Barwar: The Tale of Mərza Pămət

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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	ʾáwwa Mə́rza Pằmətˈ plíša-wewa mən-mḏíte dìye.ˈ xá gáwṛa xɛlána-w zàxma wéwa.ˈ lá qəm-mattúla qam-màlka.ˈ plíṭle l-ṭùra.ˈ plíṭle mxéle l-ṭùra,ˈ ʾu-y-áwəḏwa genawùṯaˈ ʾu-qačaxùṯaˈ ʾu-qaṭə́lwa nàše,ˈ rába ẓalə̀mwa.ˈ píšle har-gu-ṭùra,ˈ xméle gu-ṭùra.ˈ ʾu-y-asə́qwa l-ṣɛ̀da,ˈ mɛṯéwa ṭɛ́re ʾu-heywàne,ˈ mɛṯéwa məndiyàne,ˈ mɛṯéwa gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ xà-yomaˈ sìqleˈ l-ṣɛ̀da,ˈ tfìqleˈ xa-ʾàrya bíye díye.ˈ tfíqle xa-ʾàrya bíye díye,ˈ zílle ṭáləb ʾàrya.ˈ ʾíṯwale ʾàsbabˈ tópe xɛlànta ʾíṯwale.ˈ dwíqɛle ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ ʾu-mùṯyəlle.ˈ dwíqɛle qa-ʾàryaˈ ʾu-mùṯyəlle.ˈ də́ryəlle gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ʾítle qàṣra.ˈ hóle mubə́nyəlle qáṣra góṛa trè ṭabáqe.ˈ xa-béna hádəx ʾu-zìlla dánaˈ ʾu-ṯèla.ˈ síqle dwíqle də̀bba.ˈ dwìqle,ˈ kùl-tăhər heywáne dwíqle.ˈ muṯéle kúlla gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ tíwle l-xóḏe díye tămàha.ˈ ʾan-heywáne hóla tămàha.ˈ ʾu-tèlaˈ qìmleˈ mə́re ṱ-amrə́nnɛxu gàllək náše,ˈ gàllək heywáne.ˈ mə́re ʾáxni heywànewəxˈ ʾăwáha bəṛ-nàšɛle.ˈ ʾáxni hox-xmála b-ġḏàḏe,ˈ ʾáw xa-l-xóḏe díye tămàha.ˈ lɛ̀le xmála.ˈ xá-mənnən lázəm páyəš gòṛaˈ ta-t-mtagə́brəxle ʾo-nàša.ˈ mə́re har-ʾàti.ˈ xákma mə́re ʾàrya,ˈ xákma mə́re də̀bba,ˈ xákma mə́re nə̀mra,ˈ xákma mə́re har-ʾàti.ˈ mə́re ʾàna?ˈ mə́ra hè.ˈ mə́ra šə́mmux ʾíle Ḥasan-Àġa.ˈ Ḥasan-Àġa?ˈ mə́ra hè,ˈ Ḥasan-Àġa.ˈ ya-Ḥasan-Àġa,ˈ ráyux mòdila?ˈ mə́re xzo-ṱ-amrənnɛ̀xu.ˈ ʾăwáha ṱ-ile xóḏe díye băyéle bàxta.ˈ lázəm ʾázəx mɛ́ṯəxle bàxta.ˈ ʾína ʾáxxa ʾíṯən šurū̀ṭ.ˈ šárṭux mòdila?ˈ mə́re ṭla-də̀bba.ˈ də̀bba,ˈ băyə́nnəx xəlā̀lˈ xà-šabṯaˈ ʾàzətˈ dáwqət xa-ʾə̀rba.ˈ ʾu-mpalṭátle bə̀sra.ˈ maṯyátle bə́sra làxxa,ˈ ṱ-axlə̀xle.ˈ ʾu-ʾáwwa gə́lda díye nablàtleˈ kəs-zarìngər.ˈ mə́re kut-mə̀staˈ xa-zága dáryət bìya.ˈ yátla qa-d-àniˈ ʾína gə̀ldəx šalxə́nne.ˈ xəlā́l tmanyà yománeˈ lázəm maṯyàtliˈ gə́lda hàdəx.ˈ dáx lítlux xàṭər,ˈ Ḥásan ʾÀġa.ˈ də́bba zìltɛla.ˈ də́bba zìltɛla,ˈ zílta zìlta,ˈ xzíṯɛla xa-ʾə̀rba-wˈ ʾu-muṯɛ̀ṯəllɛla.ˈ ʾu-qìmela.ˈ də́bba ʾíla ṭabbàxta,ˈ yáʿni mbašàlta.ˈ ʾu-ʾàryaˈ xa-gòtɛleˈ ʾu-nə́mra xa-gòta,ˈ ʾánna ḥurrā̀s-ila.ˈ ʾu-ʾánna xène,ˈ heywáne xène,ˈ ʾáni kùllaˈ gu-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ lítla ču-šùla.ˈ mára də́bba muṯɛ́ṯəlla ʾay-wàna,ˈ ʾu-xìləlle bə́sra-wˈ qímtɛla šqíltɛla ʾo-gə̀lda-wˈ nobàltəlleˈ kəs-zarìngər.ˈ zarìngərˈ qímɛle wìḏɛleˈ kut-mə́sta zàga də́ryəlleˈ ʾu-mùṯyəlle.ˈ mùṯyəlle,ˈ híwtəllɛla ṭla-tèla.ˈ mə́re ṭla-də̀bba.ˈ xzà!ˈ ʾàtiˈ lawšátle ʾáwwa gə̀ldaˈ l-gànəx.ˈ ʾu-ʾànaˈ marəqḏə̀nnəx.ˈ ṱ-ázəx gu-mḏìta.ˈ ʾána marəqḏə̀nnəx,ˈ ʾu-ʾáti də-ráqḏət šɛšátla gànəx.ˈ brátət màlka,ˈ pálṭa l-gàre.ˈ símarxa ṱ-áṯya šaqlàla.ˈ ʾu-maṯyàlaˈ ta-t-magurə́xla Mə́rza Pằmət.ˈ mə́ra dáx lítlux xàṭər,ˈ Ḥásan ʾÀġa.ˈ xa-bèna,ˈ zìlela.ˈ simàrxaˈ wíḏtɛla gána hàzər.ˈ simárxa yằḏət módila?ˈ ṭɛ̀rɛlaˈ ʾap-ʾày.ˈ ʾu-xa-bènaˈ simàrxaˈ zíltɛla xḏàraˈ rəš-mḏìta.ˈ ʾu-də̀bbaˈ ʾu-tèlaˈ zálela hédi hèdiˈ mášila zála də̀bba.ˈ zíltɛla qam-tắrət qáṣrət màlka,ˈ ʾu-mṭašóyəlla gána hàtxaˈ tá-t brátət málka t-ásqa rəš-gàre.ˈ ʾína gu-panjára gášqa xàzyaˈ mòdileˈ módi lɛ̀le.ˈ mára téla har-mxàyɛle ʾə́lla díya-wˈ ṣràxɛle.ˈ ʾay-wàḏtɛlaˈ năra-nắra dìyaˈ ʾu-ʾáw zmàrɛle bíya.ˈ xa-bènaˈ brátət màlkaˈ plíṭṭɛla l-gàre.ˈ dax-ṱ-íla plíṭṭa l-gàre,ˈ ʾo-simárxa mxíṯəlla gána ʾə́lla díya ʾu-muṯɛ̀ṯəlla-wˈ kəs-Mə́rza Pằmət.ˈ xa-bènaˈ bréla hàwərˈ díya ʾáxxa l-tàmmaˈ ʾu-báṯər tèla-wˈ báṯər də̀bba,ˈ ríqla mṭéla l-qàṣra,ˈ qáṣrət Mə́rza Pằmət.ˈ ʾímət mṭéla tàma,ˈ qəm-xazɛ́la-ʾay táma kə́sle dìyeˈ ʾu-bèla ʾə́lle díye,ˈ ʾu-píšla báxta mə́nne dìye.ˈ zílla xa-fàtra,ˈ ṭḷáṯa ʾarpà-yarxeˈ mə́nne dìye.ˈ ʾaw-kút-yom y-asə́qwa l-ṣɛ̀da.ˈ mɛṯéwa ʾilànaˈ rəš-rušáne dìye.ˈ zàxma-wewa.ˈ ʾu-tăhɛ́rət ṭɛ̀re réša,ˈ qəqwàne-uˈ yàwne-uˈ məndiyáne rábe.ˈ ʾu-mɛṯéwala ṭla-d-án heywàneˈ ʾu-ṱ-axlìwa.ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw y-axə̀lwa.ˈ ʾu-mšuréla ʾáp-ʾay xála mə́nna dìya.ˈ pìšlaˈ xá-ʾəšta šáwwa yàrxe,ˈ málka mə̀re,ˈ ʾànaˈ kut-dax-ṱ-íla bràti,ˈ bắyən ʾɛ̀ni mɛ́ṯela.ˈ kút mɛ̀ṯelaˈ t-yánne zúze ràba.ˈ màlkɛle dé.ˈ xáʾa ṱóṱo sèreˈ mə́ra ʾàna maṯyánne.ˈ mə́ra ʾána maṯyànnaˈ ʾu-xazə̀tla.ˈ ʾína ʾítli ḥaqqùṯi.ˈ mə́re dax-lítləx xàṭər.ˈ mára tíwtɛla gu-lìna.ˈ lìne,ˈ maṭə́rya masìneˈ y-amrə̀xwala.ˈ yáʿni ʾàyˈ hălikòptər y-áwa,ˈ ṭla-d-áw zàwna.ˈ mára tíwtɛla gáwe dìye,ˈ ṯíṯɛla qúrbət qáṣrət Mə́rza Pằmət.ˈ mṭušɛ́ṯəlle lína dìyaˈ ʾap-plíṭṭɛla m-gáwe dìye.ˈ ʾòy!ˈ ʾòy!ˈ ʾòy!ˈ mà-ləx?ˈ mṭíṯɛla l-qàṣra.ˈ ʾárya hóle l-xà-gotaˈ ʾu-nə́mra xà-gota.ˈ ṣríxɛle kút-xa ṭla-gàneˈ bắyi ṱ-axlìla.ˈ Ḥásan ʾÁġa rap-ʾíḏe l-dăbànje.ˈ ʾámər mà-lɛxu?ˈ lɛ́tu xə́zye bəṛ-nàša?ˈ ma-lɛ̀xu?ˈ hédi, hédi xázəx mằnila ʾáyya.ˈ qímela mára mbùrxəlla,ˈ mbùqrəlla,ˈ mə́re ha-xḕr?ˈ mòdila?ˈ mə́ra čù məndí.ˈ ʾána hón naxrɛ̀ṯa láxxa.ˈ lítli náša ʾáxxa-w támma bắyən ṱ-áṯyən làxxa,ˈ kəslɛ̀xu,ˈ xàmyən.ˈ hay-wùr!ˈ wìrtɛla,ˈ píštɛla xà-yarxa táma.ˈ díya, díya, dìya,ˈ ʾáxxa l-tàmma,ˈ bắya t-yằḏaˈ dáx mašərṭála ʾayya-bràtaˈ t-màlka,ˈ ta-t-nablàla.ˈ mə́ra ʾɛ́ni mənnɛ́xu wằkilˈ d-áwwa bɛ̀ṯa?ˈ Ḥásan ʾÁġa mə́re ʾàna.ˈ mòdi bắyət?ˈ de-xúr b-yàha,ˈ dé xzòla.ˈ mítla m-šə̀xta.ˈ ʾánna ʾəštá-yarxe lɛ́la xìpta.ˈ də-sógo xa-mənnɛ́xu xayə̀pla!ˈ mə́re ʾáxni lɛ́le šùlən.ˈ har-sa-xúpla ʾáti b-gànəx!ˈ qìmtɛla,ˈ šqìltəlla,ˈ nubàltəllaˈ hédi, hédi, hédi, ta-t-xɛpàla.ˈ ʾu-dríṯəlla gu-d-o-lìna.ˈ ʾu-xa-bènaˈ mupràxtəllaˈ nubáltəlla l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ nubáltəlla l-bɛ́ṯət bába dìya.ˈ Ḥásan ʾÁġa spárɛle ta-t-dɛ̀ṛaˈ ʾu-spárɛle ta-t-dɛ̀ṛa,ˈ lìṯ.ˈ zílla bára dìyaˈ ta-t-xazɛ̀la,ˈ ʾína la-har-ču-dúkṯa lìṯwa.ˈ hóla príxta zìlta.ˈ ʾámər Ḥásan ʾÀġa,ˈ mə́re qu-mrázəg gánəx də̀bba.ˈ mə́ra dàxi ʾayya-béna?ˈ mə́re ʾána t-làwšənˈ w-áti marqə̀dli,ˈ ta-t-la-ʾámri har-ʾánna qamàyela.