Barwar: The Man Who Wanted to Work

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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	mára ʾìṯwaˈ xá nàša,ˈ xa-qurḏàya.ˈ mə́re kúlla náša hóle zála l-šùla.ˈ ʾàp-ʾana bṱ-ázən šúlaˈ pàlxən.ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ šə́mmət máṯa díye wéwa Barwòre.ˈ ʾámte dìyeˈ hóla gu-Sàrzarˈ ʾu-xále dìyeˈ hóle gu-Daštàne.ˈ ʾáwwa mə́re ṭla-bábe díye-w yə́mme díye mə̀reˈ bábi-w yə̀mmiˈ ʾáp-ʾana ṱ-ázən pàlxənˈ xa-pəlxána ta-t-lɛ̀pena.ˈ bábe-w yə́mme díye mə̀raˈ bròniˈ qá-mo là?ˈ sì!ˈ kúlla náša hole-plàxa.ˈ ʾáp-ʾati sìˈ pàlxeti.ˈ ʾáwwa zílɛle be-ʾámte dìye.ˈ ʾámte xáṯət bàbe.ˈ há bròni,ˈ m-ɛ̀kət ṯáya?ˈ b-álaha m-bɛ̀ṯən ṯáya,ˈ ʾàmti.ˈ lɛ̀ka?ˈ mə́re bắyən ṱ-ázən kəs-xàli.ˈ xáli zàngīn-ile,ˈ t-yálli xa-šúla pálxən ʾàp-ʾana.ˈ kúlla náša hóle plàxa,ˈ ʾáp-ʾana pálxən mə́nne dìye.ˈ mə́ra qá-mo là?ˈ qìmtɛlaˈ wíḏtəlle ʾixàla,ˈ bèʾe.ˈ qèdamtɛla,ˈ wíḏtəlle ʾixàlaˈ béʾe-w mə́šxa-w qàlya,ˈ mə̀raˈ … šə́mme díye ʾÙmmo-wewaˈ … mə́ra ʾÙmmo,ˈ ʾána qɛ́mən ʾázən náblən ʾixàlaˈ ṭla-xə̀tnuxˈ ʾu-ʾáti xùlˈ ʾu-sí l-be-xàlux.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf ʾámti.ˈ xá-bena ʾay-zìltɛla məskə́nta.ˈ ʾáw pìšɛle,ˈ xìləlle ʾo-ʾixála ṱ-íle kə̀sle.ˈ mə̀reˈ bálki zílli b-ʾùrxaˈ ʾu-kpìnni.ˈ qɛ́mən šaqlə́nni xákma mə́ndi mə́nni b-ʾìḏiˈ ta-t-ʾàzən b-úrxa,ˈ ʾən-kpìnni,ˈ ṱ-axlə̀nne.ˈ qìmɛleˈ báṯər ṱ-íle príqa mən-ʾixàla,ˈ qìmɛleˈ šqíla xa-ʾárba xamšà béʾe.ˈ šqílɛle xa-ʾárba xamšà béʾeˈ múttəlla xo-kosìṯe.ˈ ʾu-šqílɛle qàlya,ˈ də́ryəlle gu-jebàne.ˈ ʾu-hóla ṱ-amréxi xa-kawàzaˈ mə̀šxa gáwa.ˈ ʾáwwa də́ryəlla ʾíḏe gáwe díye ta-t-mpáləṭ mə̀šxa,ˈ ʾu-ʾíḏe díye ṣìṯɛla gáwe.ˈ ʾu-bắye mpáləṭle kùlleˈ ʾu-lɛ̀le pláṭa.ˈ ʾu-hírɛle b-gáne dìye.ˈ ʾu-píšɛle gu-d-ɛ-pyàštaˈ há-ṱ-ila ṯíṯa ʾámte dìye.ˈ ṯéla ʾámte díye mə̀raˈ há ʾÙmmoˈ mùt wáḏa?ˈ mə́re ʾámti dū̀s bắyət?ˈ mə́re ʾána bắyənwa šaqlə́nwali xáčča mə̀šxaˈ mə́re ta-ṱ-áxlən b-ʾùrxaˈ xáčča mə́šxa-w lə̀xmaˈ ʾína ʾíḏi ṣéla gu-d-áwwa hə́nna lìnta,ˈ lɛ̀la pláṭa,ˈ t-mə̀šxa.ˈ ʾay-mə́ra qə́ṭma b-rèšux!ˈ de-sì!ˈ qəm-maxyále hátxa gu-réše dìye,ˈ ṣléla béʾe ʾàx-ʾaxxe díye.ˈ ʾáyya mòdila?ˈ mə́re šqílənni xákma bèʾe-žigənˈ mə́ri bàlki,ˈ bálki kápnena kàpnena.ˈ hóle qúrbət nùrɛle.ˈ núra qùrbɛle,ˈ šxínne qàlya.ˈ mə́šxət qálya plíṭle b-jebàne díye.ˈ mə́ra ʾáwwa mòdile?ˈ mə́re šqílənwa xáčča xéna qàlyaˈ ta-ṱ-axlə́nne b-ʾùrxa.ˈ mə́ra míla l-hàlux!ˈ de-sìgən!ˈ ʾáti čù-pəlxana la-pálxət.ˈ har-blígət b-kàsux.ˈ mára qímtɛla mtugbàrtəlle,ˈ mə́ra de-sì!ˈ ʾáwwa zìlɛle b-ʾúrxa,ˈ zílɛle be-xàle.ˈ ʾámər šláma-llɛxu xàli.ˈ ʾámər ya-b-šɛ́na ṭawàṯa,ˈ b-šɛ̀na.ˈ ha-mò bắyət?ˈ mə́re bắyən t-yawə́tli xa-šùla.ˈ mə́re mò palxéti?ˈ mə́re ʾána hàden pláṭa,ˈ lɛ́ḏən čù pəlxána.ˈ mə́re ʾítli šawwà xmáre.ˈ kùt-yumˈ ʾásqət masqə́tla ʾan-šáwwa xmáre l-ṭùra.ˈ mɛ́ṯət qɛ́se biyèy.ˈ ʾàwwɛle šúlux.ˈ bằyət?ˈ mə́re hè,ˈ ʾáwwa xòš-šulɛle xáli.ˈ ʾáwwa qìmɛleˈ músqəllɛle ʾan-xmáre l-ṭùra.ˈ ʾɛ́-ga šáwwa xmáre ràbɛla hal-ɛ́-gə mjăméla qɛ́se,ˈ ta-dɛ́rela l-xáṣət xmàre.ˈ ʾáṯi dèwe.ˈ ʾaxlìla xmáre díye.ˈ ʾáw mòdi wídle?ˈ qìmɛleˈ ṭìnəlla,ˈ ṭínəlla ʾan-qurṭàne.ˈ qurṭánət t-xmàre.ˈ ṭínəlla l-xáṣe šawwà qurṭáne-wˈ mùṣlyəlla.ˈ múṣlyəlla dìwən,ˈ díwən t-xále díye hóla dwìqta.ˈ ʾáyya díwən làxxɛlaˈ ʾaw-gàrele.ˈ har-ʾə́ṯyɛle mən-ṭúra réša-reša d-o-gàre.ˈ ʾu-ʾáni l-xáṣe díye mrùpyəlla gu-díwən-t xále.ˈ ʾán-naše kúlla xìrra bíye díyeˈ ʾína qúrṭánət xmáre tàma.ˈ qə̀ryɛle xále díye bíye díyeˈ mə́re ʾÚmmo, ʾÚmmo hàyyo.ˈ mə́re ʾína mòdila?ˈ mə́re xàliˈ xmàre,ˈ šáwwaṯna hóla xíle l-dèwe,ˈ mə́re qəm-mɛṯə́nna qurṭanèy.ˈ ʾámər mà-yxaləf.ˈ ʾáni zìlla,ˈ fə́dwa ʾə̀llux.ˈ mára sígən baxt-xàlux.ˈ xzi-mó pəlxána xazyàlux.ˈ plúx gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ xá-yoma bɛ́ṯa hóle šìya.ˈ yáʿni wíḏa xàṯa-wˈ ʾùpra-wˈ šyàlle,ˈ ʾu-parošyáṯa hátxa glòle,ˈ šənduxyàṯa y-amrə́xla,ˈ šənduxyàṯa.ˈ hóle ʾíṯən làxxaˈ stə̀rra.ˈ stə́rra mòdile?ˈ xə̀ṭṭeleˈ ʾu-šìšmeleˈ ʾu-pràgeˈ ʾu-sàṛe,ˈ kúlla də́rye gu-mzìḏe,ˈ ʾu-mútte hátxa pummèy.ˈ ʾu-xa-línta góṛta hátxa t-nepòxtaˈ hóla muttɛ́ṯa ʾáp-ʾay kəslèy.ˈ ʾu-mə́ra ʾə́lle dìye,ˈ baxt-xále díye mə́ra xzìˈ ʾáyya ʾótəx hox-šìyəlla.ˈ là-qablətˈ là bəṛ-náša ṱ-áwər gáwaˈ ʾu-là hɛ́wən.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ tíwɛle gu-tằra.ˈ tíwɛle gu-tằra,ˈ ʾáyya ta-t-bàrza,ˈ ṯíṯɛla xa-qàṭuˈ ʾu-šwìrtɛla-wˈ b-tắra wìrtɛla,ˈ klíṯa kəs-d-ó-linət nepòxta.ˈ ʾaw-mə̀reˈ baxt-xáli hóla mírta lá bəṛ-nàšaˈ ʾu-lá hɛ́wən ʾáwər gu-d-áyya ʾòtəx.ˈ ʾáyya kúlla qəm-maxərwàlaˈ b-aqláṯa dìya,ˈ bɛ́ṯa šìya.ˈ šqíləlla xá šəndùxta.ˈ šqíləlla ta-t-dɛréla b-qàṭu,ˈ là-qɛṯa b-qáṭu,ˈ qɛ́ṯa b-bé-palgət nepùxta,ˈ d-o-línət nepùxta.ˈ ʾáw bằze,ˈ šàməṭ.ˈ nepóxta šuréla plàṭa.ˈ bízla nepúxta gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ʾáwwa zìlleˈ šqála mən-púmmət pràge,ˈ m-mzìḏa,ˈ šqála ʾo-júlla mən-púmmət práge ta-t-mattúle gu-púmmət líntət nepòxta.ˈ ʾan-práge kúlla ṣáli gu-nepòxta.ˈ píšla nepóxta ʾu-práge gu-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾo-bɛ́ṯa ṃḷèle mənnéy.ˈ ṯéla baxt-xále dìyeˈ mə́ra ha-ʾÚmmo mùt wíḏa?ˈ mə́re b-álaha látwa mìrtaˈ la-hɛ́wən ʾu-lá bəṛ-náša ʾáwər gu-ʾòtəx?ˈ ṯéla qàṭu,ˈ wìrra,ˈ kléla kəs-lìnta.ˈ ʾáp-ʾana šqiláli šəndùxtaˈ dəryáli bìya.ˈ là-qitla bíya díya.ˈ qítla b-lìnta.ˈ línta šmìṭla.ˈ qímli zílli šqílli ʾáwwa júlla ṱ-íle gu-púmmət mzíḏət pràge.ˈ mə́ri mattə́nne gu-nepóxta t-là-bɛza.ˈ ʾap-práge ṣléla gàwa.ˈ ʾána mò-ʾoḏən?ˈ lɛ́le gnàyi.ˈ mə́ra ham-ma-yxàləf,ˈ lìtla xám.ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ zìlaˈ mtugə̀brəlla,ˈ háde m-hàde-wˈ wíḏəlla ʾày-uˈ ʾu-tắra č̣íməlle ta-t-lá-ʾawər ʾáp-xa náša gàwa.ˈ xále díye mə̀reˈ xzìˈ har ʾànən ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n,ˈ ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n-bēk ʾíle šə́mmi.ˈ kut-ʾàṯeˈ ʾámər ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n-bēk,ˈ tắra la-paṯxə́tle ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ bas-har-ʾànɛwən,ˈ ʾàna.ˈ ʾíṯwa xáʾa maṣyòṯeˈ báṯər tằra.ˈ maṣyòṯe-wewaˈ ʾímə t-wewa-mára ṭla-ʾÙmmo,ˈ mára-wewa har-ʾàna ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n,ˈ ʾáp-xa la-qáblət ṱ-áwər gu-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ ʾal-ʾasā́s ta-ṱ-ázəl l-bàxte.ˈ ʾáp-ʾawwa č̣íməlle tằra.ˈ xa-béna wítɛla hádəx b-lɛ̀leˈ mə́xyɛle taq-taq-táq l-tằra.ˈ ha-mằniwət?ˈ ʾámər ʾána ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n-iwən,ˈ pṯúx tằra.ˈ pṯìxəllele tắra.ˈ wírɛle zìlaˈ dmíxɛle kəs-báxtət ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n-bēk,ˈ kəs-baxt-xàle.ˈ bar-hádəx ṯéle xa-xéna mxéle l-tằra,ˈ ha-mằniwət?ˈ mə́re ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n-iwən.ˈ mə́re kəmà ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n ʾíṯ?ˈ xà ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n?ˈ trè ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n?ˈ ʾána ṭla-d-ɛ̀ni páṯxən tắra?ˈ mə́re ʾo-ṱ-íle wíra ʾáw xăràmɛle.ˈ genàwɛle ʾáw,ˈ qaṭòlɛle.ˈ pṯúxli tắra ṱ-àwrənˈ ta-t-qaṭlə̀xle.ˈ pṯíxəlle tằra.ˈ ʾíṯwa bərzòma,ˈ bərzóma yáʿni ta-t-ṣáli gu-gòma,ˈ b-semàlta.ˈ pṯìxəlleˈ ʾu-ṣə̀lyɛle gu-góma.ˈ tắrət góma hóle č̣ìma.ˈ wírɛle xále díye t-ḥaqqùṯa.ˈ mə́re kɛ̀le ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n-t-tre,ˈ ʾáxxa l-tàmma.ˈ hóle ṣə́lya gu-gòma.ˈ ṣə́lyɛle gu-gòma,ˈ ʾítle tàwre.ˈ ʾítle dawɛ̀re,ˈ ʾítle məndiyàne,ˈ hóle gu-gòma.ˈ kút-xa mə́nna šqíləlle xa-skínta rìxtaˈ ʾu-ṣə̀lyɛle.ˈ ṣə̀lyela,ˈ ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n ṭắyɛla,ˈ ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n ṭắyɛla,ˈ ʾáxxa l-tàmma.ˈ xùyɛle,ˈ púrya lìṯ,ˈ bə́rqa lìṯən.ˈ xazéle xa-tàwra,ˈ ʾÙmmoˈ xazéle tàwraˈ ʾu-parə̀mle réšə táwra.ˈ ʾámər xáli prìmli táwra.ˈ ʾámər ham-ma-yxàləf,ˈ ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n də-la-ʾàrəq.ˈ zíla mə́ṭya l-sùsele,ˈ ʾap-súsa prìməlle.ˈ zíla ta-t-máṭe ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n,ˈ ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n páṯəx tắra ʾu-pàləṭ,ˈ ʾu-ʾàrəq.