Barwar: Tales from the 1001 Nights

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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	xa-màlkaˈ kút-yum ḏà-brata gawə́rwa.ˈ mbádla qayə́mwa qaṭə̀lwala.ˈ wăzī̀rˈ xḏírre xḏìrre,ˈ bnáṯa prìqla.ˈ kút-yum ḏà,ˈ lìṯ.ˈ ʾáwwa wăzī́r ʾíṯwale ḏa-bràta.ˈ ʾa-bráta mə́ra ṭla-wằzir,ˈ ṭla-bába dìya,ˈ mə́ra bábi ʾána nàbəlliˈ gawrànne ʾáwwa málkaˈ mparqànnux m-áyya qə́ṣṣət.ˈ qìmtɛlaˈ ʾítwala ḏa-qàṭu,ˈ nubàltəlla mə́nna díya.ˈ nubáltəlla qáṭu mə́nna dìya,ˈ gwìrtəlle málka.ˈ ʾaw-dmìxɛle,ˈ píštɛla mtanóye ḏa-qə̀ṣṣətˈ ṭla-qàṭu.ˈ mə́ra ṭla-d-à-qaṭuˈ mə̀raˈ qáṭu lɛ́le rìxɛleˈ mtányən ḏa-qə̀ṣṣət.ˈ ʾɛ́-dana mbádla qáyəm málka qaṭə̀lli.ˈ sab-kəmà-ṱ-ile gwára,ˈ ʾaṣə́rta gawə̀rraˈ mbádla qaṭə̀lla.ˈ yăḏána mbádla qaṭə́lli ʾaw-màlka.ˈ mə́ra ʾíṯwa lìṯwa,ˈ biš-m-álaha góṛa čú-məndi lìṯwa.ˈ … ʾáyya tuníṯa ṭla-qàṭuˈ … mára ʾíṯwa xá bàxta,ˈ ʾìtwalaˈ xa-bróna šə́mme díye Kărī̀m-addīn.ˈ mára ʾàwwa,ˈ ʾó Kărī̀m,ˈ bábe mìtle.ˈ bábe díye mìtle,ˈ ʾáyya bàxtaˈ kùt-yumˈ goyàwa,ˈ maxláwa ṭla-bróna dìya.ˈ qímla mšodə́rra brōn-díya mədràsa.ˈ bróna díya gu-mədrása kút-yum y-awéwa mxáya l-aw-yàla,ˈ šqála čánta d-àwwa,ˈ sràṭa məndiyáne.ˈ mšodə́rra bàrˈ yə́mme dìye,ˈ mə́ra mùrreˈ ʾáwwa brònəxˈ màləpleˈ là-ʾawəḏ hátxa.ˈ ʾən-ʾáwəḏ hàtxa,ˈ lɛ̀la spáy,ˈ ṭarḏə́xle m-mədràsa.ˈ hóle masqóḏe yálət mədràsa.ˈ kízla bróni lá-wuḏ hátxa mə̀ndi.ˈ qɛ́mi ṭarḏìle m-mədrása.ˈ píšle gu-măḥàlle.ˈ gu-măḥàll-žiˈ kút-yum gánu kṯɛ́ṯa d-àwwa,ˈ ʾɛ́-ga y-azə́lwa féka d-ăwàha.ˈ y-áwəḏwa xràwe gu-măḥálle.ˈ qəm-maqə̀dla măḥálle,ˈ ma-t-wéwa šumàna.ˈ mára ʾo-yála yatùmɛle.ˈ de-maxə̀xle?ˈ bába lìtle.ˈ mò-ʾoḏəx bíye díye?ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-honàna-wewa.ˈ qəm-qarèle,ˈ mə́re Kărī̀m!ˈ mə́re mò?ˈ Kărīm-addīn mə́re mòdi?ˈ mə́re zonə́xxux xa-xmàra.ˈ ṱ-áṯət mə̀nnənˈ kút-yum l-ṭùraˈ ṱ-óḏəx qɛ̀seˈ mzàbənna ṭla-yə́mmux.ˈ kút-yum xá-ṭena qɛ́sa xăyítu bìye.ˈ mə́re qà-mo lá?ˈ mə́re ʾáyya b-álaha xòš-məndila.ˈ qímela nášət maḥàlleˈ júmyela zùze.ˈ zwínela xa-xmàra.ˈ mtúrṣəlle qurṭànaˈ xaṣə-xmàra.ˈ yíwəlle xa-nằra.ˈ nablìwale,ˈ kút-yum y-asə́qwa mənnáy l-ṭùra.ˈ masqíwale l-ṭùra,ˈ y-áwəḏ xà-ṭena,ˈ trè-ṭene qɛ́se,ˈ y-áṯe mzabə́nwa ṭla-d-àw-u yə́mme díye.ˈ y-axlíwa lə́xma bə̀d-an qɛ́se.ˈ xa-yóma plíṭela m-máṯa y-asqíwa l-ṭùra.ˈ mə́ṭyela gu-xá … ʾax-ṭuràne,ˈ gə́ppe məndiyàne.ˈ wéla mə́ṭra xɛlàntaˈ mə́ṭra mə̀ṭra.ˈ ʾáni-ži mòdila wíḏe?ˈ qìmelaˈ kúlla wíre gu-xa-gə̀ppa.ˈ mə́ra kálya mə̀ṭra.ˈ wíre gu-xa-gə̀ppa.ˈ ʾo-yála zóra žàre,ˈ šqíla ʾaw-nằre mə́nne díye,ˈ nằra,ˈ zíla gu-xa-gə́ppa xèna.ˈ tíwa hàtxa,ˈ mxáyəlle nằra,ˈ plíṭle xa-qə̀rša,ˈ xa-ʾìḏa,ˈ xa-prə̀zla,ˈ xa-képa gòṛa,ˈ xa-yáddət prə̀zla bíye díye.ˈ ʾu-ríqɛle zíla kəs-d-àn-našeˈ háyyo hàyyo!ˈ xzéli xăzìna!ˈ də-xzì!ˈ mə́ra ʾáp-ʾaxxa bắye ṱ-awə́dlən zṓj ʾáwwa Kărīm-addī̀n.ˈ yà-xăzina xzélux?ˈ mə́re də-háyyo xzò.ˈ qímela zíle xə́zye ʾína dū̀sˈ xa-képa hàtxaˈ ʾu-ḏa-yàdde gáwe díye,ˈ t-prə̀zla.ˈ dári xɛ̀laˈ di-di-dí šaqlìle,ˈ ʾína xa-balúʿa mə́ḷya hal-pə́mma díya dùša,ˈ hal-pə́mma díya mə́ḷya dùša.ˈ mə́ra hà-Kărīmˈ mò-ṱ-oḏəx?ˈ mò-ṱ-oḏəx?ˈ ʾáni kúlla mò-ṱ-oḏəx.ˈ mə́re ṣáləx šáqləx zə̀qqe.ˈ mə́re ʾáwwa dúša ṣáləx mzabnə̀xxe,ˈ ṱ-óḏəx zùze,ˈ pălə̀xxa b-ġḏáḏe.ˈ píšla béna gráša kúllət yóma mən-d-o-dùšaˈ hál ʾaṣə̀rta.ˈ ʾaṣə̀rtaˈ tre-ṣléla sàqɛwaˈ mə́ra ga-mo-xə̀ḏye b-áwwa dúša?ˈ ʾáwwa dúša ṣále Kărī́m ṱ-ámər ʾànən xə́zyəlle,ˈ dìyile.ˈ ʾáxni šáqləx ḥáqqət ʾəjàra mə́nne díye.ˈ ʾo-xéna mə́re senàyila.ˈ ʾáwwa Kărī̀m,ˈ la-bàba ʾítle,ˈ la-yə̀mma ʾítle.ˈ ṱ-ámrəx háyyo ṣlí Kărī́m ʾáti gu-d-áwwa balùʿa.ˈ páləṭle ʾaw-dúša ṱ-íle pyàša.ˈ ʾu-ṣáləx ʾánna zúze pălə́xxa b-ġḏàḏe.ˈ mə́re ʾaw-ṣále táma mrapə́xle xáwla b-réše dìyeˈ ʾu-ʾáyya qăpáxta mattə́xxa rəš-d-o-tắrət gə̀ppa.ˈ ʾu-mṣáləx ṭla-yə́mme díye ʾáwwa qurṭánət xmàra.ˈ mə́re ṭɛšə́xle qurṭánət xmára də̀mma.ˈ ṱ-àmrəxˈ Kắrīm zìlle bar-xmáre díyeˈ ṭla-mɛṯéwa xmáre dìye,ˈ ʾə́ṯyela déwe gu-ḏa-lawùrtaˈ xíləlle ʾàw-u xmáre díye.ˈ ʾu-làx-xəzye čú-məndi šuq-mən-d-ánna.ˈ ʾánna júlle dìye xə́zye bás.ˈ mə́re b-álaha xòš-məndila!ˈ síqela tàmaˈ mə́ra Kằrīmˈ mə́re mòdi?ˈ ʾáxni sqìdlən.ˈ háyyo ṣlí gu-d-áwwa balùʿaˈ ʾo-dúša ṱ-íle pyáša tàmaˈ dríle gu-d-ánna gùḏeˈ ʾu-ṣáləx xòš-zuzəx wíḏe,ˈ pălə́xla kùllaˈ b-ġḏáḏe b-xonùṯa.ˈ ʾáwwa məskéna žàre,ˈ yála zòra,ˈ lɛ̀ḏe módiˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf,ˈ ma-yxàləf.ˈ ṣlàyɛle.ˈ ṣléle gu-d-o-balùʿa.ˈ ʾáwwa dúša t-wéwa pyàšaˈ kúlla qəm-daréle gu-d-an-guḏanyàṯaˈ ʾu-grìšla.ˈ mə́ra prìqle?ˈ mə́re prìqle.ˈ mə́ra de-puš-šòpux!ˈ mrapíle xáwla b-réše dìye.ˈ párša gríšla b-rèše.ˈ də́ryɛla xáčča mən-d-a-purta b-rèšeˈ purtət ʾə̀rbe.ˈ zílla xmára qəm-qaṭlìle.ˈ ʾu-ʾáwwa jắket d-o-Kărīm-addī̀n,ˈ píštɛwa wằdər,ˈ ʾáp-ay ṭɛšíla də̀mmaˈ ʾu-məndiyàne,ˈ ʾu-ṣléla ṭla-yə́mme dìye,ˈ ṣléla xaššàne l-bɛ́ṯa.ˈ ṣlèlaˈ yə́mme díye ṯèla,ˈ spírra spìrraˈ bróna díya là ṯéle.ˈ zílla kɛ̀le xáṭər ʾaláha?! kɛ̀le bróni?! mə́ra yába ʾáxni băyə́xwa ṱ-aṯə̀xwa.ˈ xu-làn-mṣaya ṱ-aṯə́xwa ṱ-amrə́xwaləx.ˈ brònəx,ˈ ʾáwwa xmáre díye zílle gu-ḏà lawúrta,ˈ ʾu-brónəx zílle ṭla-mɛṯèwale.ˈ ʾə́ṯye xakma-dèwe,ˈ mə̀xyəlleˈ ʾáw ʾu-xmáre dìyeˈ ʾu-xìləlle.ˈ ʾàxči xə́zyəx ʾáwwa mə́ndi nišánqe díye.ˈ ʾáyya məškə́nta píštɛla mxàyaˈ dráya qə́ṭma gu-réša dìya.ˈ bróna díya zìlle!ˈ ʾu-ʾan-zúze plìla b-ġḏáḏe.ˈ zìlla.ˈ díya m-ɛ́ka mtannɛ̀xu?ˈ mtannɛ́xu mən-Kărīm-addī̀n.ˈ ʾó Kărīm-addī́n məskènaˈ ṣléle táma gu-d-o-hə̀nna.ˈ mə́re yá-marya ʾàlahaˈ mə́re ga-mùˈ qwála ṭla-ʾalàha,ˈ ya-ʾàlahaˈ mə́re ʾána bə̀ryən?ˈ bábi šqìlətle,ˈ mìṯa,ˈ yatùma.ˈ xu-lanwa-mírəllux maxzə́tli xăzìna.ˈ muxzélux ʾáwwa xăzìna-ʾəlli.ˈ qəm-darə́tli gu-d-áwwa qùnya.ˈ ʾu-ʾána mù-n wíḏa?ˈ ʾána lànwa wíḏaˈ là xərbayúṯaˈ là spayúṯa ṭla-čú-naša.ˈ har-yála zòrɛwa.ˈ tíwa táma mtaxmòne.ˈ kpìnne žáre.ˈ xílle xáčca mən-d-o-dùša.ˈ ṣéle mìya,ˈ xa-ṭəppíṯa míya lìṯ.ˈ píšle hál gu-mbadlàṯa táma.ˈ píšle yòmaˈ hár-wewa xḏàra,ˈ xzéle xa-bəṣlíṣa zòra,ˈ bèṛa,ˈ pùrya.ˈ mə́re b-álaha hóle xa-púrya láxxa zòraˈ ʾáw har-xá-mdi ʾìle.ˈ yála zòraˈ xzi-mə̀ndiˈ ʾíṯwa skìnta mə́nneˈ ʾo-nằra mə́nne díye.ˈ ʾa-skínta t-wéwa gráḏa dúša bìya,ˈ xpírre, xpírre, xpìrre.ˈ plíṭle gu-xa-dahlī̀z.ˈ mə́re ʾána zála har-zílən bìya,ˈ bṱ-ázən b-d-aw-dahlíz xázən hal-ʾɛ̀ka máṭe.ˈ zílle, zílle, zìlleˈ gu-d-a-dahlíz ṯèleˈ l-xa-tằra.ˈ ṯéle l-xa-tắra ʾu-xzéle ʾína tằraˈ b-qɛ̀saˈ xa-kilònˈ sèma-wˈ qḏílə séma b-rèše.ˈ lɛ́le dàwa.ˈ pṯìxəlle,ˈ ʾáwwa plíṭɛle gu-ḏa-dúnye xèta,ˈ šə́mša milànta,ˈ ʾắra milànta.ˈ mə́re ya-márya ʾàlahaˈ ʾáyya mòdila?ˈ ʾána zála har-zìlən bíya!ˈ zíla zìla,ˈ ma-ṱ-ìle ṣíya míya məškéna,ˈ xzéle milanùṯa.ˈ ṣále xə́zya ḏa-ʾilàna,ˈ ríqle kəs-d-à ʾilánaˈ ʾu-xzéle xáčča mìya táma.ˈ tíwɛle šə́tya mìya,ˈ mxúlla páṯe dìye,ˈ mṣúlya ṭla-ʾálahe dìye.ˈ yála zòra,ˈ məskéna dmìxɛle táma.ˈ dmìxɛle,ˈ xá-ga xéta ṛìšɛleˈ mə́re har-ṱ-àzenaˈ xázəx ʾɛ́ka màṭən.ˈ zàlɛwa,ˈ xá-bena xzéle m-rə́ḥqa xá-mdi xwàraˈ gu-d-á milanùṯa.ˈ zílɛle mə̀ṭyaˈ qúrbe dìye.ˈ xzéle xa-qáṣra ràba góṛa.ˈ zílɛle mə́xya tằra.ˈ čú-naša lìṯ.ˈ mə́re b-àlahaˈ ʾána har-ʾa-díyi zála xìšta,ˈ ṱ-órən xázən mò ʾíṯ láxxa.ˈ wíra xə́zya ʾína kúl-xa mɛxólta hóla mbušle wíḏe hàzər,ˈ šaxìnta,ˈ čù-naša líṯ.ˈ də̀ryɛleˈ xìlɛle.ˈ wírɛle gu-xà-ʾotəx xétaˈ gòṛtaˈ hóla xákma kursăwàṯaˈ m-ày-gotaˈ xákma m-ày-gota,ˈ ḏa-qănắpa muttɛ́ṯa tămàha.ˈ kúlla mtúrṣe b-képe ṭemàne gáwa.ˈ ʾáwwa-ži síqɛle tíwa tàmaˈ ʾu-dmìxɛle.ˈ dmíxɛle xá-bena ṛàyəšˈ ʾina mò ṛáyəš!ˈ hòlaˈ kút xùwweˈ ʾáwwa la-ʾàwwaˈ púmme díye pṯíxəlle ʾə́lle díye tàma.ˈ ʾaw-mə́re škíra šə́mmux ʾalàha!ˈ lə́bbe díye pqìle.ˈ mára xa-béna xə́zya ʾə́ṯyɛle xa-xùwweˈ ʾax-pràxa.ˈ šmíle qàleˈ ṯéle wírre gu-tằra.ˈ ʾína xa-senìyeˈ dáwa xaṣe-díye xá-xuwwe zòra,ˈ réšət nàšaˈ ʾu-gánət xùwwe,ˈ gu-d-à seníye.ˈ xá mən-xúwwe gòṛeˈ zílɛle šqíla senìyeˈ mùṯyəlla.ˈ síqa sìqaˈ múttəlla kəs-d-ó Kărīm-addī̀n.ˈ ʾáwwa zíla híwəlla tíwa tàma.ˈ ʾo-xúwwe ʾámər ṭla-Kărīm-addī̀nˈ Kărīm-addī̀n,ˈ b-šɛ̀na ṯélux!ˈ ʾə́dyo ʾàrxi-wətˈ ʾu-là-zădət.ˈ tu-mànyəx.ˈ tìwɛle ʾáp-ʾaw məskèna,ˈ píšɛle ràḥat.ˈ moṯéla mɛxòlta,ˈ moṯéla mə̀ndi,ˈ tíwɛle xílle kul-xá-məndi m-ġḏàḏe.ˈ mə́ra Kărīm-addī̀nˈ ʾáti múrri qə̀ṣṣət díyux.ˈ m-ɛ̀kət ʾə́ṯya láxxaˈ ʾu-dàx-it ʾə́ṯya?ˈ malə́kṯa ṱ-óyət basìmta.ˈ mə́re ʾána qə́ṣṣət-diyi ràba ríxtɛla.ˈ lá-mṣən mtanə́nnəx kùlla.ˈ mə́ra lɛ́le rìxɛle.ˈ mtáni qə́ṣṣət dìyux.ˈ dàx-it ʾə́ṯya láxxa?ˈ mtunyàleˈ mə̀reˈ zlúmyət bəṛ-našùṯa.ˈ bəṛ-našùṯaˈ zlìməlli.ˈ ʾána spayùṯən wáḏa,ˈ ʾu-ʾə́dyo mṭéli ʾána làxxa.ˈ mə́ra ʾáp-ʾana ʾáwwa rèšiˈ ṱ-áṯe práma bəd-ʾiṯàṯux.ˈ mə́re dàxi ṱ-óyaˈ ʾána parmə́nne rèšəx?ˈ mə́ra ʾána hon-màraˈ ʾáwwa rèšiˈ ṱ-áṯe xá-yoma pràmaˈ bəd-ʾiṯáṯa dìyux.ˈ ʾàti parmə́tle réši.ˈ mə́re malə̀kṯa ṱ-óyət basímta,ˈ malə́kṯət xuwwăwàṯa,ˈ mə̀reˈ ʾáti qəm-xalṣàtliˈ mən-d-áwwa mòṯa.ˈ ʾána skínta mattə́nna l-qḏàliˈ ʾu-lá mattə́nna l-qḏàləx.ˈ réši parmə̀nneˈ ʾu-réšəx là parmə́nne.ˈ mə́ra ʾána mə̀ri hátxaˈ de-tú mtanə̀nnux ʾɛ́-ga.ˈ mə́ra ʾáp-ʾana bắyən mtanə́nnux ḏa-qə̀ṣṣətˈ dìyi.ˈ mə́re de-pàqəḏ malə́kṯa.ˈ màraˈ ʾíṯwa lìṯwaˈ mə́ra ʾíṯwa xa-málka t-Yằman.ˈ ʾítwale xa-brònaˈ yăk̭àna-wewa.ˈ ʾu-qíme ʾáw ʾu-brōn-díye ʾu-tre-wăzíre plíṭe ṣɛ̀da.ˈ plíṭela ṣɛ̀da,ˈ zìlelaˈ ʾu-xa-béna xzéla xa-xăzălìyaˈ gu-dàštaˈ ʾu-rìqla bar-xăzălíya.ˈ hal-xăzălíya ríqtɛla ríqtɛla rìqta.ˈ ṣlíṯɛla l-márzət yàma.ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-bắlam zúrta tàma.ˈ wìrta gu-d-a-bắlam.ˈ xárṯa ʾáni mə́ṭyela tàmaˈ l-márzət yàma.ˈ ṣə́lyɛle ʾo-brónət màlka.ˈ brónət málka ʾu-ʾán-tre wăzíre ṣə́lyela ta-t-dóqi xăzălíya m-gu-d-a-gáni zùrta.ˈ ʾu-xa-bènaˈ gáni ṭrìṯɛla.ˈ wírtɛla gu-yàma.ˈ xíšla-w xíšla-w xìšla,ˈ ṭə̀ryela gu-yáma.ˈ píšla ʾap-ʾáni mə̀nna,ˈ qɛ́mi doqíla xăzălíya pɛrmìla.ˈ kpìnna.ˈ qəm-axlìla-wˈ xìlla ʾo-bə́sraˈ ʾu-štéla m-an-míyət bằḥar.ˈ zìltɛla,ˈ mṭíṯa l-xa-jăzíra xètaˈ ʾa-bằlam,ˈ klìṯɛla.ˈ ʾína xa-jăzìraˈ rába šapìrta,ˈ ʾiláne məndiyáne gáwa dìya.ˈ klíṯa l-márzə d-a-jăzìra.ˈ xárṯa qímela ṣə́lyela mən-d-a-bằlam.ˈ síṛela bắlam diyéy táma b-ḏà ʾilána.ˈ mə́ra dé ṱ-órəx gu-d-àyya.ˈ bronət-málka mə́re ta-d-an-wăzìreˈ wúru gu-d-ay-jăzíra xzo-mò xazítu.ˈ ʾáni xíšela xáčča ʾu-dìṛe.ˈ ʾə́ṯye mə̀raˈ zdàləx,ˈ la-ṣábrəx ṱ-òrəx.ˈ mə́ra háyyo ʾap-ʾáti mə̀nnən.ˈ ʾáp-aw qìmaˈ ṭḷáṯna zíle wíre gu-d-a-jăzìra.ˈ zìlla,ˈ xḏírra xḏírra xa-bəṛ-náša lɛ̀la xzáya.ˈ ʾína ʾa-jăzíra kul-fékət dùnye hóla gáwa.ˈ zìlla,ˈ xárṯa m-rə́ḥqa xzéla xa-mə́ndi xwàra.ˈ qrúla qrúla kə́sle dìyeˈ ʾína xa-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ xa-qáṣra rába šapìra.ˈ mə́ra mašmòyət Karīm-addī́n?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ mə́ra qímela wíre gu-d-o-qàṣra.ˈ wíre xə́zye mɛxòlta-wˈ mezăwàṯaˈ ʾu-kúl-məndi ḥasb-əl-ʾuṣū̀lˈ ʾína bəṛ-náša lìṯ.ˈ mára xílela šə́tyela mára brōn-málka tíwɛle l-d-a-tàxta.ˈ ʾu-xá-wăzir díye rəš-d-áwwa-kursaˈ xa-rəš-d-ăwàha,ˈ ʾu-ṭə̀lyelaˈ ma-t-wáwa kčìxe.ˈ mára xa-béna ṛɛ̀šiˈ ʾína mò-ṛɛšiˈ qálət maymùneˈ ṣràxa,ˈ mčalwòle.ˈ dax-ṱ-ìla maymúne,ˈ šwárɛla l-ʾiláne mṭawòle.ˈ máttu bàla,ˈ ʾína ʾalpàye maymúne píše táma.ˈ ʾan-wăzíre gríšela sɛ́pa-w qə́šta-w gèraˈ bắyi máxi ṭla-d-an-maymùne.ˈ mə́re xà-qaṭlitu,ˈ trè-qaṭlitu,ˈ mò bṱ-óḏəx b-ánna?ˈ ʾən-pálšəx mən-d-áni qaṭlìlən.ˈ mə́re klo-xàzəxˈ mòdila qə́ṣṣət.ˈ mára xa-béna ʾə́ṯyele xa-máymun ràba,ˈ m-ánna gorə́lle gòṛe.ˈ ʾə̀ṯyɛle,ˈ pṯíxəlle tằra.ˈ wíra zíla qam-màlka,ˈ kípa qam-màlka.ˈ mə́re málka ṱ-áwət basìmaˈ ʾáti díya píšlux málka dìyən,ˈ málkət maymùne.ˈ mə́re dàx píšli málkət maymúne?ˈ ʾax-ṱ-íle málka Šlémun kṯìwa.ˈ mə́re málka Šlémun mírɛle kṯìwɛleˈ ku-brónət bə́r-naša ʾáṯe l-d-áy jăzíra qamàye,ˈ ʾáwwa ṱ-áwe málka diyɛ̀xu.ˈ hadíya ʾáti màlkən-itˈ ʾu-hál ʾámra ṱ-óḏəx xaḏùṯa.ˈ yàbaˈ hal-mbádla dmáxta lìṯwa.ˈ rqàḏtɛla-wˈ xálta-w štɛ̀ṯɛla.ˈ ʾu-hal-xábra ṭla-d-ànna maymúneˈ ku-mə́ndi bắyi xoš-ʾòḏi.ˈ híwɛle xábra ṭla-d-àn maymúneˈ ga-wírra xa-xaḏùṯa gáwa.ˈ ʾánna píšla tàma.ˈ mó ṱ-òḏəx?ˈ mó ṱ-òḏəx?ˈ málka mə́re ṭla-d-o-màymun,ˈ d-o-góṛət maymùneˈ mə̀reˈ bắyən t-xazə́nne ʾúpra dìyiˈ kmɛ̀laˈ ʾáyya bilād-díyi gòṛta.ˈ mə́re bắyən xáḏrən gu-ʾúpra díyi xazə̀nne.ˈ qíma dart-yòma,ˈ mjŭ́məlla maymùneˈ ʾu-xḏìrɛle.ˈ qímela mə̀ṭyelaˈ xa-ṭùraˈ ʾìnaˈ xzéle xákma déwe-u maymúne mìṯe táma.ˈ mə́re ʾánna mòdila?ˈ mə́re hál-ʾaxxa ṣíwən dìyən-ile.ˈ m-támma hódəx ṭùra ʾáṯṛə d-ánna dèwele.ˈ mə́re hammáša y-áwe pláša bélən ʾu-bēl-d-ánna dèwe.ˈ mə́re zḕn,ˈ bar-siqlɛ́xu hal-ʾɛ̀kɛle ḥŭdūd-t-déwe?ˈ mára hal-gu-réšət ṭúra táma hŭdūd-t-dèwele.ˈ táma hóle málka Šlémun kṯíwa xa-qayə̀mṯa.ˈ mə́re m-áxxa húdxa ʾíla wádi-t šəkwàne.ˈ mə́re kú-məndit ʾáwər gu-d-áyya wàdiˈ ʾánna šəkwáne ṱ-axlìle.ˈ mə́re m-táma hódəx ṱ-ázət máṭət xa-nèraˈ ʾáxči yómət šábṯa bàrəz.ˈ kút yomət-šábṯa míya là-hawe gu-néra.ˈ l-a-páṯa xétət nèraˈ ʾíṯ xa-máṯət huḏàye.ˈ ʾáyya mə̀raˈ hal-tàmaˈ ʾáyya ʾùrxa.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ ʾu-xḏìrɛle,ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle ʾaṣə̀rta.ˈ ʾáwwa mṣawóṯe mən-wŭzărāʾ-dìyeˈ mə̀reˈ b-áyya ʾúrxa mšàrṭəxˈ m-àxxa.ˈ mə́ra dàxi?ˈ mə́re ʾána ṱ-ámrən ta-d-ánna maymúne kàpšiˈ ʾáxni w-ánna déwe pàlšəx.ˈ pálšəx mən-dèwe,ˈ máṭəx l-réšət ṭùra.ˈ máṭəx l-réšət ṭùra,ˈ l-wádi-t šəkwàne.ˈ mə́re ṱ-órəx gu-d-ay-wàdi.ˈ ʾɛ́-ga ʾáxni chance dìyən,ˈ ʾən-ʾaxlílən šəkwáne ṱ-axlìlən.ˈ w-ən-mšurə̀ṭlən,ˈ mšurə̀ṭlən.ˈ qímɛle dart-yòma,ˈ qə́ryɛle ʾó … góṛət maymùne,ˈ mə̀reˈ ʾána bắyən ʾánna déwe maxə̀nna.ˈ mə́re dàxi?ˈ mə́re ʾána xzáyən ʾan-maymúne, šaʿb-dìyi líṯ?ˈ hóla xáləlla qṭàləlla.ˈ pálšəx ʾáni w-ána šaqlə̀nna ʾáṯṛa mənnéy.ˈ mə́re hal-xábra ṭla-maymùneˈ ʾu-kúlla quwāt-díyən ʾàṯi.ˈ híwɛle xábra ṭla-maymùne,ˈ kpíšela maymúne b-ʾalpàye.ˈ ʾáyya mằnile mtanóyəlla?ˈ malə́kṯət xuwwáṯa ṭla-Karīm-addī̀n.ˈ mə́ra mašmòyət Karīm-addī́n?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ mára ʾə́ṯye xɛlăwáṯət maymúne dart-yóma ʾu-plìṭela.ˈ ʾap-màlka,ˈ bronət-màlka,ˈ ʾu-wŭzăraʾ-díye šqílla sɛpày,ˈ qəšta-w gèra,ˈ plìṭelaˈ pláša mən-dèwe.ˈ mára plíšla plíšla də́mma ṣléle b-lawuryàṯa.ˈ de-de-dè,ˈ xa-béna déwe šmìṭelaˈ w-ánna báṯər šmìṭəlla,ˈ síqela gù-rēš-ṭura.ˈ ʾína hóla xá-qayəmṯa kṯíwta tàma,ˈ málka Šlémun kṯìwəlla.ˈ hál-ʾaxxa ʾáṯəṛ dèwele.ˈ m-áxxa húdxa ʾíla wádi-t šəkwàne.ˈ ku-nášət ʾàwər,ˈ ku-xayúṯət ʾáwər gu-d-ay-wàdiˈ ʾánna šəkwáne ṱ-axlìla.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ mára qréle ṭla-d-o-góṛət maymùne.ˈ mə́re kúlla xoš-dàmxi.ˈ kúllɛxu dmùxu,ˈ ʾáxni ṱ-áwəx ḥurrā̀s,ˈ sab-ʾáxtu hótu kčìxe rába.ˈ maymúne kúlla dmìxela.ˈ ʾu-xa-béna ʾáni qìmela,ˈ gníwəlla gàna,ˈ wíre gu-d-a-wádi-t šəkwàne.ˈ xa-béna hàdəxˈ ṛíšela ʾánna maymùne,ˈ ʾína ʾáni lìṯ.ˈ qréla b-o-goṛày,ˈ mə̀raˈ lìṯ,ˈ hóla rìqe.ˈ mə̀reˈ npúlu bàṯra!ˈ kú-dukṯət xazìtuˈ qaṭlìtula!ˈ ʾánna-ži wìrela,ˈ ʾánna maymùne,ˈ gu-d-a-lawúrtət šəkwàne.ˈ béna pɛ́ši ʾàni šəkwáne pláša,ˈ xákma šəkwáne gòṛe táma.ˈ xa-mən-wăzìreˈ šəkwáne qəm-axlìle,ˈ xa-wăzìr.ˈ píšle brōn-màlkaˈ ʾu-xa-wăzī̀r.ˈ zíle mə́ṭye l-d-o-nèra.ˈ lɛ̀wa yómət šábṯaˈ ʾína ṣláya xɛlànɛle.ˈ də́ryəlla gáne gu-nèra.ˈ ʾáwwa wăzī́r xéna-ži zílɛle b-mìya,ˈ xnìqle.ˈ bas-šríṭle brōn-màlka.ˈ bronət-málka šríṭɛle l-a-gōt-hòdəxˈ nèra.ˈ zíla níxa níxa wíra gu-d-a-màṯɛle.ˈ mə́xyɛle xa-tằra,ˈ mṣawóṯe mə̀nne,ˈ mə́re mò bắyət?ˈ m-ɛ̀kət ʾə́ṯya?ˈ mòdi qə́ṣṣət?ˈ mə́re b-álaha qə́ṣṣət díyi rába rìxtɛla.ˈ ʾən-mxamə̀tli,ˈ pɛ́šən xa-xulàma gu-bɛ́ṯux.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ wírɛle mə́re gu-šàbṯɛla.ˈ mə́re mɛxólta hóla tămàha.ˈ bắyət ʾàxlət,ˈ xùl.ˈ kpìnət.ˈ míya štì.ˈ ʾána la-qɛ́ṯən b-čù məndí.ˈ sab-huḏáye yomə-šábṯa lɛ̀ palxí.ˈ mára ʾáp-aw kpìnɛwa məskéna.ˈ də́ryɛle mɛxólta xìlɛle.ˈ tìwɛle.ˈ píšta ʾaṣə̀rta,ˈ mə́re díya mtànili,ˈ díya mtánili qə́ṣṣət díyux mòdi.ˈ mə́re b-álaha ʾána brónət málkət Yằman-in.ˈ hā́l-u qə̀ṣṣət-diyi.ˈ há mə́re dìya xíšla tajərúṯət bábux m-áxxa,ˈ m-d-áyya màṯa.ˈ tajərúṯət bàbuxˈ kút-ṭḷa šə́nne xa-béna y-áṯya làxxa.ˈ mə́re pɛ́šət kə́sli làxxa,ˈ ʾu-mxamə́nnux ha-ṱ-áṯya tajərúṯət bábux láxxa xá-ga xèta,ˈ tá-t mtasəlmə́nnux ṭla-bàbux,ˈ sab-bábux spày-našɛle,ˈ xàwrən-ile.ˈ xḏèle yála.ˈ mə́re čù-məndi la-ʾóḏət.ˈ kút-yom pálṭət ʾu-xàḏrət,ˈ ʾáṣərta ʾáṯət bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ kút-yom páləṭ xḏára xḏàraˈ gu-máṯa xá-yoma tre-u-ṭḷàṯa.ˈ xá-yoma šmíle xa-nàšaˈ hèyˈ mắni páyəš xulàmiˈ mbádla hal-ʾaṣə̀rtaˈ ʾəsri-w ʾarbà-saʾəte?ˈ ṱ-áṯe t-yánne ʾəmmà-dawe,ˈ ʾu-b-lɛ́le t-yánne xa-bàxta-ži,ˈ xa-jarìya.ˈ ʾo-mə́re b-álaha xoš-šùlɛla!ˈ mbádla hal-ʾaṣə́rta ʾu-ʾə́mma dáwe d-ɛ́-ga xu-lɛ̀la xáčča.ˈ zíla mə́re ʾàna pɛ́šən.ˈ qəm-xazèleˈ mə́re là,ˈ xṭìṯux,ˈ ʾáti yàla.ˈ la-bắyən.ˈ xoš-mbáqər bàbux.ˈ mə́re mà-lux?ˈ ʾàna pɛ́šən.ˈ ʾan-ʾə́mma dáwe maṣlíla ṭla-bàbuxˈ ʾu-hàyyo.