ˈ ʾu-hadíya brátət màlkaˈ har-xázya ʾáxni zmára-w rqàḏaˈ ʾáy jal-jálde ṱ-ásqa l-gàre.ˈ mára qímela zìle.ˈ téla lwíšəllɛle gáne díye ʾo-gə̀ldaˈ ʾo-béna gòṛɛle.ˈ hóle rínga rínga gáwət ṭína ʾu-tə̀qnaˈ zílɛle mə́ṭyɛle qáṣrət màlka.ˈ mšurɛ́ṯɛla də́bba mxàyəlleˈ hàwərˈ warwàrtɛla-wˈ ʾu-ṣràxɛla-wˈ mòdila?ˈ mòdila?ˈ háyyo xzògən.ˈ də́bba marqóḏe tèla.ˈ də́bba marqóḏe tèla.ˈ ʾu-brátət málka síqtɛla l-gàre.ˈ brátət málka síqtɛla l-gàre,ˈ xa-bènaˈ simárxa ṯíṯɛla mxiṯ-ə̀lla díyaˈ ʾu-nubàltəlla.ˈ nubàltəlla-wˈ ʾu-píštɛla gu-bɛ̀ṯaˈ xá-bena xèta.ˈ yába màlka,ˈ mòdit mára?ˈ brátux zìlla.ˈ ʾáxxa-w tàmma.ˈ mə̀reˈ kut-mɛ́ṯela ʾána t-yánne zùzeˈ ʾax-ṱ-in-híwəlle xa-béna xèta.ˈ mə́ra ʾàna maṯyánneˈ dáx ṱ-in-muṯɛ́ṯəlla ʾa-béna xèta,ˈ ʾay-béna ʾàna maṯyánna.ˈ mə́re ʾăkī́d maṯyàtla?ˈ mə́ra hè!ˈ də-qu-sà!ˈ tíwtɛla gu-lína díya xa-béna xètaˈ ʾu-zìltɛla.ˈ zìltɛla,ˈ zìlta,ˈ mṭíṯɛla qúrbət qàṣra.ˈ muttɛ́ṯəlle lína l-xa-gòta.ˈ ṯìṯɛlaˈ sìqtɛlaˈ ʾax-d-ɛ́-ga qamàye.ˈ ʾòy!ˈ mítli m-kə̀pna.ˈ w-áxxa-w tàmma.ˈ mà-ləx?ˈ m-ɛ̀kət ṯáya?ˈ mən-dúkṯa rə̀ḥqən ṯáya.ˈ bắyən xámyən mənnɛ̀xu.ˈ mə́re ṭla-ʾàryaˈ xzi-ʾàrya.ˈ šqílle dăbánjə gáne dìyeˈ mə́re xzì.ˈ ʾáti-w nə̀mra,ˈ ʾímə ṯéla ʾa-bàxtaˈ làxxa,ˈ băyə́nna muqlábta hàtxaˈ réša xtàya.ˈ kút-xa mənnɛ́xu dáwəq p-áqla dìya.ˈ ʾən-xá-mənnɛxu ʾázəl bar-d-o-xéna qaṭlə̀nne.ˈ har-ʾáxtu kə́lye dū̀sˈ č̣alxítula m-ġḏàḏeˈ ʾu-mpălítula qa-d-ánna heywàneˈ kúlla ṱ-axlìla.ˈ ʾáyya ṯìṯɛla,ˈ lə́bba basìmɛle,ˈ ṯíṯɛla ʾax-d-ɛ́-ga qamɛ̀ṯaˈ ṯíṯɛla mṭíṯɛla tàmaˈ há lɛ̀kət zála?ˈ mə́ra hátxa kpìntən,ˈ hátxa hàtxa.ˈ mə́re kpìntət?ˈ klà.ˈ deràb!ˈ də́ryəlla ʾíḏa l-ʾàqla.ˈ múrməlla ʾaqláṯa l-bàr-eliˈ ʾu-réša xtàya.ˈ ʾu-dwìqəllaˈ č̣lìxəlla.ˈ qəm-č̣alxìla,ˈ ʾoḏíla tə̀rte.ˈ ʾu-pačəpčìlaˈ w-axlíla heywàne.ˈ w-áyya xéta píšla tămàha,ˈ yába ʾítla Mə́rza Pằmət,ˈ píšla báxte dìye.ˈ xa-fàtra,ˈ hàtxa.ˈ ʾu-qímɛle màlka,ˈ mòdile wíḏa?ˈ píšɛle màjbur.ˈ šqílɛle qùwwət.ˈ šqílɛle qùwwətˈ ʾu-nùblaˈ ta-ṱ-ázi xázi bráte dìye.ˈ kú-ṱ-ile ʾə́ṯya mə́ṭya tàma,ˈ heywáne ràbe-wawa,ˈ har-heywàneˈ mpurə̀psəlla.ˈ lɛ̀la mə́ṣye.ˈ ʾɛ-xarɛ́ṯət xarɛ̀ṯaˈ píšle májbur Mə́rza Pằmət,ˈ šqilále bàxtaˈ ʾu-rìqle.ˈ sìqle,ˈ mṭóšele xa-dúkṯa xèta,ˈ ʾáw ʾu-báxte dìye.ˈ xà-yomaˈ mə̀reˈ ṭla-d-án heywàneˈ Ḥásan ʾÀġa,ˈ mə́re ṱ-amrə́nnɛxu xà məndíˈ ʾína dū̀s galítu.ˈ mə́re ʾálaha də-là-ʾawəḏˈ ʾə́n mrìli,ˈ mòdi ṱ-oḏítu?ˈ də́bba mə̀raˈ ʾálaha də-là-ʾawəḏ ʾáti mắreti.ˈ daryánnux hátxa rəš-ʾiṯàṯi.ˈ ʾəsri-w-ʾarbá-saʾate ṱ-óyən hàtxa wáḏəllux,ˈ waḏə́llux pàwxaˈ mə́ndi hàle,ˈ mdarəmnánnux ʾàna.ˈ ʾu-ʾárya mə́re ṭla-gáne dìyeˈ ʾən-šálla là măréti.ˈ ʾu-nə́mra hàdəxˈ ʾu-kúlla hàdəx.ˈ kúlla sqìḏela mə́nne díye,ˈ ma-t-ẓalə̀mwa ʾəlléy.ˈ xá-yoma mumiṯále gáne b-dùgle,ˈ Ḥásan ʾÀġa.ˈ lɛ́la ṣbára jáwji m-qáme dìye.ˈ ʾárya hóle mára ṭla-də̀bbaˈ de-ʾáti ṭabbàxtət.ˈ sa-wuḏ-ʾixàla.ˈ mxa-ʾáqləx ʾə́lle díye xza-míṯɛle ʾə̀lla.ˈ ʾáyya ṯíṯɛla zála hàtxaˈ mturgáltɛla gána bìye,ˈ qíṯtɛla ʾáqla bìye.ˈ qímɛle ráb ʾíḏe l-dăbànje.ˈ ʾàtitwa máraˈ dawqánnux rəš-ʾiṯàṯi,ˈ ʾáxxa-w tàmma,ˈ p̣enàne maxyátli!ˈ hátxa-w hàtxa mə́nnaˈ ráb ʾíḏe díye l-dăbànje.ˈ xáṭər ʾalàhaˈ là!ˈ mbašòlənwa,ˈ ràqənwaˈ ta-t-mbašlánwa-w qítli bìyux.ˈ ʾáxxa-w tàmma.ˈ xà-yoma,ˈ har-mítle b-duzùṯa.ˈ mítle b-duzùṯaˈ ʾu-píšle tàma.ˈ ʾu-lɛ́la ṣbára ʾáp-xa mə́nna ṱ-ázəl ču-dùkṯa.ˈ ʾixála ʾáp-xa-mənna lɛ́le mbašòle.ˈ də́bba mbàšla,ˈ lɛ́la ṣbára ṱ-áza l-táma mbàšla.ˈ píšɛle màjburˈ hà-ṱ-ileˈ ríxa ʾə́ṯya mə́nne díye spìsa.ˈ mən-táma hódəx ʾə́ṯyɛle ʾàryaˈ mə́xyɛle ʾáqle díye l-ò-gəlda.ˈ mùrməlle gə́lda,ˈ qrípəlle tămàha.ˈ Mə́rza Pắmət mə̀reˈ yálla kút-xa mənnɛ́xu šáqəl gáne díye ʾu-ʾázəl dúkṯe dìye.ˈ šwiqále tàmaˈ ʾu-ṯéli làxxa.ˈ ʾáwwa Mə́rza Pằmətˈ plíša-wewa mən-mḏíte dìye.ˈ xá gáwṛa xɛlána-w zàxma wéwa.ˈ lá qəm-mattúla qam-màlka.ˈ plíṭle l-ṭùra.ˈ plíṭle mxéle l-ṭùra,ˈ ʾu-y-áwəḏwa genawùṯaˈ ʾu-qačaxùṯaˈ ʾu-qaṭə́lwa nàše,ˈ rába ẓalə̀mwa.ˈ píšle har-gu-ṭùra,ˈ xméle gu-ṭùra.ˈ ʾu-y-asə́qwa l-ṣɛ̀da,ˈ mɛṯéwa ṭɛ́re ʾu-heywàne,ˈ mɛṯéwa məndiyàne,ˈ mɛṯéwa gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ xà-yomaˈ sìqleˈ l-ṣɛ̀da,ˈ tfìqleˈ xa-ʾàrya bíye díye.ˈ tfíqle xa-ʾàrya bíye díye,ˈ zílle ṭáləb ʾàrya.ˈ ʾíṯwale ʾàsbabˈ tópe xɛlànta ʾíṯwale.ˈ dwíqɛle ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ ʾu-mùṯyəlle.ˈ dwíqɛle qa-ʾàryaˈ ʾu-mùṯyəlle.ˈ də́ryəlle gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ʾítle qàṣra.ˈ hóle mubə́nyəlle qáṣra góṛa trè ṭabáqe.ˈ xa-béna hádəx ʾu-zìlla dánaˈ ʾu-ṯèla.ˈ síqle dwíqle də̀bba.ˈ dwìqle,ˈ kùl-tăhər heywáne dwíqle.ˈ muṯéle kúlla gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ tíwle l-xóḏe díye tămàha.ˈ ʾan-heywáne hóla tămàha.ˈ ʾu-tèlaˈ qìmleˈ mə́re ṱ-amrə́nnɛxu gàllək náše,ˈ gàllək heywáne.ˈ mə́re ʾáxni heywànewəxˈ ʾăwáha bəṛ-nàšɛle.ˈ ʾáxni hox-xmála b-ġḏàḏe,ˈ ʾáw xa-l-xóḏe díye tămàha.ˈ lɛ̀le xmála.ˈ xá-mənnən lázəm páyəš gòṛaˈ ta-t-mtagə́brəxle ʾo-nàša.ˈ mə́re har-ʾàti.ˈ xákma mə́re ʾàrya,ˈ xákma mə́re də̀bba,ˈ xákma mə́re nə̀mra,ˈ xákma mə́re har-ʾàti.ˈ mə́re ʾàna?ˈ mə́ra hè.ˈ mə́ra šə́mmux ʾíle Ḥasan-Àġa.ˈ Ḥasan-Àġa?ˈ mə́ra hè,ˈ Ḥasan-Àġa.ˈ ya-Ḥasan-Àġa,ˈ ráyux mòdila?ˈ mə́re xzo-ṱ-amrənnɛ̀xu.ˈ ʾăwáha ṱ-ile xóḏe díye băyéle bàxta.ˈ lázəm ʾázəx mɛ́ṯəxle bàxta.ˈ ʾína ʾáxxa ʾíṯən šurū̀ṭ.ˈ šárṭux mòdila?ˈ mə́re ṭla-də̀bba.ˈ də̀bba,ˈ băyə́nnəx xəlā̀lˈ xà-šabṯaˈ ʾàzətˈ dáwqət xa-ʾə̀rba.ˈ ʾu-mpalṭátle bə̀sra.ˈ maṯyátle bə́sra làxxa,ˈ ṱ-axlə̀xle.ˈ ʾu-ʾáwwa gə́lda díye nablàtleˈ kəs-zarìngər.ˈ mə́re kut-mə̀staˈ xa-zága dáryət bìya.ˈ yátla qa-d-àniˈ ʾína gə̀ldəx šalxə́nne.ˈ xəlā́l tmanyà yománeˈ lázəm maṯyàtliˈ gə́lda hàdəx.ˈ dáx lítlux xàṭər,ˈ Ḥásan ʾÀġa.ˈ də́bba zìltɛla.ˈ də́bba zìltɛla,ˈ zílta zìlta,ˈ xzíṯɛla xa-ʾə̀rba-wˈ ʾu-muṯɛ̀ṯəllɛla.ˈ ʾu-qìmela.ˈ də́bba ʾíla ṭabbàxta,ˈ yáʿni mbašàlta.ˈ ʾu-ʾàryaˈ xa-gòtɛleˈ ʾu-nə́mra xa-gòta,ˈ ʾánna ḥurrā̀s-ila.ˈ ʾu-ʾánna xène,ˈ heywáne xène,ˈ ʾáni kùllaˈ gu-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ lítla ču-šùla.