ˈ ʾáwwa qṭílle xmàre,ˈ ʾu-qṭílle sùsa,ˈ qṭílle tàwra,ˈ ʾánna kúlla qṭilìle,ˈ har-mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ ʾu-ríqle ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n,ˈ ríqle ʾu-zìlle.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle ʾàmərˈ šqul-gànux,ˈ sígən ʾáti bɛ́ṯi muxrùlux!ˈ hátxa pəlxána pàlxeti?ˈ čù pəlxána la-pálxət ʾáti.ˈ qímle qəm-ṭarə̀dle.ˈ qəm-ṭarə́dle ṯéle zìlleˈ be-ʾámte dìye,ˈ kəs-d-ɛ-ʾámte díye t-wéwa šqíla béʾe mútta xo-réše dìye.ˈ mə́ra ha-ʾÚmmo dìṛṛux!ˈ mə́re hè,ˈ xáli lìṯwale šúla qəm-yálli,ˈ dìṛṛi.ˈ mə́ra dū̀s?ˈ mòdit wíḏa?ˈ mòdila?ˈ mə́re b-álaha dū̀s băyátla?ˈ mə́ra hè.ˈ mə́re qəm-yálli šùla,ˈ mə́re yálli šawwà xmáre.ˈ súq mɛ́ṯi qɛ̀sa biyéy.ˈ hàyyo!ˈ mə́re ʾáp-ʾana síqən lə́bbi ṣə́pya lɛ̀ḏən,ˈ sìqənˈ mjămòyəlla qɛ́se,ˈ dráya rəš-ġḏàḏe.ˈ šáwwa xmàrela.ˈ ʾána mjămóye qɛ̀se,ˈ déwe blíge b-xmáre xàla.ˈ qəm-axlíla xmàre.ˈ qímən šqíləlla qurṭàneˈ ṭyánəlla l-xàṣiˈ muṣə̀lyən-əllaˈ zə́dyən-əlla gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́ra báʿd módi xèna?ˈ mə́re baxt-xáli šítɛwəlle bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ʾu-ṯéla qáṭu wírra tàma.ˈ ʾu-dəryáli šəndùxta,ˈ qítla gu-nepùxta.ˈ nepúxta-w práge wéla gu-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾu-là-qbillaˈ baxt-xàli.ˈ mə́ra si-m-àxxa.ˈ xárṯa xáli mə̀reˈ lá lá lìtla xám.ˈ mə́re ṭláli hátxa ʾìṯənˈ bas-ʾànən ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n.ˈ ʾáp-xa la-qáblət ṱ-áwər gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ṯéle xà-xena ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n.ˈ ṯéle xà-xena ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n,ˈ mə́ri ʾànaˈ ʾɛ̀ni ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n?ˈ yắḏən ʾána ʾɛ̀nileˈ xàliˈ ʾɛ́ni là?ˈ mə́re ṣlélɛni gu-gòmaˈ ṭắya l-ó ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n.ˈ xzéli tàwraˈ ʾána bəd-lə́bbi ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n-ileˈ prìmli.ˈ xzéli sùsa,ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw prìmli.ˈ ʾána lɛ̀ḏena,ˈ bəd-lə́bbi nàšɛle.ˈ ʾímə ṱ-ìn práməlle,ˈ xzáyən naṯyàṯeˈ ʾína t-hɛwàne.ˈ mə́ra hàtxət wíḏa?ˈ mə́ra hot-ṣṭìməlle bɛ́ṯət xálux.ˈ ʾap-bɛ́ṯi bắyət ṣaṭmə̀tle?ˈ xúš šqúl gànuxˈ si-l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ qímɛle zíla l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ zílɛle l-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ bábe yə́mme díye mə́ra hà,ˈ xázəx kɛ́le maʾàyšux?ˈ mə́re mút maʾáyša muttàli?ˈ mə́re hátxən wíḏa be-xàli,ˈ hátxən wíḏa be-ʾàmti.ˈ ʾu-ʾə̀ṯyən.ˈ ʾána xéna šúla la-pàlxənˈ ʾu-la-băyə̀nne.ˈ šwiqáli tàmaˈ ʾu-ṯéli làxxa.ˈ mára ʾìṯwaˈ xá nàša,ˈ xa-qurḏàya.ˈ mə́re kúlla náša hóle zála l-šùla.ˈ ʾàp-ʾana bṱ-ázən šúlaˈ pàlxən.ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ šə́mmət máṯa díye wéwa Barwòre.ˈ ʾámte dìyeˈ hóla gu-Sàrzarˈ ʾu-xále dìyeˈ hóle gu-Daštàne.ˈ ʾáwwa mə́re ṭla-bábe díye-w yə́mme díye mə̀reˈ bábi-w yə̀mmiˈ ʾáp-ʾana ṱ-ázən pàlxənˈ xa-pəlxána ta-t-lɛ̀pena.ˈ bábe-w yə́mme díye mə̀raˈ bròniˈ qá-mo là?ˈ sì!ˈ kúlla náša hole-plàxa.ˈ ʾáp-ʾati sìˈ pàlxeti.ˈ ʾáwwa zílɛle be-ʾámte dìye.ˈ ʾámte xáṯət bàbe.ˈ há bròni,ˈ m-ɛ̀kət ṯáya?ˈ b-álaha m-bɛ̀ṯən ṯáya,ˈ ʾàmti.ˈ lɛ̀ka?ˈ mə́re bắyən ṱ-ázən kəs-xàli.ˈ xáli zàngīn-ile,ˈ t-yálli xa-šúla pálxən ʾàp-ʾana.ˈ kúlla náša hóle plàxa,ˈ ʾáp-ʾana pálxən mə́nne dìye.ˈ mə́ra qá-mo là?ˈ qìmtɛlaˈ wíḏtəlle ʾixàla,ˈ bèʾe.ˈ qèdamtɛla,ˈ wíḏtəlle ʾixàlaˈ béʾe-w mə́šxa-w qàlya,ˈ mə̀raˈ … šə́mme díye ʾÙmmo-wewaˈ … mə́ra ʾÙmmo,ˈ ʾána qɛ́mən ʾázən náblən ʾixàlaˈ ṭla-xə̀tnuxˈ ʾu-ʾáti xùlˈ ʾu-sí l-be-xàlux.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf ʾámti.ˈ xá-bena ʾay-zìltɛla məskə́nta.ˈ ʾáw pìšɛle,ˈ xìləlle ʾo-ʾixála ṱ-íle kə̀sle.ˈ mə̀reˈ bálki zílli b-ʾùrxaˈ ʾu-kpìnni.ˈ qɛ́mən šaqlə́nni xákma mə́ndi mə́nni b-ʾìḏiˈ ta-t-ʾàzən b-úrxa,ˈ ʾən-kpìnni,ˈ ṱ-axlə̀nne.ˈ qìmɛleˈ báṯər ṱ-íle príqa mən-ʾixàla,ˈ qìmɛleˈ šqíla xa-ʾárba xamšà béʾe.ˈ šqílɛle xa-ʾárba xamšà béʾeˈ múttəlla xo-kosìṯe.ˈ ʾu-šqílɛle qàlya,ˈ də́ryəlle gu-jebàne.ˈ ʾu-hóla ṱ-amréxi xa-kawàzaˈ mə̀šxa gáwa.ˈ ʾáwwa də́ryəlla ʾíḏe gáwe díye ta-t-mpáləṭ mə̀šxa,ˈ ʾu-ʾíḏe díye ṣìṯɛla gáwe.ˈ ʾu-bắye mpáləṭle kùlleˈ ʾu-lɛ̀le pláṭa.ˈ ʾu-hírɛle b-gáne dìye.ˈ ʾu-píšɛle gu-d-ɛ-pyàštaˈ há-ṱ-ila ṯíṯa ʾámte dìye.ˈ ṯéla ʾámte díye mə̀raˈ há ʾÙmmoˈ mùt wáḏa?ˈ mə́re ʾámti dū̀s bắyət?ˈ mə́re ʾána bắyənwa šaqlə́nwali xáčča mə̀šxaˈ mə́re ta-ṱ-áxlən b-ʾùrxaˈ xáčča mə́šxa-w lə̀xmaˈ ʾína ʾíḏi ṣéla gu-d-áwwa hə́nna lìnta,ˈ lɛ̀la pláṭa,ˈ t-mə̀šxa.ˈ ʾay-mə́ra qə́ṭma b-rèšux!ˈ de-sì!ˈ qəm-maxyále hátxa gu-réše dìye,ˈ ṣléla béʾe ʾàx-ʾaxxe díye.ˈ ʾáyya mòdila?ˈ mə́re šqílənni xákma bèʾe-žigənˈ mə́ri bàlki,ˈ bálki kápnena kàpnena.ˈ hóle qúrbət nùrɛle.ˈ núra qùrbɛle,ˈ šxínne qàlya.ˈ mə́šxət qálya plíṭle b-jebàne díye.ˈ mə́ra ʾáwwa mòdile?ˈ mə́re šqílənwa xáčča xéna qàlyaˈ ta-ṱ-axlə́nne b-ʾùrxa.ˈ mə́ra míla l-hàlux!ˈ de-sìgən!ˈ ʾáti čù-pəlxana la-pálxət.ˈ har-blígət b-kàsux.ˈ mára qímtɛla mtugbàrtəlle,ˈ mə́ra de-sì!ˈ ʾáwwa zìlɛle b-ʾúrxa,ˈ zílɛle be-xàle.ˈ ʾámər šláma-llɛxu xàli.ˈ ʾámər ya-b-šɛ́na ṭawàṯa,ˈ b-šɛ̀na.ˈ ha-mò bắyət?ˈ mə́re bắyən t-yawə́tli xa-šùla.ˈ mə́re mò palxéti?ˈ mə́re ʾána hàden pláṭa,ˈ lɛ́ḏən čù pəlxána.ˈ mə́re ʾítli šawwà xmáre.ˈ kùt-yumˈ ʾásqət masqə́tla ʾan-šáwwa xmáre l-ṭùra.ˈ mɛ́ṯət qɛ́se biyèy.ˈ ʾàwwɛle šúlux.ˈ bằyət?ˈ mə́re hè,ˈ ʾáwwa xòš-šulɛle xáli.ˈ ʾáwwa qìmɛleˈ músqəllɛle ʾan-xmáre l-ṭùra.ˈ ʾɛ́-ga šáwwa xmáre ràbɛla hal-ɛ́-gə mjăméla qɛ́se,ˈ ta-dɛ́rela l-xáṣət xmàre.ˈ ʾáṯi dèwe.ˈ ʾaxlìla xmáre díye.ˈ ʾáw mòdi wídle?ˈ qìmɛleˈ ṭìnəlla,ˈ ṭínəlla ʾan-qurṭàne.ˈ qurṭánət t-xmàre.ˈ ṭínəlla l-xáṣe šawwà qurṭáne-wˈ mùṣlyəlla.ˈ múṣlyəlla dìwən,ˈ díwən t-xále díye hóla dwìqta.ˈ ʾáyya díwən làxxɛlaˈ ʾaw-gàrele.ˈ har-ʾə́ṯyɛle mən-ṭúra réša-reša d-o-gàre.ˈ ʾu-ʾáni l-xáṣe díye mrùpyəlla gu-díwən-t xále.ˈ ʾán-naše kúlla xìrra bíye díyeˈ ʾína qúrṭánət xmáre tàma.ˈ qə̀ryɛle xále díye bíye díyeˈ mə́re ʾÚmmo, ʾÚmmo hàyyo.ˈ mə́re ʾína mòdila?ˈ mə́re xàliˈ xmàre,ˈ šáwwaṯna hóla xíle l-dèwe,ˈ mə́re qəm-mɛṯə́nna qurṭanèy.ˈ ʾámər mà-yxaləf.ˈ ʾáni zìlla,ˈ fə́dwa ʾə̀llux.ˈ mára sígən baxt-xàlux.ˈ xzi-mó pəlxána xazyàlux.ˈ plúx gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ xá-yoma bɛ́ṯa hóle šìya.ˈ yáʿni wíḏa xàṯa-wˈ ʾùpra-wˈ šyàlle,ˈ ʾu-parošyáṯa hátxa glòle,ˈ šənduxyàṯa y-amrə́xla,ˈ šənduxyàṯa.ˈ hóle ʾíṯən làxxaˈ stə̀rra.ˈ stə́rra mòdile?ˈ xə̀ṭṭeleˈ ʾu-šìšmeleˈ ʾu-pràgeˈ ʾu-sàṛe,ˈ kúlla də́rye gu-mzìḏe,ˈ ʾu-mútte hátxa pummèy.ˈ ʾu-xa-línta góṛta hátxa t-nepòxtaˈ hóla muttɛ́ṯa ʾáp-ʾay kəslèy.ˈ ʾu-mə́ra ʾə́lle dìye,ˈ baxt-xále díye mə́ra xzìˈ ʾáyya ʾótəx hox-šìyəlla.ˈ là-qablətˈ là bəṛ-náša ṱ-áwər gáwaˈ ʾu-là hɛ́wən.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ tíwɛle gu-tằra.ˈ tíwɛle gu-tằra,ˈ ʾáyya ta-t-bàrza,ˈ ṯíṯɛla xa-qàṭuˈ ʾu-šwìrtɛla-wˈ b-tắra wìrtɛla,ˈ klíṯa kəs-d-ó-linət nepòxta.ˈ ʾaw-mə̀reˈ baxt-xáli hóla mírta lá bəṛ-nàšaˈ ʾu-lá hɛ́wən ʾáwər gu-d-áyya ʾòtəx.ˈ ʾáyya kúlla qəm-maxərwàlaˈ b-aqláṯa dìya,ˈ bɛ́ṯa šìya.ˈ šqíləlla xá šəndùxta.ˈ šqíləlla ta-t-dɛréla b-qàṭu,ˈ là-qɛṯa b-qáṭu,ˈ qɛ́ṯa b-bé-palgət nepùxta,ˈ d-o-línət nepùxta.ˈ ʾáw bằze,ˈ šàməṭ.ˈ nepóxta šuréla plàṭa.ˈ bízla nepúxta gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ʾáwwa zìlleˈ šqála mən-púmmət pràge,ˈ m-mzìḏa,ˈ šqála ʾo-júlla mən-púmmət práge ta-t-mattúle gu-púmmət líntət nepòxta.ˈ ʾan-práge kúlla ṣáli gu-nepòxta.ˈ píšla nepóxta ʾu-práge gu-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾo-bɛ́ṯa ṃḷèle mənnéy.ˈ ṯéla baxt-xále dìyeˈ mə́ra ha-ʾÚmmo mùt wíḏa?ˈ mə́re b-álaha látwa mìrtaˈ la-hɛ́wən ʾu-lá bəṛ-náša ʾáwər gu-ʾòtəx?ˈ ṯéla qàṭu,ˈ wìrra,ˈ kléla kəs-lìnta.ˈ ʾáp-ʾana šqiláli šəndùxtaˈ dəryáli bìya.ˈ là-qitla bíya díya.ˈ qítla b-lìnta.ˈ línta šmìṭla.ˈ qímli zílli šqílli ʾáwwa júlla ṱ-íle gu-púmmət mzíḏət pràge.ˈ mə́ri mattə́nne gu-nepóxta t-là-bɛza.ˈ ʾap-práge ṣléla gàwa.