ˈ hole-šqìla ʾan-dáweˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle kəs-d-o-náša t-wéwa kə́sle dìye.ˈ mə́re yába ʾan-ʾə́mma dàwe,ˈ xu-là mbaqrə̀təlli.ˈ ṱ-ázən ʾaṣə́rta ṱ-àṯən.ˈ mə́re hey-nàšaˈ la-ʾàzətˈ ʾáṯe mtalə́xlux ʾàw.ˈ mə́re ʾána bṱ-àzən.ˈ qìmaˈ síqa kəs-d-o-nàša,ˈ ʾaṣə̀rta.ˈ píšta mbàdla.ˈ mbádla qìmɛle.ˈ mə́re ṱ-amrə̀nnuxˈ díya kú-məndi-t ʾamrə́nnux gắrəg ʾòḏət.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ šqíla xa-sùsa.ˈ šqíləlla xa-skínta xéta ʾə́lle dìyeˈ ʾu-zìlɛle.ˈ zíla, zíla zìla,ˈ qam-xákma ṭuràneˈ rába ràme.ˈ mə́re ṣlí m-xāṣ-sùsux!ˈ ṣə̀lya.ˈ qṭùlle súsa!ˈ qṭìlle súsa.ˈ mə́re prùmleˈ m-áxxa-w bar-tə̀xtiˈ rápile qḏàle-diye!ˈ ràpile.ˈ mə́re de-wúr gu-d-áwwa gùrba,ˈ gu-ṣádrə d-áwwa sùsa.ˈ ʾu-xúṭle m-gàwe.ˈ kəmá-t šắmət taq-taq-tàq,ˈ là-palṭət,ˈ hal-ṱ-amrə́nnux plùṭgenaˈ ʾɛ̀-ga pálṭət.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ ʾáwwa-ži ṣə́lyɛle gu-d-a-hə̀nna.ˈ wítɛla xáčča b-yóma xə̀mma,ˈ xá-bena ʾə́ṯyela xákma ṭɛ́re y-ámri simàrxa.ˈ mə́xyela l-d-o-ṣádrət sùsa.ˈ músqəlle gu-réšə d-ò-ṭura ta-ṱ-axlíwale táma.ˈ har-wéla taq-táq mxàyaˈ ʾu-taq-tàq,ˈ xá-bena-w trè,ˈ w-áwwa sqìdle.ˈ maxéla skínta l-d-ó-gəldət wéwa xíṭəlle m-gàweˈ ʾu-pàləṭ.ˈ ʾax-ṱ-íle plíṭa ʾo-simárxa prìxɛle,ˈ zìla.ˈ máttu bála b-gáne dìyeˈ nubə́lle rəš-d-o-ṭùra.ˈ líṯ xa-ʾùrxaˈ ta-ṣàle.ˈ ʾɛ́-ga ʾo-tájər t-wéwa híwəlle zùzeˈ mə́re rắpili m-an-képe ṱ-íla tàma,ˈ ga-maxzə́nnux ʾúrxa ṣàlət.ˈ ʾən-lá tàma ṱ-áwət,ˈ pɛ́šət táma mɛ́ṯət ʾax-d-an-ṱ-íla míṯe tàma.ˈ mə́re xḏúr tàma,ˈ xázət gɛ́rmət nàšeˈ ṱ-íla míṯe tàma.ˈ ʾáp-ʾati mɛ̀ṯət táma.ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw xḏìraˈ xə́zya gɛ́rmət náše t-wawa-mìṯe táma.ˈ mə́re b-álaha dū̀s-iwa.ˈ qímɛle ga-rapóye m-àn-kepe,ˈ ʾáni kúlla ʾalmā̀s-ila,ˈ mə̀n-d-o ṭúra.ˈ rúpyɛle rúpya hàl ʾaṣə́rta.ˈ ʾaṣə̀rtaˈ ʾo-tájər núblɛle náše xèneˈ xulamwáṯa mə́nne dìye.ˈ ʾan-kèpeˈ kúlla gríše nuble l-bɛ̀ṯaˈ ʾu-šwìqəlle ʾáwwa táma.ˈ píšle tàmaˈ mə́re mo-ṱ-óḏən ʾàna?ˈ mo-ṱ-òḏən?ˈ ʾu-lɛ́ka ṱ-ázən xḏàra?ˈ ʾúrxa lìṯ,ˈ mə́ndi lìṯ.ˈ píšle xùya,ˈ dmìxle táma ʾo-lɛ́le.ˈ dart-yóma qìmaˈ xá-ga xéta xḏàraˈ mə́re ʾáp-ʾana pɛ́šən làxxa,ˈ mɛ́ṯən ʾax-ṱ-ila-ʾànna míṯe.ˈ mə́xyɛle b-o-ṭùra,ˈ xíšɛle mə́re xázəx ʾɛ̀ka ṱ-ázən,ˈ ʾɛ̀ka pálṭən.ˈ mə́ra mašmòyət Karīm-addī́n?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ mára qímɛle zíla zìlaˈ hal-zíla b-o-ṭùraˈ zíla zíla mṭèleˈ xzéle xa-kóxa zòra,ˈ xa-bɛ́ṯa zòra.ˈ màraˈ ʾo-bɛ́ṯa zòra,ˈ zíla ʾàp-ʾaw,ˈ wíḏɛle qázd d-ò-bɛṯa,ˈ mə̀xyɛle l-tắra.ˈ plíṭɛle xa-náša sàwa,ˈ də́qne xwàra.ˈ xə́zya mə́re ha-bəṛ-nàšaˈ ʾáti dàx-it ʾə́ṯya láxxa?ˈ m-ɛ̀kət ʾə́ṯya láxxa?ˈ mə́ra b-àlaha,ˈ sàwa,ˈ qə́ṣṣət díyi ràba ríxtɛla.ˈ šúqli ṱ-òrən.ˈ hálli xáčča míya šàtən,ˈ mítli m-kə̀pna.ˈ ʾálaha yàllux.ˈ ʾən-ʾáti yáʿni xɛ̀rət bíyi,ˈ mraxmə̀t-əlli,ˈ ʾálaha mraxm-ə̀llux.ˈ mə́re hè bróni,ˈ hè bróni,ˈ wúr gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ múṯyɛle míya šə̀tyɛle.ˈ ʾu-híwəlle mɛxólta xìlɛle.ˈ ʾu-pìšɛle mə́nne díye.ˈ de-qíma mtúnyəlla qəṣṣə́tte kúlla ṭla-d-o-sàwa.ˈ mə́re mò ʾoḏə́nnux?ˈ har-ḥɛ́rən b-gàniˈ lé-y-yăḏən ʾána ʾɛ̀ka,ˈ ʾána lé-y-yăḏən ʾɛ̀kɛn.ˈ ʾu-lé-y-yăḏən m-ɛ́kən ʾə̀ṯya.ˈ pìšɛle táma,ˈ xá-yoma tre-ʾu-ṭḷàṯa,ˈ xa-bènaˈ ʾíṯwa ḏa-bə́rkət mìyaˈ qam-tắrət bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ wítɛla bar-ʾo-náša sáwa ṣə́lyɛle mtămòzəlla č̭ənnək̭ɛ́ra díya,ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw ṣə́lyɛle mhayóre ta-d-o-sàwa.ˈ mə́re ʾay-mòdi?ˈ mə́re ʾáyya bắyən zắrən č̭ənnək̭ɛ́ra díya xáčča wàrde.ˈ mə́re báhər ṱ-áṯi xákma náše sáxi gáwa dìya.ˈ mə́re ʾan-náše mằnila?ˈ mòdila?ˈ mə́re hon-bằyəllux,ˈ ṱ-amrə̀nnux.ˈ mə́re ṭla-bnáṯət màlka,ˈ Qắṣar Hòzər,ˈ mára Qắṣar Hòzərila,ˈ láwši júllət yawnàṯa,ˈ ṱ-áṯi yátwi rəš-d-ày ʾilána.ˈ ṣáli sáxi gu-d-ánna mìya.ˈ mə́re bnáṯa bnàṯa?ˈ mə́re hèˈ qíma kút-yoma yóma ṣlàya,ˈ ṣále ʾu-zăréwa wàrdeˈ ʾu-maštèwala-wˈ qímle mtugbə̀raleˈ ràba tắməz.ˈ ʾáwwa sáwa xírre bìyeˈ ʾína xa-yála ràba năjī̀b-wewa.ˈ mə́re madàm ṱ-iwə́twa pláxa ʾátxa məndiyáneˈ ṱ-amrə́nnux mò-ʾoḏət?ˈ mə́re mòdi?ˈ mə́re ʾáti ṱ-ázət t-yátwət tammàha.ˈ ṣáli šalxíla julléy t-yáwne tàmma.ˈ ʾáti xázət ʾày-mənna bắyətˈ šaqlə́tla ʾánna jùlle,ˈ mɛṯə̀tla-lliˈ lítlux šùla.ˈ ʾáwwa-ži qímɛle ṣə̀lyɛle.ˈ kút-yoma ṣàle,ˈ wíḏwale xa-dúkṯa mṭašéwa tàma.ˈ xá-yoma ṣlèle,ˈ ʾína šmíle xzéle ʾína ṭə̀lləṯ-yawne tíwla táma.ˈ ṣə̀lyela,ˈ tíwela l-ʾằra.ˈ šlípəlla jùlla,ˈ ʾu-xzéle bəṛ-nàšeˈ yáʿni mṣawòṯe.ˈ mattúle bàlaˈ ʾa-zúrta ràba šapírtɛwa.ˈ ʾáni ṣə́lyela sxàya,ˈ ʾáwwa ráp rìxaˈ ʾan-júllət,ˈ ʾa-lwíšta d-a-zùrta,ˈ gnìwəlla,ˈ ʾu-rìqɛle.ˈ héy náša náša qímela ṣràxa.ˈ zílɛle kəs-d-ó-naša sàwa.ˈ ʾáp-ʾani qímela lwíšla jùlla,ˈ zílela kə́sle dìye,ˈ d-ó-naša sàwa.ˈ mə́ra bába sáwa mòdile?ˈ m-ɛ̀kɛt múṯyəlle láxxa?ˈ mə́re čù-məndi líṯ.ˈ mə́re čú-məndi lìṯ.ˈ díya ʾáwwa bắye ta-d-áyya bráta zùrta.ˈ mqáwlət goràtle,ˈ t-yálla jùlla.ˈ ʾən-là,ˈ har-t-yálla júlləx b-kèfəx.ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw zíla múṯya jùlleˈ híwəlla jùlla.ˈ píšla táma mə̀nne.ˈ qìmlaˈ ʾáni zílla ta-ṭḷà-yomane,ˈ píšla ṭḷa-yàrxe,ˈ ma-t-xmìlla mən-d-o-yála.ˈ xárṯa ʾo-bába sáwa mə́re ta-d-àniˈ díya babáxu hóle spàrəllaxu.ˈ lə́bbe biyáxu tlìqetu.ˈ dúṛu sógena kəs-babàxu,ˈ xàrṯaˈ ʾáyya xaṯáxu ʾàṯya.ˈ ʾáp-ʾani qìmela,ˈ zìlela,ˈ l-Qắṣar Hòzərˈ kəs-babáy màlka.ˈ mə́ra hàtxɛla qə́ṣṣət.ˈ ʾíṯ xa-yàla,ˈ ʾána mquwáltən mə̀nneˈ gắrəg gawrànne,ˈ gắrəg dɛ́ṛən ʾána l-tàma.ˈ mə́re bráti ma-yxàləf.ˈ dùṛ!ˈ qɛ́ma lwàšəlla ʾan-júlla díya.ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw mšadóre xákma náše ḥəmáya dìya,ˈ ʾax-nə̀šreˈ ʾína náše lóši pàrre.ˈ zíltɛla tàma.ˈ píštɛla mə́nne díye kə́ma dàna.ˈ xàrṯaˈ xá-yoma síqa l-gàre,ˈ hátxa xá-dukṯa ràmta.ˈ ṯéle qằhər-ʾəlle.ˈ txírre bɛ́ṯət bábe ʾu-d-àni.ˈ pílle šnèle.ˈ ṭắya báṯre díye la-xzàyəlle.ˈ xárṯa tfíqe bíye xə́zyəlle ʾína šə̀nya,ˈ npìla.ˈ qəm-mbaqràleˈ mə́ra ta-mò?ˈ mòdi qə́ṣṣət díyux?ˈ ta-mót hàtxa?ˈ mə́re b-àlahaˈ mə́re ʾáp-ʾana là-xazyatli.ˈ ʾáp-ʾana brónət xa-màlka,ˈ spárəlli dɛ̀ṛən.ˈ bábi màyəṯ,ˈ ʾána bṱ-áwən málka šòpe.ˈ ʾu-hon-díya npíla làxxaˈ ʾu-lé-y-yăḏən ʾána ʾɛ̀kən.ˈ mə́ra ma-yxàləf.ˈ mə́ra ʾànaˈ t-lawšánna ʾánna júllət yàwne,ˈ ṱ-asṛánnux xàṣi,ˈ pàrxən,ˈ nablánnux l-ʾáṯṛət bàbux,ˈ ʾáxči ʾən-yăḏə́tla ʾàṯṛa,ˈ t-la-nablə́tlən xa-dúkṯa xéta naxrɛ̀ṯa,ˈ ʾoḏílən măšàkəl.ˈ mə́ra yăḏə̀tle?ˈ ʾən-ʾázəx ʾáṯṛət bàbux,ˈ yăḏə̀tle?ˈ mə́re ṭábʿan yăḏə́nne ʾáṯṛət bàbi.ˈ dàx la-yăḏə́nne?ˈ ʾay-lwíštəlla júlla dìya.ˈ mə́ra ta-d-o-sàwaˈ de-puš-b-šɛ̀na.ˈ ṱ-àzəx.ˈ nšíqəlle ʾo-sàwa,ˈ mupíšəlle b-šɛ̀na,ˈ ʾay-prìxtɛla.ˈ zílla zílla xa-yòma,ˈ trè-yome,ˈ xárṯa kčìxtɛlaˈ ṣlíṯɛla munìxtɛla xa-dúkṯa.ˈ yómə ṭḷáṯa ʾárba xá-bena pràxaˈ ʾámər klá klá làxxa.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾắṯəṛ dìyən-ile.ˈ ʾɛ̀ka xzéle?ˈ xzéle ʾɛ́kə t-wèwaˈ tíwa gu-d-a-bằlam zúrta.ˈ gu-d-a-bằlam,ˈ ʾína ḥurrā́s ʾíṯwa t-málka ṱ-ila-mútte tàma.ˈ mə́re xazítu bróni bálki xnìqɛle,ˈ bálki lášše díye pálṭa gu-yàma.ˈ ʾən-xá-naša mɛ́ṯelaxu xàbraˈ bəd-bròni,ˈ kut-mɛṯéli xábra bəd-bròni,ˈ ʾən-míṯa ʾən-sàxi,ˈ pálgət dáwi de-t-yánne ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ màlkɛle mára.ˈ ʾámər kla-klá ṣla-làxxa.ˈ ṣə́lyela tàma.ˈ xa-bènaˈ xírela hàtxaˈ ʾína brónət málka ṯèleˈ ʾu-ḏà mə́nne díye.ˈ ʾo-t-qəm-xazéle rìqaˈ lázəm ṱ-ámər ta-màlka.ˈ xa-xéna mə́re mòdile qə́ṣṣət?ˈ mə́re brōn-málka hóle ṯèle.ˈ ʾaw-ráqa ʾu-ʾaw-xéna šaqə́lla xa-kílo dàwe mə́nne díye,ˈ máxe gu-réše dìye,ˈ ʾaw-npìlɛle.ˈ ʾo-xéna rìqɛle.ˈ kázi mòdi,ˈ lɛ̀le gláya.ˈ mə́ṭyɛle kəs-màlka,ˈ mə́re málka brònux ṯéle.ˈ málka npìlɛleˈ šə́nyɛle žáre mən-xaḏùṯe díye.ˈ xéna ṛìšɛle.ˈ bróne díye ṯèle!ˈ ríqa qímle plíṭle qámṯət bróne dìye,ˈ dáwla-w zòrna,ˈ zìllaˈ bróne díye tlìqa kəma-dána,ˈ brōn-màlka.ˈ qəm-mɛṯéla ḏá mənne-dìye,ˈ ràba xḏéle b-d-a-bràta.ˈ mə́re ṭla-brōn-dìyeˈ dàxi ṯélux?ˈ mə́re b-álaha qə́ṣṣət díyi rába rìxtɛla,ˈ ʾàyya basímta.ˈ ʾu-ʾítwala ʾánna júllət prìxla bíya,ˈ qəm-ṭɛnáli xáṣa dìya,ˈ hàtxa,ˈ hàtxa,ˈ ṯélən làxxa.ˈ zílle qəm-qaréla ʾa-bràta.ˈ mə́re háyyo ʾáti ʾíwət díya malə̀kṯa.ˈ múr kú-mdi-t bằyət,ˈ gu-d-ay-dùnye,ˈ ṱ-oḏə̀nnəx.ˈ mə́ra hìč-məndi la-bắyən.ˈ ʾána háli m-halɛ̀xu.ˈ ʾáxči banə́tli xàˈ … ʾánna bɛṯáy kúlla k̭wìne-wɛwaˈ ʾarabàyeˈ … mə́ra banə́tli xa-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ xa-bùrj,ˈ ʾáx-t ʾàna bắyən.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ ʾáwwa-ži qímɛle bnáya búrj ʾə́lla dìya.ˈ ʾo-yála brōn-màlka mtuxmə̀nneˈ mə̀reˈ bálki ʾáṯe xa-yóma ʾɛ-bráta kɛ̀rba mə́nniˈ lošàla ʾánna júlla díyaˈ ʾu-párxa ʾáza bɛ́ṯə bába dìya.ˈ mằni nabə́lli?ˈ mu-t-yằḏən ʾɛ́kɛla?ˈ mo-wìdle?ˈ qímɛle zíla mútta ʾán-julla díya gu-d-o-sandùqa,ˈ múttəlla gu-ʾasàsət bɛ́ṯa,ˈ ʾu-bə́nyɛle gùda b-réše.ˈ de-ʾáyya lɛ̀ḏa,ˈ lə́bba ṣə̀pya žáre.ˈ zíltɛla bár ṱ-ile-bɛ́ṯa prìqa,ˈ ʾáza xázya jùlla,ˈ júlla lìṯ.ˈ ʾáyya šaqlàwale ríxət júlle,ˈ šaqlàwale.ˈ xḏírra xḏírra bar-júlla dìya,ˈ lɛ̀la xzáyəlla.ˈ de-de-dè,ˈ xá-yoma ṣléla gu-gòma.ˈ ríxət júlla díya ṯèle.ˈ mə́ra hóla làxxa.ˈ xḏírra xḏírra xḏírra bàṯra.ˈ ḏìla m-ɛ̀kɛla.ˈ xpìrra,ˈ qəm-palṭàle sandúqət júlle.ˈ xa-yóma lošála júlla dìyaˈ párxa ʾátwa l-gàre.ˈ qréla b-o-gáwṛa dìya.ˈ mə́ra ʾána bíṯənnux ṯíṯən bàṯrux.ˈ w-ana-lɛ́ḏən ṱ-awə́twa ʾáti xàyən palṭə́twa mə́nni.ˈ júlli mattə́twala gu-gùdaˈ ʾu-bánətwa ʾo-gúda b-rèša.ˈ ʾə́n băyə̀tli,ˈ ʾáṯət báṯri ʾap-ʾàti.ˈ ʾána zìlli kəs-bábi.ˈ ʾána bɛ̀ṯənˈ šə́mmət qáṣrən Qắṣar Hòzər-ile.ˈ ʾən-băyə̀tli,ˈ ʾáṯət tàma.ˈ ʾu-káze mxáya gu-rèše.ˈ ʾáyya zìlla.ˈ xa-màlkaˈ kút-yum ḏà-brata gawə́rwa.ˈ mbádla qayə́mwa qaṭə̀lwala.ˈ wăzī̀rˈ xḏírre xḏìrre,ˈ bnáṯa prìqla.ˈ kút-yum ḏà,ˈ lìṯ.ˈ ʾáwwa wăzī́r ʾíṯwale ḏa-bràta.ˈ ʾa-bráta mə́ra ṭla-wằzir,ˈ ṭla-bába dìya,ˈ mə́ra bábi ʾána nàbəlliˈ gawrànne ʾáwwa málkaˈ mparqànnux m-áyya qə́ṣṣət.ˈ qìmtɛlaˈ ʾítwala ḏa-qàṭu,ˈ nubàltəlla mə́nna díya.ˈ nubáltəlla qáṭu mə́nna dìya,ˈ gwìrtəlle málka.ˈ ʾaw-dmìxɛle,ˈ píštɛla mtanóye ḏa-qə̀ṣṣətˈ ṭla-qàṭu.ˈ mə́ra ṭla-d-à-qaṭuˈ mə̀raˈ qáṭu lɛ́le rìxɛleˈ mtányən ḏa-qə̀ṣṣət.ˈ ʾɛ́-dana mbádla qáyəm málka qaṭə̀lli.ˈ sab-kəmà-ṱ-ile gwára,ˈ ʾaṣə́rta gawə̀rraˈ mbádla qaṭə̀lla.ˈ yăḏána mbádla qaṭə́lli ʾaw-màlka.ˈ mə́ra ʾíṯwa lìṯwa,ˈ biš-m-álaha góṛa čú-məndi lìṯwa.ˈ … ʾáyya tuníṯa ṭla-qàṭuˈ … mára ʾíṯwa xá bàxta,ˈ ʾìtwalaˈ xa-bróna šə́mme díye Kărī̀m-addīn.ˈ mára ʾàwwa,ˈ ʾó Kărī̀m,ˈ bábe mìtle.ˈ bábe díye mìtle,ˈ ʾáyya bàxtaˈ kùt-yumˈ goyàwa,ˈ maxláwa ṭla-bróna dìya.ˈ qímla mšodə́rra brōn-díya mədràsa.ˈ bróna díya gu-mədrása kút-yum y-awéwa mxáya l-aw-yàla,ˈ šqála čánta d-àwwa,ˈ sràṭa məndiyáne.ˈ mšodə́rra bàrˈ yə́mme dìye,ˈ mə́ra mùrreˈ ʾáwwa brònəxˈ màləpleˈ là-ʾawəḏ hátxa.ˈ ʾən-ʾáwəḏ hàtxa,ˈ lɛ̀la spáy,ˈ ṭarḏə́xle m-mədràsa.ˈ hóle masqóḏe yálət mədràsa.ˈ kízla bróni lá-wuḏ hátxa mə̀ndi.ˈ qɛ́mi ṭarḏìle m-mədrása.ˈ píšle gu-măḥàlle.ˈ gu-măḥàll-žiˈ kút-yum gánu kṯɛ́ṯa d-àwwa,ˈ ʾɛ́-ga y-azə́lwa féka d-ăwàha.ˈ y-áwəḏwa xràwe gu-măḥálle.ˈ qəm-maqə̀dla măḥálle,ˈ ma-t-wéwa šumàna.ˈ mára ʾo-yála yatùmɛle.ˈ de-maxə̀xle?ˈ bába lìtle.ˈ mò-ʾoḏəx bíye díye?ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-honàna-wewa.ˈ qəm-qarèle,ˈ mə́re Kărī̀m!ˈ mə́re mò?ˈ Kărīm-addīn mə́re mòdi?ˈ mə́re zonə́xxux xa-xmàra.ˈ ṱ-áṯət mə̀nnənˈ kút-yum l-ṭùraˈ ṱ-óḏəx qɛ̀seˈ mzàbənna ṭla-yə́mmux.ˈ kút-yum xá-ṭena qɛ́sa xăyítu bìye.ˈ mə́re qà-mo lá?ˈ mə́re ʾáyya b-álaha xòš-məndila.ˈ qímela nášət maḥàlleˈ júmyela zùze.ˈ zwínela xa-xmàra.ˈ mtúrṣəlle qurṭànaˈ xaṣə-xmàra.ˈ yíwəlle xa-nằra.ˈ nablìwale,ˈ kút-yum y-asə́qwa mənnáy l-ṭùra.ˈ masqíwale l-ṭùra,ˈ y-áwəḏ xà-ṭena,ˈ trè-ṭene qɛ́se,ˈ y-áṯe mzabə́nwa ṭla-d-àw-u yə́mme díye.ˈ y-axlíwa lə́xma bə̀d-an qɛ́se.ˈ xa-yóma plíṭela m-máṯa y-asqíwa l-ṭùra.ˈ mə́ṭyela gu-xá … ʾax-ṭuràne,ˈ gə́ppe məndiyàne.ˈ wéla mə́ṭra xɛlàntaˈ mə́ṭra mə̀ṭra.ˈ ʾáni-ži mòdila wíḏe?ˈ qìmelaˈ kúlla wíre gu-xa-gə̀ppa.ˈ mə́ra kálya mə̀ṭra.ˈ wíre gu-xa-gə̀ppa.ˈ ʾo-yála zóra žàre,ˈ šqíla ʾaw-nằre mə́nne díye,ˈ nằra,ˈ zíla gu-xa-gə́ppa xèna.ˈ tíwa hàtxa,ˈ mxáyəlle nằra,ˈ plíṭle xa-qə̀rša,ˈ xa-ʾìḏa,ˈ xa-prə̀zla,ˈ xa-képa gòṛa,ˈ xa-yáddət prə̀zla bíye díye.ˈ ʾu-ríqɛle zíla kəs-d-àn-našeˈ háyyo hàyyo!ˈ xzéli xăzìna!ˈ də-xzì!ˈ mə́ra ʾáp-ʾaxxa bắye ṱ-awə́dlən zṓj ʾáwwa Kărīm-addī̀n.ˈ yà-xăzina xzélux?ˈ mə́re də-háyyo xzò.ˈ qímela zíle xə́zye ʾína dū̀sˈ xa-képa hàtxaˈ ʾu-ḏa-yàdde gáwe díye,ˈ t-prə̀zla.ˈ dári xɛ̀laˈ di-di-dí šaqlìle,ˈ ʾína xa-balúʿa mə́ḷya hal-pə́mma díya dùša,ˈ hal-pə́mma díya mə́ḷya dùša.ˈ mə́ra hà-Kărīmˈ mò-ṱ-oḏəx?ˈ mò-ṱ-oḏəx?ˈ ʾáni kúlla mò-ṱ-oḏəx.ˈ mə́re ṣáləx šáqləx zə̀qqe.ˈ mə́re ʾáwwa dúša ṣáləx mzabnə̀xxe,ˈ ṱ-óḏəx zùze,ˈ pălə̀xxa b-ġḏáḏe.ˈ píšla béna gráša kúllət yóma mən-d-o-dùšaˈ hál ʾaṣə̀rta.ˈ ʾaṣə̀rtaˈ tre-ṣléla sàqɛwaˈ mə́ra ga-mo-xə̀ḏye b-áwwa dúša?ˈ ʾáwwa dúša ṣále Kărī́m ṱ-ámər ʾànən xə́zyəlle,ˈ dìyile.ˈ ʾáxni šáqləx ḥáqqət ʾəjàra mə́nne díye.ˈ ʾo-xéna mə́re senàyila.ˈ ʾáwwa Kărī̀m,ˈ la-bàba ʾítle,ˈ la-yə̀mma ʾítle.ˈ ṱ-ámrəx háyyo ṣlí Kărī́m ʾáti gu-d-áwwa balùʿa.ˈ páləṭle ʾaw-dúša ṱ-íle pyàša.ˈ ʾu-ṣáləx ʾánna zúze pălə́xxa b-ġḏàḏe.ˈ mə́re ʾaw-ṣále táma mrapə́xle xáwla b-réše dìyeˈ ʾu-ʾáyya qăpáxta mattə́xxa rəš-d-o-tắrət gə̀ppa.ˈ ʾu-mṣáləx ṭla-yə́mme díye ʾáwwa qurṭánət xmàra.ˈ mə́re ṭɛšə́xle qurṭánət xmára də̀mma.ˈ ṱ-àmrəxˈ Kắrīm zìlle bar-xmáre díyeˈ ṭla-mɛṯéwa xmáre dìye,ˈ ʾə́ṯyela déwe gu-ḏa-lawùrtaˈ xíləlle ʾàw-u xmáre díye.ˈ ʾu-làx-xəzye čú-məndi šuq-mən-d-ánna.ˈ ʾánna júlle dìye xə́zye bás.ˈ mə́re b-álaha xòš-məndila!ˈ síqela tàmaˈ mə́ra Kằrīmˈ mə́re mòdi?ˈ ʾáxni sqìdlən.ˈ háyyo ṣlí gu-d-áwwa balùʿaˈ ʾo-dúša ṱ-íle pyáša tàmaˈ dríle gu-d-ánna gùḏeˈ ʾu-ṣáləx xòš-zuzəx wíḏe,ˈ pălə́xla kùllaˈ b-ġḏáḏe b-xonùṯa.ˈ ʾáwwa məskéna žàre,ˈ yála zòra,ˈ lɛ̀ḏe módiˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf,ˈ ma-yxàləf.ˈ ṣlàyɛle.ˈ ṣléle gu-d-o-balùʿa.ˈ ʾáwwa dúša t-wéwa pyàšaˈ kúlla qəm-daréle gu-d-an-guḏanyàṯaˈ ʾu-grìšla.ˈ mə́ra prìqle?ˈ mə́re prìqle.ˈ mə́ra de-puš-šòpux!ˈ mrapíle xáwla b-réše dìye.ˈ párša gríšla b-rèše.ˈ də́ryɛla xáčča mən-d-a-purta b-rèšeˈ purtət ʾə̀rbe.ˈ zílla xmára qəm-qaṭlìle.ˈ ʾu-ʾáwwa jắket d-o-Kărīm-addī̀n,ˈ píštɛwa wằdər,ˈ ʾáp-ay ṭɛšíla də̀mmaˈ ʾu-məndiyàne,ˈ ʾu-ṣléla ṭla-yə́mme dìye,ˈ ṣléla xaššàne l-bɛ́ṯa.ˈ ṣlèlaˈ yə́mme díye ṯèla,ˈ spírra spìrraˈ bróna díya là ṯéle.ˈ zílla kɛ̀le xáṭər ʾaláha?! kɛ̀le bróni?! mə́ra yába ʾáxni băyə́xwa ṱ-aṯə̀xwa.ˈ xu-làn-mṣaya ṱ-aṯə́xwa ṱ-amrə́xwaləx.ˈ brònəx,ˈ ʾáwwa xmáre díye zílle gu-ḏà lawúrta,ˈ ʾu-brónəx zílle ṭla-mɛṯèwale.ˈ ʾə́ṯye xakma-dèwe,ˈ mə̀xyəlleˈ ʾáw ʾu-xmáre dìyeˈ ʾu-xìləlle.ˈ ʾàxči xə́zyəx ʾáwwa mə́ndi nišánqe díye.ˈ ʾáyya məškə́nta píštɛla mxàyaˈ dráya qə́ṭma gu-réša dìya.ˈ bróna díya zìlle!ˈ ʾu-ʾan-zúze plìla b-ġḏáḏe.ˈ zìlla.ˈ díya m-ɛ́ka mtannɛ̀xu?ˈ mtannɛ́xu mən-Kărīm-addī̀n.ˈ ʾó Kărīm-addī́n məskènaˈ ṣléle táma gu-d-o-hə̀nna.ˈ mə́re yá-marya ʾàlahaˈ mə́re ga-mùˈ qwála ṭla-ʾalàha,ˈ ya-ʾàlahaˈ mə́re ʾána bə̀ryən?ˈ bábi šqìlətle,ˈ mìṯa,ˈ yatùma.ˈ xu-lanwa-mírəllux maxzə́tli xăzìna.ˈ muxzélux ʾáwwa xăzìna-ʾəlli.ˈ qəm-darə́tli gu-d-áwwa qùnya.ˈ ʾu-ʾána mù-n wíḏa?ˈ ʾána lànwa wíḏaˈ là xərbayúṯaˈ là spayúṯa ṭla-čú-naša.ˈ har-yála zòrɛwa.ˈ tíwa táma mtaxmòne.ˈ kpìnne žáre.ˈ xílle xáčca mən-d-o-dùša.ˈ ṣéle mìya,ˈ xa-ṭəppíṯa míya lìṯ.ˈ píšle hál gu-mbadlàṯa táma.ˈ píšle yòmaˈ hár-wewa xḏàra,ˈ xzéle xa-bəṣlíṣa zòra,ˈ bèṛa,ˈ pùrya.ˈ mə́re b-álaha hóle xa-púrya láxxa zòraˈ ʾáw har-xá-mdi ʾìle.ˈ yála zòraˈ xzi-mə̀ndiˈ ʾíṯwa skìnta mə́nneˈ ʾo-nằra mə́nne díye.ˈ ʾa-skínta t-wéwa gráḏa dúša bìya,ˈ xpírre, xpírre, xpìrre.ˈ plíṭle gu-xa-dahlī̀z.ˈ mə́re ʾána zála har-zílən bìya,ˈ bṱ-ázən b-d-aw-dahlíz xázən hal-ʾɛ̀ka máṭe.ˈ zílle, zílle, zìlleˈ gu-d-a-dahlíz ṯèleˈ l-xa-tằra.ˈ ṯéle l-xa-tắra ʾu-xzéle ʾína tằraˈ b-qɛ̀saˈ xa-kilònˈ sèma-wˈ qḏílə séma b-rèše.ˈ lɛ́le dàwa.ˈ pṯìxəlle,ˈ ʾáwwa plíṭɛle gu-ḏa-dúnye xèta,ˈ šə́mša milànta,ˈ ʾắra milànta.ˈ mə́re ya-márya ʾàlahaˈ ʾáyya mòdila?ˈ ʾána zála har-zìlən bíya!ˈ zíla zìla,ˈ ma-ṱ-ìle ṣíya míya məškéna,ˈ xzéle milanùṯa.ˈ ṣále xə́zya ḏa-ʾilàna,ˈ ríqle kəs-d-à ʾilánaˈ ʾu-xzéle xáčča mìya táma.ˈ tíwɛle šə́tya mìya,ˈ mxúlla páṯe dìye,ˈ mṣúlya ṭla-ʾálahe dìye.ˈ yála zòra,ˈ məskéna dmìxɛle táma.ˈ dmìxɛle,ˈ xá-ga xéta ṛìšɛleˈ mə́re har-ṱ-àzenaˈ xázəx ʾɛ́ka màṭən.ˈ zàlɛwa,ˈ xá-bena xzéle m-rə́ḥqa xá-mdi xwàraˈ gu-d-á milanùṯa.ˈ zílɛle mə̀ṭyaˈ qúrbe dìye.ˈ xzéle xa-qáṣra ràba góṛa.ˈ zílɛle mə́xya tằra.ˈ čú-naša lìṯ.ˈ mə́re b-àlahaˈ ʾána har-ʾa-díyi zála xìšta,ˈ ṱ-órən xázən mò ʾíṯ láxxa.ˈ wíra xə́zya ʾína kúl-xa mɛxólta hóla mbušle wíḏe hàzər,ˈ šaxìnta,ˈ čù-naša líṯ.ˈ də̀ryɛleˈ xìlɛle.