Barwar: The Daughter of the King

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

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0:00	ʾíṯwa xa-màlka.ˈ ʾíṯwale xa-bràta,ˈ gu-bɛ́ṯa har-y-oyáwa dmìxtaˈ ʾu-xàla,ˈ dmíxta-w xàla.ˈ ʾítwala xa-qaráwət gòṛta.ˈ mɛṯíwala xadamyáṯa díya ʾixàla,ˈ y-axlàwa-wˈ damxàwa,ˈ lè-y palxáwa.ˈ píšla yóma ṭla-yòma,ˈ yóma ṭla-yòma,ˈ píšla b-šə̀nne.ˈ ʾáy hár-lipla dmàxaˈ ʾu-xàla.ˈ ṭrìsla rába.ˈ málka hírre b-gáne díye bíya dìya.ˈ ʾáp-xa lɛ́le gwàrəlla.ˈ mə́re ʾána mò-ʾoḏən?ˈ xa-čára xazènaˈ qa-t-ʾáyya bràti.ˈ qréle b-wắzīr dìye.ˈ ʾámər ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ háyyo xázəx mhàyərriˈ bəd-taxmàntux.ˈ mò-ṱ-oḏəx qa-d-áyya bráta ṱ-íla har-dmíxta,ˈ b-lɛ̀le b-yòma,ˈ har-xála-w dmàxa,ˈ xála-w dmàxa?ˈ mə́re xáḏrəx xázexi xa-nàšaˈ ṱ-íle palàxaˈ ʾu-t-yáxla ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ ʾàw mtagbə́rra.ˈ mboqə̀rra,ˈ mboqə̀rra,ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-yàla.ˈ bas-yə̀mma ʾíṯwale.ˈ bába lìṯwale.ˈ ʾíṯwale xa-tàwraˈ ʾu-xa-xmàra.ˈ kút-yum šúle díye mòdi-wewa?ˈ šaqə̀lwale táwre díyeˈ ʾu-šaqə̀lwa xmáre díyeˈ qèdamtaˈ y-azə́lwa zărèwaˈ ʾu-y-aṯéwa l-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ y-axə́lwa mə́ndi ʾi-damə̀xwa.ˈ šmìla bud-díye.ˈ mə́ra b-álaha ʾáwwa xoš-yàlɛle,ˈ mabyòne,ˈ nablə́xla t-yàxla ʾə́lle díye.ˈ mára qìmela,ˈ ʾàw zílɛwa l-pəlxàna,ˈ zràya.ˈ qímela múttəlla gu-ʾatnàbəlˈ ʾu-wajjúwa díya kùlla,ˈ ʾɛ-ʾótəx dìya.ˈ múttəlla gu-ʾatnàbəlˈ ʾu-nùbləlla.ˈ ʾáw ʾítle ḏa-ʾótəx ʾax-d-àyya,ˈ zùrtɛla,ˈ qaráwət d-àwwaˈ ʾu-t-yə́mme díye,ˈ ʾu-ʾal-ʾằraˈ líṯ čù-məndi,ˈ lá kursìyaˈ ʾu-la-čù-məndi.ˈ mára núbləllɛla … bràta.ˈ mə́ra ṭla-yə́mmət yàlunka.ˈ mə̀raˈ yába ʾáyya bràtaˈ hox-múṯyəlla ṭlàləx,ˈ ṭla-brònux.ˈ lá-mṣela mṣuwə̀tla.ˈ mə́ra brátət màlkɛla.ˈ lá-mṣela mṣuwə́tla čù-məndi.ˈ mo-ṱ-òḏa?ˈ mə́ra dróla rəš-qaràwət.ˈ də́ryəlla rəš-qaràwətˈ múṯyəlla qaráwət dìyaˈ mùttəlla.ˈ bɛ́ṯa dwìqˈ qaráwət dìya.ˈ də́ryəlla š-qaràwət,ˈ ʾánna wajjúwe díya-ži múttəlla tàma.ˈ píštɛla tàma.ˈ yála ṯéle mən-zrùta.ˈ táwre mŭríle gu-gòma.ˈ ʾu-síqle ta-ṱ-áxəl mə̀ndiˈ xazéle ʾína bɛ́ṯe ṃə̀ḷya.ˈ hày!ˈ mə́re ʾay-mòdila?ˈ mə́ra bróni hátxɛla qaḍìyaˈ málka hóle múṯyəlla bráte dìyeˈ ʾu-hóle míra ʾáyya bráti qa-brònux.ˈ yáʿni pɛ́ša bàxtux.ˈ ʾámər mùt mára?ˈ mə́ra hè b-álaha,ˈ hátxɛle míra màlkaˈ múṯyəlla làxxaˈ ʾáw-u wằzīrˈ ʾu-hóla wajjúwe díya làxxa.ˈ ʾay-dmíxta š-qaràwət,ˈ kéfa díya basìmtaˈ lɛ́la maxrówəlla kèfa.ˈ ʾámər yə́mmi hé hè,ˈ lítla xàm,ˈ xoš-ʾáṯya b-šɛ̀na.ˈ píštɛla hàdəx.ˈ qímɛle lɛ́le qamàya,ˈ mə́re qa-yə́mme dìyeˈ bás mattátla xa-kawázət mìya.ˈ mə́re mattátla xa-kawázət míya kəs-réša-w bàs,ˈ la-ʾixàla,ˈ la-lə̀xma,ˈ la-čù-məndi.ˈ bàsˈ ʾɛ́ kawázət míya mattátla kəs-réša díya ʾu-bàs.ˈ mə́ra bábi hèˈ dàx lítlux xáṭər.ˈ qímɛle qèdamta.ˈ yə́mme díye múttəlle čày,ˈ múttəlle bèʾeˈ ʾu-xìlɛle-wˈ ʾu-tugbàrtəlleˈ ʾu-dwíqtəlle ʾixála gu-čánte dìye,ˈ jarrèta y-amrə́xla.ˈ jarréta dwìqtəllaˈ ʾu-másta gu-bùrra-wˈ dríṯəlle gu-čánte dìyeˈ ʾu-bəṛ-zắra gu-čànteˈ ʾu-zìlɛle.ˈ šqíləlle xmàraˈ ʾu-tàwra.ˈ ʾu-zìlɛle.ˈ šúryɛle zràya.ˈ šúryɛle zráya hàl-ʾaṣərta.ˈ ʾaṣə́rta ʾáṯe l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mànyəx,ˈ ʾázəl sàxeˈ ʾu-ʾàwər.ˈ dánət xa-rámša muṯéla yə́mme díye xa-rámša ʾə́lle dìye,ˈ šuréle ta-t-ʾàxəl.ˈ mə́re yə́mmi ʾɛ́nile plìxa?ˈ mə́ra bábi plíxɛt ʾàti,ˈ ʾu-xmára-w tàwraˈ ʾu-ʾána mtugbártən bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ʾáp-xa lɛle-plìxa?ˈ mə́ra là.ˈ mə́re ʾó-t là páləxˈ lè y-áxəl.ˈ mašmóye ʾə́lla dìya.ˈ mə́re kùt la-páləxˈ gu-d-áwwa bɛ̀ṯaˈ ʾixála lè y-áxəl.ˈ ʾo-t-pàləxˈ ʾàw ṱ-áxəl.ˈ mára yómət trèˈ ʾay-là xílla.ˈ lɛ̀la múttəlla ʾixála.ˈ yómət trèˈ qìmɛle.ˈ xá-gaya xéta qímtɛla yə́mme díye wíḏtəlle fṭàrta.ˈ fṭìrɛleˈ ʾu-mə́ndi xéna kúlla muttɛ́ṯəlle gu-čánte dìye,ˈ kú-məndi ṱ-ìṯwala,ˈ lə̀xma,ˈ ʾən-màsta,ˈ ʾən-kú-məndi ʾìṯwaleyˈ ʾu-šqíla tàwreˈ zíla zràya.ˈ šuréle zílle zràya,ˈ ʾaṣə́rta ṯèle.ˈ ʾámər hà yə́mmiˈ mùt mára?ˈ ʾɛ̀nile plíxa ʾə́dyo?ˈ mə́ra bábi har-ʾàtit plíxa,ˈ ʾu-xmára-w tàwra,ˈ ʾu-ʾána mquzqáztən bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́re har-ʾàxni bṱ-áxləx.ˈ ʾo-ṱ-íle plíxa ʾàw bṱ-áxəl.ˈ ʾo-t-lɛ́le plíxa là sápər ṱ-áxəl.ˈ ṣráxɛle qa-t-šằmaˈ brátət màlka.ˈ kpìnnaˈ yómə ṭḷàṯɛla.ˈ dmìxela.ˈ xá-bena xéta qìmelaˈ qèdamta.ˈ yála-žigən qímɛle fṭìrɛleˈ mxúlləlla páṯe dìye-wˈ ʾu-zílɛle šúle dìye.ˈ šúle hóle zráya hál ʾaṣə̀rta.ˈ ʾaṣə́rta ʾàṯe.ˈ ʾaw-l-ḥàmmam sáxe.ˈ ʾu-yə́mme díye mtugbə́rra ʾixàla-wˈ muttùla-wˈ ḥásba l-ʾŭṣū̀lˈ mə́re hà yə́mmi,ˈ ʾə́dyo dàxi.ˈ mə́ra b-álaha ʾə̀dyoˈ xánči plìxəx.ˈ mə́re lắʿat xànči ṱ-áxləx.ˈ qímela xìlela.ˈ qímela šqílela xa-ʾamána xànči zóra.ˈ múttəlla kəs-réša dìya.ˈ ṣáwṯa lìṯən.ˈ ṣáwṯa lɛ̀le mṣawóṯe mə́nna díya.ˈ ʾu-ʾáy-žigən lɛ̀la qyáma.ˈ har-dmíxtɛla bəd-lə́bba gu-bɛ́ṯət bába dìyɛla.ˈ mɛṯíla xadáme ʾixàla.ˈ ʾáp-xa lɛ́le mɛṯóyəlla ʾixàla.ˈ qímela múttəlla xáčča ʾixàla.ˈ b-lɛ́le qìmtɛlaˈ štíṯa mìyaˈ ʾu-xíltəlla ʾo-ʾixàla.ˈ ʾay-gu-gána mtuxmə̀nna,ˈ mə́ra ʾən-ʾázən b-áyya ʾùrxa,ˈ mɛ̀ṯana.ˈ la qɛ́mən jàldeˈ ta-ṱ-óḏən pəlxànaˈ ṭla-gàniˈ ta-ṱ-àxlən?ˈ yómət ʾàrpaˈ m-báṯər ṱ-íle … yaʿni fṭìrɛle yála-wˈ qìmɛleˈ zíla l-šùla,ˈ yə́mma mtugbàrtəlle,ˈ zíla l-šùla,ˈ qìmtɛla,ˈ mxulálta ʾamàneˈ ʾu-kníšta bɛ̀ṯaˈ ʾu-mtugbàrta.ˈ ʾə̀ṯyɛle yála,ˈ dìṛɛle,ˈ ʾámər hà yə́mmi,ˈ ʾə́dyo ʾɛ̀nile plíxa?ˈ mə́ra bábi kúllən plìxəx.ˈ mə́re lắʿat kúllən ṱ-àxləx.ˈ ʾə́ṯyela l-mḕs,ˈ ḥásba l-ʾŭṣū̀l.ˈ qímtɛla ṯíṯa tìwtɛla.ˈ šúryela xílela m-ġḏàḏe.ˈ yómət xàmša,ˈ qímla ʾáy m-bắdal xmáṯa dìya,ˈ m-bắdal yə́mmət yàla.ˈ wídla ʾixàlaˈ ṭla-yàla.ˈ xìlle.ˈ ʾu-čánte díye dwíqla zwàḏe,ˈ dréla gu-čànteˈ ʾu-bar-zắra hàdəx.ˈ ṣléla mə́nne gu-gòma.ˈ mpulṭíla táwra-w xmàra.ˈ ʾu-qəm-pašṭále b-ʾúrxa-w zìlle-wˈ w-áy ṯéla sìqla.ˈ sìqla,ˈ píšla plàxa-wˈ knáša-w mšáya ʾáxxa l-tàmma.ˈ mə́ra ṭla-xmáṯa dìyaˈ ʾáti là pálxət.ˈ ʾáti tù.ˈ ʾàna pálxən.ˈ šúrela plàxa-wˈ ʾu-bráta-w ʾáxxa l-tàmma,ˈ yóma ṭla-yòma,ˈ yóma ṭla-yòma.ˈ lípla pəlxàna.ˈ šuréla zabòne.ˈ mə́re b-xšàwənˈ ʾáyya bràtaˈ brátət bɛ̀ṯɛlaˈ w-áxni làx-ḏiye bíya díya.ˈ xá-yoma màlkaˈ mə́re ṭla-wằzīrˈ yába ṱ-ázəx xàzəxˈ ʾɛ-bratɛ́ni mà mə́nna.ˈ bálki ṱ-íla mìṯta,ˈ bálki ṱ-íle xa-mə́ndi ṯíṯa bìya.ˈ ʾámər də-qú-malka ṱ-àzəx.ˈ qìmela,ˈ zìlela.ˈ xmáṯa dìyaˈ hóla zílta kəs-xəzmáne šwàwe.ˈ yála hóle zíla šùle.ˈ ʾáy hóla wáḏa kùbbe.ˈ hóla ʾiṯáṯa gu-lɛ̀ša,ˈ lyáša kùbbe,ˈ ʾu-ʾə̀ṯyɛleˈ bába dìyaˈ ʾu-wằzīr,ˈ ʾə́ṯyela tərwə̀ṯna,ˈ màxɛ l-tắra.ˈ máxɛ l-tằra.ˈ ʾiṯáṯa qàmxɛle,ˈ pṯìxtəllela tắra.ˈ pṯíxtəlle tằra,ˈ xzíṯəlle bába dìyaˈ ʾu-ʾup-wắzīr mə̀nne.ˈ hà bráti,ˈ dàx-it,ˈ dàx-lɛt?ˈ mə́ra bábi spày-inˈ basíma ràba.ˈ mə́re xázəx ʾiṯáṯəx ṭìše.ˈ hon-wáḏa ʾixàla.ˈ ʾàtit wáḏa ʾixála?ˈ mə́ra hè bábi.ˈ dax-ìla, dəx-lɛ̀la?!ˈ mə́ra hàˈ ʾána b-pəlxànən.ˈ kúlla pəlxàna,ˈ pəlxánət bɛ́ṯa hóle b-qḏàliˈ ʾànən waḏə́lle.