Barwar: The Tale of Parizada, Warda and Nargis

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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 ʾìṯwaleˈ ṭḷà bnóne.ˈ ʾó-malka wírre b-ʾùmṛa,ˈ taqríban mṭéle ʾə́šti šáwwi šə̀nne.ˈ smèle,ˈ yáʿni píšle k̭òra.ˈ qímɛle mə́re qa-bnóne dìye:ˈ bnòniˈ wúḏuli xa-čàra.ˈ xzóli xa-daṛmána qa-ʾɛ̀ni,ˈ qa-t-y-ámṣən xázən bəṛ-našúṯa mə́ndi hàle.ˈ smèli.ˈ lɛ́š-in xzàya,ˈ lán-mṣaya jwàja.ˈ qímɛle yíwəlla kút-xa mə́nna zùze.ˈ yíwəlla kút-xa mənná ʾummà dináre.ˈ mə́re so-mɛ́ṯo daṛmànaˈ qa-ʾɛ̀ni.ˈ qímela ṭḷáṯna t-bnóne dìyeˈ ʾu-zìlela.ˈ ṭḷáṯna bnóne díye zìlelaˈ gu-dùnye,ˈ ṭằyelaˈ ʾal-d-òˈ daṛmána ta-t-xázi qa-ʾɛ́nət … babèy.ˈ zílela mə́ṭye gu-ḏá mḏìta.ˈ ʾo-gòṛaˈ mə́re ʾána pɛ́šən láxxa gu-d-áyya mḏìta.ˈ mò ṱ-óḏət?ˈ mə́re xazə́nne xa-šùla.ˈ ʾu-mbáqrən xàzənˈ bud-daṛmána ṭlá ʾɛ́nət bàbi.ˈ zílle tfìqleˈ b-xàʾaˈ nàšaˈ wáḏa kăbàbe.ˈ mə́re yába ʾána bắyən pálxən kə̀slux,ˈ mapəlxə̀tli?ˈ mə́re hé qá-mo là?ˈ mə̀reˈ kəmà t-yátli?ˈ mə́re t-yánnux xámši dináre kut-yàrxa.ˈ kut-yárxa t-yánnux xámši dinàre,ˈ ʾu-plúx mən-d-ànna paloxáye.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ ʾo-góṛa píšle tàma.ˈ qímela ʾan-tre-xéne zìle.ˈ zílela ʾan-trè.ˈ ʾap-ʾo-gawàyaˈ mṭéle ḏa-mḏìta.ˈ mə́re xóni ʾap-ána pɛ́šən làxxa,ˈ mbáqrena bud-šùla,ˈ xázəx xa-šúla làxxa,ˈ qa-daṛmána ṭla-bábi mbàqrəx.ˈ zílɛle xə̀zyɛleˈ xa-šăvàna.ˈ y-amríle b-súrəṯ ʾatíqta ṛìya,ˈ ṛíyət ʾə̀ṛbe.ˈ mə̀reˈ ʾána bắyən pɛ́šən ṛìya,ˈ šăvàna.ˈ băyìtuli lá?ˈ mə́re qá-mo là?ˈ t-yáxlux xamšì dináreˈ kut-yàrxa.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw píšɛle tàma.ˈ píšɛle ʾo-zòra.ˈ ʾo-zóra zílle b-ʾùrxa.ˈ zílle, zílle, zìlle,ˈ ʾə́šta šáwwa yomàne,ˈ mṭéle xa-náša sàwa,ˈ də̀qneˈ hal-ʾằraˈ mə̀ṭya.ˈ də́ryɛle šlàma ʾə́lle díye,ˈ mə́re šlàma-lluxˈ sáwi šópət bàbi.ˈ mə́re há xɛ̀rila bróni?ˈ mò bắyət?ˈ mə́re b-álaha bắyən ṱ-àzena.ˈ hon-šə́mya bud-qəṣṣə̀ttətˈ Wárda-w Nɛ̀rgis.ˈ Parizáda ʾítla xa-ṭɛ̀ra.ˈ ʾò-ṭɛra,ˈ mən-d-án-parre díye màxənˈ b-ʾɛ́nət bàbi,ˈ ʾɛ́nət bábi bàsmi,ˈ sắbab màlkɛleˈ ʾu-hóle sə̀mya,ˈ ʾítle ʾúmre tmanì-šənne.ˈ mə́re he-bròni,ˈ ʾána ṱ-amrə̀nnux.ˈ xa-năṣíyət t-yánna ṭlàlux.ˈ ʾìnaˈ là-mxalləfət,ˈ lá-ʾawḏət xá-mdi xéna t-la-b-dìyi.ˈ ʾu-ʾúp-ʾana sàwən,ˈ ʾu-ʾɛ́ni-žigən hóla bṣìre.ˈ bálki ʾàzetiˈ máṭeti l-ó-ṭɛrət Parizàda,ˈ mɛṯə́tli ta-t-máxən ʾáp-ʾana b-ʾɛ̀niˈ bàsmi.ˈ ʾína ʾíṯən šŭrū̀ṭ.ˈ ʾan-šŭrū̀ṭˈ lázəm yăḏə́tla mòdila.ˈ mə́re mòdila?ˈ mùrrɛ-lli.ˈ mə́re ʾána ṱ-amrə̀nnɛ-lluxˈ ʾu-lázəm hàdəx háwi.ˈ mə́re mùr.ˈ mə́re ʾíṯən xa-ṭùra.ˈ ṭúra ṱ-ásqət bíye dìyeˈ kúlle skinyàṯɛle.ˈ ʾáti ʾímə ṱ-ít sàqa,ˈ ʾáti ʾu-sùsux,ˈ súsux bắye t-kàle.ˈ là-šoqət t-kále.ˈ máxət ʾə́lle díye ta-t-ʾásəq payə̀dle ʾo-ṭúra.ˈ ʾímət pìdle ṭúra,ˈ ṣàleˈ ʾə̀ltəx.ˈ réša xtáya kúlle mə̀lxɛle.ˈ sùsuxˈ ʾaqláṯe mdurbə̀nnela,ˈ mə́lxa maxéla ʾaqláṯe dìye,ˈ ṱ-áwe súsa mṣarṣòre.ˈ ʾu-ʾáp ʾo-ṭúra pɛḏə̀tle.ˈ gu-ṣlɛ́ṯa d-ò gallíya,ˈ máxi tre-pə́nxe ṱ-ə́rxe góṛe l-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾo-ṱ-áwe l-xáṣət dawɛ̀ra,ˈ ʾaw-b-nàpəl.ˈ báxta yaqùrtaˈ ʾi-màbraˈ mən-d-àn-kepeˈ t-máxəlla ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾu-ṣálət rəš-mìya.ˈ xazə́tla tərtè bnáṯaˈ ṱ-áṯi mɛ́ṯi qàhwa.ˈ là-šaqlətle qáhwa mə́nna.ˈ maxə́tle sɛ́pux l-qḏalèyˈ pɛrmə̀tle rešéy.ˈ ʾu-taxrə̀tli.ˈ ʾu-mṣàlətˈ rəš-d-àn-miya,ˈ ʾan-míya pɛ́ši trè-qəsme,ˈ kàli.ˈ ʾu-pɛḏə̀tla ʾan-míya.ˈ máṭət l-qáṣrət Parizàda.ˈ ʾarbí ʾotàxele.ˈ hóle ʾàryaˈ l-àyya gótaˈ ʾu-ʾə̀zzaˈ hóla l-àyya góta.ˈ qam-ʾárya hóle ʾìṯənˈ gə̀lla.ˈ ʾu-qam-ʾə́zza hóle ʾìṯənˈ bə̀sra.ˈ šqúl bə̀sraˈ m-qam-ʾə̀zzaˈ dríle qam-ʾàrya.ˈ ʾu-gə̀llaˈ šqúlle m-kəs-ʾàryaˈ drìleˈ qa-ʾə̀zza.ˈ ʾu-ṱ-àwreti.ˈ ʾəsrì ʾotáxeˈ hòlaˈ č̣ìme.ˈ ʾáni paṯxə̀tla.ˈ ʾan-ṱ-íla pṯìxeˈ ʾač̣mə̀tla.ˈ máṭət ʾɛ-xarɛ́ṯət ʾòtəxˈ hóle ṭɛ́ra díya mútta gu-kàwe.ˈ qám t-qáre ʾax-dìga,ˈ šáqlət mən-d-ó ʾixàlaˈ dɛ́rət qa-ṭɛ̀ra,ˈ ṭɛ́ra bṱ-àxəl.ˈ ṱ-àwreti.ˈ hóla ʾarbí malàpe,ˈ malápe b-rèša.ˈ ʾáy hóla dmìxta.ˈ yómət ʾàrbi b-qɛ́ma.ˈ ʾárbi yomàneˈ dmìxtɛwa,ˈ ṭlìta.ˈ šaqlə̀tleˈ hóle ʾítla kṯàwaˈ xo-réša dìya.ˈ hole-ʾítla qằlunka táma.ˈ bắyət gáršət qalùnka,ˈ bắyət ʾáxlət ʾixàla.ˈ ʾu-šaqlə́tle kṯàwaˈ ʾu-ʾàṯət.ˈ šaqlə̀tluxˈ mən-d-ó ʾixálət ṭɛ̀ra,ˈ dɛ́rət gu-jebànuxˈ ʾu-ṭɛ̀raˈ la-hàru.ˈ šaqlə́tle mattə́tle gu-čàntux,ˈ ʾu-ʾàṯeti.ˈ mə́re p̣uṛmèluxˈ bròni?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ mə́re hàtxa?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ qìmɛle.ˈ zìlɛle.ˈ zìlɛleˈ b-ùrxa.ˈ mə́xyɛle l-ṭùra,ˈ sìqɛle,ˈ ʾáx-t-wewa mìra,ˈ ʾaqláṯə súse díye kúlla prìmla,ˈ də́mma ṣláya bíye dìye.ˈ xuláṣa sìqɛle rəš-ṭúra.ˈ báṯər hádəx šuréle ṣlàyaˈ gu-mə̀lxa.ˈ ʾap-mə̀lxa piḏále.ˈ mṭéle l-án tre-képe t-qítla b-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾáp-ʾani piḏìle.ˈ mṭéle rəš-mìya.ˈ ṯéla tre-bnàṯaˈ qəm-parə́mle rešèy-uˈ pìdle.ˈ xuláṣa ʾáyyət miràli ʾə́lluxˈ kùlla wiḏále.ˈ ṯèle,ˈ zìlle,ˈ šqílle ṭɛ̀raˈ ʾu-ṯèle.ˈ ʾímə ṯèle,ˈ mṭéle kəs-sáwe díye ʾaw-gòṛa,ˈ mṭéle mə̀re,ˈ hóli moṯéli ṭɛ̀ra.ˈ qímɛle šqílɛle xa-pàrra.ˈ mə́xyəlle b-ʾɛ́ne dìye,ˈ ʾɛ́ne dìyeˈ píšela spàyˈ ʾu-hóle xzàya.ˈ mə̀reˈ bròni,ˈ háwya bríxta guṛùṯux.ˈ si-nábəl ṭla-bàbux,ˈ ʾu-básəm bábux bìya.ˈ ʾáw ʾítle ʾúmma dináre gu-jèbe díye,ˈ lɛ́le ṣrìfəlla.ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ dìṛɛle,ˈ zílɛle ʾo-xóne díye t-pàləxˈ ṛìya,ˈ šăvàna.ˈ zílɛle mə́re ṭla-márət ʾə̀rbeˈ mə̀reˈ lá mzabnə́tle ʾáwwa ʾə̀lli?ˈ ʾáwwa šăvànuxˈ là mzabnə́tləlli?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ kəmà zonə́tle?ˈ mə́re b-zonə́nne b-xamšì dináre.ˈ mə́re ʾána yánwale xámši dinàre,ˈ ʾaw t-yálli xámši dinàreˈ mà-yxaləf.ˈ mə́re hàl!ˈ qímɛle yíwle xámši dinàre,ˈ xóne díye šqíla mùṯyəlle.ˈ pyášɛle xámši xène.ˈ zílɛle mə́ṭyɛle l-xóne díye d-o-t-mzabə́nwa kăbàbe.ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw qəm-šaqə̀lleˈ ʾu-xámši dináre xéne hiwìle.ˈ píšle t-la-zùze.ˈ qímela ʾə̀ṯye.ˈ ʾə̀ṯyela,ˈ mə́ṭyela l-qùrbət bɛ́ṯa.ˈ mə́ṭyela l-qúrbət qáṣrət màlka.ˈ xa-bèna,ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-bustàna,ˈ ʾíṯwa xabùše gáwa.ˈ xa-ʾɛ́na be-pàlga-wawa.ˈ ʾó-xoney zóra mə̀reˈ xonăwáṯi ʾána làn dmíxa,ˈ là-b-lɛle,ˈ là-b-yoma.ˈ hóla ṯáya šə̀nṯi,ˈ dàmxən xánči.ˈ manìxəx xáččaˈ ʾu-baʿdḗn ṱ-ásqéxi l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ xa-bèna,ˈ ʾaw-dmìxɛle,ˈ xóna ʾo-gòṛaˈ mòdi mə́re?ˈ mə́re ṭla-d-o-xóne gawàyaˈ qu-dùqle xónux!ˈ xarṭə́xla ʾɛ́ne dìyeˈ ʾu-šaqlə́xle ṭɛ̀ra.ˈ masqə̀xleˈ ṱ-ámrəx ʾàxnix múṯyəlle ṭɛ́ra.ˈ mára qìmɛle,ˈ xóna díya dmìxɛle.ˈ xa-béna ʾə̀ṯyelaˈ dwìqəlle yála.ˈ dwìqəlle,ˈ ʾɛ́ne díye xrìṭəlla,ˈ ʾu-zə́dyəlla tàma.ˈ ʾu-ʾáni sìqela.ˈ sìqela,ˈ mə́ṭye l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ babéy lɛ́le dyála m-áxxa l-àxxa.ˈ mə́re hàˈ muṯélɛxu ṭɛ̀ra?ˈ mə́ra hè.ˈ šuréla mxàyaˈ bìš-ila mráya.ˈ mšuréla mráya ʾɛ́ne dìyeˈ sab-lɛ́le xíla mən-d-ó ʾixàle díye,ˈ hóle gu-jébət xonèy.ˈ mára qìmɛle,ˈ šwìqəlle hádəx.ˈ ṯíṯɛle xa-yàwna.ˈ tíwta rəš-d-ɛ́ ʾilàna,ˈ t-xabùše.ˈ mə́ra ʾə́lle díye xzìˈ ʾə́n-it ṛìša,ˈ màṣyəṯ!ˈ ʾu-ʾə́n-it ṭlìʾa,ˈ ṛùš!ˈ hadíya b-zadrànna gáni,ˈ ṣáli párre mə̀nniˈ kə̀slux.ˈ mjămə̀tla.ˈ maqḏə̀tla.ˈ ʾɛ́nux t-čáppe hóla fə̀llən dúkṯaˈ ʾu-ʾɛ́nux t-yámne hóla fə̀llən dúkṯa.ˈ šaqlə̀tlaˈ mattə́tla b-šopèy.ˈ ʾu-gamṣə́tla ʾánna míyət pàrraˈ b-rešèyˈ tàza.ˈ ʾu-bàsmeti.ˈ yáwna žígən ṯíṯɛla zdírtəlla gàna.ˈ kúlla párre npílela tàma.ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ mjŭ̀məlla-wˈ mùqḏəlla.ˈ šqíləlla ʾɛ́ne dìyeˈ mùttəlla,ˈ xánči pč̣ìle-wela.ˈ və̀rra píšle.ˈ qəm-dɛréla ʾan-mìyaˈ mən-d-an-pàrreˈ rəš-ʾɛ́ne dìye,ˈ bsìmla xánči.ˈ sìqɛle.ˈ sìqɛle,ˈ mə́re ṭla-d-an-nàšeˈ yàbaˈ lá yawítuli xa-šùla,ˈ xa-mə́ndi hàle,ˈ pàlxənˈ be-màlka?ˈ mə̀raˈ čú-pəlxana lìtlən.ˈ bás ʾìtlɛniˈ mtămàztətˈ gómə susăwàṯa,ˈ ta-t-mtăməzə̀tla ʾáni bás.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ qìmɛleˈ ṣə́lya pìšɛleˈ gu-gòma,ˈ knáša ʾu-mšàya,ˈ tagbóre susăwàṯa. mtánəx bud-Parizàda.ˈ Parizáda ṛìšla,ˈ ṭɛ́ra lìṯ.ˈ qìmtɛla,ˈ príxta ṯìṯɛlaˈ báṯər rìxa.ˈ ʾɛ́kɛla ṭɛ́ra díya ṯíṯa tíwta báṯər d-ɛ̀-maṯa.ˈ tìwtɛla,ˈ mxìṯəlla čádra díya.ˈ mə́ra hèyˈ kú-ṱ-ile múṯyəlle ṭɛ̀ri,ˈ ʾána gawrànne.ˈ bas-b-šằrəṭˈ dàx-ile múṯyəlleˈ ʾamə̀rra-lli.ˈ màra,ˈ síqɛle xóna ʾo-gòṛa,ˈ síqɛle mə̀reˈ mə́re zìlən,ˈ šqìlənne,ˈ mùṯyəlle.ˈ mə́ra prúmu rèše!ˈ ʾáwwa prìm réše.ˈ qímɛle ʾo-trè.ˈ qímɛle ʾo-t-trè,ˈ sìqɛle,ˈ mə́re ʾànən múṯyəlle.ˈ mə́ra dàx-it múṯyəlle ʾáti?ˈ mùt-ʾurxət múṯyəlle?ˈ módit xə́zya qam-ɛ̀nux?ˈ módit xə̀zya?ˈ mə́re čù-məndi lan-xə́zya ʾána.ˈ ṭɛ́ra hon-mùṯyəlle,ˈ hòle.ˈ mə́ra prùmle réše díye!ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw réše díye prìma.ˈ píšle ʾɛ̀ni?ˈ píšle ʾó ṱ-íle gu-gómət susăwàṯa.ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ sìqɛle.ˈ yíwla xábra-lle dìyeˈ mə́ra hā́l qə́ṣṣət hàtxɛla.ˈ mə́re ṱ-ásqən ʾàna.ˈ sìqɛle.ˈ və̀rra-wewa,ˈ píša və̀rra.ˈ mə́ra hà,ˈ ʾàtit múṯyəlle ṭɛ́ri?ˈ mə́re hèˈ ʾànən múṯyəlle ṭɛ́rəx.ˈ mə́ra dàxi?ˈ mə̀reˈ ʾíṯwa xa-ṭúrət skinyàṯa.ˈ muttɛ́ṯətwa qámi xa-ṭúrət skinyàṯa.ˈ ʾáw pìḏən-əlle.ˈ xa-ṭúra xéna t-mə̀lxa,ˈ ʾáw pìḏən-əlle.ˈ tə́rte xamáṯa ʾaxwáṯəx ʾə̀ṯyela,ˈ prìmən-əlle réša.ˈ ʾíṯwa nàra,ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw múklən-əlle šwìrən.ˈ ʾíṯwaləx ʾárya l-èy-gotaˈ ʾu-ʾə́zza l-èy-gota.ˈ qam-ʾárya ʾíṯwa gə̀lla.ˈ qam-ʾə́zza ʾíṯwa bə̀sra.ˈ šqílən bə́sra m-kəs-ʾə̀zza,ˈ mútta ṭla-ʾàrya.ˈ ʾu-mən-ʾàryaˈ šqílən gə̀llaˈ múttəlle qa-ʾə̀zza.ˈ wìrən.ˈ ʾarbí-ʾotaxe ʾìṯwaləx.ˈ ʾə̀sri mə́nnaˈ pṯìxe-wawa,ˈ dwìrən-əlla.ˈ ʾu-ʾə́sri mə́nna dwìre-wawa,ˈ pṯìxən-əlla.ˈ ṭɛ́rəx gu-kàwe-wewa.ˈ də́ryən-əlle làqṭaˈ xìlɛle.ˈ wírən gu-bɛ̀ṯəx.ˈ kṯáwəx hon-šqìləlle.ˈ mən-qắlunkəx grìšən.ˈ mən-ʾixála grìšən,ˈ ʾu-ʾarbé-gaye nšìqən-əlləxˈ ʾu-ʾə̀ṯyən.ˈ mə̀raˈ madam-ṱ-íwət ʾáyya wìḏəlla kúlla,ˈ si-mɛ́ṯili qəṣṣə́ttət Wɛ́rda-w Nɛ̀rgis.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ qímɛle ṣə̀lya.ˈ šqílɛle mən-d-ó ʾixàlaˈ də́ryəlle qa-ṭɛ̀ra.ˈ ṭɛ́ra xìlɛle.ˈ šqílɛle mən-párrət ṭɛ̀ra.ˈ mə́xyəlle b-ʾɛ́nət bábe dìye,ˈ bábe díye bsìmɛle.ˈ ʾu-qímɛle lwíša júllə brónət màlkɛle.ˈ lwíšɛle jùlle.ˈ ʾu-sìqɛle.ˈ mə́ra hàyyo,ˈ hàyyo!ˈ madam-ṱ-íwət ʾàti,ˈ hàyyo!ˈ là-ʾazət.ˈ mə̀reˈ na-mùmkən!ˈ mə́re ṱ-àzən,ˈ ʾə́lla mɛṯə́nna qəṣṣə́ttət Wɛ́rda-w Nɛ̀rgis.ˈ mára qìmɛle,ˈ zìlɛle.ˈ zìlɛle,ˈ zìla,ˈ zìla,ˈ zìla.ˈ xa-tré ṭḷá-yomane tíwɛle l-súsa díye ʾu-zìlɛle.ˈ mə́ṭyɛle l-xa-màṯa.ˈ máṯa gòṛtɛla,ˈ mḏíta gòṛtɛla,ˈ málkɛle gáwa dìya.ˈ zílɛle wírɛle gu-d-ɛ̀-maṯa.ˈ píšɛle ʾárxa kəs-xa-báxta sáwta ṱòṱo.ˈ mə́re ʾə́lla dìyaˈ lé-y-yatli xáčča mìya?ˈ qìmtɛla,ˈ yíwtəlle xáčča mìya.ˈ plíṭṭɛla baràya.ˈ jírtɛla gu-qàwwaˈ ʾu-yìwtəlle ʾə́lle díye.ˈ šə̀tyəlle.ˈ ʾaw-mìḏe.ˈ bəd-lə́bbe míya məlxànela.ˈ ha-ṱòṱi,ˈ xázəx ʾánna miyɛ́xu məlxàne.ˈ mə́ra bábi míya lìtlən.ˈ kut-šáwwa yomàneˈ xúwwe marpélən mìya.ˈ mə́ra lìtlən míya.ˈ plíṭli baráya jirìli,ˈ muṯìli-llux.ˈ mə́re dàxi qə́ṣṣət?ˈ dàx litlɛ́xu míya?ˈ mə́ra kut-šáwwa yomàne,ˈ y-áxəl xa-bràta,ˈ qa-t-marpélən mìya,ˈ ja-jálde dáwqəx mìyaˈ qa-tmánya yomàne.ˈ mə́re lá maxzátle ʾə́lli ʾɛ́ka pàləṭ?ˈ mə́ra tə́mməl brátət màlka,ˈ ʾáy masqíla ta-ṱ-axə̀lla,ˈ ʾu-ta-t-maxzɛ́le ʾə́llux ʾɛ̀kɛle.ˈ qímɛle yomət-trè,ˈ síqɛle l-ʾùrxa.ˈ xə̀zyɛle brāt-málka.ˈ mə́re há lɛ̀ka?ˈ mə́ra ṱ-ásqən ta-ṱ-axə́lli xùwwe.ˈ mə́re ʾána ṱ-áṯən mə̀nnəx.ˈ ʾáti xúwwe là ʾaxə́lləx.ˈ ʾína ʾána léyḏən b-ɛ́ni dána ṱ-àṯe xúwwe.ˈ ʾána dàmxən xáčča,ˈ mattə́nne réši rəš-àqləx.ˈ kut-dánət ʾáṯe xùwweˈ mărəšàtli.ˈ mə́ra spày.ˈ mára xa-bèna,ˈ dmìxɛle ʾáw.ˈ dmìxɛle,ˈ wítɛla b-lɛ̀leˈ xúwwe ṯèle.ˈ ʾáy bxèla.ˈ lá ṣbírra mṣuwə̀tla.ˈ bxèla,ˈ ṣléla də́mme rəš-pàṯe.