ˈ wírɛle gu-xà-ʾotəx xétaˈ gòṛtaˈ hóla xákma kursăwàṯaˈ m-ày-gotaˈ xákma m-ày-gota,ˈ ḏa-qănắpa muttɛ́ṯa tămàha.ˈ kúlla mtúrṣe b-képe ṭemàne gáwa.ˈ ʾáwwa-ži síqɛle tíwa tàmaˈ ʾu-dmìxɛle.ˈ dmíxɛle xá-bena ṛàyəšˈ ʾina mò ṛáyəš!ˈ hòlaˈ kút xùwweˈ ʾáwwa la-ʾàwwaˈ púmme díye pṯíxəlle ʾə́lle díye tàma.ˈ ʾaw-mə́re škíra šə́mmux ʾalàha!ˈ lə́bbe díye pqìle.ˈ mára xa-béna xə́zya ʾə́ṯyɛle xa-xùwweˈ ʾax-pràxa.ˈ šmíle qàleˈ ṯéle wírre gu-tằra.ˈ ʾína xa-senìyeˈ dáwa xaṣe-díye xá-xuwwe zòra,ˈ réšət nàšaˈ ʾu-gánət xùwwe,ˈ gu-d-à seníye.ˈ xá mən-xúwwe gòṛeˈ zílɛle šqíla senìyeˈ mùṯyəlla.ˈ síqa sìqaˈ múttəlla kəs-d-ó Kărīm-addī̀n.ˈ ʾáwwa zíla híwəlla tíwa tàma.ˈ ʾo-xúwwe ʾámər ṭla-Kărīm-addī̀nˈ Kărīm-addī̀n,ˈ b-šɛ̀na ṯélux!ˈ ʾə́dyo ʾàrxi-wətˈ ʾu-là-zădət.ˈ tu-mànyəx.ˈ tìwɛle ʾáp-ʾaw məskèna,ˈ píšɛle ràḥat.ˈ moṯéla mɛxòlta,ˈ moṯéla mə̀ndi,ˈ tíwɛle xílle kul-xá-məndi m-ġḏàḏe.ˈ mə́ra Kărīm-addī̀nˈ ʾáti múrri qə̀ṣṣət díyux.ˈ m-ɛ̀kət ʾə́ṯya láxxaˈ ʾu-dàx-it ʾə́ṯya?ˈ malə́kṯa ṱ-óyət basìmta.ˈ mə́re ʾána qə́ṣṣət-diyi ràba ríxtɛla.ˈ lá-mṣən mtanə́nnəx kùlla.ˈ mə́ra lɛ́le rìxɛle.ˈ mtáni qə́ṣṣət dìyux.ˈ dàx-it ʾə́ṯya láxxa?ˈ mtunyàleˈ mə̀reˈ zlúmyət bəṛ-našùṯa.ˈ bəṛ-našùṯaˈ zlìməlli.ˈ ʾána spayùṯən wáḏa,ˈ ʾu-ʾə́dyo mṭéli ʾána làxxa.ˈ mə́ra ʾáp-ʾana ʾáwwa rèšiˈ ṱ-áṯe práma bəd-ʾiṯàṯux.ˈ mə́re dàxi ṱ-óyaˈ ʾána parmə́nne rèšəx?ˈ mə́ra ʾána hon-màraˈ ʾáwwa rèšiˈ ṱ-áṯe xá-yoma pràmaˈ bəd-ʾiṯáṯa dìyux.ˈ ʾàti parmə́tle réši.ˈ mə́re malə̀kṯa ṱ-óyət basímta,ˈ malə́kṯət xuwwăwàṯa,ˈ mə̀reˈ ʾáti qəm-xalṣàtliˈ mən-d-áwwa mòṯa.ˈ ʾána skínta mattə́nna l-qḏàliˈ ʾu-lá mattə́nna l-qḏàləx.ˈ réši parmə̀nneˈ ʾu-réšəx là parmə́nne.ˈ mə́ra ʾána mə̀ri hátxaˈ de-tú mtanə̀nnux ʾɛ́-ga.ˈ mə́ra ʾáp-ʾana bắyən mtanə́nnux ḏa-qə̀ṣṣətˈ dìyi.ˈ mə́re de-pàqəḏ malə́kṯa.ˈ màraˈ ʾíṯwa lìṯwaˈ mə́ra ʾíṯwa xa-málka t-Yằman.ˈ ʾítwale xa-brònaˈ yăk̭àna-wewa.ˈ ʾu-qíme ʾáw ʾu-brōn-díye ʾu-tre-wăzíre plíṭe ṣɛ̀da.ˈ plíṭela ṣɛ̀da,ˈ zìlelaˈ ʾu-xa-béna xzéla xa-xăzălìyaˈ gu-dàštaˈ ʾu-rìqla bar-xăzălíya.ˈ hal-xăzălíya ríqtɛla ríqtɛla rìqta.ˈ ṣlíṯɛla l-márzət yàma.ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-bắlam zúrta tàma.ˈ wìrta gu-d-a-bắlam.ˈ xárṯa ʾáni mə́ṭyela tàmaˈ l-márzət yàma.ˈ ṣə́lyɛle ʾo-brónət màlka.ˈ brónət málka ʾu-ʾán-tre wăzíre ṣə́lyela ta-t-dóqi xăzălíya m-gu-d-a-gáni zùrta.ˈ ʾu-xa-bènaˈ gáni ṭrìṯɛla.ˈ wírtɛla gu-yàma.ˈ xíšla-w xíšla-w xìšla,ˈ ṭə̀ryela gu-yáma.ˈ píšla ʾap-ʾáni mə̀nna,ˈ qɛ́mi doqíla xăzălíya pɛrmìla.ˈ kpìnna.ˈ qəm-axlìla-wˈ xìlla ʾo-bə́sraˈ ʾu-štéla m-an-míyət bằḥar.ˈ zìltɛla,ˈ mṭíṯa l-xa-jăzíra xètaˈ ʾa-bằlam,ˈ klìṯɛla.ˈ ʾína xa-jăzìraˈ rába šapìrta,ˈ ʾiláne məndiyáne gáwa dìya.ˈ klíṯa l-márzə d-a-jăzìra.ˈ xárṯa qímela ṣə́lyela mən-d-a-bằlam.ˈ síṛela bắlam diyéy táma b-ḏà ʾilána.ˈ mə́ra dé ṱ-órəx gu-d-àyya.ˈ bronət-málka mə́re ta-d-an-wăzìreˈ wúru gu-d-ay-jăzíra xzo-mò xazítu.ˈ ʾáni xíšela xáčča ʾu-dìṛe.ˈ ʾə́ṯye mə̀raˈ zdàləx,ˈ la-ṣábrəx ṱ-òrəx.ˈ mə́ra háyyo ʾap-ʾáti mə̀nnən.ˈ ʾáp-aw qìmaˈ ṭḷáṯna zíle wíre gu-d-a-jăzìra.ˈ zìlla,ˈ xḏírra xḏírra xa-bəṛ-náša lɛ̀la xzáya.ˈ ʾína ʾa-jăzíra kul-fékət dùnye hóla gáwa.ˈ zìlla,ˈ xárṯa m-rə́ḥqa xzéla xa-mə́ndi xwàra.ˈ qrúla qrúla kə́sle dìyeˈ ʾína xa-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ xa-qáṣra rába šapìra.ˈ mə́ra mašmòyət Karīm-addī́n?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ mə́ra qímela wíre gu-d-o-qàṣra.ˈ wíre xə́zye mɛxòlta-wˈ mezăwàṯaˈ ʾu-kúl-məndi ḥasb-əl-ʾuṣū̀lˈ ʾína bəṛ-náša lìṯ.ˈ mára xílela šə́tyela mára brōn-málka tíwɛle l-d-a-tàxta.ˈ ʾu-xá-wăzir díye rəš-d-áwwa-kursaˈ xa-rəš-d-ăwàha,ˈ ʾu-ṭə̀lyelaˈ ma-t-wáwa kčìxe.ˈ mára xa-béna ṛɛ̀šiˈ ʾína mò-ṛɛšiˈ qálət maymùneˈ ṣràxa,ˈ mčalwòle.ˈ dax-ṱ-ìla maymúne,ˈ šwárɛla l-ʾiláne mṭawòle.ˈ máttu bàla,ˈ ʾína ʾalpàye maymúne píše táma.ˈ ʾan-wăzíre gríšela sɛ́pa-w qə́šta-w gèraˈ bắyi máxi ṭla-d-an-maymùne.ˈ mə́re xà-qaṭlitu,ˈ trè-qaṭlitu,ˈ mò bṱ-óḏəx b-ánna?ˈ ʾən-pálšəx mən-d-áni qaṭlìlən.ˈ mə́re klo-xàzəxˈ mòdila qə́ṣṣət.ˈ mára xa-béna ʾə́ṯyele xa-máymun ràba,ˈ m-ánna gorə́lle gòṛe.ˈ ʾə̀ṯyɛle,ˈ pṯíxəlle tằra.ˈ wíra zíla qam-màlka,ˈ kípa qam-màlka.ˈ mə́re málka ṱ-áwət basìmaˈ ʾáti díya píšlux málka dìyən,ˈ málkət maymùne.ˈ mə́re dàx píšli málkət maymúne?ˈ ʾax-ṱ-íle málka Šlémun kṯìwa.ˈ mə́re málka Šlémun mírɛle kṯìwɛleˈ ku-brónət bə́r-naša ʾáṯe l-d-áy jăzíra qamàye,ˈ ʾáwwa ṱ-áwe málka diyɛ̀xu.ˈ hadíya ʾáti màlkən-itˈ ʾu-hál ʾámra ṱ-óḏəx xaḏùṯa.ˈ yàbaˈ hal-mbádla dmáxta lìṯwa.ˈ rqàḏtɛla-wˈ xálta-w štɛ̀ṯɛla.ˈ ʾu-hal-xábra ṭla-d-ànna maymúneˈ ku-mə́ndi bắyi xoš-ʾòḏi.ˈ híwɛle xábra ṭla-d-àn maymúneˈ ga-wírra xa-xaḏùṯa gáwa.ˈ ʾánna píšla tàma.ˈ mó ṱ-òḏəx?ˈ mó ṱ-òḏəx?ˈ málka mə́re ṭla-d-o-màymun,ˈ d-o-góṛət maymùneˈ mə̀reˈ bắyən t-xazə́nne ʾúpra dìyiˈ kmɛ̀laˈ ʾáyya bilād-díyi gòṛta.ˈ mə́re bắyən xáḏrən gu-ʾúpra díyi xazə̀nne.ˈ qíma dart-yòma,ˈ mjŭ́məlla maymùneˈ ʾu-xḏìrɛle.ˈ qímela mə̀ṭyelaˈ xa-ṭùraˈ ʾìnaˈ xzéle xákma déwe-u maymúne mìṯe táma.ˈ mə́re ʾánna mòdila?ˈ mə́re hál-ʾaxxa ṣíwən dìyən-ile.ˈ m-támma hódəx ṭùra ʾáṯṛə d-ánna dèwele.ˈ mə́re hammáša y-áwe pláša bélən ʾu-bēl-d-ánna dèwe.ˈ mə́re zḕn,ˈ bar-siqlɛ́xu hal-ʾɛ̀kɛle ḥŭdūd-t-déwe?ˈ mára hal-gu-réšət ṭúra táma hŭdūd-t-dèwele.ˈ táma hóle málka Šlémun kṯíwa xa-qayə̀mṯa.ˈ mə́re m-áxxa húdxa ʾíla wádi-t šəkwàne.ˈ mə́re kú-məndit ʾáwər gu-d-áyya wàdiˈ ʾánna šəkwáne ṱ-axlìle.ˈ mə́re m-táma hódəx ṱ-ázət máṭət xa-nèraˈ ʾáxči yómət šábṯa bàrəz.ˈ kút yomət-šábṯa míya là-hawe gu-néra.ˈ l-a-páṯa xétət nèraˈ ʾíṯ xa-máṯət huḏàye.ˈ ʾáyya mə̀raˈ hal-tàmaˈ ʾáyya ʾùrxa.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ ʾu-xḏìrɛle,ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle ʾaṣə̀rta.ˈ ʾáwwa mṣawóṯe mən-wŭzărāʾ-dìyeˈ mə̀reˈ b-áyya ʾúrxa mšàrṭəxˈ m-àxxa.ˈ mə́ra dàxi?ˈ mə́re ʾána ṱ-ámrən ta-d-ánna maymúne kàpšiˈ ʾáxni w-ánna déwe pàlšəx.ˈ pálšəx mən-dèwe,ˈ máṭəx l-réšət ṭùra.ˈ máṭəx l-réšət ṭùra,ˈ l-wádi-t šəkwàne.ˈ mə́re ṱ-órəx gu-d-ay-wàdi.ˈ ʾɛ́-ga ʾáxni chance dìyən,ˈ ʾən-ʾaxlílən šəkwáne ṱ-axlìlən.ˈ w-ən-mšurə̀ṭlən,ˈ mšurə̀ṭlən.ˈ qímɛle dart-yòma,ˈ qə́ryɛle ʾó … góṛət maymùne,ˈ mə̀reˈ ʾána bắyən ʾánna déwe maxə̀nna.ˈ mə́re dàxi?ˈ mə́re ʾána xzáyən ʾan-maymúne, šaʿb-dìyi líṯ?ˈ hóla xáləlla qṭàləlla.ˈ pálšəx ʾáni w-ána šaqlə̀nna ʾáṯṛa mənnéy.ˈ mə́re hal-xábra ṭla-maymùneˈ ʾu-kúlla quwāt-díyən ʾàṯi.ˈ híwɛle xábra ṭla-maymùne,ˈ kpíšela maymúne b-ʾalpàye.ˈ ʾáyya mằnile mtanóyəlla?ˈ malə́kṯət xuwwáṯa ṭla-Karīm-addī̀n.ˈ mə́ra mašmòyət Karīm-addī́n?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ mára ʾə́ṯye xɛlăwáṯət maymúne dart-yóma ʾu-plìṭela.ˈ ʾap-màlka,ˈ bronət-màlka,ˈ ʾu-wŭzăraʾ-díye šqílla sɛpày,ˈ qəšta-w gèra,ˈ plìṭelaˈ pláša mən-dèwe.ˈ mára plíšla plíšla də́mma ṣléle b-lawuryàṯa.ˈ de-de-dè,ˈ xa-béna déwe šmìṭelaˈ w-ánna báṯər šmìṭəlla,ˈ síqela gù-rēš-ṭura.ˈ ʾína hóla xá-qayəmṯa kṯíwta tàma,ˈ málka Šlémun kṯìwəlla.ˈ hál-ʾaxxa ʾáṯəṛ dèwele.ˈ m-áxxa húdxa ʾíla wádi-t šəkwàne.ˈ ku-nášət ʾàwər,ˈ ku-xayúṯət ʾáwər gu-d-ay-wàdiˈ ʾánna šəkwáne ṱ-axlìla.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ mára qréle ṭla-d-o-góṛət maymùne.ˈ mə́re kúlla xoš-dàmxi.ˈ kúllɛxu dmùxu,ˈ ʾáxni ṱ-áwəx ḥurrā̀s,ˈ sab-ʾáxtu hótu kčìxe rába.ˈ maymúne kúlla dmìxela.ˈ ʾu-xa-béna ʾáni qìmela,ˈ gníwəlla gàna,ˈ wíre gu-d-a-wádi-t šəkwàne.ˈ xa-béna hàdəxˈ ṛíšela ʾánna maymùne,ˈ ʾína ʾáni lìṯ.ˈ qréla b-o-goṛày,ˈ mə̀raˈ lìṯ,ˈ hóla rìqe.ˈ mə̀reˈ npúlu bàṯra!ˈ kú-dukṯət xazìtuˈ qaṭlìtula!ˈ ʾánna-ži wìrela,ˈ ʾánna maymùne,ˈ gu-d-a-lawúrtət šəkwàne.ˈ béna pɛ́ši ʾàni šəkwáne pláša,ˈ xákma šəkwáne gòṛe táma.ˈ xa-mən-wăzìreˈ šəkwáne qəm-axlìle,ˈ xa-wăzìr.ˈ píšle brōn-màlkaˈ ʾu-xa-wăzī̀r.ˈ zíle mə́ṭye l-d-o-nèra.ˈ lɛ̀wa yómət šábṯaˈ ʾína ṣláya xɛlànɛle.ˈ də́ryəlla gáne gu-nèra.ˈ ʾáwwa wăzī́r xéna-ži zílɛle b-mìya,ˈ xnìqle.ˈ bas-šríṭle brōn-màlka.ˈ bronət-málka šríṭɛle l-a-gōt-hòdəxˈ nèra.ˈ zíla níxa níxa wíra gu-d-a-màṯɛle.ˈ mə́xyɛle xa-tằra,ˈ mṣawóṯe mə̀nne,ˈ mə́re mò bắyət?ˈ m-ɛ̀kət ʾə́ṯya?ˈ mòdi qə́ṣṣət?ˈ mə́re b-álaha qə́ṣṣət díyi rába rìxtɛla.ˈ ʾən-mxamə̀tli,ˈ pɛ́šən xa-xulàma gu-bɛ́ṯux.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ wírɛle mə́re gu-šàbṯɛla.ˈ mə́re mɛxólta hóla tămàha.ˈ bắyət ʾàxlət,ˈ xùl.ˈ kpìnət.ˈ míya štì.ˈ ʾána la-qɛ́ṯən b-čù məndí.ˈ sab-huḏáye yomə-šábṯa lɛ̀ palxí.ˈ mára ʾáp-aw kpìnɛwa məskéna.ˈ də́ryɛle mɛxólta xìlɛle.ˈ tìwɛle.ˈ píšta ʾaṣə̀rta,ˈ mə́re díya mtànili,ˈ díya mtánili qə́ṣṣət díyux mòdi.ˈ mə́re b-álaha ʾána brónət málkət Yằman-in.ˈ hā́l-u qə̀ṣṣət-diyi.ˈ há mə́re dìya xíšla tajərúṯət bábux m-áxxa,ˈ m-d-áyya màṯa.ˈ tajərúṯət bàbuxˈ kút-ṭḷa šə́nne xa-béna y-áṯya làxxa.ˈ mə́re pɛ́šət kə́sli làxxa,ˈ ʾu-mxamə́nnux ha-ṱ-áṯya tajərúṯət bábux láxxa xá-ga xèta,ˈ tá-t mtasəlmə́nnux ṭla-bàbux,ˈ sab-bábux spày-našɛle,ˈ xàwrən-ile.ˈ xḏèle yála.ˈ mə́re čù-məndi la-ʾóḏət.ˈ kút-yom pálṭət ʾu-xàḏrət,ˈ ʾáṣərta ʾáṯət bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ kút-yom páləṭ xḏára xḏàraˈ gu-máṯa xá-yoma tre-u-ṭḷàṯa.ˈ xá-yoma šmíle xa-nàšaˈ hèyˈ mắni páyəš xulàmiˈ mbádla hal-ʾaṣə̀rtaˈ ʾəsri-w ʾarbà-saʾəte?ˈ ṱ-áṯe t-yánne ʾəmmà-dawe,ˈ ʾu-b-lɛ́le t-yánne xa-bàxta-ži,ˈ xa-jarìya.ˈ ʾo-mə́re b-álaha xoš-šùlɛla!ˈ mbádla hal-ʾaṣə́rta ʾu-ʾə́mma dáwe d-ɛ́-ga xu-lɛ̀la xáčča.ˈ zíla mə́re ʾàna pɛ́šən.ˈ qəm-xazèleˈ mə́re là,ˈ xṭìṯux,ˈ ʾáti yàla.ˈ la-bắyən.ˈ xoš-mbáqər bàbux.ˈ mə́re mà-lux?ˈ ʾàna pɛ́šən.ˈ ʾan-ʾə́mma dáwe maṣlíla ṭla-bàbuxˈ ʾu-hàyyo.ˈ hole-šqìla ʾan-dáweˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle kəs-d-o-náša t-wéwa kə́sle dìye.ˈ mə́re yába ʾan-ʾə́mma dàwe,ˈ xu-là mbaqrə̀təlli.ˈ ṱ-ázən ʾaṣə́rta ṱ-àṯən.ˈ mə́re hey-nàšaˈ la-ʾàzətˈ ʾáṯe mtalə́xlux ʾàw.ˈ mə́re ʾána bṱ-àzən.ˈ qìmaˈ síqa kəs-d-o-nàša,ˈ ʾaṣə̀rta.ˈ píšta mbàdla.ˈ mbádla qìmɛle.ˈ mə́re ṱ-amrə̀nnuxˈ díya kú-məndi-t ʾamrə́nnux gắrəg ʾòḏət.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ šqíla xa-sùsa.ˈ šqíləlla xa-skínta xéta ʾə́lle dìyeˈ ʾu-zìlɛle.ˈ zíla, zíla zìla,ˈ qam-xákma ṭuràneˈ rába ràme.ˈ mə́re ṣlí m-xāṣ-sùsux!ˈ ṣə̀lya.ˈ qṭùlle súsa!ˈ qṭìlle súsa.ˈ mə́re prùmleˈ m-áxxa-w bar-tə̀xtiˈ rápile qḏàle-diye!ˈ ràpile.ˈ mə́re de-wúr gu-d-áwwa gùrba,ˈ gu-ṣádrə d-áwwa sùsa.ˈ ʾu-xúṭle m-gàwe.ˈ kəmá-t šắmət taq-taq-tàq,ˈ là-palṭət,ˈ hal-ṱ-amrə́nnux plùṭgenaˈ ʾɛ̀-ga pálṭət.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ ʾáwwa-ži ṣə́lyɛle gu-d-a-hə̀nna.ˈ wítɛla xáčča b-yóma xə̀mma,ˈ xá-bena ʾə́ṯyela xákma ṭɛ́re y-ámri simàrxa.ˈ mə́xyela l-d-o-ṣádrət sùsa.ˈ músqəlle gu-réšə d-ò-ṭura ta-ṱ-axlíwale táma.ˈ har-wéla taq-táq mxàyaˈ ʾu-taq-tàq,ˈ xá-bena-w trè,ˈ w-áwwa sqìdle.ˈ maxéla skínta l-d-ó-gəldət wéwa xíṭəlle m-gàweˈ ʾu-pàləṭ.ˈ ʾax-ṱ-íle plíṭa ʾo-simárxa prìxɛle,ˈ zìla.ˈ máttu bála b-gáne dìyeˈ nubə́lle rəš-d-o-ṭùra.ˈ líṯ xa-ʾùrxaˈ ta-ṣàle.ˈ ʾɛ́-ga ʾo-tájər t-wéwa híwəlle zùzeˈ mə́re rắpili m-an-képe ṱ-íla tàma,ˈ ga-maxzə́nnux ʾúrxa ṣàlət.ˈ ʾən-lá tàma ṱ-áwət,ˈ pɛ́šət táma mɛ́ṯət ʾax-d-an-ṱ-íla míṯe tàma.ˈ mə́re xḏúr tàma,ˈ xázət gɛ́rmət nàšeˈ ṱ-íla míṯe tàma.ˈ ʾáp-ʾati mɛ̀ṯət táma.ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw xḏìraˈ xə́zya gɛ́rmət náše t-wawa-mìṯe táma.ˈ mə́re b-álaha dū̀s-iwa.ˈ qímɛle ga-rapóye m-àn-kepe,ˈ ʾáni kúlla ʾalmā̀s-ila,ˈ mə̀n-d-o ṭúra.ˈ rúpyɛle rúpya hàl ʾaṣə́rta.ˈ ʾaṣə̀rtaˈ ʾo-tájər núblɛle náše xèneˈ xulamwáṯa mə́nne dìye.ˈ ʾan-kèpeˈ kúlla gríše nuble l-bɛ̀ṯaˈ ʾu-šwìqəlle ʾáwwa táma.ˈ píšle tàmaˈ mə́re mo-ṱ-óḏən ʾàna?ˈ mo-ṱ-òḏən?ˈ ʾu-lɛ́ka ṱ-ázən xḏàra?ˈ ʾúrxa lìṯ,ˈ mə́ndi lìṯ.ˈ píšle xùya,ˈ dmìxle táma ʾo-lɛ́le.ˈ dart-yóma qìmaˈ xá-ga xéta xḏàraˈ mə́re ʾáp-ʾana pɛ́šən làxxa,ˈ mɛ́ṯən ʾax-ṱ-ila-ʾànna míṯe.ˈ mə́xyɛle b-o-ṭùra,ˈ xíšɛle mə́re xázəx ʾɛ̀ka ṱ-ázən,ˈ ʾɛ̀ka pálṭən.ˈ mə́ra mašmòyət Karīm-addī́n?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ mára qímɛle zíla zìlaˈ hal-zíla b-o-ṭùraˈ zíla zíla mṭèleˈ xzéle xa-kóxa zòra,ˈ xa-bɛ́ṯa zòra.ˈ màraˈ ʾo-bɛ́ṯa zòra,ˈ zíla ʾàp-ʾaw,ˈ wíḏɛle qázd d-ò-bɛṯa,ˈ mə̀xyɛle l-tắra.ˈ plíṭɛle xa-náša sàwa,ˈ də́qne xwàra.ˈ xə́zya mə́re ha-bəṛ-nàšaˈ ʾáti dàx-it ʾə́ṯya láxxa?ˈ m-ɛ̀kət ʾə́ṯya láxxa?ˈ mə́ra b-àlaha,ˈ sàwa,ˈ qə́ṣṣət díyi ràba ríxtɛla.ˈ šúqli ṱ-òrən.ˈ hálli xáčča míya šàtən,ˈ mítli m-kə̀pna.ˈ ʾálaha yàllux.ˈ ʾən-ʾáti yáʿni xɛ̀rət bíyi,ˈ mraxmə̀t-əlli,ˈ ʾálaha mraxm-ə̀llux.ˈ mə́re hè bróni,ˈ hè bróni,ˈ wúr gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ múṯyɛle míya šə̀tyɛle.ˈ ʾu-híwəlle mɛxólta xìlɛle.ˈ ʾu-pìšɛle mə́nne díye.ˈ de-qíma mtúnyəlla qəṣṣə́tte kúlla ṭla-d-o-sàwa.ˈ mə́re mò ʾoḏə́nnux?ˈ har-ḥɛ́rən b-gàniˈ lé-y-yăḏən ʾána ʾɛ̀ka,ˈ ʾána lé-y-yăḏən ʾɛ̀kɛn.ˈ ʾu-lé-y-yăḏən m-ɛ́kən ʾə̀ṯya.ˈ pìšɛle táma,ˈ xá-yoma tre-ʾu-ṭḷàṯa,ˈ xa-bènaˈ ʾíṯwa ḏa-bə́rkət mìyaˈ qam-tắrət bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ wítɛla bar-ʾo-náša sáwa ṣə́lyɛle mtămòzəlla č̭ənnək̭ɛ́ra díya,ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw ṣə́lyɛle mhayóre ta-d-o-sàwa.ˈ mə́re ʾay-mòdi?ˈ mə́re ʾáyya bắyən zắrən č̭ənnək̭ɛ́ra díya xáčča wàrde.ˈ mə́re báhər ṱ-áṯi xákma náše sáxi gáwa dìya.ˈ mə́re ʾan-náše mằnila?ˈ mòdila?ˈ mə́re hon-bằyəllux,ˈ ṱ-amrə̀nnux.ˈ mə́re ṭla-bnáṯət màlka,ˈ Qắṣar Hòzər,ˈ mára Qắṣar Hòzərila,ˈ láwši júllət yawnàṯa,ˈ ṱ-áṯi yátwi rəš-d-ày ʾilána.ˈ ṣáli sáxi gu-d-ánna mìya.ˈ mə́re bnáṯa bnàṯa?ˈ mə́re hèˈ qíma kút-yoma yóma ṣlàya,ˈ ṣále ʾu-zăréwa wàrdeˈ ʾu-maštèwala-wˈ qímle mtugbə̀raleˈ ràba tắməz.ˈ ʾáwwa sáwa xírre bìyeˈ ʾína xa-yála ràba năjī̀b-wewa.ˈ mə́re madàm ṱ-iwə́twa pláxa ʾátxa məndiyáneˈ ṱ-amrə́nnux mò-ʾoḏət?ˈ mə́re mòdi?ˈ mə́re ʾáti ṱ-ázət t-yátwət tammàha.ˈ ṣáli šalxíla julléy t-yáwne tàmma.ˈ ʾáti xázət ʾày-mənna bắyətˈ šaqlə́tla ʾánna jùlle,ˈ mɛṯə̀tla-lliˈ lítlux šùla.ˈ ʾáwwa-ži qímɛle ṣə̀lyɛle.ˈ kút-yoma ṣàle,ˈ wíḏwale xa-dúkṯa mṭašéwa tàma.ˈ xá-yoma ṣlèle,ˈ ʾína šmíle xzéle ʾína ṭə̀lləṯ-yawne tíwla táma.ˈ ṣə̀lyela,ˈ tíwela l-ʾằra.ˈ šlípəlla jùlla,ˈ ʾu-xzéle bəṛ-nàšeˈ yáʿni mṣawòṯe.ˈ mattúle bàlaˈ ʾa-zúrta ràba šapírtɛwa.ˈ ʾáni ṣə́lyela sxàya,ˈ ʾáwwa ráp rìxaˈ ʾan-júllət,ˈ ʾa-lwíšta d-a-zùrta,ˈ gnìwəlla,ˈ ʾu-rìqɛle.ˈ héy náša náša qímela ṣràxa.ˈ zílɛle kəs-d-ó-naša sàwa.ˈ ʾáp-ʾani qímela lwíšla jùlla,ˈ zílela kə́sle dìye,ˈ d-ó-naša sàwa.ˈ mə́ra bába sáwa mòdile?ˈ m-ɛ̀kɛt múṯyəlle láxxa?ˈ mə́re čù-məndi líṯ.ˈ mə́re čú-məndi lìṯ.ˈ díya ʾáwwa bắye ta-d-áyya bráta zùrta.ˈ mqáwlət goràtle,ˈ t-yálla jùlla.ˈ ʾən-là,ˈ har-t-yálla júlləx b-kèfəx.ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw zíla múṯya jùlleˈ híwəlla jùlla.ˈ píšla táma mə̀nne.ˈ qìmlaˈ ʾáni zílla ta-ṭḷà-yomane,ˈ píšla ṭḷa-yàrxe,ˈ ma-t-xmìlla mən-d-o-yála.ˈ xárṯa ʾo-bába sáwa mə́re ta-d-àniˈ díya babáxu hóle spàrəllaxu.ˈ lə́bbe biyáxu tlìqetu.ˈ dúṛu sógena kəs-babàxu,ˈ xàrṯaˈ ʾáyya xaṯáxu ʾàṯya.ˈ ʾáp-ʾani qìmela,ˈ zìlela,ˈ l-Qắṣar Hòzərˈ kəs-babáy màlka.ˈ mə́ra hàtxɛla qə́ṣṣət.ˈ ʾíṯ xa-yàla,ˈ ʾána mquwáltən mə̀nneˈ gắrəg gawrànne,ˈ gắrəg dɛ́ṛən ʾána l-tàma.ˈ mə́re bráti ma-yxàləf.ˈ dùṛ!ˈ qɛ́ma lwàšəlla ʾan-júlla díya.ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw mšadóre xákma náše ḥəmáya dìya,ˈ ʾax-nə̀šreˈ ʾína náše lóši pàrre.ˈ zíltɛla tàma.ˈ píštɛla mə́nne díye kə́ma dàna.ˈ xàrṯaˈ xá-yoma síqa l-gàre,ˈ hátxa xá-dukṯa ràmta.ˈ ṯéle qằhər-ʾəlle.ˈ txírre bɛ́ṯət bábe ʾu-d-àni.ˈ pílle šnèle.ˈ ṭắya báṯre díye la-xzàyəlle.ˈ xárṯa tfíqe bíye xə́zyəlle ʾína šə̀nya,ˈ npìla.ˈ qəm-mbaqràleˈ mə́ra ta-mò?ˈ mòdi qə́ṣṣət díyux?ˈ ta-mót hàtxa?ˈ mə́re b-àlahaˈ mə́re ʾáp-ʾana là-xazyatli.ˈ ʾáp-ʾana brónət xa-màlka,ˈ spárəlli dɛ̀ṛən.ˈ bábi màyəṯ,ˈ ʾána bṱ-áwən málka šòpe.ˈ ʾu-hon-díya npíla làxxaˈ ʾu-lé-y-yăḏən ʾána ʾɛ̀kən.ˈ mə́ra ma-yxàləf.ˈ mə́ra ʾànaˈ t-lawšánna ʾánna júllət yàwne,ˈ ṱ-asṛánnux xàṣi,ˈ pàrxən,ˈ nablánnux l-ʾáṯṛət bàbux,ˈ ʾáxči ʾən-yăḏə́tla ʾàṯṛa,ˈ t-la-nablə́tlən xa-dúkṯa xéta naxrɛ̀ṯa,ˈ ʾoḏílən măšàkəl.ˈ mə́ra yăḏə̀tle?ˈ ʾən-ʾázəx ʾáṯṛət bàbux,ˈ yăḏə̀tle?ˈ mə́re ṭábʿan yăḏə́nne ʾáṯṛət bàbi.ˈ dàx la-yăḏə́nne?ˈ ʾay-lwíštəlla júlla dìya.ˈ mə́ra ta-d-o-sàwaˈ de-puš-b-šɛ̀na.ˈ ṱ-àzəx.ˈ nšíqəlle ʾo-sàwa,ˈ mupíšəlle b-šɛ̀na,ˈ ʾay-prìxtɛla.ˈ zílla zílla xa-yòma,ˈ trè-yome,ˈ xárṯa kčìxtɛlaˈ ṣlíṯɛla munìxtɛla xa-dúkṯa.ˈ yómə ṭḷáṯa ʾárba xá-bena pràxaˈ ʾámər klá klá làxxa.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾắṯəṛ dìyən-ile.ˈ ʾɛ̀ka xzéle?ˈ xzéle ʾɛ́kə t-wèwaˈ tíwa gu-d-a-bằlam zúrta.ˈ gu-d-a-bằlam,ˈ ʾína ḥurrā́s ʾíṯwa t-málka ṱ-ila-mútte tàma.ˈ mə́re xazítu bróni bálki xnìqɛle,ˈ bálki lášše díye pálṭa gu-yàma.ˈ ʾən-xá-naša mɛ́ṯelaxu xàbraˈ bəd-bròni,ˈ kut-mɛṯéli xábra bəd-bròni,ˈ ʾən-míṯa ʾən-sàxi,ˈ pálgət dáwi de-t-yánne ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ màlkɛle mára.