Barwar: Baby Leliṯa

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

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0:00	ʾíṯwa xa-màlka.ˈ ʾíṯwale ʾárba bnòne.ˈ ʾan-ʾárba bnòne,ˈ ḏá-xaṯa ṭlìbəlla,ˈ ḏá-xaṯa yak̭ànta.ˈ bás băyɛ́wa ḏá-xaṯa yak̭ànta.ˈ qəm-hawéla xáṯa yak̭ànta.ˈ ʾɛ-xáṯa yak̭àntaˈ zòrta-wawa.ˈ gu-dargúšta qɛmàwa,ˈ šaryáwa bănúda dìyaˈ ʾu-ʾazáwa gu-màṯa,ˈ ʾaxláwa xa-bròna,ˈ ʾaṯyàwa,ˈ damxàwa.ˈ ʾáp-xa lè-y-yăḏewa bíya díya.ˈ y-aṯɛ́wa škáya qa-màlka.ˈ málka ṱ-áwət basìma,ˈ ʾáyya mut-máṯɛla?ˈ ʾánna mut-ḥàrs-it mattóye?ˈ bróni hóle xíla ʾədlɛ̀le,ˈ gu-dargúšta dmìxa.ˈ dáx hàtxa báre ʾo-mə́ndi?ˈ mə́re so-dúqu nàwba.ˈ zílla dwíqla náwba l-ăyàʾha qunjə́lta t-hódəx,ˈ ʾáyya gu-d-ɛ-qunjə́lta xèta.ˈ ʾap-dártət-yoma qìmla,ˈ dártət-yoma zílla wídla hàdəx.ˈ b-lɛ́le qímla šárya bănúda dìya,ˈ ṱ-àza,ˈ pṯíxla tắra qḏìla.ˈ zílla xílla xà-yala xénaˈ ʾu-ṯéla dmìxla.ˈ hár hola-škàyaˈ har-líba fàyda.ˈ ʾap-dártət-yoma hàdəx,ˈ yómət ṭḷàṯa.ˈ yómət ʾàrbaˈ xóna díya ʾo-zóra ṛìšle,ˈ ʾo-zórət kùlla.ˈ nṭìrre ʾəlla-díya.ˈ nṭìrre.ˈ mə́re ʾáwwa mə́ndi hàtxɛle!ˈ klèle,ˈ klèle.ˈ qəm-xazèla.ˈ là-glele qamáye.ˈ mə́re xázən ʾáp ʾədlɛ́le mjàrbən.ˈ xázən ʾáp ʾədlɛ́le ṱ-áṯɛ náše škáya ta-bàbi.ˈ bábi màlkɛle.ˈ ʾáp ʾaw-lɛ́le xéna qìmla,ˈ sáʾət ṭḷáṯa b-lɛ̀le,ˈ šárya bănúda dìya,ˈ ʾu-ʾáza ʾáxla xá-brona xéna ʾu-dɛ̀ṛa,ˈ dàmxa.ˈ páṯxa tằra,ˈ dámxa gu-dudìya.ˈ ʾáy Lelìṯɛla.ˈ ʾàp-xa la-yắḏe bíya.ˈ Lelíṯa y-áxla nàše.ˈ ʾánna là-yăḏi.ˈ xšíwla bratey-zòrtɛla,ˈ ʾánna là-yăḏi.ˈ qíme bàbi,ˈ ʾáp ʾo-lɛ́le ʾə́ṯye šə̀kyela.ˈ mə́re tə́mməl ṱ-ámrən ta-bàbi.ˈ mbádla qìmle.ˈ zìlla náše,ˈ prìqla.ˈ mə́re bàbi,ˈ ṱ-amrə́nnux xa-xàbra.ˈ yáʿni ʾən-ʾáti kàrbət mə́nni,ˈ ʾána brònux ʾíwən.ˈ là-karbət mə́nni.ˈ hátxa bába xqìrɛwət.ˈ yáʿni ʾána màjbur-inˈ qa-t ʾána xzéli xá-mdi qam-ʾɛ́ni gằrəg ʾamrə́nne.ˈ la-bàrya.ˈ ʾáxni ʾíwəx màlke.ˈ xázəx məndiyáne bràya,ˈ ʾu-lá-ʾaxləx xámma d-áyya bằlad,ˈ la-bàrya.ˈ mə́re pàqəḏ bróni.ˈ mə́re yắḏət ʾáwwa mə́ndi ṱ-íle bràyaˈ gu-bɛ̀ṯən-ile bráya.ˈ mə́re mùt mára bróni?ˈ mə́re b-álaha bàbi.ˈ mə́re xzèliˈ xàṯiˈ šréla bănùde,ˈ šqílla qḏìla,ˈ pṯíxla tằra,ˈ plìṭla.ˈ ʾu-ṯèla,ˈ ʾu-mə́dre qəm-paṯxàle tắra,ˈ ʾòra,ˈ dàmxa,ˈ ʾasṛàla bănúda díya.ˈ dárt-yoma náše ṯéla škèla.ˈ mə́re ʾáy xàṯila.ˈ mə́re làˈ gắrəg là-ʾamrət hátxa.ˈ mə́re bábi b-kèfux.ˈ ʾána hon-màrəllux.ˈ lá hămónəlle bróne dìye.ˈ šqílle gàneˈ zílle ʾu-xyèle gu-mḏíta xéta.ˈ xíšle ʾu-xíšle ta-mḏíta xèta.ˈ xìlla,ˈ kúlla máṯa qəm-axlàla.ˈ kúlla yále zóre qəm-parqàla.ˈ píšla bábe-u yə́mme-u xonăwáṯa lɛ̀la hămóne.ˈ xa-lɛ́le xílla bàba.ˈ xa-lɛ́le xílla yə̀mma.ˈ ʾáp-xa là-yăḏe.ˈ kúlla qəm-axlàla.ˈ ʾo-bróna ṱ-íle zíla ḏa-bážər xèta,ˈ yáʿni ḏa-mḏìta,ˈ ḏa-màṯa,ˈ píšle rába mparòje,ˈ maṣyóṯe l-bɛ́ṯət bábe dìye.ˈ píšle šə́nne rábe ʾárbe xámməš ʾə́ššət šə́nne la-zìlle.ˈ mə́re ṯèle,ˈ mawṭánət bábi ṯèle,ˈ xonăwáṯi ṯéla qam-ʾɛ̀ni,ˈ yə́mmi-u bàbi.ˈ dàx-iley?ˈ ṱ-ázən xázən mòdi píše ʾan-náše.ˈ qímle tíwle xā́ṣ-súsa bàbi.ˈ ʾáw ʾu-báxte mtufə́qla m-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾíṯwale tre-bnóne ʾu-ḏa-bràta.ˈ mə́re ṭla-báxte dìyeˈ ʾàna,ˈ ya-bàxta,ˈ ʾáyya ʾisə́qṯi yawə́nna qàləx.ˈ ʾítli ʾàrye.ˈ ʾən-ʾáyya ʾisə́qṯi xɛ̀rət,ˈ ʾən-ṭúwət ʾisə́qṯi bdìlɛle,ˈ mšadrátla ʾárye ṱ-àṯa,ˈ ʾána gu-ʾawqànən.ˈ ʾu-ʾàti,ˈ mə́ra ta-gàwṛa,ˈ ʾap-ʾána ʾítli tre-bòč̣e.ˈ ʾáp-ʾay brāt-màlkɛwa.ˈ ʾánna tre-bóč̣e šaqlə̀tla,ˈ mattə́tla gu-jèbux.ˈ ʾən-ṯéla píšla xằṭar ʾə́llux qúrba,ˈ dríla ʾan-bóč̣e l-ʾằra,ˈ qɛ́mi tre-xóre ṱ-ásqət rèšaˈ párqət xàyux,ˈ bálki ʾən-šálla hal-ʾɛ-gə-máṭa ʾàrye.ˈ mə́ra ta-ġḏàḏe.ˈ qímɛle, zíla, zìla,ˈ mə́ṭya xà-yoma,ˈ trè-yome.ˈ rə̀ḥqɛla.ˈ mə́ṭyɛle l-bážərət bábe dìye.ˈ máttu bála gu-màṯa,ˈ la-dìgeˈ ʾu-la-kṯayàṯa,ˈ la-nàšeˈ ʾu-la-baxtàṯa,ˈ la-qàla,ˈ ʾu-la-yále zòre,ˈ čù-məndi.ˈ čù-qala líṯ.ˈ čú-qala líṯən mənnèy.ˈ mə́re ma-píštət k̭awə̀lla!ˈ mə́re har-ʾásqən gu-qáṣrət bàbi,ˈ har-šáqlən rìxa mə́nne.ˈ bálki xa-xóni, xáṯi xázən,ˈ xa-nàši.ˈ har-xáṯe ʾi-bằyela.ˈ har-xàṯənila.ˈ mxéle l-tằra,ˈ ṭə́q ṭə́q ṭə́q.ˈ ʾaw-wíḏəlla kɛ́re dìye.ˈ šqílɛle xa-tumbàna.ˈ síṛɛle júlla bíye dìye,ˈ ṃə́ḷyɛle qə̀ṭma.ˈ sìṛɛle,ˈ mùṯyəlle.ˈ mə́re báre xa-mə̀ndiˈ qa-d-áwwa ʾáwəḏ xa-čɛ̀ra,ˈ ʾən-ṱ-áwe ràqa,ˈ qa-t-ʾáwəḏ xa-čɛ̀ra qa-gáne.ˈ xzí mut-ṱ-àwəḏ.ˈ qímɛle síqɛle wìrɛleˈ məxya l-tằra.ˈ ʾína xáṯe he-xòni!ˈ ʾazīz-t-xàṯi!ˈ b-šɛ̀na!ˈ m-ɛ̀ka ṯélux?ˈ máṭo mšuqèlux?ˈ ʾu-máṭo mṭèlux?ˈ mə́re xáṯi ṯéli ṯèli.ˈ ʾáy ʾa-dána ʾàrqa.ˈ mə́re ʾána-w sùsi.ˈ ʾárye dìyeˈ kəs-báxte dìye hóla.ˈ ṣlíṯɛla ʾɛ́-dana gu-gòma.ˈ ʾaw-ḏìle.ˈ ṣlíṯɛla gu-hàwšeˈ xíltəlla ʾáqla súse dìye.ˈ xíltəlla sìqta.ˈ mə́ra xóni dax-ʾítle ṭḷáṯa ʾaqlàṯa?!