ˈ mə́ra de-tìwe,ˈ ṱ-óḏən ʾixàla,ˈ xáʾa mən-d-ánna kúbbe gòṛe.ˈ xáʾa ṭla-xmàṯilaˈ ʾu-xá ṭla-gàwṛi.ˈ ʾa-ṱ-ìla ṭláliˈ ʾawḏánna trè-qəsme,ˈ t-yánna xa-ṭlàluxˈ ʾu-xá ṭla-wằzīr.ˈ ʾámər ṭla-mòdi bráti?ˈ mə́ra sắbab ʾáwwa yàlaˈ ʾo-t-la-pàləxˈ lè y-áxəl,ˈ lítle sáma gu-d-áwwa bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ háyyo mùt mára?ˈ mə́ra hàtxa.ˈ ʾána sámi t-yánne ṭlalɛ̀xuˈ ʾána lè-y-axlən.ˈ mə́re bráti lá là.ˈ ʾáti ʾàxlət.ˈ ʾáxni ṱ-àzexi.ˈ lá pɛšəx ṭla-xădàya.ˈ ʾu-qímɛle màlkaˈ xə̀ḏyaˈ gu-gàne-wˈ ʾáw-u wằzīrˈ ʾu-zìlela.ˈ zìlelaˈ ʾay-qímtɛla wíḏtɛla kùbbe-wˈ ʾu-qlíṯəlla gu-mə̀šxa.ˈ muttɛ́ṯəlla tàma.ˈ tíwtɛla xmáṯa dìya.ˈ ʾáy-u xmáṯa díya xìlela-wˈ šwíqtɛla ṭla-gáwṛa dìya.ˈ ṯéle gáwṛa díya-žigən xìlɛle.ˈ ʾámər kəma-basìmtɛla ʾixála,ˈ ʾáxxa l-tàmma.ˈ šúryela pṣàxa.ˈ xá-yomaˈ mə́re hátxa la-hàwya.ˈ málka mə̀reˈ hátxa la-hàwya.ˈ mádam bráti wéla b-pəlxànaˈ ʾu-lípla pəlxànaˈ bắyən t-yằḏənˈ ʾáwwa bəṛ-náša mòdile,ˈ dáx mṣéle ʾáyya bráta qəm-ʾawə́dla b-pəlxánət bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ ʾu-ká-t brátət màlka,ˈ ʾu-lípta har-dmàxa-w xála,ˈ dmáxa-w xàla.ˈ ʾə́dyo pɛ́ša ʾày maxóle ṭla-náše.ˈ mə́re làzəmˈ yắḏən mòdila qə́ṣṣət.ˈ mára qìmɛle.ˈ qə̀ryɛleˈ yíwɛle jăwába ṭla-yàla.ˈ mə́re ʾàṯetiˈ ʾítli šúla mə̀nnux.ˈ ʾáwwa zdìlɛle.ˈ zdìlle,ˈ mə́re ʾà,ˈ xzi-málka bṱ-áwəḏ bìyi.ˈ zílɛle mə́re ʾə́lle dìyeˈ yà bróni,ˈ bás ʾamrə̀tliˈ b-duzùṯaˈ dàx ʾáyya bráta wiḏálux brátət bɛ́ṯaˈ ʾu-palàxta-wˈ mbašòleˈ ʾu-xyàpa-wˈ mšàya-wˈ knàša-wˈ mbašòleˈ ʾu-kúl-xa mə́ndi wàḏa,ˈ ká-t gu-bɛ́ṯi qímta brìṯɛla,ˈ lɛ́la plìxta-wˈ ʾu-hàl ʾə́dyo yóma?ˈ dáx ʾúrxa muxzélux ʾə́lla lípla ʾàwwa šúla?ˈ ʾámər b-àyyət mšúdrəlli?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ mə́re xzi-málka ṱ-áwət basìma.ˈ hadìyaˈ ʾána ṱ-amrə̀nna-llux.ˈ ʾu-hămə́nni har-hàdəx-ile dū́s.ˈ ʾána ʾap-dìyaˈ ʾáyya ʾúrxa ṱ-ín ʾána zála bíya dìyaˈ lè-y manšə́nna hál yomət-màwṯa.ˈ mə́re ʾítli xə̀yālˈ ʾo-t-la-páləx gu-bɛ̀ṯiˈ lìtle sáma,ˈ lè y-áxəl.ˈ ʾo-t-páləx gu-bɛ́ṯi bṱ-àxəl.ˈ ʾàtiˈ díya ʾáṯət gu-bɛ́ṯi la-pàlxət,ˈ lè-y-yannux ʾixála.ˈ ʾànaˈ ṭḷà-yomeˈ qəm-mjarbə̀nna.ˈ mə́ri qa-yə̀mmiˈ bas-mìya máttət qam-réša díya.ˈ ṭḷá-yome míya wéla qam-réša dìya.ˈ píšla b-gána màjburˈ ʾána yə́mmi y-awḏáwali fṭárta ʾixála y-azə̀nwa,ˈ ʾu-mtagəbráwa qənyàni,ˈ y-azə́nwa plàxaˈ w-áy dmìxta.ˈ ʾána majbúr-iwən ṱ-ázən qáṭlən gáni pálxən w-áy dmíxta maxlə̀nna?ˈ na-mùmkən.ˈ yómə ṭḷàṯaˈ m-báṯər ʾána zílli šùlaˈ qímla ṣléla knàša.ˈ mə́ri qa-yə́mmi ʾɛ̀nila plíxa?ˈ mə́ra bàbiˈ hox-plìxe xánči.ˈ ʾɛ̀ni? mə́ra hóla plìxta xánči.ˈ mə́ri lắʿat xànči ʾáxla.ˈ ʾu-muttɛ́ṯəlla hátxa xànči.ˈ muttɛ́ṯəlla kəs-rèša.ˈ qímtɛla b-lɛ̀leˈ ʾay-xìltɛla,ˈ štíṯɛla mìyaˈ hal-yómət ʾàrpa.ˈ yómət ʾàrpaˈ píšla màjburˈ qímla b-gàna,ˈ mxulə́lla ʾamàneˈ kníšla bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ wídla fṭárta ʾə̀lli,ˈ ʾu-xíllən kúllən m-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾu-zílli l-šùla.ˈ ʾu-dìṛṛi.ˈ wídla ʾixála ʾáy b-gànaˈ ʾu-b-pəlxána b-gána zála-w ṯáya gu-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ bɛ́ṯa píšɛle bíya dìya.ˈ ʾàyyən ʾána wíḏa bíya díya.ˈ lán mə̀xyəlla.ˈ ʾu-lán mṣùrəlla.ˈ ʾu-lán mŭlə̀pəlla.ˈ ʾu-la-čù-məndi.ˈ bas-mə́ri ʾo-t-là páləxˈ na-múmkən ṱ-áxəl gu-bɛ̀ṯi.ˈ qímɛle dwíqəlle nšìqəlle.ˈ ʾámər bríxta dudíya ṱ-iwət ʾáti qíma gàwa!ˈ mádam ṱ-íwət hàtxaˈ háyyo láxxa ṱ-awḏə́nnux wằzīr.ˈ pɛ́šət mə́nni mə̀nniˈ ʾu-t-yánnux ʾúpra kəmà-t bắyətˈ ʾu-plóx gáwe díye ʾu-mápləx nàše.ˈ ʾámər làʾa.ˈ ʾaláha hóle yíwəlli ʾáyya ʾùrxa.ˈ ʾu-ʾána ṱ-ázən b-áyya ʾùrxaˈ ʾu-rába rə̀ḍya.ˈ ʾúpra ʾìtliˈ ṃaḷyànɛle.ˈ ʾána-w yə́mma ʾu-bàxtɛwəx.ˈ tə́mməl yə́mmi mìtla,ˈ pɛ́šəx ʾána-w bàxti.ˈ ʾìtli ʾúpraˈ ṃaḷyànɛle.ˈ háwət rába rába basìma.ˈ kízle málka ʾáxxa-w tàmmaˈ háyyo puš-mə̀nni.ˈ mə́re làʾa.ˈ ʾána tə́mməl ʾàṯena,ˈ ʾáti mxazdə̀tli.ˈ ṱ-ámreti ṭlàliˈ hàˈ ʾána hon-yiwə́llux ʾùpra.ˈ w-hon yiwə́llux bràta.ˈ ʾu-ʾə́dyo ʾáti lat-wáḏa b-xàbri.ˈ bálki lá-ʾawḏən xàbrux.ˈ ʾɛ-dànaˈ bálki ʾàp-reši pɛrmə́tle.ˈ ʾámər də-xùš.ˈ bráta hóya brìxtəllux.ˈ ʾu-háwət brìxaˈ yomànux.ˈ ʾən-šálla ʾálaha yállux b-àyya dúnyeˈ ʾu-b-ɛ-xèta.ˈ ʾu-šwíqalən tàmaˈ ʾu-ṯéli làxxa.ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-màlka.ˈ ʾíṯwale xa-bràta,ˈ gu-bɛ́ṯa har-y-oyáwa dmìxtaˈ ʾu-xàla,ˈ dmíxta-w xàla.ˈ ʾítwala xa-qaráwət gòṛta.ˈ mɛṯíwala xadamyáṯa díya ʾixàla,ˈ y-axlàwa-wˈ damxàwa,ˈ lè-y palxáwa.ˈ píšla yóma ṭla-yòma,ˈ yóma ṭla-yòma,ˈ píšla b-šə̀nne.ˈ ʾáy hár-lipla dmàxaˈ ʾu-xàla.ˈ ṭrìsla rába.ˈ málka hírre b-gáne díye bíya dìya.ˈ ʾáp-xa lɛ́le gwàrəlla.ˈ mə́re ʾána mò-ʾoḏən?ˈ xa-čára xazènaˈ qa-t-ʾáyya bràti.ˈ qréle b-wắzīr dìye.ˈ ʾámər ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ háyyo xázəx mhàyərriˈ bəd-taxmàntux.ˈ mò-ṱ-oḏəx qa-d-áyya bráta ṱ-íla har-dmíxta,ˈ b-lɛ̀le b-yòma,ˈ har-xála-w dmàxa,ˈ xála-w dmàxa?ˈ mə́re xáḏrəx xázexi xa-nàšaˈ ṱ-íle palàxaˈ ʾu-t-yáxla ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ ʾàw mtagbə́rra.ˈ mboqə̀rra,ˈ mboqə̀rra,ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-yàla.ˈ bas-yə̀mma ʾíṯwale.ˈ bába lìṯwale.ˈ ʾíṯwale xa-tàwraˈ ʾu-xa-xmàra.ˈ kút-yum šúle díye mòdi-wewa?ˈ šaqə̀lwale táwre díyeˈ ʾu-šaqə̀lwa xmáre díyeˈ qèdamtaˈ y-azə́lwa zărèwaˈ ʾu-y-aṯéwa l-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ y-axə́lwa mə́ndi ʾi-damə̀xwa.ˈ šmìla bud-díye.ˈ mə́ra b-álaha ʾáwwa xoš-yàlɛle,ˈ mabyòne,ˈ nablə́xla t-yàxla ʾə́lle díye.ˈ mára qìmela,ˈ ʾàw zílɛwa l-pəlxàna,ˈ zràya.ˈ qímela múttəlla gu-ʾatnàbəlˈ ʾu-wajjúwa díya kùlla,ˈ ʾɛ-ʾótəx dìya.ˈ múttəlla gu-ʾatnàbəlˈ ʾu-nùbləlla.ˈ ʾáw ʾítle ḏa-ʾótəx ʾax-d-àyya,ˈ zùrtɛla,ˈ qaráwət d-àwwaˈ ʾu-t-yə́mme díye,ˈ ʾu-ʾal-ʾằraˈ líṯ čù-məndi,ˈ lá kursìyaˈ ʾu-la-čù-məndi.ˈ mára núbləllɛla … bràta.ˈ mə́ra ṭla-yə́mmət yàlunka.ˈ mə̀raˈ yába ʾáyya bràtaˈ hox-múṯyəlla ṭlàləx,ˈ ṭla-brònux.ˈ lá-mṣela mṣuwə̀tla.ˈ mə́ra brátət màlkɛla.ˈ lá-mṣela mṣuwə́tla čù-məndi.ˈ mo-ṱ-òḏa?ˈ mə́ra dróla rəš-qaràwət.ˈ də́ryəlla rəš-qaràwətˈ múṯyəlla qaráwət dìyaˈ mùttəlla.ˈ bɛ́ṯa dwìqˈ qaráwət dìya.ˈ də́ryəlla š-qaràwət,ˈ ʾánna wajjúwe díya-ži múttəlla tàma.ˈ píštɛla tàma.ˈ yála ṯéle mən-zrùta.ˈ táwre mŭríle gu-gòma.ˈ ʾu-síqle ta-ṱ-áxəl mə̀ndiˈ xazéle ʾína bɛ́ṯe ṃə̀ḷya.ˈ hày!ˈ mə́re ʾay-mòdila?ˈ mə́ra bróni hátxɛla qaḍìyaˈ málka hóle múṯyəlla bráte dìyeˈ ʾu-hóle míra ʾáyya bráti qa-brònux.ˈ yáʿni pɛ́ša bàxtux.ˈ ʾámər mùt mára?ˈ mə́ra hè b-álaha,ˈ hátxɛle míra màlkaˈ múṯyəlla làxxaˈ ʾáw-u wằzīrˈ ʾu-hóla wajjúwe díya làxxa.ˈ ʾay-dmíxta š-qaràwət,ˈ kéfa díya basìmtaˈ lɛ́la maxrówəlla kèfa.ˈ ʾámər yə́mmi hé hè,ˈ lítla xàm,ˈ xoš-ʾáṯya b-šɛ̀na.ˈ píštɛla hàdəx.ˈ qímɛle lɛ́le qamàya,ˈ mə́re qa-yə́mme dìyeˈ bás mattátla xa-kawázət mìya.ˈ mə́re mattátla xa-kawázət míya kəs-réša-w bàs,ˈ la-ʾixàla,ˈ la-lə̀xma,ˈ la-čù-məndi.ˈ bàsˈ ʾɛ́ kawázət míya mattátla kəs-réša díya ʾu-bàs.