ˈ ṛìšle.ˈ qímɛle ja-jàlde.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle xúwwe ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ béna ʾáwwa ʾíṯwale rùmxa.ˈ kú-rešət xúwwe ṯèle,ˈ qəm-maxèleˈ ʾu-qəm-parə̀mle réše díye.ˈ xúwwe mə́re ʾána làn b-xá-rešaˈ b-šàwwa rešăwáṯən.ˈ ʾaw-mə́re ʾána làn b-xá-rumxa,ˈ b-šáwwa rùmxewən.ˈ kú-rešət ṯèleˈ qəm-parə̀mle.ˈ kú-rešət ṯèleˈ qəm-parə̀mle.ˈ qəm-qaṭə̀lle.ˈ qəm-parə́mla naṯyáṯa d-an-xuwwàwe,ˈ dɛréla gu-čànte.ˈ bráta mòdi wídla?ˈ qəm-maxyála ʾíḏa gu-də̀mmaˈ ʾu-maxyála gu-xáṣe dìye,ˈ gu-xáṣa d-o-yàla.ˈ ʾu-mə́re ṭla-bràtaˈ rùq,ˈ ṣlɛ̀gənˈ mṭɛ́gən nàše.ˈ múr t-lá-šati mən-d-ánna mìya.ˈ ʾánna míya də̀mmaˈ ʾu-nə́zlət xùwwela.ˈ xúwwe qṭìlli.ˈ ʾáyya rìqtɛlaˈ ṣlìṯɛlaˈ hàwərila!ˈ lá šatétu mìya!ˈ lá šatétu mìya!ˈ xúwwele qṭìla!ˈ ʾáxxa-w tàmma.ˈ ʾáni har-ṣràxɛla-biya,ˈ dráya kèpe,ˈ ta-t-ʾàsqaˈ ta-ṱ-axə̀lla xúwwe.ˈ xuwwe qṭìlɛle!ˈ xa-béna hàdəx,ˈ ʾə́ṯyela ṣə̀lye míya,ˈ ʾu-kút-xa mšuréle là-dwaqa míya.ˈ prìqela.ˈ ṣə́lyela míya spàyˈ ṣə̀pye.ˈ xárṯa ʾaw-zílɛle kəs-ṱòṱe díye.ˈ zìlɛle,ˈ mə́re ṭla-ṱóṱe dìyeˈ qəm-qaṭlə̀nne xúwwe.ˈ xáčča ṣápi mìyaˈ ʾu-sógən duq-mìya.ˈ málka yíwle xàbra.ˈ kú-ṱ-ile qṭíləlle xùwweˈ ʾáṯe páyəš màlkaˈ w-ána pɛ́šən wằzir ʾə́lle díye.ˈ xa-bèna,ˈ zílela xákma yàleˈ mə́ra ʾàxnix qṭiləlleˈ w-àxnix qṭíləlle,ˈ ta-dùgle.ˈ bráta márɛla màrmu ṣúdre!ˈ marə́mla ṣùdre,ˈ lɛ́la xzáya ʾíḏa mxíṯa gu-xàṣe.ˈ mára prúmu rèše!ˈ pràməlle réše díye.ˈ ʾárba xámša nàšeˈ har-hàdəx wídla b-réše.ˈ xàrṯa,ˈ mə́re hóle ʾíṯən xàˈ kəs-ṱòṱoˈ sàwta.ˈ bálki ṱ-íle ʾàw.ˈ mára qìmɛle,ˈ yíwɛle xábra ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ zìlɛle,ˈ mə́re ʾàtit qṭíləlle xúwwe?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ múrməlla ṣúdre dìyeˈ xzíṯa ʾíḏət brátət màlkaˈ mxíṯa gu-xáṣe dìye.ˈ mxíṯəlla gu-də̀mma,ˈ mxíṯəlla gu-xàṣe.ˈ mə́ra ʾàwwɛle bábi.ˈ mə́re puš-màlkaˈ ʾu-ʾána pɛ́šən wằzir.ˈ mə́re làʾa.ˈ ʾána ʾíṯ šùla qámi.ˈ ʾána bṱ-àzena.ˈ ʾap-ʾána brónət màlkɛwən,ˈ ʾína ʾítli šùla.ˈ bắyən ṱ-ázən máṭənne šùli.ˈ šúlux mòdile?ˈ mə́re le-y-ʾamrə́nne ṭlàlux.ˈ ʾu-qìmɛleˈ zìlɛleˈ mə́ṭyɛle xa-derùbər,ˈ xa-ʾilána gòṛta,ˈ y-amrə́xla xùra.ˈ simɛ̀rxaˈ simɛ́rxa ʾítla záye gu-qə̀nna.ˈ xa-xùwweˈ hammáša y-asə́qwa y-axə́lwala ʾan-zàye.ˈ ʾo-nàša,ˈ brónət màlka,ˈ módi wìdle?ˈ qəm-qaṭə̀lle ʾo-xúwwe.ˈ qəm-mqadqə̀dleˈ ʾu-dɛréle qam-yálət simɛ̀rxa.ˈ ʾímət qəm-ʾaxlìla,ˈ xére zílle mṭušyàle gáne.ˈ mṭušyàle gáne díyeˈ ta-t-là ʾaxlále simɛ́rxa.ˈ xa-béna hàdəx,ˈ simɛ́rxa ṯìṯɛla.ˈ ṯíṯɛla čarčóre ṣràxaˈ há ríxət náša naxràyɛle.ˈ ʾaw-mṭùšyɛle gáne.ˈ ʾu-ʾánna bnónət simɛ́rxa ṣrìxelaˈ mə́ra hàyyo!ˈ hàyyo!ˈ ʾo-ṱ-íle y-axə́lwala bnònəxˈ hóle qṭìləlle.ˈ ṣríxela tre-ṭḷà-gaye.ˈ mə́ra háyyo plùṭ!ˈ kú-məndit bắyət ʾána t-yànnux.ˈ lɛ̀le plíṭa.ˈ mə́ra waʿdùṯa,ˈ kú-məndit bắyət ʾána ṱ-awḏànnux.ˈ plìṭɛle.ˈ xá-bena ʾə̀ṯyɛle.ˈ mə́ra mòdi bắyət?ˈ mə́re bắyən ṱ-àzena,ˈ nablàtliˈ l-qáṣr Wɛ́rda-w Nɛ̀rgis.ˈ mə́ra măjā́l xa-ʾə́šta šáwwa yòme,ˈ ṱ-axlə́nne xáčča bə̀sraˈ ʾu-ʾəlyáṯət ʾə̀rba,ˈ ʾu-tá-t măčíli pàrri,ˈ ta-t-y-ámṣən mamṭànnux,ˈ rə̀ḥqɛle qáṣra.ˈ mára píšɛle ʾə́šta šáwwa yománe tàma.ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ zìlɛle.ˈ ʾə́šta šáwwa yománe spìrɛle.ˈ ʾu-ṯíṯɛla simɛ̀rxa.ˈ ʾu-mə́ra tu-l-xàṣi.ˈ tíwɛle l-xáṣə simɛ̀rxa,ˈ ṭayyàrɛla.ˈ zílela hal-mə́ṭyela l-qàṣra,ˈ rəš-qàṣra.ˈ mə́ra šqúl ʾanna-tré párri mə̀nni.ˈ ku-dánə sànqət,ˈ maqḏə̀tla,ˈ ʾána ṱ-áṯyən làxxa.ˈ qímɛle šqìla,ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ síqɛle l-xáṣa dìyaˈ ʾu-múč̣məlla ʾɛ́ne dìyeˈ ʾu-zìltɛla.ˈ mə́ra pṯùx ʾɛ́nux!ˈ pṯíxəlla ʾɛ́ne dìyeˈ ʾu-tiweléy rəš-qàṣra.ˈ qáṣra hóle kúlle bə́nya b-qarqupyáṯə nàše.ˈ ʾàyˈ šqíltɛle tré-parre mə́nna dìyaˈ yíwtəlla ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ ʾu-ṯìṯɛla.ˈ dìṛtɛla ʾáy.ˈ xa-bènaˈ ʾàwˈ qímɛle ṣə̀lyɛle.ˈ ṣə̀lyɛle,ˈ də́ryɛle šlàma.ˈ har-Wɛ́rda-w Nɛ̀rgis-ila.ˈ làtla,ˈ lá bnòne,ˈ lá čù-məndi.ˈ ya-b-šɛ́na-w ṭawáṯa ṯèlux!ˈ m-ɛ̀ka ṯélux?ˈ mə́re b-álaha ʾúrxi rə̀ḥqa-wawa.ˈ ṯéli mṭéli láxxa kəslɛ̀xu.ˈ há mòdile šúlux?ˈ mə́re ṯéli bắyən t-yăḏéna qəṣṣəttɛ́xu mòdila,ˈ mòdi lɛ́la.ˈ tanìtula-lli!ˈ mə́ra xzáyət-əlle ʾáwwa qàṣra?ˈ kúlle b-qarqupyàṯa bə́nyɛle.ˈ pyáša xà-kawe.ˈ ʾáyya-ži šōp-rèšux-ila.ˈ ʾáxni ṱ-amrə́xlux qəṣṣəttə̀n-əllux.ˈ ʾu-báṯər priqálən qəṣṣə̀ttənˈ réšux pɛrmə̀xleˈ mattə́xle gu-d-àyya káwe.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ ʾax-băyìtu.ˈ mə́re xázəx mšàro,ˈ qə́ṣṣət diyɛ́xu mòdila?ˈ mára qímtɛla Nɛ̀rgis,ˈ mšurɛ́ṯɛla páya lə̀xma,ˈ lyáša lə̀xma.ˈ Wɛ́rda šqílɛle xa-qɛ́sət harmónta rìxa,ˈ mə́xyɛle gu-xàṣa.ˈ mə́re pɛ́šət xa-sùsta.ˈ píšla sùsta.ˈ tíwɛle l-xáṣa dìya-wˈ zílɛle gu-ʾaqàraˈ gu-gə̀llaˈ ʾáxxa-w tàmma,ˈ ʾu-mùṯyəlla.ˈ mə́re brōn-málka ʾə́lle dìyeˈ mə̀reˈ wùdla xá-bena xétaˈ t-dɛ̀ṛa xá-bena xéta.ˈ mə́re bắyət dɛ̀ṛa?ˈ mə́xyəlla ṭḷá šarbəṭáne xéne t-qɛ̀se,ˈ mə́xyɛle ʾə̀lla.ˈ díṛtɛla píštɛla hàdəx.ˈ qímtɛla ʾàp-ʾayˈ mxíṯɛla ʾə́lle dìye,ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw píšɛle dawɛ̀ra,ˈ ʾu-tíwtɛla l-xáṣe dìye.ˈ ʾu-zìltɛlaˈ maxḏórəlle gu-ʾaqàra.ˈ xá-bena hàdəx,ˈ mə́re mắdərre xṭíṯi dìye,ˈ lá-wudle hàdəx.ˈ qímtɛla mxíṯɛla ṭḷá-qɛse xène,ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw dìṛɛle.ˈ píštɛla lɛ̀le.ˈ ʾíṯwala xmə́rta t-šə̀nṯa.ˈ mattáwala rəš-ṣádrət Wɛ̀rda.ˈ ʾu-y-azáwa ʾíṯwa hambišàye y-amrə́xla.ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-gə́ppa gáwe díye ʾàrbi hambišáye.ˈ y-azàwa,ˈ y-atwáwa gawèy,ˈ xamláwa mənnèy,ˈ ʾu-y-aṯyàwa.ˈ xà-yoma,ˈ yóma t-trè,ˈ yóma t-ṭḷàṯa,ˈ ʾaw-yála qímle npílle bàraˈ zìlleˈ mə́re xázəx lɛ̀kɛla zála.ˈ zílle ʾína xazéla hóla gu-d-án hambišàye,ˈ mṭawòle mə́nna díya.ˈ yómət ʾàrpa,ˈ qímɛle šqíləlla xmə̀rta,ˈ múttəlla rəš-ṣádra dìya.ˈ ʾáy ṭlìtɛla.ˈ qímɛle zìlɛle.ˈ qṭíləlla ʾan-ʾárbi hambišàye.ˈ ʾu-də́ryəlla naṯyaṯèy,ˈ prìməlla-wˈ də́ryəlla gu-xúrje dìye.ˈ ʾu-ʾə̀ṯyɛle.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle síqa l-gàre.ˈ síqa l-gàreˈ ʾu-qḏíxilla ʾan-tre-pàrre,ˈ ʾu-xárṯa simɛ́rxa ṯìṯɛla.ˈ simɛ́rxa ṯìṯɛla-wˈ tíwɛle l-xáṣət simɛ̀rxa-wˈ xa-bèna,ˈ ʾə̀ṯyɛle.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle ta-ṱ-ázəl bɛ́ṯe dìye.ˈ ʾu-ṛíšɛle Wɛ̀rda,ˈ wíḏɛle gáne ʾax-nə̀šra.ˈ ʾu-ṣə́ṭyɛle bára dìya.ˈ ṣə́ṭyɛle bára dìyaˈ ta-t-maxèle.ˈ xa-béna Parizáda ṣrìxtɛla.ˈ plíṭṭɛla ʾáp-ʾay gu-hàwa.ˈ zìltɛla,ˈ mə́ra lá-daqrət bíye dìye.ˈ xə̀tnux-ile.ˈ lá-daqrət bíye dìyeˈ xə̀tnux-ile.ˈ ʾu-qìmɛle,ˈ dìṛɛle Wɛ́rdaˈ zíla l-qàṣre.ˈ ʾu-ʾap-ʾàwˈ ʾə̀ṯyɛle,ˈ muttɛ́ṯəlle kəs-bɛ́ṯa dìya.ˈ m-táma-w hòdəx,ˈ tíwɛle l-xáṣə súse dìyeˈ ʾə́ṯyɛ díṛa l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ díṛɛle l-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ Parizáda mə̀raˈ qəm-mɛṯə́tla qəṣṣə̀tta?ˈ mə́re kúlla muṯyáli qəṣṣə̀tta.ˈ bắyət ṱ-amrə̀nne-lləx?ˈ mə́ra lá, là,ˈ lá mùrra ʾə́lli.ˈ ʾána mp̣uṛmàli,ˈ hot-mùṯyəlla.ˈ ʾu-gánux bàsma-wˈ b-gawrànnux.ˈ qíme m-táma hòdəx,ˈ gwírela ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾu-šwiqáli tàmaˈ ʾu-ṯéli làxxa.ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-màlka.ˈ ʾìṯwaleˈ ṭḷà bnóne.ˈ ʾó-malka wírre b-ʾùmṛa,ˈ taqríban mṭéle ʾə́šti šáwwi šə̀nne.ˈ smèle,ˈ yáʿni píšle k̭òra.ˈ qímɛle mə́re qa-bnóne dìye:ˈ bnòniˈ wúḏuli xa-čàra.ˈ xzóli xa-daṛmána qa-ʾɛ̀ni,ˈ qa-t-y-ámṣən xázən bəṛ-našúṯa mə́ndi hàle.ˈ smèli.ˈ lɛ́š-in xzàya,ˈ lán-mṣaya jwàja.ˈ qímɛle yíwəlla kút-xa mə́nna zùze.ˈ yíwəlla kút-xa mənná ʾummà dináre.ˈ mə́re so-mɛ́ṯo daṛmànaˈ qa-ʾɛ̀ni.ˈ qímela ṭḷáṯna t-bnóne dìyeˈ ʾu-zìlela.ˈ ṭḷáṯna bnóne díye zìlelaˈ gu-dùnye,ˈ ṭằyelaˈ ʾal-d-òˈ daṛmána ta-t-xázi qa-ʾɛ́nət … babèy.ˈ zílela mə́ṭye gu-ḏá mḏìta.ˈ ʾo-gòṛaˈ mə́re ʾána pɛ́šən láxxa gu-d-áyya mḏìta.ˈ mò ṱ-óḏət?ˈ mə́re xazə́nne xa-šùla.ˈ ʾu-mbáqrən xàzənˈ bud-daṛmána ṭlá ʾɛ́nət bàbi.ˈ zílle tfìqleˈ b-xàʾaˈ nàšaˈ wáḏa kăbàbe.ˈ mə́re yába ʾána bắyən pálxən kə̀slux,ˈ mapəlxə̀tli?ˈ mə́re hé qá-mo là?ˈ mə̀reˈ kəmà t-yátli?ˈ mə́re t-yánnux xámši dináre kut-yàrxa.ˈ kut-yárxa t-yánnux xámši dinàre,ˈ ʾu-plúx mən-d-ànna paloxáye.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ ʾo-góṛa píšle tàma.ˈ qímela ʾan-tre-xéne zìle.ˈ zílela ʾan-trè.ˈ ʾap-ʾo-gawàyaˈ mṭéle ḏa-mḏìta.ˈ mə́re xóni ʾap-ána pɛ́šən làxxa,ˈ mbáqrena bud-šùla,ˈ xázəx xa-šúla làxxa,ˈ qa-daṛmána ṭla-bábi mbàqrəx.ˈ zílɛle xə̀zyɛleˈ xa-šăvàna.ˈ y-amríle b-súrəṯ ʾatíqta ṛìya,ˈ ṛíyət ʾə̀ṛbe.ˈ mə̀reˈ ʾána bắyən pɛ́šən ṛìya,ˈ šăvàna.ˈ băyìtuli lá?ˈ mə́re qá-mo là?ˈ t-yáxlux xamšì dináreˈ kut-yàrxa.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw píšɛle tàma.ˈ píšɛle ʾo-zòra.ˈ ʾo-zóra zílle b-ʾùrxa.ˈ zílle, zílle, zìlle,ˈ ʾə́šta šáwwa yomàne,ˈ mṭéle xa-náša sàwa,ˈ də̀qneˈ hal-ʾằraˈ mə̀ṭya.ˈ də́ryɛle šlàma ʾə́lle díye,ˈ mə́re šlàma-lluxˈ sáwi šópət bàbi.ˈ mə́re há xɛ̀rila bróni?ˈ mò bắyət?ˈ mə́re b-álaha bắyən ṱ-àzena.ˈ hon-šə́mya bud-qəṣṣə̀ttətˈ Wárda-w Nɛ̀rgis.ˈ Parizáda ʾítla xa-ṭɛ̀ra.ˈ ʾò-ṭɛra,ˈ mən-d-án-parre díye màxənˈ b-ʾɛ́nət bàbi,ˈ ʾɛ́nət bábi bàsmi,ˈ sắbab màlkɛleˈ ʾu-hóle sə̀mya,ˈ ʾítle ʾúmre tmanì-šənne.ˈ mə́re he-bròni,ˈ ʾána ṱ-amrə̀nnux.ˈ xa-năṣíyət t-yánna ṭlàlux.ˈ ʾìnaˈ là-mxalləfət,ˈ lá-ʾawḏət xá-mdi xéna t-la-b-dìyi.ˈ ʾu-ʾúp-ʾana sàwən,ˈ ʾu-ʾɛ́ni-žigən hóla bṣìre.ˈ bálki ʾàzetiˈ máṭeti l-ó-ṭɛrət Parizàda,ˈ mɛṯə́tli ta-t-máxən ʾáp-ʾana b-ʾɛ̀niˈ bàsmi.ˈ ʾína ʾíṯən šŭrū̀ṭ.ˈ ʾan-šŭrū̀ṭˈ lázəm yăḏə́tla mòdila.ˈ mə́re mòdila?ˈ mùrrɛ-lli.ˈ mə́re ʾána ṱ-amrə̀nnɛ-lluxˈ ʾu-lázəm hàdəx háwi.ˈ mə́re mùr.ˈ mə́re ʾíṯən xa-ṭùra.ˈ ṭúra ṱ-ásqət bíye dìyeˈ kúlle skinyàṯɛle.ˈ ʾáti ʾímə ṱ-ít sàqa,ˈ ʾáti ʾu-sùsux,ˈ súsux bắye t-kàle.ˈ là-šoqət t-kále.ˈ máxət ʾə́lle díye ta-t-ʾásəq payə̀dle ʾo-ṭúra.ˈ ʾímət pìdle ṭúra,ˈ ṣàleˈ ʾə̀ltəx.ˈ réša xtáya kúlle mə̀lxɛle.ˈ sùsuxˈ ʾaqláṯe mdurbə̀nnela,ˈ mə́lxa maxéla ʾaqláṯe dìye,ˈ ṱ-áwe súsa mṣarṣòre.ˈ ʾu-ʾáp ʾo-ṭúra pɛḏə̀tle.ˈ gu-ṣlɛ́ṯa d-ò gallíya,ˈ máxi tre-pə́nxe ṱ-ə́rxe góṛe l-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾo-ṱ-áwe l-xáṣət dawɛ̀ra,ˈ ʾaw-b-nàpəl.ˈ báxta yaqùrtaˈ ʾi-màbraˈ mən-d-àn-kepeˈ t-máxəlla ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾu-ṣálət rəš-mìya.ˈ xazə́tla tərtè bnáṯaˈ ṱ-áṯi mɛ́ṯi qàhwa.ˈ là-šaqlətle qáhwa mə́nna.ˈ maxə́tle sɛ́pux l-qḏalèyˈ pɛrmə̀tle rešéy.ˈ ʾu-taxrə̀tli.ˈ ʾu-mṣàlətˈ rəš-d-àn-miya,ˈ ʾan-míya pɛ́ši trè-qəsme,ˈ kàli.ˈ ʾu-pɛḏə̀tla ʾan-míya.ˈ máṭət l-qáṣrət Parizàda.ˈ ʾarbí ʾotàxele.ˈ hóle ʾàryaˈ l-àyya gótaˈ ʾu-ʾə̀zzaˈ hóla l-àyya góta.ˈ qam-ʾárya hóle ʾìṯənˈ gə̀lla.ˈ ʾu-qam-ʾə́zza hóle ʾìṯənˈ bə̀sra.ˈ šqúl bə̀sraˈ m-qam-ʾə̀zzaˈ dríle qam-ʾàrya.ˈ ʾu-gə̀llaˈ šqúlle m-kəs-ʾàryaˈ drìleˈ qa-ʾə̀zza.ˈ ʾu-ṱ-àwreti.ˈ ʾəsrì ʾotáxeˈ hòlaˈ č̣ìme.ˈ ʾáni paṯxə̀tla.ˈ ʾan-ṱ-íla pṯìxeˈ ʾač̣mə̀tla.ˈ máṭət ʾɛ-xarɛ́ṯət ʾòtəxˈ hóle ṭɛ́ra díya mútta gu-kàwe.ˈ qám t-qáre ʾax-dìga,ˈ šáqlət mən-d-ó ʾixàlaˈ dɛ́rət qa-ṭɛ̀ra,ˈ ṭɛ́ra bṱ-àxəl.ˈ ṱ-àwreti.ˈ hóla ʾarbí malàpe,ˈ malápe b-rèša.ˈ ʾáy hóla dmìxta.ˈ yómət ʾàrbi b-qɛ́ma.ˈ ʾárbi yomàneˈ dmìxtɛwa,ˈ ṭlìta.ˈ šaqlə̀tleˈ hóle ʾítla kṯàwaˈ xo-réša dìya.ˈ hole-ʾítla qằlunka táma.ˈ bắyət gáršət qalùnka,ˈ bắyət ʾáxlət ʾixàla.ˈ ʾu-šaqlə́tle kṯàwaˈ ʾu-ʾàṯət.ˈ šaqlə̀tluxˈ mən-d-ó ʾixálət ṭɛ̀ra,ˈ dɛ́rət gu-jebànuxˈ ʾu-ṭɛ̀raˈ la-hàru.ˈ šaqlə́tle mattə́tle gu-čàntux,ˈ ʾu-ʾàṯeti.ˈ mə́re p̣uṛmèluxˈ bròni?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ mə́re hàtxa?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ qìmɛle.ˈ zìlɛle.ˈ zìlɛleˈ b-ùrxa.ˈ mə́xyɛle l-ṭùra,ˈ sìqɛle,ˈ ʾáx-t-wewa mìra,ˈ ʾaqláṯə súse díye kúlla prìmla,ˈ də́mma ṣláya bíye dìye.ˈ xuláṣa sìqɛle rəš-ṭúra.ˈ báṯər hádəx šuréle ṣlàyaˈ gu-mə̀lxa.ˈ ʾap-mə̀lxa piḏále.