hóya rázi šə́nna díya pălàla,ˈ pálga ṭla-d-áy ʾu-pálga ṭla-d-àw,ˈ maqimə̀xle.ˈ xắyi m-ġḏàḏeˈ ṭḷáṯi šə̀nne-wˈ mɛ́ṯi m-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾu-ʾən-làʾ,ˈ har-ʾàxxa t-óya ʾə́šti šə́nne.ˈ wírela kə̀sla,ˈ də́ryəlla šlàma.ˈ šlàma-lləx!ˈ b-šɛ́na b-ṭawàṯa!ˈ mòditu wáḏa ʾáxxa?ˈ m-ɛ̀kitu ṯáya?ˈ mə́ra tù.ˈ mə̀raˈ ʾáxni malàxəx.ˈ ʾáwwa gàwṛəxˈ hóle mìṯa.ˈ ʾàxnix šqíləlle.ˈ ʾáti ʾəští-šənne xéne ʾáxxa b-xằyətˈ ʾəští-šənne ṱ-óyət ʾáxxa tíwta bxáya rəš-d-áyya qòra?ˈ mə́ra hè.ˈ lá ʾəštì-šənne,ˈ tre-ʾəmmà-šənneˈ ʾáxxa ṱ-òyən.ˈ mə́ra ʾítlən xá-məndi bắyəx ṱ-oḏə́xxe ṭlàləx.ˈ ʾəští-šənne ràbɛlaˈ ṱ-oyət tíwta ʾáxxa báxyət qáṭlət gànəx.ˈ mə́ra mòdile?ˈ mə́ra ʾáti b-xắyət ʾəští-šənne xène.ˈ ʾən-pălátla šə̀nnəxˈ ṭḷáṯi ṭlàləx,ˈ ṭḷáṯi ṭla-d-àw,ˈ maqimə̀xle.ˈ mòdit mára?ˈ ʾámra xzì.ˈ ʾànaˈ ʾáxči xoš-qàyəmˈ xazyánne xàmša daqíqe,ˈ ʾan-xéne kúlla ṭla-d-àw.ˈ mə́ra là,ˈ là-hoya.ˈ ṭḷáṯi ṭlàləx,ˈ ṭḷáṯi ṭla-d-àw.ˈ bằyət,ˈ spày.ˈ là-băyət … mə́ra ràzinˈ mə́ra ràzit?ˈ mə́ra ràzin.ˈ ʾáni plìṭela-wˈ ʾáw qìmɛle.ˈ mšuréla nšáqa ġḏàḏe.ˈ blígela b-ġḏàḏe.ˈ hádəx dmíxela-w ṭlìyela.ˈ ʾánna kut-qedàmtaˈ xadámta d-ɛ-bráta mɛṯyáwala čàyˈ ʾu-ṭàmta,ˈ ʾu-y-àsqa.ˈ ʾánna ma-ṱ-íla xmíle b-ġḏàḏe,ˈ dmíxe-w ṭlìyela,ˈ xpíqe ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾáyya ṣlìṯɛlaˈ pṯìxtəlle tắra,ˈ wírtɛla hátxa ʾína hóle xa-šazáda dmíxa kə́sla dìya!ˈ mə́ra ʾáyya m-hàtxɛwa mára,ˈ ʾáyya m-hàtxɛwa mára,ˈ bnóli ʾótəx rəš-qórət gàwṛi,ˈ ta-t-kút-yom xà-maṣla kə́sla díya,ˈ madə̀mxa kə́sla.ˈ rìqla,ˈ sìqla,ˈ ʾámra ṭla-màlka.ˈ mə́re mòdila qə́ṣṣət?ˈ mə́ra màlkaˈ hóle ʾə́ṯya nàša.ˈ bə́nyət-əlla ʾótəx tàmaˈ qá-t mabə́sma kút-yom xà.ˈ hóle xa-šoramíṭa m-áxxa l-tămàhaˈ dmíxa kə́sla dìya.ˈ mòt mára?ˈ mə́ra qú ṣli-xzì.ˈ qímɛle màlka-wˈ wăzìre-wˈ polìse-wˈ xə́rrrr čríkəlle ʾaw-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ gu-d-ɛ́ ṣlɛṯèyˈ qáṭu wìrtɛlaˈ ʾáy šwíqtəlwa májma tàma.ˈ qáṭu wìrtɛla,ˈ npílta gu-d-án panjàneˈ mqurə̀dxela,ˈ ʾánna ṛìšela.ˈ ʾɛ́-ga ṱ-íla ṛìše,ˈ ʾámra qù!ˈ hóla ṯíṯa xulàmta.ˈ hóla xzíṯəllux ʾáti kə̀sli.ˈ hóla síqta mára ṭla-bàbux,ˈ díya ṱ-áṯi pɛrmìlən.ˈ mòt mára? mə́re.ˈ hóla čày.ˈ hóla xzíṯəllux ʾáti dmíxa kə̀sli.ˈ hadìya,ˈ qìmɛle.ˈ lwíša júlle hátxa jálde jàlde,ˈ kə́lyɛle gu-ṭắrət bɛ́ṯa ʾáw ʾu-ʾày.ˈ bábe díye ʾu-d-áni ʾə̀ṯyela,ˈ m-táma rə́ḥqa xyàra.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾɛ̀nile?ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle qùrba.ˈ ʾo-mə́re bàbiˈ ʾànən.ˈ mə́re hé brònile,ˈ hóle qìma.ˈ ʾu-ʾə́ṯyela xpíqe ġḏàḏe,ˈ nšáqa ġḏàḏe.ˈ bréla ḏá xadúṯa gu-d-ò-ʾalma.ˈ xa-mə́ndi məʾajbàna.ˈ wéla hádəx xə̀ḏye.ˈ qímela músqəlla b-dáwla-w zòrna,ˈ drɛ́ṯət tòpeˈ ʾu-hádəx wídla xlùla.ˈ šawwà-yomaṯa ʾu-šawwà-lɛlăwaṯa xlúla-wewa.ˈ qəm-magwə̀rrey.ˈ hádəx m-bar-t-gwìrra,ˈ ʾaláha qəm-yawə́lla xa-bròna.ˈ ʾìma?ˈ ʾɛ́-šetət mɛ̀ṯi.ˈ ʾɛ́-šetət mɛ́ṯi qəm-yawə́lla xa-bróna zòra.ˈ hadìya,ˈ ʾó-lɛlət mɛ̀ṯi,ˈ holá-ʾəṯye tìwe,ˈ báxta tíwta l-àyya-gotət mḗs,ˈ ʾu-gáwṛa tíwa l-ày-gota.ˈ ʾo-yála zóra hóla múttəlle be-pàlga.ˈ ʾáy hóla nšàqəlle,ˈ nšàqəlle,ˈ nšàqəlle,ˈ xpáqəlle gu-ṣádra dìya.ˈ ʾu-yáwəlle ṭla-bábe dìye.ˈ ʾáp-aw nšàqəlle,ˈ nšàqəlle,ˈ nšàqəlle.ˈ maláxe holá-ʾəṯye tíwe l-kàwe.ˈ hóla spára l-kàwe,ˈ tá-t ʾímət párqa dàna,ˈ tá-t mattíle ʾo-yàlaˈ tá-t šaqlíle nəšmèy.ˈ ʾu-hádəx ʾíṯwa ʾán-xa sobáṯət kə̀slən,ˈ buxɛrìyewa.ˈ síqɛle xákma mən-d-ò-šəmra,ˈ wírɛle gu-naxírət xa-m-malàxe.ˈ ʾu-wíḏɛle pə̀ṯyo!ˈ tpìṯɛle.ˈ ʾó-yala zóra mə́re b-ràxme!ˈ ʾax-ṱ-íle míra ʾo-zóra b-ràxme,ˈ ʾámər b-ráxme l-bàbuxˈ l-yə̀mmux.ˈ kút-xa mə́nna xámši šə́nne xéne xăyèla.ˈ qímela maláxe dìṛe.ˈ šwiqáli táma ʾu-ṯéli làxxa.ˈ ʾíṯwa lìṯwaˈ biš-m-aláha góṛa lìṯwa,ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-màlka.ˈ ʾaw-málka ʾíṯwale xa-bròna,ˈ yăk̭àna.ˈ xà mən-yománeˈ ʾáw-bronət màlkaˈ mə́re ṭla-bábe díye bắyən pálṭən ṣɛ̀da,ˈ ʾána ʾu-xuràne,ˈ gu-ṭùra,ˈ ṱ-áwe ʾə́rwət wàlaˈ m-ánna məndiyàne,ˈ qəqwàne,ˈ ṭɛ̀re,ˈ lɛḏən-mòdi.ˈ ʾáp-awwa sìqɛle gu-ṭúraˈ mən-xuráne díye píšɛle gu-ṭúra xá-yoma yóme trè.ˈ dmìxelaˈ b-lɛ̀le xá-gaˈ ʾə́ṯyela tré malàxe,ˈ pyáḏa qama-qámət čádra d-ò-malka.ˈ hadìya,ˈ ʾan-maláxe mə́ra yắḏət ʾaw-ʾɛ̀nile?ˈ mə́ra ʾaw-brōn-màlkɛle.ˈ mə́ra hɛ̀!ˈ mə́re ʾáw brōn-málka rába šapìrɛleˈ ʾu-hawnànɛle,ˈ ʾína ʾíṯ ʾax-díye ʾáp-ay šapírta-w hawnánta brátət málkət maʾàrwa ṱ-ámrəx.ˈ mə́re mòdit mára?ˈ ʾáwwa nablə́xle kəs-d-àyˈ yan-ʾáy nablə́xla kəs-d-àwwa?ˈ ʾáwwa mə́re làʾˈ ʾàwwa nablə́xle kəs-d-áy.ˈ mə́re báxta be-bằxət-ila,ˈ maqəṭlàle.ˈ mɛ́ṯəx ʾày kəsle-díye.ˈ qímela múṯyəlla ʾa-brátə d-ó-malkət maʾárwa kə́sle dìye.ˈ ʾíman ṱ-íle xə̀zyəlla,ˈ hátxa šəṭránta-w šapìrta,ˈ ʾay-ṣrìxla.ˈ qəm-ṱ-amə́rra là-ṣarxət.ˈ ʾàtit ṯíṯa kə́sli.ˈ lán ʾàna-ʾəṯya kə́sləx.ˈ bár ṱ-ila-ḏíta qa-t-ʾàyyɛla ṯíṯa kəsle-dìye,ˈ muxə́bla ġḏàḏe.ˈ mšuxlə́pla b-isəqyàṯa.ˈ ʾu-hádəx gu-d-o-xúbba ṭə̀lyela.ˈ xánči ṱ-amrə́nna qalùltaˈ qa-t-pàrqa.ˈ gu-d-o-xúbba ṭə̀lyela.ˈ ʾɛ-dánə ṱ-ìla ṛíše,ˈ kút-xa gu-šwíṯət gàne,ˈ ʾáyya gu-qáṣrət bába dìya,ˈ ʾáw gu-čádre dìye,ˈ ʾáwwa məskéna ràba pšímleˈ ʾu-ʾáy mšuyḏə̀nna.ˈ har-ò-yomaˈ mšurèla,ˈ ʾámri brátət málka mšuyḏə̀nnaˈ mšuréla sráṭa júlla mšeyḏòne.ˈ ʾáp-xa lá-biš-ile-mṣaya mqarów-əlla dìya.ˈ brōn-málka qímɛle qə́ryɛle l-kúlla ʾan-xuráne dìye.ˈ mə́re yába dɛ̀ṛəx.ˈ bàssa,ˈ wídlən ṣɛ̀da,ˈ bàssa.ˈ ʾána ṣɛ́di wìdli.ˈ mə́re ʾána ṣɛ́di wìdli.ˈ qímɛle díṛṛe bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ díṛɛle kəs-bábe dìye.ˈ ʾámər bàbiˈ ṱ-amrə́nnux xà-məndiˈ béli ʾə̀llux.ˈ mə́re hā́l ʾu-hawā́l hátxa xzèli.ˈ gu-d-ɛ̀-danaˈ mə́re bábi bálki gu-xə̀lmux-iwətwa.ˈ xə́lma náša hár ʾi-xàze.ˈ mə́re bábi là-babi,ˈ lɛ̀le xə́lma.ˈ škằrɛla.ˈ ʾáyya ʾisə́qṯa ʾu-ʾáyya yalə́xta ṱ-íwəx mšuxə̀lpe,ˈ kúl-məndi dìya.ˈ ʾo-mə́re hadíya mòdi bắyət?ˈ mə́re bắyən ʾázət xáḏrət bába dìyaˈ kú-dukə ṱ-íla mɛṯə̀tla-lli.ˈ mə́re spày.ˈ lá-yăḏe brāt-d-ɛ̀nila.ˈ lɛ́la mirtə̀lle.ˈ lá-yăḏe brāt-d-ɛ̀nila.ˈ malàxe yắḏi,ˈ ʾàxči.ˈ hadìya,ˈ módila wìḏe?ˈ málka qímɛle yomət-trè,ˈ híwɛle xábra ta-wăzíre dìye,ˈ ʾu-ráyəs wuzàraˈ yába hon-zàlaˈ xḏára báṯər báxta ta-bròni.ˈ ʾɛ́-ga b-dɛ̀ṛənˈ mɛyə́nna ʾay-bàxta.ˈ ʾáti wằkil-iwət.ˈ málka mə́xyɛle ʾíḏe l-gàneˈ ʾu-zìlɛle,ˈ núbla xulamwàṯa mə́nneˈ ʾu-nàše.ˈ ʾu-xìšɛleˈ b-ùrxaˈ xḏàraˈ m-máṯa l-màṯa,ˈ m-mḏíta l-mḏìta,ˈ xáze ʾɛ̀ka b-xazéla.ˈ ʾó-yomə ṱ-íle plíṭa málka m-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ ʾó-yoma bróne díye mìṯɛle.ˈ ʾó-yoma mìtle bróne díye.ˈ ʾáwwa là-yăḏe.ˈ ʾu-xìšɛle,ˈ ʾu-xìšɛle,ˈ ʾu-xìšɛle,ˈ ʾu-xìšɛle,ˈ ʾu-xìšɛle.ˈ xuláṣa ʾaláha mutə́pqəlle gu-d-a-mḏíta ṱ-íla ʾɛ-bráta d-o-màlka.ˈ xə́zyəlla náše jə̀myeˈ qúrbət qáṣrət màlka,ˈ kút-xa mṣawóṯe xà-məndi,ˈ kút-xa mára xà-məndi.ˈ ʾáwwa-ži qə́ryəlla mə́re mòdila qə́ṣṣət?ˈ mə́ra brāt-málka hóla mšuyḏànta.ˈ ta-mòdila mšuyḏánta?ˈ mə́ra ʾáyya là-yăḏa.ˈ hóla màraˈ xzíṯəlle xa-bronət-xà-malka,ˈ láx-ḏaʾa ʾɛ̀ka,ˈ ʾu-bìṯəllela-wˈ ʾu-hóla mšuyḏánta mən-d-ó-yoma ṱ-íla xzíṯəlle ʾàw.ˈ ʾáp-xa lɛle-mṣáya mbasə̀mla.ˈ mə́re ʾɛ́ni ʾítlɛxu t-náše t-máṣi mšáwṯi mə̀nnaˈ xazɛ́la màṭola?ˈ mə́ra ʾítlən ḏa-ṱóṱo y-óḏa xə̀rše.ˈ ʾáy y-ásqa kə́sla-w ṣàlya.ˈ ʾu-hál-diya čù-məndi.ˈ mə́re maṣítu mšadrítula kə̀sli?ˈ mə́ra hè.ˈ ʾaw-zílɛle gu-čádre dìye,ˈ ṯíṯɛla ṱòṱo.ˈ ṯíṯɛla kə́sle dìye,ˈ dríṯɛla šlàma.ˈ mə́re ʾáti y-ázət kəs-brátət màlka?ˈ mə́re mòdila qə́ṣṣət díya?ˈ mə́ra b-álaha qə́ṣṣət díya hàtxɛla.ˈ mpíltɛla b-xùbba.ˈ xzíṯəlla gyána díya kəs-xa brónət xa-màlka-wˈ ʾu-yómət trèˈ qedámta xzíṯəlla gyána gu-šwiyáṯət gyàna.ˈ mən-d-ó-yoma hóla mšuyḏànta.ˈ mə́re ʾamrə̀nnəx xá-məndi.ˈ šqíləlla qamáye ḏá-kísta dàwe.ˈ mə́re ʾáy ṭlàləx,ˈ ta-ṱ-óḏət šùla.ˈ hé mə̀ra,ˈ mjunəgníla hàtxa.ˈ mə́ra ʾɛ́-gət mən-d-ánna hàwe,ˈ šúla bṱ-ázəl lă-qàma!ˈ kut-dúkət bắyət nablànnux.ˈ mə́re làʾ.ˈ ʾáwwa xabùšaˈ muttále yalə̀xṯaˈ ʾaw-xabúša qṣèle.ˈ muttále ʾisə́qṯe díye gàwe.ˈ ʾu-ó-xabuša síṛṛe gu-d-áy-yalə́xṯe díye b-gyàne.ˈ mə́re máṯyət ʾáwwa xabùšaˈ ʾu-ʾáyya yalə̀xṯa.ˈ mamṭátla ʾə́lla dìyaˈ ʾu-xza-mò-ṱ-oḏaˈ ʾáṯyət ṱ-amràtli.ˈ ʾíman ṱ-àṯyət,ˈ ḏa-kista-xéta max-d-áy yawə̀nnəx.ˈ mə́ra dáx litlux-xàṭər?ˈ har-díya máṭyən ṱ-àṯyən.ˈ sìqtɛla.ˈ ʾáy hár mšeyḏòne,ˈ šwára nḏáya gu-d-án ʾotáxe šluxɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ʾay-m-rə́ḥqa hóla wáḏəlla ʾa-yalə́xṯa hàtxa qam-ʾɛ́na díya.ˈ ʾu-sìqla-wˈ ʾu-sìqla-wˈʾu-sìqla-wˈ ʾu-sìqla-wˈ ʾɛ́-ga ṱ-ìla-qriwta ʾə́lla,ˈ xzìṯəlla,ˈ xzíṯəlla yalə́xṯa hàtxa,ˈ ʾáx ṱ-àmrət,ˈ xáčča biš-šlèla.ˈ mabyóne ʾìṯ-xa-məndi gu-qə́ṣṣət.ˈ ʾu-wírtɛla ṱóṱo kə́sla dìya.ˈ mə́ra módit wáḏa?ˈ hàyyo!ˈ hóla hà!ˈ šqúlla yalə̀xṯa.ˈ ʾáyya d-ɛ̀nila?ˈ mə́ra yalə́xṯa dìyila.ˈ pṯíxtəlla xabúša gàwa.ˈ ʾo-xabúša pṯìxtəlle,ˈ ʾína ʾisə́qṯa dìya.ˈ mə́ra ʾap-ʾáyya ʾisə̀qṯila.ˈ kɛ̀le mára d-áyya?ˈ ʾɛ̀ni híwle-lləx?ˈ díya xanqànnəx!ˈ mə́ra klɛ̀!ˈ ʿala-kèfəx.ˈ hóle ʾàxxa.ˈ ʾàwwɛle mšudə́rəlli.