ˈ mə́ra bábi hèˈ dàx lítlux xáṭər.ˈ qímɛle qèdamta.ˈ yə́mme díye múttəlle čày,ˈ múttəlle bèʾeˈ ʾu-xìlɛle-wˈ ʾu-tugbàrtəlleˈ ʾu-dwíqtəlle ʾixála gu-čánte dìye,ˈ jarrèta y-amrə́xla.ˈ jarréta dwìqtəllaˈ ʾu-másta gu-bùrra-wˈ dríṯəlle gu-čánte dìyeˈ ʾu-bəṛ-zắra gu-čànteˈ ʾu-zìlɛle.ˈ šqíləlle xmàraˈ ʾu-tàwra.ˈ ʾu-zìlɛle.ˈ šúryɛle zràya.ˈ šúryɛle zráya hàl-ʾaṣərta.ˈ ʾaṣə́rta ʾáṯe l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mànyəx,ˈ ʾázəl sàxeˈ ʾu-ʾàwər.ˈ dánət xa-rámša muṯéla yə́mme díye xa-rámša ʾə́lle dìye,ˈ šuréle ta-t-ʾàxəl.ˈ mə́re yə́mmi ʾɛ́nile plìxa?ˈ mə́ra bábi plíxɛt ʾàti,ˈ ʾu-xmára-w tàwraˈ ʾu-ʾána mtugbártən bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ʾáp-xa lɛle-plìxa?ˈ mə́ra là.ˈ mə́re ʾó-t là páləxˈ lè y-áxəl.ˈ mašmóye ʾə́lla dìya.ˈ mə́re kùt la-páləxˈ gu-d-áwwa bɛ̀ṯaˈ ʾixála lè y-áxəl.ˈ ʾo-t-pàləxˈ ʾàw ṱ-áxəl.ˈ mára yómət trèˈ ʾay-là xílla.ˈ lɛ̀la múttəlla ʾixála.ˈ yómət trèˈ qìmɛle.ˈ xá-gaya xéta qímtɛla yə́mme díye wíḏtəlle fṭàrta.ˈ fṭìrɛleˈ ʾu-mə́ndi xéna kúlla muttɛ́ṯəlle gu-čánte dìye,ˈ kú-məndi ṱ-ìṯwala,ˈ lə̀xma,ˈ ʾən-màsta,ˈ ʾən-kú-məndi ʾìṯwaleyˈ ʾu-šqíla tàwreˈ zíla zràya.ˈ šuréle zílle zràya,ˈ ʾaṣə́rta ṯèle.ˈ ʾámər hà yə́mmiˈ mùt mára?ˈ ʾɛ̀nile plíxa ʾə́dyo?ˈ mə́ra bábi har-ʾàtit plíxa,ˈ ʾu-xmára-w tàwra,ˈ ʾu-ʾána mquzqáztən bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́re har-ʾàxni bṱ-áxləx.ˈ ʾo-ṱ-íle plíxa ʾàw bṱ-áxəl.ˈ ʾo-t-lɛ́le plíxa là sápər ṱ-áxəl.ˈ ṣráxɛle qa-t-šằmaˈ brátət màlka.ˈ kpìnnaˈ yómə ṭḷàṯɛla.ˈ dmìxela.ˈ xá-bena xéta qìmelaˈ qèdamta.ˈ yála-žigən qímɛle fṭìrɛleˈ mxúlləlla páṯe dìye-wˈ ʾu-zílɛle šúle dìye.ˈ šúle hóle zráya hál ʾaṣə̀rta.ˈ ʾaṣə́rta ʾàṯe.ˈ ʾaw-l-ḥàmmam sáxe.ˈ ʾu-yə́mme díye mtugbə́rra ʾixàla-wˈ muttùla-wˈ ḥásba l-ʾŭṣū̀lˈ mə́re hà yə́mmi,ˈ ʾə́dyo dàxi.ˈ mə́ra b-álaha ʾə̀dyoˈ xánči plìxəx.ˈ mə́re lắʿat xànči ṱ-áxləx.ˈ qímela xìlela.ˈ qímela šqílela xa-ʾamána xànči zóra.ˈ múttəlla kəs-réša dìya.ˈ ṣáwṯa lìṯən.ˈ ṣáwṯa lɛ̀le mṣawóṯe mə́nna díya.ˈ ʾu-ʾáy-žigən lɛ̀la qyáma.ˈ har-dmíxtɛla bəd-lə́bba gu-bɛ́ṯət bába dìyɛla.ˈ mɛṯíla xadáme ʾixàla.ˈ ʾáp-xa lɛ́le mɛṯóyəlla ʾixàla.ˈ qímela múttəlla xáčča ʾixàla.ˈ b-lɛ́le qìmtɛlaˈ štíṯa mìyaˈ ʾu-xíltəlla ʾo-ʾixàla.ˈ ʾay-gu-gána mtuxmə̀nna,ˈ mə́ra ʾən-ʾázən b-áyya ʾùrxa,ˈ mɛ̀ṯana.ˈ la qɛ́mən jàldeˈ ta-ṱ-óḏən pəlxànaˈ ṭla-gàniˈ ta-ṱ-àxlən?ˈ yómət ʾàrpaˈ m-báṯər ṱ-íle … yaʿni fṭìrɛle yála-wˈ qìmɛleˈ zíla l-šùla,ˈ yə́mma mtugbàrtəlle,ˈ zíla l-šùla,ˈ qìmtɛla,ˈ mxulálta ʾamàneˈ ʾu-kníšta bɛ̀ṯaˈ ʾu-mtugbàrta.ˈ ʾə̀ṯyɛle yála,ˈ dìṛɛle,ˈ ʾámər hà yə́mmi,ˈ ʾə́dyo ʾɛ̀nile plíxa?ˈ mə́ra bábi kúllən plìxəx.ˈ mə́re lắʿat kúllən ṱ-àxləx.ˈ ʾə́ṯyela l-mḕs,ˈ ḥásba l-ʾŭṣū̀l.ˈ qímtɛla ṯíṯa tìwtɛla.ˈ šúryela xílela m-ġḏàḏe.ˈ yómət xàmša,ˈ qímla ʾáy m-bắdal xmáṯa dìya,ˈ m-bắdal yə́mmət yàla.ˈ wídla ʾixàlaˈ ṭla-yàla.ˈ xìlle.ˈ ʾu-čánte díye dwíqla zwàḏe,ˈ dréla gu-čànteˈ ʾu-bar-zắra hàdəx.ˈ ṣléla mə́nne gu-gòma.ˈ mpulṭíla táwra-w xmàra.ˈ ʾu-qəm-pašṭále b-ʾúrxa-w zìlle-wˈ w-áy ṯéla sìqla.ˈ sìqla,ˈ píšla plàxa-wˈ knáša-w mšáya ʾáxxa l-tàmma.ˈ mə́ra ṭla-xmáṯa dìyaˈ ʾáti là pálxət.ˈ ʾáti tù.ˈ ʾàna pálxən.ˈ šúrela plàxa-wˈ ʾu-bráta-w ʾáxxa l-tàmma,ˈ yóma ṭla-yòma,ˈ yóma ṭla-yòma.ˈ lípla pəlxàna.ˈ šuréla zabòne.ˈ mə́re b-xšàwənˈ ʾáyya bràtaˈ brátət bɛ̀ṯɛlaˈ w-áxni làx-ḏiye bíya díya.ˈ xá-yoma màlkaˈ mə́re ṭla-wằzīrˈ yába ṱ-ázəx xàzəxˈ ʾɛ-bratɛ́ni mà mə́nna.ˈ bálki ṱ-íla mìṯta,ˈ bálki ṱ-íle xa-mə́ndi ṯíṯa bìya.ˈ ʾámər də-qú-malka ṱ-àzəx.ˈ qìmela,ˈ zìlela.ˈ xmáṯa dìyaˈ hóla zílta kəs-xəzmáne šwàwe.ˈ yála hóle zíla šùle.ˈ ʾáy hóla wáḏa kùbbe.ˈ hóla ʾiṯáṯa gu-lɛ̀ša,ˈ lyáša kùbbe,ˈ ʾu-ʾə̀ṯyɛleˈ bába dìyaˈ ʾu-wằzīr,ˈ ʾə́ṯyela tərwə̀ṯna,ˈ màxɛ l-tắra.ˈ máxɛ l-tằra.ˈ ʾiṯáṯa qàmxɛle,ˈ pṯìxtəllela tắra.ˈ pṯíxtəlle tằra,ˈ xzíṯəlle bába dìyaˈ ʾu-ʾup-wắzīr mə̀nne.ˈ hà bráti,ˈ dàx-it,ˈ dàx-lɛt?ˈ mə́ra bábi spày-inˈ basíma ràba.ˈ mə́re xázəx ʾiṯáṯəx ṭìše.ˈ hon-wáḏa ʾixàla.ˈ ʾàtit wáḏa ʾixála?ˈ mə́ra hè bábi.ˈ dax-ìla, dəx-lɛ̀la?!ˈ mə́ra hàˈ ʾána b-pəlxànən.ˈ kúlla pəlxàna,ˈ pəlxánət bɛ́ṯa hóle b-qḏàliˈ ʾànən waḏə́lle.ˈ mə́ra de-tìwe,ˈ ṱ-óḏən ʾixàla,ˈ xáʾa mən-d-ánna kúbbe gòṛe.ˈ xáʾa ṭla-xmàṯilaˈ ʾu-xá ṭla-gàwṛi.ˈ ʾa-ṱ-ìla ṭláliˈ ʾawḏánna trè-qəsme,ˈ t-yánna xa-ṭlàluxˈ ʾu-xá ṭla-wằzīr.ˈ ʾámər ṭla-mòdi bráti?ˈ mə́ra sắbab ʾáwwa yàlaˈ ʾo-t-la-pàləxˈ lè y-áxəl,ˈ lítle sáma gu-d-áwwa bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ háyyo mùt mára?ˈ mə́ra hàtxa.ˈ ʾána sámi t-yánne ṭlalɛ̀xuˈ ʾána lè-y-axlən.ˈ mə́re bráti lá là.ˈ ʾáti ʾàxlət.ˈ ʾáxni ṱ-àzexi.ˈ lá pɛšəx ṭla-xădàya.ˈ ʾu-qímɛle màlkaˈ xə̀ḏyaˈ gu-gàne-wˈ ʾáw-u wằzīrˈ ʾu-zìlela.ˈ zìlelaˈ ʾay-qímtɛla wíḏtɛla kùbbe-wˈ ʾu-qlíṯəlla gu-mə̀šxa.ˈ muttɛ́ṯəlla tàma.ˈ tíwtɛla xmáṯa dìya.ˈ ʾáy-u xmáṯa díya xìlela-wˈ šwíqtɛla ṭla-gáwṛa dìya.ˈ ṯéle gáwṛa díya-žigən xìlɛle.ˈ ʾámər kəma-basìmtɛla ʾixála,ˈ ʾáxxa l-tàmma.ˈ šúryela pṣàxa.ˈ xá-yomaˈ mə́re hátxa la-hàwya.ˈ málka mə̀reˈ hátxa la-hàwya.ˈ mádam bráti wéla b-pəlxànaˈ ʾu-lípla pəlxànaˈ bắyən t-yằḏənˈ ʾáwwa bəṛ-náša mòdile,ˈ dáx mṣéle ʾáyya bráta qəm-ʾawə́dla b-pəlxánət bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ ʾu-ká-t brátət màlka,ˈ ʾu-lípta har-dmàxa-w xála,ˈ dmáxa-w xàla.ˈ ʾə́dyo pɛ́ša ʾày maxóle ṭla-náše.ˈ mə́re làzəmˈ yắḏən mòdila qə́ṣṣət.ˈ mára qìmɛle.ˈ qə̀ryɛleˈ yíwɛle jăwába ṭla-yàla.ˈ mə́re ʾàṯetiˈ ʾítli šúla mə̀nnux.ˈ ʾáwwa zdìlɛle.ˈ zdìlle,ˈ mə́re ʾà,ˈ xzi-málka bṱ-áwəḏ bìyi.ˈ zílɛle mə́re ʾə́lle dìyeˈ yà bróni,ˈ bás ʾamrə̀tliˈ b-duzùṯaˈ dàx ʾáyya bráta wiḏálux brátət bɛ́ṯaˈ ʾu-palàxta-wˈ mbašòleˈ ʾu-xyàpa-wˈ mšàya-wˈ knàša-wˈ mbašòleˈ ʾu-kúl-xa mə́ndi wàḏa,ˈ ká-t gu-bɛ́ṯi qímta brìṯɛla,ˈ lɛ́la plìxta-wˈ ʾu-hàl ʾə́dyo yóma?ˈ dáx ʾúrxa muxzélux ʾə́lla lípla ʾàwwa šúla?ˈ ʾámər b-àyyət mšúdrəlli?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ mə́re xzi-málka ṱ-áwət basìma.ˈ hadìyaˈ ʾána ṱ-amrə̀nna-llux.ˈ ʾu-hămə́nni har-hàdəx-ile dū́s.ˈ ʾána ʾap-dìyaˈ ʾáyya ʾúrxa ṱ-ín ʾána zála bíya dìyaˈ lè-y manšə́nna hál yomət-màwṯa.ˈ mə́re ʾítli xə̀yālˈ ʾo-t-la-páləx gu-bɛ̀ṯiˈ lìtle sáma,ˈ lè y-áxəl.ˈ ʾo-t-páləx gu-bɛ́ṯi bṱ-àxəl.ˈ ʾàtiˈ díya ʾáṯət gu-bɛ́ṯi la-pàlxət,ˈ lè-y-yannux ʾixála.ˈ ʾànaˈ ṭḷà-yomeˈ qəm-mjarbə̀nna.ˈ mə́ri qa-yə̀mmiˈ bas-mìya máttət qam-réša díya.ˈ ṭḷá-yome míya wéla qam-réša dìya.ˈ píšla b-gána màjburˈ ʾána yə́mmi y-awḏáwali fṭárta ʾixála y-azə̀nwa,ˈ ʾu-mtagəbráwa qənyàni,ˈ y-azə́nwa plàxaˈ w-áy dmìxta.ˈ ʾána majbúr-iwən ṱ-ázən qáṭlən gáni pálxən w-áy dmíxta maxlə̀nna?ˈ na-mùmkən.ˈ yómə ṭḷàṯaˈ m-báṯər ʾána zílli šùlaˈ qímla ṣléla knàša.ˈ mə́ri qa-yə́mmi ʾɛ̀nila plíxa?ˈ mə́ra bàbiˈ hox-plìxe xánči.ˈ ʾɛ̀ni? mə́ra hóla plìxta xánči.ˈ mə́ri lắʿat xànči ʾáxla.ˈ ʾu-muttɛ́ṯəlla hátxa xànči.ˈ muttɛ́ṯəlla kəs-rèša.ˈ qímtɛla b-lɛ̀leˈ ʾay-xìltɛla,ˈ štíṯɛla mìyaˈ hal-yómət ʾàrpa.