Barwar: The Tale of Rustam (1)

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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-Rùstam.ˈ šə́mmət bábe díye Zā̀l-wewa.ˈ ʾáwwa síqa-wewa l-ṭùraˈ l-ṣɛ̀da.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle Tătár-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndiˈ mən-ʾÌrən.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle gu-ṭùraˈ xə̀zyɛleˈ plíšela m-ġḏàḏe.ˈ Tătár-i Slemán-i Sə́ndi qṭílɛle qa-Zā̀l.ˈ zílle l-ʾÌrən,ˈ píšle tàma.ˈ xábra mṭèleˈ l-náše díye ʿal-ʾasā́s Zā́l hóle qṭìla.ˈ zílla xa-fàtra,ˈ ràba dána,ˈ wéle ʾə́lle díye bròna.ˈ Zā́l wéle ʾə́lle díye bròna.ˈ xzi-kəmá šə̀nneˈ ʾo-bróne díye píšle gàwṛa,ˈ mqŭrə̀nne.ˈ síqle ʾáp-ʾaw l-ṣɛ̀da.ˈ síqle l-ṣɛ̀da,ˈ ʾína dúnye šuréla ràya.ˈ šuréla ráya dúnye tàlga.ˈ ʾáwwa bíye bə-b-sùseˈ ʾáwər gu-xa-gə̀ppa.ˈ mṭošéle qam-tàlga,ˈ yáʿni tálga xɛlànɛle.ˈ wírre gu-gə̀ppa.ˈ gášəq hátxa l-bàr-eliˈ ʾína kàke.ˈ gášəq bàr-təxtiˈ ʾína kàke.ˈ gášəq gawáya hàtxaˈ ʾína balòta.ˈ hèˈ ʾámər ʾáwwa réšət bəṛ-nàšɛle.ˈ dwíqtəlle šàṯa.ˈ mə̀ryɛleˈ ʾu-šúryɛle margòde.ˈ ʾu-tíwa l-xáṣə súse dìyeˈ ʾu-ṣə́lyɛle l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ yə́mme ḏìla.ˈ mə́re bróni mà-lux?ˈ mə́re yə́mmi mò mtanə̀nnəx?ˈ mə́re lá-mṣən mtanə́nna ʾə̀lləx.ˈ hóle lə́bbi pqìya.ˈ mə́re mà-lux,ˈ bàbi?ˈ mùr!ˈ káza mòdila qə́ṣṣət?ˈ mə́re yə̀mmi,ˈ dúnye wéla ràya.ˈ ʾána síqa l-ṣɛ̀da,ˈ dúnye wéla ràya,ˈ ʾána wírri gu-xa-gə̀ppa.ˈ ʾína gušə́qli ʾùḷḷul,ˈ kàke.ˈ gušə́qli ʾə̀ltəx,ˈ kàke.ˈ gawáya balòta.ˈ lə́bbi pqìleˈ ʾu-hal-díya šaṯàna.ˈ mə́ra bròniˈ lá-yăḏət ʾáw mòdile?ˈ mə́re la-yə̀mmiˈ lɛ̀ḏən,ˈ mòdile?ˈ mə́ra ʾáw rešət-bàbux-ile.ˈ mə́re dàx-it mára?ˈ mə́re rešət-bàbi?ˈ mə́re ʾɛ̀nile qṭíləlle?ˈ mə́ra Tătár-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi.ˈ m-gu-ʾÍrən ʾə̀ṯyɛle,ˈ qṭìləlle.ˈ mára qìmɛle,ˈ ʾən-réšət bábe díye ʾax-ṭùra,ˈ ʾu-hóle qṭíla l-Tătár-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi,ˈ lɛ̀ka bṱ-ázəl?ˈ mə́re ṱ-ázən šáqlən tólət bàbi.ˈ tíwɛle xáṣət súse dìyeˈ ʾu-ya-ʾálaha zìlɛle.ˈ zìlɛle,ˈ zìla,ˈ zìla,ˈ zìla,ˈ mə́ṭyɛle xa-màṯa.ˈ mə́ṭyɛle xa-màṯa.ˈ xwarzàye,ˈ Bèjəm,ˈ ʾáw gu-d-ɛ́-dana bə̀ryɛle.