ˈ kɛ̀le?ˈ ʾɛ̀kɛle?ˈ mə́ra klɛ̀.ˈ ʿala-kèfəx.ˈ mə́ra diya-mɛ́ṯu júlli malušùla.ˈ ʾána bsìmliˈ čú-mdi liṯ-bìyi.ˈ móṯi júlla dìya,ˈ kúlla qəm-malušíla ʾə́lla dìya.ˈ hadíya mə̀raˈ xábra plìṭleˈ mə́ra ṱóṱo mbusmála brāt-màlka.ˈ mə́ra b-ṣàlyənˈ b-tápqən bìye.ˈ xázəx mò-ṱ-awəḏ,ˈ ʾu-ta-t-šáqlən màwʿədˈ xazə̀xle.ˈ ʾàmraˈ sɛ-múr ṭla-bàbiˈ ṱ-àṯiˈ mpalṭíli m-àxxa-wˈ ṱ-ázən sàxyən,ˈ lóšən jùlli.ˈ ʾána hon-bsìmta.ˈ zìltɛla ṱóṱoˈ mə́ra màlka,ˈ màlka,ˈ mbusmáli bràtux.ˈ ʾáp-awwa šaqə́lla ḏá-kista qa-d-ày,ˈ yawə́lla qa-d-ày.ˈ hár mkapáštət kisyáṯət dàwela ṱóṱo.ˈ hè,ˈ wíḏta šùlɛla ṱóṱo.ˈ mára màsxola,ˈ malušúla jùlla-diyaˈ ʾu-díya ṱ-àṯyən.ˈ ʾítli šùla.ˈ kìzle málkaˈ mòdila qə́ṣṣət?ˈ ʾáti klì!ˈ ʾànən wáḏa šúla díya.ˈ ṣlìṯɛla.ˈ ʾámra ṭlále díye qù!ˈ drə̀stila qə́ṣṣət.ˈ hóla bsìmta.ˈ qù!ˈ bắya xazyàlux.ˈ qímela sìqe.ˈ ṱóṱo síqtɛla kəs-màlka.ˈ mə́ra lan-ʾàna mbusámtəlla brátux.ˈ mə́ra ʾíṯ ʾó-naša t-wéwa … ʾáyya là-yăḏa.ˈ xášwa ʾàwile.ˈ mə́ra ʾo-yálət băyàwaleˈ hóle ʾə̀ṯya-wˈ qəm-yawə́lla yalə̀xṯa ʾə́lli.ˈ ʾu-ʾáyyɛla kùlla.ˈ ʾána hadíya m-kə̀slən ṯáya.ˈ ʾu-bắye ʾáṯe xazèluxˈ ʾu-qa-t xazéla bràta-ži.ˈ ʾòy,ˈ mə́re sɛ-múr … ʾàxni ṣáləx qamóṯe díye.ˈ ʾáxni ṣáləx qamòṯe díye.ˈ qímela ṣə́lye qamóṯe dìyeˈ ʾu-múṯyəlle músqəlle dáwla-w zòrna-wˈ hósa ʾu-gargàrtaˈ ʾu-musqə́lle kəs-màlka.ˈ tíwela mṣawòṯe.ˈ málka mə́re hàˈ de-mùrri.ˈ xázəx mòdila qə́ṣṣət.ˈ mə́re ʾamrə̀nnux.ˈ ʾána ʾíwən bábə d-o-yàla.ˈ ʾána ʾíwən màlka,ˈ ʾax-dìyux.ˈ ʾu-mə́re bróni ʾu-brátux xə́zyela ġḏàḏeˈ ʾu-ʾána ʾə́ṯyən xḏàra,ˈ ʾu-ʾaláha qəm-matfə́qli bíya díya ʾàxxa.ˈ škíra ʾaláha díya bsìmla.ˈ hadíya mòdit mára?ˈ hon-ʾə́ṯya t-yawə́tla nablə́nna ta-bròni.ˈ max-ṱ-íla brátux mšuyḏànta,ˈ ʾap-àw,ˈ ʾən-lá-ʾazən mšàyḏən.ˈ mə́re dū̀s-it.ˈ qímela-w mírtəlla bràta-wˈ xḏíṯɛla ràba-wˈ max-d-an-gúmle t-wéwa núbla mə́nne díye max-d-áni xéne híwle bába ṭlála dìya.ˈ ʾu-mŭṭə̀nnaˈ ʾu-šwiqála mḏíta-w də́ṛṛa ta-ʾaṯrɛ̀y.ˈ hadíya dìṛela,ˈ xà-yoma,ˈ trè-yome,ˈ ṭḷàṯa.ˈ ʾə̀ṯyela,ˈ plíṭe bárqūl mḏitèy.ˈ ʾína mḏitéy kúlla mxíṯa l-kòma,ˈ báte kòme,ˈ júllət náše kòme,ˈ kúlla kòmewa.ˈ ʾàjib!ˈ mòdila qəṣṣəttɛ́xu?ˈ ʾámra bábi xázəx ʾáyya mḏitɛ́xu kúlla hola-mxíṯa kòma.ˈ mòdila qəṣṣəttɛ́xu?ˈ ṱ-ámrəx l-mìla,ˈ hóya mxíṯa l-mìla.ˈ ʾə́dlɛle dámxəx ʾàxxa.ˈ ʾáw bắye t-yằḏe,ˈ xáze mòdila qə́ṣṣət.ˈ tə̀mməl ṣáləx.ˈ ʾáxni ʾádət díyən hàtxɛla.ˈ qam-dànaˈ yáwəx xàbraˈ ta-t-pálṭi l-qamòṯənˈ maṣlɛ́lən b-iqàra.ˈ ʾána màlkən.ˈ ʾáy dmìxtɛla,ˈ ʾáw mšùdrɛle,ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle xa-mən-zaràye.ˈ qə̀ryəlle,ˈ mə́re ta-módila ʾáyya mḏíta hàtxa?ˈ ʾáw lɛ̀le ḏíya málkɛle.ˈ mə́re lɛ̀-yăḏət módi bə́rya?ˈ xa-qə́ṣṣət rába mapšəmàntɛla.ˈ ʾíṯwalən xa-màlka.ˈ hàdəx-iwa xóš-naša.ˈ hàdəx-iwa spày.ˈ náše băyìwale.ˈ ʾáwwa málka díyən zìlɛle.ˈ mən-d-ó-yōm ṱ-íle zìla,ˈ zílɛle mɛṯóye xa-bráta ta-bróne dìye,ˈ ʾó-yōm ṱ-ìle plíṭaˈ bróne díye mìṯɛle.ˈ ʾu-ʾáxni-ži láx muqíme m-báṯre díye màlkaˈ ʾu-mə́xyəxəlla máṯən kúlla l-míla-w l-kóma m-báṯre dìye.ˈ ʾu-ʾɛ́-ga maxurə́xla ta-t-dàyəṛˈ mə́re hàtxɛla qə́ṣṣət?ˈ mə́re bróne díye mìṯɛle?ˈ mə́re hé hóle mìṯa brōn-díye.ˈ ʾámər sí-mur ta-pə́llən wăzī̀rˈ múrgena málka ṯèle.ˈ bắyən lá-ʾaṯi b-xàššaˈ ʾu-bxáya-w jnàna.ˈ ʾáṯi b-dáwla-w zórna-w tópe-w ʾəstəqbāl ràsmi.ˈ la-bắyən ʾáyya bráta ṱ-in-múṯyəlla t-yắḏa qá-t ṭlíba díya hóle mìṯa.ˈ zìlɛle,ˈ mə́re ṭlà-wăzīrˈ mḏíta băyə́nna mbádla jálde kúlla ʾax-qamàye,ˈ muxwàrta.ˈ ʾáwwa kóma šàqəl.ˈ hadìya,ˈ híwɛle xábra ṭla-wăzī̀rˈ har-b-ò-lɛle.ˈ kúlla mḏíta mə́xyəlla ṣŭ̀buġ,ˈ píštɛla xwàrta,ˈ max-qamàye.ˈ ʾu-murízela mbádla jàldeˈ síqela ʾəstəqbāl t-màlka,ˈ xéna ʾax-ṱ-óḏi ʾəstəqbā́l t-màlke,ˈ b-iqàra-wˈ ʾáyya hóla mparòje,ˈ káza xyára hàtxaˈ ta-t-xazyále ṭlíba dìye,ˈ lɛ̀la xzayəlle.ˈ mára bábi tə́mməl ʾáyya mḏíta xu-kòmta-wawa?ˈ xázəx ʾə́dyo hóla xwàrta.ˈ mə́re bràti,ˈ ʾáy ṱ-ix-ʾə́ṯye kčìxeˈ hádəx qam-ʾɛ̀nəx mubyə́nna.ˈ har-xwàrta wáwa.ˈ dìṛɛle,ˈ ʾay-káza xyàra,ˈ mára kyɛ̀le brónux?ˈ xázəx xzàyəlle.ˈ lɛ́le hràwa.ˈ lɛ̀-yăḏən ʾap-ʾána.ˈ ʾay-mə́ra bálki ʾadətéy hàtxɛlaˈ lá-hoya yóma qamáya xə́tna t-xazéla kyàlo.ˈ xéna ṣlìṯɛla,ˈ sìqtɛla.ˈ músqəlla gu-ṭábaq t-ṭḷàṯa,ˈ gu-ʾotáxa dìya.ˈ mə́re ʾotàxəxila.ˈ xulamwáṯa l-áy-gota ʾu-l-àyya.ˈ ʾáw ṣə́lyɛle kəs-báxte dìye.ˈ mšúryela bxàya,ˈ mxáya l-ganèyˈ ʾu-rmáya ganèy.ˈ hadíya xà-yoma-w,ˈ trè,ˈ ṭḷà,ˈ káza ʾáyya xyára b-panjarìye,ˈ xazyále ṭlíba wára plàṭa,ˈ ʾàp-xa lɛ́la-xzaya.ˈ mòdila qəṣṣə́tte?ˈ píšla qúrbət xà-yarxaˈ ʾɛ́-ga málka mə́re ṭla-bàxteˈ mó-ṱ-oya ʾàyya?ˈ ʾay-báxta hox-mùṯyəlla.ˈ gắrəg ʾàmrəx.ˈ ʾay-xá-yoma har-t-yằḏaˈ ṱ-íle míṯa brònən.ˈ láx mṣáya ʾázəx ʾamrə̀xla.ˈ bắya pɛ̀ša,ˈ pɛ́ša ʾáy ʾàxxa,ˈ b-šópət brònənˈ ṱ-óya malə́kṯa b-šópi ʾíman-t-ʾána mɛ̀ṯən.ˈ ʾu-bắya dɛ́ṛa l-bɛ́ṯət bába dìya,ˈ mattə́nna xá-ga xèta,ˈ ʾàna mădəṛə́nna.ˈ xulàṣa,ˈ qə́ryəlle wăzīr-díye ʾu-xákma guṛàneˈ ʾu-báxte dìye.ˈ ʾaw-qímɛle síqɛle kə́sla dìya.ˈ wíre kə́sla dìyaˈ tìwela.ˈ mə́re tù-brati,ˈ tù.ˈ bắyən mṣáwṯən mə̀nnəx.ˈ ʾítli xákma xabráne ṱ-amrə̀nnəx.ˈ xèrila?ˈ mòdila bábi?ˈ mə́re dusùṯa bắyət,ˈ ʾó-yoma ṱ-ín ʾána zíla xḏára bárəx qa-t-mɛyə̀nnəxˈ ʾó-yoma bróni mìṯɛle.ˈ ʾáy-mə́ra dàx míṯɛle?!ˈ mə́re mìṯɛle.ˈ mə́re díya ṯéli bắyən ʾamrə̀nnəxˈ ʾáwwa xà-yarxaˈ ʾàxči máṣəx maspərə́xləx.ˈ lá maspərə́xləx bi-zàwda.ˈ ʾən-măxóbət pɛ́šət ʾàxxa,ˈ ʾáti pɛ́šət malə́kṯa šòpiˈ gu-d-áwwa ʾàṯṛa.ˈ ʾən-bắyət ʾázət dɛ́ṛət ṭla-bɛ́ṯət bàbəx,ˈ tə́mməl mădəṛə̀nnəx.ˈ bróni mìṯɛle.ˈ šwíqəlla xáye bìyəx.ˈ mšuréla bxàya.ˈ xéna mò-ṱ-oḏa dé-u?ˈ xárṯa mə́ra làʾ.ˈ lá-băyən dɛ̀ṛən.ˈ ʾána bắyən ṣálət banə́tli ḏa-ʾótəx rəš-qáwre dìye.ˈ kúlla záwni b-xáye ṱ-àwyənˈ hál ʾo-yómət ʾáp-ana mɛ̀ṯənˈ ʾu-mattíli kə̀sle.ˈ ʾàxxa,ˈ tàmma,ˈ mə́ra ʾàyyɛla,ˈ čú-mdi xéna lìṯən.ˈ qímɛle ṣə́lyɛle bə́nyəlla ḏa-ʾòtəxˈ rəš-qáwrət bróne dìye.ˈ ʾu-píštɛla bxàya.ˈ píštɛla bxàya,ˈ ʾu-bxàya,ˈ ʾu-bxàya,ˈ xà-yoma-wˈ trè-uˈ xa-yàrxa-wˈ xá-bena ʾan-tre-maláxe t-wɛ́wa ʾə́ṯye bìya,ˈ t-wɛ́wa mutə́pqəlla b-ġḏàḏe,ˈ ṯéla pyáḏa táma tàma.ˈ xá-mənna mə́re ʾáwwa mò-qalət bə́xyɛle?ˈ ʾo-xéna mə́re la-yắḏət mo-qálət bə̀xyɛle?ˈ txárət ʾan-xa-tré t-mutəpqíwalən bə-ġḏàḏe?ˈ hè.ˈ mə́re ʾu-xaráye ṭlíba díya qəm-šaqlə̀xle.ˈ ʾáy pìšla.ˈ ʾáyya hóla ṯíṯa ʾàxxa.ˈ hóla mùṯyəlla.ˈ hóla mára ʾàxxa ṱ-óyənˈ hál-ʾo-yomət mɛ̀ṯən.ˈ ʾàyyaˈ ʾəštì-šənne xéne xăyála.ˈ yáʿni ʾəští-šənne xéne ṱ-óya rəš-d-ɛ́-qora tíwta bxàya.ˈ mə́re módi bắyət ṱ-òḏəx?ˈ baqrə̀xla.ˈ ʾən-hóya rázi šə́nna díya pălàla,ˈ pálga ṭla-d-áy ʾu-pálga ṭla-d-àw,ˈ maqimə̀xle.ˈ xắyi m-ġḏàḏeˈ ṭḷáṯi šə̀nne-wˈ mɛ́ṯi m-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾu-ʾən-làʾ,ˈ har-ʾàxxa t-óya ʾə́šti šə́nne.ˈ wírela kə̀sla,ˈ də́ryəlla šlàma.ˈ šlàma-lləx!ˈ b-šɛ́na b-ṭawàṯa!ˈ mòditu wáḏa ʾáxxa?ˈ m-ɛ̀kitu ṯáya?ˈ mə́ra tù.ˈ mə̀raˈ ʾáxni malàxəx.ˈ ʾáwwa gàwṛəxˈ hóle mìṯa.ˈ ʾàxnix šqíləlle.ˈ ʾáti ʾəští-šənne xéne ʾáxxa b-xằyətˈ ʾəští-šənne ṱ-óyət ʾáxxa tíwta bxáya rəš-d-áyya qòra?ˈ mə́ra hè.ˈ lá ʾəštì-šənne,ˈ tre-ʾəmmà-šənneˈ ʾáxxa ṱ-òyən.ˈ mə́ra ʾítlən xá-məndi bắyəx ṱ-oḏə́xxe ṭlàləx.ˈ ʾəští-šənne ràbɛlaˈ ṱ-oyət tíwta ʾáxxa báxyət qáṭlət gànəx.ˈ mə́ra mòdile?ˈ mə́ra ʾáti b-xắyət ʾəští-šənne xène.ˈ ʾən-pălátla šə̀nnəxˈ ṭḷáṯi ṭlàləx,ˈ ṭḷáṯi ṭla-d-àw,ˈ maqimə̀xle.ˈ mòdit mára?ˈ ʾámra xzì.ˈ ʾànaˈ ʾáxči xoš-qàyəmˈ xazyánne xàmša daqíqe,ˈ ʾan-xéne kúlla ṭla-d-àw.ˈ mə́ra là,ˈ là-hoya.ˈ ṭḷáṯi ṭlàləx,ˈ ṭḷáṯi ṭla-d-àw.ˈ bằyət,ˈ spày.ˈ là-băyət … mə́ra ràzinˈ mə́ra ràzit?ˈ mə́ra ràzin.ˈ ʾáni plìṭela-wˈ ʾáw qìmɛle.ˈ mšuréla nšáqa ġḏàḏe.ˈ blígela b-ġḏàḏe.ˈ hádəx dmíxela-w ṭlìyela.ˈ ʾánna kut-qedàmtaˈ xadámta d-ɛ-bráta mɛṯyáwala čàyˈ ʾu-ṭàmta,ˈ ʾu-y-àsqa.ˈ ʾánna ma-ṱ-íla xmíle b-ġḏàḏe,ˈ dmíxe-w ṭlìyela,ˈ xpíqe ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾáyya ṣlìṯɛlaˈ pṯìxtəlle tắra,ˈ wírtɛla hátxa ʾína hóle xa-šazáda dmíxa kə́sla dìya!ˈ mə́ra ʾáyya m-hàtxɛwa mára,ˈ ʾáyya m-hàtxɛwa mára,ˈ bnóli ʾótəx rəš-qórət gàwṛi,ˈ ta-t-kút-yom xà-maṣla kə́sla díya,ˈ madə̀mxa kə́sla.ˈ rìqla,ˈ sìqla,ˈ ʾámra ṭla-màlka.ˈ mə́re mòdila qə́ṣṣət?ˈ mə́ra màlkaˈ hóle ʾə́ṯya nàša.ˈ bə́nyət-əlla ʾótəx tàmaˈ qá-t mabə́sma kút-yom xà.ˈ hóle xa-šoramíṭa m-áxxa l-tămàhaˈ dmíxa kə́sla dìya.ˈ mòt mára?ˈ mə́ra qú ṣli-xzì.ˈ qímɛle màlka-wˈ wăzìre-wˈ polìse-wˈ xə́rrrr čríkəlle ʾaw-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ gu-d-ɛ́ ṣlɛṯèyˈ qáṭu wìrtɛlaˈ ʾáy šwíqtəlwa májma tàma.ˈ qáṭu wìrtɛla,ˈ npílta gu-d-án panjàneˈ mqurə̀dxela,ˈ ʾánna ṛìšela.ˈ ʾɛ́-ga ṱ-íla ṛìše,ˈ ʾámra qù!ˈ hóla ṯíṯa xulàmta.ˈ hóla xzíṯəllux ʾáti kə̀sli.ˈ hóla síqta mára ṭla-bàbux,ˈ díya ṱ-áṯi pɛrmìlən.ˈ mòt mára? mə́re.ˈ hóla čày.ˈ hóla xzíṯəllux ʾáti dmíxa kə̀sli.ˈ hadìya,ˈ qìmɛle.ˈ lwíša júlle hátxa jálde jàlde,ˈ kə́lyɛle gu-ṭắrət bɛ́ṯa ʾáw ʾu-ʾày.ˈ bábe díye ʾu-d-áni ʾə̀ṯyela,ˈ m-táma rə́ḥqa xyàra.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾɛ̀nile?ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle qùrba.ˈ ʾo-mə́re bàbiˈ ʾànən.ˈ mə́re hé brònile,ˈ hóle qìma.ˈ ʾu-ʾə́ṯyela xpíqe ġḏàḏe,ˈ nšáqa ġḏàḏe.ˈ bréla ḏá xadúṯa gu-d-ò-ʾalma.ˈ xa-mə́ndi məʾajbàna.ˈ wéla hádəx xə̀ḏye.ˈ qímela músqəlla b-dáwla-w zòrna,ˈ drɛ́ṯət tòpeˈ ʾu-hádəx wídla xlùla.ˈ šawwà-yomaṯa ʾu-šawwà-lɛlăwaṯa xlúla-wewa.ˈ qəm-magwə̀rrey.ˈ hádəx m-bar-t-gwìrra,ˈ ʾaláha qəm-yawə́lla xa-bròna.ˈ ʾìma?ˈ ʾɛ́-šetət mɛ̀ṯi.ˈ ʾɛ́-šetət mɛ́ṯi qəm-yawə́lla xa-bróna zòra.ˈ hadìya,ˈ ʾó-lɛlət mɛ̀ṯi,ˈ holá-ʾəṯye tìwe,ˈ báxta tíwta l-àyya-gotət mḗs,ˈ ʾu-gáwṛa tíwa l-ày-gota.ˈ ʾo-yála zóra hóla múttəlle be-pàlga.ˈ ʾáy hóla nšàqəlle,ˈ nšàqəlle,ˈ nšàqəlle,ˈ xpáqəlle gu-ṣádra dìya.ˈ ʾu-yáwəlle ṭla-bábe dìye.ˈ ʾáp-aw nšàqəlle,ˈ nšàqəlle,ˈ nšàqəlle.ˈ maláxe holá-ʾəṯye tíwe l-kàwe.ˈ hóla spára l-kàwe,ˈ tá-t ʾímət párqa dàna,ˈ tá-t mattíle ʾo-yàlaˈ tá-t šaqlíle nəšmèy.ˈ ʾu-hádəx ʾíṯwa ʾán-xa sobáṯət kə̀slən,ˈ buxɛrìyewa.ˈ síqɛle xákma mən-d-ò-šəmra,ˈ wírɛle gu-naxírət xa-m-malàxe.ˈ ʾu-wíḏɛle pə̀ṯyo!ˈ tpìṯɛle.ˈ ʾó-yala zóra mə́re b-ràxme!ˈ ʾax-ṱ-íle míra ʾo-zóra b-ràxme,ˈ ʾámər b-ráxme l-bàbuxˈ l-yə̀mmux.ˈ kút-xa mə́nna xámši šə́nne xéne xăyèla.ˈ qímela maláxe dìṛe.ˈ šwiqáli táma ʾu-ṯéli làxxa.ˈ	There was or there was not. There was no greater than God. There was once a king. That king had a son, an only son. One day, that son of the king said to his father ‘I want to go out hunting, I together with friends, in the mountains, where there were wild goats,such things, partridges, birds, I don’t know what. So, he went up into the mountains with his friends and remained in the mountains one or two days. One night they went to sleep and two angels came, passing by the tent of the king. Now, those angels said ‘Do you know who that is?’ They said ‘That is the son of the king.’ They said ‘Yes’. (One) said ‘That son of a king is very good-looking and clever, but there is someone who is good-looking and clever like him, the daughter of the king of the West, let’s say’. (The other) said ‘What do you say (we do)?’ ‘Should we take him to her or take her to him?’ He said ‘No. We shall take him to her.’ He said ‘The woman is not trustworthy, she may cause him to be killed. Let’s bring her to him.’ They went and brought that daughter of the king of the West to him. When he saw her, so beautiful and good-looking, she screamed. He said to her ‘Don’t scream. It was you who came to me. It was not me who came to you.’ After she realized that she had come to him, they fell in love with each other. They exchanged rings. Thus they slept together in that love. I’ll tell it to you quickly so that it will finish. They slept together in that love. When they woke up, each in their own bed, she in the palace of her father and he in his tent, he, poor man, became very sad and she became mad. On the same day she began—they say the daughter of the king went mad and began to tear her clothes out of madness. Nobody was able to go near her at all. The son of the king called all his friends and said ‘Let’s return. That’s enough. We have done some hunting. That’s enough. I have done my hunting.’ He said ‘I have done my hunting’. He returned home. He returned to his father. He says ‘Father, I shall tell you something, between me and you’. He said ‘I saw such-and-such things’. Then he (the king) said ‘My dear, perhaps you were dreaming. A person always dreams. He said ‘Father, no father. It is not a dream. It is true. This is the ring and this the scarf that we exchanged. Everything is hers.’ He said ‘Now, what do you want?’ He said ‘I want you to go and look for her father, and to bring her to me wherever she is.’ He said ‘Fine’. He does not know whose daughter she is. She did not tell him. He does not know whose daughter she is. Only the angels know. Now, what did they do? The next day the king gave word to his ministers and his prime minister ‘Now, I am going to look for a wife for my son. When I return, I shall be bringing the wife. You are the deputy.’ The king set off, taking servants with him and (other) people. He went on the road, wandering from village to village, town to town, to see where to find her. On the day that the king left home, on that day his son died. On that day his son died. He (the king) did not know. He travelled on and on and on and on and on. In the end God made him come across the town where the daughter of that king was. He saw the people gathered near the pal-ace of the king, each one saying something, each one telling something. He called to them and said ‘What has happened?’ They said ‘The daughter of the king has gone mad.’ ‘Why has she gone mad?’ They said ‘She does not know. She says that she saw the son of a king, we do not know where, and fell in love with him, and she has been mad from the day that she saw him. Nobody can cure her.’ He said ‘What people do you have who can speak with her and find out how she is?’ They said ‘We have an old woman who does magic. She goes up to her and comes down, but until now nothing (has come of it)’. He said ‘Can you send her to me?’ They said ‘Yes’. He went to his tent and the old woman came. She came to him and offered greetings. He said ‘Do you go to the daughter of the king?’ He said ‘What is her story?’ She said ‘Well, her story is like this. She has fallen in love. She found herself with a son of a king and the next day in the morning she found herself in her own bed. From that day she has been mad.’ He said ‘I’ll tell you something.’ He first took out a purse of gold pieces. He said ‘This is for you, for you to do your job.’ ‘Oh’ she said, she shook them like this, she said ‘If there are these (gold pieces), the job will go ahead! I’ll take you to any place you want.’ He said ‘No. (Take) this apple.’ He laid out the handkerchief and cut the apple. He put his (his son’s) ring in it and tied the apple in the handkerchief by itself. He said ‘Take this apple and this handkerchief. Convey them to her and see what she does, then come back and tell me. When you come back, I’ll give you another purse like that one.’ She said ‘By all means. I’ll be there and back at once.’ She went up (to see her). She (the princess) is continually acting madly, leaping and jumping around naked in the rooms. She (the old woman) waves the handkerchief before her eyes from a distance like this. She (gradually) came up and up and up and up. When she came near to her and she saw it, she saw the handkerchief, she seemed to become she became a little calmer. It seems, there is something in the story. The old woman went (into the room) to her. She said ‘What are you doing? Come! Here it is! Take the handkerchief.’ ‘Whose is it?’ She said that it was her handkerchief. She opened it and the apple was in it. She opened up the apple and there was her ring. She said ‘This ring is also mine. Where is the owner of this? Who has given it to you? I’ll throttle you right now.’ She said ‘Wait! Calm down. He is here. It was he who sent me.’ ‘Where is he? Where is he?’ She said ‘Wait. Calm down.’ She said ‘Now bring my clothes and put them on me. I am cured. Nothing is the matter with me.’ Her clothes were brought. They put them all on her. Now, they said, the word went out and they said ‘The old woman has cured the daughter of the king.’ She said ‘I’ll go down and meet him. Let’s see what he will do. (I’ll go down) to make an appointment, let’s see him.’ She says ‘Go and tell my father (to give instructions) for them to come and release me from here. I’ll go to wash and put on my clothes. I am cured.’ The old woman went and said ‘Oh King, oh king, I have cured your daughter.’ He takes a purse for her and gives it to her. The old woman is all the time collecting bags of gold. Yes, the old woman made (good) business. She says ‘Bath her, dress her in her clothes and I’ll be back right away. I have something to do.’ The king tried (to ask) ‘What is happening?’ ‘You stop (asking questions).’ I am in charge of her business.’ She went down and says to him (the other king) ‘Get up! Things have turned out well. She is cured. Get up! She wants to see you.’ They went up (to see her). The old woman went up to the king. She said ‘It was not me who cured your daughter’. She said ‘There is the man who … ’ She does not know. She thinks it is him. She said ‘The young man whom she loved has come and has given me her handkerchief. That’s all. I am now coming back from him and he wants to come to see you and to see also the girl.’ ‘Oh’ he said ‘Go and say we shall come down to meet him. We shall come down to meet him.’ They went down to meet him and brought him up (with) drum and pipe, clamour and shouting. They brought him up to the king and they sat talking. The king said ‘Oh, tell me, let’s hear what the story is.’ He said ‘I’ll tell you. I am the father of that boy. I am a king, like you.’ He said ‘My son and your daughter saw each other. I came looking and God caused me to find her here. Thank God she has now recovered. Now, what do you say? I have come for you to give her away so that I may take her to my son. Just as your daughter has gone mad, he also, if I do not go back, will go mad.’ He said ‘You are right’. They went and told the girl and she became very happy. Like the camels that he had brought with him, her father gave her others like these. They loaded them, then they left the town and returned to their land. Now, they returned. (After) one, two, three days they came out opposite their town. But, their town was all covered in black. Black houses, black clothes of people, they were all black. ‘How odd! What has happened to you?’ She says ‘Father, we see that this town of yours is all covered in black. What has happened to you?’—Let’s say in blue, let’s say it was covered in blue—‘Tonight let us sleep here’. He wants to know, find out what had happened. Tomorrow we shall go down. Such is our custom. Beforehand we give word for them to come out to meet us, to bring us down (into the town) with honour. I am a king. (When) she fell asleep, he sent (a messenger) and one of the farmers came. He called to him and said ‘Why is this town like this?’ He did not know that he was the king. He said ‘Do you not know what has happened? It is a very sad story. We had a king. He was such a good man. He was so good. The people used to love him. This king of ours went away. From the day that he went, went to bring a girl for his son,—on the day he left, his son died. We have not installed (another) king after him but have covered all our village with blue and black after he left. We shall make it white when he returns.’ He said ‘Is that the story?’ He said ‘Did his son die?’ He said ‘Yes, his son died’. He says ‘Go and tell the minister so-and-so, say the king has come back. I do not want them to come in sadness, weeping and singing dirges. Let them come with the drum and pipe and with guns, in an official reception. I do not want this girl whom I have brought to know that her betrothed has died.’ He went and said to the minister ‘(By) early morning I want all the town as (it was) before, made white. Let the black be removed. Now, he gave word to the minister on the same night. They painted the whole town and it became white like before. They lined up in the early morning and went up to receive the king, as they (customarily) receive kings, with honour, while she was watching, peering like this to see her betrothed, but she does not see him. She says ‘Father, was this town not black yesterday? We see today that it is white.’ He said ‘My daughter, it is because we were tired that it appeared like that to your eyes. It was always white.’ She looks in vain and says ‘Where is your son? Let’s see him.’ He does not tell. ‘I also do not know’. She said ‘Perhaps their custom is that on the first day the groom is not allowed to see the bride.’ Then she went down and went up (to the palace). He took her up to the third floor, to her room. He said ‘It is your room’. There were servants on this side and that. He went down to his wife. They began weeping, beating themselves and putting ash on themselves. Now, one day, two, three, she looks in vain from the windows to see her betrothed coming and going, but sees nobody. What has happened to him? Almost a month went by (since their arrival) and then the king said to his wife ‘What will become of her? We have brought that woman. We must tell (her). She will surely know one day that our son is dead. We cannot go and tell her. If she wants to stay, let her stay here in the place of our son and she will be queen in my place when I die. But, if she wants to return to her father’s house, I shall put her again (on a camel) and return her.’ In the end he called his minister and a few courtiers and his wife. He went up to her. He entered her room. and they sat down. He said ‘Sit, my daughter, sit. I want to speak with you. I have a few words to say to you.’ ‘Is everything all right? What is it, father?’ He said ‘If you want the truth, on the day I went off to look for you to bring you (here) my son died.’ She said ‘What do you mean “He died”?!’ He said ‘He died.’ He said ‘Now I have come and want to tell you that we can only make you wait this one month. We shall not make you wait more. If you would like to stay here, you will become queen in my place in this land. If you want to go and return to the house of your father, I shall send you back tomorrow. My son is dead. He has left his life to you.’ She began to weep. What else would she do? Then she said ‘No. I do not want to return. I want you to go down and build a room over his grave, (in which I shall be) all the time that I am alive until the day that I also die and they put me with him. They tried all ways (to convince her to change her decision), but she said ‘That is it. There is nothing else (that is possible)’. He went down and built a room over the grave of his son. She continued weeping. She continued weeping and weeping and weeping, one day, two, one month. Then, those two angels who had brought her, who had caused them to meet each other, came passing by. One of them said ‘What sound of weeping is this?’ The other said ‘Do you not know what sound of weeping it is? Do you remember the couple that we brought together?’ ‘Yes’. He said ‘and in the end we took her betrothed and she remained alive. This girl has come here. They brought her. She says ‘I shall stay here until the day I die’. She will live another sixty years. That is, she will stay another sixty years weeping over that grave.’ He said ‘What do you want us to do?’ ‘Let’s ask her. If she is happy to share her years, half for her and half for him, we shall resurrect him. They will live together thirty years and die together. If not, she will stay here for sixty years.’ They went into her room and greeted her. ‘Greetings to you!’ ‘Peace and blessings! What are you doing here? Where do you come from?’ They said ‘Sit down’. They said ‘We are angels. This husband of yours has died. It was us who took him. You will live here another sixty years. Will you stay sitting here sixty years over this grave?’ She said ‘Yes. Not sixty years, two hundred years I shall be here.’ They said ‘There is something that we want to do for you. Sixty years is too much for you to sit here weeping and destroying yourself.’ She said ‘What is it?’ They said ‘You will live another sixty years. If you divide your years, thirty for you and thirty for him, we shall resurrect him. What do you say?’ She says ‘Look. Just let him rise for me to see him for five minutes, and all the other (sixty years) be for him.’ They said ‘No. That is not possible. Thirty for you and thirty for him. If you want this, that is fine. If you don’t want it …,’ She said ‘I am happy (to accept)’. They said ‘Are you happy (to accept)?’ She said ‘I am happy’. They went out and he arose. They began kissing each other. They were (completely) preoccupied with each other. They lay down and slept. Every morning the servant of that girl brought her tea and breakfast, then would go back. How happy they were together, lying down and sleeping, embracing one another. She came down and opened the door, and came in like this and there was a prince lying with her! She said ‘It was for this reason, it was for this reason that she said “Build me a room over the grave of my husband”, namely in order that she could bring somebody to her every day and cause him to lie with her.’ She ran, went up and told the king. He said ‘What is the matter?’ She said ‘King, a man has come. You have built her a room there for her to entertain somebody everyday. A giant from here to there (in size) is lying with her.’ ‘What are you saying?’ She said ‘Go down and look’. The king set off (with) the ministers and the police and they surrounded the house. While they were going down, a cat came in. She (the servant) had left a tray there. A cat came in, fell into the glasses, they shattered and they (the prince and princess) woke up. When they woke up, she says ‘Get up!. The servant has come. She has seen you with me. She has gone up to tell your father, and now they will come to slaughter us.’ ‘What are you saying?’ he said. ‘There is tea. She has seen you lying with me.’ Now, he got up. He quickly put on his clothes and stood at the door of the house together with her. His father and the others came and looked from afar. ‘Who is he?’ He came close. He said ‘Father, it is me.’ He said ‘Yes, it is my son, he has risen (from the dead)’ and they came together and embraced and kissed one another. A (great) joy arose among the people, something remarkable. They became so happy. They brought them up (to the palace) with drum and pipe and the firing of rifles. In this way they held the wedding. The wedding was for seven days and seven nights. He married them. So, after they married, God gave them a son. When? The year they were to die. The year they were to die, He gave them a small son. Now, the night they were to die, they came and sat down, the wife sitting on this side of the table and the husband sitting on the other side. They put the small child in the middle. She is kissing and kissing and kissing him and hugging him to her breast. Then she gives him to his father. He also kisses and kisses and kisses him. The angels have come and have sat by the window. They are waiting by the window for the time to finish, for them to put down the child so that they could take away their soul. There were stoves in our community that were smoke ducts. Some of the soot went up and entered the nose of one of the angels. He went ‘achoo!’ He sneezed. The little boy said ‘Bless you!’ When the little one said ‘Bless you’, he (the angel) said ‘Bless your father and mother. May each live another fifty years. The angels got up and returned. I have left it there and come here.

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ʾíṯwa lìṯwaˈ biš-m-aláha góṛa lìṯwa,ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-màlka.ˈ ʾaw-málka ʾíṯwale xa-bròna,ˈ yăk̭àna.ˈ xà mən-yománeˈ ʾáw-bronət màlkaˈ mə́re ṭla-bábe díye bắyən pálṭən ṣɛ̀da,ˈ ʾána ʾu-xuràne,ˈ gu-ṭùra,ˈ ṱ-áwe ʾə́rwət wàlaˈ m-ánna məndiyàne,ˈ qəqwàne,ˈ ṭɛ̀re,ˈ lɛḏən-mòdi.ˈ ʾáp-awwa sìqɛle gu-ṭúraˈ mən-xuráne díye píšɛle gu-ṭúra xá-yoma yóme trè.ˈ dmìxelaˈ b-lɛ̀le xá-gaˈ ʾə́ṯyela tré malàxe,ˈ pyáḏa qama-qámət čádra d-ò-malka.ˈ hadìya,ˈ ʾan-maláxe mə́ra yắḏət ʾaw-ʾɛ̀nile?ˈ mə́ra ʾaw-brōn-màlkɛle.ˈ mə́ra hɛ̀!ˈ mə́re ʾáw brōn-málka rába šapìrɛleˈ ʾu-hawnànɛle,ˈ ʾína ʾíṯ ʾax-díye ʾáp-ay šapírta-w hawnánta brátət málkət maʾàrwa ṱ-ámrəx.ˈ mə́re mòdit mára?ˈ ʾáwwa nablə́xle kəs-d-àyˈ yan-ʾáy nablə́xla kəs-d-àwwa?ˈ ʾáwwa mə́re làʾˈ ʾàwwa nablə́xle kəs-d-áy.ˈ mə́re báxta be-bằxət-ila,ˈ maqəṭlàle.ˈ mɛ́ṯəx ʾày kəsle-díye.ˈ qímela múṯyəlla ʾa-brátə d-ó-malkət maʾárwa kə́sle dìye.ˈ ʾíman ṱ-íle xə̀zyəlla,ˈ hátxa šəṭránta-w šapìrta,ˈ ʾay-ṣrìxla.ˈ qəm-ṱ-amə́rra là-ṣarxət.ˈ ʾàtit ṯíṯa kə́sli.ˈ lán ʾàna-ʾəṯya kə́sləx.ˈ bár ṱ-ila-ḏíta qa-t-ʾàyyɛla ṯíṯa kəsle-dìye,ˈ muxə́bla ġḏàḏe.ˈ mšuxlə́pla b-isəqyàṯa.ˈ ʾu-hádəx gu-d-o-xúbba ṭə̀lyela.ˈ xánči ṱ-amrə́nna qalùltaˈ qa-t-pàrqa.ˈ gu-d-o-xúbba ṭə̀lyela.ˈ ʾɛ-dánə ṱ-ìla ṛíše,ˈ kút-xa gu-šwíṯət gàne,ˈ ʾáyya gu-qáṣrət bába dìya,ˈ ʾáw gu-čádre dìye,ˈ ʾáwwa məskéna ràba pšímleˈ ʾu-ʾáy mšuyḏə̀nna.ˈ har-ò-yomaˈ mšurèla,ˈ ʾámri brátət málka mšuyḏə̀nnaˈ mšuréla sráṭa júlla mšeyḏòne.ˈ ʾáp-xa lá-biš-ile-mṣaya mqarów-əlla dìya.ˈ brōn-málka qímɛle qə́ryɛle l-kúlla ʾan-xuráne dìye.ˈ mə́re yába dɛ̀ṛəx.ˈ bàssa,ˈ wídlən ṣɛ̀da,ˈ bàssa.ˈ ʾána ṣɛ́di wìdli.ˈ mə́re ʾána ṣɛ́di wìdli.ˈ qímɛle díṛṛe bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ díṛɛle kəs-bábe dìye.ˈ ʾámər bàbiˈ ṱ-amrə́nnux xà-məndiˈ béli ʾə̀llux.ˈ mə́re hā́l ʾu-hawā́l hátxa xzèli.ˈ gu-d-ɛ̀-danaˈ mə́re bábi bálki gu-xə̀lmux-iwətwa.ˈ xə́lma náša hár ʾi-xàze.ˈ mə́re bábi là-babi,ˈ lɛ̀le xə́lma.ˈ škằrɛla.ˈ ʾáyya ʾisə́qṯa ʾu-ʾáyya yalə́xta ṱ-íwəx mšuxə̀lpe,ˈ kúl-məndi dìya.ˈ ʾo-mə́re hadíya mòdi bắyət?ˈ mə́re bắyən ʾázət xáḏrət bába dìyaˈ kú-dukə ṱ-íla mɛṯə̀tla-lli.ˈ mə́re spày.ˈ lá-yăḏe brāt-d-ɛ̀nila.ˈ lɛ́la mirtə̀lle.ˈ lá-yăḏe brāt-d-ɛ̀nila.ˈ malàxe yắḏi,ˈ ʾàxči.ˈ hadìya,ˈ módila wìḏe?ˈ málka qímɛle yomət-trè,ˈ híwɛle xábra ta-wăzíre dìye,ˈ ʾu-ráyəs wuzàraˈ yába hon-zàlaˈ xḏára báṯər báxta ta-bròni.ˈ ʾɛ́-ga b-dɛ̀ṛənˈ mɛyə́nna ʾay-bàxta.ˈ ʾáti wằkil-iwət.ˈ málka mə́xyɛle ʾíḏe l-gàneˈ ʾu-zìlɛle,ˈ núbla xulamwàṯa mə́nneˈ ʾu-nàše.ˈ ʾu-xìšɛleˈ b-ùrxaˈ xḏàraˈ m-máṯa l-màṯa,ˈ m-mḏíta l-mḏìta,ˈ xáze ʾɛ̀ka b-xazéla.ˈ ʾó-yomə ṱ-íle plíṭa málka m-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ ʾó-yoma bróne díye mìṯɛle.ˈ ʾó-yoma mìtle bróne díye.ˈ ʾáwwa là-yăḏe.ˈ ʾu-xìšɛle,ˈ ʾu-xìšɛle,ˈ ʾu-xìšɛle,ˈ ʾu-xìšɛle,ˈ ʾu-xìšɛle.ˈ xuláṣa ʾaláha mutə́pqəlle gu-d-a-mḏíta ṱ-íla ʾɛ-bráta d-o-màlka.ˈ xə́zyəlla náše jə̀myeˈ qúrbət qáṣrət màlka,ˈ kút-xa mṣawóṯe xà-məndi,ˈ kút-xa mára xà-məndi.ˈ ʾáwwa-ži qə́ryəlla mə́re mòdila qə́ṣṣət?ˈ mə́ra brāt-málka hóla mšuyḏànta.ˈ ta-mòdila mšuyḏánta?ˈ mə́ra ʾáyya là-yăḏa.ˈ hóla màraˈ xzíṯəlle xa-bronət-xà-malka,ˈ láx-ḏaʾa ʾɛ̀ka,ˈ ʾu-bìṯəllela-wˈ ʾu-hóla mšuyḏánta mən-d-ó-yoma ṱ-íla xzíṯəlle ʾàw.ˈ ʾáp-xa lɛle-mṣáya mbasə̀mla.ˈ mə́re ʾɛ́ni ʾítlɛxu t-náše t-máṣi mšáwṯi mə̀nnaˈ xazɛ́la màṭola?ˈ mə́ra ʾítlən ḏa-ṱóṱo y-óḏa xə̀rše.ˈ ʾáy y-ásqa kə́sla-w ṣàlya.ˈ ʾu-hál-diya čù-məndi.ˈ mə́re maṣítu mšadrítula kə̀sli?ˈ mə́ra hè.ˈ ʾaw-zílɛle gu-čádre dìye,ˈ ṯíṯɛla ṱòṱo.ˈ ṯíṯɛla kə́sle dìye,ˈ dríṯɛla šlàma.ˈ mə́re ʾáti y-ázət kəs-brátət màlka?ˈ mə́re mòdila qə́ṣṣət díya?ˈ mə́ra b-álaha qə́ṣṣət díya hàtxɛla.ˈ mpíltɛla b-xùbba.ˈ xzíṯəlla gyána díya kəs-xa brónət xa-màlka-wˈ ʾu-yómət trèˈ qedámta xzíṯəlla gyána gu-šwiyáṯət gyàna.ˈ mən-d-ó-yoma hóla mšuyḏànta.ˈ mə́re ʾamrə̀nnəx xá-məndi.ˈ šqíləlla qamáye ḏá-kísta dàwe.ˈ mə́re ʾáy ṭlàləx,ˈ ta-ṱ-óḏət šùla.ˈ hé mə̀ra,ˈ mjunəgníla hàtxa.ˈ mə́ra ʾɛ́-gət mən-d-ánna hàwe,ˈ šúla bṱ-ázəl lă-qàma!ˈ kut-dúkət bắyət nablànnux.ˈ mə́re làʾ.ˈ ʾáwwa xabùšaˈ muttále yalə̀xṯaˈ ʾaw-xabúša qṣèle.ˈ muttále ʾisə́qṯe díye gàwe.ˈ ʾu-ó-xabuša síṛṛe gu-d-áy-yalə́xṯe díye b-gyàne.ˈ mə́re máṯyət ʾáwwa xabùšaˈ ʾu-ʾáyya yalə̀xṯa.ˈ mamṭátla ʾə́lla dìyaˈ ʾu-xza-mò-ṱ-oḏaˈ ʾáṯyət ṱ-amràtli.ˈ ʾíman ṱ-àṯyət,ˈ ḏa-kista-xéta max-d-áy yawə̀nnəx.ˈ mə́ra dáx litlux-xàṭər?ˈ har-díya máṭyən ṱ-àṯyən.ˈ sìqtɛla.ˈ ʾáy hár mšeyḏòne,ˈ šwára nḏáya gu-d-án ʾotáxe šluxɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ʾay-m-rə́ḥqa hóla wáḏəlla ʾa-yalə́xṯa hàtxa qam-ʾɛ́na díya.ˈ ʾu-sìqla-wˈ ʾu-sìqla-wˈʾu-sìqla-wˈ ʾu-sìqla-wˈ ʾɛ́-ga ṱ-ìla-qriwta ʾə́lla,ˈ xzìṯəlla,ˈ xzíṯəlla yalə́xṯa hàtxa,ˈ ʾáx ṱ-àmrət,ˈ xáčča biš-šlèla.ˈ mabyóne ʾìṯ-xa-məndi gu-qə́ṣṣət.ˈ ʾu-wírtɛla ṱóṱo kə́sla dìya.ˈ mə́ra módit wáḏa?ˈ hàyyo!ˈ hóla hà!ˈ šqúlla yalə̀xṯa.ˈ ʾáyya d-ɛ̀nila?ˈ mə́ra yalə́xṯa dìyila.ˈ pṯíxtəlla xabúša gàwa.ˈ ʾo-xabúša pṯìxtəlle,ˈ ʾína ʾisə́qṯa dìya.ˈ mə́ra ʾap-ʾáyya ʾisə̀qṯila.ˈ kɛ̀le mára d-áyya?ˈ ʾɛ̀ni híwle-lləx?ˈ díya xanqànnəx!ˈ mə́ra klɛ̀!ˈ ʿala-kèfəx.ˈ hóle ʾàxxa.ˈ ʾàwwɛle mšudə́rəlli.ˈ kɛ̀le?ˈ ʾɛ̀kɛle?ˈ mə́ra klɛ̀.ˈ ʿala-kèfəx.ˈ mə́ra diya-mɛ́ṯu júlli malušùla.ˈ ʾána bsìmliˈ čú-mdi liṯ-bìyi.ˈ móṯi júlla dìya,ˈ kúlla qəm-malušíla ʾə́lla dìya.ˈ hadíya mə̀raˈ xábra plìṭleˈ mə́ra ṱóṱo mbusmála brāt-màlka.ˈ mə́ra b-ṣàlyənˈ b-tápqən bìye.ˈ xázəx mò-ṱ-awəḏ,ˈ ʾu-ta-t-šáqlən màwʿədˈ xazə̀xle.ˈ ʾàmraˈ sɛ-múr ṭla-bàbiˈ ṱ-àṯiˈ mpalṭíli m-àxxa-wˈ ṱ-ázən sàxyən,ˈ lóšən jùlli.ˈ ʾána hon-bsìmta.ˈ zìltɛla ṱóṱoˈ mə́ra màlka,ˈ màlka,ˈ mbusmáli bràtux.ˈ ʾáp-awwa šaqə́lla ḏá-kista qa-d-ày,ˈ yawə́lla qa-d-ày.ˈ hár mkapáštət kisyáṯət dàwela ṱóṱo.ˈ hè,ˈ wíḏta šùlɛla ṱóṱo.ˈ mára màsxola,ˈ malušúla jùlla-diyaˈ ʾu-díya ṱ-àṯyən.ˈ ʾítli šùla.ˈ kìzle málkaˈ mòdila qə́ṣṣət?ˈ ʾáti klì!ˈ ʾànən wáḏa šúla díya.ˈ ṣlìṯɛla.ˈ ʾámra ṭlále díye qù!ˈ drə̀stila qə́ṣṣət.ˈ hóla bsìmta.ˈ qù!ˈ bắya xazyàlux.ˈ qímela sìqe.ˈ ṱóṱo síqtɛla kəs-màlka.ˈ mə́ra lan-ʾàna mbusámtəlla brátux.ˈ mə́ra ʾíṯ ʾó-naša t-wéwa … ʾáyya là-yăḏa.ˈ xášwa ʾàwile.ˈ mə́ra ʾo-yálət băyàwaleˈ hóle ʾə̀ṯya-wˈ qəm-yawə́lla yalə̀xṯa ʾə́lli.ˈ ʾu-ʾáyyɛla kùlla.ˈ ʾána hadíya m-kə̀slən ṯáya.ˈ ʾu-bắye ʾáṯe xazèluxˈ ʾu-qa-t xazéla bràta-ži.ˈ ʾòy,ˈ mə́re sɛ-múr … ʾàxni ṣáləx qamóṯe díye.ˈ ʾáxni ṣáləx qamòṯe díye.ˈ qímela ṣə́lye qamóṯe dìyeˈ ʾu-múṯyəlle músqəlle dáwla-w zòrna-wˈ hósa ʾu-gargàrtaˈ ʾu-musqə́lle kəs-màlka.ˈ tíwela mṣawòṯe.ˈ málka mə́re hàˈ de-mùrri.ˈ xázəx mòdila qə́ṣṣət.ˈ mə́re ʾamrə̀nnux.ˈ ʾána ʾíwən bábə d-o-yàla.ˈ ʾána ʾíwən màlka,ˈ ʾax-dìyux.ˈ ʾu-mə́re bróni ʾu-brátux xə́zyela ġḏàḏeˈ ʾu-ʾána ʾə́ṯyən xḏàra,ˈ ʾu-ʾaláha qəm-matfə́qli bíya díya ʾàxxa.ˈ škíra ʾaláha díya bsìmla.ˈ hadíya mòdit mára?ˈ hon-ʾə́ṯya t-yawə́tla nablə́nna ta-bròni.ˈ max-ṱ-íla brátux mšuyḏànta,ˈ ʾap-àw,ˈ ʾən-lá-ʾazən mšàyḏən.ˈ mə́re dū̀s-it.