ˈ yómət ʾàrpaˈ píšla màjburˈ qímla b-gàna,ˈ mxulə́lla ʾamàneˈ kníšla bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ wídla fṭárta ʾə̀lli,ˈ ʾu-xíllən kúllən m-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾu-zílli l-šùla.ˈ ʾu-dìṛṛi.ˈ wídla ʾixála ʾáy b-gànaˈ ʾu-b-pəlxána b-gána zála-w ṯáya gu-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ bɛ́ṯa píšɛle bíya dìya.ˈ ʾàyyən ʾána wíḏa bíya díya.ˈ lán mə̀xyəlla.ˈ ʾu-lán mṣùrəlla.ˈ ʾu-lán mŭlə̀pəlla.ˈ ʾu-la-čù-məndi.ˈ bas-mə́ri ʾo-t-là páləxˈ na-múmkən ṱ-áxəl gu-bɛ̀ṯi.ˈ qímɛle dwíqəlle nšìqəlle.ˈ ʾámər bríxta dudíya ṱ-iwət ʾáti qíma gàwa!ˈ mádam ṱ-íwət hàtxaˈ háyyo láxxa ṱ-awḏə́nnux wằzīr.ˈ pɛ́šət mə́nni mə̀nniˈ ʾu-t-yánnux ʾúpra kəmà-t bắyətˈ ʾu-plóx gáwe díye ʾu-mápləx nàše.ˈ ʾámər làʾa.ˈ ʾaláha hóle yíwəlli ʾáyya ʾùrxa.ˈ ʾu-ʾána ṱ-ázən b-áyya ʾùrxaˈ ʾu-rába rə̀ḍya.ˈ ʾúpra ʾìtliˈ ṃaḷyànɛle.ˈ ʾána-w yə́mma ʾu-bàxtɛwəx.ˈ tə́mməl yə́mmi mìtla,ˈ pɛ́šəx ʾána-w bàxti.ˈ ʾìtli ʾúpraˈ ṃaḷyànɛle.ˈ háwət rába rába basìma.ˈ kízle málka ʾáxxa-w tàmmaˈ háyyo puš-mə̀nni.ˈ mə́re làʾa.ˈ ʾána tə́mməl ʾàṯena,ˈ ʾáti mxazdə̀tli.ˈ ṱ-ámreti ṭlàliˈ hàˈ ʾána hon-yiwə́llux ʾùpra.ˈ w-hon yiwə́llux bràta.ˈ ʾu-ʾə́dyo ʾáti lat-wáḏa b-xàbri.ˈ bálki lá-ʾawḏən xàbrux.ˈ ʾɛ-dànaˈ bálki ʾàp-reši pɛrmə́tle.ˈ ʾámər də-xùš.ˈ bráta hóya brìxtəllux.ˈ ʾu-háwət brìxaˈ yomànux.ˈ ʾən-šálla ʾálaha yállux b-àyya dúnyeˈ ʾu-b-ɛ-xèta.ˈ ʾu-šwíqalən tàmaˈ ʾu-ṯéli làxxa.ˈ	There was a king. He had a daughter, who would just sleep in the house and eat, sleep and eat. She had a big bed. Her servants would bring her food, she would eat then go to sleep. She did not work. She went on (like this) from day to day, day to day, she went on for years. She only knew how to sleep and eat. She became very fat. The king was at his wits end regarding her. Nobody would marry her. He said ‘What should I do? I should find a solution for this daughter of mine’. He called to his vizier and said to him ‘Come, let’s see whether you can help me with any ideas. What should we do to this girl who constantly sleeps, night and day, constantly eats and sleeps, eats and sleeps?’ He said ‘Let’s look for a man who is a hard worker and give her to him. He will look after her’. They made inquiries (and found that) there was a young man. He had only a mother. He did not have a father. He had an ox and an ass. Everyday what was his job? He would take his ox and take his ass early in the morning and go to cultivate (his field). He would then come back home, eat something and go to sleep. They heard about him. They said ‘By God, he is a good lad, it seems, let’s take her and give her to him’. They set off, he had gone to work, to cultivate (his field). They put her in a car, with all her effects, (the contents) of her room. They put her in a car and took her off. He had one room like this one, it was small, his bed and his mother’s, on the floor there was nothing, no chair, nothing. They took the girl and said to the mother of the young man, they said ‘We have brought this girl for you, for your son’. She could not speak’. They said ‘She is the daughter of the king’. She could not speak a word. What should she do? She said ‘Put her on the bed’. They put her on the bed. They brought her bed and laid it down. The house was filled by her bed. They put her on the bed and they also put her effects there. She remained there. The young man came back from his cultivating. He put the oxen in the basement stable. He went up to eat something and saw that his house was full ‘Hey’, he said ‘What is this?’ She said ‘My son, this is the situation: the king has brought his daughter and said “This daughter of mine is for your son, that is she will become your wife”’. He said ‘What are you saying?’ She said ‘Yes, by God. That is what the king said. He and his vizier brought her here, and her effects are here’. She was asleep on the bed, very content, and they did not disturb her. He said ‘Mother, there is nothing to worry about, she is welcome’. She remained like that. The first night he said to his mother ‘Put out for her just a jar of water’. He said ‘Put out for her a jar of water by her head and that’s all, no food, no bread, nothing. Put out for her only that jar of water by her head and that’s all’. She said ‘My dear, yes, I’ll do as you say’. He got up in the morning. His mother served him tea, served him eggs. He ate and she looked after him. She packed food in his bag—we call it a _jarreta_ (‘lunchbox’). She packed the lunchbox, (put) yoghurt in a pot and placed it in his bag. (She also put) seed in his bag. Then he set off. He took the ass and the ox and went off. He began cultivating. He began cultivating (and continued) until evening. In the evening he came home. He rested, went to bathe and entered (the house). At dinner time his mother brought dinner to him and he began to eat. He said ‘Mother, who has worked?’ She said ‘My dear, you have worked, the ass and the ox, and I have attended to the house’. Has anybody (else) worked?’ She said ‘No’. He said ‘Whoever does not work, will not eat’. He (was saying this) for her ears. He said ‘Whoever does not work in this house will not eat food. Whoever works will eat’. Now the next day she did not eat. She (the mother) did not put out food for her. The next day he got up. Again his mother got up and made him breakfast. He ate breakfast and she put everything else into his bag, everything they had, bread, yoghurt, everything they had. He took his ox and went to cultivate. He set off to cultivate. In the evening he came back. He said ‘So, mother, what do you say? Who has worked today?’ She said ‘My dear, only you have worked, the ass and ox, and I have put the house in order’. He said ‘Only we shall eat. Whoever has worked will eat. Whoever has not worked should not expect to eat.’ He was shouting so that the daughter of the king would hear. She went hungry when the third day came. They went to sleep. Again they got up in the morning. The young man got up and had breakfast, washed his face and went to his work. His work was to cultivate until evening. In the evening he came back. He washed in the bathroom. His mother prepared food and laid it out. As usual he said ‘Well, mother, how was today?’ She said ‘By God, today, we have worked a little’. He said ‘So, we’ll eat a little’. They ate. Then they took a small container and put it at her head. There was no speech (with this). He did not speak to her at all. She did not get up. She continued sleeping, thinking that she was in her father’s house and that the servants would bring her food. Nobody, however, was bringing her food. They put out a little food. In the night she got up, drank water and ate that food. She thought to herself, she said ‘If I go on in this way, I’ll die. Should I not get up early to work for myself, so that I can eat? The fourth day, after … the young man had breakfast and went to work, his mother looked after him and he went off to work, she got up and washed the dishes, swept the house and tidied it. The young man came back, he returned and said ‘So, mother, who has worked today?’ She said ‘My dear, we all have worked’. He said ‘So, we shall all eat.’ They went to the table, as usual. She came and sat down. They began to eat together. The fifth day, she got up instead of her mother-in-law, instead of the mother of the young man. She made food for the young man. He ate. She packed his bag with provisions. She put them in his bag together with seed. She went down with him into the basement stable. She got out the ox and the ass. She set him on the way and he went off, then she came back and went up (to the house). She went up and began working, sweeping, polishing, and so forth. She said to her mother-in-law ‘Don’t you work. You sit down. I’ll work’. She began working, with the girl doing this and that, day after day, day after day. She learnt how to work. She began selling. He said ‘I think this girl is a good housewife, but we did not know this about her.’ One day the king said to the vizier ‘Let’s go and see what has become of that daughter of ours. Perhaps she is dead, perhaps something has happened to her’. He said ‘Let’s go king’. They set off. Her mother-in-law had gone to visit some relatives who were neighbours. The young man had gone to his work. She was making meat-balls. Her hands were in dough, while kneading the meat-balls. Her father and the vizier came, the two of them came and knocked on the door. They knocked on the door. While there was flour on her hands, she opened the door. She opened the door and saw her father and also the vizier who was with him. ‘Hey, daughter, how are you?’ She said ‘Father, I am well, thank you’. He said ‘It seems that your hands are covered (in flour)’. ‘I am making food’. ‘_You_ are making food?’ She said ‘Yes father’. ‘How she has turned out!’ She said ‘Yes, I am hard-working. All the work, the work of the house is my duty. It is me who does it’. She said ‘Sit down, I’ll make food, one of these big meat-balls. One is for my mother-in-law, one is for my husband. The one that is for me I’ll divide into two parts and give one to you and one to the vizier’. He said ‘Why, daughter?’ She said ‘Because this young man (has made a rule that) whoever does not work will not eat, does not have a share in this house. What do you say (to that)?’ She said that. ‘I shall give my share to you. I shall not eat’. He said ‘My daughter, no, no. You eat. We shall go. We shall not stay for lunch’. The king left, cheerful in spirits, together with the vizier and went on their way. They went off and she made meat-balls and fried them in oil. She then served them. Her mother-in-law sat down. She and her mother-in-law ate and she left some food for her husband. Her husband also came back and he ate. He said ‘How delicious the food is’, and so forth. He began to rejoice. One day he (the king) said ‘This cannot be’. The king said ‘This cannot be’. If my daughter has become hard-working and has learnt to work, I want to know what (kind of person) this man is, how could he have made this girl a hard-working housewife, while she is the daughter of the king and is used to sleeping and eating, sleeping and eating. Today _she_ has begun to feed people’. He said ‘I must know what the story is’. Now, he sent a message to the young man. He said ‘Come, I have business with you’. He was afraid. He was afraid and said ‘Ah, see the king will do something to me’. He went and he said to him ‘My boy, just tell me, in truth, how have you made this girl a housewife, hard-working, cooking, washing, polishing, sweeping, cooking and doing everything, while in my house (from the day) she was born she has not worked, until today? How did you show her the way to learn this work?’ He said ‘Was it for this that you sent for me?’ He said ‘Yes’. He said ‘Look king, if you please, I shall now tell you and believe me it is really like this. I shall not give up until the day I die the way I am following now’. He said ‘In my opinion whoever does not work in my house has no share and will not eat. Whoever works in my house will eat. If you come now, come to my house and do not work, I shall not give you food. I tested her for three days. I said to my mother “Place only water by her head”. For three days water was by her head. She was obliged to stay by herself. My mother would make breakfast for me and food, and I would go. She would look after my animals and I would go to work. She, however, was asleep. Was I obliged to kill myself working to feed her while she slept? No way. On the third day, after I went to work, she went down (to the basement) to sweep. I said to my mother “Who has worked?” She said “My dear, we have worked a little”. “Who”. She said “She has worked a little”. I said ‘So, she will eat a little” and she put a little (food) out for her, she laid it by her head. She got up in the night, she ate and drank the water, until the fourth day. On the fourth day, she was forced to get up of her own accord, she washed the dishes, swept the house, made breakfast for me and we all ate together. I went to work and returned. She made the food by herself and did the chores by herself, going to and fro in the house and she ran the house. I did this to her. I did not beat her. I did not curse her. I did not teach her, nothing. I only said “Whoever does not work cannot eat in my house”’. He (the king) held him and kissed him. He said ‘Blessed be the cradle in which you grew up. If you have done this, come here and I shall make you the vizier. Stay with me and I shall give you as much land as you want. Work on it and employ people’. He said ‘No. God has given me this way. I shall go on this way very contently. I have land that is sufficient. We are (three), myself, mother and the wife. (If ) my mother dies tomorrow, we shall shall remain, myself and my wife. I have land that is sufficient. Thank you very much’. The king tried (to persuade him) and so forth (saying) ‘Come, stay with me’. He said ‘No. If I come tomorrow, you will blame me. You will say to me “Ah, I have given you land and have given you a daughter, and now you are not obeying me”. Perhaps I shall not obey you. Then, perhaps you will even cut off my head’. He said ‘Go. Let the girl be blessed for you and you be blessed throughout your days. May God grant you (bounty) in this world and the next. I have left it there and come here.

