Barwar: The Scorpion and the Snake

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Geoffrey Khan	Khan, Geoffrey. The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Barwar. 3 vols. Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2008, vol. 3	Yuwarəš Xošăba Kena

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0:00	ʾíṯwa xa-nàšaˈ ʾáwwa zílle zràʾa.ˈ zə́ryɛle xàčča,ˈ xàrṯa,ˈ brōn-dìyeˈ ṯéle šə́nṯe dìye,ˈ qəm-madmə̀xle.ˈ ʾíṯwa xáčča míya ṣlàya,ˈ šaqìṯa.ˈ qəm-maṯéle tàma.ˈ dmíxle kəs-d-ày šaqíṯa.ˈ ʾo-xéna zràyɛle.ˈ xárṯa ʾə́ṯyɛle xə́zyɛle ʾína l-ay-gōt-hòdəx t-šaqíṯaˈ ʾíṯwa ḏa-pə̀qqe.ˈ m-ày-gotaˈ pə́qqe šwírra l-a-gōt-hódəx t-šaqìṯa.ˈ klèla,ˈ síqla ḏá ʾaqə́rwa xáṣa dìya.ˈ síqla xáṣa dìyaˈ ʾu-mašurála b-a-gōt-míya ʾáṯe làxxa.ˈ brōn-d-o-náša dmìxɛle támma,ˈ ʾaqə́rwa ṣléla m-xā́ṣ-t pə̀qqe,ˈ ṯéla wírra xo-réšə d-o-yàla.ˈ ʾu-šqílle xá-kepa bábe dìye,ˈ bábə d-o-yàla,ˈ mə́re qaṭlə́nna yáha ʾaqə́rwa dìya.ˈ ʾáyya pə́qqe zílla muṯyála ʾaqə́rwa m-ʾay-gōt-hódəx mìya.ˈ muṯyála láxxa ta-t-nɛsále bròni,ˈ bróni màyəṯ.ˈ qaṭlə́nna yáha ʾaqə̀rwa.ˈ xárṯa xá-ga xéta klèle.ˈ mə́re škíra šə́mmux ya-ʾàlaha.ˈ ʾən-ʾáti bắyət bróni máyəṯ b-àyya ʾúrxa,ˈ ʾoḏə́tla ʾáyya pə́qqe bằlam,ˈ ʾázəl m-d-ay-góta xètə šaqíṯa,ˈ šaqlála ʾaqə́rwa l-xáṣa dìya,ˈ máṯya l-àyya gota,ˈ ʾu-ʾáṯya ṭla-t-nɛsále bróni màyəṯ,ˈ xlàpux ya-ʾálaha.ˈ hár ʾəjbóna dìyux-ile.ˈ rapéle ʾo-kèpaˈ là qəm-qaṭə́lla ʾaqə́rwa.ˈ ʾo-xìšleˈ píšle zráya zràya.ˈ xá-palgət sàʾət,ˈ xá-saʾət xèna,ˈ ʾáw lɛ̀le ráḥat.ˈ mə́re brōn-díyi hàr hóle míṯa.ˈ ʾaqə́rwa nìstəlle.ˈ zìlɛleˈ mùkləlla táwre t-wɛ́wa zráya.ˈ šqílle bróne dìyeˈ mə́re šaqlə́nna jănàze díyeˈ nablə́nna bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ də́rya ʾíḏe b-brōn-dìye.ˈ brōn-díye qìmwale.ˈ mə́re ha-bábi mò bắyət?ˈ mə́re čù-məndi bắyən.ˈ prìqliˈ ṱ-ázəx bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ xírre xo-réšə d-o-yàla.ˈ ʾíṯwa xá-boyət xùwwe.ˈ xá-xuwwe plíṭa táma bắye nayə́sle ṭla-brṓn d-ó fallā̀ḥ.ˈ ʾáyya ʾaqə́rwa ṯìṯaˈ gu-réšə d-o-bòyaˈ qṭìltəlle,ˈ qəm-qaṭlále ʾo-xùwwe.ˈ mə́re ʾən-ʾána hawə́nwa qṭíləlla ʾăyáha ʾaqə̀rwa,ˈ ʾáwwa xúwwe ṱ-awéwa qṭíla ṭla-bròni.ˈ šqílle brōn-dìyeˈ zílle bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-nàšaˈ ʾáwwa zílle zràʾa.ˈ zə́ryɛle xàčča,ˈ xàrṯa,ˈ brōn-dìyeˈ ṯéle šə́nṯe dìye,ˈ qəm-madmə̀xle.ˈ ʾíṯwa xáčča míya ṣlàya,ˈ šaqìṯa.ˈ qəm-maṯéle tàma.ˈ dmíxle kəs-d-ày šaqíṯa.ˈ ʾo-xéna zràyɛle.ˈ xárṯa ʾə́ṯyɛle xə́zyɛle ʾína l-ay-gōt-hòdəx t-šaqíṯaˈ ʾíṯwa ḏa-pə̀qqe.ˈ m-ày-gotaˈ pə́qqe šwírra l-a-gōt-hódəx t-šaqìṯa.ˈ klèla,ˈ síqla ḏá ʾaqə́rwa xáṣa dìya.