ˈ mə́re xáṯi ṯèliˈ ʾítle ṭḷáṯa ʾaqlàṯa,ˈ lə́ngo lə̀ngoˈ hal-tàmma.ˈ mə́re ṯéla l-báli xáṯi ṱ-áṯən xazə̀nnəx.ˈ xáčča xéna mumžə̀lla,ˈ kléla hàtxa.ˈ ṣàlya,ˈ ʾap-xa-xéta ʾaxlàla.ˈ mə́ra xóni ʾo-sùsaˈ dàx-ile ʾə́ṯya tré ʾaqlàṯa?!ˈ mə́re har-ṯéli m-táma l-áxxa b-tré ʾaqlàṯa.ˈ ṯéləx l-bàli.ˈ ṣálya ʾap-xa-xéta ʾaxlàla,ˈ t-ṭḷáṯa t-ʾàrbe.ˈ mə́ra pəčkànta.ˈ píšta ʾáy ʾaw-gúrba ṱ-axlàle.ˈ mòdile wíḏa bábi?ˈ šqíləlle gàne,ˈ múttɛle mə́ndi xo-ʾàqle,ˈ síqɛle ḏa-káwe ḷɛ̀ṯa.ˈ síṛɛle ʾo-tumbáne dìyeˈ b-prə̀zle.ˈ ʾáy heš-hóla gu-gòma.ˈ ʾaw-šrìṭleˈ rìqle.ˈ ʾu-ʾáw ṃə́ḷya qə̀ṭma,ˈ qa-t-ʾáṯya ʾàxla mə́nneˈ ṣále gu-ʾɛ̀naˈ qa-d-áw mádu ʾàrəq.ˈ qímla bàbi,ˈ wìrra,ˈ xá-ʾaqle ʾaxlàwale,ˈ qə́ṭma kúlle ṣléle gu-páṯa dìya.ˈ ʾaw-ríqle bar-ʾàrbe-uˈ bar-xàmməš,ˈ bar-ʾə̀ššət,ˈ ʾax-ṱ-amrə́xla ʾáxni b-Bàrwər,ˈ bar-ʾàrbe-uˈ bar-xàmməš,ˈ bar-ʾə̀ššət,ˈ yáʿni bàze.ˈ xa-báza rìqle,ˈ tre-rìqle,ˈ ṭḷáṯa rìqle.ˈ zìlle yáʿni.ˈ xárṯa qəm-xazyále gu-dàšta.ˈ hó ṣárxa bíye dìyeˈ m-ɛ̀ka lɛ́ka?! šáwpe rə́ḥqa m-áxxa jyára də̀mma,ˈ ma-t-zdíle ṱ-axlàle.ˈ báxte díye xá-bena knàša-wawa,ˈ xírta hátxa ṭúwət ʾisə̀qṯa,ˈ ʾína bdìla!ˈ mə́ra k̭óre ʾàna,ˈ rmèli.ˈ qímtɛla zíltɛla gu-háwše mpulə́ṭṭəlla ʾàrye.ˈ mə́ra sò!ˈ yăḏítu marɛ́xu ʾɛ̀kɛle.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛla ʾàrye.ˈ ʾə̀ṯye,ˈ ʾə̀ṯye,ˈ həš-lɛ́wa mə́ṭye ʾəlle-dìye,ˈ há há ga-máṭya ṱ-axlàle,ˈ də́ryəlla bòč̣e.ˈ də́ryəlla bòč̣e,ˈ qíme tre-xùre.ˈ síqa š-xa-xùra.ˈ mə̀ṭye ʾárye.ˈ mə́re mə̀ṭyela.ˈ mə́re xùlula!ˈ ʾap-dəndə́kka baṣòra,ˈ xa-dəndə́kkət xa-ṭùpraˈ mə̀nni,ˈ har-xàṯila.ˈ qəm-axlìla.ˈ mulə̀pela ʾap-ʾáni.ˈ ʾáyya tuníṯa qə̀ṣṣətilaˈ dax-ṱ-íla mírəlla nàšeˈ ʾáxni dax-ṱ-ámrəx ʾap-ʾàxni.ˈ šwíqəlla ʾo-qə́ṭṭa zòra.ˈ mə́re har-xàṯi.ˈ ham-muttúle gu-gúbbe dìye.ˈ ʾaw-našə́qla ʾárye dìye,ˈ tíwle xáṣət ʾárye dìye,ˈ ʾu-zìlle.ˈ ʾàyˈ qəm-axlìla.ˈ ʾo-qə̀ṭṭaˈ ṭə́prət ʾíḏa dìyaˈ muttúle gùbbe.ˈ píšle čučə̀kka.ˈ píšle nə̀šmaˈ píšle k̭ərmə́kṯa xàləlle.ˈ qímle nyàsəlle.ˈ mə́re muršə́nna ʾay-dùkṯi.ˈ píšla čučə̀kka,ˈ píšla ṣəppə̀rṯa,ˈ ʾu-píšla gáwe díye k̭ərmə̀kṯa.ˈ ʾax-xuwwìṯa,ˈ máṭya lə́bbe ʾaxlàle.ˈ wídle hàtxa,ˈ ʾína kúlla trìṯa.ˈ mə́re ta-ʾárye mxó lišanɛ́xu làxxa.ˈ qəm-maxɛ́le lišanèy.ˈ mə́re mxó lišanɛ́xu bìya.ˈ xúlu t-la pɛ́ša dundə̀kṯa mə́nna díya.ˈ lèš băyə́nna.ˈ zílle tíwle xaṣət-ʾàryeˈ ʾu-zílla l-bɛṯèy.ˈ mṭéle l-bɛ́ṯe kčìxa.ˈ mə́ra báxte díye mà-wət kčíxa?ˈ mə́re šùqli.ˈ lá-maṣən díya tanə̀nna.ˈ rába qə́ṣṣət ràbṯɛla.ˈ bar-t-ʾána pɛ́šən spày,ˈ xà-yarxa,ˈ trè-yarxe,ˈ ʾən-ṱ-áṯe l-bàli,ˈ rába kčìxɛwən.ˈ mə́ra mú bṱ-àwe?ˈ ʾína xípɛle ʾu-munìxɛle.ˈ rába xzìṯa ʾɛ́ne díyeˈ m-d-ò-məndi.ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-màlka.ˈ ʾíṯwale ʾárba bnòne.ˈ ʾan-ʾárba bnòne,ˈ ḏá-xaṯa ṭlìbəlla,ˈ ḏá-xaṯa yak̭ànta.ˈ bás băyɛ́wa ḏá-xaṯa yak̭ànta.ˈ qəm-hawéla xáṯa yak̭ànta.ˈ ʾɛ-xáṯa yak̭àntaˈ zòrta-wawa.ˈ gu-dargúšta qɛmàwa,ˈ šaryáwa bănúda dìyaˈ ʾu-ʾazáwa gu-màṯa,ˈ ʾaxláwa xa-bròna,ˈ ʾaṯyàwa,ˈ damxàwa.ˈ ʾáp-xa lè-y-yăḏewa bíya díya.ˈ y-aṯɛ́wa škáya qa-màlka.ˈ málka ṱ-áwət basìma,ˈ ʾáyya mut-máṯɛla?ˈ ʾánna mut-ḥàrs-it mattóye?ˈ bróni hóle xíla ʾədlɛ̀le,ˈ gu-dargúšta dmìxa.ˈ dáx hàtxa báre ʾo-mə́ndi?ˈ mə́re so-dúqu nàwba.ˈ zílla dwíqla náwba l-ăyàʾha qunjə́lta t-hódəx,ˈ ʾáyya gu-d-ɛ-qunjə́lta xèta.ˈ ʾap-dártət-yoma qìmla,ˈ dártət-yoma zílla wídla hàdəx.ˈ b-lɛ́le qímla šárya bănúda dìya,ˈ ṱ-àza,ˈ pṯíxla tắra qḏìla.ˈ zílla xílla xà-yala xénaˈ ʾu-ṯéla dmìxla.ˈ hár hola-škàyaˈ har-líba fàyda.ˈ ʾap-dártət-yoma hàdəx,ˈ yómət ṭḷàṯa.ˈ yómət ʾàrbaˈ xóna díya ʾo-zóra ṛìšle,ˈ ʾo-zórət kùlla.ˈ nṭìrre ʾəlla-díya.ˈ nṭìrre.ˈ mə́re ʾáwwa mə́ndi hàtxɛle!ˈ klèle,ˈ klèle.ˈ qəm-xazèla.ˈ là-glele qamáye.ˈ mə́re xázən ʾáp ʾədlɛ́le mjàrbən.ˈ xázən ʾáp ʾədlɛ́le ṱ-áṯɛ náše škáya ta-bàbi.ˈ bábi màlkɛle.ˈ ʾáp ʾaw-lɛ́le xéna qìmla,ˈ sáʾət ṭḷáṯa b-lɛ̀le,ˈ šárya bănúda dìya,ˈ ʾu-ʾáza ʾáxla xá-brona xéna ʾu-dɛ̀ṛa,ˈ dàmxa.ˈ páṯxa tằra,ˈ dámxa gu-dudìya.ˈ ʾáy Lelìṯɛla.ˈ ʾàp-xa la-yắḏe bíya.ˈ Lelíṯa y-áxla nàše.ˈ ʾánna là-yăḏi.ˈ xšíwla bratey-zòrtɛla,ˈ ʾánna là-yăḏi.ˈ qíme bàbi,ˈ ʾáp ʾo-lɛ́le ʾə́ṯye šə̀kyela.ˈ mə́re tə́mməl ṱ-ámrən ta-bàbi.ˈ mbádla qìmle.ˈ zìlla náše,ˈ prìqla.ˈ mə́re bàbi,ˈ ṱ-amrə́nnux xa-xàbra.ˈ yáʿni ʾən-ʾáti kàrbət mə́nni,ˈ ʾána brònux ʾíwən.ˈ là-karbət mə́nni.ˈ hátxa bába xqìrɛwət.ˈ yáʿni ʾána màjbur-inˈ qa-t ʾána xzéli xá-mdi qam-ʾɛ́ni gằrəg ʾamrə́nne.ˈ la-bàrya.ˈ ʾáxni ʾíwəx màlke.ˈ xázəx məndiyáne bràya,ˈ ʾu-lá-ʾaxləx xámma d-áyya bằlad,ˈ la-bàrya.ˈ mə́re pàqəḏ bróni.ˈ mə́re yắḏət ʾáwwa mə́ndi ṱ-íle bràyaˈ gu-bɛ̀ṯən-ile bráya.ˈ mə́re mùt mára bróni?ˈ mə́re b-álaha bàbi.ˈ mə́re xzèliˈ xàṯiˈ šréla bănùde,ˈ šqílla qḏìla,ˈ pṯíxla tằra,ˈ plìṭla.