ˈ ʾána mò-ʾoḏən?ˈ lɛ́le gnàyi.ˈ mə́ra ham-ma-yxàləf,ˈ lìtla xám.ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ zìlaˈ mtugə̀brəlla,ˈ háde m-hàde-wˈ wíḏəlla ʾày-uˈ ʾu-tắra č̣íməlle ta-t-lá-ʾawər ʾáp-xa náša gàwa.ˈ xále díye mə̀reˈ xzìˈ har ʾànən ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n,ˈ ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n-bēk ʾíle šə́mmi.ˈ kut-ʾàṯeˈ ʾámər ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n-bēk,ˈ tắra la-paṯxə́tle ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ bas-har-ʾànɛwən,ˈ ʾàna.ˈ ʾíṯwa xáʾa maṣyòṯeˈ báṯər tằra.ˈ maṣyòṯe-wewaˈ ʾímə t-wewa-mára ṭla-ʾÙmmo,ˈ mára-wewa har-ʾàna ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n,ˈ ʾáp-xa la-qáblət ṱ-áwər gu-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ ʾal-ʾasā́s ta-ṱ-ázəl l-bàxte.ˈ ʾáp-ʾawwa č̣íməlle tằra.ˈ xa-béna wítɛla hádəx b-lɛ̀leˈ mə́xyɛle taq-taq-táq l-tằra.ˈ ha-mằniwət?ˈ ʾámər ʾána ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n-iwən,ˈ pṯúx tằra.ˈ pṯìxəllele tắra.ˈ wírɛle zìlaˈ dmíxɛle kəs-báxtət ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n-bēk,ˈ kəs-baxt-xàle.ˈ bar-hádəx ṯéle xa-xéna mxéle l-tằra,ˈ ha-mằniwət?ˈ mə́re ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n-iwən.ˈ mə́re kəmà ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n ʾíṯ?ˈ xà ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n?ˈ trè ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n?ˈ ʾána ṭla-d-ɛ̀ni páṯxən tắra?ˈ mə́re ʾo-ṱ-íle wíra ʾáw xăràmɛle.ˈ genàwɛle ʾáw,ˈ qaṭòlɛle.ˈ pṯúxli tắra ṱ-àwrənˈ ta-t-qaṭlə̀xle.ˈ pṯíxəlle tằra.ˈ ʾíṯwa bərzòma,ˈ bərzóma yáʿni ta-t-ṣáli gu-gòma,ˈ b-semàlta.ˈ pṯìxəlleˈ ʾu-ṣə̀lyɛle gu-góma.ˈ tắrət góma hóle č̣ìma.ˈ wírɛle xále díye t-ḥaqqùṯa.ˈ mə́re kɛ̀le ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n-t-tre,ˈ ʾáxxa l-tàmma.ˈ hóle ṣə́lya gu-gòma.ˈ ṣə́lyɛle gu-gòma,ˈ ʾítle tàwre.ˈ ʾítle dawɛ̀re,ˈ ʾítle məndiyàne,ˈ hóle gu-gòma.ˈ kút-xa mə́nna šqíləlle xa-skínta rìxtaˈ ʾu-ṣə̀lyɛle.ˈ ṣə̀lyela,ˈ ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n ṭắyɛla,ˈ ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n ṭắyɛla,ˈ ʾáxxa l-tàmma.ˈ xùyɛle,ˈ púrya lìṯ,ˈ bə́rqa lìṯən.ˈ xazéle xa-tàwra,ˈ ʾÙmmoˈ xazéle tàwraˈ ʾu-parə̀mle réšə táwra.ˈ ʾámər xáli prìmli táwra.ˈ ʾámər ham-ma-yxàləf,ˈ ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n də-la-ʾàrəq.ˈ zíla mə́ṭya l-sùsele,ˈ ʾap-súsa prìməlle.ˈ zíla ta-t-máṭe ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n,ˈ ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n páṯəx tắra ʾu-pàləṭ,ˈ ʾu-ʾàrəq.ˈ ʾáwwa qṭílle xmàre,ˈ ʾu-qṭílle sùsa,ˈ qṭílle tàwra,ˈ ʾánna kúlla qṭilìle,ˈ har-mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ ʾu-ríqle ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n,ˈ ríqle ʾu-zìlle.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle ʾàmərˈ šqul-gànux,ˈ sígən ʾáti bɛ́ṯi muxrùlux!ˈ hátxa pəlxána pàlxeti?ˈ čù pəlxána la-pálxət ʾáti.ˈ qímle qəm-ṭarə̀dle.ˈ qəm-ṭarə́dle ṯéle zìlleˈ be-ʾámte dìye,ˈ kəs-d-ɛ-ʾámte díye t-wéwa šqíla béʾe mútta xo-réše dìye.ˈ mə́ra ha-ʾÚmmo dìṛṛux!ˈ mə́re hè,ˈ xáli lìṯwale šúla qəm-yálli,ˈ dìṛṛi.ˈ mə́ra dū̀s?ˈ mòdit wíḏa?ˈ mòdila?ˈ mə́re b-álaha dū̀s băyátla?ˈ mə́ra hè.ˈ mə́re qəm-yálli šùla,ˈ mə́re yálli šawwà xmáre.ˈ súq mɛ́ṯi qɛ̀sa biyéy.ˈ hàyyo!ˈ mə́re ʾáp-ʾana síqən lə́bbi ṣə́pya lɛ̀ḏən,ˈ sìqənˈ mjămòyəlla qɛ́se,ˈ dráya rəš-ġḏàḏe.ˈ šáwwa xmàrela.ˈ ʾána mjămóye qɛ̀se,ˈ déwe blíge b-xmáre xàla.ˈ qəm-axlíla xmàre.ˈ qímən šqíləlla qurṭàneˈ ṭyánəlla l-xàṣiˈ muṣə̀lyən-əllaˈ zə́dyən-əlla gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́ra báʿd módi xèna?ˈ mə́re baxt-xáli šítɛwəlle bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ʾu-ṯéla qáṭu wírra tàma.ˈ ʾu-dəryáli šəndùxta,ˈ qítla gu-nepùxta.ˈ nepúxta-w práge wéla gu-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾu-là-qbillaˈ baxt-xàli.ˈ mə́ra si-m-àxxa.ˈ xárṯa xáli mə̀reˈ lá lá lìtla xám.ˈ mə́re ṭláli hátxa ʾìṯənˈ bas-ʾànən ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n.ˈ ʾáp-xa la-qáblət ṱ-áwər gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ṯéle xà-xena ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n.ˈ ṯéle xà-xena ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n,ˈ mə́ri ʾànaˈ ʾɛ̀ni ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n?ˈ yắḏən ʾána ʾɛ̀nileˈ xàliˈ ʾɛ́ni là?ˈ mə́re ṣlélɛni gu-gòmaˈ ṭắya l-ó ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n.ˈ xzéli tàwraˈ ʾána bəd-lə́bbi ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n-ileˈ prìmli.ˈ xzéli sùsa,ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw prìmli.ˈ ʾána lɛ̀ḏena,ˈ bəd-lə́bbi nàšɛle.ˈ ʾímə ṱ-ìn práməlle,ˈ xzáyən naṯyàṯeˈ ʾína t-hɛwàne.ˈ mə́ra hàtxət wíḏa?ˈ mə́ra hot-ṣṭìməlle bɛ́ṯət xálux.ˈ ʾap-bɛ́ṯi bắyət ṣaṭmə̀tle?ˈ xúš šqúl gànuxˈ si-l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ qímɛle zíla l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ zílɛle l-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ bábe yə́mme díye mə́ra hà,ˈ xázəx kɛ́le maʾàyšux?ˈ mə́re mút maʾáyša muttàli?ˈ mə́re hátxən wíḏa be-xàli,ˈ hátxən wíḏa be-ʾàmti.ˈ ʾu-ʾə̀ṯyən.ˈ ʾána xéna šúla la-pàlxənˈ ʾu-la-băyə̀nne.ˈ šwiqáli tàmaˈ ʾu-ṯéli làxxa.ˈ	There was a man, a Kurd. He said ‘Everybody goes to work. I also shall go to work and work. He set off. The name of his village was Barwore. His aunt was in Sarzar and his uncle was in the Daštane. He said to his father and mother, he said ‘Father and mother, I also shall go and work, so that I can learn (how to do) a job’. His father and mother said ‘My son, why not? Go on. Everybody works. You also go and work’. He went to the house of his aunt, his aunt, the sister of his father. ‘Hey, my son, where are you coming from?’ ‘By God, I’m coming from home, aunt’ ‘Where (are you going)?’ He said ‘I want to go to my uncle. My uncle is rich, he will give me a job so that also I can work. Everybody works, I also shall work with him’. She said ‘Why not?’ She made him food, some eggs. (When) it was morning, she made him food, eggs, oil and roasted meat. She said—his name was Ummo—she said ‘Ummo, I am going to take food to my husband. You eat and go to the house of your uncle’. He said ‘Fine, aunt’. Then she, poor thing, went off while he stayed and ate the food that was in front of him. He said ‘Perhaps when I have set out on the road, I shall be hungry. I’ll take something for myself with me in my hand so that when I go on the road, if I get hungry, I can eat it’. When he had finished the food, he took four or five eggs. He took four or five eggs and put them under his hat. He took roasted meat and put it in his pockets. There was what we call a _kawaza_ (‘jar’) with oil in it. He put his hand in it to take out some oil, but his hand got stuck in it. He tried to take it all out, but it did not come out. He was perplexed. He remained in that predicament until his aunt came. His aunt came and she said ‘Hey, Ummo, what are you doing?’ He said ‘Aunt, do you want the truth?’ He said ‘I wanted to take a little oil to eat on the way, a little oil and bread, but my hand has got stuck in this thing, pot of oil, and it does not come out’. She said ‘Confound you! Go!’ She struck him like this on his head and the eggs ran down on him here. ‘What is this?’ He said ‘I also took some eggs. I thought perhaps I shall be hungry’. He was near the fire. The fire was near and the roast meat heated up. The oil of the roast meat came out of his pockets. She said ‘What is this?’ He said ‘I took a little more roasted meat to eat on the way’. She said ‘Confound you! Go! You will not be able to do any work, you are always concerned about your stomach’. So, she prepared things for him and said ‘Off you go!’ He went on his way, he went to his uncle’s house. He said ‘Greet-ings to you uncle’. He said ‘Welcome. Well, what do you want?’ He said ‘I want you to give me a job’. He said ‘What kind of work do you do?’ He said ‘This is the first time I am going out (to work). I don’t know any (kind of) work’. He said ‘I have seven asses. Every day go up and take those seven asses up the mountain. Bring back wood with them. That is your job. Do you want it?’ He said ‘Yes. That is a good job, uncle’. He went off and took those asses up the mountain. Well, seven asses were a lot for him to collect wood and put on their backs. Wolves came and ate his asses. What did he do? He put the blankets, the blankets of the asses, he loaded the seven blankets on his back and brought them down. He brought them down to the meeting room, the meeting room of his uncle was full. The meeting room was here and this was its roof (adjacent to the mountain). He came straight from the mountain across the roof and threw those things on his back into the meeting room of his uncle. All the people looked at it and saw that asses’ blankets were there. His uncle called him and said ‘Ummo, Ummo, come here’. He said ‘But what is this?’ He said ‘Uncle, the asses, the seven of them have been eaten by wolves’. He said ‘I have brought their blankets’. He said ‘Fine. They died and you are safe. He said ‘Go to the wife of your uncle. See what job she can find for you. Work in the house’. He said ‘Yes’. One day the house had been plastered, that is newly decorated, with mud, they plaster it, with round flat stones, which we call _šənduxyaθa_. There was a food store. What is a food store? It is wheat, sesame, millet, barley, everything put in leather bags, with their mouth placed thus (facing forward). A large pot of date syrup also was placed in their store. She said to him, the wife of his uncle said ‘Look, we have (newly) plastered this room. Don’t let any person or animal enter it’. He said ‘Fine’. He sat at the door. He sat at the door, until it dried, but a cat came, leapt, entered through the door and stood by that pot of date syrup. He said ‘The wife of my uncle said that no person and no animal should enter this room. This (cat) has messed everything up with its feet’—the room was (newly) plastered. He picked up a small stone, he picked it up to throw it at the cat, but it did not hit the cat but rather hit right in the middle of the date syrup, of the pot of date syrup. It was pierced and broke. The date syrup began to run out. The date syrup spilt into the room. He went to take from the mouth of the bag of millet, take the cloth from the mouth (of the bag of ) millet to put it in the mouth of the pot of syrup. All the millet fell down into the syrup. The syrup and the millet seed were mix together. The room was filled with them. The wife of his uncle came and said ‘Ummo, what have you done?’ He said ‘By God, did you not say that no animal and no person should enter the room? A cat came, entered and stood by the pot. I picked up a small stone and threw it at him. It did not hit it, but hit the pot. The pot broke. I went and took the cloth that is in the mouth of the bag of millet. I thought I would put it in the (pot of ) syrup so that it does not pour out. The millet fell down into it. What should I do? It is not my fault’. She said ‘Its is all right, don’t worry’. They went and put (the room) in order once again. They closed the door so that nobody would go into it. His uncle said ‘Look, only I am ʿAbda-Raḥmān, ʿAbda-Raḥmān-bēk is my name. If anybody comes and says ‘ʿAbda-Raḥmān-bēk’, do not open the door to him. It is only me (who is called ʿAbda-Raḥmān)’. There was somebody who was listening behind the door. He was listen-ing when he said to Ummo ‘I am the only ʿAbda-Raḥmān, do not let anybody come in the house’. (He was listening) so that he (the intruder) could go to his wife. So, he (the uncle) closed the door. Then, when it was night, there was a knock at the door. ‘Who are you?’ He said ‘I am ʿAbda-Raḥmān, open the door’. He opened the door and he (the intruder) entered and went to sleep with the wife of ʿAbda-Raḥmān-bēk, with the wife of his uncle. Afterwards somebody else knocked on the door ‘Who is it?’ He said ‘I am ʿAbda-Raḥmān’. He said ‘How many ʿAbda-Raḥmāns are there? One ʿAbda-Raḥmān, two ʿAbda-Raḥmāns? For whom should I open the door?’ He said ‘The person who has gone in (before me) is a villain. He is a thief, he is a murderer. Open the door to let me in so that we can kill him’. He opened the door. There was a hatch, a hatch for them to go down into the basement stable, by a ladder. He (the intruder) opened it and went down in the basement. The door of the basement was closed. His real uncle went in. He said ‘Where is the second ʿAbda-Raḥmān?’, and so forth. ‘He has gone down into the basement’. Each of them took a long knife and went down. They went down searching for ʿAbda-Raḥmān, searching for ʿAbda-Raḥmān, and so forth. It was dark. There was no light and no electricity. He saw an ox. Ummo saw an ox and cut off the head of the ox. He said ‘Uncle, I have slaughtered an ox’. He said ‘That’s all right, so long as ʿAbda-Raḥmān does not get away’. He went and came to the horse. He slaughtered also the horse. He went to catch ʿAbda-Raḥmān but ʿAbda-Raḥmān opened the door, went out and ran away. He had killed the asses, killed the horse, killed the ox. He had killed them all. He (the uncle) still said ‘That is all right’. ʿAbda-Raḥmān (the intruder) ran away and disappeared. He (the uncle) came back and said ‘Be off with you! Go away! You have destroyed my house! Is this the kind of work that you do? Don’t do any more work’. He drove him away. He drove him away and he went back to his aunt’s house, his aunt’s house, where he had taken eggs and put them on his head. She said ‘Hey, Ummo, you have returned!’ He said ‘Yes, my uncle did not have any work to give me, so I returned’. She said ‘Is that so? What did you do? What happened?’ He said ‘By God, do you want the truth?’ She said ‘Yes’. He said ‘He gave me a job’. He said ‘He gave me seven asses “Go up and fetch wood with them. Get on with it!”’. He said ‘So, I went up (the mountain)—I was innocent, I did not know (what I was doing)—I went up and collected the wood and piled them up. There were seven asses. While I was collecting wood, wolves were busy eating the asses. I took the saddle blankets, loaded them on my back, brought them down and threw them into the house’. She said ‘Then, what else?’ He said ‘The wife of my uncle had plastered a room. A cat came and entered. I threw a stone, but it hit some date syrup. Syrup and millet seed got mixed together. The wife of my uncle did not tolerate this. She said “Go away”. Then my uncle said “No, no, don’t worry”. He said to me as follows “There are (other men), but it is only me who is called ʿAbda-Raḥmān. Do not let anybody come into the house. Another ʿAbda-Raḥmān came. Another ʿAbda-Raḥmān came and I said “Which ʿAbda-Raḥmān? (How) do I know which is my uncle and which not?”’ He said ‘We went down into the basement stable, searching for that (intruder) ʿAbda-Raḥmān. I found an ox. I thought he was ʿAbda-Raḥmān and slaughtered him. I found a horse and slaughtered it also. I did not know. I thought it was a man. When I was slaughtering it, I saw that its ears were those of animals’. She said ‘Have you done this?’ She said ‘You have ruined your uncle. Do you want to ruin also me? Go, take yourself off. Go home’. He went back home. He went back home and his father and mother said ‘Ah, let’s see, where are your earnings?’ He said ‘What earnings could I make?’ He said ‘I did such-and-such in the house of my uncle, I did such-and-such in the house of my aunt, then I came home. I shall not do any more work. I don’t want it.’ I have left it there and come here.