ˈ qímela-w mírtəlla bràta-wˈ xḏíṯɛla ràba-wˈ max-d-an-gúmle t-wéwa núbla mə́nne díye max-d-áni xéne híwle bába ṭlála dìya.ˈ ʾu-mŭṭə̀nnaˈ ʾu-šwiqála mḏíta-w də́ṛṛa ta-ʾaṯrɛ̀y.ˈ hadíya dìṛela,ˈ xà-yoma,ˈ trè-yome,ˈ ṭḷàṯa.ˈ ʾə̀ṯyela,ˈ plíṭe bárqūl mḏitèy.ˈ ʾína mḏitéy kúlla mxíṯa l-kòma,ˈ báte kòme,ˈ júllət náše kòme,ˈ kúlla kòmewa.ˈ ʾàjib!ˈ mòdila qəṣṣəttɛ́xu?ˈ ʾámra bábi xázəx ʾáyya mḏitɛ́xu kúlla hola-mxíṯa kòma.ˈ mòdila qəṣṣəttɛ́xu?ˈ ṱ-ámrəx l-mìla,ˈ hóya mxíṯa l-mìla.ˈ ʾə́dlɛle dámxəx ʾàxxa.ˈ ʾáw bắye t-yằḏe,ˈ xáze mòdila qə́ṣṣət.ˈ tə̀mməl ṣáləx.ˈ ʾáxni ʾádət díyən hàtxɛla.ˈ qam-dànaˈ yáwəx xàbraˈ ta-t-pálṭi l-qamòṯənˈ maṣlɛ́lən b-iqàra.ˈ ʾána màlkən.ˈ ʾáy dmìxtɛla,ˈ ʾáw mšùdrɛle,ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle xa-mən-zaràye.ˈ qə̀ryəlle,ˈ mə́re ta-módila ʾáyya mḏíta hàtxa?ˈ ʾáw lɛ̀le ḏíya málkɛle.ˈ mə́re lɛ̀-yăḏət módi bə́rya?ˈ xa-qə́ṣṣət rába mapšəmàntɛla.ˈ ʾíṯwalən xa-màlka.ˈ hàdəx-iwa xóš-naša.ˈ hàdəx-iwa spày.ˈ náše băyìwale.ˈ ʾáwwa málka díyən zìlɛle.ˈ mən-d-ó-yōm ṱ-íle zìla,ˈ zílɛle mɛṯóye xa-bráta ta-bróne dìye,ˈ ʾó-yōm ṱ-ìle plíṭaˈ bróne díye mìṯɛle.ˈ ʾu-ʾáxni-ži láx muqíme m-báṯre díye màlkaˈ ʾu-mə́xyəxəlla máṯən kúlla l-míla-w l-kóma m-báṯre dìye.ˈ ʾu-ʾɛ́-ga maxurə́xla ta-t-dàyəṛˈ mə́re hàtxɛla qə́ṣṣət?ˈ mə́re bróne díye mìṯɛle?ˈ mə́re hé hóle mìṯa brōn-díye.ˈ ʾámər sí-mur ta-pə́llən wăzī̀rˈ múrgena málka ṯèle.ˈ bắyən lá-ʾaṯi b-xàššaˈ ʾu-bxáya-w jnàna.ˈ ʾáṯi b-dáwla-w zórna-w tópe-w ʾəstəqbāl ràsmi.ˈ la-bắyən ʾáyya bráta ṱ-in-múṯyəlla t-yắḏa qá-t ṭlíba díya hóle mìṯa.ˈ zìlɛle,ˈ mə́re ṭlà-wăzīrˈ mḏíta băyə́nna mbádla jálde kúlla ʾax-qamàye,ˈ muxwàrta.ˈ ʾáwwa kóma šàqəl.ˈ hadìya,ˈ híwɛle xábra ṭla-wăzī̀rˈ har-b-ò-lɛle.ˈ kúlla mḏíta mə́xyəlla ṣŭ̀buġ,ˈ píštɛla xwàrta,ˈ max-qamàye.ˈ ʾu-murízela mbádla jàldeˈ síqela ʾəstəqbāl t-màlka,ˈ xéna ʾax-ṱ-óḏi ʾəstəqbā́l t-màlke,ˈ b-iqàra-wˈ ʾáyya hóla mparòje,ˈ káza xyára hàtxaˈ ta-t-xazyále ṭlíba dìye,ˈ lɛ̀la xzayəlle.ˈ mára bábi tə́mməl ʾáyya mḏíta xu-kòmta-wawa?ˈ xázəx ʾə́dyo hóla xwàrta.ˈ mə́re bràti,ˈ ʾáy ṱ-ix-ʾə́ṯye kčìxeˈ hádəx qam-ʾɛ̀nəx mubyə́nna.ˈ har-xwàrta wáwa.ˈ dìṛɛle,ˈ ʾay-káza xyàra,ˈ mára kyɛ̀le brónux?ˈ xázəx xzàyəlle.ˈ lɛ́le hràwa.ˈ lɛ̀-yăḏən ʾap-ʾána.ˈ ʾay-mə́ra bálki ʾadətéy hàtxɛlaˈ lá-hoya yóma qamáya xə́tna t-xazéla kyàlo.ˈ xéna ṣlìṯɛla,ˈ sìqtɛla.ˈ músqəlla gu-ṭábaq t-ṭḷàṯa,ˈ gu-ʾotáxa dìya.ˈ mə́re ʾotàxəxila.ˈ xulamwáṯa l-áy-gota ʾu-l-àyya.ˈ ʾáw ṣə́lyɛle kəs-báxte dìye.ˈ mšúryela bxàya,ˈ mxáya l-ganèyˈ ʾu-rmáya ganèy.ˈ hadíya xà-yoma-w,ˈ trè,ˈ ṭḷà,ˈ káza ʾáyya xyára b-panjarìye,ˈ xazyále ṭlíba wára plàṭa,ˈ ʾàp-xa lɛ́la-xzaya.ˈ mòdila qəṣṣə́tte?ˈ píšla qúrbət xà-yarxaˈ ʾɛ́-ga málka mə́re ṭla-bàxteˈ mó-ṱ-oya ʾàyya?ˈ ʾay-báxta hox-mùṯyəlla.ˈ gắrəg ʾàmrəx.ˈ ʾay-xá-yoma har-t-yằḏaˈ ṱ-íle míṯa brònən.ˈ láx mṣáya ʾázəx ʾamrə̀xla.ˈ bắya pɛ̀ša,ˈ pɛ́ša ʾáy ʾàxxa,ˈ b-šópət brònənˈ ṱ-óya malə́kṯa b-šópi ʾíman-t-ʾána mɛ̀ṯən.ˈ ʾu-bắya dɛ́ṛa l-bɛ́ṯət bába dìya,ˈ mattə́nna xá-ga xèta,ˈ ʾàna mădəṛə́nna.ˈ xulàṣa,ˈ qə́ryəlle wăzīr-díye ʾu-xákma guṛàneˈ ʾu-báxte dìye.ˈ ʾaw-qímɛle síqɛle kə́sla dìya.ˈ wíre kə́sla dìyaˈ tìwela.ˈ mə́re tù-brati,ˈ tù.ˈ bắyən mṣáwṯən mə̀nnəx.ˈ ʾítli xákma xabráne ṱ-amrə̀nnəx.ˈ xèrila?ˈ mòdila bábi?ˈ mə́re dusùṯa bắyət,ˈ ʾó-yoma ṱ-ín ʾána zíla xḏára bárəx qa-t-mɛyə̀nnəxˈ ʾó-yoma bróni mìṯɛle.ˈ ʾáy-mə́ra dàx míṯɛle?!ˈ mə́re mìṯɛle.ˈ mə́re díya ṯéli bắyən ʾamrə̀nnəxˈ ʾáwwa xà-yarxaˈ ʾàxči máṣəx maspərə́xləx.ˈ lá maspərə́xləx bi-zàwda.ˈ ʾən-măxóbət pɛ́šət ʾàxxa,ˈ ʾáti pɛ́šət malə́kṯa šòpiˈ gu-d-áwwa ʾàṯṛa.ˈ ʾən-bắyət ʾázət dɛ́ṛət ṭla-bɛ́ṯət bàbəx,ˈ tə́mməl mădəṛə̀nnəx.ˈ bróni mìṯɛle.ˈ šwíqəlla xáye bìyəx.ˈ mšuréla bxàya.ˈ xéna mò-ṱ-oḏa dé-u?ˈ xárṯa mə́ra làʾ.ˈ lá-băyən dɛ̀ṛən.ˈ ʾána bắyən ṣálət banə́tli ḏa-ʾótəx rəš-qáwre dìye.ˈ kúlla záwni b-xáye ṱ-àwyənˈ hál ʾo-yómət ʾáp-ana mɛ̀ṯənˈ ʾu-mattíli kə̀sle.ˈ ʾàxxa,ˈ tàmma,ˈ mə́ra ʾàyyɛla,ˈ čú-mdi xéna lìṯən.ˈ qímɛle ṣə́lyɛle bə́nyəlla ḏa-ʾòtəxˈ rəš-qáwrət bróne dìye.ˈ ʾu-píštɛla bxàya.ˈ píštɛla bxàya,ˈ ʾu-bxàya,ˈ ʾu-bxàya,ˈ xà-yoma-wˈ trè-uˈ xa-yàrxa-wˈ xá-bena ʾan-tre-maláxe t-wɛ́wa ʾə́ṯye bìya,ˈ t-wɛ́wa mutə́pqəlla b-ġḏàḏe,ˈ ṯéla pyáḏa táma tàma.ˈ xá-mənna mə́re ʾáwwa mò-qalət bə́xyɛle?ˈ ʾo-xéna mə́re la-yắḏət mo-qálət bə̀xyɛle?ˈ txárət ʾan-xa-tré t-mutəpqíwalən bə-ġḏàḏe?ˈ hè.ˈ mə́re ʾu-xaráye ṭlíba díya qəm-šaqlə̀xle.ˈ ʾáy pìšla.ˈ ʾáyya hóla ṯíṯa ʾàxxa.ˈ hóla mùṯyəlla.ˈ hóla mára ʾàxxa ṱ-óyənˈ hál-ʾo-yomət mɛ̀ṯən.ˈ ʾàyyaˈ ʾəštì-šənne xéne xăyála.ˈ yáʿni ʾəští-šənne xéne ṱ-óya rəš-d-ɛ́-qora tíwta bxàya.ˈ mə́re módi bắyət ṱ-òḏəx?ˈ baqrə̀xla.ˈ ʾən-hóya rázi šə́nna díya pălàla,ˈ pálga ṭla-d-áy ʾu-pálga ṭla-d-àw,ˈ maqimə̀xle.ˈ xắyi m-ġḏàḏeˈ ṭḷáṯi šə̀nne-wˈ mɛ́ṯi m-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾu-ʾən-làʾ,ˈ har-ʾàxxa t-óya ʾə́šti šə́nne.ˈ wírela kə̀sla,ˈ də́ryəlla šlàma.ˈ šlàma-lləx!ˈ b-šɛ́na b-ṭawàṯa!ˈ mòditu wáḏa ʾáxxa?ˈ m-ɛ̀kitu ṯáya?ˈ mə́ra tù.ˈ mə̀raˈ ʾáxni malàxəx.ˈ ʾáwwa gàwṛəxˈ hóle mìṯa.ˈ ʾàxnix šqíləlle.ˈ ʾáti ʾəští-šənne xéne ʾáxxa b-xằyətˈ ʾəští-šənne ṱ-óyət ʾáxxa tíwta bxáya rəš-d-áyya qòra?ˈ mə́ra hè.ˈ lá ʾəštì-šənne,ˈ tre-ʾəmmà-šənneˈ ʾáxxa ṱ-òyən.ˈ mə́ra ʾítlən xá-məndi bắyəx ṱ-oḏə́xxe ṭlàləx.ˈ ʾəští-šənne ràbɛlaˈ ṱ-oyət tíwta ʾáxxa báxyət qáṭlət gànəx.ˈ mə́ra mòdile?ˈ mə́ra ʾáti b-xắyət ʾəští-šənne xène.ˈ ʾən-pălátla šə̀nnəxˈ ṭḷáṯi ṭlàləx,ˈ ṭḷáṯi ṭla-d-àw,ˈ maqimə̀xle.ˈ mòdit mára?ˈ ʾámra xzì.ˈ ʾànaˈ ʾáxči xoš-qàyəmˈ xazyánne xàmša daqíqe,ˈ ʾan-xéne kúlla ṭla-d-àw.ˈ mə́ra là,ˈ là-hoya.ˈ ṭḷáṯi ṭlàləx,ˈ ṭḷáṯi ṭla-d-àw.ˈ bằyət,ˈ spày.ˈ là-băyət … mə́ra ràzinˈ mə́ra ràzit?ˈ mə́ra ràzin.ˈ ʾáni plìṭela-wˈ ʾáw qìmɛle.ˈ mšuréla nšáqa ġḏàḏe.ˈ blígela b-ġḏàḏe.ˈ hádəx dmíxela-w ṭlìyela.ˈ ʾánna kut-qedàmtaˈ xadámta d-ɛ-bráta mɛṯyáwala čàyˈ ʾu-ṭàmta,ˈ ʾu-y-àsqa.ˈ ʾánna ma-ṱ-íla xmíle b-ġḏàḏe,ˈ dmíxe-w ṭlìyela,ˈ xpíqe ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾáyya ṣlìṯɛlaˈ pṯìxtəlle tắra,ˈ wírtɛla hátxa ʾína hóle xa-šazáda dmíxa kə́sla dìya!ˈ mə́ra ʾáyya m-hàtxɛwa mára,ˈ ʾáyya m-hàtxɛwa mára,ˈ bnóli ʾótəx rəš-qórət gàwṛi,ˈ ta-t-kút-yom xà-maṣla kə́sla díya,ˈ madə̀mxa kə́sla.ˈ rìqla,ˈ sìqla,ˈ ʾámra ṭla-màlka.ˈ mə́re mòdila qə́ṣṣət?ˈ mə́ra màlkaˈ hóle ʾə́ṯya nàša.ˈ bə́nyət-əlla ʾótəx tàmaˈ qá-t mabə́sma kút-yom xà.ˈ hóle xa-šoramíṭa m-áxxa l-tămàhaˈ dmíxa kə́sla dìya.ˈ mòt mára?ˈ mə́ra qú ṣli-xzì.ˈ qímɛle màlka-wˈ wăzìre-wˈ polìse-wˈ xə́rrrr čríkəlle ʾaw-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ gu-d-ɛ́ ṣlɛṯèyˈ qáṭu wìrtɛlaˈ ʾáy šwíqtəlwa májma tàma.ˈ qáṭu wìrtɛla,ˈ npílta gu-d-án panjàneˈ mqurə̀dxela,ˈ ʾánna ṛìšela.ˈ ʾɛ́-ga ṱ-íla ṛìše,ˈ ʾámra qù!ˈ hóla ṯíṯa xulàmta.ˈ hóla xzíṯəllux ʾáti kə̀sli.ˈ hóla síqta mára ṭla-bàbux,ˈ díya ṱ-áṯi pɛrmìlən.ˈ mòt mára? mə́re.ˈ hóla čày.ˈ hóla xzíṯəllux ʾáti dmíxa kə̀sli.ˈ hadìya,ˈ qìmɛle.ˈ lwíša júlle hátxa jálde jàlde,ˈ kə́lyɛle gu-ṭắrət bɛ́ṯa ʾáw ʾu-ʾày.ˈ bábe díye ʾu-d-áni ʾə̀ṯyela,ˈ m-táma rə́ḥqa xyàra.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾɛ̀nile?ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle qùrba.ˈ ʾo-mə́re bàbiˈ ʾànən.ˈ mə́re hé brònile,ˈ hóle qìma.ˈ ʾu-ʾə́ṯyela xpíqe ġḏàḏe,ˈ nšáqa ġḏàḏe.ˈ bréla ḏá xadúṯa gu-d-ò-ʾalma.ˈ xa-mə́ndi məʾajbàna.ˈ wéla hádəx xə̀ḏye.ˈ qímela músqəlla b-dáwla-w zòrna,ˈ drɛ́ṯət tòpeˈ ʾu-hádəx wídla xlùla.ˈ šawwà-yomaṯa ʾu-šawwà-lɛlăwaṯa xlúla-wewa.ˈ qəm-magwə̀rrey.ˈ hádəx m-bar-t-gwìrra,ˈ ʾaláha qəm-yawə́lla xa-bròna.ˈ ʾìma?ˈ ʾɛ́-šetət mɛ̀ṯi.ˈ ʾɛ́-šetət mɛ́ṯi qəm-yawə́lla xa-bróna zòra.ˈ hadìya,ˈ ʾó-lɛlət mɛ̀ṯi,ˈ holá-ʾəṯye tìwe,ˈ báxta tíwta l-àyya-gotət mḗs,ˈ ʾu-gáwṛa tíwa l-ày-gota.ˈ ʾo-yála zóra hóla múttəlle be-pàlga.ˈ ʾáy hóla nšàqəlle,ˈ nšàqəlle,ˈ nšàqəlle,ˈ xpáqəlle gu-ṣádra dìya.ˈ ʾu-yáwəlle ṭla-bábe dìye.ˈ ʾáp-aw nšàqəlle,ˈ nšàqəlle,ˈ nšàqəlle.ˈ maláxe holá-ʾəṯye tíwe l-kàwe.ˈ hóla spára l-kàwe,ˈ tá-t ʾímət párqa dàna,ˈ tá-t mattíle ʾo-yàlaˈ tá-t šaqlíle nəšmèy.ˈ ʾu-hádəx ʾíṯwa ʾán-xa sobáṯət kə̀slən,ˈ buxɛrìyewa.ˈ síqɛle xákma mən-d-ò-šəmra,ˈ wírɛle gu-naxírət xa-m-malàxe.ˈ ʾu-wíḏɛle pə̀ṯyo!ˈ tpìṯɛle.ˈ ʾó-yala zóra mə́re b-ràxme!ˈ ʾax-ṱ-íle míra ʾo-zóra b-ràxme,ˈ ʾámər b-ráxme l-bàbuxˈ l-yə̀mmux.ˈ kút-xa mə́nna xámši šə́nne xéne xăyèla.ˈ qímela maláxe dìṛe.ˈ šwiqáli táma ʾu-ṯéli làxxa.ˈ

Translation:

