Barwar: Dəmdəma

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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-Xáno Lapzèrin.ˈ b-ʾắṣəl díye ʾiwéwa qărăčàya.ˈ ʾína rába gabbàra,ˈ xɛlàna-wewa.ˈ zílle xa-béna ʾárya ṯéle ṭálbe dìye,ˈ ʾáwwa qṭìlle ṭla-ʾárya,ˈ ʾína ʾárya ʾíḏe díye qəm-axə̀lla.ˈ málka šmíle bíye dìye,ˈ mə̀reˈ ʾo-náša hóle qṭíla ʾàrya.ˈ mšodə̀rre báṯre díyeˈ mə́re xázəx dàx-it qṭíla ʾáti ʾaw-ʾárya.ˈ mə́re m-àykaˈ har-là-mṣən ṱ-amrə́nnux.ˈ ʾən-ʾamrə́nnux ʾáp-ʾati b-šànət.ˈ mə́re mùrriˈ là.ˈ dàx-it qṭíla ʾárya?ˈ mə́re la-zằdət?ˈ mə́re la-zằdən.ˈ ṣríxɛle xa-qála ràba xɛlána,ˈ málka šə̀nyɛle,ˈ npìlɛle.ˈ qímɛle málka mə̀reˈ ʾáti pɛ́šət xulàmi.ˈ pɛ́šət mə̀nni.ˈ ʾíḏe díye də́ryəlla dàwa.ˈ y-amríwa Xáno Lapzèrin.ˈ píšle mən-màlka,ˈ xulámət màlka.ˈ xá-yoma plíṭewa ṣɛ̀da.ˈ zíle xa-dùkṯa,ˈ málka dmìxɛle.ˈ ʾáwwa-ži zamàrɛleˈ b-dudə̀kṯa.ˈ dúdəkṯe díye múttəlla rəš-sáṭlət màsta.ˈ plíṭɛle xa-dídwa mən-naxìrət málka,ˈ reša-réša d-a-dudə̀kṯa,ˈ t-wawa rəš-d-à-masta,ˈ zílle wírre gu-xá-burət kèpe.ˈ ʾàwwaˈ Xáno xzéle ʾo-dídwa plíṭle mən-naxírət málka mujə̀ble.ˈ wéle spàra,ˈ xárṯa xá-ga xéta xzèleˈ ʾo-dìdwaˈ plíṭle mən-d-ó búrət kèpe,ˈ ṯéle wírre gu-naxírət màlka.ˈ málka ṛìšle.ˈ ṛìšleˈ málka kčìxa,ˈ zə̀dya.ˈ mə́re mà-lux zə́dya?ˈ mà-lux málka ṱ-áwət basíma?ˈ mə́re mà-li?ˈ mə́re xzéli xa-xə̀lmaˈ rába mazdiyàna.ˈ mə́re mòdi xə́lma?ˈ ʾu-dàx-wewa?ˈ xḕr-wawa?ˈ mə́re b-xə́lmi zála reša-réša ḏa-yáma rába gòṛta,ˈ yáma xwàrta.ˈ ʾíṯwa tre-xoriyàṯa,ˈ gə̀šra.ˈ mára hon-zála réšə d-ò gə́šra,ˈ ʾína ràba zdáʾaˈ t-là-naplən gu-d-a-yáma.ˈ m-táma zálən wárən gu-xa-gə̀ppa,ˈ xa-ṭùra.ˈ mára xzáyən xa-xəzzìnət dáwe,ˈ yáʿni lìtle tyáma,ˈ dáwət dùnye hóle táma.ˈ ʾu-mára xá-ga xètaˈ dìṛənˈ ʾə́ṯyən reša-réša d-àn qariyáṯa,ˈ reša-réša d-ày yáma.ˈ ʾu-hádəx-in zdàʾaˈ hát-in šwírəlle gōt-làxxaˈ ʾu-ṛìšli hadíya.ˈ ʾaw-mtunéle ʾaw-xə́lma qa-d-ó Xáno Lapzèrin.ˈ ʾáwwa mə́re b-àlahaˈ har-xá-məndi ʾìṯ b-áyya dúkṯa ṱ-íle wìra.ˈ ʾáw xzèle ʾo-dídwa ʾɛ́ka wìrre.ˈ qam-ṱ-àzəl,ˈ šwíqəlla xa-kíste díye tàma,ˈ garə́šwa tŭ́tun qalùnke.ˈ múttəlla tàma.ˈ zílla xáčča mə̀reˈ málka ṱ-áwət basìmaˈ munšyàliˈ kísti t-tŭ̀tun fə̀llən dúkṯa.ˈ ṱ-ázən mayə́nna-w ʾu-ʾàṯən.ˈ ʾə̀ṯyɛleˈ wíḏɛle ʾa-dúkṯa nišànqa,ˈ ʾa-dúkṯa t-wéwa ʾo-dídwa wíra tàma.ˈ ʾu-zìlɛle kəs-málka.ˈ píšɛle mən-màlka,ˈ mə́re málka ṱ-áwət basìma,ˈ zíla xákma dàna,ˈ bắyən ṭálbən xa-máṭlab mə̀nnux.ˈ mə́re mòdi?ˈ mə́re dúkṯət xá-gəldət tàwraˈ hálli banə̀nni xa-bɛ́ṯa.ˈ mə́re si-bnílux dúkṯət tré-gəldət tàwre.ˈ mə́re là.ˈ har-xà gə́ldət táwra,ˈ dúkṯət xá-gəldət táwra banə́nni xa-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ʾáp-ʾana xṭìṯila.ˈ mə́re si-bni-ʾáwwa bɛ̀ṯux.ˈ qímɛle zíla b-a-dùkṯa.ˈ zìla,ˈ múṯyɛle xa-gə́ldət táwra ràba góṛa.ˈ núbləlle kəs-xá m-ánna ṱ-óḏi tásmə sàwle.ˈ mə́re ʾoḏə́tli hàdəx,ˈ ʾo-gə́lda hàdəx ʾoḏə́tleˈ naqíḏa ta-t-ʾáwər bar-bóyət xmàṭa.ˈ wíḏəlle hádəx ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ híwəlle zùze.ˈ zíla ʾa-dùkṯa.ˈ kúlla dúkṯə d-ó-gəldət tàwra,ˈ lɛle-wíḏa gə́dda zòra?ˈ xzi-kəmá măsàḥa dwíqle.ˈ ʾa-dúkṯa qímle bnàyaˈ Dəmdə̀ma,ˈ bnáya Dəmdə̀ma.ˈ zílle xpírre tàma,ˈ plíṭle dàwa.ˈ qímle muṯéle banàyeˈ bnéle gúdə Dəmdə̀maˈ ʾáp-diya pyàšɛleˈ ʾo-gùda.ˈ bnáya gúda ʾu-dráya răṣā̀ṣ,ˈ tá-t ʾáp-ʾən maxíle màdfaʿˈ t-là-taləxwa gúda.ˈ bnéle bnéle bnéle Dəmdə̀maˈ ʾu-gríšle míya m-ṭùraˈ muṯéle xóṯa-xoṯət ʾùpra,ˈ muwə́rre gu-Dəmdə̀ma.ˈ ʾu-dwíqle béna ʾàskar,ˈ dwáqəlle nášə ʾàskar.ˈ ʾína là-kul gáwṛa.