ˈ ʾámər kla-klá ṣla-làxxa.ˈ ṣə́lyela tàma.ˈ xa-bènaˈ xírela hàtxaˈ ʾína brónət málka ṯèleˈ ʾu-ḏà mə́nne díye.ˈ ʾo-t-qəm-xazéle rìqaˈ lázəm ṱ-ámər ta-màlka.ˈ xa-xéna mə́re mòdile qə́ṣṣət?ˈ mə́re brōn-málka hóle ṯèle.ˈ ʾaw-ráqa ʾu-ʾaw-xéna šaqə́lla xa-kílo dàwe mə́nne díye,ˈ máxe gu-réše dìye,ˈ ʾaw-npìlɛle.ˈ ʾo-xéna rìqɛle.ˈ kázi mòdi,ˈ lɛ̀le gláya.ˈ mə́ṭyɛle kəs-màlka,ˈ mə́re málka brònux ṯéle.ˈ málka npìlɛleˈ šə́nyɛle žáre mən-xaḏùṯe díye.ˈ xéna ṛìšɛle.ˈ bróne díye ṯèle!ˈ ríqa qímle plíṭle qámṯət bróne dìye,ˈ dáwla-w zòrna,ˈ zìllaˈ bróne díye tlìqa kəma-dána,ˈ brōn-màlka.ˈ qəm-mɛṯéla ḏá mənne-dìye,ˈ ràba xḏéle b-d-a-bràta.ˈ mə́re ṭla-brōn-dìyeˈ dàxi ṯélux?ˈ mə́re b-álaha qə́ṣṣət díyi rába rìxtɛla,ˈ ʾàyya basímta.ˈ ʾu-ʾítwala ʾánna júllət prìxla bíya,ˈ qəm-ṭɛnáli xáṣa dìya,ˈ hàtxa,ˈ hàtxa,ˈ ṯélən làxxa.ˈ zílle qəm-qaréla ʾa-bràta.ˈ mə́re háyyo ʾáti ʾíwət díya malə̀kṯa.ˈ múr kú-mdi-t bằyət,ˈ gu-d-ay-dùnye,ˈ ṱ-oḏə̀nnəx.ˈ mə́ra hìč-məndi la-bắyən.ˈ ʾána háli m-halɛ̀xu.ˈ ʾáxči banə́tli xàˈ … ʾánna bɛṯáy kúlla k̭wìne-wɛwaˈ ʾarabàyeˈ … mə́ra banə́tli xa-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ xa-bùrj,ˈ ʾáx-t ʾàna bắyən.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ ʾáwwa-ži qímɛle bnáya búrj ʾə́lla dìya.ˈ ʾo-yála brōn-màlka mtuxmə̀nneˈ mə̀reˈ bálki ʾáṯe xa-yóma ʾɛ-bráta kɛ̀rba mə́nniˈ lošàla ʾánna júlla díyaˈ ʾu-párxa ʾáza bɛ́ṯə bába dìya.ˈ mằni nabə́lli?ˈ mu-t-yằḏən ʾɛ́kɛla?ˈ mo-wìdle?ˈ qímɛle zíla mútta ʾán-julla díya gu-d-o-sandùqa,ˈ múttəlla gu-ʾasàsət bɛ́ṯa,ˈ ʾu-bə́nyɛle gùda b-réše.ˈ de-ʾáyya lɛ̀ḏa,ˈ lə́bba ṣə̀pya žáre.ˈ zíltɛla bár ṱ-ile-bɛ́ṯa prìqa,ˈ ʾáza xázya jùlla,ˈ júlla lìṯ.ˈ ʾáyya šaqlàwale ríxət júlle,ˈ šaqlàwale.ˈ xḏírra xḏírra bar-júlla dìya,ˈ lɛ̀la xzáyəlla.ˈ de-de-dè,ˈ xá-yoma ṣléla gu-gòma.ˈ ríxət júlla díya ṯèle.ˈ mə́ra hóla làxxa.ˈ xḏírra xḏírra xḏírra bàṯra.ˈ ḏìla m-ɛ̀kɛla.ˈ xpìrra,ˈ qəm-palṭàle sandúqət júlle.ˈ xa-yóma lošála júlla dìyaˈ párxa ʾátwa l-gàre.ˈ qréla b-o-gáwṛa dìya.ˈ mə́ra ʾána bíṯənnux ṯíṯən bàṯrux.ˈ w-ana-lɛ́ḏən ṱ-awə́twa ʾáti xàyən palṭə́twa mə́nni.ˈ júlli mattə́twala gu-gùdaˈ ʾu-bánətwa ʾo-gúda b-rèša.ˈ ʾə́n băyə̀tli,ˈ ʾáṯət báṯri ʾap-ʾàti.ˈ ʾána zìlli kəs-bábi.ˈ ʾána bɛ̀ṯənˈ šə́mmət qáṣrən Qắṣar Hòzər-ile.ˈ ʾən-băyə̀tli,ˈ ʾáṯət tàma.ˈ ʾu-káze mxáya gu-rèše.ˈ ʾáyya zìlla.ˈ	A king would marry a girl everyday. In the morning he would get up and kill her. The minister searched and searched, but the girls had run out. Every day (he had killed) one and there were no more. The minister had a daughter. That daughter said to the minister, to her father, she said ‘Father, take me, I shall marry this king and rid you of this business’. She went off. She had a cat and she took it with her. She took the cat with her and married the king. He slept and she began to tell a story to the cat. She said to the cat, she said ‘Kitty, the night is long, I shall tell a story. Then, in the morning, the king will get up and kill me, since whenever he marries (a girl), he marries her in the evening and kills her in the morning. I know that the king will kill me in the morning. She said: There was, was there not, there was nothing greater than God—this story was (told) to the cat—there was a woman, who had a son called Karimaddin. Now, the father of this Karim died. (After) his father died, everyday the woman would beg to feed her son. She sent her son to school. Her son everyday in school would beat one child, take the bag of another, tear things. They sent for his mother and said ‘Talk to this son of yours and teach him not to behave like this. If he continues with this bad behaviour, we shall expell him from the school. He is annoying the children of the school’. She tried (to stop him and said) ‘Son, don’t do such a thing’. But they expelled him from the school. He remained in the neighbourhood. Every day in the neighbourhood he would steal the chicken of one person, then go (and steal) the fruit of another. He wrought havoc in the neighbourhood. He burnt the neigh-bourhood, so delinquent was he. They said ‘That boy is an orphan. Should we beat him? He does not have a father. What shall we do with him?’ There was a man who was clever. He called him and said ‘Karim!’ He said ‘What?’ Karimaddin said ‘What?’ He said ‘We shall buy a donkey for you. Come with us every day to the mountains to gather wood and sell it for your mother. Everyday you will make a living by a bundle of wood’. He said ‘Why not?’ He said ‘This is a good deal, by God’. The people of the neighbourhood collected money and bought a donkey. They arranged a cloth on the back of the donkey and gave him an axe. They took him with them everyday up into the mountains. They would take him up into the mountains and he made one or two loads of wood. Then he would come back and sell them for himself and his mother. They would eat bread by this wood. One day they went out from the village and went up into the mountains. They arrived at some mountain caves, or the like. There was heavy rain, a lot of rain. What did they do? They all went into a cave. They said ‘Let the rain stop’. They entered a cave. The young boy, poor thing, took the axe with him, the axe, and went into another cave. He sat like this, striking the axe, and a lid appeared, a handle, a piece of iron, a large stone with an iron handle on it. He ran to those people (saying) ‘Come! Come! I have found a treasure’. Now look (how stupid he was telling others)! They said ‘This Karimaddin wants to trick us even here. What treasure have you found?’ He said ‘Come and see’. They went and saw that it was true, there was a stone like this, with a handle of iron in it. They applied force and eventually removed it, revealing a conduit, full to the brim with honey, full to the brim with honey’. They said ‘So, Karimaddin, what shall we do?’ They all (said) ‘What shall we do?’ He said ‘Let’s go down and fetch water-skins’. He said ‘Let’s go down and sell this honey and make some money, then divide it among ourselves’. All day they continue to draw out that honey, until evening. In the evening two men went down and, as they were coming up again, they said ‘Why are we so happy about this honey? Karim will go down and say “I found this honey, it is mine”. We shall receive wages from him’. The other said ‘It is easy. This Karim has no father and has no mother. We shall say “Come Karim, go down into this conduit. Take out the honey that is left”. Then we shall go down and share the money among us’. He said ‘When he goes down there, we shall throw the rope onto his head and shall put this cover over the opening of the cave. Then we shall take down to his mother this donkey blanket’. He said ‘We shall daub the donkey blanket with blood and say “Karim went after his donkey, to fetch his donkey, and wolves came into a valley and ate him and his donkey. We did not find anything except these. We found only these clothes of his” ’. He said ‘By God, that’s a good idea!’ They went up there and said ‘Karim’. He said ‘What is it?’ ‘We are fed up. Come and go down into this conduit. Put the honey that is left into these skins. We shall go down (the mountain) when we have made good money and we shall share it among ourselves in fellowship’. The poor young boy did not know what (was happening). He said ‘All right, all right’. He went down into the conduit. He put all the honey that was left into the skins and they pulled them up. They said ‘Is it finished?’ He said ‘It is finished’. They said ‘Stay where you are’ and they threw the rope onto his head. They pulled the stone over him then put some manure over it, sheep’s manure. They went and killed the donkey. The jacket of the Karimaddin had remained outside. They daubed it in blood and the like, then went down to his mother, went down, sad, to her house. They went down and his mother came. She waited and waited, but her son did not come. She went (and asked) ‘Where is he, for God’s sake?! Where is my son?!’ They said ‘Well, we wanted to come back, but we could not come back to tell you. Your son’s donkey went into a valley and your son went to fetch it. Wolves came and attacked him and his donkey and ate him. We only found this sign of him’. The poor woman began to beat (herself ) and put ash on her head. Her son had gone! They divided the money among them and went on their way. Now what should I tell you about? I shall tell you about Karimaddin. The poor Karimaddin went down into that thing. He said ‘Oh Lord God’, he said complaining to God ‘Oh God, why was I born? You have taken my father (and I am) an orphan. I did not tell you to show me a treasure, but you showed this treasure to me. You have put me in this hole, but what have I done? I did not do evil or good to anybody’. He was only a young boy. He sat there thinking. The poor thing became hungry. He ate some of the honey. He became thirsty for water, but there was not a drop of water. He remained there until the morning. Day came and he was still searching about, when he saw a small ray of light. He said ‘By God, there is a small chink of light here. It must be something’. (He was) a young boy, you see, and he had a knife with him, (and had also) the axe. He scraped the honey with the knife, digging, digging and digging. He came out into a corridor. He said ‘I am finished (so I have nothing to lose). I shall go along this corridor and see where it leads to’. He went a long way along the corridor and came to a door. He came to a door and saw that the door was of wood and had a lock of silver with a silver key on it. It was not gold. He opened it and he came out into another world, with a blue sun and a blue land. He said ‘Oh Lord God, what is this? I’m finished’. He went along—how thirsty he was, poor boy—and saw blueness. He went down and saw a tree. He ran to the tree and saw some water there. He sat down and drank the water, washed his face and prayed to his God. The young boy, poor thing, went to sleep there. He went to sleep, then woke up and said ‘I’ll just walk and let’s see where I come to’. As he was going along he suddenly saw from afar something white in the blueness. He went and came close to it. He saw a very large palace. He went and knocked on the door. There was nobody. He said ‘By God, I’m done for, so I shall go in and see what there is there’. He went in and saw that all kinds of food were cooked and made ready there and warm, but nobody was there. He served it out and ate. He went into another room, a large one, with some chairs on one side and some on the other, and a sofa placed over there. They were all decorated with precious stones (inlaid) in them. He approached and sat there, then went to sleep. He went to sleep, then woke up, but what (a surprise when) he woke! There were snakes, each bigger than the other with its mouth open towards him. He said ‘Your name be praised, God!’ His heart burst (in fear). Then he saw a snake come, as if flying. He heard its voice, it came and entered through the door. He saw a gold tray on which there was a small snake with the head of a man and the body of a snake. One of the large snakes went and took the tray and brought it. He came up and put it next to Karimaddin. He went and delivered it and sat down again. The snake said to Karimaddin ‘Karimaddin, welcome! Today you are my guest. Do not be afraid. Sit and rest’. The poor boy sat down and felt comfortable. They brought food and so forth. He sat down and ate everything in one go. She (the queen of the snakes) said ‘Karimaddin, tell me your story. From where have you come here and how have you come?’ Queen, may you be well, my story is very long. I cannot tell you all of it’. She said ‘The night is long. Tell me your story. How did you come here?’ He told her ‘(It is because of ) the injustice of mankind. Mankind has wronged me. I was doing good and today I have come here’. She said ‘Even me—this head of mine will be cut off by your hands’. He said ‘How could it be that I shall cut off your head?’ She said ‘I say that this head of mine will one day be cut off by your hands. You will cut off my head’. He said ‘Queen, may you be well, queen of the snakes’. He said ‘You have saved me from death. I shall put the knife to my neck, I shall not put it to your neck. I shall cut off my head. I shall not cut off your head’. She said ‘I have said so. Sit down and I shall tell you a story then’. She said ‘I also want to tell you a story of mine’. He said ‘Please go ahead, queen’. The story goes: There was, was there not—she said—there was a king of Yemen. He had a son who was an only child. He and his son together with two ministers went out hunt-ing. They went out hunting, they went along for a while and then they saw a gazelle on the plain. They ran after the gazelle. The gazelle ran and ran and ran. It went down to the shore of the sea. There was a small boat there. It went into that boat. Then they arrived there, by the shore of the sea. The son of the king went down. The son of the king and the two ministers went down to catch the gazelle (and take it) from that small boat. But suddenly the boat sailed off. It went into the sea. They travelled and travelled and travelled, they sailed on the sea. They remained with it. They caught the gazelle and slaughtered it. They were hungry. They ate it, they ate the meat and drank the water of the sea. The boat went along and reached another island, then came to rest. It was a very beautiful island, with trees and the like in it. It came to rest on the shore of the island. Then they got up and alighted from the boat. They tied their boat there to a tree. They said ‘Let us go into the interior’. The son of the king said to the ministers ‘Go into the island and see what you can see’. They went off for a short while then returned. They came back and said ‘We are afraid. We dare not enter (the island)’. They said ‘You also come with us’. He also got up and the three of them went and entered the island. They went and walked around for a long time but did not see a single person. The island contained all the fruits of the world. They went along and then, from afar, they saw something white. They came near to it and (saw that) it was a house, a very beautiful palace.—She said ‘Are you listening Karimaddin?’ He said ‘Yes’. She said—They went into that palace. They went in and saw food, tables, everything arranged, but there was nobody. Now, they ate and drank, the son of the king sitting on the throne, one minister sitting on a chair and one on another chair, then they went to sleep, since they were very tired. Then they woke up, but what (a surprise when) they woke up, there was the sound of monkeys crying, wailing, as monkeys do, jumping on the trees, playing. He looked and saw that thousands of monkeys had appeared there. The ministers drew their sword as well as their bow and arrow, intending to strike the monkeys. He said ‘You may kill one, you may kill two, but what will we do with (all the rest of ) them? If we fight with them they will kill us’. He said ‘Wait and let’s see what happens’. Then a large monkey came, one of those big gorillas. It came and opened the door. It came in and went up to the king and bowed to the king. It said ‘King, may you be well, you have now become our king, the king of the monkeys’. He said ‘How have I become the king of the monkeys?’ ‘It is as King Solomon has written’. It said ‘King Solomon wrote and said “Whichever person comes to the island first, he will be your king”. Now you are our king. Give us an order for us to celebrate’. Now, there was no sleep until dawn. There was dancing, eating and drinking. ‘Announce to the monkeys that they may do whatever they want’. He gave word to the monkeys and then they became very happy. They remained there. ‘What shall we do? What shall we do?’ The king said to the monkey, the leader of the monkeys, he said ‘I want to see my land, (to see) how big my country is. He said ‘I want to go around my land to see it’. The next day he gathered the monkeys together and toured around. They arrived at a mountain and he saw dead wolves and monkeys there. He said ‘What are these?’ He (the monkey) said ‘Our border is here. From here to yonder mountain is the land of the wolves’. He said ‘There is constant warfare between us and these wolves’. He (the king’s son) said ‘Now, when you go up, where is the border of the monkeys?’ He said ‘The border of the monkeys is the top of the mountain there. There King Solomon has written a monument’. He said ‘From here onwards is the valley of the ants’. He said ‘Everything that enters this valley will be eaten by the ants’. He said ‘If you go onwards from there, you will reach a river, except that it dries up on Saturdays. Every Saturday there is no water in the river. On the other side of the river there is a village of Jews’. It (the monument) said ‘This road goes as far as there’. He said ‘Fine. He toured about and came back in the evening’. He spoke with his ministers and said ‘By this road we shall escape from here’. They said ‘How?’ He said ‘I shall tell these monkeys to gather together. We and these wolves shall fight. We shall fight with the wolves and reach the top of the mountain. We shall reach the top of the mountain and the valley of the ants’. He said ‘We shall go into that valley. Then we (shall take) our chance. If the ants eat us, they eat us. If we escape, we escape’. The next day he called the leader of the monkeys and said ‘I want to attack these wolves’. He said ‘How?’ He said ‘I see that they are eating and killing the monkeys, my people, is that not so? Let us fight them and I shall take the land from them’. He said ‘Give notice to the monkeys and let all our forces come here’. He gave notice to the monkeys and the monkeys gathered in thousands.—Who is telling this? The queen of the snakes to Karimaddin. She said ‘Are you listening Karimaddin? He said ‘Yes’.—Now, the forces of the monkeys came the next day and they set off. Also the king (of the monkeys, that is) the son of the king and his ministers took their sword together with their bow and arrow and set out to fight the monkeys. They fought and fought and blood flowed into the valleys. After a time the wolves were defeated. After they had defeated them, they went up into the mountain. They found there an inscribed monument, which King Solomon had written: ‘Thus far is the land of the wolves. From here onwards is the valley of the ants. Every man who enters, every living creature that enters in this valley will be eaten by the ants’. He said ‘Fine’. He called the leader of the monkeys. He said ‘Let everybody sleep. You all sleep and we shall be the guards, since you are very tired’. All the monkeys slept, then they got up and stole away and went into the valley of the ants. After a while the monkeys woke up, but they (the others) were not there. They called their leader and said ‘They are not here, they have fled’. He said ‘Follow after them! Wherever you find them, kill them!’ The monkeys went into the valley of the ants. The ants began fighting, some large ants that were there. One of the ministers was eaten by the ants, one minister. The son of the king and one minister remained. They went along and arrived at the river. It was not Saturday and it was flowing in force. They threw themselves into the river. The other minister disappeared in the water and was drowned. Only the son of the king escaped. The son of the king escaped to the other side of the river. He went along slowly and entered the village. He knocked on a door and (the occupier of the house) spoke to him and said ‘What do you want? Where have you come from? What is (your) story?’ He said ‘By God, my story is very long. If you look after me, I shall become a servant in your house’. He said ‘Fine’. He went in. He said ‘It is Sabbath’. He said ‘The food is over there. If you want to eat, eat! You are hungry. Drink some water. I shall not touch anything’. This is because Jews on the Saturday do not work. Now he was hungry, the poor man. He put out some food and ate. He sat down. Evening came and he said ‘Now, tell me, tell me what your story is’. He said ‘By God, I am the son of the king of Yemen. My story is such-and-such’. ‘Ah’, he said ‘the merchants of your father have just departed from here, from this village. The merchants of your father come here every three years’. He said ‘Stay with me here and I shall look after you until the merchants of your father come here again and I can hand you over to your father, because your father is a good man, he is our friend’. The young man was happy. He (the Jew) said ‘You shall not do anything. Every day go out and wander about and then in the evening come back home’. Every day he went out and wandered about in the village, for one day, two, three. One day he heard a man ‘Hey, who will become my servant, from morning until evening, for twenty-four hours? Let him come and I shall give him one hundred gold coins and at night I shall give him also a woman, a maidservant’. He said ‘By God, that is a good deal!’ From morning until evening (for a hundred gold coins)—a hundred gold coins at that time were indeed not a small amount. He went and said ‘I shall be (your servant)’. He saw him and said ‘No, it is a pity for you (to do so), you are a young man. I do not want (to accept). Go and ask your father’. He said ‘What is the matter with you? I shall become (your servant)’. ‘Take those hundred gold coins to your father and come here’. He took the gold coins and went back to the man with whom he was staying. He said ‘Well, do not ask me about those hundred gold coins (that I have brought). I shall go and come back in the evening’. He said ‘Don’t go, man. He will eventually destroy you’. He said ‘I shall go’. He went up to that man and evening (came). Morning came. He got up in the morning. He said ‘I say to you this: you must do everything that I tell you’. He said ‘Fine’. He took a horse. He took another knife with him and went off. He went a long way (and came) to some very high mountains. He said ‘Get off the back of your horse!’ He got off ‘Kill the horse!’ He killed the horse. He said ‘Cut it from here downwards and throw away its neck, throw it away’. He said ‘Go into its torso, into the chest of this horse and sew it from inside. However much you hear a taq-taq-taq (noise), do not come out, until I say to you “Come out!”, then you come out’. He said ‘Fine’. So, he went down into that thing. It became rather hot during the day, then some birds known as _simarxa_ came. They struck the chest of the horse (with their beaks). They took it up to the top of the mountain in order to eat it there. They continually made a taq-taq knocking noise, taq-taq, once, then twice, then he became fed up. He struck the knife into the skin that he had sewn from inside and came out. When he came out, the _simarxa_ bird flew away. He realized that it had taken him onto the mountain. There was no road down. Then, the merchant who had given him money said ‘Throw me the stones that are there, then I shall show you the way down. If not, you will remain there, you will stay there and die like those who have already died there’. He said ‘Wander around there and you will see the bones of people who have died there. You also will die there’. He wandered around and saw the bones of people who had died there. He said ‘By God, he was right’. He began to throw some of the stones from the mountain, they were all diamonds. He threw and threw until evening. In the evening the merchant brought other people, servants, with him. They carried all those stones home and left him there. He remained there and said ‘What shall I do? What shall I do? Where can I go? There is no road, there is nothing’. It became dark and he slept there that night. The next day he got up and again wandered around. He said ‘I also shall remain here and die like these people have died’. He struck into the mountain and went off saying ‘Let’s see where I can go, where I shall come out’.—She said ‘Are you listening Karimaddin? He said ‘Yes’—Now, he went off, until he came to the mountain. He went a long way until he came across a small hut, a small house. Now, he made his way towards that house and knocked at the door. An old man came out, with a white beard. He saw him and said ‘Hey, man, how have you come here? From where have you come here?’ He said ‘By God, old man, my story is very long. Let me come in. Give me some water to drink, I am dying of hunger. May God give you (it in return). If you look after me and take pity on me, God will take pity on you’. He said ‘Yes, my son, yes my son, come into the house’. He brought water and he drank it. He gave him food and he ate it. He stayed with him. He told all his story to the old man. He said ‘What can I do for you? I myself am confused. I do not know where I am, I do not know where I am, nor do I know where I have come from’. He stayed there, one day, two, three. Now, there was a pool of water in front of the house. When that old man went down to clean around it, he went down to help the old man. He said ‘What is that?’ He said ‘I want to plant around it some flowers’. He said ‘In Spring some people come and swim in it’. He said ‘Who are those people? What are they?’ He said ‘I like you so I shall tell you’. He said ‘Three daughters of a king, from Qaṣr Hozər—it is called Qaṣr Hozər—put on the clothes of doves and come and sit on that tree. They go down and bathe in this water’. He said ‘Real girls?’ He said ‘Yes’. Now, everyday he would go down and plant flowers and water them. He looked after it (the pool) very well. The old man looked at him and saw that he was a very conscientious young man. He said ‘Since you have been doing such things, should I tell you what to do?’ He said ‘What?’ He said ‘You go and sit over there. They will go down and take off their doves’ clothes. See which one you like and take the clothes (belonging to her) and bring them to me, and all will be fine’. He went down. Every day he went down—he had made a place to hide in. One day he went down and heard (something) and saw that three doves had alighted there. They went down and settled on the ground. They slipped off their clothes and he saw (that they were) humans, who were talking. He noticed that the young one was very beautiful. They went down to swim. With a swift movement, he stole the clothes of the young one and ran. They began shouting ‘Hey man, hey man!’. He went to that old man. They put on their clothes and went to him, to that old man. They said ‘Dear old man, what is it? From where have you brought him here?’ He said ‘There is nothing the matter. There is nothing the matter. Now, he loves this young girl. If you promise to marry him, he will give back the clothes. If not, he will still give you the clothes, if you want them’. He went and brought the clothes and gave her clothes to her. They remained there with him. They went there for three days, but stayed three months, so much did they enjoy themselves with that young man. In the end, the old timer said to them ‘Your father is waiting for you now. He thinks you are lost. Go back to your father, then afterwards this sister of yours will come back (here)’. So, they went off to Qaṣr Hozər, to their father, the king. She (the young girl) said ‘The story is this. There is a young man. I have given him a promise and I must marry him, I must return there’. He said ‘My daughter, that’s fine. Go back!’ She put on those clothes of hers. He sent also some people to protect her, like eagles, but they were people wearing feathers. She went there. She stayed with him for some time. Then, one day, he went up onto the roof, a very high place. Sadness came upon him. He remembered the house of his father and his family. He fell and fainted. They searched for him but did not find him. Then they came across him and found that he had fainted and fallen. She asked him saying ‘Why? What is your story? Why are you like this?’ He said ‘By God, you do not see me (as I really am). I also am the son of a king and he is waiting for me to return. When my father dies, I shall be king in his place. Now I am lying here and I do not know where I am’. She said ‘It’s all right’. She said ‘I shall put on those doves’ clothes and tie you to my back, then fly off and take you to the land of your father, so long as you know the land, and do not take me to another strange land and make problems for us’. She said ‘Do you know it? If we go to the land of your father, will you recognize it?’ He said ‘Of course I shall recognize the land of my father. How could I not recognize it?’ She put on her clothes. They said to the old man ‘Farewell. We are going’. They kissed the old man, bid him farewell and she flew off. She travelled for one day, two days and then became tired and descended and rested somewhere. On the third or fourth day, as she was flying, he said ‘Stop, stop here. This is our land’. Where was it that he saw? He saw where he had sat in that small boat. (It was the place) in that boat, but there were guards of the king who were posted there. He (the king) said ‘You must find my son, perhaps he has drowned, perhaps his body has gone out into the sea. If somebody brings you word about my son—whoever brings me word about my son, whether he is dead or alive, I’ll give him half of my gold’. It is the king who is saying this. He (the king’s son) said ‘Stop, stop. Go down here. They went down there. Then they (the guards) looked and saw that the son of the king had come and that a girl was with him. The one who saw him ran, he had to tell the king. Another said ‘What is going on?’ He said ‘The son of the king has come’. While he was running the other took a kilo of gold in his hands and hit him (with it) on his head. He fell and the other ran off. They tried (to find out) what it was, but he did not reveal anything. He came to the king and said ‘King, your son has come’. The king fell down. He fainted, poor man, on account of his joy. Then he woke up again. His son had come back! He ran out to meet his son, together with a drum and pipe, since his son, the son of the king, had been lost for some time. He had brought a girl with him and he was very happy with that girl. He said to his son ‘How have you come?’ He said ‘By God, my story is very long but she is the one to thank. She had these clothes with which she flew and carried me on her back, and so on, and so on, and we came here’. He went and called the girl. He said ‘Come, you are now the queen. Tell me anything you want in the world and I shall do it for you’. She said ‘I do not want anything. I shall live like you. Only, build me a’—all their homes were tents, (they were) Arabs—she said ‘Build me a house, a tower, in the way that I like’. He said ‘Fine’. He built a tower for her. The young man, the son of the king thought and said ‘Perhaps a day will come when that girl will be angry with me, put on those clothes of hers and fly back to her father’s house. Who will take me there? How shall I know where she is?’ What did he do? He put her clothes in a box and placed it in the foundations of the house, then built a wall over it. She did not know, she was innocent, poor thing. After the house was finished, she went to find her clothes, but her clothes were not there. She could smell the scent of the clothes, she could smell it. She looked around for her clothes, but did not find them. Now, one day she went down into the basement. The scent of her clothes came to her. She said ‘They are there’. She searched and searched and searched for them. She knew where they were. She dug and brought out the box of clothes. One day she put on her clothes, flew up and sat on the roof. She called to her husband saying ‘I loved you and followed you, while not knowing that you would turn out to be treacherous to me, that you would put my clothes in the wall and build the wall over them. If you love me, you now can follow me. I am going to my father’s home. Our home, the name of our palace is Qaṣr Hozər. If you love me, go there. He tried (to supplicate with her) and beat his head, but she went off.