ˈ mára də́bba muṯɛ́ṯəlla ʾay-wàna,ˈ ʾu-xìləlle bə́sra-wˈ qímtɛla šqíltɛla ʾo-gə̀lda-wˈ nobàltəlleˈ kəs-zarìngər.ˈ zarìngərˈ qímɛle wìḏɛleˈ kut-mə́sta zàga də́ryəlleˈ ʾu-mùṯyəlle.ˈ mùṯyəlle,ˈ híwtəllɛla ṭla-tèla.ˈ mə́re ṭla-də̀bba.ˈ xzà!ˈ ʾàtiˈ lawšátle ʾáwwa gə̀ldaˈ l-gànəx.ˈ ʾu-ʾànaˈ marəqḏə̀nnəx.ˈ ṱ-ázəx gu-mḏìta.ˈ ʾána marəqḏə̀nnəx,ˈ ʾu-ʾáti də-ráqḏət šɛšátla gànəx.ˈ brátət màlka,ˈ pálṭa l-gàre.ˈ símarxa ṱ-áṯya šaqlàla.ˈ ʾu-maṯyàlaˈ ta-t-magurə́xla Mə́rza Pằmət.ˈ mə́ra dáx lítlux xàṭər,ˈ Ḥásan ʾÀġa.ˈ xa-bèna,ˈ zìlela.ˈ simàrxaˈ wíḏtɛla gána hàzər.ˈ simárxa yằḏət módila?ˈ ṭɛ̀rɛlaˈ ʾap-ʾày.ˈ ʾu-xa-bènaˈ simàrxaˈ zíltɛla xḏàraˈ rəš-mḏìta.ˈ ʾu-də̀bbaˈ ʾu-tèlaˈ zálela hédi hèdiˈ mášila zála də̀bba.ˈ zíltɛla qam-tắrət qáṣrət màlka,ˈ ʾu-mṭašóyəlla gána hàtxaˈ tá-t brátət málka t-ásqa rəš-gàre.ˈ ʾína gu-panjára gášqa xàzyaˈ mòdileˈ módi lɛ̀le.ˈ mára téla har-mxàyɛle ʾə́lla díya-wˈ ṣràxɛle.ˈ ʾay-wàḏtɛlaˈ năra-nắra dìyaˈ ʾu-ʾáw zmàrɛle bíya.ˈ xa-bènaˈ brátət màlkaˈ plíṭṭɛla l-gàre.ˈ dax-ṱ-íla plíṭṭa l-gàre,ˈ ʾo-simárxa mxíṯəlla gána ʾə́lla díya ʾu-muṯɛ̀ṯəlla-wˈ kəs-Mə́rza Pằmət.ˈ xa-bènaˈ bréla hàwərˈ díya ʾáxxa l-tàmmaˈ ʾu-báṯər tèla-wˈ báṯər də̀bba,ˈ ríqla mṭéla l-qàṣra,ˈ qáṣrət Mə́rza Pằmət.ˈ ʾímət mṭéla tàma,ˈ qəm-xazɛ́la-ʾay táma kə́sle dìyeˈ ʾu-bèla ʾə́lle díye,ˈ ʾu-píšla báxta mə́nne dìye.ˈ zílla xa-fàtra,ˈ ṭḷáṯa ʾarpà-yarxeˈ mə́nne dìye.ˈ ʾaw-kút-yom y-asə́qwa l-ṣɛ̀da.ˈ mɛṯéwa ʾilànaˈ rəš-rušáne dìye.ˈ zàxma-wewa.ˈ ʾu-tăhɛ́rət ṭɛ̀re réša,ˈ qəqwàne-uˈ yàwne-uˈ məndiyáne rábe.ˈ ʾu-mɛṯéwala ṭla-d-án heywàneˈ ʾu-ṱ-axlìwa.ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw y-axə̀lwa.ˈ ʾu-mšuréla ʾáp-ʾay xála mə́nna dìya.ˈ pìšlaˈ xá-ʾəšta šáwwa yàrxe,ˈ málka mə̀re,ˈ ʾànaˈ kut-dax-ṱ-íla bràti,ˈ bắyən ʾɛ̀ni mɛ́ṯela.ˈ kút mɛ̀ṯelaˈ t-yánne zúze ràba.ˈ màlkɛle dé.ˈ xáʾa ṱóṱo sèreˈ mə́ra ʾàna maṯyánne.ˈ mə́ra ʾána maṯyànnaˈ ʾu-xazə̀tla.ˈ ʾína ʾítli ḥaqqùṯi.ˈ mə́re dax-lítləx xàṭər.ˈ mára tíwtɛla gu-lìna.ˈ lìne,ˈ maṭə́rya masìneˈ y-amrə̀xwala.ˈ yáʿni ʾàyˈ hălikòptər y-áwa,ˈ ṭla-d-áw zàwna.ˈ mára tíwtɛla gáwe dìye,ˈ ṯíṯɛla qúrbət qáṣrət Mə́rza Pằmət.ˈ mṭušɛ́ṯəlle lína dìyaˈ ʾap-plíṭṭɛla m-gáwe dìye.ˈ ʾòy!ˈ ʾòy!ˈ ʾòy!ˈ mà-ləx?ˈ mṭíṯɛla l-qàṣra.ˈ ʾárya hóle l-xà-gotaˈ ʾu-nə́mra xà-gota.ˈ ṣríxɛle kút-xa ṭla-gàneˈ bắyi ṱ-axlìla.ˈ Ḥásan ʾÁġa rap-ʾíḏe l-dăbànje.ˈ ʾámər mà-lɛxu?ˈ lɛ́tu xə́zye bəṛ-nàša?ˈ ma-lɛ̀xu?ˈ hédi, hédi xázəx mằnila ʾáyya.ˈ qímela mára mbùrxəlla,ˈ mbùqrəlla,ˈ mə́re ha-xḕr?ˈ mòdila?ˈ mə́ra čù məndí.ˈ ʾána hón naxrɛ̀ṯa láxxa.ˈ lítli náša ʾáxxa-w támma bắyən ṱ-áṯyən làxxa,ˈ kəslɛ̀xu,ˈ xàmyən.ˈ hay-wùr!ˈ wìrtɛla,ˈ píštɛla xà-yarxa táma.ˈ díya, díya, dìya,ˈ ʾáxxa l-tàmma,ˈ bắya t-yằḏaˈ dáx mašərṭála ʾayya-bràtaˈ t-màlka,ˈ ta-t-nablàla.ˈ mə́ra ʾɛ́ni mənnɛ́xu wằkilˈ d-áwwa bɛ̀ṯa?ˈ Ḥásan ʾÁġa mə́re ʾàna.ˈ mòdi bắyət?ˈ de-xúr b-yàha,ˈ dé xzòla.ˈ mítla m-šə̀xta.ˈ ʾánna ʾəštá-yarxe lɛ́la xìpta.ˈ də-sógo xa-mənnɛ́xu xayə̀pla!ˈ mə́re ʾáxni lɛ́le šùlən.ˈ har-sa-xúpla ʾáti b-gànəx!ˈ qìmtɛla,ˈ šqìltəlla,ˈ nubàltəllaˈ hédi, hédi, hédi, ta-t-xɛpàla.ˈ ʾu-dríṯəlla gu-d-o-lìna.ˈ ʾu-xa-bènaˈ mupràxtəllaˈ nubáltəlla l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ nubáltəlla l-bɛ́ṯət bába dìya.ˈ Ḥásan ʾÁġa spárɛle ta-t-dɛ̀ṛaˈ ʾu-spárɛle ta-t-dɛ̀ṛa,ˈ lìṯ.ˈ zílla bára dìyaˈ ta-t-xazɛ̀la,ˈ ʾína la-har-ču-dúkṯa lìṯwa.ˈ hóla príxta zìlta.ˈ ʾámər Ḥásan ʾÀġa,ˈ mə́re qu-mrázəg gánəx də̀bba.ˈ mə́ra dàxi ʾayya-béna?ˈ mə́re ʾána t-làwšənˈ w-áti marqə̀dli,ˈ ta-t-la-ʾámri har-ʾánna qamàyela.ˈ ʾu-hadíya brátət màlkaˈ har-xázya ʾáxni zmára-w rqàḏaˈ ʾáy jal-jálde ṱ-ásqa l-gàre.ˈ mára qímela zìle.ˈ téla lwíšəllɛle gáne díye ʾo-gə̀ldaˈ ʾo-béna gòṛɛle.ˈ hóle rínga rínga gáwət ṭína ʾu-tə̀qnaˈ zílɛle mə́ṭyɛle qáṣrət màlka.ˈ mšurɛ́ṯɛla də́bba mxàyəlleˈ hàwərˈ warwàrtɛla-wˈ ʾu-ṣràxɛla-wˈ mòdila?ˈ mòdila?ˈ háyyo xzògən.ˈ də́bba marqóḏe tèla.ˈ də́bba marqóḏe tèla.ˈ ʾu-brátət málka síqtɛla l-gàre.ˈ brátət málka síqtɛla l-gàre,ˈ xa-bènaˈ simárxa ṯíṯɛla mxiṯ-ə̀lla díyaˈ ʾu-nubàltəlla.ˈ nubàltəlla-wˈ ʾu-píštɛla gu-bɛ̀ṯaˈ xá-bena xèta.ˈ yába màlka,ˈ mòdit mára?ˈ brátux zìlla.ˈ ʾáxxa-w tàmma.ˈ mə̀reˈ kut-mɛ́ṯela ʾána t-yánne zùzeˈ ʾax-ṱ-in-híwəlle xa-béna xèta.ˈ mə́ra ʾàna maṯyánneˈ dáx ṱ-in-muṯɛ́ṯəlla ʾa-béna xèta,ˈ ʾay-béna ʾàna maṯyánna.ˈ mə́re ʾăkī́d maṯyàtla?ˈ mə́ra hè!ˈ də-qu-sà!ˈ tíwtɛla gu-lína díya xa-béna xètaˈ ʾu-zìltɛla.ˈ zìltɛla,ˈ zìlta,ˈ mṭíṯɛla qúrbət qàṣra.ˈ muttɛ́ṯəlle lína l-xa-gòta.ˈ ṯìṯɛlaˈ sìqtɛlaˈ ʾax-d-ɛ́-ga qamàye.ˈ ʾòy!ˈ mítli m-kə̀pna.ˈ w-áxxa-w tàmma.ˈ mà-ləx?ˈ m-ɛ̀kət ṯáya?ˈ mən-dúkṯa rə̀ḥqən ṯáya.ˈ bắyən xámyən mənnɛ̀xu.ˈ mə́re ṭla-ʾàryaˈ xzi-ʾàrya.ˈ šqílle dăbánjə gáne dìyeˈ mə́re xzì.ˈ ʾáti-w nə̀mra,ˈ ʾímə ṯéla ʾa-bàxtaˈ làxxa,ˈ băyə́nna muqlábta hàtxaˈ réša xtàya.ˈ kút-xa mənnɛ́xu dáwəq p-áqla dìya.ˈ ʾən-xá-mənnɛxu ʾázəl bar-d-o-xéna qaṭlə̀nne.ˈ har-ʾáxtu kə́lye dū̀sˈ č̣alxítula m-ġḏàḏeˈ ʾu-mpălítula qa-d-ánna heywàneˈ kúlla ṱ-axlìla.ˈ ʾáyya ṯìṯɛla,ˈ lə́bba basìmɛle,ˈ ṯíṯɛla ʾax-d-ɛ́-ga qamɛ̀ṯaˈ ṯíṯɛla mṭíṯɛla tàmaˈ há lɛ̀kət zála?ˈ mə́ra hátxa kpìntən,ˈ hátxa hàtxa.ˈ mə́re kpìntət?ˈ klà.ˈ deràb!ˈ də́ryəlla ʾíḏa l-ʾàqla.ˈ múrməlla ʾaqláṯa l-bàr-eliˈ ʾu-réša xtàya.ˈ ʾu-dwìqəllaˈ č̣lìxəlla.ˈ qəm-č̣alxìla,ˈ ʾoḏíla tə̀rte.ˈ ʾu-pačəpčìlaˈ w-axlíla heywàne.ˈ w-áyya xéta píšla tămàha,ˈ yába ʾítla Mə́rza Pằmət,ˈ píšla báxte dìye.ˈ xa-fàtra,ˈ hàtxa.ˈ ʾu-qímɛle màlka,ˈ mòdile wíḏa?ˈ píšɛle màjbur.ˈ šqílɛle qùwwət.ˈ šqílɛle qùwwətˈ ʾu-nùblaˈ ta-ṱ-ázi xázi bráte dìye.ˈ kú-ṱ-ile ʾə́ṯya mə́ṭya tàma,ˈ heywáne ràbe-wawa,ˈ har-heywàneˈ mpurə̀psəlla.ˈ lɛ̀la mə́ṣye.ˈ ʾɛ-xarɛ́ṯət xarɛ̀ṯaˈ píšle májbur Mə́rza Pằmət,ˈ šqilále bàxtaˈ ʾu-rìqle.ˈ sìqle,ˈ mṭóšele xa-dúkṯa xèta,ˈ ʾáw ʾu-báxte dìye.ˈ xà-yomaˈ mə̀reˈ ṭla-d-án heywàneˈ Ḥásan ʾÀġa,ˈ mə́re ṱ-amrə́nnɛxu xà məndíˈ ʾína dū̀s galítu.ˈ mə́re ʾálaha də-là-ʾawəḏˈ ʾə́n mrìli,ˈ mòdi ṱ-oḏítu?ˈ də́bba mə̀raˈ ʾálaha də-là-ʾawəḏ ʾáti mắreti.