ˈ muṯéle náše gùṛe,ˈ dəqnáy găréwale bríza m-àxxaˈ masə̀qwa.ˈ ku-ṱ-ile wáḏa ʾìh!ˈ lá šaqə̀lwale.ˈ y-amə́rwa ʾáti lát xoš-gàwṛa.ˈ dwíqle ʾàskar ʾə́lle díye.ˈ náše zílla kəs-màlka.ˈ mə́ra màlka ṱ-áwət basíma.ˈ ʾáwwa náša hàtxɛle wáḏa.ˈ màraˈ mú ṱ-àwəḏ?ˈ xa-dúkṯət gə́ldət tàwrən híwəlle báne bɛ́ṯa.ˈ mə́ra yába bnéle Dəmdə̀ma-wˈ ʾu-hóle dwáqa ʾàskar.ˈ wéle ʾáṣi màlka.ˈ xárṯa wéle plàša,ˈ wéle pláša bēn-ʾáskar-t málkət ʾÌrənˈ ʾu-ʾàw.ˈ xa-pláša ràba xɛlána-wewa.ˈ b-čù-ʾurxa lɛ́wa mṣáya málka ṱ-áwər šaqə́lle Dəmdə́ma,ˈ ma-t-wéwa mùṣyəlle,ˈ míya ʾìtle,ˈ ʾáskar ʾìṯwa.ˈ xálta ʾìtwale,ˈ zúze ʾìtle,ˈ kùl-xa-məndi ʾítwale.ˈ ʾína bráta d-o-Xáno Lapzèrin,ˈ d-o-t-wéwa bə́nya Dəmdə̀ma,ˈ băyáwa ta-brōn-màlka.ˈ qímla kṯúla xa-kṯàwa,ˈ mšudə́rra bəd-qàzəd.ˈ mə́ra b-ču-ʾúrxa ʾo-Dəmdə́ma lɛ́ šaqlìtuleˈ ʾə́lla qăṭítula míyət Dəmdə̀ma.ˈ ʾu-kṯútɛla gu-d-ò kṯáwaˈ ʾɛ̀kɛla ʾɛ́nə mìya,ˈ m-ɛ̀kɛla ṯáya.ˈ ma-t-wéwa brōn-málka qə́ryəlle ʾo-kṯàwa,ˈ mə́re spày!ˈ qíme sìqeˈ xpíre ʾan-míya qə́ṭyəlla mən-ʾɛ́nət mìyaˈ t-wáwa mən-d-o-Dəmdə̀ma.ˈ píšla t-là míya ʾanna-náše.ˈ t-la-míya la-xằyi.ˈ xá-ga xéta ṭlíbla mən-márya ʾàlaha,ˈ kúlla wéla bráka ṭlìbla,ˈ ṣléla mə̀ṭra.ˈ ṣléla mə̀ṭra,ˈ dwíqla xəzzíne məndiyáne mìya.ˈ hal-xá-ga xéta príqla miyèy.ˈ xárṯa mtaslòməlleˈ ʾu-málka d-áni wárɛle gu-Dəmdə̀ma.ˈ wára ʾìnaˈ yə́mma d-o-Xáno Lapzérin hóla tíwta gu-tắrət qàṣra,ˈ xa-qalúnka m-áxxa l-tămàha,ˈ xà-palla b-réše díye.ˈ mə́re mù-t kálba mubrɛ́ṯa ʾáti?ˈ ʾo-plàša,ˈ ʾáwwa də́mma mattùle,ˈ ʾo-spayúṯa ṱ-in-ʾána wiḏə̀lle.ˈ mə́ra ʾáwwa lɛ̀le kálba,ˈ ʾàtit kálba.ˈ ʾáyya mə́ra ṭla-màlka.ˈ ʾa-pálla t-wawa-rəš-qalùnkaˈ wíḏtəlla hátxa ṣlìṯɛla,ˈ ʾɛ̀-gaˈ b-á-dukṯa xóṯa ʾíṯwa barū̀d.ˈ lwìxɛle Dəmdə́maˈ ʾu-pqìtɛla,ˈ kúlla náše qṭìltəlla.ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-Xáno Lapzèrin.ˈ b-ʾắṣəl díye ʾiwéwa qărăčàya.ˈ ʾína rába gabbàra,ˈ xɛlàna-wewa.ˈ zílle xa-béna ʾárya ṯéle ṭálbe dìye,ˈ ʾáwwa qṭìlle ṭla-ʾárya,ˈ ʾína ʾárya ʾíḏe díye qəm-axə̀lla.ˈ málka šmíle bíye dìye,ˈ mə̀reˈ ʾo-náša hóle qṭíla ʾàrya.ˈ mšodə̀rre báṯre díyeˈ mə́re xázəx dàx-it qṭíla ʾáti ʾaw-ʾárya.ˈ mə́re m-àykaˈ har-là-mṣən ṱ-amrə́nnux.ˈ ʾən-ʾamrə́nnux ʾáp-ʾati b-šànət.ˈ mə́re mùrriˈ là.ˈ dàx-it qṭíla ʾárya?ˈ mə́re la-zằdət?ˈ mə́re la-zằdən.ˈ ṣríxɛle xa-qála ràba xɛlána,ˈ málka šə̀nyɛle,ˈ npìlɛle.ˈ qímɛle málka mə̀reˈ ʾáti pɛ́šət xulàmi.ˈ pɛ́šət mə̀nni.ˈ ʾíḏe díye də́ryəlla dàwa.ˈ y-amríwa Xáno Lapzèrin.ˈ píšle mən-màlka,ˈ xulámət màlka.ˈ xá-yoma plíṭewa ṣɛ̀da.ˈ zíle xa-dùkṯa,ˈ málka dmìxɛle.ˈ ʾáwwa-ži zamàrɛleˈ b-dudə̀kṯa.ˈ dúdəkṯe díye múttəlla rəš-sáṭlət màsta.ˈ plíṭɛle xa-dídwa mən-naxìrət málka,ˈ reša-réša d-a-dudə̀kṯa,ˈ t-wawa rəš-d-à-masta,ˈ zílle wírre gu-xá-burət kèpe.ˈ ʾàwwaˈ Xáno xzéle ʾo-dídwa plíṭle mən-naxírət málka mujə̀ble.ˈ wéle spàra,ˈ xárṯa xá-ga xéta xzèleˈ ʾo-dìdwaˈ plíṭle mən-d-ó búrət kèpe,ˈ ṯéle wírre gu-naxírət màlka.ˈ málka ṛìšle.ˈ ṛìšleˈ málka kčìxa,ˈ zə̀dya.ˈ mə́re mà-lux zə́dya?ˈ mà-lux málka ṱ-áwət basíma?ˈ mə́re mà-li?ˈ mə́re xzéli xa-xə̀lmaˈ rába mazdiyàna.ˈ mə́re mòdi xə́lma?ˈ ʾu-dàx-wewa?ˈ xḕr-wawa?ˈ mə́re b-xə́lmi zála reša-réša ḏa-yáma rába gòṛta,ˈ yáma xwàrta.ˈ ʾíṯwa tre-xoriyàṯa,ˈ gə̀šra.ˈ mára hon-zála réšə d-ò gə́šra,ˈ ʾína ràba zdáʾaˈ t-là-naplən gu-d-a-yáma.ˈ m-táma zálən wárən gu-xa-gə̀ppa,ˈ xa-ṭùra.ˈ mára xzáyən xa-xəzzìnət dáwe,ˈ yáʿni lìtle tyáma,ˈ dáwət dùnye hóle táma.ˈ ʾu-mára xá-ga xètaˈ dìṛənˈ ʾə́ṯyən reša-réša d-àn qariyáṯa,ˈ reša-réša d-ày yáma.