ˈ síqla xáṣa dìyaˈ ʾu-mašurála b-a-gōt-míya ʾáṯe làxxa.ˈ brōn-d-o-náša dmìxɛle támma,ˈ ʾaqə́rwa ṣléla m-xā́ṣ-t pə̀qqe,ˈ ṯéla wírra xo-réšə d-o-yàla.ˈ ʾu-šqílle xá-kepa bábe dìye,ˈ bábə d-o-yàla,ˈ mə́re qaṭlə́nna yáha ʾaqə́rwa dìya.ˈ ʾáyya pə́qqe zílla muṯyála ʾaqə́rwa m-ʾay-gōt-hódəx mìya.ˈ muṯyála láxxa ta-t-nɛsále bròni,ˈ bróni màyəṯ.ˈ qaṭlə́nna yáha ʾaqə̀rwa.ˈ xárṯa xá-ga xéta klèle.ˈ mə́re škíra šə́mmux ya-ʾàlaha.ˈ ʾən-ʾáti bắyət bróni máyəṯ b-àyya ʾúrxa,ˈ ʾoḏə́tla ʾáyya pə́qqe bằlam,ˈ ʾázəl m-d-ay-góta xètə šaqíṯa,ˈ šaqlála ʾaqə́rwa l-xáṣa dìya,ˈ máṯya l-àyya gota,ˈ ʾu-ʾáṯya ṭla-t-nɛsále bróni màyəṯ,ˈ xlàpux ya-ʾálaha.ˈ hár ʾəjbóna dìyux-ile.ˈ rapéle ʾo-kèpaˈ là qəm-qaṭə́lla ʾaqə́rwa.ˈ ʾo-xìšleˈ píšle zráya zràya.ˈ xá-palgət sàʾət,ˈ xá-saʾət xèna,ˈ ʾáw lɛ̀le ráḥat.ˈ mə́re brōn-díyi hàr hóle míṯa.ˈ ʾaqə́rwa nìstəlle.ˈ zìlɛleˈ mùkləlla táwre t-wɛ́wa zráya.ˈ šqílle bróne dìyeˈ mə́re šaqlə́nna jănàze díyeˈ nablə́nna bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ də́rya ʾíḏe b-brōn-dìye.ˈ brōn-díye qìmwale.ˈ mə́re ha-bábi mò bắyət?ˈ mə́re čù-məndi bắyən.ˈ prìqliˈ ṱ-ázəx bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ xírre xo-réšə d-o-yàla.ˈ ʾíṯwa xá-boyət xùwwe.ˈ xá-xuwwe plíṭa táma bắye nayə́sle ṭla-brṓn d-ó fallā̀ḥ.ˈ ʾáyya ʾaqə́rwa ṯìṯaˈ gu-réšə d-o-bòyaˈ qṭìltəlle,ˈ qəm-qaṭlále ʾo-xùwwe.ˈ mə́re ʾən-ʾána hawə́nwa qṭíləlla ʾăyáha ʾaqə̀rwa,ˈ ʾáwwa xúwwe ṱ-awéwa qṭíla ṭla-bròni.ˈ šqílle brōn-dìyeˈ zílle bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ	There was a man, who went to plough. He ploughed a little, then his son became sleepy and he laid him down to sleep. There was some water flowing, a channel. He took him there. He went to sleep by that channel while the other one (his father) was ploughing. Then he came back and he saw that on the farther side of the channel there was a frog. From one side the frog jumped to the other side of the channel. It stood still and a scorpion mounted onto its back. It mounted its back and it (the frog) took it across to this side of the water so that it came here. The son of that man was sleeping here. The scorpion got down from the back of the frog and went underneath the pillow of the child. His father, the father of the boy, took a stone and said ‘I’ll kill that scorpion right now. This frog has brought the scorpion from the other side of the water. It has brought it here to bite my son, my son will die. I shall kill that scorpion.’ Then he refrained. He said ‘Praise be your name, oh God, if you will that my son die by this means, that you make this frog into a boat to go from the other side of the channel and take a scorpion on its back, bringing it to this side, for it to bite my son that he should die, let it be as you wish oh God, it is your will.’ He threw away the stone and did not kill the scorpion. He went off and continued to plough. Half an hour, an hour later, he was not comfortable. He said ‘My son is already dead. The scorpion has bitten him’. He went and stopped the oxen, which were ploughing. He took his son and said ‘I’ll take his coffin and carry him home’. He put his hand on his son, his son was awake. He said ‘Ah, father, what do you want?’ He said ‘I don’t want anything. I have finished. Let’s go home. He looked under the head of the boy. There was a snake’s hole. A snake had come out of there wanting to bite the son of that peasant. The scorpion had come to the opening of the hole and killed it, it killed the snake. He said ‘If I had killed that scorpion, that snake would have killed my son’. He took his son and went home.

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ʾíṯwa xa-nàšaˈ ʾáwwa zílle zràʾa.ˈ zə́ryɛle xàčča,ˈ xàrṯa,ˈ brōn-dìyeˈ ṯéle šə́nṯe dìye,ˈ qəm-madmə̀xle.ˈ ʾíṯwa xáčča míya ṣlàya,ˈ šaqìṯa.ˈ qəm-maṯéle tàma.ˈ dmíxle kəs-d-ày šaqíṯa.ˈ ʾo-xéna zràyɛle.ˈ xárṯa ʾə́ṯyɛle xə́zyɛle ʾína l-ay-gōt-hòdəx t-šaqíṯaˈ ʾíṯwa ḏa-pə̀qqe.ˈ m-ày-gotaˈ pə́qqe šwírra l-a-gōt-hódəx t-šaqìṯa.ˈ klèla,ˈ síqla ḏá ʾaqə́rwa xáṣa dìya.ˈ síqla xáṣa dìyaˈ ʾu-mašurála b-a-gōt-míya ʾáṯe làxxa.ˈ brōn-d-o-náša dmìxɛle támma,ˈ ʾaqə́rwa ṣléla m-xā́ṣ-t pə̀qqe,ˈ ṯéla wírra xo-réšə d-o-yàla.ˈ ʾu-šqílle xá-kepa bábe dìye,ˈ bábə d-o-yàla,ˈ mə́re qaṭlə́nna yáha ʾaqə́rwa dìya.ˈ ʾáyya pə́qqe zílla muṯyála ʾaqə́rwa m-ʾay-gōt-hódəx mìya.ˈ muṯyála láxxa ta-t-nɛsále bròni,ˈ bróni màyəṯ.ˈ qaṭlə́nna yáha ʾaqə̀rwa.ˈ xárṯa xá-ga xéta klèle.ˈ mə́re škíra šə́mmux ya-ʾàlaha.ˈ ʾən-ʾáti bắyət bróni máyəṯ b-àyya ʾúrxa,ˈ ʾoḏə́tla ʾáyya pə́qqe bằlam,ˈ ʾázəl m-d-ay-góta xètə šaqíṯa,ˈ šaqlála ʾaqə́rwa l-xáṣa dìya,ˈ máṯya l-àyya gota,ˈ ʾu-ʾáṯya ṭla-t-nɛsále bróni màyəṯ,ˈ xlàpux ya-ʾálaha.ˈ hár ʾəjbóna dìyux-ile.ˈ rapéle ʾo-kèpaˈ là qəm-qaṭə́lla ʾaqə́rwa.ˈ ʾo-xìšleˈ píšle zráya zràya.ˈ xá-palgət sàʾət,ˈ xá-saʾət xèna,ˈ ʾáw lɛ̀le ráḥat.ˈ mə́re brōn-díyi hàr hóle míṯa.ˈ ʾaqə́rwa nìstəlle.ˈ zìlɛleˈ mùkləlla táwre t-wɛ́wa zráya.ˈ šqílle bróne dìyeˈ mə́re šaqlə́nna jănàze díyeˈ nablə́nna bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ də́rya ʾíḏe b-brōn-dìye.ˈ brōn-díye qìmwale.ˈ mə́re ha-bábi mò bắyət?