ˈ daryánnux hátxa rəš-ʾiṯàṯi.ˈ ʾəsri-w-ʾarbá-saʾate ṱ-óyən hàtxa wáḏəllux,ˈ waḏə́llux pàwxaˈ mə́ndi hàle,ˈ mdarəmnánnux ʾàna.ˈ ʾu-ʾárya mə́re ṭla-gáne dìyeˈ ʾən-šálla là măréti.ˈ ʾu-nə́mra hàdəxˈ ʾu-kúlla hàdəx.ˈ kúlla sqìḏela mə́nne díye,ˈ ma-t-ẓalə̀mwa ʾəlléy.ˈ xá-yoma mumiṯále gáne b-dùgle,ˈ Ḥásan ʾÀġa.ˈ lɛ́la ṣbára jáwji m-qáme dìye.ˈ ʾárya hóle mára ṭla-də̀bbaˈ de-ʾáti ṭabbàxtət.ˈ sa-wuḏ-ʾixàla.ˈ mxa-ʾáqləx ʾə́lle díye xza-míṯɛle ʾə̀lla.ˈ ʾáyya ṯíṯɛla zála hàtxaˈ mturgáltɛla gána bìye,ˈ qíṯtɛla ʾáqla bìye.ˈ qímɛle ráb ʾíḏe l-dăbànje.ˈ ʾàtitwa máraˈ dawqánnux rəš-ʾiṯàṯi,ˈ ʾáxxa-w tàmma,ˈ p̣enàne maxyátli!ˈ hátxa-w hàtxa mə́nnaˈ ráb ʾíḏe díye l-dăbànje.ˈ xáṭər ʾalàhaˈ là!ˈ mbašòlənwa,ˈ ràqənwaˈ ta-t-mbašlánwa-w qítli bìyux.ˈ ʾáxxa-w tàmma.ˈ xà-yoma,ˈ har-mítle b-duzùṯa.ˈ mítle b-duzùṯaˈ ʾu-píšle tàma.ˈ ʾu-lɛ́la ṣbára ʾáp-xa mə́nna ṱ-ázəl ču-dùkṯa.ˈ ʾixála ʾáp-xa-mənna lɛ́le mbašòle.ˈ də́bba mbàšla,ˈ lɛ́la ṣbára ṱ-áza l-táma mbàšla.ˈ píšɛle màjburˈ hà-ṱ-ileˈ ríxa ʾə́ṯya mə́nne díye spìsa.ˈ mən-táma hódəx ʾə́ṯyɛle ʾàryaˈ mə́xyɛle ʾáqle díye l-ò-gəlda.ˈ mùrməlle gə́lda,ˈ qrípəlle tămàha.ˈ Mə́rza Pắmət mə̀reˈ yálla kút-xa mənnɛ́xu šáqəl gáne díye ʾu-ʾázəl dúkṯe dìye.ˈ šwiqále tàmaˈ ʾu-ṯéli làxxa.ˈ	Mərza Pămət had fought against his town. He was a powerful, tough man. He did not yield to the king. He went to the mountains. He went off to the mountains and engaged in robbery and brigandry and murdered people. He was very cruel. He stayed only in the mountains. He lived in the mountains. He used to go out hunting and bring back birds and animals, bring back various things, bring them back home. One day he went out hunting and a lion met him. A lion met him and he went to attack the lion. He had a weapon. He had a powerful gun. He caught it and brought it back. He caught the lion and brought it back. He put it in the house. He had a villa. He had built a large villa with two storeys. Some time went by. He went up and caught a bear. He caught all kinds of animals. He brought them all back to the house. He lived by himself in one part and the animals in another part. A fox got up and said ‘I say to you everybody, all you animals’ He said ‘We are animals, that one is a human. We are enjoying ourselves here. He is all alone there and is not enjoying himself. One of us should become a leader so that we can look after that person. (Somebody) said ‘You yourself’, some said ‘The lion’, some said ‘The bear’, some said ‘The tiger’, some said ‘You yourself’. He said ‘Me?’ They said ‘Yes’. They said ‘Your name is Ḥasan Aġa’. ‘Ḥasan Aġa?’ They said ‘Yes. Ḥasan Aġa’. ‘Ḥasan Aġa, what’s your opinion?’ He said ‘Look, I’ll tell you. That man who is alone needs a wife. We must go and bring him a wife. But here there conditions’. ‘What is your condition?’ He said to the bear ‘Bear, I want you within a week to go and catch a sheep and take out the meat. Bring the meat here for us to eat. Take its skin to the goldsmith’. He said ‘Put a bell on every hair. Give it to them, otherwise I’ll flay _your_ skin. Within eight days you must bring back the skin like this (with bells)’. ‘By all means, Ḥasan Aġa’. The bear went off. The bear went on her way, saw a sheep and brought it back. They set to work. The bear was a cook, that is (she did) the cooking. The lion on one side and the tiger on the other side were the guards. The others, the other animals, were all in the house, without any job. Now, the bear brought that sheep back and they ate the meat. She (the bear) took the skin to the goldsmith. The goldsmith put a bell on every hair and brought it back. He brought it back and she (the bear) gave it to the fox. He said to the bear ‘Look! You wear that skin on you and I shall make you dance. We’ll go into the town. I’ll make you dance. You dance and shake yourself. The daughter of the king will come out onto the roof. The _simarxa_ bird will come and take her. It will take her in order for us to marry her to Mərza Pămət’. She said ‘By all means, Ḥasan Aġa. Then they went off. The _simarxa_ prepared herself. Do you know what the _simarxa_ is? It is a kind of bird. Then the _simarxa_ went and circled over the town. The bear and the fox went slowly. The bear was walking. She (the _simarxa_) went in front of the door of the palace of the king and hid herself until the daughter of the king went onto the roof. She could look and see what was happening through the window. Now, the fox was beating her (the bear), crying out. She was giving off her roar and he was singing along with her. Then, the daughter of the king came out onto the roof. As soon as she came out onto the roof, the _simarxa_ made towards her and brought her back to Mərza Pămət. Then there was an outcry ‘(Come) now!’ and so forth and (people went) after the fox and after the bear. They ran off and reached the villa, the villa of Mərza Pămət. When they arrived there, they saw her (the princess) there with him. She fell in love with him and she became his wife. Some time passed, three or four months, (during which she was) with him. Everyday he would go up to hunt. He would bring back a tree on his shoulders. He was huge. There were various kinds of birds on it, quails, doves, and many others. He brought them back for those animals to eat and he also would eat. She (the princess) also began to eat them. After six or seven months the king said ‘Whatever has happened to my daughter, I want somebody to bring her back. I’ll give a lot of money to the person who brings her back.’