ˈ ʾu-hádəx-in zdàʾaˈ hát-in šwírəlle gōt-làxxaˈ ʾu-ṛìšli hadíya.ˈ ʾaw-mtunéle ʾaw-xə́lma qa-d-ó Xáno Lapzèrin.ˈ ʾáwwa mə́re b-àlahaˈ har-xá-məndi ʾìṯ b-áyya dúkṯa ṱ-íle wìra.ˈ ʾáw xzèle ʾo-dídwa ʾɛ́ka wìrre.ˈ qam-ṱ-àzəl,ˈ šwíqəlla xa-kíste díye tàma,ˈ garə́šwa tŭ́tun qalùnke.ˈ múttəlla tàma.ˈ zílla xáčča mə̀reˈ málka ṱ-áwət basìmaˈ munšyàliˈ kísti t-tŭ̀tun fə̀llən dúkṯa.ˈ ṱ-ázən mayə́nna-w ʾu-ʾàṯən.ˈ ʾə̀ṯyɛleˈ wíḏɛle ʾa-dúkṯa nišànqa,ˈ ʾa-dúkṯa t-wéwa ʾo-dídwa wíra tàma.ˈ ʾu-zìlɛle kəs-málka.ˈ píšɛle mən-màlka,ˈ mə́re málka ṱ-áwət basìma,ˈ zíla xákma dàna,ˈ bắyən ṭálbən xa-máṭlab mə̀nnux.ˈ mə́re mòdi?ˈ mə́re dúkṯət xá-gəldət tàwraˈ hálli banə̀nni xa-bɛ́ṯa.ˈ mə́re si-bnílux dúkṯət tré-gəldət tàwre.ˈ mə́re là.ˈ har-xà gə́ldət táwra,ˈ dúkṯət xá-gəldət táwra banə́nni xa-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ʾáp-ʾana xṭìṯila.ˈ mə́re si-bni-ʾáwwa bɛ̀ṯux.ˈ qímɛle zíla b-a-dùkṯa.ˈ zìla,ˈ múṯyɛle xa-gə́ldət táwra ràba góṛa.ˈ núbləlle kəs-xá m-ánna ṱ-óḏi tásmə sàwle.ˈ mə́re ʾoḏə́tli hàdəx,ˈ ʾo-gə́lda hàdəx ʾoḏə́tleˈ naqíḏa ta-t-ʾáwər bar-bóyət xmàṭa.ˈ wíḏəlle hádəx ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ híwəlle zùze.ˈ zíla ʾa-dùkṯa.ˈ kúlla dúkṯə d-ó-gəldət tàwra,ˈ lɛle-wíḏa gə́dda zòra?ˈ xzi-kəmá măsàḥa dwíqle.ˈ ʾa-dúkṯa qímle bnàyaˈ Dəmdə̀ma,ˈ bnáya Dəmdə̀ma.ˈ zílle xpírre tàma,ˈ plíṭle dàwa.ˈ qímle muṯéle banàyeˈ bnéle gúdə Dəmdə̀maˈ ʾáp-diya pyàšɛleˈ ʾo-gùda.ˈ bnáya gúda ʾu-dráya răṣā̀ṣ,ˈ tá-t ʾáp-ʾən maxíle màdfaʿˈ t-là-taləxwa gúda.ˈ bnéle bnéle bnéle Dəmdə̀maˈ ʾu-gríšle míya m-ṭùraˈ muṯéle xóṯa-xoṯət ʾùpra,ˈ muwə́rre gu-Dəmdə̀ma.ˈ ʾu-dwíqle béna ʾàskar,ˈ dwáqəlle nášə ʾàskar.ˈ ʾína là-kul gáwṛa.ˈ muṯéle náše gùṛe,ˈ dəqnáy găréwale bríza m-àxxaˈ masə̀qwa.ˈ ku-ṱ-ile wáḏa ʾìh!ˈ lá šaqə̀lwale.ˈ y-amə́rwa ʾáti lát xoš-gàwṛa.ˈ dwíqle ʾàskar ʾə́lle díye.ˈ náše zílla kəs-màlka.ˈ mə́ra màlka ṱ-áwət basíma.ˈ ʾáwwa náša hàtxɛle wáḏa.ˈ màraˈ mú ṱ-àwəḏ?ˈ xa-dúkṯət gə́ldət tàwrən híwəlle báne bɛ́ṯa.ˈ mə́ra yába bnéle Dəmdə̀ma-wˈ ʾu-hóle dwáqa ʾàskar.ˈ wéle ʾáṣi màlka.ˈ xárṯa wéle plàša,ˈ wéle pláša bēn-ʾáskar-t málkət ʾÌrənˈ ʾu-ʾàw.ˈ xa-pláša ràba xɛlána-wewa.ˈ b-čù-ʾurxa lɛ́wa mṣáya málka ṱ-áwər šaqə́lle Dəmdə́ma,ˈ ma-t-wéwa mùṣyəlle,ˈ míya ʾìtle,ˈ ʾáskar ʾìṯwa.ˈ xálta ʾìtwale,ˈ zúze ʾìtle,ˈ kùl-xa-məndi ʾítwale.ˈ ʾína bráta d-o-Xáno Lapzèrin,ˈ d-o-t-wéwa bə́nya Dəmdə̀ma,ˈ băyáwa ta-brōn-màlka.ˈ qímla kṯúla xa-kṯàwa,ˈ mšudə́rra bəd-qàzəd.ˈ mə́ra b-ču-ʾúrxa ʾo-Dəmdə́ma lɛ́ šaqlìtuleˈ ʾə́lla qăṭítula míyət Dəmdə̀ma.ˈ ʾu-kṯútɛla gu-d-ò kṯáwaˈ ʾɛ̀kɛla ʾɛ́nə mìya,ˈ m-ɛ̀kɛla ṯáya.ˈ ma-t-wéwa brōn-málka qə́ryəlle ʾo-kṯàwa,ˈ mə́re spày!ˈ qíme sìqeˈ xpíre ʾan-míya qə́ṭyəlla mən-ʾɛ́nət mìyaˈ t-wáwa mən-d-o-Dəmdə̀ma.ˈ píšla t-là míya ʾanna-náše.ˈ t-la-míya la-xằyi.ˈ xá-ga xéta ṭlíbla mən-márya ʾàlaha,ˈ kúlla wéla bráka ṭlìbla,ˈ ṣléla mə̀ṭra.ˈ ṣléla mə̀ṭra,ˈ dwíqla xəzzíne məndiyáne mìya.ˈ hal-xá-ga xéta príqla miyèy.ˈ xárṯa mtaslòməlleˈ ʾu-málka d-áni wárɛle gu-Dəmdə̀ma.ˈ wára ʾìnaˈ yə́mma d-o-Xáno Lapzérin hóla tíwta gu-tắrət qàṣra,ˈ xa-qalúnka m-áxxa l-tămàha,ˈ xà-palla b-réše díye.ˈ mə́re mù-t kálba mubrɛ́ṯa ʾáti?ˈ ʾo-plàša,ˈ ʾáwwa də́mma mattùle,ˈ ʾo-spayúṯa ṱ-in-ʾána wiḏə̀lle.ˈ mə́ra ʾáwwa lɛ̀le kálba,ˈ ʾàtit kálba.ˈ ʾáyya mə́ra ṭla-màlka.ˈ ʾa-pálla t-wawa-rəš-qalùnkaˈ wíḏtəlla hátxa ṣlìṯɛla,ˈ ʾɛ̀-gaˈ b-á-dukṯa xóṯa ʾíṯwa barū̀d.ˈ lwìxɛle Dəmdə́maˈ ʾu-pqìtɛla,ˈ kúlla náše qṭìltəlla.