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xa-màlkaˈ kút-yum ḏà-brata gawə́rwa.ˈ mbádla qayə́mwa qaṭə̀lwala.ˈ wăzī̀rˈ xḏírre xḏìrre,ˈ bnáṯa prìqla.ˈ kút-yum ḏà,ˈ lìṯ.ˈ ʾáwwa wăzī́r ʾíṯwale ḏa-bràta.ˈ ʾa-bráta mə́ra ṭla-wằzir,ˈ ṭla-bába dìya,ˈ mə́ra bábi ʾána nàbəlliˈ gawrànne ʾáwwa málkaˈ mparqànnux m-áyya qə́ṣṣət.ˈ qìmtɛlaˈ ʾítwala ḏa-qàṭu,ˈ nubàltəlla mə́nna díya.ˈ nubáltəlla qáṭu mə́nna dìya,ˈ gwìrtəlle málka.ˈ ʾaw-dmìxɛle,ˈ píštɛla mtanóye ḏa-qə̀ṣṣətˈ ṭla-qàṭu.ˈ mə́ra ṭla-d-à-qaṭuˈ mə̀raˈ qáṭu lɛ́le rìxɛleˈ mtányən ḏa-qə̀ṣṣət.ˈ ʾɛ́-dana mbádla qáyəm málka qaṭə̀lli.ˈ sab-kəmà-ṱ-ile gwára,ˈ ʾaṣə́rta gawə̀rraˈ mbádla qaṭə̀lla.ˈ yăḏána mbádla qaṭə́lli ʾaw-màlka.ˈ mə́ra ʾíṯwa lìṯwa,ˈ biš-m-álaha góṛa čú-məndi lìṯwa.ˈ … ʾáyya tuníṯa ṭla-qàṭuˈ … mára ʾíṯwa xá bàxta,ˈ ʾìtwalaˈ xa-bróna šə́mme díye Kărī̀m-addīn.ˈ mára ʾàwwa,ˈ ʾó Kărī̀m,ˈ bábe mìtle.ˈ bábe díye mìtle,ˈ ʾáyya bàxtaˈ kùt-yumˈ goyàwa,ˈ maxláwa ṭla-bróna dìya.ˈ qímla mšodə́rra brōn-díya mədràsa.ˈ bróna díya gu-mədrása kút-yum y-awéwa mxáya l-aw-yàla,ˈ šqála čánta d-àwwa,ˈ sràṭa məndiyáne.ˈ mšodə́rra bàrˈ yə́mme dìye,ˈ mə́ra mùrreˈ ʾáwwa brònəxˈ màləpleˈ là-ʾawəḏ hátxa.ˈ ʾən-ʾáwəḏ hàtxa,ˈ lɛ̀la spáy,ˈ ṭarḏə́xle m-mədràsa.ˈ hóle masqóḏe yálət mədràsa.ˈ kízla bróni lá-wuḏ hátxa mə̀ndi.ˈ qɛ́mi ṭarḏìle m-mədrása.ˈ píšle gu-măḥàlle.ˈ gu-măḥàll-žiˈ kút-yum gánu kṯɛ́ṯa d-àwwa,ˈ ʾɛ́-ga y-azə́lwa féka d-ăwàha.ˈ y-áwəḏwa xràwe gu-măḥálle.ˈ qəm-maqə̀dla măḥálle,ˈ ma-t-wéwa šumàna.ˈ mára ʾo-yála yatùmɛle.ˈ de-maxə̀xle?ˈ bába lìtle.ˈ mò-ʾoḏəx bíye díye?ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-honàna-wewa.ˈ qəm-qarèle,ˈ mə́re Kărī̀m!ˈ mə́re mò?ˈ Kărīm-addīn mə́re mòdi?ˈ mə́re zonə́xxux xa-xmàra.ˈ ṱ-áṯət mə̀nnənˈ kút-yum l-ṭùraˈ ṱ-óḏəx qɛ̀seˈ mzàbənna ṭla-yə́mmux.ˈ kút-yum xá-ṭena qɛ́sa xăyítu bìye.ˈ mə́re qà-mo lá?ˈ mə́re ʾáyya b-álaha xòš-məndila.ˈ qímela nášət maḥàlleˈ júmyela zùze.ˈ zwínela xa-xmàra.ˈ mtúrṣəlle qurṭànaˈ xaṣə-xmàra.ˈ yíwəlle xa-nằra.ˈ nablìwale,ˈ kút-yum y-asə́qwa mənnáy l-ṭùra.ˈ masqíwale l-ṭùra,ˈ y-áwəḏ xà-ṭena,ˈ trè-ṭene qɛ́se,ˈ y-áṯe mzabə́nwa ṭla-d-àw-u yə́mme díye.ˈ y-axlíwa lə́xma bə̀d-an qɛ́se.ˈ xa-yóma plíṭela m-máṯa y-asqíwa l-ṭùra.ˈ mə́ṭyela gu-xá … ʾax-ṭuràne,ˈ gə́ppe məndiyàne.ˈ wéla mə́ṭra xɛlàntaˈ mə́ṭra mə̀ṭra.ˈ ʾáni-ži mòdila wíḏe?ˈ qìmelaˈ kúlla wíre gu-xa-gə̀ppa.ˈ mə́ra kálya mə̀ṭra.ˈ wíre gu-xa-gə̀ppa.ˈ ʾo-yála zóra žàre,ˈ šqíla ʾaw-nằre mə́nne díye,ˈ nằra,ˈ zíla gu-xa-gə́ppa xèna.ˈ tíwa hàtxa,ˈ mxáyəlle nằra,ˈ plíṭle xa-qə̀rša,ˈ xa-ʾìḏa,ˈ xa-prə̀zla,ˈ xa-képa gòṛa,ˈ xa-yáddət prə̀zla bíye díye.ˈ ʾu-ríqɛle zíla kəs-d-àn-našeˈ háyyo hàyyo!ˈ xzéli xăzìna!ˈ də-xzì!ˈ mə́ra ʾáp-ʾaxxa bắye ṱ-awə́dlən zṓj ʾáwwa Kărīm-addī̀n.ˈ yà-xăzina xzélux?ˈ mə́re də-háyyo xzò.ˈ qímela zíle xə́zye ʾína dū̀sˈ xa-képa hàtxaˈ ʾu-ḏa-yàdde gáwe díye,ˈ t-prə̀zla.ˈ dári xɛ̀laˈ di-di-dí šaqlìle,ˈ ʾína xa-balúʿa mə́ḷya hal-pə́mma díya dùša,ˈ hal-pə́mma díya mə́ḷya dùša.ˈ mə́ra hà-Kărīmˈ mò-ṱ-oḏəx?ˈ mò-ṱ-oḏəx?ˈ ʾáni kúlla mò-ṱ-oḏəx.ˈ mə́re ṣáləx šáqləx zə̀qqe.ˈ mə́re ʾáwwa dúša ṣáləx mzabnə̀xxe,ˈ ṱ-óḏəx zùze,ˈ pălə̀xxa b-ġḏáḏe.ˈ píšla béna gráša kúllət yóma mən-d-o-dùšaˈ hál ʾaṣə̀rta.ˈ ʾaṣə̀rtaˈ tre-ṣléla sàqɛwaˈ mə́ra ga-mo-xə̀ḏye b-áwwa dúša?ˈ ʾáwwa dúša ṣále Kărī́m ṱ-ámər ʾànən xə́zyəlle,ˈ dìyile.ˈ ʾáxni šáqləx ḥáqqət ʾəjàra mə́nne díye.ˈ ʾo-xéna mə́re senàyila.ˈ ʾáwwa Kărī̀m,ˈ la-bàba ʾítle,ˈ la-yə̀mma ʾítle.ˈ ṱ-ámrəx háyyo ṣlí Kărī́m ʾáti gu-d-áwwa balùʿa.ˈ páləṭle ʾaw-dúša ṱ-íle pyàša.ˈ ʾu-ṣáləx ʾánna zúze pălə́xxa b-ġḏàḏe.ˈ mə́re ʾaw-ṣále táma mrapə́xle xáwla b-réše dìyeˈ ʾu-ʾáyya qăpáxta mattə́xxa rəš-d-o-tắrət gə̀ppa.ˈ ʾu-mṣáləx ṭla-yə́mme díye ʾáwwa qurṭánət xmàra.ˈ mə́re ṭɛšə́xle qurṭánət xmára də̀mma.ˈ ṱ-àmrəxˈ Kắrīm zìlle bar-xmáre díyeˈ ṭla-mɛṯéwa xmáre dìye,ˈ ʾə́ṯyela déwe gu-ḏa-lawùrtaˈ xíləlle ʾàw-u xmáre díye.ˈ ʾu-làx-xəzye čú-məndi šuq-mən-d-ánna.ˈ ʾánna júlle dìye xə́zye bás.ˈ mə́re b-álaha xòš-məndila!ˈ síqela tàmaˈ mə́ra Kằrīmˈ mə́re mòdi?ˈ ʾáxni sqìdlən.ˈ háyyo ṣlí gu-d-áwwa balùʿaˈ ʾo-dúša ṱ-íle pyáša tàmaˈ dríle gu-d-ánna gùḏeˈ ʾu-ṣáləx xòš-zuzəx wíḏe,ˈ pălə́xla kùllaˈ b-ġḏáḏe b-xonùṯa.ˈ ʾáwwa məskéna žàre,ˈ yála zòra,ˈ lɛ̀ḏe módiˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf,ˈ ma-yxàləf.ˈ ṣlàyɛle.ˈ ṣléle gu-d-o-balùʿa.ˈ ʾáwwa dúša t-wéwa pyàšaˈ kúlla qəm-daréle gu-d-an-guḏanyàṯaˈ ʾu-grìšla.ˈ mə́ra prìqle?ˈ mə́re prìqle.ˈ mə́ra de-puš-šòpux!ˈ mrapíle xáwla b-réše dìye.ˈ párša gríšla b-rèše.ˈ də́ryɛla xáčča mən-d-a-purta b-rèšeˈ purtət ʾə̀rbe.ˈ zílla xmára qəm-qaṭlìle.ˈ ʾu-ʾáwwa jắket d-o-Kărīm-addī̀n,ˈ píštɛwa wằdər,ˈ ʾáp-ay ṭɛšíla də̀mmaˈ ʾu-məndiyàne,ˈ ʾu-ṣléla ṭla-yə́mme dìye,ˈ ṣléla xaššàne l-bɛ́ṯa.ˈ ṣlèlaˈ yə́mme díye ṯèla,ˈ spírra spìrraˈ bróna díya là ṯéle.ˈ zílla kɛ̀le xáṭər ʾaláha?! kɛ̀le bróni?! mə́ra yába ʾáxni băyə́xwa ṱ-aṯə̀xwa.ˈ xu-làn-mṣaya ṱ-aṯə́xwa ṱ-amrə́xwaləx.ˈ brònəx,ˈ ʾáwwa xmáre díye zílle gu-ḏà lawúrta,ˈ ʾu-brónəx zílle ṭla-mɛṯèwale.ˈ ʾə́ṯye xakma-dèwe,ˈ mə̀xyəlleˈ ʾáw ʾu-xmáre dìyeˈ ʾu-xìləlle.ˈ ʾàxči xə́zyəx ʾáwwa mə́ndi nišánqe díye.ˈ ʾáyya məškə́nta píštɛla mxàyaˈ dráya qə́ṭma gu-réša dìya.ˈ bróna díya zìlle!ˈ ʾu-ʾan-zúze plìla b-ġḏáḏe.ˈ zìlla.ˈ díya m-ɛ́ka mtannɛ̀xu?ˈ mtannɛ́xu mən-Kărīm-addī̀n.ˈ ʾó Kărīm-addī́n məskènaˈ ṣléle táma gu-d-o-hə̀nna.ˈ mə́re yá-marya ʾàlahaˈ mə́re ga-mùˈ qwála ṭla-ʾalàha,ˈ ya-ʾàlahaˈ mə́re ʾána bə̀ryən?ˈ bábi šqìlətle,ˈ mìṯa,ˈ yatùma.ˈ xu-lanwa-mírəllux maxzə́tli xăzìna.ˈ muxzélux ʾáwwa xăzìna-ʾəlli.ˈ qəm-darə́tli gu-d-áwwa qùnya.ˈ ʾu-ʾána mù-n wíḏa?ˈ ʾána lànwa wíḏaˈ là xərbayúṯaˈ là spayúṯa ṭla-čú-naša.ˈ har-yála zòrɛwa.ˈ tíwa táma mtaxmòne.ˈ kpìnne žáre.ˈ xílle xáčca mən-d-o-dùša.ˈ ṣéle mìya,ˈ xa-ṭəppíṯa míya lìṯ.ˈ píšle hál gu-mbadlàṯa táma.ˈ píšle yòmaˈ hár-wewa xḏàra,ˈ xzéle xa-bəṣlíṣa zòra,ˈ bèṛa,ˈ pùrya.ˈ mə́re b-álaha hóle xa-púrya láxxa zòraˈ ʾáw har-xá-mdi ʾìle.ˈ yála zòraˈ xzi-mə̀ndiˈ ʾíṯwa skìnta mə́nneˈ ʾo-nằra mə́nne díye.ˈ ʾa-skínta t-wéwa gráḏa dúša bìya,ˈ xpírre, xpírre, xpìrre.ˈ plíṭle gu-xa-dahlī̀z.ˈ mə́re ʾána zála har-zílən bìya,ˈ bṱ-ázən b-d-aw-dahlíz xázən hal-ʾɛ̀ka máṭe.ˈ zílle, zílle, zìlleˈ gu-d-a-dahlíz ṯèleˈ l-xa-tằra.ˈ ṯéle l-xa-tắra ʾu-xzéle ʾína tằraˈ b-qɛ̀saˈ xa-kilònˈ sèma-wˈ qḏílə séma b-rèše.ˈ lɛ́le dàwa.ˈ pṯìxəlle,ˈ ʾáwwa plíṭɛle gu-ḏa-dúnye xèta,ˈ šə́mša milànta,ˈ ʾắra milànta.ˈ mə́re ya-márya ʾàlahaˈ ʾáyya mòdila?ˈ ʾána zála har-zìlən bíya!ˈ zíla zìla,ˈ ma-ṱ-ìle ṣíya míya məškéna,ˈ xzéle milanùṯa.ˈ ṣále xə́zya ḏa-ʾilàna,ˈ ríqle kəs-d-à ʾilánaˈ ʾu-xzéle xáčča mìya táma.ˈ tíwɛle šə́tya mìya,ˈ mxúlla páṯe dìye,ˈ mṣúlya ṭla-ʾálahe dìye.ˈ yála zòra,ˈ məskéna dmìxɛle táma.ˈ dmìxɛle,ˈ xá-ga xéta ṛìšɛleˈ mə́re har-ṱ-àzenaˈ xázəx ʾɛ́ka màṭən.ˈ zàlɛwa,ˈ xá-bena xzéle m-rə́ḥqa xá-mdi xwàraˈ gu-d-á milanùṯa.ˈ zílɛle mə̀ṭyaˈ qúrbe dìye.ˈ xzéle xa-qáṣra ràba góṛa.ˈ zílɛle mə́xya tằra.ˈ čú-naša lìṯ.ˈ mə́re b-àlahaˈ ʾána har-ʾa-díyi zála xìšta,ˈ ṱ-órən xázən mò ʾíṯ láxxa.ˈ wíra xə́zya ʾína kúl-xa mɛxólta hóla mbušle wíḏe hàzər,ˈ šaxìnta,ˈ čù-naša líṯ.ˈ də̀ryɛleˈ xìlɛle.ˈ wírɛle gu-xà-ʾotəx xétaˈ gòṛtaˈ hóla xákma kursăwàṯaˈ m-ày-gotaˈ xákma m-ày-gota,ˈ ḏa-qănắpa muttɛ́ṯa tămàha.ˈ kúlla mtúrṣe b-képe ṭemàne gáwa.ˈ ʾáwwa-ži síqɛle tíwa tàmaˈ ʾu-dmìxɛle.ˈ dmíxɛle xá-bena ṛàyəšˈ ʾina mò ṛáyəš!ˈ hòlaˈ kút xùwweˈ ʾáwwa la-ʾàwwaˈ púmme díye pṯíxəlle ʾə́lle díye tàma.ˈ ʾaw-mə́re škíra šə́mmux ʾalàha!ˈ lə́bbe díye pqìle.ˈ mára xa-béna xə́zya ʾə́ṯyɛle xa-xùwweˈ ʾax-pràxa.ˈ šmíle qàleˈ ṯéle wírre gu-tằra.ˈ ʾína xa-senìyeˈ dáwa xaṣe-díye xá-xuwwe zòra,ˈ réšət nàšaˈ ʾu-gánət xùwwe,ˈ gu-d-à seníye.ˈ xá mən-xúwwe gòṛeˈ zílɛle šqíla senìyeˈ mùṯyəlla.ˈ síqa sìqaˈ múttəlla kəs-d-ó Kărīm-addī̀n.ˈ ʾáwwa zíla híwəlla tíwa tàma.ˈ ʾo-xúwwe ʾámər ṭla-Kărīm-addī̀nˈ Kărīm-addī̀n,ˈ b-šɛ̀na ṯélux!ˈ ʾə́dyo ʾàrxi-wətˈ ʾu-là-zădət.ˈ tu-mànyəx.ˈ tìwɛle ʾáp-ʾaw məskèna,ˈ píšɛle ràḥat.ˈ moṯéla mɛxòlta,ˈ moṯéla mə̀ndi,ˈ tíwɛle xílle kul-xá-məndi m-ġḏàḏe.ˈ mə́ra Kărīm-addī̀nˈ ʾáti múrri qə̀ṣṣət díyux.ˈ m-ɛ̀kət ʾə́ṯya láxxaˈ ʾu-dàx-it ʾə́ṯya?ˈ malə́kṯa ṱ-óyət basìmta.ˈ mə́re ʾána qə́ṣṣət-diyi ràba ríxtɛla.ˈ lá-mṣən mtanə́nnəx kùlla.ˈ mə́ra lɛ́le rìxɛle.ˈ mtáni qə́ṣṣət dìyux.ˈ dàx-it ʾə́ṯya láxxa?ˈ mtunyàleˈ mə̀reˈ zlúmyət bəṛ-našùṯa.ˈ bəṛ-našùṯaˈ zlìməlli.ˈ ʾána spayùṯən wáḏa,ˈ ʾu-ʾə́dyo mṭéli ʾána làxxa.ˈ mə́ra ʾáp-ʾana ʾáwwa rèšiˈ ṱ-áṯe práma bəd-ʾiṯàṯux.ˈ mə́re dàxi ṱ-óyaˈ ʾána parmə́nne rèšəx?ˈ mə́ra ʾána hon-màraˈ ʾáwwa rèšiˈ ṱ-áṯe xá-yoma pràmaˈ bəd-ʾiṯáṯa dìyux.ˈ ʾàti parmə́tle réši.ˈ mə́re malə̀kṯa ṱ-óyət basímta,ˈ malə́kṯət xuwwăwàṯa,ˈ mə̀reˈ ʾáti qəm-xalṣàtliˈ mən-d-áwwa mòṯa.ˈ ʾána skínta mattə́nna l-qḏàliˈ ʾu-lá mattə́nna l-qḏàləx.ˈ réši parmə̀nneˈ ʾu-réšəx là parmə́nne.ˈ mə́ra ʾána mə̀ri hátxaˈ de-tú mtanə̀nnux ʾɛ́-ga.ˈ mə́ra ʾáp-ʾana bắyən mtanə́nnux ḏa-qə̀ṣṣətˈ dìyi.ˈ mə́re de-pàqəḏ malə́kṯa.ˈ màraˈ ʾíṯwa lìṯwaˈ mə́ra ʾíṯwa xa-málka t-Yằman.ˈ ʾítwale xa-brònaˈ yăk̭àna-wewa.ˈ ʾu-qíme ʾáw ʾu-brōn-díye ʾu-tre-wăzíre plíṭe ṣɛ̀da.ˈ plíṭela ṣɛ̀da,ˈ zìlelaˈ ʾu-xa-béna xzéla xa-xăzălìyaˈ gu-dàštaˈ ʾu-rìqla bar-xăzălíya.ˈ hal-xăzălíya ríqtɛla ríqtɛla rìqta.ˈ ṣlíṯɛla l-márzət yàma.ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-bắlam zúrta tàma.ˈ wìrta gu-d-a-bắlam.ˈ xárṯa ʾáni mə́ṭyela tàmaˈ l-márzət yàma.ˈ ṣə́lyɛle ʾo-brónət màlka.ˈ brónət málka ʾu-ʾán-tre wăzíre ṣə́lyela ta-t-dóqi xăzălíya m-gu-d-a-gáni zùrta.ˈ ʾu-xa-bènaˈ gáni ṭrìṯɛla.ˈ wírtɛla gu-yàma.ˈ xíšla-w xíšla-w xìšla,ˈ ṭə̀ryela gu-yáma.ˈ píšla ʾap-ʾáni mə̀nna,ˈ qɛ́mi doqíla xăzălíya pɛrmìla.ˈ kpìnna.ˈ qəm-axlìla-wˈ xìlla ʾo-bə́sraˈ ʾu-štéla m-an-míyət bằḥar.ˈ zìltɛla,ˈ mṭíṯa l-xa-jăzíra xètaˈ ʾa-bằlam,ˈ klìṯɛla.ˈ ʾína xa-jăzìraˈ rába šapìrta,ˈ ʾiláne məndiyáne gáwa dìya.ˈ klíṯa l-márzə d-a-jăzìra.ˈ xárṯa qímela ṣə́lyela mən-d-a-bằlam.ˈ síṛela bắlam diyéy táma b-ḏà ʾilána.ˈ mə́ra dé ṱ-órəx gu-d-àyya.ˈ bronət-málka mə́re ta-d-an-wăzìreˈ wúru gu-d-ay-jăzíra xzo-mò xazítu.ˈ ʾáni xíšela xáčča ʾu-dìṛe.ˈ ʾə́ṯye mə̀raˈ zdàləx,ˈ la-ṣábrəx ṱ-òrəx.ˈ mə́ra háyyo ʾap-ʾáti mə̀nnən.ˈ ʾáp-aw qìmaˈ ṭḷáṯna zíle wíre gu-d-a-jăzìra.ˈ zìlla,ˈ xḏírra xḏírra xa-bəṛ-náša lɛ̀la xzáya.ˈ ʾína ʾa-jăzíra kul-fékət dùnye hóla gáwa.ˈ zìlla,ˈ xárṯa m-rə́ḥqa xzéla xa-mə́ndi xwàra.ˈ qrúla qrúla kə́sle dìyeˈ ʾína xa-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ xa-qáṣra rába šapìra.ˈ mə́ra mašmòyət Karīm-addī́n?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ mə́ra qímela wíre gu-d-o-qàṣra.ˈ wíre xə́zye mɛxòlta-wˈ mezăwàṯaˈ ʾu-kúl-məndi ḥasb-əl-ʾuṣū̀lˈ ʾína bəṛ-náša lìṯ.ˈ mára xílela šə́tyela mára brōn-málka tíwɛle l-d-a-tàxta.ˈ ʾu-xá-wăzir díye rəš-d-áwwa-kursaˈ xa-rəš-d-ăwàha,ˈ ʾu-ṭə̀lyelaˈ ma-t-wáwa kčìxe.ˈ mára xa-béna ṛɛ̀šiˈ ʾína mò-ṛɛšiˈ qálət maymùneˈ ṣràxa,ˈ mčalwòle.ˈ dax-ṱ-ìla maymúne,ˈ šwárɛla l-ʾiláne mṭawòle.ˈ máttu bàla,ˈ ʾína ʾalpàye maymúne píše táma.ˈ ʾan-wăzíre gríšela sɛ́pa-w qə́šta-w gèraˈ bắyi máxi ṭla-d-an-maymùne.ˈ mə́re xà-qaṭlitu,ˈ trè-qaṭlitu,ˈ mò bṱ-óḏəx b-ánna?ˈ ʾən-pálšəx mən-d-áni qaṭlìlən.ˈ mə́re klo-xàzəxˈ mòdila qə́ṣṣət.ˈ mára xa-béna ʾə́ṯyele xa-máymun ràba,ˈ m-ánna gorə́lle gòṛe.ˈ ʾə̀ṯyɛle,ˈ pṯíxəlle tằra.ˈ wíra zíla qam-màlka,ˈ kípa qam-màlka.ˈ mə́re málka ṱ-áwət basìmaˈ ʾáti díya píšlux málka dìyən,ˈ málkət maymùne.ˈ mə́re dàx píšli málkət maymúne?ˈ ʾax-ṱ-íle málka Šlémun kṯìwa.ˈ mə́re málka Šlémun mírɛle kṯìwɛleˈ ku-brónət bə́r-naša ʾáṯe l-d-áy jăzíra qamàye,ˈ ʾáwwa ṱ-áwe málka diyɛ̀xu.ˈ hadíya ʾáti màlkən-itˈ ʾu-hál ʾámra ṱ-óḏəx xaḏùṯa.ˈ yàbaˈ hal-mbádla dmáxta lìṯwa.ˈ rqàḏtɛla-wˈ xálta-w štɛ̀ṯɛla.ˈ ʾu-hal-xábra ṭla-d-ànna maymúneˈ ku-mə́ndi bắyi xoš-ʾòḏi.ˈ híwɛle xábra ṭla-d-àn maymúneˈ ga-wírra xa-xaḏùṯa gáwa.ˈ ʾánna píšla tàma.ˈ mó ṱ-òḏəx?ˈ mó ṱ-òḏəx?ˈ málka mə́re ṭla-d-o-màymun,ˈ d-o-góṛət maymùneˈ mə̀reˈ bắyən t-xazə́nne ʾúpra dìyiˈ kmɛ̀laˈ ʾáyya bilād-díyi gòṛta.ˈ mə́re bắyən xáḏrən gu-ʾúpra díyi xazə̀nne.ˈ qíma dart-yòma,ˈ mjŭ́məlla maymùneˈ ʾu-xḏìrɛle.ˈ qímela mə̀ṭyelaˈ xa-ṭùraˈ ʾìnaˈ xzéle xákma déwe-u maymúne mìṯe táma.ˈ mə́re ʾánna mòdila?ˈ mə́re hál-ʾaxxa ṣíwən dìyən-ile.ˈ m-támma hódəx ṭùra ʾáṯṛə d-ánna dèwele.ˈ mə́re hammáša y-áwe pláša bélən ʾu-bēl-d-ánna dèwe.ˈ mə́re zḕn,ˈ bar-siqlɛ́xu hal-ʾɛ̀kɛle ḥŭdūd-t-déwe?ˈ mára hal-gu-réšət ṭúra táma hŭdūd-t-dèwele.ˈ táma hóle málka Šlémun kṯíwa xa-qayə̀mṯa.ˈ mə́re m-áxxa húdxa ʾíla wádi-t šəkwàne.ˈ mə́re kú-məndit ʾáwər gu-d-áyya wàdiˈ ʾánna šəkwáne ṱ-axlìle.ˈ mə́re m-táma hódəx ṱ-ázət máṭət xa-nèraˈ ʾáxči yómət šábṯa bàrəz.ˈ kút yomət-šábṯa míya là-hawe gu-néra.ˈ l-a-páṯa xétət nèraˈ ʾíṯ xa-máṯət huḏàye.ˈ ʾáyya mə̀raˈ hal-tàmaˈ ʾáyya ʾùrxa.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ ʾu-xḏìrɛle,ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle ʾaṣə̀rta.ˈ ʾáwwa mṣawóṯe mən-wŭzărāʾ-dìyeˈ mə̀reˈ b-áyya ʾúrxa mšàrṭəxˈ m-àxxa.ˈ mə́ra dàxi?ˈ mə́re ʾána ṱ-ámrən ta-d-ánna maymúne kàpšiˈ ʾáxni w-ánna déwe pàlšəx.ˈ pálšəx mən-dèwe,ˈ máṭəx l-réšət ṭùra.ˈ máṭəx l-réšət ṭùra,ˈ l-wádi-t šəkwàne.ˈ mə́re ṱ-órəx gu-d-ay-wàdi.ˈ ʾɛ́-ga ʾáxni chance dìyən,ˈ ʾən-ʾaxlílən šəkwáne ṱ-axlìlən.ˈ w-ən-mšurə̀ṭlən,ˈ mšurə̀ṭlən.ˈ qímɛle dart-yòma,ˈ qə́ryɛle ʾó … góṛət maymùne,ˈ mə̀reˈ ʾána bắyən ʾánna déwe maxə̀nna.ˈ mə́re dàxi?ˈ mə́re ʾána xzáyən ʾan-maymúne, šaʿb-dìyi líṯ?ˈ hóla xáləlla qṭàləlla.ˈ pálšəx ʾáni w-ána šaqlə̀nna ʾáṯṛa mənnéy.ˈ mə́re hal-xábra ṭla-maymùneˈ ʾu-kúlla quwāt-díyən ʾàṯi.ˈ híwɛle xábra ṭla-maymùne,ˈ kpíšela maymúne b-ʾalpàye.ˈ ʾáyya mằnile mtanóyəlla?ˈ malə́kṯət xuwwáṯa ṭla-Karīm-addī̀n.ˈ mə́ra mašmòyət Karīm-addī́n?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ mára ʾə́ṯye xɛlăwáṯət maymúne dart-yóma ʾu-plìṭela.ˈ ʾap-màlka,ˈ bronət-màlka,ˈ ʾu-wŭzăraʾ-díye šqílla sɛpày,ˈ qəšta-w gèra,ˈ plìṭelaˈ pláša mən-dèwe.ˈ mára plíšla plíšla də́mma ṣléle b-lawuryàṯa.ˈ de-de-dè,ˈ xa-béna déwe šmìṭelaˈ w-ánna báṯər šmìṭəlla,ˈ síqela gù-rēš-ṭura.ˈ ʾína hóla xá-qayəmṯa kṯíwta tàma,ˈ málka Šlémun kṯìwəlla.ˈ hál-ʾaxxa ʾáṯəṛ dèwele.ˈ m-áxxa húdxa ʾíla wádi-t šəkwàne.ˈ ku-nášət ʾàwər,ˈ ku-xayúṯət ʾáwər gu-d-ay-wàdiˈ ʾánna šəkwáne ṱ-axlìla.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ mára qréle ṭla-d-o-góṛət maymùne.ˈ mə́re kúlla xoš-dàmxi.ˈ kúllɛxu dmùxu,ˈ ʾáxni ṱ-áwəx ḥurrā̀s,ˈ sab-ʾáxtu hótu kčìxe rába.ˈ maymúne kúlla dmìxela.ˈ ʾu-xa-béna ʾáni qìmela,ˈ gníwəlla gàna,ˈ wíre gu-d-a-wádi-t šəkwàne.ˈ xa-béna hàdəxˈ ṛíšela ʾánna maymùne,ˈ ʾína ʾáni lìṯ.ˈ qréla b-o-goṛày,ˈ mə̀raˈ lìṯ,ˈ hóla rìqe.ˈ mə̀reˈ npúlu bàṯra!ˈ kú-dukṯət xazìtuˈ qaṭlìtula!ˈ ʾánna-ži wìrela,ˈ ʾánna maymùne,ˈ gu-d-a-lawúrtət šəkwàne.ˈ béna pɛ́ši ʾàni šəkwáne pláša,ˈ xákma šəkwáne gòṛe táma.ˈ xa-mən-wăzìreˈ šəkwáne qəm-axlìle,ˈ xa-wăzìr.ˈ píšle brōn-màlkaˈ ʾu-xa-wăzī̀r.ˈ zíle mə́ṭye l-d-o-nèra.ˈ lɛ̀wa yómət šábṯaˈ ʾína ṣláya xɛlànɛle.ˈ də́ryəlla gáne gu-nèra.ˈ ʾáwwa wăzī́r xéna-ži zílɛle b-mìya,ˈ xnìqle.ˈ bas-šríṭle brōn-màlka.ˈ bronət-málka šríṭɛle l-a-gōt-hòdəxˈ nèra.ˈ zíla níxa níxa wíra gu-d-a-màṯɛle.ˈ mə́xyɛle xa-tằra,ˈ mṣawóṯe mə̀nne,ˈ mə́re mò bắyət?ˈ m-ɛ̀kət ʾə́ṯya?ˈ mòdi qə́ṣṣət?ˈ mə́re b-álaha qə́ṣṣət díyi rába rìxtɛla.ˈ ʾən-mxamə̀tli,ˈ pɛ́šən xa-xulàma gu-bɛ́ṯux.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ wírɛle mə́re gu-šàbṯɛla.ˈ mə́re mɛxólta hóla tămàha.ˈ bắyət ʾàxlət,ˈ xùl.ˈ kpìnət.ˈ míya štì.ˈ ʾána la-qɛ́ṯən b-čù məndí.ˈ sab-huḏáye yomə-šábṯa lɛ̀ palxí.ˈ mára ʾáp-aw kpìnɛwa məskéna.ˈ də́ryɛle mɛxólta xìlɛle.ˈ tìwɛle.ˈ píšta ʾaṣə̀rta,ˈ mə́re díya mtànili,ˈ díya mtánili qə́ṣṣət díyux mòdi.ˈ mə́re b-álaha ʾána brónət málkət Yằman-in.ˈ hā́l-u qə̀ṣṣət-diyi.ˈ há mə́re dìya xíšla tajərúṯət bábux m-áxxa,ˈ m-d-áyya màṯa.ˈ tajərúṯət bàbuxˈ kút-ṭḷa šə́nne xa-béna y-áṯya làxxa.ˈ mə́re pɛ́šət kə́sli làxxa,ˈ ʾu-mxamə́nnux ha-ṱ-áṯya tajərúṯət bábux láxxa xá-ga xèta,ˈ tá-t mtasəlmə́nnux ṭla-bàbux,ˈ sab-bábux spày-našɛle,ˈ xàwrən-ile.ˈ xḏèle yála.ˈ mə́re čù-məndi la-ʾóḏət.ˈ kút-yom pálṭət ʾu-xàḏrət,ˈ ʾáṣərta ʾáṯət bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ kút-yom páləṭ xḏára xḏàraˈ gu-máṯa xá-yoma tre-u-ṭḷàṯa.ˈ xá-yoma šmíle xa-nàšaˈ hèyˈ mắni páyəš xulàmiˈ mbádla hal-ʾaṣə̀rtaˈ ʾəsri-w ʾarbà-saʾəte?ˈ ṱ-áṯe t-yánne ʾəmmà-dawe,ˈ ʾu-b-lɛ́le t-yánne xa-bàxta-ži,ˈ xa-jarìya.ˈ ʾo-mə́re b-álaha xoš-šùlɛla!ˈ mbádla hal-ʾaṣə́rta ʾu-ʾə́mma dáwe d-ɛ́-ga xu-lɛ̀la xáčča.ˈ zíla mə́re ʾàna pɛ́šən.ˈ qəm-xazèleˈ mə́re là,ˈ xṭìṯux,ˈ ʾáti yàla.ˈ la-bắyən.ˈ xoš-mbáqər bàbux.ˈ mə́re mà-lux?ˈ ʾàna pɛ́šən.ˈ ʾan-ʾə́mma dáwe maṣlíla ṭla-bàbuxˈ ʾu-hàyyo.ˈ hole-šqìla ʾan-dáweˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle kəs-d-o-náša t-wéwa kə́sle dìye.ˈ mə́re yába ʾan-ʾə́mma dàwe,ˈ xu-là mbaqrə̀təlli.ˈ ṱ-ázən ʾaṣə́rta ṱ-àṯən.ˈ mə́re hey-nàšaˈ la-ʾàzətˈ ʾáṯe mtalə́xlux ʾàw.ˈ mə́re ʾána bṱ-àzən.ˈ qìmaˈ síqa kəs-d-o-nàša,ˈ ʾaṣə̀rta.ˈ píšta mbàdla.ˈ mbádla qìmɛle.ˈ mə́re ṱ-amrə̀nnuxˈ díya kú-məndi-t ʾamrə́nnux gắrəg ʾòḏət.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ šqíla xa-sùsa.ˈ šqíləlla xa-skínta xéta ʾə́lle dìyeˈ ʾu-zìlɛle.ˈ zíla, zíla zìla,ˈ qam-xákma ṭuràneˈ rába ràme.ˈ mə́re ṣlí m-xāṣ-sùsux!ˈ ṣə̀lya.ˈ qṭùlle súsa!ˈ qṭìlle súsa.ˈ mə́re prùmleˈ m-áxxa-w bar-tə̀xtiˈ rápile qḏàle-diye!ˈ ràpile.ˈ mə́re de-wúr gu-d-áwwa gùrba,ˈ gu-ṣádrə d-áwwa sùsa.ˈ ʾu-xúṭle m-gàwe.ˈ kəmá-t šắmət taq-taq-tàq,ˈ là-palṭət,ˈ hal-ṱ-amrə́nnux plùṭgenaˈ ʾɛ̀-ga pálṭət.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ ʾáwwa-ži ṣə́lyɛle gu-d-a-hə̀nna.ˈ wítɛla xáčča b-yóma xə̀mma,ˈ xá-bena ʾə́ṯyela xákma ṭɛ́re y-ámri simàrxa.ˈ mə́xyela l-d-o-ṣádrət sùsa.ˈ músqəlle gu-réšə d-ò-ṭura ta-ṱ-axlíwale táma.ˈ har-wéla taq-táq mxàyaˈ ʾu-taq-tàq,ˈ xá-bena-w trè,ˈ w-áwwa sqìdle.ˈ maxéla skínta l-d-ó-gəldət wéwa xíṭəlle m-gàweˈ ʾu-pàləṭ.ˈ ʾax-ṱ-íle plíṭa ʾo-simárxa prìxɛle,ˈ zìla.ˈ máttu bála b-gáne dìyeˈ nubə́lle rəš-d-o-ṭùra.ˈ líṯ xa-ʾùrxaˈ ta-ṣàle.ˈ ʾɛ́-ga ʾo-tájər t-wéwa híwəlle zùzeˈ mə́re rắpili m-an-képe ṱ-íla tàma,ˈ ga-maxzə́nnux ʾúrxa ṣàlət.ˈ ʾən-lá tàma ṱ-áwət,ˈ pɛ́šət táma mɛ́ṯət ʾax-d-an-ṱ-íla míṯe tàma.ˈ mə́re xḏúr tàma,ˈ xázət gɛ́rmət nàšeˈ ṱ-íla míṯe tàma.ˈ ʾáp-ʾati mɛ̀ṯət táma.ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw xḏìraˈ xə́zya gɛ́rmət náše t-wawa-mìṯe táma.ˈ mə́re b-álaha dū̀s-iwa.ˈ qímɛle ga-rapóye m-àn-kepe,ˈ ʾáni kúlla ʾalmā̀s-ila,ˈ mə̀n-d-o ṭúra.ˈ rúpyɛle rúpya hàl ʾaṣə́rta.ˈ ʾaṣə̀rtaˈ ʾo-tájər núblɛle náše xèneˈ xulamwáṯa mə́nne dìye.ˈ ʾan-kèpeˈ kúlla gríše nuble l-bɛ̀ṯaˈ ʾu-šwìqəlle ʾáwwa táma.ˈ píšle tàmaˈ mə́re mo-ṱ-óḏən ʾàna?ˈ mo-ṱ-òḏən?ˈ ʾu-lɛ́ka ṱ-ázən xḏàra?ˈ ʾúrxa lìṯ,ˈ mə́ndi lìṯ.ˈ píšle xùya,ˈ dmìxle táma ʾo-lɛ́le.ˈ dart-yóma qìmaˈ xá-ga xéta xḏàraˈ mə́re ʾáp-ʾana pɛ́šən làxxa,ˈ mɛ́ṯən ʾax-ṱ-ila-ʾànna míṯe.ˈ mə́xyɛle b-o-ṭùra,ˈ xíšɛle mə́re xázəx ʾɛ̀ka ṱ-ázən,ˈ ʾɛ̀ka pálṭən.ˈ mə́ra mašmòyət Karīm-addī́n?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ mára qímɛle zíla zìlaˈ hal-zíla b-o-ṭùraˈ zíla zíla mṭèleˈ xzéle xa-kóxa zòra,ˈ xa-bɛ́ṯa zòra.