ˈ mṭéle l-án tre-képe t-qítla b-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾáp-ʾani piḏìle.ˈ mṭéle rəš-mìya.ˈ ṯéla tre-bnàṯaˈ qəm-parə́mle rešèy-uˈ pìdle.ˈ xuláṣa ʾáyyət miràli ʾə́lluxˈ kùlla wiḏále.ˈ ṯèle,ˈ zìlle,ˈ šqílle ṭɛ̀raˈ ʾu-ṯèle.ˈ ʾímə ṯèle,ˈ mṭéle kəs-sáwe díye ʾaw-gòṛa,ˈ mṭéle mə̀re,ˈ hóli moṯéli ṭɛ̀ra.ˈ qímɛle šqílɛle xa-pàrra.ˈ mə́xyəlle b-ʾɛ́ne dìye,ˈ ʾɛ́ne dìyeˈ píšela spàyˈ ʾu-hóle xzàya.ˈ mə̀reˈ bròni,ˈ háwya bríxta guṛùṯux.ˈ si-nábəl ṭla-bàbux,ˈ ʾu-básəm bábux bìya.ˈ ʾáw ʾítle ʾúmma dináre gu-jèbe díye,ˈ lɛ́le ṣrìfəlla.ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ dìṛɛle,ˈ zílɛle ʾo-xóne díye t-pàləxˈ ṛìya,ˈ šăvàna.ˈ zílɛle mə́re ṭla-márət ʾə̀rbeˈ mə̀reˈ lá mzabnə́tle ʾáwwa ʾə̀lli?ˈ ʾáwwa šăvànuxˈ là mzabnə́tləlli?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ kəmà zonə́tle?ˈ mə́re b-zonə́nne b-xamšì dináre.ˈ mə́re ʾána yánwale xámši dinàre,ˈ ʾaw t-yálli xámši dinàreˈ mà-yxaləf.ˈ mə́re hàl!ˈ qímɛle yíwle xámši dinàre,ˈ xóne díye šqíla mùṯyəlle.ˈ pyášɛle xámši xène.ˈ zílɛle mə́ṭyɛle l-xóne díye d-o-t-mzabə́nwa kăbàbe.ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw qəm-šaqə̀lleˈ ʾu-xámši dináre xéne hiwìle.ˈ píšle t-la-zùze.ˈ qímela ʾə̀ṯye.ˈ ʾə̀ṯyela,ˈ mə́ṭyela l-qùrbət bɛ́ṯa.ˈ mə́ṭyela l-qúrbət qáṣrət màlka.ˈ xa-bèna,ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-bustàna,ˈ ʾíṯwa xabùše gáwa.ˈ xa-ʾɛ́na be-pàlga-wawa.ˈ ʾó-xoney zóra mə̀reˈ xonăwáṯi ʾána làn dmíxa,ˈ là-b-lɛle,ˈ là-b-yoma.ˈ hóla ṯáya šə̀nṯi,ˈ dàmxən xánči.ˈ manìxəx xáččaˈ ʾu-baʿdḗn ṱ-ásqéxi l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ xa-bèna,ˈ ʾaw-dmìxɛle,ˈ xóna ʾo-gòṛaˈ mòdi mə́re?ˈ mə́re ṭla-d-o-xóne gawàyaˈ qu-dùqle xónux!ˈ xarṭə́xla ʾɛ́ne dìyeˈ ʾu-šaqlə́xle ṭɛ̀ra.ˈ masqə̀xleˈ ṱ-ámrəx ʾàxnix múṯyəlle ṭɛ́ra.ˈ mára qìmɛle,ˈ xóna díya dmìxɛle.ˈ xa-béna ʾə̀ṯyelaˈ dwìqəlle yála.ˈ dwìqəlle,ˈ ʾɛ́ne díye xrìṭəlla,ˈ ʾu-zə́dyəlla tàma.ˈ ʾu-ʾáni sìqela.ˈ sìqela,ˈ mə́ṭye l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ babéy lɛ́le dyála m-áxxa l-àxxa.ˈ mə́re hàˈ muṯélɛxu ṭɛ̀ra?ˈ mə́ra hè.ˈ šuréla mxàyaˈ bìš-ila mráya.ˈ mšuréla mráya ʾɛ́ne dìyeˈ sab-lɛ́le xíla mən-d-ó ʾixàle díye,ˈ hóle gu-jébət xonèy.ˈ mára qìmɛle,ˈ šwìqəlle hádəx.ˈ ṯíṯɛle xa-yàwna.ˈ tíwta rəš-d-ɛ́ ʾilàna,ˈ t-xabùše.ˈ mə́ra ʾə́lle díye xzìˈ ʾə́n-it ṛìša,ˈ màṣyəṯ!ˈ ʾu-ʾə́n-it ṭlìʾa,ˈ ṛùš!ˈ hadíya b-zadrànna gáni,ˈ ṣáli párre mə̀nniˈ kə̀slux.ˈ mjămə̀tla.ˈ maqḏə̀tla.ˈ ʾɛ́nux t-čáppe hóla fə̀llən dúkṯaˈ ʾu-ʾɛ́nux t-yámne hóla fə̀llən dúkṯa.ˈ šaqlə̀tlaˈ mattə́tla b-šopèy.ˈ ʾu-gamṣə́tla ʾánna míyət pàrraˈ b-rešèyˈ tàza.ˈ ʾu-bàsmeti.ˈ yáwna žígən ṯíṯɛla zdírtəlla gàna.ˈ kúlla párre npílela tàma.ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ mjŭ̀məlla-wˈ mùqḏəlla.ˈ šqíləlla ʾɛ́ne dìyeˈ mùttəlla,ˈ xánči pč̣ìle-wela.ˈ və̀rra píšle.ˈ qəm-dɛréla ʾan-mìyaˈ mən-d-an-pàrreˈ rəš-ʾɛ́ne dìye,ˈ bsìmla xánči.ˈ sìqɛle.ˈ sìqɛle,ˈ mə́re ṭla-d-an-nàšeˈ yàbaˈ lá yawítuli xa-šùla,ˈ xa-mə́ndi hàle,ˈ pàlxənˈ be-màlka?ˈ mə̀raˈ čú-pəlxana lìtlən.ˈ bás ʾìtlɛniˈ mtămàztətˈ gómə susăwàṯa,ˈ ta-t-mtăməzə̀tla ʾáni bás.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ qìmɛleˈ ṣə́lya pìšɛleˈ gu-gòma,ˈ knáša ʾu-mšàya,ˈ tagbóre susăwàṯa. mtánəx bud-Parizàda.ˈ Parizáda ṛìšla,ˈ ṭɛ́ra lìṯ.ˈ qìmtɛla,ˈ príxta ṯìṯɛlaˈ báṯər rìxa.ˈ ʾɛ́kɛla ṭɛ́ra díya ṯíṯa tíwta báṯər d-ɛ̀-maṯa.ˈ tìwtɛla,ˈ mxìṯəlla čádra díya.ˈ mə́ra hèyˈ kú-ṱ-ile múṯyəlle ṭɛ̀ri,ˈ ʾána gawrànne.ˈ bas-b-šằrəṭˈ dàx-ile múṯyəlleˈ ʾamə̀rra-lli.ˈ màra,ˈ síqɛle xóna ʾo-gòṛa,ˈ síqɛle mə̀reˈ mə́re zìlən,ˈ šqìlənne,ˈ mùṯyəlle.ˈ mə́ra prúmu rèše!ˈ ʾáwwa prìm réše.ˈ qímɛle ʾo-trè.ˈ qímɛle ʾo-t-trè,ˈ sìqɛle,ˈ mə́re ʾànən múṯyəlle.ˈ mə́ra dàx-it múṯyəlle ʾáti?ˈ mùt-ʾurxət múṯyəlle?ˈ módit xə́zya qam-ɛ̀nux?ˈ módit xə̀zya?ˈ mə́re čù-məndi lan-xə́zya ʾána.ˈ ṭɛ́ra hon-mùṯyəlle,ˈ hòle.ˈ mə́ra prùmle réše díye!ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw réše díye prìma.ˈ píšle ʾɛ̀ni?ˈ píšle ʾó ṱ-íle gu-gómət susăwàṯa.ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ sìqɛle.ˈ yíwla xábra-lle dìyeˈ mə́ra hā́l qə́ṣṣət hàtxɛla.ˈ mə́re ṱ-ásqən ʾàna.ˈ sìqɛle.ˈ və̀rra-wewa,ˈ píša və̀rra.ˈ mə́ra hà,ˈ ʾàtit múṯyəlle ṭɛ́ri?ˈ mə́re hèˈ ʾànən múṯyəlle ṭɛ́rəx.ˈ mə́ra dàxi?ˈ mə̀reˈ ʾíṯwa xa-ṭúrət skinyàṯa.ˈ muttɛ́ṯətwa qámi xa-ṭúrət skinyàṯa.ˈ ʾáw pìḏən-əlle.ˈ xa-ṭúra xéna t-mə̀lxa,ˈ ʾáw pìḏən-əlle.ˈ tə́rte xamáṯa ʾaxwáṯəx ʾə̀ṯyela,ˈ prìmən-əlle réša.ˈ ʾíṯwa nàra,ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw múklən-əlle šwìrən.ˈ ʾíṯwaləx ʾárya l-èy-gotaˈ ʾu-ʾə́zza l-èy-gota.ˈ qam-ʾárya ʾíṯwa gə̀lla.ˈ qam-ʾə́zza ʾíṯwa bə̀sra.ˈ šqílən bə́sra m-kəs-ʾə̀zza,ˈ mútta ṭla-ʾàrya.ˈ ʾu-mən-ʾàryaˈ šqílən gə̀llaˈ múttəlle qa-ʾə̀zza.ˈ wìrən.ˈ ʾarbí-ʾotaxe ʾìṯwaləx.ˈ ʾə̀sri mə́nnaˈ pṯìxe-wawa,ˈ dwìrən-əlla.ˈ ʾu-ʾə́sri mə́nna dwìre-wawa,ˈ pṯìxən-əlla.ˈ ṭɛ́rəx gu-kàwe-wewa.ˈ də́ryən-əlle làqṭaˈ xìlɛle.ˈ wírən gu-bɛ̀ṯəx.ˈ kṯáwəx hon-šqìləlle.ˈ mən-qắlunkəx grìšən.ˈ mən-ʾixála grìšən,ˈ ʾu-ʾarbé-gaye nšìqən-əlləxˈ ʾu-ʾə̀ṯyən.ˈ mə̀raˈ madam-ṱ-íwət ʾáyya wìḏəlla kúlla,ˈ si-mɛ́ṯili qəṣṣə́ttət Wɛ́rda-w Nɛ̀rgis.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ qímɛle ṣə̀lya.ˈ šqílɛle mən-d-ó ʾixàlaˈ də́ryəlle qa-ṭɛ̀ra.ˈ ṭɛ́ra xìlɛle.ˈ šqílɛle mən-párrət ṭɛ̀ra.ˈ mə́xyəlle b-ʾɛ́nət bábe dìye,ˈ bábe díye bsìmɛle.ˈ ʾu-qímɛle lwíša júllə brónət màlkɛle.ˈ lwíšɛle jùlle.ˈ ʾu-sìqɛle.ˈ mə́ra hàyyo,ˈ hàyyo!ˈ madam-ṱ-íwət ʾàti,ˈ hàyyo!ˈ là-ʾazət.ˈ mə̀reˈ na-mùmkən!ˈ mə́re ṱ-àzən,ˈ ʾə́lla mɛṯə́nna qəṣṣə́ttət Wɛ́rda-w Nɛ̀rgis.ˈ mára qìmɛle,ˈ zìlɛle.ˈ zìlɛle,ˈ zìla,ˈ zìla,ˈ zìla.ˈ xa-tré ṭḷá-yomane tíwɛle l-súsa díye ʾu-zìlɛle.ˈ mə́ṭyɛle l-xa-màṯa.ˈ máṯa gòṛtɛla,ˈ mḏíta gòṛtɛla,ˈ málkɛle gáwa dìya.ˈ zílɛle wírɛle gu-d-ɛ̀-maṯa.ˈ píšɛle ʾárxa kəs-xa-báxta sáwta ṱòṱo.ˈ mə́re ʾə́lla dìyaˈ lé-y-yatli xáčča mìya?ˈ qìmtɛla,ˈ yíwtəlle xáčča mìya.ˈ plíṭṭɛla baràya.ˈ jírtɛla gu-qàwwaˈ ʾu-yìwtəlle ʾə́lle díye.ˈ šə̀tyəlle.ˈ ʾaw-mìḏe.ˈ bəd-lə́bbe míya məlxànela.ˈ ha-ṱòṱi,ˈ xázəx ʾánna miyɛ́xu məlxàne.ˈ mə́ra bábi míya lìtlən.ˈ kut-šáwwa yomàneˈ xúwwe marpélən mìya.ˈ mə́ra lìtlən míya.ˈ plíṭli baráya jirìli,ˈ muṯìli-llux.ˈ mə́re dàxi qə́ṣṣət?ˈ dàx litlɛ́xu míya?ˈ mə́ra kut-šáwwa yomàne,ˈ y-áxəl xa-bràta,ˈ qa-t-marpélən mìya,ˈ ja-jálde dáwqəx mìyaˈ qa-tmánya yomàne.ˈ mə́re lá maxzátle ʾə́lli ʾɛ́ka pàləṭ?ˈ mə́ra tə́mməl brátət màlka,ˈ ʾáy masqíla ta-ṱ-axə̀lla,ˈ ʾu-ta-t-maxzɛ́le ʾə́llux ʾɛ̀kɛle.ˈ qímɛle yomət-trè,ˈ síqɛle l-ʾùrxa.ˈ xə̀zyɛle brāt-málka.ˈ mə́re há lɛ̀ka?ˈ mə́ra ṱ-ásqən ta-ṱ-axə́lli xùwwe.ˈ mə́re ʾána ṱ-áṯən mə̀nnəx.ˈ ʾáti xúwwe là ʾaxə́lləx.ˈ ʾína ʾána léyḏən b-ɛ́ni dána ṱ-àṯe xúwwe.ˈ ʾána dàmxən xáčča,ˈ mattə́nne réši rəš-àqləx.ˈ kut-dánət ʾáṯe xùwweˈ mărəšàtli.ˈ mə́ra spày.ˈ mára xa-bèna,ˈ dmìxɛle ʾáw.ˈ dmìxɛle,ˈ wítɛla b-lɛ̀leˈ xúwwe ṯèle.ˈ ʾáy bxèla.ˈ lá ṣbírra mṣuwə̀tla.ˈ bxèla,ˈ ṣléla də́mme rəš-pàṯe.ˈ ṛìšle.ˈ qímɛle ja-jàlde.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle xúwwe ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ béna ʾáwwa ʾíṯwale rùmxa.ˈ kú-rešət xúwwe ṯèle,ˈ qəm-maxèleˈ ʾu-qəm-parə̀mle réše díye.ˈ xúwwe mə́re ʾána làn b-xá-rešaˈ b-šàwwa rešăwáṯən.ˈ ʾaw-mə́re ʾána làn b-xá-rumxa,ˈ b-šáwwa rùmxewən.ˈ kú-rešət ṯèleˈ qəm-parə̀mle.ˈ kú-rešət ṯèleˈ qəm-parə̀mle.ˈ qəm-qaṭə̀lle.ˈ qəm-parə́mla naṯyáṯa d-an-xuwwàwe,ˈ dɛréla gu-čànte.ˈ bráta mòdi wídla?ˈ qəm-maxyála ʾíḏa gu-də̀mmaˈ ʾu-maxyála gu-xáṣe dìye,ˈ gu-xáṣa d-o-yàla.ˈ ʾu-mə́re ṭla-bràtaˈ rùq,ˈ ṣlɛ̀gənˈ mṭɛ́gən nàše.ˈ múr t-lá-šati mən-d-ánna mìya.ˈ ʾánna míya də̀mmaˈ ʾu-nə́zlət xùwwela.ˈ xúwwe qṭìlli.ˈ ʾáyya rìqtɛlaˈ ṣlìṯɛlaˈ hàwərila!ˈ lá šatétu mìya!ˈ lá šatétu mìya!ˈ xúwwele qṭìla!ˈ ʾáxxa-w tàmma.ˈ ʾáni har-ṣràxɛla-biya,ˈ dráya kèpe,ˈ ta-t-ʾàsqaˈ ta-ṱ-axə̀lla xúwwe.ˈ xuwwe qṭìlɛle!ˈ xa-béna hàdəx,ˈ ʾə́ṯyela ṣə̀lye míya,ˈ ʾu-kút-xa mšuréle là-dwaqa míya.ˈ prìqela.ˈ ṣə́lyela míya spàyˈ ṣə̀pye.ˈ xárṯa ʾaw-zílɛle kəs-ṱòṱe díye.ˈ zìlɛle,ˈ mə́re ṭla-ṱóṱe dìyeˈ qəm-qaṭlə̀nne xúwwe.ˈ xáčča ṣápi mìyaˈ ʾu-sógən duq-mìya.ˈ málka yíwle xàbra.ˈ kú-ṱ-ile qṭíləlle xùwweˈ ʾáṯe páyəš màlkaˈ w-ána pɛ́šən wằzir ʾə́lle díye.ˈ xa-bèna,ˈ zílela xákma yàleˈ mə́ra ʾàxnix qṭiləlleˈ w-àxnix qṭíləlle,ˈ ta-dùgle.ˈ bráta márɛla màrmu ṣúdre!ˈ marə́mla ṣùdre,ˈ lɛ́la xzáya ʾíḏa mxíṯa gu-xàṣe.ˈ mára prúmu rèše!ˈ pràməlle réše díye.ˈ ʾárba xámša nàšeˈ har-hàdəx wídla b-réše.ˈ xàrṯa,ˈ mə́re hóle ʾíṯən xàˈ kəs-ṱòṱoˈ sàwta.ˈ bálki ṱ-íle ʾàw.ˈ mára qìmɛle,ˈ yíwɛle xábra ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ zìlɛle,ˈ mə́re ʾàtit qṭíləlle xúwwe?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ múrməlla ṣúdre dìyeˈ xzíṯa ʾíḏət brátət màlkaˈ mxíṯa gu-xáṣe dìye.ˈ mxíṯəlla gu-də̀mma,ˈ mxíṯəlla gu-xàṣe.ˈ mə́ra ʾàwwɛle bábi.ˈ mə́re puš-màlkaˈ ʾu-ʾána pɛ́šən wằzir.ˈ mə́re làʾa.ˈ ʾána ʾíṯ šùla qámi.ˈ ʾána bṱ-àzena.ˈ ʾap-ʾána brónət màlkɛwən,ˈ ʾína ʾítli šùla.ˈ bắyən ṱ-ázən máṭənne šùli.ˈ šúlux mòdile?ˈ mə́re le-y-ʾamrə́nne ṭlàlux.ˈ ʾu-qìmɛleˈ zìlɛleˈ mə́ṭyɛle xa-derùbər,ˈ xa-ʾilána gòṛta,ˈ y-amrə́xla xùra.ˈ simɛ̀rxaˈ simɛ́rxa ʾítla záye gu-qə̀nna.ˈ xa-xùwweˈ hammáša y-asə́qwa y-axə́lwala ʾan-zàye.ˈ ʾo-nàša,ˈ brónət màlka,ˈ módi wìdle?ˈ qəm-qaṭə̀lle ʾo-xúwwe.ˈ qəm-mqadqə̀dleˈ ʾu-dɛréle qam-yálət simɛ̀rxa.ˈ ʾímət qəm-ʾaxlìla,ˈ xére zílle mṭušyàle gáne.ˈ mṭušyàle gáne díyeˈ ta-t-là ʾaxlále simɛ́rxa.ˈ xa-béna hàdəx,ˈ simɛ́rxa ṯìṯɛla.ˈ ṯíṯɛla čarčóre ṣràxaˈ há ríxət náša naxràyɛle.ˈ ʾaw-mṭùšyɛle gáne.ˈ ʾu-ʾánna bnónət simɛ́rxa ṣrìxelaˈ mə́ra hàyyo!ˈ hàyyo!ˈ ʾo-ṱ-íle y-axə́lwala bnònəxˈ hóle qṭìləlle.ˈ ṣríxela tre-ṭḷà-gaye.ˈ mə́ra háyyo plùṭ!ˈ kú-məndit bắyət ʾána t-yànnux.ˈ lɛ̀le plíṭa.ˈ mə́ra waʿdùṯa,ˈ kú-məndit bắyət ʾána ṱ-awḏànnux.ˈ plìṭɛle.ˈ xá-bena ʾə̀ṯyɛle.ˈ mə́ra mòdi bắyət?ˈ mə́re bắyən ṱ-àzena,ˈ nablàtliˈ l-qáṣr Wɛ́rda-w Nɛ̀rgis.ˈ mə́ra măjā́l xa-ʾə́šta šáwwa yòme,ˈ ṱ-axlə́nne xáčča bə̀sraˈ ʾu-ʾəlyáṯət ʾə̀rba,ˈ ʾu-tá-t măčíli pàrri,ˈ ta-t-y-ámṣən mamṭànnux,ˈ rə̀ḥqɛle qáṣra.ˈ mára píšɛle ʾə́šta šáwwa yománe tàma.ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ zìlɛle.ˈ ʾə́šta šáwwa yománe spìrɛle.ˈ ʾu-ṯíṯɛla simɛ̀rxa.ˈ ʾu-mə́ra tu-l-xàṣi.ˈ tíwɛle l-xáṣə simɛ̀rxa,ˈ ṭayyàrɛla.ˈ zílela hal-mə́ṭyela l-qàṣra,ˈ rəš-qàṣra.ˈ mə́ra šqúl ʾanna-tré párri mə̀nni.ˈ ku-dánə sànqət,ˈ maqḏə̀tla,ˈ ʾána ṱ-áṯyən làxxa.ˈ qímɛle šqìla,ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ síqɛle l-xáṣa dìyaˈ ʾu-múč̣məlla ʾɛ́ne dìyeˈ ʾu-zìltɛla.ˈ mə́ra pṯùx ʾɛ́nux!ˈ pṯíxəlla ʾɛ́ne dìyeˈ ʾu-tiweléy rəš-qàṣra.ˈ qáṣra hóle kúlle bə́nya b-qarqupyáṯə nàše.ˈ ʾàyˈ šqíltɛle tré-parre mə́nna dìyaˈ yíwtəlla ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ ʾu-ṯìṯɛla.ˈ dìṛtɛla ʾáy.ˈ xa-bènaˈ ʾàwˈ qímɛle ṣə̀lyɛle.ˈ ṣə̀lyɛle,ˈ də́ryɛle šlàma.ˈ har-Wɛ́rda-w Nɛ̀rgis-ila.ˈ làtla,ˈ lá bnòne,ˈ lá čù-məndi.ˈ ya-b-šɛ́na-w ṭawáṯa ṯèlux!ˈ m-ɛ̀ka ṯélux?ˈ mə́re b-álaha ʾúrxi rə̀ḥqa-wawa.ˈ ṯéli mṭéli láxxa kəslɛ̀xu.ˈ há mòdile šúlux?ˈ mə́re ṯéli bắyən t-yăḏéna qəṣṣəttɛ́xu mòdila,ˈ mòdi lɛ́la.ˈ tanìtula-lli!ˈ mə́ra xzáyət-əlle ʾáwwa qàṣra?ˈ kúlle b-qarqupyàṯa bə́nyɛle.ˈ pyáša xà-kawe.ˈ ʾáyya-ži šōp-rèšux-ila.ˈ ʾáxni ṱ-amrə́xlux qəṣṣəttə̀n-əllux.ˈ ʾu-báṯər priqálən qəṣṣə̀ttənˈ réšux pɛrmə̀xleˈ mattə́xle gu-d-àyya káwe.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ ʾax-băyìtu.ˈ mə́re xázəx mšàro,ˈ qə́ṣṣət diyɛ́xu mòdila?ˈ mára qímtɛla Nɛ̀rgis,ˈ mšurɛ́ṯɛla páya lə̀xma,ˈ lyáša lə̀xma.ˈ Wɛ́rda šqílɛle xa-qɛ́sət harmónta rìxa,ˈ mə́xyɛle gu-xàṣa.ˈ mə́re pɛ́šət xa-sùsta.ˈ píšla sùsta.