ˈ	There was a certain Xano the Golden Hand. In origin he was a gypsy. He was a great warrior and very strong. A lion once attacked him. He killed the lion, but the lion ate his hand. The king heard about him and said ‘That man has killed a lion’. He sent for him and said ‘Let’s see how you killed that lion’. He said ‘I cannot tell you how. If I tell you, you will faint’. He said ‘No, tell me! How did you kill the lion?’ He said ‘Are you not afraid?’ He said ‘I am not afraid’. He shouted a mighty shout. The king fainted and fell. The king got up and said ‘You shall become my servant. You shall remain with me’. He made his hand out of gold and they called him Xano the Golden Hand. He remained with the king, as the servant of the king. One day they went out hunting. They went to a place and the king fell asleep. He (Xano) was a singer with a pipe. He put his pipe down on a can of yoghurt. A fly came out of the nose of the king, (went) across the pipe that was over the yoghurt, and entered a pile of stones. Xano saw the fly come out of the nose of the king and was astonished. He waited and then he saw the fly come back out of the pile of stones and go back into the nose of the king. The king woke up. The king woke up, tired and afraid. He (Xano) said ‘Why are you afraid? What is the matter with you king—may you be well?’ He said ‘What is the matter with me?’ He said ‘I had a very frightening dream’. He said ‘What dream? How was it? I hope it was good.’ He said ‘In my dream I went across a great sea, a white sea. There were two poplars (forming) a bridge’. He said ‘I went over the bridge, in great fear that I would fall into the sea. From there I went into a cave, a mountain. I saw a treasure of gold, (immense) without end, the gold of the entire world was there.’ He said ‘I returned and went back over the (poplar) beams, across the sea and was afraid like this until I leapt across to this side and I woke up (as you see me) now. He told the dream to Xano the Golden Hand. He said (to himself ) ‘By God, there must be something in this place where it entered’. He saw where the fly had entered. Before leaving, he left a (tobacco) bag of his there—he used to smoke pipe tobacco. He put it down there. They went on a little then he said ‘King, may you be well, I have forgotten my tobacco bag in some place or other. I shall go to fetch it, then come back’. He came and made a sign in that place, the place where the fly had entered. Then he went to the king. He stayed with the king and said ‘King, may you be well, some time has gone by and I would like to request something from you’. He said ‘What?’ He said ‘Allow me to build myself a house in a place (the size of ) an ox skin’. He said ‘Go and build for yourself in a place (the size of ) two ox skins’. He said ‘No, only one ox skin, I shall build for myself a house in a place (the size of ) one ox skin. It is a pity for me (that I have not such a house)’. He said ‘Go and build this house of yours’. He went off to that place. He went and brought and a very large ox skin. He took it to one of those people who make shoelaces. He said ‘Make it for me thus, make this skin a fine (thread) so that it will go through the eye of a needle’. He did this for him and he gave him money. He went to the place. The place (enclosed by) the ox skin covered a great area, since he had made it into a fine thread. In that place he began to build (the fortress of) Dəmdəma, to