. He was a king, you see. An old woman of magic said ‘I’ll bring her back’. She said ‘I’ll bring her back and you will see her (again). But I have a fee’. He said ‘Of course’. Now, she sat in a pot. She would make pots and jugs, as we call them, move. That is, it was a helicopter of that time. She sat in it and came to the villa of Mərza Pămət. She hid her pot and came out of it. (She screamed) ‘Oh, oh, oh’ (They said) ‘What is the matter with you’. She arrived at the villa. The lion was on one side and the tiger on the other side. Each shouted in turn and wanted to eat her. Ḥasan Aġa, woosh his hand was on his pistol, he said ‘What is the matter with you? Have you not seen a human being? What is the matter with you. Calm down, let’s see who she is’. They greeted her and asked her saying ‘Are you all right? What is the matter? She said ‘Nothing. I am a stranger here. I have no relative here and I want to come here with you and stay’. ‘Come in!’ She came in and stayed a month there. Now, she wanted to know how she could rescue that daughter of the king so that she could take her back. She said ‘Who of you is the overseer of this house? Ḥasan Aġa said ‘Me. What do you want?’ (She said) ‘Look at her, look at her, she has (almost) died of dirt. She has not washed for six months. Go and one of you wash her!’ He said ‘It is not our job. Go and wash her yourself!’ She went and fetched her and slowly took her to wash her. She put her in the pot. Then she made her fly away and took her home. She took her to the home of her father. Ḥasan Aġa waited for her to return, waited for her to return, but she was not there. They went after her to find her, but she was nowhere at all. She had flown and gone away. Ḥasan Aġa said, he said ‘Get up and prepare yourself bear’. She said ‘How (will we act) this time?’ He said ‘I’ll dress up and you make me dance, so that they will not say that they are (the same as) the earlier ones’. Now, as soon as the daughter of the king sees that we are singing and dancing, she will quickly come up to the roof’. So, they went off. The fox dressed up in the skin, but the skin was big. He made a ringing in the mud and grime and arrived at the palace of the king. The bear started yelling and roaring and screaming ‘What is the matter? What is the matter? Come and see. A bear is making a fox dance. A bear is making a fox dance’. The daughter of the king went up onto the roof. The daughter of the king went up onto the roof, then the _simarxa_ came, made towards her and took her away. She took her away and she stayed in the house once again. ‘Oh King, what do you say? Your daughter has gone’—and so forth. He said ‘I’ll give money to whoever brings her back, as I gave money before’. She (the old woman) said ‘I shall bring her back. Just as I brought her before, so this time I shall bring her’. He said ‘Are you sure that you will bring her?’ She said ‘Yes!’ ‘Go!’ She sat in her pot once again and went off. She went off and arrived near to the villa. She put the pot on one side. She came and went up like the previous time. ‘Oh, I am dying of hunger’—and so forth. ‘What is the matter with you? Where are you coming from?’ ‘I am coming from a faraway place. I want to stay with you’. He said to the lion ‘Look lion’ He took his pistol. He said ‘Look. You and the tiger, when that woman comes here, I want her to be turned over like this, upside down. Each of you hold one of her legs. If one of you goes after the other, I’ll kill him. While standing erect, you’ll tear her apart and distribute her to these animals so that they will all eat her.’ She came jauntily, she came like the previous time. She came and arrived there ‘Hey, where are you going’. She said ‘I am so hungry, so, so much’. He said ‘Are you hungry? Wait’. Woosh, they put their hand on her leg. They lifted her legs upwards and her head downwards. They held her and pulled her apart. They pulled her apart and made her two. They chopped her up and the animals ate her. The other woman remained there. She had Mərza Pămət, she became his wife. Some time passed. What did the king do? He was forced to raise an army. He raised an army and took it to go to find his daughter. (Since) the animals were numerous, they just pulled apart whoever went there. They (the army) could not (prevail against them). Finally, Mərza Pămət was forced to take his wife and run away. He went up and hid in another place, together with his wife. One day Ḥasan Aġa said to those animals, he said ‘I wish to say something to you, but tell me the truth’. He said ‘God forfend, if I became ill, what would you do?’ The bear said ‘May God forfend you become ill. I’d put you in my arms and for twenty-four hours (a day) I’d do this to you, give you a cool breeze, and so forth. I’d treat you with medicine’. The lion, in his turn, said ‘God willing you will not become ill’. The tiger (said) likewise, all (said) likewise. But they were all fed up with him, since he mistreated them so much. One day Ḥasan Aġa pretended to be dead. They did not dare leave him. The lion said to the bear ‘You are the cook. Go and make food. Kick him and see whether he is dead or not’. She came and went like this, she made herself trip over him and her leg hit him. He got up and woosh his hand was on his pistol. ‘It was you who were saying “I’d hold you in my arms and so forth”, but you kick me!’ (He said) this and that about her and, woosh, his hand was on his pistol. ‘For God’s sake no! I was cooking, I was running in order to cook and I knocked into you’ and so forth. One day he really died. He really died and remained there. None of them dared go anywhere. None of them cooked food. The bear, who cooked, did not dare go and cook. He remained like that, of necessity, until a rotten smell came from him. After that the lion came and kicked the carcass. He lifted the carcass and threw it away. Mərza Pămət said ‘Well, each of you take yourself off and go to your own place’. I have left it there and come here.