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mára ʾìṯwaˈ xá nàša,ˈ xa-qurḏàya.ˈ mə́re kúlla náša hóle zála l-šùla.ˈ ʾàp-ʾana bṱ-ázən šúlaˈ pàlxən.ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ šə́mmət máṯa díye wéwa Barwòre.ˈ ʾámte dìyeˈ hóla gu-Sàrzarˈ ʾu-xále dìyeˈ hóle gu-Daštàne.ˈ ʾáwwa mə́re ṭla-bábe díye-w yə́mme díye mə̀reˈ bábi-w yə̀mmiˈ ʾáp-ʾana ṱ-ázən pàlxənˈ xa-pəlxána ta-t-lɛ̀pena.ˈ bábe-w yə́mme díye mə̀raˈ bròniˈ qá-mo là?ˈ sì!ˈ kúlla náša hole-plàxa.ˈ ʾáp-ʾati sìˈ pàlxeti.ˈ ʾáwwa zílɛle be-ʾámte dìye.ˈ ʾámte xáṯət bàbe.ˈ há bròni,ˈ m-ɛ̀kət ṯáya?ˈ b-álaha m-bɛ̀ṯən ṯáya,ˈ ʾàmti.ˈ lɛ̀ka?ˈ mə́re bắyən ṱ-ázən kəs-xàli.ˈ xáli zàngīn-ile,ˈ t-yálli xa-šúla pálxən ʾàp-ʾana.ˈ kúlla náša hóle plàxa,ˈ ʾáp-ʾana pálxən mə́nne dìye.ˈ mə́ra qá-mo là?ˈ qìmtɛlaˈ wíḏtəlle ʾixàla,ˈ bèʾe.ˈ qèdamtɛla,ˈ wíḏtəlle ʾixàlaˈ béʾe-w mə́šxa-w qàlya,ˈ mə̀raˈ … šə́mme díye ʾÙmmo-wewaˈ … mə́ra ʾÙmmo,ˈ ʾána qɛ́mən ʾázən náblən ʾixàlaˈ ṭla-xə̀tnuxˈ ʾu-ʾáti xùlˈ ʾu-sí l-be-xàlux.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf ʾámti.ˈ xá-bena ʾay-zìltɛla məskə́nta.ˈ ʾáw pìšɛle,ˈ xìləlle ʾo-ʾixála ṱ-íle kə̀sle.ˈ mə̀reˈ bálki zílli b-ʾùrxaˈ ʾu-kpìnni.ˈ qɛ́mən šaqlə́nni xákma mə́ndi mə́nni b-ʾìḏiˈ ta-t-ʾàzən b-úrxa,ˈ ʾən-kpìnni,ˈ ṱ-axlə̀nne.ˈ qìmɛleˈ báṯər ṱ-íle príqa mən-ʾixàla,ˈ qìmɛleˈ šqíla xa-ʾárba xamšà béʾe.ˈ šqílɛle xa-ʾárba xamšà béʾeˈ múttəlla xo-kosìṯe.ˈ ʾu-šqílɛle qàlya,ˈ də́ryəlle gu-jebàne.ˈ ʾu-hóla ṱ-amréxi xa-kawàzaˈ mə̀šxa gáwa.ˈ ʾáwwa də́ryəlla ʾíḏe gáwe díye ta-t-mpáləṭ mə̀šxa,ˈ ʾu-ʾíḏe díye ṣìṯɛla gáwe.ˈ ʾu-bắye mpáləṭle kùlleˈ ʾu-lɛ̀le pláṭa.ˈ ʾu-hírɛle b-gáne dìye.ˈ ʾu-píšɛle gu-d-ɛ-pyàštaˈ há-ṱ-ila ṯíṯa ʾámte dìye.ˈ ṯéla ʾámte díye mə̀raˈ há ʾÙmmoˈ mùt wáḏa?ˈ mə́re ʾámti dū̀s bắyət?ˈ mə́re ʾána bắyənwa šaqlə́nwali xáčča mə̀šxaˈ mə́re ta-ṱ-áxlən b-ʾùrxaˈ xáčča mə́šxa-w lə̀xmaˈ ʾína ʾíḏi ṣéla gu-d-áwwa hə́nna lìnta,ˈ lɛ̀la pláṭa,ˈ t-mə̀šxa.ˈ ʾay-mə́ra qə́ṭma b-rèšux!ˈ de-sì!ˈ qəm-maxyále hátxa gu-réše dìye,ˈ ṣléla béʾe ʾàx-ʾaxxe díye.ˈ ʾáyya mòdila?ˈ mə́re šqílənni xákma bèʾe-žigənˈ mə́ri bàlki,ˈ bálki kápnena kàpnena.ˈ hóle qúrbət nùrɛle.ˈ núra qùrbɛle,ˈ šxínne qàlya.ˈ mə́šxət qálya plíṭle b-jebàne díye.ˈ