build Dəmdəma. He dug there and gold was discovered. He brought builders and built the wall of Dəmdəma—that wall remains even now. He built the wall and put lead into it, so that, even if it was hit by artillery, it would not be destroyed. He went on building Dəmdəma and drew water from the mountain, bringing it under the ground and directing it into Dəmdəma. Then he recruited an army, recruiting people for an army. But (he did not accept) any man. He brought valiant men. He would shave their beard dry from here, moving (the knife) upwards. He did not take anybody who went ‘ih!’ He would said ‘You are not a good man’. He recruited an army for himself. People went to the king. They said ‘King, may you be well. That man is doing such-and-such’. He said ‘What could he do? I have given him the space of an ox skin to build a house’. They said ‘But he has built Dəmdəma and he is recruiting an army’. He rebelled against the king. Then there was a war between him and the army of the king of Iran. It was a very fierce war. Yet by no means could the king enter to capture Dəmdəma, so well had he (Xano) fortified it, and, moreover, he had water, there was an army, he had food, he had money, he had everything. But the daughter of that Xano the Golden Hand, who had built Dəmdəma, loved the son of the king. She wrote a letter and sent it by a messenger. She said ‘By no means will you capture Dəmdəma unless you cut off the water of Dəmdəma’. She wrote in the letter where the water spring was, from where (the water) came. When the son of the king had read the letter, he said ‘Good!’ They went up and dug and cut off the water from the water spring of Dəmdəma. The people were without water. Without water they could not live. Then they made a request from the Lord God, they all knelt and made a request, and (as a consequence) rain fell. They kept the water in tanks and the like, until their water ran out again. Finally, they surrendered it and the king entered Dəmdəma. He entered, but the mother of Xano the Golden Hand was sitting in the door of the palace, with a pipe from here to there, with a burning coal in its bowl. He said ‘What dog have you given birth to? The war, he sheds this blood, after the goodness that I did to him’. She said ‘He is not a dog. _You_ are a dog’. She said this to the king. She moved the burning coal that was in the pipe like this and it fell. At that time there was gunpowder underneath that place. Dəmdəma burst into flames. She blew up and killed all the people.

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ʾíṯwa xa-Xáno Lapzèrin.ˈ b-ʾắṣəl díye ʾiwéwa qărăčàya.ˈ ʾína rába gabbàra,ˈ xɛlàna-wewa.ˈ zílle xa-béna ʾárya ṯéle ṭálbe dìye,ˈ ʾáwwa qṭìlle ṭla-ʾárya,ˈ ʾína ʾárya ʾíḏe díye qəm-axə̀lla.ˈ málka šmíle bíye dìye,ˈ mə̀reˈ ʾo-náša hóle qṭíla ʾàrya.ˈ mšodə̀rre báṯre díyeˈ mə́re xázəx dàx-it qṭíla ʾáti ʾaw-ʾárya.ˈ mə́re m-àykaˈ har-là-mṣən ṱ-amrə́nnux.ˈ ʾən-ʾamrə́nnux ʾáp-ʾati b-šànət.ˈ mə́re mùrriˈ là.ˈ dàx-it qṭíla ʾárya?ˈ mə́re la-zằdət?ˈ mə́re la-zằdən.ˈ ṣríxɛle xa-qála ràba xɛlána,ˈ málka šə̀nyɛle,ˈ npìlɛle.ˈ qímɛle málka mə̀reˈ ʾáti pɛ́šət xulàmi.ˈ pɛ́šət mə̀nni.ˈ ʾíḏe díye də́ryəlla dàwa.ˈ y-amríwa Xáno Lapzèrin.ˈ píšle mən-màlka,ˈ xulámət màlka.ˈ xá-yoma plíṭewa ṣɛ̀da.ˈ zíle xa-dùkṯa,ˈ málka dmìxɛle.ˈ ʾáwwa-ži zamàrɛleˈ b-dudə̀kṯa.ˈ dúdəkṯe díye múttəlla rəš-sáṭlət màsta.