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ʾáwwa Mə́rza Pằmətˈ plíša-wewa mən-mḏíte dìye.ˈ xá gáwṛa xɛlána-w zàxma wéwa.ˈ lá qəm-mattúla qam-màlka.ˈ plíṭle l-ṭùra.ˈ plíṭle mxéle l-ṭùra,ˈ ʾu-y-áwəḏwa genawùṯaˈ ʾu-qačaxùṯaˈ ʾu-qaṭə́lwa nàše,ˈ rába ẓalə̀mwa.ˈ píšle har-gu-ṭùra,ˈ xméle gu-ṭùra.ˈ ʾu-y-asə́qwa l-ṣɛ̀da,ˈ mɛṯéwa ṭɛ́re ʾu-heywàne,ˈ mɛṯéwa məndiyàne,ˈ mɛṯéwa gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ xà-yomaˈ sìqleˈ l-ṣɛ̀da,ˈ tfìqleˈ xa-ʾàrya bíye díye.ˈ tfíqle xa-ʾàrya bíye díye,ˈ zílle ṭáləb ʾàrya.ˈ ʾíṯwale ʾàsbabˈ tópe xɛlànta ʾíṯwale.ˈ dwíqɛle ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ ʾu-mùṯyəlle.ˈ dwíqɛle qa-ʾàryaˈ ʾu-mùṯyəlle.ˈ də́ryəlle gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ʾítle qàṣra.ˈ hóle mubə́nyəlle qáṣra góṛa trè ṭabáqe.ˈ xa-béna hádəx ʾu-zìlla dánaˈ ʾu-ṯèla.ˈ síqle dwíqle də̀bba.ˈ dwìqle,ˈ kùl-tăhər heywáne dwíqle.ˈ muṯéle kúlla gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ tíwle l-xóḏe díye tămàha.ˈ ʾan-heywáne hóla tămàha.ˈ ʾu-tèlaˈ qìmleˈ mə́re ṱ-amrə́nnɛxu gàllək náše,ˈ gàllək heywáne.ˈ mə́re ʾáxni heywànewəxˈ ʾăwáha bəṛ-nàšɛle.ˈ ʾáxni hox-xmála b-ġḏàḏe,ˈ ʾáw xa-l-xóḏe díye tămàha.ˈ lɛ̀le xmála.ˈ xá-mənnən lázəm páyəš gòṛaˈ ta-t-mtagə́brəxle ʾo-nàša.ˈ mə́re har-ʾàti.ˈ xákma mə́re ʾàrya,ˈ xákma mə́re də̀bba,ˈ xákma mə́re nə̀mra,ˈ xákma mə́re har-ʾàti.ˈ mə́re ʾàna?ˈ mə́ra hè.ˈ mə́ra šə́mmux ʾíle Ḥasan-Àġa.ˈ Ḥasan-Àġa?ˈ mə́ra hè,ˈ Ḥasan-Àġa.ˈ ya-Ḥasan-Àġa,ˈ ráyux mòdila?ˈ mə́re xzo-ṱ-amrənnɛ̀xu.ˈ ʾăwáha ṱ-ile xóḏe díye băyéle bàxta.ˈ lázəm ʾázəx mɛ́ṯəxle bàxta.ˈ ʾína ʾáxxa ʾíṯən šurū̀ṭ.ˈ šárṭux mòdila?ˈ mə́re ṭla-də̀bba.ˈ də̀bba,ˈ băyə́nnəx xəlā̀lˈ xà-šabṯaˈ ʾàzətˈ dáwqət xa-ʾə̀rba.ˈ ʾu-mpalṭátle bə̀sra.ˈ maṯyátle bə́sra làxxa,ˈ ṱ-axlə̀xle.ˈ ʾu-ʾáwwa gə́lda díye nablàtleˈ kəs-zarìngər.ˈ mə́re kut-mə̀staˈ xa-zága dáryət bìya.ˈ yátla qa-d-àniˈ ʾína gə̀ldəx šalxə́nne.ˈ xəlā́l tmanyà yománeˈ lázəm maṯyàtliˈ gə́lda hàdəx.ˈ dáx lítlux xàṭər,ˈ Ḥásan ʾÀġa.ˈ də́bba zìltɛla.ˈ də́bba zìltɛla,ˈ zílta zìlta,ˈ xzíṯɛla xa-ʾə̀rba-wˈ ʾu-muṯɛ̀ṯəllɛla.ˈ ʾu-qìmela.ˈ də́bba ʾíla ṭabbàxta,ˈ yáʿni mbašàlta.ˈ ʾu-ʾàryaˈ xa-gòtɛleˈ ʾu-nə́mra xa-gòta,ˈ ʾánna ḥurrā̀s-ila.ˈ ʾu-ʾánna xène,ˈ heywáne xène,ˈ ʾáni kùllaˈ gu-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ lítla ču-šùla.ˈ mára də́bba muṯɛ́ṯəlla ʾay-wàna,ˈ ʾu-xìləlle bə́sra-wˈ qímtɛla šqíltɛla ʾo-gə̀lda-wˈ nobàltəlleˈ kəs-zarìngər.ˈ zarìngərˈ qímɛle wìḏɛleˈ kut-mə́sta zàga də́ryəlleˈ ʾu-mùṯyəlle.ˈ mùṯyəlle,ˈ híwtəllɛla ṭla-tèla.ˈ mə́re ṭla-də̀bba.ˈ xzà!ˈ ʾàtiˈ lawšátle ʾáwwa gə̀ldaˈ l-gànəx.ˈ ʾu-ʾànaˈ marəqḏə̀nnəx.ˈ ṱ-ázəx gu-mḏìta.ˈ ʾána marəqḏə̀nnəx,ˈ ʾu-ʾáti də-ráqḏət šɛšátla gànəx.ˈ brátət màlka,ˈ pálṭa l-gàre.ˈ símarxa ṱ-áṯya šaqlàla.ˈ ʾu-maṯyàlaˈ ta-t-magurə́xla Mə́rza Pằmət.ˈ mə́ra dáx lítlux xàṭər,ˈ Ḥásan ʾÀġa.ˈ xa-bèna,ˈ zìlela.ˈ simàrxaˈ wíḏtɛla gána hàzər.ˈ simárxa yằḏət módila?ˈ ṭɛ̀rɛlaˈ ʾap-ʾày.ˈ ʾu-xa-bènaˈ simàrxaˈ zíltɛla xḏàraˈ rəš-mḏìta.ˈ ʾu-də̀bbaˈ ʾu-tèlaˈ zálela hédi hèdiˈ mášila zála də̀bba.ˈ zíltɛla qam-tắrət qáṣrət màlka,ˈ ʾu-mṭašóyəlla gána hàtxaˈ tá-t brátət málka t-ásqa rəš-gàre.ˈ ʾína gu-panjára gášqa xàzyaˈ mòdileˈ módi lɛ̀le.ˈ mára téla har-mxàyɛle ʾə́lla díya-wˈ ṣràxɛle.ˈ ʾay-wàḏtɛlaˈ năra-nắra dìyaˈ ʾu-ʾáw zmàrɛle bíya.ˈ xa-bènaˈ brátət màlkaˈ plíṭṭɛla l-gàre.ˈ dax-ṱ-íla plíṭṭa l-gàre,ˈ ʾo-simárxa mxíṯəlla gána ʾə́lla díya ʾu-muṯɛ̀ṯəlla-wˈ kəs-Mə́rza Pằmət.ˈ xa-bènaˈ bréla hàwərˈ díya ʾáxxa l-tàmmaˈ ʾu-báṯər tèla-wˈ báṯər də̀bba,ˈ ríqla mṭéla l-qàṣra,ˈ qáṣrət Mə́rza Pằmət.ˈ ʾímət mṭéla tàma,ˈ qəm-xazɛ́la-ʾay táma kə́sle dìyeˈ ʾu-bèla ʾə́lle díye,ˈ ʾu-píšla báxta mə́nne dìye.ˈ zílla xa-fàtra,ˈ ṭḷáṯa ʾarpà-yarxeˈ mə́nne dìye.ˈ ʾaw-kút-yom y-asə́qwa l-ṣɛ̀da.ˈ mɛṯéwa ʾilànaˈ rəš-rušáne dìye.ˈ zàxma-wewa.ˈ ʾu-tăhɛ́rət ṭɛ̀re réša,ˈ qəqwàne-uˈ yàwne-uˈ məndiyáne rábe.ˈ ʾu-mɛṯéwala ṭla-d-án heywàneˈ ʾu-ṱ-axlìwa.ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw y-axə̀lwa.ˈ ʾu-mšuréla ʾáp-ʾay xála mə́nna dìya.ˈ pìšlaˈ xá-ʾəšta šáwwa yàrxe,ˈ málka mə̀re,ˈ ʾànaˈ kut-dax-ṱ-íla bràti,ˈ bắyən ʾɛ̀ni mɛ́ṯela.ˈ kút mɛ̀ṯelaˈ t-yánne zúze ràba.ˈ màlkɛle dé.ˈ xáʾa ṱóṱo sèreˈ mə́ra ʾàna maṯyánne.ˈ mə́ra ʾána maṯyànnaˈ ʾu-xazə̀tla.ˈ ʾína ʾítli ḥaqqùṯi.ˈ mə́re dax-lítləx xàṭər.ˈ mára tíwtɛla gu-lìna.ˈ lìne,ˈ maṭə́rya masìneˈ y-amrə̀xwala.ˈ yáʿni ʾàyˈ hălikòptər y-áwa,ˈ ṭla-d-áw zàwna.ˈ mára tíwtɛla gáwe dìye,ˈ ṯíṯɛla qúrbət qáṣrət Mə́rza Pằmət.ˈ mṭušɛ́ṯəlle lína dìyaˈ ʾap-plíṭṭɛla m-gáwe dìye.ˈ ʾòy!ˈ ʾòy!ˈ ʾòy!ˈ mà-ləx?ˈ mṭíṯɛla l-qàṣra.ˈ ʾárya hóle l-xà-gotaˈ ʾu-nə́mra xà-gota.ˈ ṣríxɛle kút-xa ṭla-gàneˈ bắyi ṱ-axlìla.ˈ Ḥásan ʾÁġa rap-ʾíḏe l-dăbànje.ˈ ʾámər mà-lɛxu?ˈ lɛ́tu xə́zye bəṛ-nàša?ˈ ma-lɛ̀xu?ˈ hédi, hédi xázəx mằnila ʾáyya.ˈ qímela mára mbùrxəlla,ˈ mbùqrəlla,ˈ mə́re ha-xḕr?ˈ mòdila?ˈ mə́ra čù məndí.ˈ ʾána hón naxrɛ̀ṯa láxxa.ˈ lítli náša ʾáxxa-w támma bắyən ṱ-áṯyən làxxa,ˈ kəslɛ̀xu,ˈ xàmyən.ˈ hay-wùr!ˈ wìrtɛla,ˈ píštɛla xà-yarxa táma.ˈ díya, díya, dìya,ˈ ʾáxxa l-tàmma,ˈ bắya t-yằḏaˈ dáx mašərṭála ʾayya-bràtaˈ t-màlka,ˈ ta-t-nablàla.ˈ mə́ra ʾɛ́ni mənnɛ́xu wằkilˈ d-áwwa bɛ̀ṯa?ˈ Ḥásan ʾÁġa mə́re ʾàna.ˈ mòdi bắyət?ˈ de-xúr b-yàha,ˈ dé xzòla.ˈ mítla m-šə̀xta.ˈ ʾánna ʾəštá-yarxe lɛ́la xìpta.ˈ də-sógo xa-mənnɛ́xu xayə̀pla!ˈ mə́re ʾáxni lɛ́le šùlən.ˈ har-sa-xúpla ʾáti b-gànəx!ˈ qìmtɛla,ˈ šqìltəlla,ˈ nubàltəllaˈ hédi, hédi, hédi, ta-t-xɛpàla.ˈ ʾu-dríṯəlla gu-d-o-lìna.ˈ ʾu-xa-bènaˈ mupràxtəllaˈ nubáltəlla l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ nubáltəlla l-bɛ́ṯət bába dìya.ˈ Ḥásan ʾÁġa spárɛle ta-t-dɛ̀ṛaˈ ʾu-spárɛle ta-t-dɛ̀ṛa,ˈ lìṯ.ˈ zílla bára dìyaˈ ta-t-xazɛ̀la,ˈ ʾína la-har-ču-dúkṯa lìṯwa.ˈ hóla príxta zìlta.ˈ ʾámər Ḥásan ʾÀġa,ˈ mə́re qu-mrázəg gánəx də̀bba.ˈ mə́ra dàxi ʾayya-béna?ˈ mə́re ʾána t-làwšənˈ w-áti marqə̀dli,ˈ ta-t-la-ʾámri har-ʾánna qamàyela.ˈ ʾu-hadíya brátət màlkaˈ har-xázya ʾáxni zmára-w rqàḏaˈ ʾáy jal-jálde ṱ-ásqa l-gàre.ˈ mára qímela zìle.ˈ téla lwíšəllɛle gáne díye ʾo-gə̀ldaˈ ʾo-béna gòṛɛle.ˈ hóle rínga rínga gáwət ṭína ʾu-tə̀qnaˈ zílɛle mə́ṭyɛle qáṣrət màlka.ˈ mšurɛ́ṯɛla də́bba mxàyəlleˈ hàwərˈ warwàrtɛla-wˈ ʾu-ṣràxɛla-wˈ mòdila?ˈ mòdila?ˈ háyyo xzògən.ˈ də́bba marqóḏe tèla.ˈ də́bba marqóḏe tèla.ˈ ʾu-brátət málka síqtɛla l-gàre.ˈ brátət málka síqtɛla l-gàre,ˈ xa-bènaˈ simárxa ṯíṯɛla mxiṯ-ə̀lla díyaˈ ʾu-nubàltəlla.ˈ nubàltəlla-wˈ ʾu-píštɛla gu-bɛ̀ṯaˈ xá-bena xèta.ˈ yába màlka,ˈ mòdit mára?ˈ brátux zìlla.ˈ ʾáxxa-w tàmma.ˈ mə̀reˈ kut-mɛ́ṯela ʾána t-yánne zùzeˈ ʾax-ṱ-in-híwəlle xa-béna xèta.ˈ mə́ra ʾàna maṯyánneˈ dáx ṱ-in-muṯɛ́ṯəlla ʾa-béna xèta,ˈ ʾay-béna ʾàna maṯyánna.ˈ mə́re ʾăkī́d maṯyàtla?ˈ mə́ra hè!ˈ də-qu-sà!