ˈ tíwɛle l-xáṣa dìya-wˈ zílɛle gu-ʾaqàraˈ gu-gə̀llaˈ ʾáxxa-w tàmma,ˈ ʾu-mùṯyəlla.ˈ mə́re brōn-málka ʾə́lle dìyeˈ mə̀reˈ wùdla xá-bena xétaˈ t-dɛ̀ṛa xá-bena xéta.ˈ mə́re bắyət dɛ̀ṛa?ˈ mə́xyəlla ṭḷá šarbəṭáne xéne t-qɛ̀se,ˈ mə́xyɛle ʾə̀lla.ˈ díṛtɛla píštɛla hàdəx.ˈ qímtɛla ʾàp-ʾayˈ mxíṯɛla ʾə́lle dìye,ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw píšɛle dawɛ̀ra,ˈ ʾu-tíwtɛla l-xáṣe dìye.ˈ ʾu-zìltɛlaˈ maxḏórəlle gu-ʾaqàra.ˈ xá-bena hàdəx,ˈ mə́re mắdərre xṭíṯi dìye,ˈ lá-wudle hàdəx.ˈ qímtɛla mxíṯɛla ṭḷá-qɛse xène,ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw dìṛɛle.ˈ píštɛla lɛ̀le.ˈ ʾíṯwala xmə́rta t-šə̀nṯa.ˈ mattáwala rəš-ṣádrət Wɛ̀rda.ˈ ʾu-y-azáwa ʾíṯwa hambišàye y-amrə́xla.ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-gə́ppa gáwe díye ʾàrbi hambišáye.ˈ y-azàwa,ˈ y-atwáwa gawèy,ˈ xamláwa mənnèy,ˈ ʾu-y-aṯyàwa.ˈ xà-yoma,ˈ yóma t-trè,ˈ yóma t-ṭḷàṯa,ˈ ʾaw-yála qímle npílle bàraˈ zìlleˈ mə́re xázəx lɛ̀kɛla zála.ˈ zílle ʾína xazéla hóla gu-d-án hambišàye,ˈ mṭawòle mə́nna díya.ˈ yómət ʾàrpa,ˈ qímɛle šqíləlla xmə̀rta,ˈ múttəlla rəš-ṣádra dìya.ˈ ʾáy ṭlìtɛla.ˈ qímɛle zìlɛle.ˈ qṭíləlla ʾan-ʾárbi hambišàye.ˈ ʾu-də́ryəlla naṯyaṯèy,ˈ prìməlla-wˈ də́ryəlla gu-xúrje dìye.ˈ ʾu-ʾə̀ṯyɛle.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle síqa l-gàre.ˈ síqa l-gàreˈ ʾu-qḏíxilla ʾan-tre-pàrre,ˈ ʾu-xárṯa simɛ́rxa ṯìṯɛla.ˈ simɛ́rxa ṯìṯɛla-wˈ tíwɛle l-xáṣət simɛ̀rxa-wˈ xa-bèna,ˈ ʾə̀ṯyɛle.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle ta-ṱ-ázəl bɛ́ṯe dìye.ˈ ʾu-ṛíšɛle Wɛ̀rda,ˈ wíḏɛle gáne ʾax-nə̀šra.ˈ ʾu-ṣə́ṭyɛle bára dìya.ˈ ṣə́ṭyɛle bára dìyaˈ ta-t-maxèle.ˈ xa-béna Parizáda ṣrìxtɛla.ˈ plíṭṭɛla ʾáp-ʾay gu-hàwa.ˈ zìltɛla,ˈ mə́ra lá-daqrət bíye dìye.ˈ xə̀tnux-ile.ˈ lá-daqrət bíye dìyeˈ xə̀tnux-ile.ˈ ʾu-qìmɛle,ˈ dìṛɛle Wɛ́rdaˈ zíla l-qàṣre.ˈ ʾu-ʾap-ʾàwˈ ʾə̀ṯyɛle,ˈ muttɛ́ṯəlle kəs-bɛ́ṯa dìya.ˈ m-táma-w hòdəx,ˈ tíwɛle l-xáṣə súse dìyeˈ ʾə́ṯyɛ díṛa l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ díṛɛle l-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ Parizáda mə̀raˈ qəm-mɛṯə́tla qəṣṣə̀tta?ˈ mə́re kúlla muṯyáli qəṣṣə̀tta.ˈ bắyət ṱ-amrə̀nne-lləx?ˈ mə́ra lá, là,ˈ lá mùrra ʾə́lli.ˈ ʾána mp̣uṛmàli,ˈ hot-mùṯyəlla.ˈ ʾu-gánux bàsma-wˈ b-gawrànnux.ˈ qíme m-táma hòdəx,ˈ gwírela ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾu-šwiqáli tàmaˈ ʾu-ṯéli làxxa.ˈ	There was once a king. He had three sons. The king became advanced in age, he became about sixty or seventy years old and became blind, that is he became sightless. He said to his sons ‘My sons, cure me! Find a remedy for my eyes, so that I can see people and the things around me. I have become blind. I can no longer see and I cannot walk.’ He gave each of them money. He gave each of them a hundred dinars. He said ‘Go and bring a remedy for my eyes.’ The three sons of his set off and went on their way. The three sons of his went on their way in the world, searching in order to find the remedy for the eyes of their father. They travelled and arrived in a certain town. The eldest one said ‘I shall remain here in this town.’ ‘What will you do?’ He said ‘I’ll find a job and I’ll make inquires in order to find a remedy for the eyes of my father.’ He went off and met a person who was making kebabs. He said ‘Now, I want to work with you. Will you employ me?’ He said ‘Yes, why not?’ He said ‘How much will you give me?’ He said ‘I shall give you fifty dinars each month. Each month I shall give you fifty dinars, now work with these labourers.’ He said ‘Fine.’ The eldest one remained there. The other two went off. The two went off. Also the middle one came to a town and said ‘My brother, I also shall stay here and ask for a job, in order to find a job here, and for us to ask about a remedy for my father. He went off and found a shepherd. In ancient Syriac this is called _ʾiya_ (‘shepherd’), _ʾiyət ʾəṛbe_ (‘a shepherd of sheep’). He said ‘I want to become a shepherd, a shepherd. Don’t you want me?’ He said ‘Why not? We’ll give you fifty dinars every month.’ He said ‘Fine.’ He also stayed there. That left the young one. He went on the road. He went along for six or seven days and came upon an old man, whose beard reached the ground. He greeted him and said ‘Greetings to you, my old man, (you have) a place (like that of) my father (in my respect).’ He said ‘How are things, my son? What do you want?’ He said ‘Indeed, I want to go (on a journey). I have heard of the story of Warda and Nargis. Parizada has a bird. I’ll put some of the feathers of that bird in the eyes of my father and the eyes of my father will be cured, since he is a king and has become blind, he is eighty years old.’ He said ‘Yes, my son. Let me tell you something. I’ll give you some advice. Now, do not oppose (me), do not do anything else without my advice. I also am an old man and my eyes have also deteriorated. Perhaps you will go and find the bird of Parizada and bring it back to me, so that I also can put it in my eyes, so that they will be cured. But, there are conditions. You must know what these conditions are.’ He said ‘What are they? Tell them to me.’ He said ‘I’ll tell them to you and they must be abided by.’ He said ‘Tell (me)’. He said ‘There is a mountain. You should go up the mountain, it is all (covered in) knives. When you are going up, you and your horse, if your horse wants to stop, do not let him stop. Strike him so that he will go up and cross over that mountain. When he has crossed over the mountain, he will go down. Down hill it is all salt. (When) the legs of your horse have become wounded, he will get salt on his legs and will screech. You should cross also that mountain. When going down into that valley, two large mill-stones will knock together. The one that is on the back of the mule will fall down. A pregnant woman will give birth because of the stones that knock together. You should go down to the water. You will see two girls, who will come and bring coffee. Do not accept the coffee from them. You should strike your sword into their neck and cut off their head. You should remember me. Pray over the water. The water will become (divided into) two parts. It will stop. You should cross the water. Then you will arrive at the palace of Parizada. It consists of forty rooms. There is lion on this side and a she-goat on the other side. Before the lion there is grass and before the she-goat there is meat. Take the meat from before the goat and put it before the lion. Take the grass from the lion and offer it to the she-goat. Then, you should enter. Twenty rooms are closed. You should open these. Close the ones that are open. You will reach the last room. Her bird is situated in the window (there). Before it calls out like a cock, take some of the food and place it before the bird. The bird will eat. Then, you should enter. There are forty sheets, forty sheets on top of her. She is asleep. On the fortieth day she will get up. She has been lying down, asleep, for forty days. She has a book under her head—you should take it. She has a pipe there. (If) you want to smoke a pipe, or want to eat food (it is there). You should take the book and come back. Take some of the food of the bird and put it in your pockets, the bird will not speak (in protest). Take it and put in in your bag and come back.’ He said ‘Have you understood my son?’ He said ‘Yes’. He said ‘Is that so?’ He said ‘Yes’. He went off. He went off on the road. He travelled to the mountain. He went up and, as he had said, the legs of his horse were all cut and blood flowed down it. In the end, he went up onto the mountain and afterwards began to come down in the salt. He crossed also the salt. He reached the two stones that knocked together. He passed also these. He reached the water. Two girls came and he cut off their head. In short, he did everything that I have said to you. He came back, then went and took the bird, then returned. When he returned, he came to his elderly man, the old one, he came and said ‘I have brought the bird.’ He took a feather. He put it on his eyes and his eyes became well, he was able to see. He said ‘My son, may your bravery be blessed. Go and take it to your father and cure your father with it.’ He has the hundred dinars in his pocket, he has not spent them. He returned and went to the brother of his who was working as a shepherd. He went and said to the owner of the sheep, he said ‘Won’t you sell me this man? Won’t you sell to me this shepherd of yours?’ He said ‘Yes. How much will you buy him for?’ He said ‘I shall buy him for fifty dinars’. He said ‘(Since) I gave for him fifty dinars and he will give me fifty dinars, that’s fine.’ He said ‘Give (them to me)!’ He gave him fifty dinars, took his brother and brought him back. The other fifty remained. He went off and came to his brother who was selling kebabs. He took him also and gave away the other fifty dinars. He became penniless. They came back. They came back and came near to home. They came near to the palace of the king. Now, there was a garden, in which there were apples. In the middle there was a spring. The young brother among them said ‘My brothers, I have not slept, neither at night nor during the day. I am feeling sleepy, I’ll sleep a little. Let’s rest a little, then we shall go up to our home’. He said ‘Fine.’ Then, while he slept, what did the eldest brother say? He said to the middle brother ‘Come, seize your brother. Let’s gouge out his eye and take the bird. We shall take it up (home) and say that it is we who have brought the bird.’ Now, their brother went to sleep. Then they came and seized the boy. They seized him and gouged out his eyes, and threw them over there. They went up, went up, and reached home. Their father did not see from here to here. He said ‘Oh, have you brought the bird?’ They said ‘Yes’. They started to put it (on his eyes), but they hurt more (than before). His eyes began to hurt since they had not eaten any of its food, which was in the pocket of their brother. The story goes, they left him like that. A dove came and sat on the apple tree. It said to him (the youngest brother) ‘Look, if you are awake, listen! If you are asleep, wake up! Now I shall shake myself and feathers will fall from me near you. Gather them and burn them. Your left eye is in such-and-such place and your right eye is in such-and-such a place. Take them and put them in their place. Then wring out well the water of the feather upon them and you will be cured.’ The dove came and shook herself. All the feathers fell down there. He gathered them up and burnt them. He took his eyes and put them (back in their place). They were rather crooked. He became squint-eyed. He applied the water from the feathers to his eyes and they were cured to some extent. He went up and said to the people ‘Won’t you give me a job, something or other, so that I can work in the house of the king’. They said ‘We have no work. But we do have (the job of ) cleaning the horse stable basement, cleaning them out, that’s all (we have).’ He said ‘Fine’. He went down and stayed in the basement, sweeping and polishing, looking after the horses. We shall tell now of Parizada. Parizada woke up (and saw that) the bird was not there. She flew after the smell (of the bird). She came and settled behind the village where her bird was. She settled and set up her tent. She said ‘Hey, I’ll marry whoever has brought back my bird, but on condition that he tells me how he has brought it back’. Now, the eldest brother came up and said, he said ‘I went and took it and brought it back’. She said ‘Cut off his head!’ His head was cut off. The second one got up. The second one got up and came up and said ‘It was me who brought it back’. She said ‘How did you bring it back? By what way did you bring it back? What did you see before your eyes. What did you see?’ He said ‘I did not see anything. I have brought back the bird, that’s all.’ She said ‘Cut off his head!’ Also his head was cut off. Who was left? There remained the one who was in the horse stable. He went up. They passed the word on to him and said ‘The situation is like this’. He said ‘I’ll go up’. He went up. He was squint-eyed. He had become squint-eyed. She said ‘Ha, was it you who brought back my bird?’ He said ‘Yes. It was me who brought back your bird’. She said ‘How?’ He said ‘There was a mountain of knives. You had placed before me a mountain of knives. I crossed it. There was another mountain of salt and I crossed that. Two young women like you came and I cut off their head. There was a river, I stopped it and and jumped over. You had a lion on this side and a she-goat on that side. Before the lion there was grass. Before the she-goat there was meat. I took the meat from the she-goat and laid it down for the lion. From the lion I took the grass and I laid it down for the she-goat. I entered. You had forty rooms. Twenty of them were open and I closed them. Twenty of them were closed and I opened them. Your bird was in the window. I offered it some food and it ate it. I entered your house. I took your book. I smoked your pipe. I took some food. I kissed you four times and came back.’ She said ‘If you have done all of this, go and bring me the story of Warda and Nargis.’ He said ‘Fine’. He went down, he took some of the food and offered it to the bird. The bird ate it. He took a feather of the bird. He put it on the eyes of his father and his father was cured. Then he put on the clothes of the son of a king. He put on his clothes and went up. She said ‘Come, come. Since it is you. Come, don’t go’. He said ‘That’s impossible’. He said ‘I shall go. I must bring the story of Warda and Nargis.’ The story goes: He set off and went on his way, he sat on his horse one, two, three days and went on his way. He arrived at a village. It was a large village. It was a large town. The king was (resident) in it. He went and entered that village. He became the guest of an old woman. He said to her ‘Won’t you give me a little water?’ She got up and gave him some water. She went outside, urinated in a pot and gave it to him. He drank it. He did not know. He thought the water was salty. ‘Hey, my old woman, this water of yours seems to be salty.’ She said ‘My dear, we have no water. Every seven days a snake releases water for us.’ She said ‘We do not have water. I went outside and urinated it, then brought it to you.’ He said ‘What is the story? How is it that you do not have water?’ She said ‘Every seven days, it eats a girl, in order for it to release water and we quickly gather water for eight days’. He said ‘Won’t you show me where it comes out?’ She said ‘Tomorrow they will take up the daughter of the king in order for it to eat her and in order to show you where it is.’ He got up the next day and went up on the road. He saw the daughter of the king. He said ‘Hey, where (are you going) to?’ She said ‘I am going up in order for the snake to eat me.’ He said ‘I shall come with you. The snake will not eat you. But I do not know at what time the snake will come. I shall sleep a little. I shall put my head on your leg. As soon as the snake comes, wake me.’ She said ‘Fine!’ The story goes: Then he lay down to sleep. He went to sleep. He went to sleep and during night the snake came. She wept. She did not dare to speak. She wept and the tears fell on his face. He woke up. He quickly got up. The snake came to him. Now, he had a spear. He struck each head of the snake that came (his way) and cut its head off. The snake said ‘I do not have just one head, I have seven heads.’ He said ‘I do not have one spear’, I have seven spears’. Every head that came to him he cut off. Every head that came to him he cut off. He killed it. He cut off the ears of those snakes and put them in his bag. What did the girl do? She put her hand in the blood and then put it on his back, on the back of that boy. He said to the girl ‘Run, go down to the people. Tell them not to drink this water. This water is the blood and pus of the snake. I have killed the snake.’ She ran down (crying) ‘Beware! Do not drink the water! Do not drink the water! The snake has been killed!’, and so forth. Yet they shouted at her, throwing stones at her, (telling) her to go up for the snake to eat her. ‘The snake is killed!’ Shortly afterwards the water came down. Everybody began (to agree) not to gather water. It finished. Then good, pure water came down. Later he went to his old woman. He went and said to his old woman ‘I have killed the snake. Shortly the water will become pure, then go and gather water.’ The king made an announcement ‘Whoever has killed the snake, let him come and become king. I shall become the vizier for him.’ Then some boys went and said ‘We killed it. We killed it’, (telling) lies. The girl says ‘Lift up his shirt!’ He lifts up his shirt and they do not see a (mark of a) hand placed on his back. She says ‘Cut off his head!’ They cut off his head. They did the same to the head of four or five other people. Then he said ‘There is somebody at the home of the old woman. Perhaps it is him.’ The story goes: He went and delivered the message to him. He went and said ‘Was it you who killed the snake?’ He said ‘Yes’. She lifted up his shirt and saw (the mark of) the hand of the king’s daughter placed on his back. She had placed it in the blood and put it on his back. She said ‘It is him, father’. He said ‘Become king and I shall become the vizier.’ He said ‘No. I have a job to do. I must go. I also am the son of a king, but I have a job. I want to go to my job.’ ‘What is your job?’ He said ‘I shall not tell you.’ He went off and came to a wood, to a large tree, which we call a poplar. (There was) a _simarxa_ bird, a _simarxa_, which had fledglings in the nest.’ A snake always used to go up and eat the fledglings. That man, the son of the king, what did he do? He killed that snake. He chopped it up and put it before the young of the _simarxa_. When they had eaten them, he quickly went and hid himself. He hid himself, so that the _simarxa_ would not eat him. Shortly afterwards the _simarxa_ came. She came, screeching and crying ‘Ha, there is the smell of a foreign man’. He was hidden. The young of the _simarxa_ cried out and said ‘Come! Come! He has killed the one who used to eat your young.’ They cried two or three times. She said ‘Come out! I’ll give you anything you want.’ He did not come out. She said ‘I promise, I’ll do for you anything you want.’ He came out and came (to her)’. She said ‘What do you want?’ He said ‘I want to go, (I want) you to take me to the palace of Warda and Nargis. She said ‘(Give me) the space of six or seven days, so that I can eat some meat and tail-fat of sheep, so that my feathers will regrow, so that I can take you, since the palace is far away. The story goes: He stayed six or seven days there, then went off. He waited six or seven days, then the _simarxa_ came. She said ‘Sit on my back’. He sat on the back of the _simarxa_. She was (like) an aeroplane. They went until they arrived at the palace, on top of the palace. She said ‘Take from me these two feathers of mine. Whenever you need (me), burn them and I shall come here’. He took them and said ‘Fine’. He went up onto her back and closed his eyes. She went off. She said ‘Open your eyes! He opened his eyes. They settled on top of the palace. The palace was built completely of human skulls. She took two feathers from her and gave them to him. She went back, she returned. Then he went down. He went down and offered his greetings. Only Warda and Nargis were there. They had no children, nothing. ‘Welcome! Where have you come from?’ He said ‘By God, my journey was long. I have come here to your home.’ ‘Well, what is your business?’ He said ‘I have come seeking to know what your story is. Tell it to me. They said ‘Do you see this palace? It is all built of skulls. One gap remains. That is the place of your head. We shall tell you our story and after we have finished our story, we shall cut off your head and put it in this gap’. He said ‘Fine. As you like.’ He said ‘Let’s see, start (telling), what is your story?’ The story goes: Nargis got up and began to bake bread, to knead bread. Warda took a long pomegranate stick and struck it on her back. He said ‘You shall become a mare’. She became a mare. He sat on her back and went off into the meadow, in the grass, here and there, and brought her back.’ The son of the king said to him, he said ‘Do it once again, so that she turns back again’. He said ‘Do you want to turn back?’ He hit her with three other wooden canes, he struck her. She turned back to what she was. Also she struck him and he became a mule and she sat on his back. She went and drove him round the meadow. After a while he said ‘Make him come back, I feel sorry for him. Do not make him like that’. She struck him three more strokes and he also turned back. It became night. She had a bead of sleep. She used to put it on the chest of Wɛrda and go to what we call _hambišaye_ (‘giants’). There was a cave in which there were forty giants. She would go and sit among them and make merry with them. Then she would come back. One day, the next day and the day after, the boy went and followed her. He said ‘Let’s see where she is going.’ He went off and saw her among the giants, playing with them. The fourth day he took the bead and put it on her chest. She slept. He went off and killed those forty giants. He put their ears—he cut them off and put them in his saddle bag. He came back. He came back and went up to the roof. He went up to the roof and kindled the two feathers. Then the _simarxa_ came. The _simarxa_ came and he sat on the back of the _simarxa_. Then he came back, he came back to go to his home. Wardawoke up and made himself like an eagle and swooped down after her. He swooped after her to strike him. Then Parizada shouted and she also went out into the air. She went and said ‘Do not touch him. He is your son-in-law. Do not touch him. He is your son-in-law. Warda returned and went back to his palace. He (the king’s son) also returned back, she put him in her home. Afterwards he sat on the back of his horse and returned home. He returned home and Parizada said ‘Have you brought the story?’ He said ‘I have brought the whole story. Do you want me to tell it to you?’ She said ‘No, no, don’t tell me. I understand that you have brought it. Well done! I shall marry you. Then they were married to one another. I have left it there and come here.