ˈ plíṭɛle xa-dídwa mən-naxìrət málka,ˈ reša-réša d-a-dudə̀kṯa,ˈ t-wawa rəš-d-à-masta,ˈ zílle wírre gu-xá-burət kèpe.ˈ ʾàwwaˈ Xáno xzéle ʾo-dídwa plíṭle mən-naxírət málka mujə̀ble.ˈ wéle spàra,ˈ xárṯa xá-ga xéta xzèleˈ ʾo-dìdwaˈ plíṭle mən-d-ó búrət kèpe,ˈ ṯéle wírre gu-naxírət màlka.ˈ málka ṛìšle.ˈ ṛìšleˈ málka kčìxa,ˈ zə̀dya.ˈ mə́re mà-lux zə́dya?ˈ mà-lux málka ṱ-áwət basíma?ˈ mə́re mà-li?ˈ mə́re xzéli xa-xə̀lmaˈ rába mazdiyàna.ˈ mə́re mòdi xə́lma?ˈ ʾu-dàx-wewa?ˈ xḕr-wawa?ˈ mə́re b-xə́lmi zála reša-réša ḏa-yáma rába gòṛta,ˈ yáma xwàrta.ˈ ʾíṯwa tre-xoriyàṯa,ˈ gə̀šra.ˈ mára hon-zála réšə d-ò gə́šra,ˈ ʾína ràba zdáʾaˈ t-là-naplən gu-d-a-yáma.ˈ m-táma zálən wárən gu-xa-gə̀ppa,ˈ xa-ṭùra.ˈ mára xzáyən xa-xəzzìnət dáwe,ˈ yáʿni lìtle tyáma,ˈ dáwət dùnye hóle táma.ˈ ʾu-mára xá-ga xètaˈ dìṛənˈ ʾə́ṯyən reša-réša d-àn qariyáṯa,ˈ reša-réša d-ày yáma.ˈ ʾu-hádəx-in zdàʾaˈ hát-in šwírəlle gōt-làxxaˈ ʾu-ṛìšli hadíya.ˈ ʾaw-mtunéle ʾaw-xə́lma qa-d-ó Xáno Lapzèrin.ˈ ʾáwwa mə́re b-àlahaˈ har-xá-məndi ʾìṯ b-áyya dúkṯa ṱ-íle wìra.ˈ ʾáw xzèle ʾo-dídwa ʾɛ́ka wìrre.ˈ qam-ṱ-àzəl,ˈ šwíqəlla xa-kíste díye tàma,ˈ garə́šwa tŭ́tun qalùnke.ˈ múttəlla tàma.ˈ zílla xáčča mə̀reˈ málka ṱ-áwət basìmaˈ munšyàliˈ kísti t-tŭ̀tun fə̀llən dúkṯa.ˈ ṱ-ázən mayə́nna-w ʾu-ʾàṯən.ˈ ʾə̀ṯyɛleˈ wíḏɛle ʾa-dúkṯa nišànqa,ˈ ʾa-dúkṯa t-wéwa ʾo-dídwa wíra tàma.ˈ ʾu-zìlɛle kəs-málka.ˈ píšɛle mən-màlka,ˈ mə́re málka ṱ-áwət basìma,ˈ zíla xákma dàna,ˈ bắyən ṭálbən xa-máṭlab mə̀nnux.ˈ mə́re mòdi?ˈ mə́re dúkṯət xá-gəldət tàwraˈ hálli banə̀nni xa-bɛ́ṯa.ˈ mə́re si-bnílux dúkṯət tré-gəldət tàwre.ˈ mə́re là.ˈ har-xà gə́ldət táwra,ˈ dúkṯət xá-gəldət táwra banə́nni xa-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ʾáp-ʾana xṭìṯila.ˈ mə́re si-bni-ʾáwwa bɛ̀ṯux.ˈ qímɛle zíla b-a-dùkṯa.ˈ zìla,ˈ múṯyɛle xa-gə́ldət táwra ràba góṛa.ˈ núbləlle kəs-xá m-ánna ṱ-óḏi tásmə sàwle.ˈ mə́re ʾoḏə́tli hàdəx,ˈ ʾo-gə́lda hàdəx ʾoḏə́tleˈ naqíḏa ta-t-ʾáwər bar-bóyət xmàṭa.ˈ wíḏəlle hádəx ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ híwəlle zùze.ˈ zíla ʾa-dùkṯa.ˈ kúlla dúkṯə d-ó-gəldət tàwra,ˈ lɛle-wíḏa gə́dda zòra?ˈ xzi-kəmá măsàḥa dwíqle.ˈ ʾa-dúkṯa qímle bnàyaˈ Dəmdə̀ma,ˈ bnáya Dəmdə̀ma.ˈ zílle xpírre tàma,ˈ plíṭle dàwa.ˈ qímle muṯéle banàyeˈ bnéle gúdə Dəmdə̀maˈ ʾáp-diya pyàšɛleˈ ʾo-gùda.ˈ bnáya gúda ʾu-dráya răṣā̀ṣ,ˈ tá-t ʾáp-ʾən maxíle màdfaʿˈ t-là-taləxwa gúda.ˈ bnéle bnéle bnéle Dəmdə̀maˈ ʾu-gríšle míya m-ṭùraˈ muṯéle xóṯa-xoṯət ʾùpra,ˈ muwə́rre gu-Dəmdə̀ma.ˈ ʾu-dwíqle béna ʾàskar,ˈ dwáqəlle nášə ʾàskar.ˈ ʾína là-kul gáwṛa.ˈ muṯéle náše gùṛe,ˈ dəqnáy găréwale bríza m-àxxaˈ masə̀qwa.ˈ ku-ṱ-ile wáḏa ʾìh!ˈ lá šaqə̀lwale.ˈ y-amə́rwa ʾáti lát xoš-gàwṛa.ˈ dwíqle ʾàskar ʾə́lle díye.ˈ náše zílla kəs-màlka.ˈ mə́ra màlka ṱ-áwət basíma.ˈ ʾáwwa náša hàtxɛle wáḏa.ˈ màraˈ mú ṱ-àwəḏ?ˈ xa-dúkṯət gə́ldət tàwrən híwəlle báne bɛ́ṯa.ˈ mə́ra yába bnéle Dəmdə̀ma-wˈ ʾu-hóle dwáqa ʾàskar.ˈ wéle ʾáṣi màlka.ˈ xárṯa wéle plàša,ˈ wéle pláša bēn-ʾáskar-t málkət ʾÌrənˈ ʾu-ʾàw.ˈ xa-pláša ràba xɛlána-wewa.ˈ b-čù-ʾurxa lɛ́wa mṣáya málka ṱ-áwər šaqə́lle Dəmdə́ma,ˈ ma-t-wéwa mùṣyəlle,ˈ míya ʾìtle,ˈ ʾáskar ʾìṯwa.ˈ xálta ʾìtwale,ˈ zúze ʾìtle,ˈ kùl-xa-məndi ʾítwale.ˈ ʾína bráta d-o-Xáno Lapzèrin,ˈ d-o-t-wéwa bə́nya Dəmdə̀ma,ˈ băyáwa ta-brōn-màlka.ˈ qímla kṯúla xa-kṯàwa,ˈ mšudə́rra bəd-qàzəd.ˈ mə́ra b-ču-ʾúrxa ʾo-Dəmdə́ma lɛ́ šaqlìtuleˈ ʾə́lla qăṭítula míyət Dəmdə̀ma.ˈ ʾu-kṯútɛla gu-d-ò kṯáwaˈ ʾɛ̀kɛla ʾɛ́nə mìya,ˈ m-ɛ̀kɛla ṯáya.ˈ ma-t-wéwa brōn-málka qə́ryəlle ʾo-kṯàwa,ˈ mə́re spày!