ˈ ʾu-ṯèla,ˈ ʾu-mə́dre qəm-paṯxàle tắra,ˈ ʾòra,ˈ dàmxa,ˈ ʾasṛàla bănúda díya.ˈ dárt-yoma náše ṯéla škèla.ˈ mə́re ʾáy xàṯila.ˈ mə́re làˈ gắrəg là-ʾamrət hátxa.ˈ mə́re bábi b-kèfux.ˈ ʾána hon-màrəllux.ˈ lá hămónəlle bróne dìye.ˈ šqílle gàneˈ zílle ʾu-xyèle gu-mḏíta xéta.ˈ xíšle ʾu-xíšle ta-mḏíta xèta.ˈ xìlla,ˈ kúlla máṯa qəm-axlàla.ˈ kúlla yále zóre qəm-parqàla.ˈ píšla bábe-u yə́mme-u xonăwáṯa lɛ̀la hămóne.ˈ xa-lɛ́le xílla bàba.ˈ xa-lɛ́le xílla yə̀mma.ˈ ʾáp-xa là-yăḏe.ˈ kúlla qəm-axlàla.ˈ ʾo-bróna ṱ-íle zíla ḏa-bážər xèta,ˈ yáʿni ḏa-mḏìta,ˈ ḏa-màṯa,ˈ píšle rába mparòje,ˈ maṣyóṯe l-bɛ́ṯət bábe dìye.ˈ píšle šə́nne rábe ʾárbe xámməš ʾə́ššət šə́nne la-zìlle.ˈ mə́re ṯèle,ˈ mawṭánət bábi ṯèle,ˈ xonăwáṯi ṯéla qam-ʾɛ̀ni,ˈ yə́mmi-u bàbi.ˈ dàx-iley?ˈ ṱ-ázən xázən mòdi píše ʾan-náše.ˈ qímle tíwle xā́ṣ-súsa bàbi.ˈ ʾáw ʾu-báxte mtufə́qla m-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾíṯwale tre-bnóne ʾu-ḏa-bràta.ˈ mə́re ṭla-báxte dìyeˈ ʾàna,ˈ ya-bàxta,ˈ ʾáyya ʾisə́qṯi yawə́nna qàləx.ˈ ʾítli ʾàrye.ˈ ʾən-ʾáyya ʾisə́qṯi xɛ̀rət,ˈ ʾən-ṭúwət ʾisə́qṯi bdìlɛle,ˈ mšadrátla ʾárye ṱ-àṯa,ˈ ʾána gu-ʾawqànən.ˈ ʾu-ʾàti,ˈ mə́ra ta-gàwṛa,ˈ ʾap-ʾána ʾítli tre-bòč̣e.ˈ ʾáp-ʾay brāt-màlkɛwa.ˈ ʾánna tre-bóč̣e šaqlə̀tla,ˈ mattə́tla gu-jèbux.ˈ ʾən-ṯéla píšla xằṭar ʾə́llux qúrba,ˈ dríla ʾan-bóč̣e l-ʾằra,ˈ qɛ́mi tre-xóre ṱ-ásqət rèšaˈ párqət xàyux,ˈ bálki ʾən-šálla hal-ʾɛ-gə-máṭa ʾàrye.ˈ mə́ra ta-ġḏàḏe.ˈ qímɛle, zíla, zìla,ˈ mə́ṭya xà-yoma,ˈ trè-yome.ˈ rə̀ḥqɛla.ˈ mə́ṭyɛle l-bážərət bábe dìye.ˈ máttu bála gu-màṯa,ˈ la-dìgeˈ ʾu-la-kṯayàṯa,ˈ la-nàšeˈ ʾu-la-baxtàṯa,ˈ la-qàla,ˈ ʾu-la-yále zòre,ˈ čù-məndi.ˈ čù-qala líṯ.ˈ čú-qala líṯən mənnèy.ˈ mə́re ma-píštət k̭awə̀lla!ˈ mə́re har-ʾásqən gu-qáṣrət bàbi,ˈ har-šáqlən rìxa mə́nne.ˈ bálki xa-xóni, xáṯi xázən,ˈ xa-nàši.ˈ har-xáṯe ʾi-bằyela.ˈ har-xàṯənila.ˈ mxéle l-tằra,ˈ ṭə́q ṭə́q ṭə́q.ˈ ʾaw-wíḏəlla kɛ́re dìye.ˈ šqílɛle xa-tumbàna.ˈ síṛɛle júlla bíye dìye,ˈ ṃə́ḷyɛle qə̀ṭma.ˈ sìṛɛle,ˈ mùṯyəlle.ˈ mə́re báre xa-mə̀ndiˈ qa-d-áwwa ʾáwəḏ xa-čɛ̀ra,ˈ ʾən-ṱ-áwe ràqa,ˈ qa-t-ʾáwəḏ xa-čɛ̀ra qa-gáne.ˈ xzí mut-ṱ-àwəḏ.ˈ qímɛle síqɛle wìrɛleˈ məxya l-tằra.ˈ ʾína xáṯe he-xòni!ˈ ʾazīz-t-xàṯi!ˈ b-šɛ̀na!ˈ m-ɛ̀ka ṯélux?ˈ máṭo mšuqèlux?ˈ ʾu-máṭo mṭèlux?ˈ mə́re xáṯi ṯéli ṯèli.ˈ ʾáy ʾa-dána ʾàrqa.ˈ mə́re ʾána-w sùsi.ˈ ʾárye dìyeˈ kəs-báxte dìye hóla.ˈ ṣlíṯɛla ʾɛ́-dana gu-gòma.ˈ ʾaw-ḏìle.ˈ ṣlíṯɛla gu-hàwšeˈ xíltəlla ʾáqla súse dìye.ˈ xíltəlla sìqta.ˈ mə́ra xóni dax-ʾítle ṭḷáṯa ʾaqlàṯa?!ˈ mə́re xáṯi ṯèliˈ ʾítle ṭḷáṯa ʾaqlàṯa,ˈ lə́ngo lə̀ngoˈ hal-tàmma.ˈ mə́re ṯéla l-báli xáṯi ṱ-áṯən xazə̀nnəx.ˈ xáčča xéna mumžə̀lla,ˈ kléla hàtxa.ˈ ṣàlya,ˈ ʾap-xa-xéta ʾaxlàla.ˈ mə́ra xóni ʾo-sùsaˈ dàx-ile ʾə́ṯya tré ʾaqlàṯa?!ˈ mə́re har-ṯéli m-táma l-áxxa b-tré ʾaqlàṯa.ˈ ṯéləx l-bàli.ˈ ṣálya ʾap-xa-xéta ʾaxlàla,ˈ t-ṭḷáṯa t-ʾàrbe.ˈ mə́ra pəčkànta.ˈ píšta ʾáy ʾaw-gúrba ṱ-axlàle.ˈ mòdile wíḏa bábi?ˈ šqíləlle gàne,ˈ múttɛle mə́ndi xo-ʾàqle,ˈ síqɛle ḏa-káwe ḷɛ̀ṯa.ˈ síṛɛle ʾo-tumbáne dìyeˈ b-prə̀zle.ˈ ʾáy heš-hóla gu-gòma.ˈ ʾaw-šrìṭleˈ rìqle.ˈ ʾu-ʾáw ṃə́ḷya qə̀ṭma,ˈ qa-t-ʾáṯya ʾàxla mə́nneˈ ṣále gu-ʾɛ̀naˈ qa-d-áw mádu ʾàrəq.ˈ qímla bàbi,ˈ wìrra,ˈ xá-ʾaqle ʾaxlàwale,ˈ qə́ṭma kúlle ṣléle gu-páṯa dìya.ˈ ʾaw-ríqle bar-ʾàrbe-uˈ bar-xàmməš,ˈ bar-ʾə̀ššət,ˈ ʾax-ṱ-amrə́xla ʾáxni b-Bàrwər,ˈ bar-ʾàrbe-uˈ bar-xàmməš,ˈ bar-ʾə̀ššət,ˈ yáʿni bàze.ˈ xa-báza rìqle,ˈ tre-rìqle,ˈ ṭḷáṯa rìqle.ˈ zìlle yáʿni.ˈ xárṯa qəm-xazyále gu-dàšta.ˈ hó ṣárxa bíye dìyeˈ m-ɛ̀ka lɛ́ka?! šáwpe rə́ḥqa m-áxxa jyára də̀mma,ˈ ma-t-zdíle ṱ-axlàle.ˈ báxte díye xá-bena knàša-wawa,ˈ xírta hátxa ṭúwət ʾisə̀qṯa,ˈ ʾína bdìla!ˈ mə́ra k̭óre ʾàna,ˈ rmèli.ˈ qímtɛla zíltɛla gu-háwše mpulə́ṭṭəlla ʾàrye.ˈ mə́ra sò!ˈ yăḏítu marɛ́xu ʾɛ̀kɛle.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛla ʾàrye.ˈ ʾə̀ṯye,ˈ ʾə̀ṯye,ˈ həš-lɛ́wa mə́ṭye ʾəlle-dìye,ˈ há há ga-máṭya ṱ-axlàle,ˈ də́ryəlla bòč̣e.ˈ də́ryəlla bòč̣e,ˈ qíme tre-xùre.ˈ síqa š-xa-xùra.ˈ mə̀ṭye ʾárye.ˈ mə́re mə̀ṭyela.ˈ mə́re xùlula!ˈ ʾap-dəndə́kka baṣòra,ˈ xa-dəndə́kkət xa-ṭùpraˈ mə̀nni,ˈ har-xàṯila.ˈ qəm-axlìla.ˈ mulə̀pela ʾap-ʾáni.ˈ ʾáyya tuníṯa qə̀ṣṣətilaˈ dax-ṱ-íla mírəlla nàšeˈ ʾáxni dax-ṱ-ámrəx ʾap-ʾàxni.ˈ šwíqəlla ʾo-qə́ṭṭa zòra.ˈ mə́re har-xàṯi.ˈ ham-muttúle gu-gúbbe dìye.ˈ ʾaw-našə́qla ʾárye dìye,ˈ tíwle xáṣət ʾárye dìye,ˈ ʾu-zìlle.ˈ ʾàyˈ qəm-axlìla.ˈ ʾo-qə̀ṭṭaˈ ṭə́prət ʾíḏa dìyaˈ muttúle gùbbe.ˈ píšle čučə̀kka.ˈ píšle nə̀šmaˈ píšle k̭ərmə́kṯa xàləlle.ˈ qímle nyàsəlle.ˈ mə́re muršə́nna ʾay-dùkṯi.ˈ píšla čučə̀kka,ˈ píšla ṣəppə̀rṯa,ˈ ʾu-píšla gáwe díye k̭ərmə̀kṯa.ˈ ʾax-xuwwìṯa,ˈ máṭya lə́bbe ʾaxlàle.ˈ wídle hàtxa,ˈ ʾína kúlla trìṯa.ˈ mə́re ta-ʾárye mxó lišanɛ́xu làxxa.