mə́ra ʾáwwa mòdile?ˈ mə́re šqílənwa xáčča xéna qàlyaˈ ta-ṱ-axlə́nne b-ʾùrxa.ˈ mə́ra míla l-hàlux!ˈ de-sìgən!ˈ ʾáti čù-pəlxana la-pálxət.ˈ har-blígət b-kàsux.ˈ mára qímtɛla mtugbàrtəlle,ˈ mə́ra de-sì!ˈ

ʾáwwa zìlɛle b-ʾúrxa,ˈ zílɛle be-xàle.ˈ ʾámər šláma-llɛxu xàli.ˈ ʾámər ya-b-šɛ́na ṭawàṯa,ˈ b-šɛ̀na.ˈ ha-mò bắyət?ˈ mə́re bắyən t-yawə́tli xa-šùla.ˈ mə́re mò palxéti?ˈ mə́re ʾána hàden pláṭa,ˈ lɛ́ḏən čù pəlxána.ˈ mə́re ʾítli šawwà xmáre.ˈ kùt-yumˈ ʾásqət masqə́tla ʾan-šáwwa xmáre l-ṭùra.ˈ mɛ́ṯət qɛ́se biyèy.ˈ ʾàwwɛle šúlux.ˈ bằyət?ˈ mə́re hè,ˈ ʾáwwa xòš-šulɛle xáli.ˈ ʾáwwa qìmɛleˈ músqəllɛle ʾan-xmáre l-ṭùra.ˈ ʾɛ́-ga šáwwa xmáre ràbɛla hal-ɛ́-gə mjăméla qɛ́se,ˈ ta-dɛ́rela l-xáṣət xmàre.ˈ ʾáṯi dèwe.ˈ ʾaxlìla xmáre díye.ˈ ʾáw mòdi wídle?ˈ qìmɛleˈ ṭìnəlla,ˈ ṭínəlla ʾan-qurṭàne.ˈ qurṭánət t-xmàre.ˈ ṭínəlla l-xáṣe šawwà qurṭáne-wˈ mùṣlyəlla.ˈ múṣlyəlla dìwən,ˈ díwən t-xále díye hóla dwìqta.ˈ ʾáyya díwən làxxɛlaˈ ʾaw-gàrele.ˈ har-ʾə́ṯyɛle mən-ṭúra réša-reša d-o-gàre.ˈ ʾu-ʾáni l-xáṣe díye mrùpyəlla gu-díwən-t xále.ˈ ʾán-naše kúlla xìrra bíye díyeˈ ʾína qúrṭánət xmáre tàma.ˈ qə̀ryɛle xále díye bíye díyeˈ mə́re ʾÚmmo, ʾÚmmo hàyyo.ˈ mə́re ʾína mòdila?ˈ mə́re xàliˈ xmàre,ˈ šáwwaṯna hóla xíle l-dèwe,ˈ mə́re qəm-mɛṯə́nna qurṭanèy.ˈ ʾámər mà-yxaləf.ˈ ʾáni zìlla,ˈ fə́dwa ʾə̀llux.ˈ mára sígən baxt-xàlux.ˈ xzi-mó pəlxána xazyàlux.ˈ plúx gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ

xá-yoma bɛ́ṯa hóle šìya.ˈ yáʿni wíḏa xàṯa-wˈ ʾùpra-wˈ šyàlle,ˈ ʾu-parošyáṯa hátxa glòle,ˈ šənduxyàṯa y-amrə́xla,ˈ šənduxyàṯa.ˈ hóle ʾíṯən làxxaˈ stə̀rra.ˈ stə́rra mòdile?ˈ xə̀ṭṭeleˈ ʾu-šìšmeleˈ ʾu-pràgeˈ ʾu-sàṛe,ˈ kúlla də́rye gu-mzìḏe,ˈ ʾu-mútte hátxa pummèy.ˈ ʾu-xa-línta góṛta hátxa t-nepòxtaˈ hóla muttɛ́ṯa ʾáp-ʾay kəslèy.ˈ ʾu-mə́ra ʾə́lle dìye,ˈ baxt-xále díye mə́ra xzìˈ ʾáyya ʾótəx hox-šìyəlla.ˈ là-qablətˈ là bəṛ-náša ṱ-áwər gáwaˈ ʾu-là hɛ́wən.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ tíwɛle gu-tằra.ˈ