ˈ tíwtɛla gu-lína díya xa-béna xètaˈ ʾu-zìltɛla.ˈ zìltɛla,ˈ zìlta,ˈ mṭíṯɛla qúrbət qàṣra.ˈ muttɛ́ṯəlle lína l-xa-gòta.ˈ ṯìṯɛlaˈ sìqtɛlaˈ ʾax-d-ɛ́-ga qamàye.ˈ ʾòy!ˈ mítli m-kə̀pna.ˈ w-áxxa-w tàmma.ˈ mà-ləx?ˈ m-ɛ̀kət ṯáya?ˈ mən-dúkṯa rə̀ḥqən ṯáya.ˈ bắyən xámyən mənnɛ̀xu.ˈ mə́re ṭla-ʾàryaˈ xzi-ʾàrya.ˈ šqílle dăbánjə gáne dìyeˈ mə́re xzì.ˈ ʾáti-w nə̀mra,ˈ ʾímə ṯéla ʾa-bàxtaˈ làxxa,ˈ băyə́nna muqlábta hàtxaˈ réša xtàya.ˈ kút-xa mənnɛ́xu dáwəq p-áqla dìya.ˈ ʾən-xá-mənnɛxu ʾázəl bar-d-o-xéna qaṭlə̀nne.ˈ har-ʾáxtu kə́lye dū̀sˈ č̣alxítula m-ġḏàḏeˈ ʾu-mpălítula qa-d-ánna heywàneˈ kúlla ṱ-axlìla.ˈ ʾáyya ṯìṯɛla,ˈ lə́bba basìmɛle,ˈ ṯíṯɛla ʾax-d-ɛ́-ga qamɛ̀ṯaˈ ṯíṯɛla mṭíṯɛla tàmaˈ há lɛ̀kət zála?ˈ mə́ra hátxa kpìntən,ˈ hátxa hàtxa.ˈ mə́re kpìntət?ˈ klà.ˈ deràb!ˈ də́ryəlla ʾíḏa l-ʾàqla.ˈ múrməlla ʾaqláṯa l-bàr-eliˈ ʾu-réša xtàya.ˈ ʾu-dwìqəllaˈ č̣lìxəlla.ˈ qəm-č̣alxìla,ˈ ʾoḏíla tə̀rte.ˈ ʾu-pačəpčìlaˈ w-axlíla heywàne.ˈ w-áyya xéta píšla tămàha,ˈ yába ʾítla Mə́rza Pằmət,ˈ píšla báxte dìye.ˈ xa-fàtra,ˈ hàtxa.ˈ ʾu-qímɛle màlka,ˈ mòdile wíḏa?ˈ píšɛle màjbur.ˈ šqílɛle qùwwət.ˈ šqílɛle qùwwətˈ ʾu-nùblaˈ ta-ṱ-ázi xázi bráte dìye.ˈ kú-ṱ-ile ʾə́ṯya mə́ṭya tàma,ˈ heywáne ràbe-wawa,ˈ har-heywàneˈ mpurə̀psəlla.ˈ lɛ̀la mə́ṣye.ˈ ʾɛ-xarɛ́ṯət xarɛ̀ṯaˈ píšle májbur Mə́rza Pằmət,ˈ šqilále bàxtaˈ ʾu-rìqle.ˈ sìqle,ˈ mṭóšele xa-dúkṯa xèta,ˈ ʾáw ʾu-báxte dìye.ˈ xà-yomaˈ mə̀reˈ ṭla-d-án heywàneˈ Ḥásan ʾÀġa,ˈ mə́re ṱ-amrə́nnɛxu xà məndíˈ ʾína dū̀s galítu.ˈ mə́re ʾálaha də-là-ʾawəḏˈ ʾə́n mrìli,ˈ mòdi ṱ-oḏítu?ˈ də́bba mə̀raˈ ʾálaha də-là-ʾawəḏ ʾáti mắreti.ˈ daryánnux hátxa rəš-ʾiṯàṯi.ˈ ʾəsri-w-ʾarbá-saʾate ṱ-óyən hàtxa wáḏəllux,ˈ waḏə́llux pàwxaˈ mə́ndi hàle,ˈ mdarəmnánnux ʾàna.ˈ ʾu-ʾárya mə́re ṭla-gáne dìyeˈ ʾən-šálla là măréti.ˈ ʾu-nə́mra hàdəxˈ ʾu-kúlla hàdəx.ˈ kúlla sqìḏela mə́nne díye,ˈ ma-t-ẓalə̀mwa ʾəlléy.ˈ xá-yoma mumiṯále gáne b-dùgle,ˈ Ḥásan ʾÀġa.ˈ lɛ́la ṣbára jáwji m-qáme dìye.ˈ ʾárya hóle mára ṭla-də̀bbaˈ de-ʾáti ṭabbàxtət.ˈ sa-wuḏ-ʾixàla.ˈ mxa-ʾáqləx ʾə́lle díye xza-míṯɛle ʾə̀lla.ˈ ʾáyya ṯíṯɛla zála hàtxaˈ mturgáltɛla gána bìye,ˈ qíṯtɛla ʾáqla bìye.ˈ qímɛle ráb ʾíḏe l-dăbànje.ˈ ʾàtitwa máraˈ dawqánnux rəš-ʾiṯàṯi,ˈ ʾáxxa-w tàmma,ˈ p̣enàne maxyátli!ˈ hátxa-w hàtxa mə́nnaˈ ráb ʾíḏe díye l-dăbànje.ˈ xáṭər ʾalàhaˈ là!ˈ mbašòlənwa,ˈ ràqənwaˈ ta-t-mbašlánwa-w qítli bìyux.ˈ ʾáxxa-w tàmma.ˈ xà-yoma,ˈ har-mítle b-duzùṯa.ˈ mítle b-duzùṯaˈ ʾu-píšle tàma.ˈ ʾu-lɛ́la ṣbára ʾáp-xa mə́nna ṱ-ázəl ču-dùkṯa.ˈ ʾixála ʾáp-xa-mənna lɛ́le mbašòle.ˈ də́bba mbàšla,ˈ lɛ́la ṣbára ṱ-áza l-táma mbàšla.ˈ píšɛle màjburˈ hà-ṱ-ileˈ ríxa ʾə́ṯya mə́nne díye spìsa.ˈ mən-táma hódəx ʾə́ṯyɛle ʾàryaˈ mə́xyɛle ʾáqle díye l-ò-gəlda.ˈ mùrməlle gə́lda,ˈ qrípəlle tămàha.ˈ Mə́rza Pắmət mə̀reˈ yálla kút-xa mənnɛ́xu šáqəl gáne díye ʾu-ʾázəl dúkṯe dìye.ˈ šwiqále tàmaˈ ʾu-ṯéli làxxa.ˈ

Translation:

Mərza Pămət had fought against his town. He was a powerful, tough man. He did not yield to the king. He went to the mountains. He went off to the mountains and engaged in robbery and brigandry and murdered people. He was very cruel. He stayed only in the mountains. He lived in the mountains. He used to go out hunting and bring back birds and animals, bring back various things, bring them back home. One day he went out hunting and a lion met him. A lion met him and he went to attack the lion. He had a weapon. He had a powerful gun. He caught it and brought it back. He caught the lion and brought it back. He put it in the house. He had a villa. He had built a large villa with two storeys. Some time went by. He went up and caught a bear. He caught all kinds of animals. He brought them all back to the house. He lived by himself in one part and the animals in another part. A fox got up and said ‘I say to you everybody, all you animals’ He said ‘We are animals, that one is a human. We are enjoying ourselves here. He is all alone there and is not enjoying himself. One of us should become a leader so that we can look after that person. (Somebody) said ‘You yourself’, some said ‘The lion’, some said ‘The bear’, some said ‘The tiger’, some said ‘You yourself’. He said ‘Me?’ They said ‘Yes’. They said ‘Your name is Ḥasan Aġa’. ‘Ḥasan Aġa?’ They said ‘Yes. Ḥasan Aġa’. ‘Ḥasan Aġa, what’s your opinion?’ He said ‘Look, I’ll tell you. That man who is alone needs a wife. We must go and bring him a wife. But here there conditions’. ‘What is your condition?’ He said to the bear ‘Bear, I want you within a week to go and catch a sheep and take out the meat. Bring the meat here for us to eat. Take its skin to the goldsmith’. He said ‘Put a bell on every hair. Give it to them, otherwise I’ll flay _your_ skin. Within eight days you must bring back the skin like this (with bells)’. ‘By all means, Ḥasan Aġa’. The bear went off. The bear went on her way, saw a sheep and brought it back. They set to work. The bear was a cook, that is (she did) the cooking. The lion on one side and the tiger on the other side were the guards. The others, the other animals, were all in the house, without any job. Now, the bear brought that sheep back and they ate the meat. She (the bear) took the skin to the goldsmith. The goldsmith put a bell on every hair and brought it back. He brought it back and she (the bear) gave it to the fox. He said to the bear ‘Look! You wear that skin on you and I shall make you dance. We’ll go into the town. I’ll make you dance. You dance and shake yourself. The daughter of the king will come out onto the roof. The _simarxa_ bird will come and take her. It will take her in order for us to marry her to Mərza Pămət’. She said ‘By all means, Ḥasan Aġa. Then they went off. The _simarxa_ prepared herself. Do you know what the _simarxa_ is? It is a kind of bird. Then the _simarxa_ went and circled over the town. The bear and the fox went slowly. The bear was walking. She (the _simarxa_) went in front of the door of the palace of the king and hid herself until the daughter of the king went onto the roof. She could look and see what was happening through the window. Now, the fox was beating her (the bear), crying out. She was giving off her roar and he was singing along with her. Then, the daughter of the king came out onto the roof. As soon as she came out onto the roof, the _simarxa_ made towards her and brought her back to Mərza Pămət. Then there was an outcry ‘(Come) now!’ and so forth and (people went) after the fox and after the bear. They ran off and reached the villa, the villa of Mərza Pămət. When they arrived there, they saw her (the princess) there with him. She fell in love with him and she became his wife. Some time passed, three or four months, (during which she was) with him. Everyday he would go up to hunt. He would bring back a tree on his shoulders. He was huge. There were various kinds of birds on it, quails, doves, and many others. He brought them back for those animals to eat and he also would eat. She (the princess) also began to eat them. After six or seven months the king said ‘Whatever has happened to my daughter, I want somebody to bring her back. I’ll give a lot of money to the person who brings her back.’