ˈ qəm-maxɛ́le lišanèy.ˈ mə́re mxó lišanɛ́xu bìya.ˈ xúlu t-la pɛ́ša dundə̀kṯa mə́nna díya.ˈ lèš băyə́nna.ˈ zílle tíwle xaṣət-ʾàryeˈ ʾu-zílla l-bɛṯèy.ˈ mṭéle l-bɛ́ṯe kčìxa.ˈ mə́ra báxte díye mà-wət kčíxa?ˈ mə́re šùqli.ˈ lá-maṣən díya tanə̀nna.ˈ rába qə́ṣṣət ràbṯɛla.ˈ bar-t-ʾána pɛ́šən spày,ˈ xà-yarxa,ˈ trè-yarxe,ˈ ʾən-ṱ-áṯe l-bàli,ˈ rába kčìxɛwən.ˈ mə́ra mú bṱ-àwe?ˈ ʾína xípɛle ʾu-munìxɛle.ˈ rába xzìṯa ʾɛ́ne díyeˈ m-d-ò-məndi.ˈ	There was a king. He had four sons. The four sons prayed for a sister, a single sister. All they wanted was a single sister. An only sister was born to them. The only sister was a small (baby). She stood up in the cradle, untied her bands, went into the village, ate a child, then came back and went to sleep. Nobody knew about her. They came to complain to the king. King, may you be healthy, what kind of village is this? What kind of guard are you appointing? My son was eaten tonight while asleep in his cradle. How can such a thing happen?’ He said ‘Go and keep guard’. They went and kept a guard in that far corner, and one in this other corner. Also the next day she got up, the next day she went and did the same. At night she got up, untied her bands, then went and opened the door with a key. She went and ate another child, then came back and went to sleep. They continued to complain but it was still no use. Also the next day, the third day, the same happened. On the fourth day, her young brother, the youngest one, woke up. He watched her, he watched. He said ‘This is what is happening!’ He stayed still. He saw her, but at first he did not reveal (what he had seen). He said ‘I shall see and investigate also tonight. I shall see whether also tonight people come to complain to my father. My father is the king’. Also the next night she got up, at three o’clock in the morning, untied her bands, went and ate another child, then returned and went to sleep. She opened the door and went to sleep in the cradle. She was Leliṯa. Nobody knew about her. Leliṯa would eat people. They (the parents) did not know. They thought their daughter was a small (baby). They did not know. My dear, also that night they came to complain. He (the young brother) said ‘Tomorrow I shall tell my father’. In the morning he got up. (When) the people had gone and finished, he said ‘Father, I’d like to tell you something. If you get angry with me, (remember) I am your son. Don’t get angry with me. You are are a very respected father, but I am forced (to tell you) that I have seen something before my very eyes that I must tell. It should not happen. We are kings. If we see things happening and do not care for this country, it is not right’. He said ‘Go ahead, my son’. He said ‘You must know that this thing that is happening, is happen-ing in our house’. He said ‘What are you saying, son?’ He said ‘By God, father’, he said ‘I have seen my sister untie the bands, take the key, open the door and go out. She came back, again opened the door, entered, lay down to sleep and tied her bands. The next day people came to complain’. He said ‘It is my sister’. He said ‘No, you must not say that’. He said ‘Father, that is up to you. I am telling you’. He did not believe his son. He (the son) took himself off and went to live in another town. She ate, she ate all the village. She finished off all the young children. His father and mother and her brothers still did not believe it. One night she ate her father. One night she ate her mother. Nobody knew. She ate everybody. The son who had gone to another town, that is a town, a village, remained watching intently, listening (for news) about his father’s family. For many years, four, five six years, he did not go there. He said ‘The land of my father, my brothers, my mother and father, are in my thoughts. How are they? I shall go and see what has become of those people’. He set off and sat on the back of his horse. He and his wife made an agreement. They had two sons and a daughter. He said to his wife ‘Wife, I shall give to you this ring of mine. I have some lions. If you watch this ring, if the gem of my ring changes (in colour), send the lions so that they come (to me), for I am in trouble’. ‘And you’, she said to her husband ‘I also have two seeds’—she also was the daughter of a king—‘Take these two seeds, put them in your pocket. If danger comes near to you, put these two seeds in the ground and two poplar trees will grow up which you can climb and perhaps save your life before the lions arrive’. They told each other (these things). He set off and went on his way. After a day or two he arrived. It was a long way. He arrived at the town of his father. He looked around the village, there were no cocks, no hens, no men, no women, no sound, no young children, nothing. There was no sound. There was no sound of them. He said ‘How you have become a ruin!’ He said ‘I shall just go up to my father’s palace, I shall just have a quick look, perhaps I shall find a brother of mine, my sister, a relative or mine’. He still loved his sister. ‘She is still our sister’. He knocked at the door. He prepared himself (for a fight). He took some trousers. He tied a cloth on them and filled them with ash. He tied them up and brought them (with him). He said ‘(In case) something happens’, so that he could find a way out (of trouble), so that, if he had to flee, he could find for himself a way out (of trouble). Look what he will do. He went up and knocked at the door. There was his sister ‘Hey my brother!’ ‘My dear sister!’ ‘Welcome! Where have you come from? Why have you taken pains (to come)? How have you come?’ He said ‘Sister, I have come’. Then she ran away. He said ‘(Only) I and my horse (have come)’. His lions were with his wife. Then she went down into the basement stable. He knew this. She went down into the courtyard and ate the leg of his horse. She ate it and came back up. She said ‘Brother, why does it have three legs?’ He said ‘Sister, I came here, while it had three legs, limping up to here’. He said ‘It came to my mind, sister, to come to see you’. She delayed a little, waited, then went down and ate another one. She said ‘Brother, that horse, how has it come with two legs!?’ He said ‘I have indeed come from there to here with two legs (on my horse). You came to my mind’. She went down and ate another one, the third and the fourth. She said ‘It is useless’. She began to eat the torso. What did he do, my dear? He took himself off, put something under his feet and went up to an upper window. He tied those trousers of his with some iron. She was still in the basement stable. He fled and ran away. It was full of ash, so that when she comes to eat it, it will go into her eyes and he will manage to escape’. She came in, my dear. She bit one of his legs and the all the ash fell into her face. He ran away (very fast) with four, five or six (bounds), as we say in Barwar, with four, with five, with six, that is bounds. He fled with one bound, he fled with two, he fled with three. He went off. Afterwards she saw him on the plain. She shouted at him ‘Where are you from and where are you going?’ He was—pardon me—urinating blood, so scared was he that she would eat him. While his wife was sweeping, she looked at the diamond of the ring and saw that it had changed colour! She said ‘Dear me, oh woe to me!’ She went into the courtyard and took out the lions. She said ‘Go! You know where your master is’. The lions came. They came, but they had not yet reached him. ‘Hah, hah’ she is about to eat him. So, he cast the seeds. When he cast the seeds, two poplar trees grew up. He climbed one poplar tree. The lions arrived. He said ‘They have arrived’. He said ‘Eat her! (Leave) a small piece, a small piece, a fingernail for me, she is still my sister’. They ate her. They were well trained. This story is like that, as people have told it, so we are telling it. They left a small piece. He said ‘She is still my sister’. He put it in his pocket. He kissed the lions, sat on the back of his lions and went off. They had eaten her. He put that piece, the nail of her hand, in his pocket. It became a sparrow, it became a live being, it became a worm and started eating him. It started biting him. He said ‘This place here on me has become numb’. It became a small bird, it became a sparrow. It became a worm inside him, like a small snake, reached his heart and ate it’. He put (his hand here) like this and found it was all wet. He said to the lions ‘Lick here’. They licked. He said ‘Lick her. Eat her so that a even a small piece of her does not remain. I do not like her any more’. He went and sat on the back of the lions and they went home. He arrived home exhausted. His wife said ‘Why are you tired?’ He said ‘Don’t ask. I cannot tell the story now, it is very long. After I have recovered, after one or two months, if I remember, I am very tired now’. She said ‘It does not matter’. He washed and rested. He had suffered a lot from that affair.