ˈ màraˈ ʾo-bɛ́ṯa zòra,ˈ zíla ʾàp-ʾaw,ˈ wíḏɛle qázd d-ò-bɛṯa,ˈ mə̀xyɛle l-tắra.ˈ plíṭɛle xa-náša sàwa,ˈ də́qne xwàra.ˈ xə́zya mə́re ha-bəṛ-nàšaˈ ʾáti dàx-it ʾə́ṯya láxxa?ˈ m-ɛ̀kət ʾə́ṯya láxxa?ˈ mə́ra b-àlaha,ˈ sàwa,ˈ qə́ṣṣət díyi ràba ríxtɛla.ˈ šúqli ṱ-òrən.ˈ hálli xáčča míya šàtən,ˈ mítli m-kə̀pna.ˈ ʾálaha yàllux.ˈ ʾən-ʾáti yáʿni xɛ̀rət bíyi,ˈ mraxmə̀t-əlli,ˈ ʾálaha mraxm-ə̀llux.ˈ mə́re hè bróni,ˈ hè bróni,ˈ wúr gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ múṯyɛle míya šə̀tyɛle.ˈ ʾu-híwəlle mɛxólta xìlɛle.ˈ ʾu-pìšɛle mə́nne díye.ˈ de-qíma mtúnyəlla qəṣṣə́tte kúlla ṭla-d-o-sàwa.ˈ mə́re mò ʾoḏə́nnux?ˈ har-ḥɛ́rən b-gàniˈ lé-y-yăḏən ʾána ʾɛ̀ka,ˈ ʾána lé-y-yăḏən ʾɛ̀kɛn.ˈ ʾu-lé-y-yăḏən m-ɛ́kən ʾə̀ṯya.ˈ pìšɛle táma,ˈ xá-yoma tre-ʾu-ṭḷàṯa,ˈ xa-bènaˈ ʾíṯwa ḏa-bə́rkət mìyaˈ qam-tắrət bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ wítɛla bar-ʾo-náša sáwa ṣə́lyɛle mtămòzəlla č̭ənnək̭ɛ́ra díya,ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw ṣə́lyɛle mhayóre ta-d-o-sàwa.ˈ mə́re ʾay-mòdi?ˈ mə́re ʾáyya bắyən zắrən č̭ənnək̭ɛ́ra díya xáčča wàrde.ˈ mə́re báhər ṱ-áṯi xákma náše sáxi gáwa dìya.ˈ mə́re ʾan-náše mằnila?ˈ mòdila?ˈ mə́re hon-bằyəllux,ˈ ṱ-amrə̀nnux.ˈ mə́re ṭla-bnáṯət màlka,ˈ Qắṣar Hòzər,ˈ mára Qắṣar Hòzərila,ˈ láwši júllət yawnàṯa,ˈ ṱ-áṯi yátwi rəš-d-ày ʾilána.ˈ ṣáli sáxi gu-d-ánna mìya.ˈ mə́re bnáṯa bnàṯa?ˈ mə́re hèˈ qíma kút-yoma yóma ṣlàya,ˈ ṣále ʾu-zăréwa wàrdeˈ ʾu-maštèwala-wˈ qímle mtugbə̀raleˈ ràba tắməz.ˈ ʾáwwa sáwa xírre bìyeˈ ʾína xa-yála ràba năjī̀b-wewa.ˈ mə́re madàm ṱ-iwə́twa pláxa ʾátxa məndiyáneˈ ṱ-amrə́nnux mò-ʾoḏət?ˈ mə́re mòdi?ˈ mə́re ʾáti ṱ-ázət t-yátwət tammàha.ˈ ṣáli šalxíla julléy t-yáwne tàmma.ˈ ʾáti xázət ʾày-mənna bắyətˈ šaqlə́tla ʾánna jùlle,ˈ mɛṯə̀tla-lliˈ lítlux šùla.ˈ ʾáwwa-ži qímɛle ṣə̀lyɛle.ˈ kút-yoma ṣàle,ˈ wíḏwale xa-dúkṯa mṭašéwa tàma.ˈ xá-yoma ṣlèle,ˈ ʾína šmíle xzéle ʾína ṭə̀lləṯ-yawne tíwla táma.ˈ ṣə̀lyela,ˈ tíwela l-ʾằra.ˈ šlípəlla jùlla,ˈ ʾu-xzéle bəṛ-nàšeˈ yáʿni mṣawòṯe.ˈ mattúle bàlaˈ ʾa-zúrta ràba šapírtɛwa.ˈ ʾáni ṣə́lyela sxàya,ˈ ʾáwwa ráp rìxaˈ ʾan-júllət,ˈ ʾa-lwíšta d-a-zùrta,ˈ gnìwəlla,ˈ ʾu-rìqɛle.ˈ héy náša náša qímela ṣràxa.ˈ zílɛle kəs-d-ó-naša sàwa.ˈ ʾáp-ʾani qímela lwíšla jùlla,ˈ zílela kə́sle dìye,ˈ d-ó-naša sàwa.ˈ mə́ra bába sáwa mòdile?ˈ m-ɛ̀kɛt múṯyəlle láxxa?ˈ mə́re čù-məndi líṯ.ˈ mə́re čú-məndi lìṯ.ˈ díya ʾáwwa bắye ta-d-áyya bráta zùrta.ˈ mqáwlət goràtle,ˈ t-yálla jùlla.ˈ ʾən-là,ˈ har-t-yálla júlləx b-kèfəx.ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw zíla múṯya jùlleˈ híwəlla jùlla.ˈ píšla táma mə̀nne.ˈ qìmlaˈ ʾáni zílla ta-ṭḷà-yomane,ˈ píšla ṭḷa-yàrxe,ˈ ma-t-xmìlla mən-d-o-yála.ˈ xárṯa ʾo-bába sáwa mə́re ta-d-àniˈ díya babáxu hóle spàrəllaxu.ˈ lə́bbe biyáxu tlìqetu.ˈ dúṛu sógena kəs-babàxu,ˈ xàrṯaˈ ʾáyya xaṯáxu ʾàṯya.ˈ ʾáp-ʾani qìmela,ˈ zìlela,ˈ l-Qắṣar Hòzərˈ kəs-babáy màlka.ˈ mə́ra hàtxɛla qə́ṣṣət.ˈ ʾíṯ xa-yàla,ˈ ʾána mquwáltən mə̀nneˈ gắrəg gawrànne,ˈ gắrəg dɛ́ṛən ʾána l-tàma.ˈ mə́re bráti ma-yxàləf.ˈ dùṛ!ˈ qɛ́ma lwàšəlla ʾan-júlla díya.ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw mšadóre xákma náše ḥəmáya dìya,ˈ ʾax-nə̀šreˈ ʾína náše lóši pàrre.ˈ zíltɛla tàma.ˈ píštɛla mə́nne díye kə́ma dàna.ˈ xàrṯaˈ xá-yoma síqa l-gàre,ˈ hátxa xá-dukṯa ràmta.ˈ ṯéle qằhər-ʾəlle.ˈ txírre bɛ́ṯət bábe ʾu-d-àni.ˈ pílle šnèle.ˈ ṭắya báṯre díye la-xzàyəlle.ˈ xárṯa tfíqe bíye xə́zyəlle ʾína šə̀nya,ˈ npìla.ˈ qəm-mbaqràleˈ mə́ra ta-mò?ˈ mòdi qə́ṣṣət díyux?ˈ ta-mót hàtxa?ˈ mə́re b-àlahaˈ mə́re ʾáp-ʾana là-xazyatli.ˈ ʾáp-ʾana brónət xa-màlka,ˈ spárəlli dɛ̀ṛən.ˈ bábi màyəṯ,ˈ ʾána bṱ-áwən málka šòpe.ˈ ʾu-hon-díya npíla làxxaˈ ʾu-lé-y-yăḏən ʾána ʾɛ̀kən.ˈ mə́ra ma-yxàləf.ˈ mə́ra ʾànaˈ t-lawšánna ʾánna júllət yàwne,ˈ ṱ-asṛánnux xàṣi,ˈ pàrxən,ˈ nablánnux l-ʾáṯṛət bàbux,ˈ ʾáxči ʾən-yăḏə́tla ʾàṯṛa,ˈ t-la-nablə́tlən xa-dúkṯa xéta naxrɛ̀ṯa,ˈ ʾoḏílən măšàkəl.ˈ mə́ra yăḏə̀tle?ˈ ʾən-ʾázəx ʾáṯṛət bàbux,ˈ yăḏə̀tle?ˈ mə́re ṭábʿan yăḏə́nne ʾáṯṛət bàbi.ˈ dàx la-yăḏə́nne?ˈ ʾay-lwíštəlla júlla dìya.ˈ mə́ra ta-d-o-sàwaˈ de-puš-b-šɛ̀na.ˈ ṱ-àzəx.ˈ nšíqəlle ʾo-sàwa,ˈ mupíšəlle b-šɛ̀na,ˈ ʾay-prìxtɛla.ˈ zílla zílla xa-yòma,ˈ trè-yome,ˈ xárṯa kčìxtɛlaˈ ṣlíṯɛla munìxtɛla xa-dúkṯa.ˈ yómə ṭḷáṯa ʾárba xá-bena pràxaˈ ʾámər klá klá làxxa.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾắṯəṛ dìyən-ile.ˈ ʾɛ̀ka xzéle?ˈ xzéle ʾɛ́kə t-wèwaˈ tíwa gu-d-a-bằlam zúrta.ˈ gu-d-a-bằlam,ˈ ʾína ḥurrā́s ʾíṯwa t-málka ṱ-ila-mútte tàma.ˈ mə́re xazítu bróni bálki xnìqɛle,ˈ bálki lášše díye pálṭa gu-yàma.ˈ ʾən-xá-naša mɛ́ṯelaxu xàbraˈ bəd-bròni,ˈ kut-mɛṯéli xábra bəd-bròni,ˈ ʾən-míṯa ʾən-sàxi,ˈ pálgət dáwi de-t-yánne ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ màlkɛle mára.ˈ ʾámər kla-klá ṣla-làxxa.ˈ ṣə́lyela tàma.ˈ xa-bènaˈ xírela hàtxaˈ ʾína brónət málka ṯèleˈ ʾu-ḏà mə́nne díye.ˈ ʾo-t-qəm-xazéle rìqaˈ lázəm ṱ-ámər ta-màlka.ˈ xa-xéna mə́re mòdile qə́ṣṣət?ˈ mə́re brōn-málka hóle ṯèle.ˈ ʾaw-ráqa ʾu-ʾaw-xéna šaqə́lla xa-kílo dàwe mə́nne díye,ˈ máxe gu-réše dìye,ˈ ʾaw-npìlɛle.ˈ ʾo-xéna rìqɛle.ˈ kázi mòdi,ˈ lɛ̀le gláya.ˈ mə́ṭyɛle kəs-màlka,ˈ mə́re málka brònux ṯéle.ˈ málka npìlɛleˈ šə́nyɛle žáre mən-xaḏùṯe díye.ˈ xéna ṛìšɛle.ˈ bróne díye ṯèle!ˈ ríqa qímle plíṭle qámṯət bróne dìye,ˈ dáwla-w zòrna,ˈ zìllaˈ bróne díye tlìqa kəma-dána,ˈ brōn-màlka.ˈ qəm-mɛṯéla ḏá mənne-dìye,ˈ ràba xḏéle b-d-a-bràta.ˈ mə́re ṭla-brōn-dìyeˈ dàxi ṯélux?ˈ mə́re b-álaha qə́ṣṣət díyi rába rìxtɛla,ˈ ʾàyya basímta.ˈ ʾu-ʾítwala ʾánna júllət prìxla bíya,ˈ qəm-ṭɛnáli xáṣa dìya,ˈ hàtxa,ˈ hàtxa,ˈ ṯélən làxxa.ˈ zílle qəm-qaréla ʾa-bràta.ˈ mə́re háyyo ʾáti ʾíwət díya malə̀kṯa.ˈ múr kú-mdi-t bằyət,ˈ gu-d-ay-dùnye,ˈ ṱ-oḏə̀nnəx.ˈ mə́ra hìč-məndi la-bắyən.ˈ ʾána háli m-halɛ̀xu.ˈ ʾáxči banə́tli xàˈ … ʾánna bɛṯáy kúlla k̭wìne-wɛwaˈ ʾarabàyeˈ … mə́ra banə́tli xa-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ xa-bùrj,ˈ ʾáx-t ʾàna bắyən.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ ʾáwwa-ži qímɛle bnáya búrj ʾə́lla dìya.ˈ ʾo-yála brōn-màlka mtuxmə̀nneˈ mə̀reˈ bálki ʾáṯe xa-yóma ʾɛ-bráta kɛ̀rba mə́nniˈ lošàla ʾánna júlla díyaˈ ʾu-párxa ʾáza bɛ́ṯə bába dìya.ˈ mằni nabə́lli?ˈ mu-t-yằḏən ʾɛ́kɛla?ˈ mo-wìdle?ˈ qímɛle zíla mútta ʾán-julla díya gu-d-o-sandùqa,ˈ múttəlla gu-ʾasàsət bɛ́ṯa,ˈ ʾu-bə́nyɛle gùda b-réše.ˈ de-ʾáyya lɛ̀ḏa,ˈ lə́bba ṣə̀pya žáre.ˈ zíltɛla bár ṱ-ile-bɛ́ṯa prìqa,ˈ ʾáza xázya jùlla,ˈ júlla lìṯ.ˈ ʾáyya šaqlàwale ríxət júlle,ˈ šaqlàwale.ˈ xḏírra xḏírra bar-júlla dìya,ˈ lɛ̀la xzáyəlla.ˈ de-de-dè,ˈ xá-yoma ṣléla gu-gòma.ˈ ríxət júlla díya ṯèle.ˈ mə́ra hóla làxxa.ˈ xḏírra xḏírra xḏírra bàṯra.ˈ ḏìla m-ɛ̀kɛla.ˈ xpìrra,ˈ qəm-palṭàle sandúqət júlle.ˈ xa-yóma lošála júlla dìyaˈ párxa ʾátwa l-gàre.ˈ qréla b-o-gáwṛa dìya.ˈ mə́ra ʾána bíṯənnux ṯíṯən bàṯrux.ˈ w-ana-lɛ́ḏən ṱ-awə́twa ʾáti xàyən palṭə́twa mə́nni.ˈ júlli mattə́twala gu-gùdaˈ ʾu-bánətwa ʾo-gúda b-rèša.ˈ ʾə́n băyə̀tli,ˈ ʾáṯət báṯri ʾap-ʾàti.ˈ ʾána zìlli kəs-bábi.ˈ ʾána bɛ̀ṯənˈ šə́mmət qáṣrən Qắṣar Hòzər-ile.ˈ ʾən-băyə̀tli,ˈ ʾáṯət tàma.ˈ ʾu-káze mxáya gu-rèše.ˈ ʾáyya zìlla.ˈ

Translation:

A king would marry a girl everyday. In the morning he would get up and kill her. The minister searched and searched, but the girls had run out. Every day (he had killed) one and there were no more. The minister had a daughter. That daughter said to the minister, to her father, she said ‘Father, take me, I shall marry this king and rid you of this business’. She went off. She had a cat and she took it with her. She took the cat with her and married the king. He slept and she began to tell a story to the cat. She said to the cat, she said ‘Kitty, the night is long, I shall tell a story. Then, in the morning, the king will get up and kill me, since whenever he marries (a girl), he marries her in the evening and kills her in the morning. I know that the king will kill me in the morning. She said: There was, was there not, there was nothing greater than God—this story was (told) to the cat—there was a woman, who had a son called Karimaddin. Now, the father of this Karim died. (After) his father died, everyday the woman would beg to feed her son. She sent her son to school. Her son everyday in school would beat one child, take the bag of another, tear things. They sent for his mother and said ‘Talk to this son of yours and teach him not to behave like this. If he continues with this bad behaviour, we shall expell him from the school. He is annoying the children of the school’. She tried (to stop him and said) ‘Son, don’t do such a thing’. But they expelled him from the school. He remained in the neighbourhood. Every day in the neighbourhood he would steal the chicken of one person, then go (and steal) the fruit of another. He wrought havoc in the neighbourhood. He burnt the neigh-bourhood, so delinquent was he. They said ‘That boy is an orphan. Should we beat him? He does not have a father. What shall we do with him?’ There was a man who was clever. He called him and said ‘Karim!’ He said ‘What?’ Karimaddin said ‘What?’ He said ‘We shall buy a donkey for you. Come with us every day to the mountains to gather wood and sell it for your mother. Everyday you will make a living by a bundle of wood’. He said ‘Why not?’ He said ‘This is a good deal, by God’. The people of the neighbourhood collected money and bought a donkey. They arranged a cloth on the back of the donkey and gave him an axe. They took him with them everyday up into the mountains. They would take him up into the mountains and he made one or two loads of wood. Then he would come back and sell them for himself and his mother. They would eat bread by this wood. One day they went out from the village and went up into the mountains. They arrived at some mountain caves, or the like. There was heavy rain, a lot of rain. What did they do? They all went into a cave. They said ‘Let the rain stop’. They entered a cave. The young boy, poor thing, took the axe with him, the axe, and went into another cave. He sat like this, striking the axe, and a lid appeared, a handle, a piece of iron, a large stone with an iron handle on it. He ran to those people (saying) ‘Come! Come! I have found a treasure’. Now look (how stupid he was telling others)! They said ‘This Karimaddin wants to trick us even here. What treasure have you found?’ He said ‘Come and see’. They went and saw that it was true, there was a stone like this, with a handle of iron in it. They applied force and eventually removed it, revealing a conduit, full to the brim with honey, full to the brim with honey’. They said ‘So, Karimaddin, what shall we do?’ They all (said) ‘What shall we do?’ He said ‘Let’s go down and fetch water-skins’. He said ‘Let’s go down and sell this honey and make some money, then divide it among ourselves’. All day they continue to draw out that honey, until evening. In the evening two men went down and, as they were coming up again, they said ‘Why are we so happy about this honey? Karim will go down and say “I found this honey, it is mine”. We shall receive wages from him’. The other said ‘It is easy. This Karim has no father and has no mother. We shall say “Come Karim, go down into this conduit. Take out the honey that is left”. Then we shall go down and share the money among us’. He said ‘When he goes down there, we shall throw the rope onto his head and shall put this cover over the opening of the cave. Then we shall take down to his mother this donkey blanket’. He said ‘We shall daub the donkey blanket with blood and say “Karim went after his donkey, to fetch his donkey, and wolves came into a valley and ate him and his donkey. We did not find anything except these. We found only these clothes of his” ’. He said ‘By God, that’s a good idea!’ They went up there and said ‘Karim’. He said ‘What is it?’ ‘We are fed up. Come and go down into this conduit. Put the honey that is left into these skins. We shall go down (the mountain) when we have made good money and we shall share it among ourselves in fellowship’. The poor young boy did not know what (was happening). He said ‘All right, all right’. He went down into the conduit. He put all the honey that was left into the skins and they pulled them up. They said ‘Is it finished?’ He said ‘It is finished’. They said ‘Stay where you are’ and they threw the rope onto his head. They pulled the stone over him then put some manure over it, sheep’s manure. They went and killed the donkey. The jacket of the Karimaddin had remained outside. They daubed it in blood and the like, then went down to his mother, went down, sad, to her house. They went down and his mother came. She waited and waited, but her son did not come. She went (and asked) ‘Where is he, for God’s sake?! Where is my son?!’ They said ‘Well, we wanted to come back, but we could not come back to tell you. Your son’s donkey went into a valley and your son went to fetch it. Wolves came and attacked him and his donkey and ate him. We only found this sign of him’. The poor woman began to beat (herself ) and put ash on her head. Her son had gone! They divided the money among them and went on their way. Now what should I tell you about? I shall tell you about Karimaddin. The poor Karimaddin went down into that thing. He said ‘Oh Lord God’, he said complaining to God ‘Oh God, why was I born? You have taken my father (and I am) an orphan. I did not tell you to show me a treasure, but you showed this treasure to me. You have put me in this hole, but what have I done? I did not do evil or good to anybody’. He was only a young boy. He sat there thinking. The poor thing became hungry. He ate some of the honey. He became thirsty for water, but there was not a drop of water. He remained there until the morning. Day came and he was still searching about, when he saw a small ray of light. He said ‘By God, there is a small chink of light here. It must be something’. (He was) a young boy, you see, and he had a knife with him, (and had also) the axe. He scraped the honey with the knife, digging, digging and digging. He came out into a corridor. He said ‘I am finished (so I have nothing to lose). I shall go along this corridor and see where it leads to’. He went a long way along the corridor and came to a door. He came to a door and saw that the door was of wood and had a lock of silver with a silver key on it. It was not gold. He opened it and he came out into another world, with a blue sun and a blue land. He said ‘Oh Lord God, what is this? I’m finished’. He went along—how thirsty he was, poor boy—and saw blueness. He went down and saw a tree. He ran to the tree and saw some water there. He sat down and drank the water, washed his face and prayed to his God. The young boy, poor thing, went to sleep there. He went to sleep, then woke up and said ‘I’ll just walk and let’s see where I come to’. As he was going along he suddenly saw from afar something white in the blueness. He went and came close to it. He saw a very large palace. He went and knocked on the door. There was nobody. He said ‘By God, I’m done for, so I shall go in and see what there is there’. He went in and saw that all kinds of food were cooked and made ready there and warm, but nobody was there. He served it out and ate. He went into another room, a large one, with some chairs on one side and some on the other, and a sofa placed over there. They were all decorated with precious stones (inlaid) in them. He approached and sat there, then went to sleep. He went to sleep, then woke up, but what (a surprise when) he woke! There were snakes, each bigger than the other with its mouth open towards him. He said ‘Your name be praised, God!’ His heart burst (in fear). Then he saw a snake come, as if flying. He heard its voice, it came and entered through the door. He saw a gold tray on which there was a small snake with the head of a man and the body of a snake. One of the large snakes went and took the tray and brought it. He came up and put it next to Karimaddin. He went and delivered it and sat down again. The snake said to Karimaddin ‘Karimaddin, welcome! Today you are my guest. Do not be afraid. Sit and rest’. The poor boy sat down and felt comfortable. They brought food and so forth. He sat down and ate everything in one go. She (the queen of the snakes) said ‘Karimaddin, tell me your story. From where have you come here and how have you come?’ Queen, may you be well, my story is very long. I cannot tell you all of it’. She said ‘The night is long. Tell me your story. How did you come here?’ He told her ‘(It is because of ) the injustice of mankind. Mankind has wronged me. I was doing good and today I have come here’. She said ‘Even me—this head of mine will be cut off by your hands’. He said ‘How could it be that I shall cut off your head?’ She said ‘I say that this head of mine will one day be cut off by your hands. You will cut off my head’. He said ‘Queen, may you be well, queen of the snakes’. He said ‘You have saved me from death. I shall put the knife to my neck, I shall not put it to your neck. I shall cut off my head. I shall not cut off your head’. She said ‘I have said so. Sit down and I shall tell you a story then’. She said ‘I also want to tell you a story of mine’. He said ‘Please go ahead, queen’. The story goes: There was, was there not—she said—there was a king of Yemen. He had a son who was an only child. He and his son together with two ministers went out hunt-ing. They went out hunting, they went along for a while and then they saw a gazelle on the plain. They ran after the gazelle. The gazelle ran and ran and ran. It went down to the shore of the sea. There was a small boat there. It went into that boat. Then they arrived there, by the shore of the sea. The son of the king went down. The son of the king and the two ministers went down to catch the gazelle (and take it) from that small boat. But suddenly the boat sailed off. It went into the sea. They travelled and travelled and travelled, they sailed on the sea. They remained with it. They caught the gazelle and slaughtered it. They were hungry. They ate it, they ate the meat and drank the water of the sea. The boat went along and reached another island, then came to rest. It was a very beautiful island, with trees and the like in it. It came to rest on the shore of the island. Then they got up and alighted from the boat. They tied their boat there to a tree. They said ‘Let us go into the interior’. The son of the king said to the ministers ‘Go into the island and see what you can see’. They went off for a short while then returned. They came back and said ‘We are afraid. We dare not enter (the island)’. They said ‘You also come with us’. He also got up and the three of them went and entered the island. They went and walked around for a long time but did not see a single person. The island contained all the fruits of the world. They went along and then, from afar, they saw something white. They came near to it and (saw that) it was a house, a very beautiful palace.