tíwɛle gu-tằra,ˈ ʾáyya ta-t-bàrza,ˈ ṯíṯɛla xa-qàṭuˈ ʾu-šwìrtɛla-wˈ b-tắra wìrtɛla,ˈ klíṯa kəs-d-ó-linət nepòxta.ˈ ʾaw-mə̀reˈ baxt-xáli hóla mírta lá bəṛ-nàšaˈ ʾu-lá hɛ́wən ʾáwər gu-d-áyya ʾòtəx.ˈ ʾáyya kúlla qəm-maxərwàlaˈ b-aqláṯa dìya,ˈ bɛ́ṯa šìya.ˈ šqíləlla xá šəndùxta.ˈ šqíləlla ta-t-dɛréla b-qàṭu,ˈ là-qɛṯa b-qáṭu,ˈ qɛ́ṯa b-bé-palgət nepùxta,ˈ d-o-línət nepùxta.ˈ ʾáw bằze,ˈ šàməṭ.ˈ nepóxta šuréla plàṭa.ˈ bízla nepúxta gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ʾáwwa zìlleˈ šqála mən-púmmət pràge,ˈ m-mzìḏa,ˈ šqála ʾo-júlla mən-púmmət práge ta-t-mattúle gu-púmmət líntət nepòxta.ˈ ʾan-práge kúlla ṣáli gu-nepòxta.ˈ píšla nepóxta ʾu-práge gu-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾo-bɛ́ṯa ṃḷèle mənnéy.ˈ ṯéla baxt-xále dìyeˈ mə́ra ha-ʾÚmmo mùt wíḏa?ˈ mə́re b-álaha látwa mìrtaˈ la-hɛ́wən ʾu-lá bəṛ-náša ʾáwər gu-ʾòtəx?ˈ ṯéla qàṭu,ˈ wìrra,ˈ kléla kəs-lìnta.ˈ ʾáp-ʾana šqiláli šəndùxtaˈ dəryáli bìya.ˈ là-qitla bíya díya.ˈ qítla b-lìnta.ˈ línta šmìṭla.ˈ qímli zílli šqílli ʾáwwa júlla ṱ-íle gu-púmmət mzíḏət pràge.ˈ mə́ri mattə́nne gu-nepóxta t-là-bɛza.ˈ ʾap-práge ṣléla gàwa.ˈ ʾána mò-ʾoḏən?ˈ lɛ́le gnàyi.ˈ mə́ra ham-ma-yxàləf,ˈ lìtla xám.ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ zìlaˈ mtugə̀brəlla,ˈ háde m-hàde-wˈ wíḏəlla ʾày-uˈ ʾu-tắra č̣íməlle ta-t-lá-ʾawər ʾáp-xa náša gàwa.ˈ

xále díye mə̀reˈ xzìˈ har ʾànən ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n,ˈ ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n-bēk ʾíle šə́mmi.ˈ kut-ʾàṯeˈ ʾámər ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n-bēk,ˈ tắra la-paṯxə́tle ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ bas-har-ʾànɛwən,ˈ ʾàna.ˈ ʾíṯwa xáʾa maṣyòṯeˈ báṯər tằra.ˈ maṣyòṯe-wewaˈ ʾímə t-wewa-mára ṭla-ʾÙmmo,ˈ mára-wewa har-ʾàna ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n,ˈ ʾáp-xa la-qáblət ṱ-áwər gu-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ ʾal-ʾasā́s ta-ṱ-ázəl l-bàxte.ˈ ʾáp-ʾawwa č̣íməlle tằra.ˈ xa-béna wítɛla hádəx b-lɛ̀leˈ mə́xyɛle taq-taq-táq l-tằra.ˈ ha-mằniwət?ˈ ʾámər ʾána ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n-iwən,ˈ pṯúx tằra.ˈ pṯìxəllele tắra.ˈ wírɛle zìlaˈ dmíxɛle kəs-báxtət ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n-bēk,ˈ kəs-baxt-xàle.ˈ bar-hádəx ṯéle xa-xéna mxéle l-tằra,ˈ ha-mằniwət?ˈ mə́re ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n-iwən.ˈ mə́re kəmà ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n ʾíṯ?ˈ xà ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n?ˈ trè ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n?ˈ ʾána ṭla-d-ɛ̀ni páṯxən tắra?ˈ mə́re ʾo-ṱ-íle wíra ʾáw xăràmɛle.ˈ genàwɛle ʾáw,ˈ qaṭòlɛle.ˈ pṯúxli tắra ṱ-àwrənˈ ta-t-qaṭlə̀xle.ˈ

pṯíxəlle tằra.ˈ ʾíṯwa bərzòma,ˈ bərzóma yáʿni ta-t-ṣáli gu-gòma,ˈ b-semàlta.ˈ pṯìxəlleˈ ʾu-ṣə̀lyɛle gu-góma.ˈ tắrət góma hóle č̣ìma.ˈ wírɛle xále díye t-ḥaqqùṯa.ˈ mə́re kɛ̀le ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n-t-tre,ˈ ʾáxxa l-tàmma.ˈ hóle ṣə́lya gu-gòma.ˈ ṣə́lyɛle gu-gòma,ˈ ʾítle tàwre.ˈ ʾítle dawɛ̀re,ˈ ʾítle məndiyàne,ˈ hóle gu-gòma.ˈ kút-xa mə́nna šqíləlle xa-skínta rìxtaˈ ʾu-ṣə̀lyɛle.ˈ ṣə̀lyela,ˈ ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n ṭắyɛla,ˈ ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n ṭắyɛla,ˈ ʾáxxa l-tàmma.ˈ xùyɛle,ˈ púrya lìṯ,ˈ bə́rqa lìṯən.ˈ xazéle xa-tàwra,ˈ ʾÙmmoˈ xazéle tàwraˈ ʾu-parə̀mle réšə táwra.ˈ ʾámər xáli prìmli táwra.ˈ ʾámər ham-ma-yxàləf,ˈ ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n də-la-ʾàrəq.ˈ zíla mə́ṭya l-sùsele,ˈ ʾap-súsa prìməlle.ˈ zíla ta-t-máṭe ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n,ˈ ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n páṯəx tắra ʾu-pàləṭ,ˈ ʾu-ʾàrəq.ˈ ʾáwwa qṭílle xmàre,ˈ ʾu-qṭílle sùsa,ˈ qṭílle tàwra,ˈ ʾánna kúlla qṭilìle,ˈ har-mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ ʾu-ríqle ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n,ˈ ríqle ʾu-zìlle.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle ʾàmərˈ šqul-gànux,ˈ sígən ʾáti bɛ́ṯi muxrùlux!ˈ hátxa pəlxána pàlxeti?ˈ čù pəlxána la-pálxət ʾáti.ˈ qímle qəm-ṭarə̀dle.ˈ qəm-ṭarə́dle ṯéle zìlleˈ be-ʾámte dìye,ˈ kəs-d-ɛ-ʾámte díye t-wéwa šqíla béʾe mútta xo-réše dìye.ˈ mə́ra ha-ʾÚmmo dìṛṛux!ˈ mə́re hè,ˈ xáli lìṯwale šúla qəm-yálli,ˈ dìṛṛi.ˈ mə́ra dū̀s?ˈ mòdit wíḏa?ˈ mòdila?ˈ mə́re b-álaha dū̀s băyátla?ˈ mə́ra hè.ˈ mə́re qəm-yálli šùla,ˈ mə́re yálli šawwà xmáre.ˈ súq mɛ́ṯi qɛ̀sa biyéy.ˈ hàyyo!ˈ mə́re ʾáp-ʾana síqən lə́bbi ṣə́pya lɛ̀ḏən,ˈ sìqənˈ mjămòyəlla qɛ́se,ˈ dráya rəš-ġḏàḏe.ˈ šáwwa xmàrela.ˈ ʾána mjămóye qɛ̀se,ˈ déwe blíge b-xmáre xàla.ˈ qəm-axlíla xmàre.ˈ qímən šqíləlla qurṭàneˈ ṭyánəlla l-xàṣiˈ muṣə̀lyən-əllaˈ zə́dyən-əlla gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́ra báʿd módi xèna?ˈ mə́re baxt-xáli šítɛwəlle bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ʾu-ṯéla qáṭu wírra tàma.ˈ ʾu-dəryáli šəndùxta,ˈ qítla gu-nepùxta.ˈ nepúxta-w práge wéla gu-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾu-là-qbillaˈ baxt-xàli.ˈ mə́ra si-m-àxxa.ˈ xárṯa xáli mə̀reˈ lá lá lìtla xám.ˈ mə́re ṭláli hátxa ʾìṯənˈ bas-ʾànən ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n.ˈ ʾáp-xa la-qáblət ṱ-áwər gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ṯéle xà-xena ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n.ˈ ṯéle xà-xena ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n,ˈ mə́ri ʾànaˈ ʾɛ̀ni ʿAbda-Raḥmā́n?ˈ yắḏən ʾána ʾɛ̀nileˈ xàliˈ ʾɛ́ni là?ˈ

mə́re ṣlélɛni gu-gòmaˈ ṭắya l-ó ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n.ˈ xzéli tàwraˈ ʾána bəd-lə́bbi ʿAbda-Raḥmā̀n-ileˈ prìmli.ˈ xzéli sùsa,ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw prìmli.ˈ ʾána lɛ̀ḏena,ˈ bəd-lə́bbi nàšɛle.ˈ ʾímə ṱ-ìn práməlle,ˈ xzáyən naṯyàṯeˈ ʾína t-hɛwàne.ˈ mə́ra hàtxət wíḏa?ˈ mə́ra hot-ṣṭìməlle bɛ́ṯət xálux.ˈ ʾap-bɛ́ṯi bắyət ṣaṭmə̀tle?ˈ xúš šqúl gànuxˈ si-l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ qímɛle zíla l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ zílɛle l-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ bábe yə́mme díye mə́ra hà,ˈ xázəx kɛ́le maʾàyšux?ˈ mə́re mút maʾáyša muttàli?ˈ mə́re hátxən wíḏa be-xàli,ˈ hátxən wíḏa be-ʾàmti.ˈ ʾu-ʾə̀ṯyən.ˈ ʾána xéna šúla la-pàlxənˈ ʾu-la-băyə̀nne.ˈ šwiqáli tàmaˈ ʾu-ṯéli làxxa.ˈ