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ʾíṯwa xa-màlka.ˈ ʾíṯwale ʾárba bnòne.ˈ ʾan-ʾárba bnòne,ˈ ḏá-xaṯa ṭlìbəlla,ˈ ḏá-xaṯa yak̭ànta.ˈ bás băyɛ́wa ḏá-xaṯa yak̭ànta.ˈ qəm-hawéla xáṯa yak̭ànta.ˈ ʾɛ-xáṯa yak̭àntaˈ zòrta-wawa.ˈ gu-dargúšta qɛmàwa,ˈ šaryáwa bănúda dìyaˈ ʾu-ʾazáwa gu-màṯa,ˈ ʾaxláwa xa-bròna,ˈ ʾaṯyàwa,ˈ damxàwa.ˈ ʾáp-xa lè-y-yăḏewa bíya díya.ˈ y-aṯɛ́wa škáya qa-màlka.ˈ málka ṱ-áwət basìma,ˈ ʾáyya mut-máṯɛla?ˈ ʾánna mut-ḥàrs-it mattóye?ˈ bróni hóle xíla ʾədlɛ̀le,ˈ gu-dargúšta dmìxa.ˈ dáx hàtxa báre ʾo-mə́ndi?ˈ mə́re so-dúqu nàwba.ˈ zílla dwíqla náwba l-ăyàʾha qunjə́lta t-hódəx,ˈ ʾáyya gu-d-ɛ-qunjə́lta xèta.ˈ ʾap-dártət-yoma qìmla,ˈ dártət-yoma zílla wídla hàdəx.ˈ b-lɛ́le qímla šárya bănúda dìya,ˈ ṱ-àza,ˈ pṯíxla tắra qḏìla.ˈ zílla xílla xà-yala xénaˈ ʾu-ṯéla dmìxla.ˈ hár hola-škàyaˈ har-líba fàyda.ˈ ʾap-dártət-yoma hàdəx,ˈ yómət ṭḷàṯa.ˈ yómət ʾàrbaˈ xóna díya ʾo-zóra ṛìšle,ˈ ʾo-zórət kùlla.ˈ nṭìrre ʾəlla-díya.ˈ nṭìrre.ˈ mə́re ʾáwwa mə́ndi hàtxɛle!ˈ klèle,ˈ klèle.ˈ qəm-xazèla.ˈ là-glele qamáye.ˈ mə́re xázən ʾáp ʾədlɛ́le mjàrbən.ˈ xázən ʾáp ʾədlɛ́le ṱ-áṯɛ náše škáya ta-bàbi.ˈ bábi màlkɛle.ˈ ʾáp ʾaw-lɛ́le xéna qìmla,ˈ sáʾət ṭḷáṯa b-lɛ̀le,ˈ šárya bănúda dìya,ˈ ʾu-ʾáza ʾáxla xá-brona xéna ʾu-dɛ̀ṛa,ˈ dàmxa.ˈ páṯxa tằra,ˈ dámxa gu-dudìya.ˈ ʾáy Lelìṯɛla.ˈ ʾàp-xa la-yắḏe bíya.ˈ Lelíṯa y-áxla nàše.ˈ ʾánna là-yăḏi.ˈ xšíwla bratey-zòrtɛla,ˈ ʾánna là-yăḏi.ˈ qíme bàbi,ˈ ʾáp ʾo-lɛ́le ʾə́ṯye šə̀kyela.ˈ mə́re tə́mməl ṱ-ámrən ta-bàbi.ˈ mbádla qìmle.ˈ zìlla náše,ˈ prìqla.ˈ mə́re bàbi,ˈ ṱ-amrə́nnux xa-xàbra.ˈ yáʿni ʾən-ʾáti kàrbət mə́nni,ˈ ʾána brònux ʾíwən.ˈ là-karbət mə́nni.ˈ hátxa bába xqìrɛwət.ˈ yáʿni ʾána màjbur-inˈ qa-t ʾána xzéli xá-mdi qam-ʾɛ́ni gằrəg ʾamrə́nne.ˈ la-bàrya.ˈ ʾáxni ʾíwəx màlke.ˈ xázəx məndiyáne bràya,ˈ ʾu-lá-ʾaxləx xámma d-áyya bằlad,ˈ la-bàrya.ˈ mə́re pàqəḏ bróni.ˈ mə́re yắḏət ʾáwwa mə́ndi ṱ-íle bràyaˈ gu-bɛ̀ṯən-ile bráya.ˈ mə́re mùt mára bróni?ˈ mə́re b-álaha bàbi.ˈ mə́re xzèliˈ xàṯiˈ šréla bănùde,ˈ šqílla qḏìla,ˈ pṯíxla tằra,ˈ plìṭla.ˈ ʾu-ṯèla,ˈ ʾu-mə́dre qəm-paṯxàle tắra,ˈ ʾòra,ˈ dàmxa,ˈ ʾasṛàla bănúda díya.ˈ dárt-yoma náše ṯéla škèla.ˈ mə́re ʾáy xàṯila.ˈ mə́re làˈ gắrəg là-ʾamrət hátxa.ˈ mə́re bábi b-kèfux.ˈ ʾána hon-màrəllux.ˈ lá hămónəlle bróne dìye.ˈ

šqílle gàneˈ zílle ʾu-xyèle gu-mḏíta xéta.ˈ xíšle ʾu-xíšle ta-mḏíta xèta.ˈ xìlla,ˈ kúlla máṯa qəm-axlàla.ˈ kúlla yále zóre qəm-parqàla.ˈ píšla bábe-u yə́mme-u xonăwáṯa lɛ̀la hămóne.ˈ xa-lɛ́le xílla bàba.ˈ xa-lɛ́le xílla yə̀mma.ˈ ʾáp-xa là-yăḏe.ˈ kúlla qəm-axlàla.ˈ ʾo-bróna ṱ-íle zíla ḏa-bážər xèta,ˈ yáʿni ḏa-mḏìta,ˈ ḏa-màṯa,ˈ píšle rába mparòje,ˈ maṣyóṯe l-bɛ́ṯət bábe dìye.ˈ píšle šə́nne rábe ʾárbe xámməš ʾə́ššət šə́nne la-zìlle.ˈ mə́re ṯèle,ˈ mawṭánət bábi ṯèle,ˈ xonăwáṯi ṯéla qam-ʾɛ̀ni,ˈ yə́mmi-u bàbi.ˈ dàx-iley?ˈ ṱ-ázən xázən mòdi píše ʾan-náše.ˈ qímle tíwle xā́ṣ-súsa bàbi.ˈ ʾáw ʾu-báxte mtufə́qla m-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾíṯwale tre-bnóne ʾu-ḏa-bràta.ˈ mə́re ṭla-báxte dìyeˈ ʾàna,ˈ ya-bàxta,ˈ ʾáyya ʾisə́qṯi yawə́nna qàləx.ˈ ʾítli ʾàrye.ˈ ʾən-ʾáyya ʾisə́qṯi xɛ̀rət,ˈ ʾən-ṭúwət ʾisə́qṯi bdìlɛle,ˈ mšadrátla ʾárye ṱ-àṯa,ˈ ʾána gu-ʾawqànən.ˈ ʾu-ʾàti,ˈ mə́ra ta-gàwṛa,ˈ ʾap-ʾána ʾítli tre-bòč̣e.ˈ ʾáp-ʾay brāt-màlkɛwa.ˈ ʾánna tre-bóč̣e šaqlə̀tla,ˈ mattə́tla gu-jèbux.ˈ ʾən-ṯéla píšla xằṭar ʾə́llux qúrba,ˈ dríla ʾan-bóč̣e l-ʾằra,ˈ qɛ́mi tre-xóre ṱ-ásqət rèšaˈ párqət xàyux,ˈ bálki ʾən-šálla hal-ʾɛ-gə-máṭa ʾàrye.ˈ mə́ra ta-ġḏàḏe.ˈ qímɛle, zíla, zìla,ˈ mə́ṭya xà-yoma,ˈ trè-yome.ˈ rə̀ḥqɛla.ˈ mə́ṭyɛle l-bážərət bábe dìye.ˈ máttu bála gu-màṯa,ˈ la-dìgeˈ ʾu-la-kṯayàṯa,ˈ la-nàšeˈ ʾu-la-baxtàṯa,ˈ la-qàla,ˈ ʾu-la-yále zòre,ˈ čù-məndi.ˈ čù-qala líṯ.ˈ čú-qala líṯən mənnèy.ˈ mə́re ma-píštət k̭awə̀lla!ˈ mə́re har-ʾásqən gu-qáṣrət bàbi,ˈ har-šáqlən rìxa mə́nne.ˈ bálki xa-xóni, xáṯi xázən,ˈ xa-nàši.ˈ har-xáṯe ʾi-bằyela.ˈ har-xàṯənila.ˈ mxéle l-tằra,ˈ ṭə́q ṭə́q ṭə́q.ˈ ʾaw-wíḏəlla kɛ́re dìye.ˈ šqílɛle xa-tumbàna.ˈ síṛɛle júlla bíye dìye,ˈ ṃə́ḷyɛle qə̀ṭma.ˈ sìṛɛle,ˈ mùṯyəlle.ˈ mə́re báre xa-mə̀ndiˈ qa-d-áwwa ʾáwəḏ xa-čɛ̀ra,ˈ ʾən-ṱ-áwe ràqa,ˈ qa-t-ʾáwəḏ xa-čɛ̀ra qa-gáne.ˈ xzí mut-ṱ-àwəḏ.ˈ qímɛle síqɛle wìrɛleˈ məxya l-tằra.ˈ ʾína xáṯe he-xòni!ˈ ʾazīz-t-xàṯi!ˈ b-šɛ̀na!ˈ m-ɛ̀ka ṯélux?ˈ máṭo mšuqèlux?ˈ ʾu-máṭo mṭèlux?ˈ mə́re xáṯi ṯéli ṯèli.ˈ ʾáy ʾa-dána ʾàrqa.ˈ mə́re ʾána-w sùsi.ˈ ʾárye dìyeˈ kəs-báxte dìye hóla.ˈ ṣlíṯɛla ʾɛ́-dana gu-gòma.ˈ ʾaw-ḏìle.ˈ ṣlíṯɛla gu-hàwšeˈ xíltəlla ʾáqla súse dìye.ˈ xíltəlla sìqta.ˈ mə́ra xóni dax-ʾítle ṭḷáṯa ʾaqlàṯa?!ˈ mə́re xáṯi ṯèliˈ ʾítle ṭḷáṯa ʾaqlàṯa,ˈ lə́ngo lə̀ngoˈ hal-tàmma.ˈ mə́re ṯéla l-báli xáṯi ṱ-áṯən xazə̀nnəx.ˈ xáčča xéna mumžə̀lla,ˈ kléla hàtxa.ˈ ṣàlya,ˈ ʾap-xa-xéta ʾaxlàla.ˈ mə́ra xóni ʾo-sùsaˈ dàx-ile ʾə́ṯya tré ʾaqlàṯa?!ˈ mə́re har-ṯéli m-táma l-áxxa b-tré ʾaqlàṯa.ˈ ṯéləx l-bàli.ˈ ṣálya ʾap-xa-xéta ʾaxlàla,ˈ t-ṭḷáṯa t-ʾàrbe.ˈ mə́ra pəčkànta.ˈ píšta ʾáy ʾaw-gúrba ṱ-axlàle.ˈ mòdile wíḏa bábi?ˈ šqíləlle gàne,ˈ múttɛle mə́ndi xo-ʾàqle,ˈ síqɛle ḏa-káwe ḷɛ̀ṯa.ˈ síṛɛle ʾo-tumbáne dìyeˈ b-prə̀zle.ˈ ʾáy heš-hóla gu-gòma.ˈ ʾaw-šrìṭleˈ rìqle.ˈ ʾu-ʾáw ṃə́ḷya qə̀ṭma,ˈ qa-t-ʾáṯya ʾàxla mə́nneˈ ṣále gu-ʾɛ̀naˈ qa-d-áw mádu ʾàrəq.ˈ qímla bàbi,ˈ wìrra,ˈ xá-ʾaqle ʾaxlàwale,ˈ qə́ṭma kúlle ṣléle gu-páṯa dìya.