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ʾíṯwa xa-màlka.ˈ ʾìṯwaleˈ ṭḷà bnóne.ˈ ʾó-malka wírre b-ʾùmṛa,ˈ taqríban mṭéle ʾə́šti šáwwi šə̀nne.ˈ smèle,ˈ yáʿni píšle k̭òra.ˈ qímɛle mə́re qa-bnóne dìye:ˈ bnòniˈ wúḏuli xa-čàra.ˈ xzóli xa-daṛmána qa-ʾɛ̀ni,ˈ qa-t-y-ámṣən xázən bəṛ-našúṯa mə́ndi hàle.ˈ smèli.ˈ lɛ́š-in xzàya,ˈ lán-mṣaya jwàja.ˈ qímɛle yíwəlla kút-xa mə́nna zùze.ˈ yíwəlla kút-xa mənná ʾummà dináre.ˈ mə́re so-mɛ́ṯo daṛmànaˈ qa-ʾɛ̀ni.ˈ qímela ṭḷáṯna t-bnóne dìyeˈ ʾu-zìlela.ˈ ṭḷáṯna bnóne díye zìlelaˈ gu-dùnye,ˈ ṭằyelaˈ ʾal-d-òˈ daṛmána ta-t-xázi qa-ʾɛ́nət … babèy.ˈ zílela mə́ṭye gu-ḏá mḏìta.ˈ ʾo-gòṛaˈ mə́re ʾána pɛ́šən láxxa gu-d-áyya mḏìta.ˈ mò ṱ-óḏət?ˈ mə́re xazə́nne xa-šùla.ˈ ʾu-mbáqrən xàzənˈ bud-daṛmána ṭlá ʾɛ́nət bàbi.ˈ zílle tfìqleˈ b-xàʾaˈ nàšaˈ wáḏa kăbàbe.ˈ mə́re yába ʾána bắyən pálxən kə̀slux,ˈ mapəlxə̀tli?ˈ mə́re hé qá-mo là?ˈ mə̀reˈ kəmà t-yátli?ˈ mə́re t-yánnux xámši dináre kut-yàrxa.ˈ kut-yárxa t-yánnux xámši dinàre,ˈ ʾu-plúx mən-d-ànna paloxáye.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ ʾo-góṛa píšle tàma.ˈ qímela ʾan-tre-xéne zìle.ˈ zílela ʾan-trè.ˈ ʾap-ʾo-gawàyaˈ mṭéle ḏa-mḏìta.ˈ mə́re xóni ʾap-ána pɛ́šən làxxa,ˈ mbáqrena bud-šùla,ˈ xázəx xa-šúla làxxa,ˈ qa-daṛmána ṭla-bábi mbàqrəx.ˈ zílɛle xə̀zyɛleˈ xa-šăvàna.ˈ y-amríle b-súrəṯ ʾatíqta ṛìya,ˈ ṛíyət ʾə̀ṛbe.ˈ mə̀reˈ ʾána bắyən pɛ́šən ṛìya,ˈ šăvàna.ˈ băyìtuli lá?ˈ mə́re qá-mo là?ˈ t-yáxlux xamšì dináreˈ kut-yàrxa.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw píšɛle tàma.ˈ píšɛle ʾo-zòra.ˈ ʾo-zóra zílle b-ʾùrxa.ˈ zílle, zílle, zìlle,ˈ ʾə́šta šáwwa yomàne,ˈ mṭéle xa-náša sàwa,ˈ də̀qneˈ hal-ʾằraˈ mə̀ṭya.ˈ də́ryɛle šlàma ʾə́lle díye,ˈ mə́re šlàma-lluxˈ sáwi šópət bàbi.ˈ mə́re há xɛ̀rila bróni?ˈ mò bắyət?ˈ mə́re b-álaha bắyən ṱ-àzena.ˈ hon-šə́mya bud-qəṣṣə̀ttətˈ Wárda-w Nɛ̀rgis.ˈ Parizáda ʾítla xa-ṭɛ̀ra.ˈ ʾò-ṭɛra,ˈ mən-d-án-parre díye màxənˈ b-ʾɛ́nət bàbi,ˈ ʾɛ́nət bábi bàsmi,ˈ sắbab màlkɛleˈ ʾu-hóle sə̀mya,ˈ ʾítle ʾúmre tmanì-šənne.ˈ mə́re he-bròni,ˈ ʾána ṱ-amrə̀nnux.ˈ xa-năṣíyət t-yánna ṭlàlux.ˈ ʾìnaˈ là-mxalləfət,ˈ lá-ʾawḏət xá-mdi xéna t-la-b-dìyi.ˈ ʾu-ʾúp-ʾana sàwən,ˈ ʾu-ʾɛ́ni-žigən hóla bṣìre.ˈ bálki ʾàzetiˈ máṭeti l-ó-ṭɛrət Parizàda,ˈ mɛṯə́tli ta-t-máxən ʾáp-ʾana b-ʾɛ̀niˈ bàsmi.ˈ ʾína ʾíṯən šŭrū̀ṭ.ˈ ʾan-šŭrū̀ṭˈ lázəm yăḏə́tla mòdila.ˈ mə́re mòdila?ˈ mùrrɛ-lli.ˈ mə́re ʾána ṱ-amrə̀nnɛ-lluxˈ ʾu-lázəm hàdəx háwi.ˈ mə́re mùr.ˈ mə́re ʾíṯən xa-ṭùra.ˈ ṭúra ṱ-ásqət bíye dìyeˈ kúlle skinyàṯɛle.ˈ ʾáti ʾímə ṱ-ít sàqa,ˈ ʾáti ʾu-sùsux,ˈ súsux bắye t-kàle.ˈ là-šoqət t-kále.ˈ máxət ʾə́lle díye ta-t-ʾásəq payə̀dle ʾo-ṭúra.ˈ ʾímət pìdle ṭúra,ˈ ṣàleˈ ʾə̀ltəx.ˈ réša xtáya kúlle mə̀lxɛle.ˈ sùsuxˈ ʾaqláṯe mdurbə̀nnela,ˈ mə́lxa maxéla ʾaqláṯe dìye,ˈ ṱ-áwe súsa mṣarṣòre.ˈ ʾu-ʾáp ʾo-ṭúra pɛḏə̀tle.ˈ gu-ṣlɛ́ṯa d-ò gallíya,ˈ máxi tre-pə́nxe ṱ-ə́rxe góṛe l-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾo-ṱ-áwe l-xáṣət dawɛ̀ra,ˈ ʾaw-b-nàpəl.ˈ báxta yaqùrtaˈ ʾi-màbraˈ mən-d-àn-kepeˈ t-máxəlla ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾu-ṣálət rəš-mìya.ˈ xazə́tla tərtè bnáṯaˈ ṱ-áṯi mɛ́ṯi qàhwa.ˈ là-šaqlətle qáhwa mə́nna.ˈ maxə́tle sɛ́pux l-qḏalèyˈ pɛrmə̀tle rešéy.ˈ ʾu-taxrə̀tli.ˈ ʾu-mṣàlətˈ rəš-d-àn-miya,ˈ ʾan-míya pɛ́ši trè-qəsme,ˈ kàli.ˈ ʾu-pɛḏə̀tla ʾan-míya.ˈ máṭət l-qáṣrət Parizàda.ˈ ʾarbí ʾotàxele.ˈ hóle ʾàryaˈ l-àyya gótaˈ ʾu-ʾə̀zzaˈ hóla l-àyya góta.ˈ qam-ʾárya hóle ʾìṯənˈ gə̀lla.ˈ ʾu-qam-ʾə́zza hóle ʾìṯənˈ bə̀sra.ˈ šqúl bə̀sraˈ m-qam-ʾə̀zzaˈ dríle qam-ʾàrya.ˈ ʾu-gə̀llaˈ šqúlle m-kəs-ʾàryaˈ drìleˈ qa-ʾə̀zza.ˈ ʾu-ṱ-àwreti.ˈ ʾəsrì ʾotáxeˈ hòlaˈ č̣ìme.ˈ ʾáni paṯxə̀tla.ˈ ʾan-ṱ-íla pṯìxeˈ ʾač̣mə̀tla.ˈ máṭət ʾɛ-xarɛ́ṯət ʾòtəxˈ hóle ṭɛ́ra díya mútta gu-kàwe.ˈ qám t-qáre ʾax-dìga,ˈ šáqlət mən-d-ó ʾixàlaˈ dɛ́rət qa-ṭɛ̀ra,ˈ ṭɛ́ra bṱ-àxəl.ˈ ṱ-àwreti.ˈ hóla ʾarbí malàpe,ˈ malápe b-rèša.ˈ ʾáy hóla dmìxta.ˈ yómət ʾàrbi b-qɛ́ma.ˈ ʾárbi yomàneˈ dmìxtɛwa,ˈ ṭlìta.ˈ šaqlə̀tleˈ hóle ʾítla kṯàwaˈ xo-réša dìya.ˈ hole-ʾítla qằlunka táma.ˈ bắyət gáršət qalùnka,ˈ bắyət ʾáxlət ʾixàla.ˈ ʾu-šaqlə́tle kṯàwaˈ ʾu-ʾàṯət.ˈ šaqlə̀tluxˈ mən-d-ó ʾixálət ṭɛ̀ra,ˈ dɛ́rət gu-jebànuxˈ ʾu-ṭɛ̀raˈ la-hàru.ˈ šaqlə́tle mattə́tle gu-čàntux,ˈ ʾu-ʾàṯeti.ˈ mə́re p̣uṛmèluxˈ bròni?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ mə́re hàtxa?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ qìmɛle.ˈ zìlɛle.ˈ zìlɛleˈ b-ùrxa.ˈ mə́xyɛle l-ṭùra,ˈ sìqɛle,ˈ ʾáx-t-wewa mìra,ˈ ʾaqláṯə súse díye kúlla prìmla,ˈ də́mma ṣláya bíye dìye.ˈ xuláṣa sìqɛle rəš-ṭúra.ˈ báṯər hádəx šuréle ṣlàyaˈ gu-mə̀lxa.ˈ ʾap-mə̀lxa piḏále.ˈ mṭéle l-án tre-képe t-qítla b-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾáp-ʾani piḏìle.ˈ mṭéle rəš-mìya.ˈ ṯéla tre-bnàṯaˈ qəm-parə́mle rešèy-uˈ pìdle.ˈ xuláṣa ʾáyyət miràli ʾə́lluxˈ kùlla wiḏále.ˈ ṯèle,ˈ zìlle,ˈ šqílle ṭɛ̀raˈ ʾu-ṯèle.ˈ ʾímə ṯèle,ˈ mṭéle kəs-sáwe díye ʾaw-gòṛa,ˈ mṭéle mə̀re,ˈ hóli moṯéli ṭɛ̀ra.ˈ qímɛle šqílɛle xa-pàrra.ˈ mə́xyəlle b-ʾɛ́ne dìye,ˈ ʾɛ́ne dìyeˈ píšela spàyˈ ʾu-hóle xzàya.ˈ mə̀reˈ bròni,ˈ háwya bríxta guṛùṯux.ˈ si-nábəl ṭla-bàbux,ˈ ʾu-básəm bábux bìya.ˈ ʾáw ʾítle ʾúmma dináre gu-jèbe díye,ˈ lɛ́le ṣrìfəlla.ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ dìṛɛle,ˈ zílɛle ʾo-xóne díye t-pàləxˈ ṛìya,ˈ šăvàna.ˈ zílɛle mə́re ṭla-márət ʾə̀rbeˈ mə̀reˈ lá mzabnə́tle ʾáwwa ʾə̀lli?ˈ ʾáwwa šăvànuxˈ là mzabnə́tləlli?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ kəmà zonə́tle?ˈ mə́re b-zonə́nne b-xamšì dináre.ˈ mə́re ʾána yánwale xámši dinàre,ˈ ʾaw t-yálli xámši dinàreˈ mà-yxaləf.ˈ mə́re hàl!ˈ qímɛle yíwle xámši dinàre,ˈ xóne díye šqíla mùṯyəlle.ˈ pyášɛle xámši xène.ˈ zílɛle mə́ṭyɛle l-xóne díye d-o-t-mzabə́nwa kăbàbe.ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw qəm-šaqə̀lleˈ ʾu-xámši dináre xéne hiwìle.ˈ píšle t-la-zùze.ˈ qímela ʾə̀ṯye.ˈ ʾə̀ṯyela,ˈ mə́ṭyela l-qùrbət bɛ́ṯa.ˈ mə́ṭyela l-qúrbət qáṣrət màlka.ˈ xa-bèna,ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-bustàna,ˈ ʾíṯwa xabùše gáwa.ˈ xa-ʾɛ́na be-pàlga-wawa.ˈ ʾó-xoney zóra mə̀reˈ xonăwáṯi ʾána làn dmíxa,ˈ là-b-lɛle,ˈ là-b-yoma.ˈ hóla ṯáya šə̀nṯi,ˈ dàmxən xánči.ˈ manìxəx xáččaˈ ʾu-baʿdḗn ṱ-ásqéxi l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ xa-bèna,ˈ ʾaw-dmìxɛle,ˈ xóna ʾo-gòṛaˈ mòdi mə́re?ˈ mə́re ṭla-d-o-xóne gawàyaˈ qu-dùqle xónux!ˈ xarṭə́xla ʾɛ́ne dìyeˈ ʾu-šaqlə́xle ṭɛ̀ra.ˈ masqə̀xleˈ ṱ-ámrəx ʾàxnix múṯyəlle ṭɛ́ra.ˈ mára qìmɛle,ˈ xóna díya dmìxɛle.ˈ xa-béna ʾə̀ṯyelaˈ dwìqəlle yála.ˈ dwìqəlle,ˈ ʾɛ́ne díye xrìṭəlla,ˈ ʾu-zə́dyəlla tàma.ˈ ʾu-ʾáni sìqela.ˈ sìqela,ˈ mə́ṭye l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ babéy lɛ́le dyála m-áxxa l-àxxa.ˈ mə́re hàˈ muṯélɛxu ṭɛ̀ra?ˈ mə́ra hè.ˈ šuréla mxàyaˈ bìš-ila mráya.ˈ mšuréla mráya ʾɛ́ne dìyeˈ sab-lɛ́le xíla mən-d-ó ʾixàle díye,ˈ hóle gu-jébət xonèy.ˈ mára qìmɛle,ˈ šwìqəlle hádəx.ˈ ṯíṯɛle xa-yàwna.ˈ tíwta rəš-d-ɛ́ ʾilàna,ˈ t-xabùše.ˈ mə́ra ʾə́lle díye xzìˈ ʾə́n-it ṛìša,ˈ màṣyəṯ!ˈ ʾu-ʾə́n-it ṭlìʾa,ˈ ṛùš!ˈ hadíya b-zadrànna gáni,ˈ ṣáli párre mə̀nniˈ kə̀slux.ˈ mjămə̀tla.ˈ maqḏə̀tla.ˈ ʾɛ́nux t-čáppe hóla fə̀llən dúkṯaˈ ʾu-ʾɛ́nux t-yámne hóla fə̀llən dúkṯa.ˈ šaqlə̀tlaˈ mattə́tla b-šopèy.ˈ ʾu-gamṣə́tla ʾánna míyət pàrraˈ b-rešèyˈ tàza.ˈ ʾu-bàsmeti.ˈ yáwna žígən ṯíṯɛla zdírtəlla gàna.ˈ kúlla párre npílela tàma.ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ mjŭ̀məlla-wˈ mùqḏəlla.ˈ šqíləlla ʾɛ́ne dìyeˈ mùttəlla,ˈ xánči pč̣ìle-wela.ˈ və̀rra píšle.ˈ qəm-dɛréla ʾan-mìyaˈ mən-d-an-pàrreˈ rəš-ʾɛ́ne dìye,ˈ bsìmla xánči.ˈ sìqɛle.ˈ sìqɛle,ˈ mə́re ṭla-d-an-nàšeˈ yàbaˈ lá yawítuli xa-šùla,ˈ xa-mə́ndi hàle,ˈ pàlxənˈ be-màlka?ˈ mə̀raˈ čú-pəlxana lìtlən.ˈ bás ʾìtlɛniˈ mtămàztətˈ gómə susăwàṯa,ˈ ta-t-mtăməzə̀tla ʾáni bás.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ qìmɛleˈ ṣə́lya pìšɛleˈ gu-gòma,ˈ knáša ʾu-mšàya,ˈ tagbóre susăwàṯa. mtánəx bud-Parizàda.ˈ Parizáda ṛìšla,ˈ ṭɛ́ra lìṯ.ˈ qìmtɛla,ˈ príxta ṯìṯɛlaˈ báṯər rìxa.ˈ ʾɛ́kɛla ṭɛ́ra díya ṯíṯa tíwta báṯər d-ɛ̀-maṯa.ˈ tìwtɛla,ˈ mxìṯəlla čádra díya.ˈ mə́ra hèyˈ kú-ṱ-ile múṯyəlle ṭɛ̀ri,ˈ ʾána gawrànne.ˈ bas-b-šằrəṭˈ dàx-ile múṯyəlleˈ ʾamə̀rra-lli.ˈ màra,ˈ síqɛle xóna ʾo-gòṛa,ˈ síqɛle mə̀reˈ mə́re zìlən,ˈ šqìlənne,ˈ mùṯyəlle.ˈ mə́ra prúmu rèše!ˈ ʾáwwa prìm réše.ˈ qímɛle ʾo-trè.ˈ qímɛle ʾo-t-trè,ˈ sìqɛle,ˈ mə́re ʾànən múṯyəlle.ˈ mə́ra dàx-it múṯyəlle ʾáti?ˈ mùt-ʾurxət múṯyəlle?ˈ módit xə́zya qam-ɛ̀nux?ˈ módit xə̀zya?ˈ mə́re čù-məndi lan-xə́zya ʾána.ˈ ṭɛ́ra hon-mùṯyəlle,ˈ hòle.ˈ mə́ra prùmle réše díye!ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw réše díye prìma.ˈ píšle ʾɛ̀ni?ˈ píšle ʾó ṱ-íle gu-gómət susăwàṯa.ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ sìqɛle.ˈ yíwla xábra-lle dìyeˈ mə́ra hā́l qə́ṣṣət hàtxɛla.ˈ mə́re ṱ-ásqən ʾàna.ˈ sìqɛle.ˈ və̀rra-wewa,ˈ píša və̀rra.ˈ mə́ra hà,ˈ ʾàtit múṯyəlle ṭɛ́ri?ˈ mə́re hèˈ ʾànən múṯyəlle ṭɛ́rəx.ˈ mə́ra dàxi?ˈ mə̀reˈ ʾíṯwa xa-ṭúrət skinyàṯa.ˈ muttɛ́ṯətwa qámi xa-ṭúrət skinyàṯa.ˈ ʾáw pìḏən-əlle.ˈ xa-ṭúra xéna t-mə̀lxa,ˈ ʾáw pìḏən-əlle.ˈ tə́rte xamáṯa ʾaxwáṯəx ʾə̀ṯyela,ˈ prìmən-əlle réša.ˈ ʾíṯwa nàra,ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw múklən-əlle šwìrən.ˈ ʾíṯwaləx ʾárya l-èy-gotaˈ ʾu-ʾə́zza l-èy-gota.ˈ qam-ʾárya ʾíṯwa gə̀lla.ˈ qam-ʾə́zza ʾíṯwa bə̀sra.ˈ šqílən bə́sra m-kəs-ʾə̀zza,ˈ mútta ṭla-ʾàrya.ˈ ʾu-mən-ʾàryaˈ šqílən gə̀llaˈ múttəlle qa-ʾə̀zza.ˈ wìrən.ˈ ʾarbí-ʾotaxe ʾìṯwaləx.ˈ ʾə̀sri mə́nnaˈ pṯìxe-wawa,ˈ dwìrən-əlla.ˈ ʾu-ʾə́sri mə́nna dwìre-wawa,ˈ pṯìxən-əlla.ˈ ṭɛ́rəx gu-kàwe-wewa.ˈ də́ryən-əlle làqṭaˈ xìlɛle.ˈ wírən gu-bɛ̀ṯəx.ˈ kṯáwəx hon-šqìləlle.ˈ mən-qắlunkəx grìšən.ˈ mən-ʾixála grìšən,ˈ ʾu-ʾarbé-gaye nšìqən-əlləxˈ ʾu-ʾə̀ṯyən.ˈ mə̀raˈ madam-ṱ-íwət ʾáyya wìḏəlla kúlla,ˈ si-mɛ́ṯili qəṣṣə́ttət Wɛ́rda-w Nɛ̀rgis.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ qímɛle ṣə̀lya.ˈ šqílɛle mən-d-ó ʾixàlaˈ də́ryəlle qa-ṭɛ̀ra.ˈ ṭɛ́ra xìlɛle.ˈ šqílɛle mən-párrət ṭɛ̀ra.ˈ mə́xyəlle b-ʾɛ́nət bábe dìye,ˈ bábe díye bsìmɛle.ˈ ʾu-qímɛle lwíša júllə brónət màlkɛle.ˈ lwíšɛle jùlle.ˈ ʾu-sìqɛle.ˈ mə́ra hàyyo,ˈ hàyyo!ˈ madam-ṱ-íwət ʾàti,ˈ hàyyo!ˈ là-ʾazət.ˈ mə̀reˈ na-mùmkən!ˈ mə́re ṱ-àzən,ˈ ʾə́lla mɛṯə́nna qəṣṣə́ttət Wɛ́rda-w Nɛ̀rgis.ˈ mára qìmɛle,ˈ zìlɛle.ˈ zìlɛle,ˈ zìla,ˈ zìla,ˈ zìla.ˈ xa-tré ṭḷá-yomane tíwɛle l-súsa díye ʾu-zìlɛle.ˈ mə́ṭyɛle l-xa-màṯa.ˈ máṯa gòṛtɛla,ˈ mḏíta gòṛtɛla,ˈ málkɛle gáwa dìya.ˈ zílɛle wírɛle gu-d-ɛ̀-maṯa.ˈ píšɛle ʾárxa kəs-xa-báxta sáwta ṱòṱo.ˈ mə́re ʾə́lla dìyaˈ lé-y-yatli xáčča mìya?ˈ qìmtɛla,ˈ yíwtəlle xáčča mìya.ˈ plíṭṭɛla baràya.ˈ jírtɛla gu-qàwwaˈ ʾu-yìwtəlle ʾə́lle díye.ˈ šə̀tyəlle.ˈ ʾaw-mìḏe.ˈ bəd-lə́bbe míya məlxànela.ˈ ha-ṱòṱi,ˈ xázəx ʾánna miyɛ́xu məlxàne.ˈ mə́ra bábi míya lìtlən.ˈ kut-šáwwa yomàneˈ xúwwe marpélən mìya.ˈ mə́ra lìtlən míya.ˈ plíṭli baráya jirìli,ˈ muṯìli-llux.ˈ mə́re dàxi qə́ṣṣət?ˈ dàx litlɛ́xu míya?ˈ mə́ra kut-šáwwa yomàne,ˈ y-áxəl xa-bràta,ˈ qa-t-marpélən mìya,ˈ ja-jálde dáwqəx mìyaˈ qa-tmánya yomàne.ˈ mə́re lá maxzátle ʾə́lli ʾɛ́ka pàləṭ?ˈ mə́ra tə́mməl brátət màlka,ˈ ʾáy masqíla ta-ṱ-axə̀lla,ˈ ʾu-ta-t-maxzɛ́le ʾə́llux ʾɛ̀kɛle.ˈ qímɛle yomət-trè,ˈ síqɛle l-ʾùrxa.ˈ xə̀zyɛle brāt-málka.ˈ mə́re há lɛ̀ka?ˈ mə́ra ṱ-ásqən ta-ṱ-axə́lli xùwwe.ˈ mə́re ʾána ṱ-áṯən mə̀nnəx.ˈ ʾáti xúwwe là ʾaxə́lləx.ˈ ʾína ʾána léyḏən b-ɛ́ni dána ṱ-àṯe xúwwe.ˈ ʾána dàmxən xáčča,ˈ mattə́nne réši rəš-àqləx.ˈ kut-dánət ʾáṯe xùwweˈ mărəšàtli.ˈ mə́ra spày.ˈ mára xa-bèna,ˈ dmìxɛle ʾáw.ˈ dmìxɛle,ˈ wítɛla b-lɛ̀leˈ xúwwe ṯèle.ˈ ʾáy bxèla.ˈ lá ṣbírra mṣuwə̀tla.ˈ bxèla,ˈ ṣléla də́mme rəš-pàṯe.ˈ ṛìšle.ˈ qímɛle ja-jàlde.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle xúwwe ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ béna ʾáwwa ʾíṯwale rùmxa.ˈ kú-rešət xúwwe ṯèle,ˈ qəm-maxèleˈ ʾu-qəm-parə̀mle réše díye.ˈ xúwwe mə́re ʾána làn b-xá-rešaˈ b-šàwwa rešăwáṯən.ˈ ʾaw-mə́re ʾána làn b-xá-rumxa,ˈ b-šáwwa rùmxewən.ˈ kú-rešət ṯèleˈ qəm-parə̀mle.ˈ kú-rešət ṯèleˈ qəm-parə̀mle.ˈ qəm-qaṭə̀lle.ˈ qəm-parə́mla naṯyáṯa d-an-xuwwàwe,ˈ dɛréla gu-čànte.ˈ bráta mòdi wídla?ˈ qəm-maxyála ʾíḏa gu-də̀mmaˈ ʾu-maxyála gu-xáṣe dìye,ˈ gu-xáṣa d-o-yàla.ˈ ʾu-mə́re ṭla-bràtaˈ rùq,ˈ ṣlɛ̀gənˈ mṭɛ́gən nàše.ˈ múr t-lá-šati mən-d-ánna mìya.ˈ ʾánna míya də̀mmaˈ ʾu-nə́zlət xùwwela.ˈ xúwwe qṭìlli.ˈ ʾáyya rìqtɛlaˈ ṣlìṯɛlaˈ hàwərila!ˈ lá šatétu mìya!ˈ lá šatétu mìya!ˈ xúwwele qṭìla!ˈ ʾáxxa-w tàmma.ˈ ʾáni har-ṣràxɛla-biya,ˈ dráya kèpe,ˈ ta-t-ʾàsqaˈ ta-ṱ-axə̀lla xúwwe.ˈ xuwwe qṭìlɛle!ˈ xa-béna hàdəx,ˈ ʾə́ṯyela ṣə̀lye míya,ˈ ʾu-kút-xa mšuréle là-dwaqa míya.ˈ prìqela.ˈ ṣə́lyela míya spàyˈ ṣə̀pye.ˈ xárṯa ʾaw-zílɛle kəs-ṱòṱe díye.ˈ zìlɛle,ˈ mə́re ṭla-ṱóṱe dìyeˈ qəm-qaṭlə̀nne xúwwe.ˈ xáčča ṣápi mìyaˈ ʾu-sógən duq-mìya.ˈ málka yíwle xàbra.ˈ kú-ṱ-ile qṭíləlle xùwweˈ ʾáṯe páyəš màlkaˈ w-ána pɛ́šən wằzir ʾə́lle díye.ˈ xa-bèna,ˈ zílela xákma yàleˈ mə́ra ʾàxnix qṭiləlleˈ w-àxnix qṭíləlle,ˈ ta-dùgle.ˈ bráta márɛla màrmu ṣúdre!ˈ marə́mla ṣùdre,ˈ lɛ́la xzáya ʾíḏa mxíṯa gu-xàṣe.ˈ mára prúmu rèše!ˈ pràməlle réše díye.ˈ ʾárba xámša nàšeˈ har-hàdəx wídla b-réše.ˈ xàrṯa,ˈ mə́re hóle ʾíṯən xàˈ kəs-ṱòṱoˈ sàwta.ˈ bálki ṱ-íle ʾàw.