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ʾíṯwa xa-màlka.ˈ ʾíṯwale xa-bràta,ˈ gu-bɛ́ṯa har-y-oyáwa dmìxtaˈ ʾu-xàla,ˈ dmíxta-w xàla.ˈ ʾítwala xa-qaráwət gòṛta.ˈ mɛṯíwala xadamyáṯa díya ʾixàla,ˈ y-axlàwa-wˈ damxàwa,ˈ lè-y palxáwa.ˈ píšla yóma ṭla-yòma,ˈ yóma ṭla-yòma,ˈ píšla b-šə̀nne.ˈ ʾáy hár-lipla dmàxaˈ ʾu-xàla.ˈ ṭrìsla rába.ˈ málka hírre b-gáne díye bíya dìya.ˈ ʾáp-xa lɛ́le gwàrəlla.ˈ mə́re ʾána mò-ʾoḏən?ˈ xa-čára xazènaˈ qa-t-ʾáyya bràti.ˈ qréle b-wắzīr dìye.ˈ ʾámər ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ háyyo xázəx mhàyərriˈ bəd-taxmàntux.ˈ mò-ṱ-oḏəx qa-d-áyya bráta ṱ-íla har-dmíxta,ˈ b-lɛ̀le b-yòma,ˈ har-xála-w dmàxa,ˈ xála-w dmàxa?ˈ mə́re xáḏrəx xázexi xa-nàšaˈ ṱ-íle palàxaˈ ʾu-t-yáxla ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ ʾàw mtagbə́rra.ˈ mboqə̀rra,ˈ mboqə̀rra,ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-yàla.ˈ bas-yə̀mma ʾíṯwale.ˈ bába lìṯwale.ˈ ʾíṯwale xa-tàwraˈ ʾu-xa-xmàra.ˈ kút-yum šúle díye mòdi-wewa?ˈ šaqə̀lwale táwre díyeˈ ʾu-šaqə̀lwa xmáre díyeˈ qèdamtaˈ y-azə́lwa zărèwaˈ ʾu-y-aṯéwa l-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ y-axə́lwa mə́ndi ʾi-damə̀xwa.ˈ šmìla bud-díye.ˈ mə́ra b-álaha ʾáwwa xoš-yàlɛle,ˈ mabyòne,ˈ nablə́xla t-yàxla ʾə́lle díye.ˈ mára qìmela,ˈ ʾàw zílɛwa l-pəlxàna,ˈ zràya.ˈ qímela múttəlla gu-ʾatnàbəlˈ ʾu-wajjúwa díya kùlla,ˈ ʾɛ-ʾótəx dìya.ˈ múttəlla gu-ʾatnàbəlˈ ʾu-nùbləlla.ˈ ʾáw ʾítle ḏa-ʾótəx ʾax-d-àyya,ˈ zùrtɛla,ˈ qaráwət d-àwwaˈ ʾu-t-yə́mme díye,ˈ ʾu-ʾal-ʾằraˈ líṯ čù-məndi,ˈ lá kursìyaˈ ʾu-la-čù-məndi.ˈ mára núbləllɛla … bràta.ˈ mə́ra ṭla-yə́mmət yàlunka.ˈ mə̀raˈ yába ʾáyya bràtaˈ hox-múṯyəlla ṭlàləx,ˈ ṭla-brònux.ˈ lá-mṣela mṣuwə̀tla.ˈ mə́ra brátət màlkɛla.ˈ lá-mṣela mṣuwə́tla čù-məndi.ˈ mo-ṱ-òḏa?ˈ mə́ra dróla rəš-qaràwət.ˈ də́ryəlla rəš-qaràwətˈ múṯyəlla qaráwət dìyaˈ mùttəlla.ˈ bɛ́ṯa dwìqˈ qaráwət dìya.ˈ də́ryəlla š-qaràwət,ˈ ʾánna wajjúwe díya-ži múttəlla tàma.ˈ píštɛla tàma.ˈ yála ṯéle mən-zrùta.ˈ táwre mŭríle gu-gòma.ˈ ʾu-síqle ta-ṱ-áxəl mə̀ndiˈ xazéle ʾína bɛ́ṯe ṃə̀ḷya.ˈ hày!ˈ mə́re ʾay-mòdila?ˈ mə́ra bróni hátxɛla qaḍìyaˈ málka hóle múṯyəlla bráte dìyeˈ ʾu-hóle míra ʾáyya bráti qa-brònux.ˈ yáʿni pɛ́ša bàxtux.ˈ ʾámər mùt mára?ˈ mə́ra hè b-álaha,ˈ hátxɛle míra màlkaˈ múṯyəlla làxxaˈ ʾáw-u wằzīrˈ ʾu-hóla wajjúwe díya làxxa.ˈ ʾay-dmíxta š-qaràwət,ˈ kéfa díya basìmtaˈ lɛ́la maxrówəlla kèfa.ˈ ʾámər yə́mmi hé hè,ˈ lítla xàm,ˈ xoš-ʾáṯya b-šɛ̀na.ˈ píštɛla hàdəx.ˈ qímɛle lɛ́le qamàya,ˈ mə́re qa-yə́mme dìyeˈ bás mattátla xa-kawázət mìya.ˈ mə́re mattátla xa-kawázət míya kəs-réša-w bàs,ˈ la-ʾixàla,ˈ la-lə̀xma,ˈ la-čù-məndi.ˈ bàsˈ ʾɛ́ kawázət míya mattátla kəs-réša díya ʾu-bàs.ˈ mə́ra bábi hèˈ dàx lítlux xáṭər.ˈ qímɛle qèdamta.ˈ yə́mme díye múttəlle čày,ˈ múttəlle bèʾeˈ ʾu-xìlɛle-wˈ ʾu-tugbàrtəlleˈ ʾu-dwíqtəlle ʾixála gu-čánte dìye,ˈ jarrèta y-amrə́xla.ˈ jarréta dwìqtəllaˈ ʾu-másta gu-bùrra-wˈ dríṯəlle gu-čánte dìyeˈ ʾu-bəṛ-zắra gu-čànteˈ ʾu-zìlɛle.ˈ šqíləlle xmàraˈ ʾu-tàwra.ˈ ʾu-zìlɛle.ˈ šúryɛle zràya.ˈ šúryɛle zráya hàl-ʾaṣərta.ˈ ʾaṣə́rta ʾáṯe l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mànyəx,ˈ ʾázəl sàxeˈ ʾu-ʾàwər.ˈ dánət xa-rámša muṯéla yə́mme díye xa-rámša ʾə́lle dìye,ˈ šuréle ta-t-ʾàxəl.ˈ mə́re yə́mmi ʾɛ́nile plìxa?ˈ mə́ra bábi plíxɛt ʾàti,ˈ ʾu-xmára-w tàwraˈ ʾu-ʾána mtugbártən bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ʾáp-xa lɛle-plìxa?ˈ mə́ra là.ˈ mə́re ʾó-t là páləxˈ lè y-áxəl.ˈ mašmóye ʾə́lla dìya.ˈ mə́re kùt la-páləxˈ gu-d-áwwa bɛ̀ṯaˈ ʾixála lè y-áxəl.ˈ ʾo-t-pàləxˈ ʾàw ṱ-áxəl.ˈ mára yómət trèˈ ʾay-là xílla.ˈ lɛ̀la múttəlla ʾixála.ˈ yómət trèˈ qìmɛle.ˈ xá-gaya xéta qímtɛla yə́mme díye wíḏtəlle fṭàrta.ˈ fṭìrɛleˈ ʾu-mə́ndi xéna kúlla muttɛ́ṯəlle gu-čánte dìye,ˈ kú-məndi ṱ-ìṯwala,ˈ lə̀xma,ˈ ʾən-màsta,ˈ ʾən-kú-məndi ʾìṯwaleyˈ ʾu-šqíla tàwreˈ zíla zràya.ˈ šuréle zílle zràya,ˈ ʾaṣə́rta ṯèle.ˈ ʾámər hà yə́mmiˈ mùt mára?ˈ ʾɛ̀nile plíxa ʾə́dyo?ˈ mə́ra bábi har-ʾàtit plíxa,ˈ ʾu-xmára-w tàwra,ˈ ʾu-ʾána mquzqáztən bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́re har-ʾàxni bṱ-áxləx.ˈ ʾo-ṱ-íle plíxa ʾàw bṱ-áxəl.ˈ ʾo-t-lɛ́le plíxa là sápər ṱ-áxəl.ˈ ṣráxɛle qa-t-šằmaˈ brátət màlka.ˈ kpìnnaˈ yómə ṭḷàṯɛla.ˈ dmìxela.ˈ xá-bena xéta qìmelaˈ qèdamta.ˈ yála-žigən qímɛle fṭìrɛleˈ mxúlləlla páṯe dìye-wˈ ʾu-zílɛle šúle dìye.ˈ šúle hóle zráya hál ʾaṣə̀rta.ˈ ʾaṣə́rta ʾàṯe.ˈ ʾaw-l-ḥàmmam sáxe.ˈ ʾu-yə́mme díye mtugbə́rra ʾixàla-wˈ muttùla-wˈ ḥásba l-ʾŭṣū̀lˈ mə́re hà yə́mmi,ˈ ʾə́dyo dàxi.ˈ mə́ra b-álaha ʾə̀dyoˈ xánči plìxəx.ˈ mə́re lắʿat xànči ṱ-áxləx.ˈ qímela xìlela.ˈ qímela šqílela xa-ʾamána xànči zóra.ˈ múttəlla kəs-réša dìya.ˈ ṣáwṯa lìṯən.ˈ ṣáwṯa lɛ̀le mṣawóṯe mə́nna díya.ˈ ʾu-ʾáy-žigən lɛ̀la qyáma.ˈ har-dmíxtɛla bəd-lə́bba gu-bɛ́ṯət bába dìyɛla.ˈ mɛṯíla xadáme ʾixàla.ˈ ʾáp-xa lɛ́le mɛṯóyəlla ʾixàla.ˈ qímela múttəlla xáčča ʾixàla.ˈ b-lɛ́le qìmtɛlaˈ štíṯa mìyaˈ ʾu-xíltəlla ʾo-ʾixàla.ˈ ʾay-gu-gána mtuxmə̀nna,ˈ mə́ra ʾən-ʾázən b-áyya ʾùrxa,ˈ mɛ̀ṯana.ˈ la qɛ́mən jàldeˈ ta-ṱ-óḏən pəlxànaˈ ṭla-gàniˈ ta-ṱ-àxlən?ˈ yómət ʾàrpaˈ m-báṯər ṱ-íle … yaʿni fṭìrɛle yála-wˈ qìmɛleˈ zíla l-šùla,ˈ yə́mma mtugbàrtəlle,ˈ zíla l-šùla,ˈ qìmtɛla,ˈ mxulálta ʾamàneˈ ʾu-kníšta bɛ̀ṯaˈ ʾu-mtugbàrta.ˈ ʾə̀ṯyɛle yála,ˈ dìṛɛle,ˈ ʾámər hà yə́mmi,ˈ ʾə́dyo ʾɛ̀nile plíxa?ˈ mə́ra bábi kúllən plìxəx.ˈ mə́re lắʿat kúllən ṱ-àxləx.ˈ ʾə́ṯyela l-mḕs,ˈ ḥásba l-ʾŭṣū̀l.ˈ qímtɛla ṯíṯa tìwtɛla.ˈ šúryela xílela m-ġḏàḏe.ˈ yómət xàmša,ˈ qímla ʾáy m-bắdal xmáṯa dìya,ˈ m-bắdal yə́mmət yàla.ˈ wídla ʾixàlaˈ ṭla-yàla.ˈ xìlle.ˈ ʾu-čánte díye dwíqla zwàḏe,ˈ dréla gu-čànteˈ ʾu-bar-zắra hàdəx.ˈ ṣléla mə́nne gu-gòma.ˈ mpulṭíla táwra-w xmàra.ˈ ʾu-qəm-pašṭále b-ʾúrxa-w zìlle-wˈ w-áy ṯéla sìqla.ˈ sìqla,ˈ píšla plàxa-wˈ knáša-w mšáya ʾáxxa l-tàmma.ˈ mə́ra ṭla-xmáṯa dìyaˈ ʾáti là pálxət.ˈ ʾáti tù.ˈ ʾàna pálxən.ˈ šúrela plàxa-wˈ ʾu-bráta-w ʾáxxa l-tàmma,ˈ yóma ṭla-yòma,ˈ yóma ṭla-yòma.ˈ lípla pəlxàna.ˈ šuréla zabòne.ˈ mə́re b-xšàwənˈ ʾáyya bràtaˈ brátət bɛ̀ṯɛlaˈ w-áxni làx-ḏiye bíya díya.ˈ xá-yoma màlkaˈ mə́re ṭla-wằzīrˈ yába ṱ-ázəx xàzəxˈ ʾɛ-bratɛ́ni mà mə́nna.ˈ bálki ṱ-íla mìṯta,ˈ bálki ṱ-íle xa-mə́ndi ṯíṯa bìya.ˈ ʾámər də-qú-malka ṱ-àzəx.ˈ qìmela,ˈ zìlela.ˈ xmáṯa dìyaˈ hóla zílta kəs-xəzmáne šwàwe.ˈ yála hóle zíla šùle.ˈ ʾáy hóla wáḏa kùbbe.ˈ hóla ʾiṯáṯa gu-lɛ̀ša,ˈ lyáša kùbbe,ˈ ʾu-ʾə̀ṯyɛleˈ bába dìyaˈ ʾu-wằzīr,ˈ ʾə́ṯyela tərwə̀ṯna,ˈ màxɛ l-tắra.ˈ máxɛ l-tằra.ˈ ʾiṯáṯa qàmxɛle,ˈ pṯìxtəllela tắra.ˈ pṯíxtəlle tằra,ˈ xzíṯəlle bába dìyaˈ ʾu-ʾup-wắzīr mə̀nne.ˈ hà bráti,ˈ dàx-it,ˈ dàx-lɛt?ˈ mə́ra bábi spày-inˈ basíma ràba.ˈ mə́re xázəx ʾiṯáṯəx ṭìše.ˈ hon-wáḏa ʾixàla.ˈ ʾàtit wáḏa ʾixála?ˈ mə́ra hè bábi.ˈ dax-ìla, dəx-lɛ̀la?!ˈ mə́ra hàˈ ʾána b-pəlxànən.ˈ kúlla pəlxàna,ˈ pəlxánət bɛ́ṯa hóle b-qḏàliˈ ʾànən waḏə́lle.ˈ mə́ra de-tìwe,ˈ ṱ-óḏən ʾixàla,ˈ xáʾa mən-d-ánna kúbbe gòṛe.ˈ xáʾa ṭla-xmàṯilaˈ ʾu-xá ṭla-gàwṛi.ˈ ʾa-ṱ-ìla ṭláliˈ ʾawḏánna trè-qəsme,ˈ t-yánna xa-ṭlàluxˈ ʾu-xá ṭla-wằzīr.ˈ ʾámər ṭla-mòdi bráti?ˈ mə́ra sắbab ʾáwwa yàlaˈ ʾo-t-la-pàləxˈ lè y-áxəl,ˈ lítle sáma gu-d-áwwa bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ háyyo mùt mára?ˈ mə́ra hàtxa.ˈ ʾána sámi t-yánne ṭlalɛ̀xuˈ ʾána lè-y-axlən.ˈ mə́re bráti lá là.ˈ ʾáti ʾàxlət.ˈ ʾáxni ṱ-àzexi.ˈ lá pɛšəx ṭla-xădàya.ˈ ʾu-qímɛle màlkaˈ xə̀ḏyaˈ gu-gàne-wˈ ʾáw-u wằzīrˈ ʾu-zìlela.ˈ zìlelaˈ ʾay-qímtɛla wíḏtɛla kùbbe-wˈ ʾu-qlíṯəlla gu-mə̀šxa.ˈ muttɛ́ṯəlla tàma.ˈ tíwtɛla xmáṯa dìya.ˈ ʾáy-u xmáṯa díya xìlela-wˈ šwíqtɛla ṭla-gáwṛa dìya.ˈ ṯéle gáwṛa díya-žigən xìlɛle.ˈ ʾámər kəma-basìmtɛla ʾixála,ˈ ʾáxxa l-tàmma.ˈ šúryela pṣàxa.ˈ xá-yomaˈ mə́re hátxa la-hàwya.ˈ málka mə̀reˈ hátxa la-hàwya.ˈ mádam bráti wéla b-pəlxànaˈ ʾu-lípla pəlxànaˈ bắyən t-yằḏənˈ ʾáwwa bəṛ-náša mòdile,ˈ dáx mṣéle ʾáyya bráta qəm-ʾawə́dla b-pəlxánət bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ ʾu-ká-t brátət màlka,ˈ ʾu-lípta har-dmàxa-w xála,ˈ dmáxa-w xàla.