ˈ ʾaw-ríqle bar-ʾàrbe-uˈ bar-xàmməš,ˈ bar-ʾə̀ššət,ˈ ʾax-ṱ-amrə́xla ʾáxni b-Bàrwər,ˈ bar-ʾàrbe-uˈ bar-xàmməš,ˈ bar-ʾə̀ššət,ˈ yáʿni bàze.ˈ xa-báza rìqle,ˈ tre-rìqle,ˈ ṭḷáṯa rìqle.ˈ zìlle yáʿni.ˈ xárṯa qəm-xazyále gu-dàšta.ˈ hó ṣárxa bíye dìyeˈ m-ɛ̀ka lɛ́ka?! šáwpe rə́ḥqa m-áxxa jyára də̀mma,ˈ ma-t-zdíle ṱ-axlàle.ˈ báxte díye xá-bena knàša-wawa,ˈ xírta hátxa ṭúwət ʾisə̀qṯa,ˈ ʾína bdìla!ˈ mə́ra k̭óre ʾàna,ˈ rmèli.ˈ qímtɛla zíltɛla gu-háwše mpulə́ṭṭəlla ʾàrye.ˈ mə́ra sò!ˈ yăḏítu marɛ́xu ʾɛ̀kɛle.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛla ʾàrye.ˈ ʾə̀ṯye,ˈ ʾə̀ṯye,ˈ həš-lɛ́wa mə́ṭye ʾəlle-dìye,ˈ há há ga-máṭya ṱ-axlàle,ˈ də́ryəlla bòč̣e.ˈ də́ryəlla bòč̣e,ˈ qíme tre-xùre.ˈ síqa š-xa-xùra.ˈ mə̀ṭye ʾárye.ˈ mə́re mə̀ṭyela.ˈ mə́re xùlula!ˈ ʾap-dəndə́kka baṣòra,ˈ xa-dəndə́kkət xa-ṭùpraˈ mə̀nni,ˈ har-xàṯila.ˈ qəm-axlìla.ˈ mulə̀pela ʾap-ʾáni.ˈ ʾáyya tuníṯa qə̀ṣṣətilaˈ dax-ṱ-íla mírəlla nàšeˈ ʾáxni dax-ṱ-ámrəx ʾap-ʾàxni.ˈ šwíqəlla ʾo-qə́ṭṭa zòra.ˈ mə́re har-xàṯi.ˈ ham-muttúle gu-gúbbe dìye.ˈ ʾaw-našə́qla ʾárye dìye,ˈ tíwle xáṣət ʾárye dìye,ˈ ʾu-zìlle.ˈ ʾàyˈ qəm-axlìla.ˈ ʾo-qə̀ṭṭaˈ ṭə́prət ʾíḏa dìyaˈ muttúle gùbbe.ˈ píšle čučə̀kka.ˈ píšle nə̀šmaˈ píšle k̭ərmə́kṯa xàləlle.ˈ qímle nyàsəlle.ˈ mə́re muršə́nna ʾay-dùkṯi.ˈ píšla čučə̀kka,ˈ píšla ṣəppə̀rṯa,ˈ ʾu-píšla gáwe díye k̭ərmə̀kṯa.ˈ ʾax-xuwwìṯa,ˈ máṭya lə́bbe ʾaxlàle.ˈ wídle hàtxa,ˈ ʾína kúlla trìṯa.ˈ mə́re ta-ʾárye mxó lišanɛ́xu làxxa.ˈ qəm-maxɛ́le lišanèy.ˈ mə́re mxó lišanɛ́xu bìya.ˈ xúlu t-la pɛ́ša dundə̀kṯa mə́nna díya.ˈ lèš băyə́nna.ˈ zílle tíwle xaṣət-ʾàryeˈ ʾu-zílla l-bɛṯèy.ˈ mṭéle l-bɛ́ṯe kčìxa.ˈ mə́ra báxte díye mà-wət kčíxa?ˈ mə́re šùqli.ˈ lá-maṣən díya tanə̀nna.ˈ rába qə́ṣṣət ràbṯɛla.ˈ bar-t-ʾána pɛ́šən spày,ˈ xà-yarxa,ˈ trè-yarxe,ˈ ʾən-ṱ-áṯe l-bàli,ˈ rába kčìxɛwən.ˈ mə́ra mú bṱ-àwe?ˈ ʾína xípɛle ʾu-munìxɛle.ˈ rába xzìṯa ʾɛ́ne díyeˈ m-d-ò-məndi.ˈ

Translation:

There was a king. He had four sons. The four sons prayed for a sister, a single sister. All they wanted was a single sister. An only sister was born to them. The only sister was a small (baby). She stood up in the cradle, untied her bands, went into the village, ate a child, then came back and went to sleep. Nobody knew about her. They came to complain to the king. King, may you be healthy, what kind of village is this? What kind of guard are you appointing? My son was eaten tonight while asleep in his cradle. How can such a thing happen?’ He said ‘Go and keep guard’. They went and kept a guard in that far corner, and one in this other corner. Also the next day she got up, the next day she went and did the same. At night she got up, untied her bands, then went and opened the door with a key. She went and ate another child, then came back and went to sleep. They continued to complain but it was still no use. Also the next day, the third day, the same happened. On the fourth day, her young brother, the youngest one, woke up. He watched her, he watched. He said ‘This is what is happening!’ He stayed still. He saw her, but at first he did not reveal (what he had seen). He said ‘I shall see and investigate also tonight. I shall see whether also tonight people come to complain to my father. My father is the king’. Also the next night she got up, at three o’clock in the morning, untied her bands, went and ate another child, then returned and went to sleep. She opened the door and went to sleep in the cradle. She was Leliṯa. Nobody knew about her. Leliṯa would eat people. They (the parents) did not know. They thought their daughter was a small (baby). They did not know. My dear, also that night they came to complain. He (the young brother) said ‘Tomorrow I shall tell my father’. In the morning he got up. (When) the people had gone and finished, he said ‘Father, I’d like to tell you something. If you get angry with me, (remember) I am your son. Don’t get angry with me. You are are a very respected father, but I am forced (to tell you) that I have seen something before my very eyes that I must tell. It should not happen. We are kings. If we see things happening and do not care for this country, it is not right’. He said ‘Go ahead, my son’. He said ‘You must know that this thing that is happening, is happen-ing in our house’. He said ‘What are you saying, son?’ He said ‘By God, father’, he said ‘I have seen my sister untie the bands, take the key, open the door and go out. She came back, again opened the door, entered, lay down to sleep and tied her bands. The next day people came to complain’. He said ‘It is my sister’. He said ‘No, you must not say that’. He said ‘Father, that is up to you. I am telling you’. He did not believe his son.