—She said ‘Are you listening Karimaddin?’ He said ‘Yes’. She said—They went into that palace. They went in and saw food, tables, everything arranged, but there was nobody. Now, they ate and drank, the son of the king sitting on the throne, one minister sitting on a chair and one on another chair, then they went to sleep, since they were very tired. Then they woke up, but what (a surprise when) they woke up, there was the sound of monkeys crying, wailing, as monkeys do, jumping on the trees, playing. He looked and saw that thousands of monkeys had appeared there. The ministers drew their sword as well as their bow and arrow, intending to strike the monkeys. He said ‘You may kill one, you may kill two, but what will we do with (all the rest of ) them? If we fight with them they will kill us’. He said ‘Wait and let’s see what happens’. Then a large monkey came, one of those big gorillas. It came and opened the door. It came in and went up to the king and bowed to the king. It said ‘King, may you be well, you have now become our king, the king of the monkeys’. He said ‘How have I become the king of the monkeys?’ ‘It is as King Solomon has written’. It said ‘King Solomon wrote and said “Whichever person comes to the island first, he will be your king”. Now you are our king. Give us an order for us to celebrate’. Now, there was no sleep until dawn. There was dancing, eating and drinking. ‘Announce to the monkeys that they may do whatever they want’. He gave word to the monkeys and then they became very happy. They remained there. ‘What shall we do? What shall we do?’ The king said to the monkey, the leader of the monkeys, he said ‘I want to see my land, (to see) how big my country is. He said ‘I want to go around my land to see it’. The next day he gathered the monkeys together and toured around. They arrived at a mountain and he saw dead wolves and monkeys there. He said ‘What are these?’ He (the monkey) said ‘Our border is here. From here to yonder mountain is the land of the wolves’. He said ‘There is constant warfare between us and these wolves’. He (the king’s son) said ‘Now, when you go up, where is the border of the monkeys?’ He said ‘The border of the monkeys is the top of the mountain there. There King Solomon has written a monument’. He said ‘From here onwards is the valley of the ants’. He said ‘Everything that enters this valley will be eaten by the ants’. He said ‘If you go onwards from there, you will reach a river, except that it dries up on Saturdays. Every Saturday there is no water in the river. On the other side of the river there is a village of Jews’. It (the monument) said ‘This road goes as far as there’. He said ‘Fine. He toured about and came back in the evening’. He spoke with his ministers and said ‘By this road we shall escape from here’. They said ‘How?’ He said ‘I shall tell these monkeys to gather together. We and these wolves shall fight. We shall fight with the wolves and reach the top of the mountain. We shall reach the top of the mountain and the valley of the ants’. He said ‘We shall go into that valley. Then we (shall take) our chance. If the ants eat us, they eat us. If we escape, we escape’. The next day he called the leader of the monkeys and said ‘I want to attack these wolves’. He said ‘How?’ He said ‘I see that they are eating and killing the monkeys, my people, is that not so? Let us fight them and I shall take the land from them’. He said ‘Give notice to the monkeys and let all our forces come here’. He gave notice to the monkeys and the monkeys gathered in thousands.—Who is telling this? The queen of the snakes to Karimaddin. She said ‘Are you listening Karimaddin? He said ‘Yes’.—Now, the forces of the monkeys came the next day and they set off. Also the king (of the monkeys, that is) the son of the king and his ministers took their sword together with their bow and arrow and set out to fight the monkeys. They fought and fought and blood flowed into the valleys. After a time the wolves were defeated. After they had defeated them, they went up into the mountain. They found there an inscribed monument, which King Solomon had written: ‘Thus far is the land of the wolves. From here onwards is the valley of the ants. Every man who enters, every living creature that enters in this valley will be eaten by the ants’. He said ‘Fine’. He called the leader of the monkeys. He said ‘Let everybody sleep. You all sleep and we shall be the guards, since you are very tired’. All the monkeys slept, then they got up and stole away and went into the valley of the ants. After a while the monkeys woke up, but they (the others) were not there. They called their leader and said ‘They are not here, they have fled’. He said ‘Follow after them! Wherever you find them, kill them!’ The monkeys went into the valley of the ants. The ants began fighting, some large ants that were there. One of the ministers was eaten by the ants, one minister. The son of the king and one minister remained. They went along and arrived at the river. It was not Saturday and it was flowing in force. They threw themselves into the river. The other minister disappeared in the water and was drowned. Only the son of the king escaped. The son of the king escaped to the other side of the river. He went along slowly and entered the village. He knocked on a door and (the occupier of the house) spoke to him and said ‘What do you want? Where have you come from? What is (your) story?’ He said ‘By God, my story is very long. If you look after me, I shall become a servant in your house’. He said ‘Fine’. He went in. He said ‘It is Sabbath’. He said ‘The food is over there. If you want to eat, eat! You are hungry. Drink some water. I shall not touch anything’. This is because Jews on the Saturday do not work. Now he was hungry, the poor man. He put out some food and ate. He sat down. Evening came and he said ‘Now, tell me, tell me what your story is’. He said ‘By God, I am the son of the king of Yemen. My story is such-and-such’. ‘Ah’, he said ‘the merchants of your father have just departed from here, from this village. The merchants of your father come here every three years’. He said ‘Stay with me here and I shall look after you until the merchants of your father come here again and I can hand you over to your father, because your father is a good man, he is our friend’. The young man was happy. He (the Jew) said ‘You shall not do anything. Every day go out and wander about and then in the evening come back home’. Every day he went out and wandered about in the village, for one day, two, three. One day he heard a man ‘Hey, who will become my servant, from morning until evening, for twenty-four hours? Let him come and I shall give him one hundred gold coins and at night I shall give him also a woman, a maidservant’. He said ‘By God, that is a good deal!’ From morning until evening (for a hundred gold coins)—a hundred gold coins at that time were indeed not a small amount. He went and said ‘I shall be (your servant)’. He saw him and said ‘No, it is a pity for you (to do so), you are a young man. I do not want (to accept). Go and ask your father’. He said ‘What is the matter with you? I shall become (your servant)’. ‘Take those hundred gold coins to your father and come here’. He took the gold coins and went back to the man with whom he was staying. He said ‘Well, do not ask me about those hundred gold coins (that I have brought). I shall go and come back in the evening’. He said ‘Don’t go, man. He will eventually destroy you’. He said ‘I shall go’. He went up to that man and evening (came). Morning came. He got up in the morning. He said ‘I say to you this: you must do everything that I tell you’. He said ‘Fine’. He took a horse. He took another knife with him and went off. He went a long way (and came) to some very high mountains. He said ‘Get off the back of your horse!’ He got off ‘Kill the horse!’ He killed the horse. He said ‘Cut it from here downwards and throw away its neck, throw it away’. He said ‘Go into its torso, into the chest of this horse and sew it from inside. However much you hear a taq-taq-taq (noise), do not come out, until I say to you “Come out!”, then you come out’. He said ‘Fine’. So, he went down into that thing. It became rather hot during the day, then some birds known as _simarxa_ came. They struck the chest of the horse (with their beaks). They took it up to the top of the mountain in order to eat it there. They continually made a taq-taq knocking noise, taq-taq, once, then twice, then he became fed up. He struck the knife into the skin that he had sewn from inside and came out. When he came out, the _simarxa_ bird flew away. He realized that it had taken him onto the mountain. There was no road down. Then, the merchant who had given him money said ‘Throw me the stones that are there, then I shall show you the way down. If not, you will remain there, you will stay there and die like those who have already died there’. He said ‘Wander around there and you will see the bones of people who have died there. You also will die there’. He wandered around and saw the bones of people who had died there. He said ‘By God, he was right’. He began to throw some of the stones from the mountain, they were all diamonds. He threw and threw until evening. In the evening the merchant brought other people, servants, with him. They carried all those stones home and left him there. He remained there and said ‘What shall I do? What shall I do? Where can I go? There is no road, there is nothing’. It became dark and he slept there that night. The next day he got up and again wandered around. He said ‘I also shall remain here and die like these people have died’. He struck into the mountain and went off saying ‘Let’s see where I can go, where I shall come out’.—She said ‘Are you listening Karimaddin? He said ‘Yes’—Now, he went off, until he came to the mountain. He went a long way until he came across a small hut, a small house. Now, he made his way towards that house and knocked at the door. An old man came out, with a white beard. He saw him and said ‘Hey, man, how have you come here? From where have you come here?’ He said ‘By God, old man, my story is very long. Let me come in. Give me some water to drink, I am dying of hunger. May God give you (it in return). If you look after me and take pity on me, God will take pity on you’. He said ‘Yes, my son, yes my son, come into the house’. He brought water and he drank it. He gave him food and he ate it. He stayed with him. He told all his story to the old man. He said ‘What can I do for you? I myself am confused. I do not know where I am, I do not know where I am, nor do I know where I have come from’. He stayed there, one day, two, three. Now, there was a pool of water in front of the house. When that old man went down to clean around it, he went down to help the old man. He said ‘What is that?’ He said ‘I want to plant around it some flowers’. He said ‘In Spring some people come and swim in it’. He said ‘Who are those people? What are they?’ He said ‘I like you so I shall tell you’. He said ‘Three daughters of a king, from Qaṣr Hozər—it is called Qaṣr Hozər—put on the clothes of doves and come and sit on that tree. They go down and bathe in this water’. He said ‘Real girls?’ He said ‘Yes’. Now, everyday he would go down and plant flowers and water them. He looked after it (the pool) very well. The old man looked at him and saw that he was a very conscientious young man. He said ‘Since you have been doing such things, should I tell you what to do?’ He said ‘What?’ He said ‘You go and sit over there. They will go down and take off their doves’ clothes. See which one you like and take the clothes (belonging to her) and bring them to me, and all will be fine’. He went down. Every day he went down—he had made a place to hide in. One day he went down and heard (something) and saw that three doves had alighted there. They went down and settled on the ground. They slipped off their clothes and he saw (that they were) humans, who were talking. He noticed that the young one was very beautiful. They went down to swim. With a swift movement, he stole the clothes of the young one and ran. They began shouting ‘Hey man, hey man!’. He went to that old man. They put on their clothes and went to him, to that old man. They said ‘Dear old man, what is it? From where have you brought him here?’ He said ‘There is nothing the matter. There is nothing the matter. Now, he loves this young girl. If you promise to marry him, he will give back the clothes. If not, he will still give you the clothes, if you want them’. He went and brought the clothes and gave her clothes to her. They remained there with him. They went there for three days, but stayed three months, so much did they enjoy themselves with that young man. In the end, the old timer said to them ‘Your father is waiting for you now. He thinks you are lost. Go back to your father, then afterwards this sister of yours will come back (here)’. So, they went off to Qaṣr Hozər, to their father, the king. She (the young girl) said ‘The story is this. There is a young man. I have given him a promise and I must marry him, I must return there’. He said ‘My daughter, that’s fine. Go back!’ She put on those clothes of hers. He sent also some people to protect her, like eagles, but they were people wearing feathers. She went there. She stayed with him for some time. Then, one day, he went up onto the roof, a very high place. Sadness came upon him. He remembered the house of his father and his family. He fell and fainted. They searched for him but did not find him. Then they came across him and found that he had fainted and fallen. She asked him saying ‘Why? What is your story? Why are you like this?’ He said ‘By God, you do not see me (as I really am). I also am the son of a king and he is waiting for me to return. When my father dies, I shall be king in his place. Now I am lying here and I do not know where I am’. She said ‘It’s all right’. She said ‘I shall put on those doves’ clothes and tie you to my back, then fly off and take you to the land of your father, so long as you know the land, and do not take me to another strange land and make problems for us’. She said ‘Do you know it? If we go to the land of your father, will you recognize it?’ He said ‘Of course I shall recognize the land of my father. How could I not recognize it?’ She put on her clothes. They said to the old man ‘Farewell. We are going’. They kissed the old man, bid him farewell and she flew off. She travelled for one day, two days and then became tired and descended and rested somewhere. On the third or fourth day, as she was flying, he said ‘Stop, stop here. This is our land’. Where was it that he saw? He saw where he had sat in that small boat. (It was the place) in that boat, but there were guards of the king who were posted there. He (the king) said ‘You must find my son, perhaps he has drowned, perhaps his body has gone out into the sea. If somebody brings you word about my son—whoever brings me word about my son, whether he is dead or alive, I’ll give him half of my gold’. It is the king who is saying this. He (the king’s son) said ‘Stop, stop. Go down here. They went down there. Then they (the guards) looked and saw that the son of the king had come and that a girl was with him. The one who saw him ran, he had to tell the king. Another said ‘What is going on?’ He said ‘The son of the king has come’. While he was running the other took a kilo of gold in his hands and hit him (with it) on his head. He fell and the other ran off. They tried (to find out) what it was, but he did not reveal anything. He came to the king and said ‘King, your son has come’. The king fell down. He fainted, poor man, on account of his joy. Then he woke up again. His son had come back! He ran out to meet his son, together with a drum and pipe, since his son, the son of the king, had been lost for some time. He had brought a girl with him and he was very happy with that girl. He said to his son ‘How have you come?’ He said ‘By God, my story is very long but she is the one to thank. She had these clothes with which she flew and carried me on her back, and so on, and so on, and we came here’. He went and called the girl. He said ‘Come, you are now the queen. Tell me anything you want in the world and I shall do it for you’. She said ‘I do not want anything. I shall live like you. Only, build me a’—all their homes were tents, (they were) Arabs—she said ‘Build me a house, a tower, in the way that I like’. He said ‘Fine’. He built a tower for her. The young man, the son of the king thought and said ‘Perhaps a day will come when that girl will be angry with me, put on those clothes of hers and fly back to her father’s house. Who will take me there? How shall I know where she is?’ What did he do? He put her clothes in a box and placed it in the foundations of the house, then built a wall over it. She did not know, she was innocent, poor thing. After the house was finished, she went to find her clothes, but her clothes were not there. She could smell the scent of the clothes, she could smell it. She looked around for her clothes, but did not find them. Now, one day she went down into the basement. The scent of her clothes came to her. She said ‘They are there’. She searched and searched and searched for them. She knew where they were. She dug and brought out the box of clothes. One day she put on her clothes, flew up and sat on the roof. She called to her husband saying ‘I loved you and followed you, while not knowing that you would turn out to be treacherous to me, that you would put my clothes in the wall and build the wall over them. If you love me, you now can follow me. I am going to my father’s home. Our home, the name of our palace is Qaṣr Hozər. If you love me, go there. He tried (to supplicate with her) and beat his head, but she went off.