There was or there was not. There was no greater than God. There was once a king. That king had a son, an only son. One day, that son of the king said to his father ‘I want to go out hunting, I together with friends, in the mountains, where there were wild goats,such things, partridges, birds, I don’t know what. So, he went up into the mountains with his friends and remained in the mountains one or two days. One night they went to sleep and two angels came, passing by the tent of the king. Now, those angels said ‘Do you know who that is?’ They said ‘That is the son of the king.’ They said ‘Yes’. (One) said ‘That son of a king is very good-looking and clever, but there is someone who is good-looking and clever like him, the daughter of the king of the West, let’s say’. (The other) said ‘What do you say (we do)?’ ‘Should we take him to her or take her to him?’ He said ‘No. We shall take him to her.’ He said ‘The woman is not trustworthy, she may cause him to be killed. Let’s bring her to him.’ They went and brought that daughter of the king of the West to him. When he saw her, so beautiful and good-looking, she screamed. He said to her ‘Don’t scream. It was you who came to me. It was not me who came to you.’ After she realized that she had come to him, they fell in love with each other. They exchanged rings. Thus they slept together in that love. I’ll tell it to you quickly so that it will finish. They slept together in that love. When they woke up, each in their own bed, she in the palace of her father and he in his tent, he, poor man, became very sad and she became mad. On the same day she began—they say the daughter of the king went mad and began to tear her clothes out of madness. Nobody was able to go near her at all. The son of the king called all his friends and said ‘Let’s return. That’s enough. We have done some hunting. That’s enough. I have done my hunting.’ He said ‘I have done my hunting’. He returned home. He returned to his father. He says ‘Father, I shall tell you something, between me and you’. He said ‘I saw such-and-such things’. Then he (the king) said ‘My dear, perhaps you were dreaming. A person always dreams. He said ‘Father, no father. It is not a dream. It is true. This is the ring and this the scarf that we exchanged. Everything is hers.’ He said ‘Now, what do you want?’ He said ‘I want you to go and look for her father, and to bring her to me wherever she is.’ He said ‘Fine’. He does not know whose daughter she is. She did not tell him. He does not know whose daughter she is. Only the angels know. Now, what did they do? The next day the king gave word to his ministers and his prime minister ‘Now, I am going to look for a wife for my son. When I return, I shall be bringing the wife. You are the deputy.’ The king set off, taking servants with him and (other) people. He went on the road, wandering from village to village, town to town, to see where to find her. On the day that the king left home, on that day his son died. On that day his son died. He (the king) did not know. He travelled on and on and on and on and on. In the end God made him come across the town where the daughter of that king was. He saw the people gathered near the pal-ace of the king, each one saying something, each one telling something. He called to them and said ‘What has happened?’ They said ‘The daughter of the king has gone mad.’ ‘Why has she gone mad?’ They said ‘She does not know. She says that she saw the son of a king, we do not know where, and fell in love with him, and she has been mad from the day that she saw him. Nobody can cure her.’ He said ‘What people do you have who can speak with her and find out how she is?’ They said ‘We have an old woman who does magic. She goes up to her and comes down, but until now nothing (has come of it)’. He said ‘Can you send her to me?’ They said ‘Yes’. He went to his tent and the old woman came. She came to him and offered greetings. He said ‘Do you go to the daughter of the king?’ He said ‘What is her story?’ She said ‘Well, her story is like this. She has fallen in love. She found herself with a son of a king and the next day in the morning she found herself in her own bed. From that day she has been mad.’ He said ‘I’ll tell you something.’ He first took out a purse of gold pieces. He said ‘This is for you, for you to do your job.’ ‘Oh’ she said, she shook them like this, she said ‘If there are these (gold pieces), the job will go ahead! I’ll take you to any place you want.’ He said ‘No. (Take) this apple.’ He laid out the handkerchief and cut the apple. He put his (his son’s) ring in it and tied the apple in the handkerchief by itself. He said ‘Take this apple and this handkerchief. Convey them to her and see what she does, then come back and tell me. When you come back, I’ll give you another purse like that one.’ She said ‘By all means. I’ll be there and back at once.’ She went up (to see her). She (the princess) is continually acting madly, leaping and jumping around naked in the rooms. She (the old woman) waves the handkerchief before her eyes from a distance like this. She (gradually) came up and up and up and up. When she came near to her and she saw it, she saw the handkerchief, she seemed to become she became a little calmer. It seems, there is something in the story. The old woman went (into the room) to her. She said ‘What are you doing? Come! Here it is! Take the handkerchief.’ ‘Whose is it?’ She said that it was her handkerchief. She opened it and the apple was in it. She opened up the apple and there was her ring. She said ‘This ring is also mine. Where is the owner of this? Who has given it to you? I’ll throttle you right now.’ She said ‘Wait! Calm down. He is here. It was he who sent me.’ ‘Where is he? Where is he?’ She said ‘Wait. Calm down.’ She said ‘Now bring my clothes and put them on me. I am cured. Nothing is the matter with me.’ Her clothes were brought. They put them all on her. Now, they said, the word went out and they said ‘The old woman has cured the daughter of the king.’ She said ‘I’ll go down and meet him. Let’s see what he will do. (I’ll go down) to make an appointment, let’s see him.’ She says ‘Go and tell my father (to give instructions) for them to come and release me from here. I’ll go to wash and put on my clothes. I am cured.’ The old woman went and said ‘Oh King, oh king, I have cured your daughter.’ He takes a purse for her and gives it to her. The old woman is all the time collecting bags of gold. Yes, the old woman made (good) business. She says ‘Bath her, dress her in her clothes and I’ll be back right away. I have something to do.’ The king tried (to ask) ‘What is happening?’ ‘You stop (asking questions).’ I am in charge of her business.’ She went down and says to him (the other king) ‘Get up! Things have turned out well. She is cured. Get up! She wants to see you.’ They went up (to see her). The old woman went up to the king. She said ‘It was not me who cured your daughter’. She said ‘There is the man who … ’ She does not know. She thinks it is him. She said ‘The young man whom she loved has come and has given me her handkerchief. That’s all. I am now coming back from him and he wants to come to see you and to see also the girl.’ ‘Oh’ he said ‘Go and say we shall come down to meet him. We shall come down to meet him.’ They went down to meet him and brought him up (with) drum and pipe, clamour and shouting. They brought him up to the king and they sat talking. The king said ‘Oh, tell me, let’s hear what the story is.’ He said ‘I’ll tell you. I am the father of that boy. I am a king, like you.’ He said ‘My son and your daughter saw each other. I came looking and God caused me to find her here. Thank God she has now recovered. Now, what do you say? I have come for you to give her away so that I may take her to my son. Just as your daughter has gone mad, he also, if I do not go back, will go mad.’ He said ‘You are right’. They went and told the girl and she became very happy. Like the camels that he had brought with him, her father gave her others like these. They loaded them, then they left the town and returned to their land. Now, they returned. (After) one, two, three days they came out opposite their town. But, their town was all covered in black. Black houses, black clothes of people, they were all black. ‘How odd! What has happened to you?’ She says ‘Father, we see that this town of yours is all covered in black. What has happened to you?’—Let’s say in blue, let’s say it was covered in blue—‘Tonight let us sleep here’. He wants to know, find out what had happened. Tomorrow we shall go down. Such is our custom. Beforehand we give word for them to come out to meet us, to bring us down (into the town) with honour. I am a king. (When) she fell asleep, he sent (a messenger) and one of the farmers came. He called to him and said ‘Why is this town like this?’ He did not know that he was the king. He said ‘Do you not know what has happened? It is a very sad story. We had a king. He was such a good man. He was so good. The people used to love him. This king of ours went away. From the day that he went, went to bring a girl for his son,—on the day he left, his son died. We have not installed (another) king after him but have covered all our village with blue and black after he left. We shall make it white when he returns.’ He said ‘Is that the story?’ He said ‘Did his son die?’ He said ‘Yes, his son died’. He says ‘Go and tell the minister so-and-so, say the king has come back. I do not want them to come in sadness, weeping and singing dirges. Let them come with the drum and pipe and with guns, in an official reception. I do not want this girl whom I have brought to know that her betrothed has died.’ He went and said to the minister ‘(By) early morning I want all the town as (it was) before, made white. Let the black be removed. Now, he gave word to the minister on the same night. They painted the whole town and it became white like before. They lined up in the early morning and went up to receive the king, as they (customarily) receive kings, with honour, while she was watching, peering like this to see her betrothed, but she does not see him. She says ‘Father, was this town not black yesterday? We see today that it is white.’ He said ‘My daughter, it is because we were tired that it appeared like that to your eyes. It was always white.’ She looks in vain and says ‘Where is your son? Let’s see him.’ He does not tell. ‘I also do not know’. She said ‘Perhaps their custom is that on the first day the groom is not allowed to see the bride.’ Then she went down and went up (to the palace). He took her up to the third floor, to her room. He said ‘It is your room’. There were servants on this side and that. He went down to his wife. They began weeping, beating themselves and putting ash on themselves. Now, one day, two, three, she looks in vain from the windows to see her betrothed coming and going, but sees nobody. What has happened to him? Almost a month went by (since their arrival) and then the king said to his wife ‘What will become of her? We have brought that woman. We must tell (her). She will surely know one day that our son is dead. We cannot go and tell her. If she wants to stay, let her stay here in the place of our son and she will be queen in my place when I die. But, if she wants to return to her father’s house, I shall put her again (on a camel) and return her.’ In the end he called his minister and a few courtiers and his wife. He went up to her. He entered her room. and they sat down. He said ‘Sit, my daughter, sit. I want to speak with you. I have a few words to say to you.’ ‘Is everything all right? What is it, father?’ He said ‘If you want the truth, on the day I went off to look for you to bring you (here) my son died.’ She said ‘What do you mean “He died”?!’ He said ‘He died.’ He said ‘Now I have come and want to tell you that we can only make you wait this one month. We shall not make you wait more. If you would like to stay here, you will become queen in my place in this land. If you want to go and return to the house of your father, I shall send you back tomorrow. My son is dead. He has left his life to you.’ She began to weep. What else would she do? Then she said ‘No. I do not want to return. I want you to go down and build a room over his grave, (in which I shall be) all the time that I am alive until the day that I also die and they put me with him. They tried all ways (to convince her to change her decision), but she said ‘That is it. There is nothing else (that is possible)’. He went down and built a room over the grave of his son. She continued weeping. She continued weeping and weeping and weeping, one day, two, one month. Then, those two angels who had brought her, who had caused them to meet each other, came passing by. One of them said ‘What sound of weeping is this?’ The other said ‘Do you not know what sound of weeping it is? Do you remember the couple that we brought together?’ ‘Yes’. He said ‘and in the end we took her betrothed and she remained alive. This girl has come here. They brought her. She says ‘I shall stay here until the day I die’. She will live another sixty years. That is, she will stay another sixty years weeping over that grave.’ He said ‘What do you want us to do?’ ‘Let’s ask her. If she is happy to share her years, half for her and half for him, we shall resurrect him. They will live together thirty years and die together. If not, she will stay here for sixty years.’ They went into her room and greeted her. ‘Greetings to you!’ ‘Peace and blessings! What are you doing here? Where do you come from?’ They said ‘Sit down’. They said ‘We are angels. This husband of yours has died. It was us who took him. You will live here another sixty years. Will you stay sitting here sixty years over this grave?’ She said ‘Yes. Not sixty years, two hundred years I shall be here.’ They said ‘There is something that we want to do for you. Sixty years is too much for you to sit here weeping and destroying yourself.’ She said ‘What is it?’ They said ‘You will live another sixty years. If you divide your years, thirty for you and thirty for him, we shall resurrect him. What do you say?’ She says ‘Look. Just let him rise for me to see him for five minutes, and all the other (sixty years) be for him.’ They said ‘No. That is not possible. Thirty for you and thirty for him. If you want this, that is fine. If you don’t want it …,’ She said ‘I am happy (to accept)’. They said ‘Are you happy (to accept)?’ She said ‘I am happy’. They went out and he arose. They began kissing each other. They were (completely) preoccupied with each other. They lay down and slept. Every morning the servant of that girl brought her tea and breakfast, then would go back. How happy they were together, lying down and sleeping, embracing one another. She came down and opened the door, and came in like this and there was a prince lying with her! She said ‘It was for this reason, it was for this reason that she said “Build me a room over the grave of my husband”, namely in order that she could bring somebody to her every day and cause him to lie with her.’ She ran, went up and told the king. He said ‘What is the matter?’ She said ‘King, a man has come. You have built her a room there for her to entertain somebody everyday. A giant from here to there (in size) is lying with her.’ ‘What are you saying?’ She said ‘Go down and look’. The king set off (with) the ministers and the police and they surrounded the house. While they were going down, a cat came in. She (the servant) had left a tray there. A cat came in, fell into the glasses, they shattered and they (the prince and princess) woke up. When they woke up, she says ‘Get up!. The servant has come. She has seen you with me. She has gone up to tell your father, and now they will come to slaughter us.’ ‘What are you saying?’ he said. ‘There is tea. She has seen you lying with me.’ Now, he got up. He quickly put on his clothes and stood at the door of the house together with her. His father and the others came and looked from afar. ‘Who is he?’ He came close. He said ‘Father, it is me.’ He said ‘Yes, it is my son, he has risen (from the dead)’ and they came together and embraced and kissed one another. A (great) joy arose among the people, something remarkable. They became so happy. They brought them up (to the palace) with drum and pipe and the firing of rifles. In this way they held the wedding. The wedding was for seven days and seven nights. He married them. So, after they married, God gave them a son. When? The year they were to die. The year they were to die, He gave them a small son. Now, the night they were to die, they came and sat down, the wife sitting on this side of the table and the husband sitting on the other side. They put the small child in the middle. She is kissing and kissing and kissing him and hugging him to her breast. Then she gives him to his father. He also kisses and kisses and kisses him. The angels have come and have sat by the window. They are waiting by the window for the time to finish, for them to put down the child so that they could take away their soul. There were stoves in our community that were smoke ducts. Some of the soot went up and entered the nose of one of the angels. He went ‘achoo!’ He sneezed. The little boy said ‘Bless you!’ When the little one said ‘Bless you’, he (the angel) said ‘Bless your father and mother. May each live another fifty years. The angels got up and returned. I have left it there and come here.