He (the son) took himself off and went to live in another town. She ate, she ate all the village. She finished off all the young children. His father and mother and her brothers still did not believe it. One night she ate her father. One night she ate her mother. Nobody knew. She ate everybody. The son who had gone to another town, that is a town, a village, remained watching intently, listening (for news) about his father’s family. For many years, four, five six years, he did not go there. He said ‘The land of my father, my brothers, my mother and father, are in my thoughts. How are they? I shall go and see what has become of those people’. He set off and sat on the back of his horse. He and his wife made an agreement. They had two sons and a daughter. He said to his wife ‘Wife, I shall give to you this ring of mine. I have some lions. If you watch this ring, if the gem of my ring changes (in colour), send the lions so that they come (to me), for I am in trouble’. ‘And you’, she said to her husband ‘I also have two seeds’—she also was the daughter of a king—‘Take these two seeds, put them in your pocket. If danger comes near to you, put these two seeds in the ground and two poplar trees will grow up which you can climb and perhaps save your life before the lions arrive’. They told each other (these things). He set off and went on his way. After a day or two he arrived. It was a long way. He arrived at the town of his father. He looked around the village, there were no cocks, no hens, no men, no women, no sound, no young children, nothing. There was no sound. There was no sound of them. He said ‘How you have become a ruin!’ He said ‘I shall just go up to my father’s palace, I shall just have a quick look, perhaps I shall find a brother of mine, my sister, a relative or mine’. He still loved his sister. ‘She is still our sister’. He knocked at the door. He prepared himself (for a fight). He took some trousers. He tied a cloth on them and filled them with ash. He tied them up and brought them (with him). He said ‘(In case) something happens’, so that he could find a way out (of trouble), so that, if he had to flee, he could find for himself a way out (of trouble). Look what he will do. He went up and knocked at the door. There was his sister ‘Hey my brother!’ ‘My dear sister!’ ‘Welcome! Where have you come from? Why have you taken pains (to come)? How have you come?’ He said ‘Sister, I have come’. Then she ran away. He said ‘(Only) I and my horse (have come)’. His lions were with his wife. Then she went down into the basement stable. He knew this. She went down into the courtyard and ate the leg of his horse. She ate it and came back up. She said ‘Brother, why does it have three legs?’ He said ‘Sister, I came here, while it had three legs, limping up to here’. He said ‘It came to my mind, sister, to come to see you’. She delayed a little, waited, then went down and ate another one. She said ‘Brother, that horse, how has it come with two legs!?’ He said ‘I have indeed come from there to here with two legs (on my horse). You came to my mind’. She went down and ate another one, the third and the fourth. She said ‘It is useless’. She began to eat the torso. What did he do, my dear? He took himself off, put something under his feet and went up to an upper window. He tied those trousers of his with some iron. She was still in the basement stable. He fled and ran away. It was full of ash, so that when she comes to eat it, it will go into her eyes and he will manage to escape’. She came in, my dear. She bit one of his legs and the all the ash fell into her face. He ran away (very fast) with four, five or six (bounds), as we say in Barwar, with four, with five, with six, that is bounds. He fled with one bound, he fled with two, he fled with three. He went off. Afterwards she saw him on the plain. She shouted at him ‘Where are you from and where are you going?’ He was—pardon me—urinating blood, so scared was he that she would eat him. While his wife was sweeping, she looked at the diamond of the ring and saw that it had changed colour! She said ‘Dear me, oh woe to me!’ She went into the courtyard and took out the lions. She said ‘Go! You know where your master is’. The lions came. They came, but they had not yet reached him. ‘Hah, hah’ she is about to eat him. So, he cast the seeds. When he cast the seeds, two poplar trees grew up. He climbed one poplar tree. The lions arrived. He said ‘They have arrived’. He said ‘Eat her! (Leave) a small piece, a small piece, a fingernail for me, she is still my sister’. They ate her. They were well trained. This story is like that, as people have told it, so we are telling it. They left a small piece. He said ‘She is still my sister’. He put it in his pocket. He kissed the lions, sat on the back of his lions and went off. They had eaten her. He put that piece, the nail of her hand, in his pocket. It became a sparrow, it became a live being, it became a worm and started eating him. It started biting him. He said ‘This place here on me has become numb’. It became a small bird, it became a sparrow. It became a worm inside him, like a small snake, reached his heart and ate it’. He put (his hand here) like this and found it was all wet. He said to the lions ‘Lick here’. They licked. He said ‘Lick her. Eat her so that a even a small piece of her does not remain. I do not like her any more’. He went and sat on the back of the lions and they went home. He arrived home exhausted. His wife said ‘Why are you tired?’ He said ‘Don’t ask. I cannot tell the story now, it is very long. After I have recovered, after one or two months, if I remember, I am very tired now’. She said ‘It does not matter’. He washed and rested. He had suffered a lot from that affair.