ˈ mə́re čù-məndi bắyən.ˈ prìqliˈ ṱ-ázəx bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ xírre xo-réšə d-o-yàla.ˈ ʾíṯwa xá-boyət xùwwe.ˈ xá-xuwwe plíṭa táma bắye nayə́sle ṭla-brṓn d-ó fallā̀ḥ.ˈ ʾáyya ʾaqə́rwa ṯìṯaˈ gu-réšə d-o-bòyaˈ qṭìltəlle,ˈ qəm-qaṭlále ʾo-xùwwe.ˈ mə́re ʾən-ʾána hawə́nwa qṭíləlla ʾăyáha ʾaqə̀rwa,ˈ ʾáwwa xúwwe ṱ-awéwa qṭíla ṭla-bròni.ˈ šqílle brōn-dìyeˈ zílle bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ

Translation:

There was a man, who went to plough. He ploughed a little, then his son became sleepy and he laid him down to sleep. There was some water flowing, a channel. He took him there. He went to sleep by that channel while the other one (his father) was ploughing. Then he came back and he saw that on the farther side of the channel there was a frog. From one side the frog jumped to the other side of the channel. It stood still and a scorpion mounted onto its back. It mounted its back and it (the frog) took it across to this side of the water so that it came here. The son of that man was sleeping here. The scorpion got down from the back of the frog and went underneath the pillow of the child. His father, the father of the boy, took a stone and said ‘I’ll kill that scorpion right now. This frog has brought the scorpion from the other side of the water. It has brought it here to bite my son, my son will die. I shall kill that scorpion.’ Then he refrained. He said ‘Praise be your name, oh God, if you will that my son die by this means, that you make this frog into a boat to go from the other side of the channel and take a scorpion on its back, bringing it to this side, for it to bite my son that he should die, let it be as you wish oh God, it is your will.’ He threw away the stone and did not kill the scorpion. He went off and continued to plough. Half an hour, an hour later, he was not comfortable. He said ‘My son is already dead. The scorpion has bitten him’. He went and stopped the oxen, which were ploughing. He took his son and said ‘I’ll take his coffin and carry him home’. He put his hand on his son, his son was awake. He said ‘Ah, father, what do you want?’ He said ‘I don’t want anything. I have finished. Let’s go home. He looked under the head of the boy. There was a snake’s hole. A snake had come out of there wanting to bite the son of that peasant. The scorpion had come to the opening of the hole and killed it, it killed the snake. He said ‘If I had killed that scorpion, that snake would have killed my son’. He took his son and went home.