ˈ qíme sìqeˈ xpíre ʾan-míya qə́ṭyəlla mən-ʾɛ́nət mìyaˈ t-wáwa mən-d-o-Dəmdə̀ma.ˈ píšla t-là míya ʾanna-náše.ˈ t-la-míya la-xằyi.ˈ xá-ga xéta ṭlíbla mən-márya ʾàlaha,ˈ kúlla wéla bráka ṭlìbla,ˈ ṣléla mə̀ṭra.ˈ ṣléla mə̀ṭra,ˈ dwíqla xəzzíne məndiyáne mìya.ˈ hal-xá-ga xéta príqla miyèy.ˈ xárṯa mtaslòməlleˈ ʾu-málka d-áni wárɛle gu-Dəmdə̀ma.ˈ wára ʾìnaˈ yə́mma d-o-Xáno Lapzérin hóla tíwta gu-tắrət qàṣra,ˈ xa-qalúnka m-áxxa l-tămàha,ˈ xà-palla b-réše díye.ˈ mə́re mù-t kálba mubrɛ́ṯa ʾáti?ˈ ʾo-plàša,ˈ ʾáwwa də́mma mattùle,ˈ ʾo-spayúṯa ṱ-in-ʾána wiḏə̀lle.ˈ mə́ra ʾáwwa lɛ̀le kálba,ˈ ʾàtit kálba.ˈ ʾáyya mə́ra ṭla-màlka.ˈ ʾa-pálla t-wawa-rəš-qalùnkaˈ wíḏtəlla hátxa ṣlìṯɛla,ˈ ʾɛ̀-gaˈ b-á-dukṯa xóṯa ʾíṯwa barū̀d.ˈ lwìxɛle Dəmdə́maˈ ʾu-pqìtɛla,ˈ kúlla náše qṭìltəlla.ˈ

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There was a certain Xano the Golden Hand. In origin he was a gypsy. He was a great warrior and very strong. A lion once attacked him. He killed the lion, but the lion ate his hand. The king heard about him and said ‘That man has killed a lion’. He sent for him and said ‘Let’s see how you killed that lion’. He said ‘I cannot tell you how. If I tell you, you will faint’. He said ‘No, tell me! How did you kill the lion?’ He said ‘Are you not afraid?’ He said ‘I am not afraid’. He shouted a mighty shout. The king fainted and fell. The king got up and said ‘You shall become my servant. You shall remain with me’. He made his hand out of gold and they called him Xano the Golden Hand. He remained with the king, as the servant of the king. One day they went out hunting. They went to a place and the king fell asleep. He (Xano) was a singer with a pipe. He put his pipe down on a can of yoghurt. A fly came out of the nose of the king, (went) across the pipe that was over the yoghurt, and entered a pile of stones. Xano saw the fly come out of the nose of the king and was astonished. He waited and then he saw the fly come back out of the pile of stones and go back into the nose of the king. The king woke up. The king woke up, tired and afraid. He (Xano) said ‘Why are you afraid? What is the matter with you king—may you be well?’ He said ‘What is the matter with me?’ He said ‘I had a very frightening dream’. He said ‘What dream? How was it? I hope it was good.’ He said ‘In my dream I went across a great sea, a white sea. There were two poplars (forming) a bridge’. He said ‘I went over the bridge, in great fear that I would fall into the sea. From there I went into a cave, a mountain. I saw a treasure of gold, (immense) without end, the gold of the entire world was there.’ He said ‘I returned and went back over the (poplar) beams, across the sea and was afraid like this until I leapt across to this side and I woke up (as you see me) now. He told the dream to Xano the Golden Hand. He said (to himself ) ‘By God, there must be something in this place where it entered’. He saw where the fly had entered. Before leaving, he left a (tobacco) bag of his there—he used to smoke pipe tobacco. He put it down there. They went on a little then he said ‘King, may you be well, I have forgotten my tobacco bag in some place or other. I shall go to fetch it, then come back’. He came and made a sign in that place, the place where the fly had entered. Then he went to the king. He stayed with the king and said ‘King, may you be well, some time has gone by and I would like to request something from you’. He said ‘What?’ He said ‘Allow me to build myself a house in a place (the size of ) an ox skin’. He said ‘Go and build for yourself in a place (the size of ) two ox skins’. He said ‘No, only one ox skin, I shall build for myself a house in a place (the size of ) one ox skin. It is a pity for me (that I have not such a house)’. He said ‘Go and build this house of yours’. He went off to that place. He went and brought and a very large ox skin. He took it to one of those people who make shoelaces. He said ‘Make it for me thus, make this skin a fine (thread) so that it will go through the eye of a needle’. He did this for him and he gave him money. He went to the place. The place (enclosed by) the ox skin covered a great area, since he had made it into a fine thread. In that place he began to build (the fortress of) Dəmdəma, to build Dəmdəma. He dug there and gold was discovered. He brought builders and built the wall of Dəmdəma—that wall remains even now. He built the wall and put lead into it, so that, even if it was hit by artillery, it would not be destroyed. He went on building Dəmdəma and drew water from the mountain, bringing it under the ground and directing it into Dəmdəma. Then he recruited an army, recruiting people for an army. But (he did not accept) any man. He brought valiant men. He would shave their beard dry from here, moving (the knife) upwards. He did not take anybody who went ‘ih!’ He would said ‘You are not a good man’. He recruited an army for himself. People went to the king. They said ‘King, may you be well. That man is doing such-and-such’. He said ‘What could he do? I have given him the space of an ox skin to build a house’. They said ‘But he has built Dəmdəma and he is recruiting an army’. He rebelled against the king. Then there was a war between him and the army of the king of Iran. It was a very fierce war. Yet by no means could the king enter to capture Dəmdəma, so well had he (Xano) fortified it, and, moreover, he had water, there was an army, he had food, he had money, he had everything. But the daughter of that Xano the Golden Hand, who had built Dəmdəma, loved the son of the king. She wrote a letter and sent it by a messenger. She said ‘By no means will you capture Dəmdəma unless you cut off the water of Dəmdəma’. She wrote in the letter where the water spring was, from where (the water) came. When the son of the king had read the letter, he said ‘Good!’ They went up and dug and cut off the water from the water spring of Dəmdəma. The people were without water. Without water they could not live. Then they made a request from the Lord God, they all knelt and made a request, and (as a consequence) rain fell. They kept the water in tanks and the like, until their water ran out again. Finally, they surrendered it and the king entered Dəmdəma. He entered, but the mother of Xano the Golden Hand was sitting in the door of the palace, with a pipe from here to there, with a burning coal in its bowl. He said ‘What dog have you given birth to? The war, he sheds this blood, after the goodness that I did to him’. She said ‘He is not a dog. _You_ are a dog’. She said this to the king. She moved the burning coal that was in the pipe like this and it fell. At that time there was gunpowder underneath that place. Dəmdəma burst into flames. She blew up and killed all the people.