ˈ ʾə́dyo pɛ́ša ʾày maxóle ṭla-náše.ˈ mə́re làzəmˈ yắḏən mòdila qə́ṣṣət.ˈ mára qìmɛle.ˈ qə̀ryɛleˈ yíwɛle jăwába ṭla-yàla.ˈ mə́re ʾàṯetiˈ ʾítli šúla mə̀nnux.ˈ ʾáwwa zdìlɛle.ˈ zdìlle,ˈ mə́re ʾà,ˈ xzi-málka bṱ-áwəḏ bìyi.ˈ zílɛle mə́re ʾə́lle dìyeˈ yà bróni,ˈ bás ʾamrə̀tliˈ b-duzùṯaˈ dàx ʾáyya bráta wiḏálux brátət bɛ́ṯaˈ ʾu-palàxta-wˈ mbašòleˈ ʾu-xyàpa-wˈ mšàya-wˈ knàša-wˈ mbašòleˈ ʾu-kúl-xa mə́ndi wàḏa,ˈ ká-t gu-bɛ́ṯi qímta brìṯɛla,ˈ lɛ́la plìxta-wˈ ʾu-hàl ʾə́dyo yóma?ˈ dáx ʾúrxa muxzélux ʾə́lla lípla ʾàwwa šúla?ˈ ʾámər b-àyyət mšúdrəlli?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ mə́re xzi-málka ṱ-áwət basìma.ˈ hadìyaˈ ʾána ṱ-amrə̀nna-llux.ˈ ʾu-hămə́nni har-hàdəx-ile dū́s.ˈ ʾána ʾap-dìyaˈ ʾáyya ʾúrxa ṱ-ín ʾána zála bíya dìyaˈ lè-y manšə́nna hál yomət-màwṯa.ˈ mə́re ʾítli xə̀yālˈ ʾo-t-la-páləx gu-bɛ̀ṯiˈ lìtle sáma,ˈ lè y-áxəl.ˈ ʾo-t-páləx gu-bɛ́ṯi bṱ-àxəl.ˈ ʾàtiˈ díya ʾáṯət gu-bɛ́ṯi la-pàlxət,ˈ lè-y-yannux ʾixála.ˈ ʾànaˈ ṭḷà-yomeˈ qəm-mjarbə̀nna.ˈ mə́ri qa-yə̀mmiˈ bas-mìya máttət qam-réša díya.ˈ ṭḷá-yome míya wéla qam-réša dìya.ˈ píšla b-gána màjburˈ ʾána yə́mmi y-awḏáwali fṭárta ʾixála y-azə̀nwa,ˈ ʾu-mtagəbráwa qənyàni,ˈ y-azə́nwa plàxaˈ w-áy dmìxta.ˈ ʾána majbúr-iwən ṱ-ázən qáṭlən gáni pálxən w-áy dmíxta maxlə̀nna?ˈ na-mùmkən.ˈ yómə ṭḷàṯaˈ m-báṯər ʾána zílli šùlaˈ qímla ṣléla knàša.ˈ mə́ri qa-yə́mmi ʾɛ̀nila plíxa?ˈ mə́ra bàbiˈ hox-plìxe xánči.ˈ ʾɛ̀ni? mə́ra hóla plìxta xánči.ˈ mə́ri lắʿat xànči ʾáxla.ˈ ʾu-muttɛ́ṯəlla hátxa xànči.ˈ muttɛ́ṯəlla kəs-rèša.ˈ qímtɛla b-lɛ̀leˈ ʾay-xìltɛla,ˈ štíṯɛla mìyaˈ hal-yómət ʾàrpa.ˈ yómət ʾàrpaˈ píšla màjburˈ qímla b-gàna,ˈ mxulə́lla ʾamàneˈ kníšla bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ wídla fṭárta ʾə̀lli,ˈ ʾu-xíllən kúllən m-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾu-zílli l-šùla.ˈ ʾu-dìṛṛi.ˈ wídla ʾixála ʾáy b-gànaˈ ʾu-b-pəlxána b-gána zála-w ṯáya gu-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ bɛ́ṯa píšɛle bíya dìya.ˈ ʾàyyən ʾána wíḏa bíya díya.ˈ lán mə̀xyəlla.ˈ ʾu-lán mṣùrəlla.ˈ ʾu-lán mŭlə̀pəlla.ˈ ʾu-la-čù-məndi.ˈ bas-mə́ri ʾo-t-là páləxˈ na-múmkən ṱ-áxəl gu-bɛ̀ṯi.ˈ qímɛle dwíqəlle nšìqəlle.ˈ ʾámər bríxta dudíya ṱ-iwət ʾáti qíma gàwa!ˈ mádam ṱ-íwət hàtxaˈ háyyo láxxa ṱ-awḏə́nnux wằzīr.ˈ pɛ́šət mə́nni mə̀nniˈ ʾu-t-yánnux ʾúpra kəmà-t bắyətˈ ʾu-plóx gáwe díye ʾu-mápləx nàše.ˈ ʾámər làʾa.ˈ ʾaláha hóle yíwəlli ʾáyya ʾùrxa.ˈ ʾu-ʾána ṱ-ázən b-áyya ʾùrxaˈ ʾu-rába rə̀ḍya.ˈ ʾúpra ʾìtliˈ ṃaḷyànɛle.ˈ ʾána-w yə́mma ʾu-bàxtɛwəx.ˈ tə́mməl yə́mmi mìtla,ˈ pɛ́šəx ʾána-w bàxti.ˈ ʾìtli ʾúpraˈ ṃaḷyànɛle.ˈ háwət rába rába basìma.ˈ kízle málka ʾáxxa-w tàmmaˈ háyyo puš-mə̀nni.ˈ mə́re làʾa.ˈ ʾána tə́mməl ʾàṯena,ˈ ʾáti mxazdə̀tli.ˈ ṱ-ámreti ṭlàliˈ hàˈ ʾána hon-yiwə́llux ʾùpra.ˈ w-hon yiwə́llux bràta.ˈ ʾu-ʾə́dyo ʾáti lat-wáḏa b-xàbri.ˈ bálki lá-ʾawḏən xàbrux.ˈ ʾɛ-dànaˈ bálki ʾàp-reši pɛrmə́tle.ˈ ʾámər də-xùš.ˈ bráta hóya brìxtəllux.ˈ ʾu-háwət brìxaˈ yomànux.ˈ ʾən-šálla ʾálaha yállux b-àyya dúnyeˈ ʾu-b-ɛ-xèta.ˈ ʾu-šwíqalən tàmaˈ ʾu-ṯéli làxxa.ˈ

Translation:

There was a king. He had a daughter, who would just sleep in the house and eat, sleep and eat. She had a big bed. Her servants would bring her food, she would eat then go to sleep. She did not work. She went on (like this) from day to day, day to day, she went on for years. She only knew how to sleep and eat. She became very fat. The king was at his wits end regarding her. Nobody would marry her. He said ‘What should I do? I should find a solution for this daughter of mine’. He called to his vizier and said to him ‘Come, let’s see whether you can help me with any ideas. What should we do to this girl who constantly sleeps, night and day, constantly eats and sleeps, eats and sleeps?’ He said ‘Let’s look for a man who is a hard worker and give her to him. He will look after her’. They made inquiries (and found that) there was a young man. He had only a mother. He did not have a father. He had an ox and an ass. Everyday what was his job? He would take his ox and take his ass early in the morning and go to cultivate (his field). He would then come back home, eat something and go to sleep. They heard about him. They said ‘By God, he is a good lad, it seems, let’s take her and give her to him’. They set off, he had gone to work, to cultivate (his field). They put her in a car, with all her effects, (the contents) of her room. They put her in a car and took her off. He had one room like this one, it was small, his bed and his mother’s, on the floor there was nothing, no chair, nothing. They took the girl and said to the mother of the young man, they said ‘We have brought this girl for you, for your son’. She could not speak’. They said ‘She is the daughter of the king’. She could not speak a word. What should she do? She said ‘Put her on the bed’. They put her on the bed. They brought her bed and laid it down. The house was filled by her bed. They put her on the bed and they also put her effects there. She remained there. The young man came back from his cultivating. He put the oxen in the basement stable. He went up to eat something and saw that his house was full ‘Hey’, he said ‘What is this?’ She said ‘My son, this is the situation: the king has brought his daughter and said “This daughter of mine is for your son, that is she will become your wife”’. He said ‘What are you saying?’ She said ‘Yes, by God. That is what the king said. He and his vizier brought her here, and her effects are here’. She was asleep on the bed, very content, and they did not disturb her. He said ‘Mother, there is nothing to worry about, she is welcome’. She remained like that. The first night he said to his mother ‘Put out for her just a jar of water’. He said ‘Put out for her a jar of water by her head and that’s all, no food, no bread, nothing. Put out for her only that jar of water by her head and that’s all’. She said ‘My dear, yes, I’ll do as you say’. He got up in the morning. His mother served him tea, served him eggs. He ate and she looked after him. She packed food in his bag—we call it a _jarreta_ (‘lunchbox’). She packed the lunchbox, (put) yoghurt in a pot and placed it in his bag. (She also put) seed in his bag. Then he set off. He took the ass and the ox and went off. He began cultivating. He began cultivating (and continued) until evening. In the evening he came home. He rested, went to bathe and entered (the house). At dinner time his mother brought dinner to him and he began to eat. He said ‘Mother, who has worked?’ She said ‘My dear, you have worked, the ass and the ox, and I have attended to the house’. Has anybody (else) worked?’ She said ‘No’. He said ‘Whoever does not work, will not eat’. He (was saying this) for her ears. He said ‘Whoever does not work in this house will not eat food. Whoever works will eat’. Now the next day she did not eat. She (the mother) did not put out food for her. The next day he got up. Again his mother got up and made him breakfast. He ate breakfast and she put everything else into his bag, everything they had, bread, yoghurt, everything they had. He took his ox and went to cultivate. He set off to cultivate. In the evening he came back. He said ‘So, mother, what do you say? Who has worked today?’ She said ‘My dear, only you have worked, the ass and ox, and I have put the house in order’. He said ‘Only we shall eat. Whoever has worked will eat. Whoever has not worked should not expect to eat.’ He was shouting so that the daughter of the king would hear. She went hungry when the third day came. They went to sleep. Again they got up in the morning. The young man got up and had breakfast, washed his face and went to his work. His work was to cultivate until evening. In the evening he came back. He washed in the bathroom. His mother prepared food and laid it out. As usual he said ‘Well, mother, how was today?’ She said ‘By God, today, we have worked a little’. He said ‘So, we’ll eat a little’. They ate. Then they took a small container and put it at her head. There was no speech (with this). He did not speak to her at all. She did not get up. She continued sleeping, thinking that she was in her father’s house and that the servants would bring her food. Nobody, however, was bringing her food. They put out a little food. In the night she got up, drank water and ate that food. She thought to herself, she said ‘If I go on in this way, I’ll die. Should I not get up early to work for myself, so that I can eat? The fourth day, after … the young man had breakfast and went to work, his mother looked after him and he went off to work, she got up and washed the dishes, swept the house and tidied it. The young man came back, he returned and said ‘So, mother, who has worked today?’ She said ‘My dear, we all have worked’. He said ‘So, we shall all eat.’ They went to the table, as usual. She came and sat down. They began to eat together. The fifth day, she got up instead of her mother-in-law, instead of the mother of the young man. She made food for the young man. He ate. She packed his bag with provisions. She put them in his bag together with seed. She went down with him into the basement stable. She got out the ox and the ass. She set him on the way and he went off, then she came back and went up (to the house). She went up and began working, sweeping, polishing, and so forth. She said to her mother-in-law ‘Don’t you work. You sit down. I’ll work’. She began working, with the girl doing this and that, day after day, day after day. She learnt how to work. She began selling. He said ‘I think this girl is a good housewife, but we did not know this about her.’ One day the king said to the vizier ‘Let’s go and see what has become of that daughter of ours. Perhaps she is dead, perhaps something has happened to her’. He said ‘Let’s go king’. They set off. Her mother-in-law had gone to visit some relatives who were neighbours. The young man had gone to his work. She was making meat-balls. Her hands were in dough, while kneading the meat-balls. Her father and the vizier came, the two of them came and knocked on the door. They knocked on the door. While there was flour on her hands, she opened the door. She opened the door and saw her father and also the vizier who was with him. ‘Hey, daughter, how are you?’ She said ‘Father, I am well, thank you’. He said ‘It seems that your hands are covered (in flour)’. ‘I am making food’. ‘_You_ are making food?’ She said ‘Yes father’. ‘How she has turned out!’ She said ‘Yes, I am hard-working. All the work, the work of the house is my duty. It is me who does it’. She said ‘Sit down, I’ll make food, one of these big meat-balls. One is for my mother-in-law, one is for my husband. The one that is for me I’ll divide into two parts and give one to you and one to the vizier’. He said ‘Why, daughter?’ She said ‘Because this young man (has made a rule that) whoever does not work will not eat, does not have a share in this house. What do you say (to that)?’ She said that. ‘I shall give my share to you. I shall not eat’. He said ‘My daughter, no, no. You eat. We shall go. We shall not stay for lunch’. The king left, cheerful in spirits, together with the vizier and went on their way. They went off and she made meat-balls and fried them in oil. She then served them. Her mother-in-law sat down. She and her mother-in-law ate and she left some food for her husband. Her husband also came back and he ate. He said ‘How delicious the food is’, and so forth. He began to rejoice. One day he (the king) said ‘This cannot be’. The king said ‘This cannot be’. If my daughter has become hard-working and has learnt to work, I want to know what (kind of person) this man is, how could he have made this girl a hard-working housewife, while she is the daughter of the king and is used to sleeping and eating, sleeping and eating. Today _she_ has begun to feed people’. He said ‘I must know what the story is’. Now, he sent a message to the young man. He said ‘Come, I have business with you’. He was afraid. He was afraid and said ‘Ah, see the king will do something to me’. He went and he said to him ‘My boy, just tell me, in truth, how have you made this girl a housewife, hard-working, cooking, washing, polishing, sweeping, cooking and doing everything, while in my house (from the day) she was born she has not worked, until today? How did you show her the way to learn this work?’ He said ‘Was it for this that you sent for me?’ He said ‘Yes’. He said ‘Look king, if you please, I shall now tell you and believe me it is really like this. I shall not give up until the day I die the way I am following now’. He said ‘In my opinion whoever does not work in my house has no share and will not eat. Whoever works in my house will eat. If you come now, come to my house and do not work, I shall not give you food. I tested her for three days. I said to my mother “Place only water by her head”. For three days water was by her head. She was obliged to stay by herself. My mother would make breakfast for me and food, and I would go. She would look after my animals and I would go to work. She, however, was asleep. Was I obliged to kill myself working to feed her while she slept? No way. On the third day, after I went to work, she went down (to the basement) to sweep. I said to my mother “Who has worked?” She said “My dear, we have worked a little”. “Who”. She said “She has worked a little”. I said ‘So, she will eat a little” and she put a little (food) out for her, she laid it by her head. She got up in the night, she ate and drank the water, until the fourth day. On the fourth day, she was forced to get up of her own accord, she washed the dishes, swept the house, made breakfast for me and we all ate together. I went to work and returned. She made the food by herself and did the chores by herself, going to and fro in the house and she ran the house. I did this to her. I did not beat her. I did not curse her. I did not teach her, nothing. I only said “Whoever does not work cannot eat in my house”’. He (the king) held him and kissed him. He said ‘Blessed be the cradle in which you grew up. If you have done this, come here and I shall make you the vizier. Stay with me and I shall give you as much land as you want. Work on it and employ people’. He said ‘No. God has given me this way. I shall go on this way very contently. I have land that is sufficient. We are (three), myself, mother and the wife. (If ) my mother dies tomorrow, we shall shall remain, myself and my wife. I have land that is sufficient. Thank you very much’. The king tried (to persuade him) and so forth (saying) ‘Come, stay with me’. He said ‘No. If I come tomorrow, you will blame me. You will say to me “Ah, I have given you land and have given you a daughter, and now you are not obeying me”. Perhaps I shall not obey you. Then, perhaps you will even cut off my head’. He said ‘Go. Let the girl be blessed for you and you be blessed throughout your days. May God grant you (bounty) in this world and the next. I have left it there and come here.