Translation:

There was a man, a Kurd. He said ‘Everybody goes to work. I also shall go to work and work. He set off. The name of his village was Barwore. His aunt was in Sarzar and his uncle was in the Daštane. He said to his father and mother, he said ‘Father and mother, I also shall go and work, so that I can learn (how to do) a job’. His father and mother said ‘My son, why not? Go on. Everybody works. You also go and work’. He went to the house of his aunt, his aunt, the sister of his father. ‘Hey, my son, where are you coming from?’ ‘By God, I’m coming from home, aunt’ ‘Where (are you going)?’ He said ‘I want to go to my uncle. My uncle is rich, he will give me a job so that also I can work. Everybody works, I also shall work with him’. She said ‘Why not?’ She made him food, some eggs. (When) it was morning, she made him food, eggs, oil and roasted meat. She said—his name was Ummo—she said ‘Ummo, I am going to take food to my husband. You eat and go to the house of your uncle’. He said ‘Fine, aunt’. Then she, poor thing, went off while he stayed and ate the food that was in front of him. He said ‘Perhaps when I have set out on the road, I shall be hungry. I’ll take something for myself with me in my hand so that when I go on the road, if I get hungry, I can eat it’. When he had finished the food, he took four or five eggs. He took four or five eggs and put them under his hat. He took roasted meat and put it in his pockets. There was what we call a _kawaza_ (‘jar’) with oil in it. He put his hand in it to take out some oil, but his hand got stuck in it. He tried to take it all out, but it did not come out. He was perplexed. He remained in that predicament until his aunt came. His aunt came and she said ‘Hey, Ummo, what are you doing?’ He said ‘Aunt, do you want the truth?’ He said ‘I wanted to take a little oil to eat on the way, a little oil and bread, but my hand has got stuck in this thing, pot of oil, and it does not come out’. She said ‘Confound you! Go!’ She struck him like this on his head and the eggs ran down on him here. ‘What is this?’ He said ‘I also took some eggs. I thought perhaps I shall be hungry’. He was near the fire. The fire was near and the roast meat heated up. The oil of the roast meat came out of his pockets.

She said ‘What is this?’ He said ‘I took a little more roasted meat to eat on the way’. She said ‘Confound you! Go! You will not be able to do any work, you are always concerned about your stomach’. So, she prepared things for him and said ‘Off you go!’

He went on his way, he went to his uncle’s house. He said ‘Greet-ings to you uncle’. He said ‘Welcome. Well, what do you want?’ He said ‘I want you to give me a job’. He said ‘What kind of work do you do?’ He said ‘This is the first time I am going out (to work). I don’t know any (kind of) work’. He said ‘I have seven asses. Every day go up and take those seven asses up the mountain. Bring back wood with them. That is your job. Do you want it?’ He said ‘Yes. That is a good job, uncle’. He went off and took those asses up the mountain. Well, seven asses were a lot for him to collect wood and put on their backs. Wolves came and ate his asses. What did he do? He put the blankets, the blankets of the asses, he loaded the seven blankets on his back and brought them down. He brought them down to the meeting room, the meeting room of his uncle was full. The meeting room was here and this was its roof (adjacent to the mountain). He came straight from the mountain across the roof and threw those things on his back into the meeting room of his uncle. All the people looked at it and saw that asses’ blankets were there. His uncle called him and said ‘Ummo, Ummo, come here’. He said ‘But what is this?’ He said ‘Uncle, the asses, the seven of them have been eaten by wolves’. He said ‘I have brought their blankets’. He said ‘Fine. They died and you are safe. He said ‘Go to the wife of your uncle. See what job she can find for you. Work in the house’. He said ‘Yes’.

One day the house had been plastered, that is newly decorated, with mud, they plaster it, with round flat stones, which we call _šənduxyaθa_. There was a food store. What is a food store? It is wheat, sesame, millet, barley, everything put in leather bags, with their mouth placed thus (facing forward). A large pot of date syrup also was placed in their store. She said to him, the wife of his uncle said ‘Look, we have (newly) plastered this room. Don’t let any person or animal enter it’. He said ‘Fine’. He sat at the door.

He sat at the door, until it dried, but a cat came, leapt, entered through the door and stood by that pot of date syrup. He said ‘The wife of my uncle said that no person and no animal should enter this room. This (cat) has messed everything up with its feet’—the room was (newly) plastered. He picked up a small stone, he picked it up to throw it at the cat, but it did not hit the cat but rather hit right in the middle of the date syrup, of the pot of date syrup. It was pierced and broke. The date syrup began to run out. The date syrup spilt into the room. He went to take from the mouth of the bag of millet, take the cloth from the mouth (of the bag of ) millet to put it in the mouth of the pot of syrup. All the millet fell down into the syrup. The syrup and the millet seed were mix together. The room was filled with them. The wife of his uncle came and said ‘Ummo, what have you done?’ He said ‘By God, did you not say that no animal and no person should enter the room? A cat came, entered and stood by the pot. I picked up a small stone and threw it at him. It did not hit it, but hit the pot. The pot broke. I went and took the cloth that is in the mouth of the bag of millet. I thought I would put it in the (pot of ) syrup so that it does not pour out. The millet fell down into it. What should I do? It is not my fault’. She said ‘Its is all right, don’t worry’. They went and put (the room) in order once again. They closed the door so that nobody would go into it.

His uncle said ‘Look, only I am ʿAbda-Raḥmān, ʿAbda-Raḥmān-bēk is my name. If anybody comes and says ‘ʿAbda-Raḥmān-bēk’, do not open the door to him. It is only me (who is called ʿAbda-Raḥmān)’. There was somebody who was listening behind the door. He was listen-ing when he said to Ummo ‘I am the only ʿAbda-Raḥmān, do not let anybody come in the house’. (He was listening) so that he (the intruder) could go to his wife. So, he (the uncle) closed the door. Then, when it was night, there was a knock at the door. ‘Who are you?’ He said ‘I am ʿAbda-Raḥmān, open the door’. He opened the door and he (the intruder) entered and went to sleep with the wife of ʿAbda-Raḥmān-bēk, with the wife of his uncle. Afterwards somebody else knocked on the door ‘Who is it?’ He said ‘I am ʿAbda-Raḥmān’. He said ‘How many ʿAbda-Raḥmāns are there? One ʿAbda-Raḥmān, two ʿAbda-Raḥmāns? For whom should I open the door?’ He said ‘The person who has gone in (before me) is a villain. He is a thief, he is a murderer. Open the door to let me in so that we can kill him’.

He opened the door. There was a hatch, a hatch for them to go down into the basement stable, by a ladder. He (the intruder) opened it and went down in the basement. The door of the basement was closed. His real uncle went in. He said ‘Where is the second ʿAbda-Raḥmān?’, and so forth. ‘He has gone down into the basement’. Each of them took a long knife and went down. They went down searching for ʿAbda-Raḥmān, searching for ʿAbda-Raḥmān, and so forth. It was dark. There was no light and no electricity. He saw an ox. Ummo saw an ox and cut off the head of the ox. He said ‘Uncle, I have slaughtered an ox’. He said ‘That’s all right, so long as ʿAbda-Raḥmān does not get away’. He went and came to the horse. He slaughtered also the horse. He went to catch ʿAbda-Raḥmān but ʿAbda-Raḥmān opened the door, went out and ran away. He had killed the asses, killed the horse, killed the ox. He had killed them all. He (the uncle) still said ‘That is all right’. ʿAbda-Raḥmān (the intruder) ran away and disappeared. He (the uncle) came back and said ‘Be off with you! Go away! You have destroyed my house! Is this the kind of work that you do? Don’t do any more work’. He drove him away. He drove him away and he went back to his aunt’s house, his aunt’s house, where he had taken eggs and put them on his head. She said ‘Hey, Ummo, you have returned!’ He said ‘Yes, my uncle did not have any work to give me, so I returned’. She said ‘Is that so? What did you do? What happened?’ He said ‘By God, do you want the truth?’ She said ‘Yes’. He said ‘He gave me a job’. He said ‘He gave me seven asses “Go up and fetch wood with them. Get on with it!”’. He said ‘So, I went up (the mountain)—I was innocent, I did not know (what I was doing)—I went up and collected the wood and piled them up. There were seven asses. While I was collecting wood, wolves were busy eating the asses. I took the saddle blankets, loaded them on my back, brought them down and threw them into the house’. She said ‘Then, what else?’ He said ‘The wife of my uncle had plastered a room. A cat came and entered. I threw a stone, but it hit some date syrup. Syrup and millet seed got mixed together. The wife of my uncle did not tolerate this. She said “Go away”. Then my uncle said “No, no, don’t worry”. He said to me as follows “There are (other men), but it is only me who is called ʿAbda-Raḥmān. Do not let anybody come into the house. Another ʿAbda-Raḥmān came. Another ʿAbda-Raḥmān came and I said “Which ʿAbda-Raḥmān? (How) do I know which is my uncle and which not?”’

He said ‘We went down into the basement stable, searching for that (intruder) ʿAbda-Raḥmān. I found an ox. I thought he was ʿAbda-Raḥmān and slaughtered him. I found a horse and slaughtered it also. I did not know. I thought it was a man. When I was slaughtering it, I saw that its ears were those of animals’. She said ‘Have you done this?’ She said ‘You have ruined your uncle. Do you want to ruin also me? Go, take yourself off. Go home’. He went back home. He went back home and his father and mother said ‘Ah, let’s see, where are your earnings?’ He said ‘What earnings could I make?’ He said ‘I did such-and-such in the house of my uncle, I did such-and-such in the house of my aunt, then I came home. I shall not do any more work. I don’t want it.’ I have left it there and come here.