. He was a king, you see. An old woman of magic said ‘I’ll bring her back’. She said ‘I’ll bring her back and you will see her (again). But I have a fee’. He said ‘Of course’. Now, she sat in a pot. She would make pots and jugs, as we call them, move. That is, it was a helicopter of that time. She sat in it and came to the villa of Mərza Pămət. She hid her pot and came out of it. (She screamed) ‘Oh, oh, oh’ (They said) ‘What is the matter with you’. She arrived at the villa. The lion was on one side and the tiger on the other side. Each shouted in turn and wanted to eat her. Ḥasan Aġa, woosh his hand was on his pistol, he said ‘What is the matter with you? Have you not seen a human being? What is the matter with you. Calm down, let’s see who she is’. They greeted her and asked her saying ‘Are you all right? What is the matter? She said ‘Nothing. I am a stranger here. I have no relative here and I want to come here with you and stay’. ‘Come in!’ She came in and stayed a month there. Now, she wanted to know how she could rescue that daughter of the king so that she could take her back. She said ‘Who of you is the overseer of this house? Ḥasan Aġa said ‘Me. What do you want?’ (She said) ‘Look at her, look at her, she has (almost) died of dirt. She has not washed for six months. Go and one of you wash her!’ He said ‘It is not our job. Go and wash her yourself!’ She went and fetched her and slowly took her to wash her. She put her in the pot. Then she made her fly away and took her home. She took her to the home of her father. Ḥasan Aġa waited for her to return, waited for her to return, but she was not there. They went after her to find her, but she was nowhere at all. She had flown and gone away. Ḥasan Aġa said, he said ‘Get up and prepare yourself bear’. She said ‘How (will we act) this time?’ He said ‘I’ll dress up and you make me dance, so that they will not say that they are (the same as) the earlier ones’. Now, as soon as the daughter of the king sees that we are singing and dancing, she will quickly come up to the roof’. So, they went off. The fox dressed up in the skin, but the skin was big. He made a ringing in the mud and grime and arrived at the palace of the king. The bear started yelling and roaring and screaming ‘What is the matter? What is the matter? Come and see. A bear is making a fox dance. A bear is making a fox dance’. The daughter of the king went up onto the roof. The daughter of the king went up onto the roof, then the _simarxa_ came, made towards her and took her away. She took her away and she stayed in the house once again. ‘Oh King, what do you say? Your daughter has gone’—and so forth. He said ‘I’ll give money to whoever brings her back, as I gave money before’. She (the old woman) said ‘I shall bring her back. Just as I brought her before, so this time I shall bring her’. He said ‘Are you sure that you will bring her?’ She said ‘Yes!’ ‘Go!’ She sat in her pot once again and went off. She went off and arrived near to the villa. She put the pot on one side. She came and went up like the previous time. ‘Oh, I am dying of hunger’—and so forth. ‘What is the matter with you? Where are you coming from?’ ‘I am coming from a faraway place. I want to stay with you’. He said to the lion ‘Look lion’ He took his pistol. He said ‘Look. You and the tiger, when that woman comes here, I want her to be turned over like this, upside down. Each of you hold one of her legs. If one of you goes after the other, I’ll kill him. While standing erect, you’ll tear her apart and distribute her to these animals so that they will all eat her.’ She came jauntily, she came like the previous time. She came and arrived there ‘Hey, where are you going’. She said ‘I am so hungry, so, so much’. He said ‘Are you hungry? Wait’. Woosh, they put their hand on her leg. They lifted her legs upwards and her head downwards. They held her and pulled her apart. They pulled her apart and made her two. They chopped her up and the animals ate her. The other woman remained there. She had Mərza Pămət, she became his wife. Some time passed. What did the king do? He was forced to raise an army. He raised an army and took it to go to find his daughter. (Since) the animals were numerous, they just pulled apart whoever went there. They (the army) could not (prevail against them). Finally, Mərza Pămət was forced to take his wife and run away. He went up and hid in another place, together with his wife. One day Ḥasan Aġa said to those animals, he said ‘I wish to say something to you, but tell me the truth’. He said ‘God forfend, if I became ill, what would you do?’ The bear said ‘May God forfend you become ill. I’d put you in my arms and for twenty-four hours (a day) I’d do this to you, give you a cool breeze, and so forth. I’d treat you with medicine’. The lion, in his turn, said ‘God willing you will not become ill’. The tiger (said) likewise, all (said) likewise. But they were all fed up with him, since he mistreated them so much. One day Ḥasan Aġa pretended to be dead. They did not dare leave him. The lion said to the bear ‘You are the cook. Go and make food. Kick him and see whether he is dead or not’. She came and went like this, she made herself trip over him and her leg hit him. He got up and woosh his hand was on his pistol. ‘It was you who were saying “I’d hold you in my arms and so forth”, but you kick me!’ (He said) this and that about her and, woosh, his hand was on his pistol. ‘For God’s sake no! I was cooking, I was running in order to cook and I knocked into you’ and so forth. One day he really died. He really died and remained there. None of them dared go anywhere. None of them cooked food. The bear, who cooked, did not dare go and cook. He remained like that, of necessity, until a rotten smell came from him. After that the lion came and kicked the carcass. He lifted the carcass and threw it away. Mərza Pămət said ‘Well, each of you take yourself off and go to your own place’. I have left it there and come here.