ˈ mára qìmɛle,ˈ yíwɛle xábra ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ zìlɛle,ˈ mə́re ʾàtit qṭíləlle xúwwe?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ múrməlla ṣúdre dìyeˈ xzíṯa ʾíḏət brátət màlkaˈ mxíṯa gu-xáṣe dìye.ˈ mxíṯəlla gu-də̀mma,ˈ mxíṯəlla gu-xàṣe.ˈ mə́ra ʾàwwɛle bábi.ˈ mə́re puš-màlkaˈ ʾu-ʾána pɛ́šən wằzir.ˈ mə́re làʾa.ˈ ʾána ʾíṯ šùla qámi.ˈ ʾána bṱ-àzena.ˈ ʾap-ʾána brónət màlkɛwən,ˈ ʾína ʾítli šùla.ˈ bắyən ṱ-ázən máṭənne šùli.ˈ šúlux mòdile?ˈ mə́re le-y-ʾamrə́nne ṭlàlux.ˈ ʾu-qìmɛleˈ zìlɛleˈ mə́ṭyɛle xa-derùbər,ˈ xa-ʾilána gòṛta,ˈ y-amrə́xla xùra.ˈ simɛ̀rxaˈ simɛ́rxa ʾítla záye gu-qə̀nna.ˈ xa-xùwweˈ hammáša y-asə́qwa y-axə́lwala ʾan-zàye.ˈ ʾo-nàša,ˈ brónət màlka,ˈ módi wìdle?ˈ qəm-qaṭə̀lle ʾo-xúwwe.ˈ qəm-mqadqə̀dleˈ ʾu-dɛréle qam-yálət simɛ̀rxa.ˈ ʾímət qəm-ʾaxlìla,ˈ xére zílle mṭušyàle gáne.ˈ mṭušyàle gáne díyeˈ ta-t-là ʾaxlále simɛ́rxa.ˈ xa-béna hàdəx,ˈ simɛ́rxa ṯìṯɛla.ˈ ṯíṯɛla čarčóre ṣràxaˈ há ríxət náša naxràyɛle.ˈ ʾaw-mṭùšyɛle gáne.ˈ ʾu-ʾánna bnónət simɛ́rxa ṣrìxelaˈ mə́ra hàyyo!ˈ hàyyo!ˈ ʾo-ṱ-íle y-axə́lwala bnònəxˈ hóle qṭìləlle.ˈ ṣríxela tre-ṭḷà-gaye.ˈ mə́ra háyyo plùṭ!ˈ kú-məndit bắyət ʾána t-yànnux.ˈ lɛ̀le plíṭa.ˈ mə́ra waʿdùṯa,ˈ kú-məndit bắyət ʾána ṱ-awḏànnux.ˈ plìṭɛle.ˈ xá-bena ʾə̀ṯyɛle.ˈ mə́ra mòdi bắyət?ˈ mə́re bắyən ṱ-àzena,ˈ nablàtliˈ l-qáṣr Wɛ́rda-w Nɛ̀rgis.ˈ mə́ra măjā́l xa-ʾə́šta šáwwa yòme,ˈ ṱ-axlə́nne xáčča bə̀sraˈ ʾu-ʾəlyáṯət ʾə̀rba,ˈ ʾu-tá-t măčíli pàrri,ˈ ta-t-y-ámṣən mamṭànnux,ˈ rə̀ḥqɛle qáṣra.ˈ mára píšɛle ʾə́šta šáwwa yománe tàma.ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ zìlɛle.ˈ ʾə́šta šáwwa yománe spìrɛle.ˈ ʾu-ṯíṯɛla simɛ̀rxa.ˈ ʾu-mə́ra tu-l-xàṣi.ˈ tíwɛle l-xáṣə simɛ̀rxa,ˈ ṭayyàrɛla.ˈ zílela hal-mə́ṭyela l-qàṣra,ˈ rəš-qàṣra.ˈ mə́ra šqúl ʾanna-tré párri mə̀nni.ˈ ku-dánə sànqət,ˈ maqḏə̀tla,ˈ ʾána ṱ-áṯyən làxxa.ˈ qímɛle šqìla,ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ síqɛle l-xáṣa dìyaˈ ʾu-múč̣məlla ʾɛ́ne dìyeˈ ʾu-zìltɛla.ˈ mə́ra pṯùx ʾɛ́nux!ˈ pṯíxəlla ʾɛ́ne dìyeˈ ʾu-tiweléy rəš-qàṣra.ˈ qáṣra hóle kúlle bə́nya b-qarqupyáṯə nàše.ˈ ʾàyˈ šqíltɛle tré-parre mə́nna dìyaˈ yíwtəlla ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ ʾu-ṯìṯɛla.ˈ dìṛtɛla ʾáy.ˈ xa-bènaˈ ʾàwˈ qímɛle ṣə̀lyɛle.ˈ ṣə̀lyɛle,ˈ də́ryɛle šlàma.ˈ har-Wɛ́rda-w Nɛ̀rgis-ila.ˈ làtla,ˈ lá bnòne,ˈ lá čù-məndi.ˈ ya-b-šɛ́na-w ṭawáṯa ṯèlux!ˈ m-ɛ̀ka ṯélux?ˈ mə́re b-álaha ʾúrxi rə̀ḥqa-wawa.ˈ ṯéli mṭéli láxxa kəslɛ̀xu.ˈ há mòdile šúlux?ˈ mə́re ṯéli bắyən t-yăḏéna qəṣṣəttɛ́xu mòdila,ˈ mòdi lɛ́la.ˈ tanìtula-lli!ˈ mə́ra xzáyət-əlle ʾáwwa qàṣra?ˈ kúlle b-qarqupyàṯa bə́nyɛle.ˈ pyáša xà-kawe.ˈ ʾáyya-ži šōp-rèšux-ila.ˈ ʾáxni ṱ-amrə́xlux qəṣṣəttə̀n-əllux.ˈ ʾu-báṯər priqálən qəṣṣə̀ttənˈ réšux pɛrmə̀xleˈ mattə́xle gu-d-àyya káwe.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ ʾax-băyìtu.ˈ mə́re xázəx mšàro,ˈ qə́ṣṣət diyɛ́xu mòdila?ˈ mára qímtɛla Nɛ̀rgis,ˈ mšurɛ́ṯɛla páya lə̀xma,ˈ lyáša lə̀xma.ˈ Wɛ́rda šqílɛle xa-qɛ́sət harmónta rìxa,ˈ mə́xyɛle gu-xàṣa.ˈ mə́re pɛ́šət xa-sùsta.ˈ píšla sùsta.ˈ tíwɛle l-xáṣa dìya-wˈ zílɛle gu-ʾaqàraˈ gu-gə̀llaˈ ʾáxxa-w tàmma,ˈ ʾu-mùṯyəlla.ˈ mə́re brōn-málka ʾə́lle dìyeˈ mə̀reˈ wùdla xá-bena xétaˈ t-dɛ̀ṛa xá-bena xéta.ˈ mə́re bắyət dɛ̀ṛa?ˈ mə́xyəlla ṭḷá šarbəṭáne xéne t-qɛ̀se,ˈ mə́xyɛle ʾə̀lla.ˈ díṛtɛla píštɛla hàdəx.ˈ qímtɛla ʾàp-ʾayˈ mxíṯɛla ʾə́lle dìye,ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw píšɛle dawɛ̀ra,ˈ ʾu-tíwtɛla l-xáṣe dìye.ˈ ʾu-zìltɛlaˈ maxḏórəlle gu-ʾaqàra.ˈ xá-bena hàdəx,ˈ mə́re mắdərre xṭíṯi dìye,ˈ lá-wudle hàdəx.ˈ qímtɛla mxíṯɛla ṭḷá-qɛse xène,ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw dìṛɛle.ˈ píštɛla lɛ̀le.ˈ ʾíṯwala xmə́rta t-šə̀nṯa.ˈ mattáwala rəš-ṣádrət Wɛ̀rda.ˈ ʾu-y-azáwa ʾíṯwa hambišàye y-amrə́xla.ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-gə́ppa gáwe díye ʾàrbi hambišáye.ˈ y-azàwa,ˈ y-atwáwa gawèy,ˈ xamláwa mənnèy,ˈ ʾu-y-aṯyàwa.ˈ xà-yoma,ˈ yóma t-trè,ˈ yóma t-ṭḷàṯa,ˈ ʾaw-yála qímle npílle bàraˈ zìlleˈ mə́re xázəx lɛ̀kɛla zála.ˈ zílle ʾína xazéla hóla gu-d-án hambišàye,ˈ mṭawòle mə́nna díya.ˈ yómət ʾàrpa,ˈ qímɛle šqíləlla xmə̀rta,ˈ múttəlla rəš-ṣádra dìya.ˈ ʾáy ṭlìtɛla.ˈ qímɛle zìlɛle.ˈ qṭíləlla ʾan-ʾárbi hambišàye.ˈ ʾu-də́ryəlla naṯyaṯèy,ˈ prìməlla-wˈ də́ryəlla gu-xúrje dìye.ˈ ʾu-ʾə̀ṯyɛle.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle síqa l-gàre.ˈ síqa l-gàreˈ ʾu-qḏíxilla ʾan-tre-pàrre,ˈ ʾu-xárṯa simɛ́rxa ṯìṯɛla.ˈ simɛ́rxa ṯìṯɛla-wˈ tíwɛle l-xáṣət simɛ̀rxa-wˈ xa-bèna,ˈ ʾə̀ṯyɛle.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle ta-ṱ-ázəl bɛ́ṯe dìye.ˈ ʾu-ṛíšɛle Wɛ̀rda,ˈ wíḏɛle gáne ʾax-nə̀šra.ˈ ʾu-ṣə́ṭyɛle bára dìya.ˈ ṣə́ṭyɛle bára dìyaˈ ta-t-maxèle.ˈ xa-béna Parizáda ṣrìxtɛla.ˈ plíṭṭɛla ʾáp-ʾay gu-hàwa.ˈ zìltɛla,ˈ mə́ra lá-daqrət bíye dìye.ˈ xə̀tnux-ile.ˈ lá-daqrət bíye dìyeˈ xə̀tnux-ile.ˈ ʾu-qìmɛle,ˈ dìṛɛle Wɛ́rdaˈ zíla l-qàṣre.ˈ ʾu-ʾap-ʾàwˈ ʾə̀ṯyɛle,ˈ muttɛ́ṯəlle kəs-bɛ́ṯa dìya.ˈ m-táma-w hòdəx,ˈ tíwɛle l-xáṣə súse dìyeˈ ʾə́ṯyɛ díṛa l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ díṛɛle l-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ Parizáda mə̀raˈ qəm-mɛṯə́tla qəṣṣə̀tta?ˈ mə́re kúlla muṯyáli qəṣṣə̀tta.ˈ bắyət ṱ-amrə̀nne-lləx?ˈ mə́ra lá, là,ˈ lá mùrra ʾə́lli.ˈ ʾána mp̣uṛmàli,ˈ hot-mùṯyəlla.ˈ ʾu-gánux bàsma-wˈ b-gawrànnux.ˈ qíme m-táma hòdəx,ˈ gwírela ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾu-šwiqáli tàmaˈ ʾu-ṯéli làxxa.ˈ

Translation:

There was once a king. He had three sons. The king became advanced in age, he became about sixty or seventy years old and became blind, that is he became sightless. He said to his sons ‘My sons, cure me! Find a remedy for my eyes, so that I can see people and the things around me. I have become blind. I can no longer see and I cannot walk.’ He gave each of them money. He gave each of them a hundred dinars. He said ‘Go and bring a remedy for my eyes.’ The three sons of his set off and went on their way. The three sons of his went on their way in the world, searching in order to find the remedy for the eyes of their father. They travelled and arrived in a certain town. The eldest one said ‘I shall remain here in this town.’ ‘What will you do?’ He said ‘I’ll find a job and I’ll make inquires in order to find a remedy for the eyes of my father.’ He went off and met a person who was making kebabs. He said ‘Now, I want to work with you. Will you employ me?’ He said ‘Yes, why not?’ He said ‘How much will you give me?’ He said ‘I shall give you fifty dinars each month. Each month I shall give you fifty dinars, now work with these labourers.’ He said ‘Fine.’ The eldest one remained there. The other two went off. The two went off. Also the middle one came to a town and said ‘My brother, I also shall stay here and ask for a job, in order to find a job here, and for us to ask about a remedy for my father. He went off and found a shepherd. In ancient Syriac this is called _ʾiya_ (‘shepherd’), _ʾiyət ʾəṛbe_ (‘a shepherd of sheep’). He said ‘I want to become a shepherd, a shepherd. Don’t you want me?’ He said ‘Why not? We’ll give you fifty dinars every month.’ He said ‘Fine.’ He also stayed there. That left the young one. He went on the road. He went along for six or seven days and came upon an old man, whose beard reached the ground. He greeted him and said ‘Greetings to you, my old man, (you have) a place (like that of) my father (in my respect).’ He said ‘How are things, my son? What do you want?’ He said ‘Indeed, I want to go (on a journey). I have heard of the story of Warda and Nargis. Parizada has a bird. I’ll put some of the feathers of that bird in the eyes of my father and the eyes of my father will be cured, since he is a king and has become blind, he is eighty years old.’ He said ‘Yes, my son. Let me tell you something. I’ll give you some advice. Now, do not oppose (me), do not do anything else without my advice. I also am an old man and my eyes have also deteriorated. Perhaps you will go and find the bird of Parizada and bring it back to me, so that I also can put it in my eyes, so that they will be cured. But, there are conditions. You must know what these conditions are.’ He said ‘What are they? Tell them to me.’ He said ‘I’ll tell them to you and they must be abided by.’ He said ‘Tell (me)’. He said ‘There is a mountain. You should go up the mountain, it is all (covered in) knives. When you are going up, you and your horse, if your horse wants to stop, do not let him stop. Strike him so that he will go up and cross over that mountain. When he has crossed over the mountain, he will go down. Down hill it is all salt. (When) the legs of your horse have become wounded, he will get salt on his legs and will screech. You should cross also that mountain. When going down into that valley, two large mill-stones will knock together. The one that is on the back of the mule will fall down. A pregnant woman will give birth because of the stones that knock together. You should go down to the water. You will see two girls, who will come and bring coffee. Do not accept the coffee from them. You should strike your sword into their neck and cut off their head. You should remember me. Pray over the water. The water will become (divided into) two parts. It will stop. You should cross the water. Then you will arrive at the palace of Parizada. It consists of forty rooms. There is lion on this side and a she-goat on the other side. Before the lion there is grass and before the she-goat there is meat. Take the meat from before the goat and put it before the lion. Take the grass from the lion and offer it to the she-goat. Then, you should enter. Twenty rooms are closed. You should open these. Close the ones that are open. You will reach the last room. Her bird is situated in the window (there). Before it calls out like a cock, take some of the food and place it before the bird. The bird will eat. Then, you should enter. There are forty sheets, forty sheets on top of her. She is asleep. On the fortieth day she will get up. She has been lying down, asleep, for forty days. She has a book under her head—you should take it. She has a pipe there. (If) you want to smoke a pipe, or want to eat food (it is there). You should take the book and come back. Take some of the food of the bird and put it in your pockets, the bird will not speak (in protest). Take it and put in in your bag and come back.’ He said ‘Have you understood my son?’ He said ‘Yes’. He said ‘Is that so?’ He said ‘Yes’. He went off. He went off on the road. He travelled to the mountain. He went up and, as he had said, the legs of his horse were all cut and blood flowed down it. In the end, he went up onto the mountain and afterwards began to come down in the salt. He crossed also the salt. He reached the two stones that knocked together. He passed also these. He reached the water. Two girls came and he cut off their head. In short, he did everything that I have said to you. He came back, then went and took the bird, then returned. When he returned, he came to his elderly man, the old one, he came and said ‘I have brought the bird.’ He took a feather. He put it on his eyes and his eyes became well, he was able to see. He said ‘My son, may your bravery be blessed. Go and take it to your father and cure your father with it.’ He has the hundred dinars in his pocket, he has not spent them. He returned and went to the brother of his who was working as a shepherd. He went and said to the owner of the sheep, he said ‘Won’t you sell me this man? Won’t you sell to me this shepherd of yours?’ He said ‘Yes. How much will you buy him for?’ He said ‘I shall buy him for fifty dinars’. He said ‘(Since) I gave for him fifty dinars and he will give me fifty dinars, that’s fine.’ He said ‘Give (them to me)!’ He gave him fifty dinars, took his brother and brought him back. The other fifty remained. He went off and came to his brother who was selling kebabs. He took him also and gave away the other fifty dinars. He became penniless. They came back. They came back and came near to home. They came near to the palace of the king. Now, there was a garden, in which there were apples. In the middle there was a spring. The young brother among them said ‘My brothers, I have not slept, neither at night nor during the day. I am feeling sleepy, I’ll sleep a little. Let’s rest a little, then we shall go up to our home’. He said ‘Fine.’ Then, while he slept, what did the eldest brother say? He said to the middle brother ‘Come, seize your brother. Let’s gouge out his eye and take the bird. We shall take it up (home) and say that it is we who have brought the bird.’ Now, their brother went to sleep. Then they came and seized the boy. They seized him and gouged out his eyes, and threw them over there. They went up, went up, and reached home. Their father did not see from here to here. He said ‘Oh, have you brought the bird?’ They said ‘Yes’. They started to put it (on his eyes), but they hurt more (than before). His eyes began to hurt since they had not eaten any of its food, which was in the pocket of their brother. The story goes, they left him like that. A dove came and sat on the apple tree. It said to him (the youngest brother) ‘Look, if you are awake, listen! If you are asleep, wake up! Now I shall shake myself and feathers will fall from me near you. Gather them and burn them. Your left eye is in such-and-such place and your right eye is in such-and-such a place. Take them and put them in their place. Then wring out well the water of the feather upon them and you will be cured.’ The dove came and shook herself. All the feathers fell down there. He gathered them up and burnt them. He took his eyes and put them (back in their place). They were rather crooked. He became squint-eyed. He applied the water from the feathers to his eyes and they were cured to some extent. He went up and said to the people ‘Won’t you give me a job, something or other, so that I can work in the house of the king’. They said ‘We have no work. But we do have (the job of ) cleaning the horse stable basement, cleaning them out, that’s all (we have).’ He said ‘Fine’. He went down and stayed in the basement, sweeping and polishing, looking after the horses. We shall tell now of Parizada. Parizada woke up (and saw that) the bird was not there. She flew after the smell (of the bird). She came and settled behind the village where her bird was. She settled and set up her tent. She said ‘Hey, I’ll marry whoever has brought back my bird, but on condition that he tells me how he has brought it back’. Now, the eldest brother came up and said, he said ‘I went and took it and brought it back’. She said ‘Cut off his head!’ His head was cut off. The second one got up. The second one got up and came up and said ‘It was me who brought it back’. She said ‘How did you bring it back? By what way did you bring it back? What did you see before your eyes. What did you see?’ He said ‘I did not see anything. I have brought back the bird, that’s all.’ She said ‘Cut off his head!’ Also his head was cut off. Who was left? There remained the one who was in the horse stable. He went up. They passed the word on to him and said ‘The situation is like this’. He said ‘I’ll go up’. He went up. He was squint-eyed. He had become squint-eyed. She said ‘Ha, was it you who brought back my bird?’ He said ‘Yes. It was me who brought back your bird’. She said ‘How?’ He said ‘There was a mountain of knives. You had placed before me a mountain of knives. I crossed it. There was another mountain of salt and I crossed that. Two young women like you came and I cut off their head. There was a river, I stopped it and and jumped over. You had a lion on this side and a she-goat on that side. Before the lion there was grass. Before the she-goat there was meat. I took the meat from the she-goat and laid it down for the lion. From the lion I took the grass and I laid it down for the she-goat. I entered. You had forty rooms. Twenty of them were open and I closed them. Twenty of them were closed and I opened them. Your bird was in the window. I offered it some food and it ate it. I entered your house. I took your book. I smoked your pipe. I took some food. I kissed you four times and came back.’ She said ‘If you have done all of this, go and bring me the story of Warda and Nargis.’ He said ‘Fine’. He went down, he took some of the food and offered it to the bird. The bird ate it. He took a feather of the bird. He put it on the eyes of his father and his father was cured. Then he put on the clothes of the son of a king. He put on his clothes and went up. She said ‘Come, come. Since it is you. Come, don’t go’. He said ‘That’s impossible’. He said ‘I shall go. I must bring the story of Warda and Nargis.’ The story goes: He set off and went on his way, he sat on his horse one, two, three days and went on his way. He arrived at a village. It was a large village. It was a large town. The king was (resident) in it. He went and entered that village. He became the guest of an old woman. He said to her ‘Won’t you give me a little water?’ She got up and gave him some water. She went outside, urinated in a pot and gave it to him. He drank it. He did not know. He thought the water was salty. ‘Hey, my old woman, this water of yours seems to be salty.’ She said ‘My dear, we have no water. Every seven days a snake releases water for us.’ She said ‘We do not have water. I went outside and urinated it, then brought it to you.’ He said ‘What is the story? How is it that you do not have water?’ She said ‘Every seven days, it eats a girl, in order for it to release water and we quickly gather water for eight days’. He said ‘Won’t you show me where it comes out?’ She said ‘Tomorrow they will take up the daughter of the king in order for it to eat her and in order to show you where it is.’ He got up the next day and went up on the road. He saw the daughter of the king. He said ‘Hey, where (are you going) to?’ She said ‘I am going up in order for the snake to eat me.’ He said ‘I shall come with you. The snake will not eat you. But I do not know at what time the snake will come. I shall sleep a little. I shall put my head on your leg. As soon as the snake comes, wake me.’ She said ‘Fine!’ The story goes: Then he lay down to sleep. He went to sleep. He went to sleep and during night the snake came. She wept. She did not dare to speak. She wept and the tears fell on his face. He woke up. He quickly got up. The snake came to him. Now, he had a spear. He struck each head of the snake that came (his way) and cut its head off. The snake said ‘I do not have just one head, I have seven heads.’ He said ‘I do not have one spear’, I have seven spears’. Every head that came to him he cut off. Every head that came to him he cut off. He killed it. He cut off the ears of those snakes and put them in his bag. What did the girl do? She put her hand in the blood and then put it on his back, on the back of that boy. He said to the girl ‘Run, go down to the people. Tell them not to drink this water. This water is the blood and pus of the snake. I have killed the snake.’ She ran down (crying) ‘Beware! Do not drink the water! Do not drink the water! The snake has been killed!’, and so forth. Yet they shouted at her, throwing stones at her, (telling) her to go up for the snake to eat her. ‘The snake is killed!’ Shortly afterwards the water came down. Everybody began (to agree) not to gather water. It finished. Then good, pure water came down. Later he went to his old woman. He went and said to his old woman ‘I have killed the snake. Shortly the water will become pure, then go and gather water.’ The king made an announcement ‘Whoever has killed the snake, let him come and become king. I shall become the vizier for him.’ Then some boys went and said ‘We killed it. We killed it’, (telling) lies. The girl says ‘Lift up his shirt!’ He lifts up his shirt and they do not see a (mark of a) hand placed on his back. She says ‘Cut off his head!’ They cut off his head. They did the same to the head of four or five other people. Then he said ‘There is somebody at the home of the old woman. Perhaps it is him.’ The story goes: He went and delivered the message to him. He went and said ‘Was it you who killed the snake?’ He said ‘Yes’. She lifted up his shirt and saw (the mark of) the hand of the king’s daughter placed on his back. She had placed it in the blood and put it on his back. She said ‘It is him, father’. He said ‘Become king and I shall become the vizier.’ He said ‘No. I have a job to do. I must go. I also am the son of a king, but I have a job. I want to go to my job.’ ‘What is your job?’ He said ‘I shall not tell you.’ He went off and came to a wood, to a large tree, which we call a poplar. (There was) a _simarxa_ bird, a _simarxa_, which had fledglings in the nest.’ A snake always used to go up and eat the fledglings. That man, the son of the king, what did he do? He killed that snake. He chopped it up and put it before the young of the _simarxa_. When they had eaten them, he quickly went and hid himself. He hid himself, so that the _simarxa_ would not eat him. Shortly afterwards the _simarxa_ came. She came, screeching and crying ‘Ha, there is the smell of a foreign man’. He was hidden. The young of the _simarxa_ cried out and said ‘Come! Come! He has killed the one who used to eat your young.’ They cried two or three times. She said ‘Come out! I’ll give you anything you want.’ He did not come out. She said ‘I promise, I’ll do for you anything you want.’ He came out and came (to her)’. She said ‘What do you want?’ He said ‘I want to go, (I want) you to take me to the palace of Warda and Nargis. She said ‘(Give me) the space of six or seven days, so that I can eat some meat and tail-fat of sheep, so that my feathers will regrow, so that I can take you, since the palace is far away. The story goes: He stayed six or seven days there, then went off. He waited six or seven days, then the _simarxa_ came. She said ‘Sit on my back’. He sat on the back of the _simarxa_. She was (like) an aeroplane. They went until they arrived at the palace, on top of the palace. She said ‘Take from me these two feathers of mine. Whenever you need (me), burn them and I shall come here’. He took them and said ‘Fine’. He went up onto her back and closed his eyes. She went off. She said ‘Open your eyes! He opened his eyes. They settled on top of the palace. The palace was built completely of human skulls. She took two feathers from her and gave them to him. She went back, she returned. Then he went down. He went down and offered his greetings. Only Warda and Nargis were there. They had no children, nothing. ‘Welcome! Where have you come from?’ He said ‘By God, my journey was long. I have come here to your home.’ ‘Well, what is your business?’ He said ‘I have come seeking to know what your story is. Tell it to me. They said ‘Do you see this palace? It is all built of skulls. One gap remains. That is the place of your head. We shall tell you our story and after we have finished our story, we shall cut off your head and put it in this gap’. He said ‘Fine. As you like.’ He said ‘Let’s see, start (telling), what is your story?’ The story goes: Nargis got up and began to bake bread, to knead bread. Warda took a long pomegranate stick and struck it on her back. He said ‘You shall become a mare’. She became a mare. He sat on her back and went off into the meadow, in the grass, here and there, and brought her back.’ The son of the king said to him, he said ‘Do it once again, so that she turns back again’. He said ‘Do you want to turn back?’ He hit her with three other wooden canes, he struck her. She turned back to what she was. Also she struck him and he became a mule and she sat on his back. She went and drove him round the meadow. After a while he said ‘Make him come back, I feel sorry for him. Do not make him like that’. She struck him three more strokes and he also turned back. It became night. She had a bead of sleep. She used to put it on the chest of Wɛrda and go to what we call _hambišaye_ (‘giants’). There was a cave in which there were forty giants. She would go and sit among them and make merry with them. Then she would come back. One day, the next day and the day after, the boy went and followed her. He said ‘Let’s see where she is going.’ He went off and saw her among the giants, playing with them. The fourth day he took the bead and put it on her chest. She slept. He went off and killed those forty giants. He put their ears—he cut them off and put them in his saddle bag. He came back. He came back and went up to the roof. He went up to the roof and kindled the two feathers. Then the _simarxa_ came. The _simarxa_ came and he sat on the back of the _simarxa_. Then he came back, he came back to go to his home. Wardawoke up and made himself like an eagle and swooped down after her. He swooped after her to strike him. Then Parizada shouted and she also went out into the air. She went and said ‘Do not touch him. He is your son-in-law. Do not touch him. He is your son-in-law. Warda returned and went back to his palace. He (the king’s son) also returned back, she put him in her home. Afterwards he sat on the back of his horse and returned home. He returned home and Parizada said ‘Have you brought the story?’ He said ‘I have brought the whole story. Do you want me to tell it to you?’ She said ‘No, no, don’t tell me. I understand that you have brought it. Well done! I shall marry you. Then they were married to one another. I have left it there and come here.