ˈ gu-d-ɛ̀-danaˈ ṱ-íle xále díye plíṭa zála ta-t-šáqəl tòle,ˈ Béjəm bə̀ryɛle.ˈ qímela mùṯyeˈ xa-marə́gla gòṛaˈ xə̀lyaˈ mùštyəlle.ˈ šqíləlla ʾarbí dráye pàrča,ˈ xíṭəlla ʾə́lle dìye,ˈ lɛ́le mə́ṭya l-šàrṯe,ˈ ma-t-wéwa zàxma.ˈ qìmɛleˈ mə̀reˈ kɛ̀le xáli?ˈ mə́ra xálux hóle zíla šqála tólət bábe dìye.ˈ yátu l-xáṣət dawɛ̀ra,ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw ʾàzəl.ˈ ʾázəl di-di-dìˈ ṭapéle xále dìyeˈ gu-d-ày-maṯa.ˈ ʾaw-lɛ̀ḏele xále díye.ˈ lɛ́ḏele xále díye ʾɛ̀nile.ˈ zìlɛle,ˈ súse díye kə́lyɛle kəs-súsət xále dìye.ˈ ʾu-hár-xa xále dìyeleˈ l-xóḏe rəš-ʾɛ̀na.ˈ šúryɛle mằnit ʾáti?ˈ mằnit?ˈ ʾáwwa šluxàyɛle.ˈ ṭrìpəlla l-ġḏáḏe.ˈ xále díye nápəl qam-Bèjəm,ˈ Béjəm hàde bə́rya,ˈ ma-t-wéwa zàxma.ˈ qìmɛleˈ mə̀reˈ díya qaṭlə̀nnux.ˈ mə́re ʾáti mằniwət?ˈ mə́re ʾána brónət Zā̀l-iwən.ˈ mə́re xàli!ˈ ʾáti xàliwət.ˈ mə́re qù,ˈ là qaṭlə́nnux,ˈ qù.ˈ mára qìmela,ˈ píše b-ġḏàḏe.ˈ mə́re xàli.ˈ mə́re ʾáti xwarzàyi.ˈ mə́re ʾàtiˈ puš-làxxa,ˈ ʾána ṱ-àsqən.ˈ hóle ʾə́ṯya Déwa Zàr,ˈ Déwa Zàr,ˈ m-la-gnay-yòma.ˈ hóle ʾə́ṯya ʾax-xa-kə̀xwa.ˈ hóle tíwa báṯər màṯaˈ gu-d-wàʾha gallíya,ˈ gu-d-wàʾha gə́ppa.ˈ ṱ-àsqən,ˈ xazə̀nne-wˈ ʾàṯena.ˈ mə́re xáli dáx bàryaˈ ʾána pɛ́šən làxxaˈ ʾu-ʾáti ṱ-àsqət?ˈ ʾáp-ʾana ṱ-ásqən mə̀nnux.ˈ mə́re lɛ̀ka saqa-ʾáti mə́nni?ˈ ʾáti puš-làxxa.ˈ ṱ-ásqən ʾána l-xòḏi.ˈ márɛle la-brèla.ˈ ʾámər ṱ-amrə́nnux xà-məndi.ˈ xále dìyele máraˈ Rùstam-ile máraˈ mára ṱ-amrə́nnux xà-məndi,ˈ xwarzàyi.ˈ xázəx lá-mṣət mamṭə́tla ʾiṯáṯux hátxa ġḏàḏe?ˈ mára hátxa tráṯna ʾiṯáṯe díye wíḏəlla hátxa múmṭəlla ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾáwwa šəryóxət ʾàqle,ˈ xrrr ʾasə́ṛṛa ʾiṯáṯət Bèjən.ˈ Béjən šawúqle sìṛaˈ ʾiṯáṯe dìye.ˈ ʾáw sìqle.ˈ sìqle.ˈ ʾímə ṱ-íle síqa Rùstam,ˈ síqɛle gu-d-o-gə̀ppa,ˈ xazéla xá parizàda,ˈ xá šapìrta,ˈ brátət málka t-Màġrəb,ˈ hóle šqíləlla Déwa Zàr,ˈ hóle múṯyəlla gu-d-ɛ̀ gəppíṯa.ˈ hóla šqála qàlma,ˈ kut-qálma ʾìṯbaˈ ʾax-faṣùliˈ hátxa gòṛta.ˈ mattówəlla ʾằraˈ ʾu-xaṭòrtaˈ prā́q b-réša qṭàləlla.ˈ ʾímə ṱ-íle síqa Rùstam,ˈ xə̀zyəllaˈ bàxta.ˈ mə́ra bàxtaˈ ʾən-ít ṣìya,ˈ hóʾla mìya.ˈ ʾən-it-kpìna,ˈ hóʾle xùl.ˈ mə́re mằṛəšleˈ ʾána hon-ʾə́ṯya ta-t-qaṭlə̀nne.ˈ mára mŭṛàštəlleˈ qìmɛle.ˈ ʾax-ṱ-íle qìma,ˈ ʾu-šúryela pláša m-ġḏàḏe,ˈ ʾàwwaˈ maxèleˈ sɛ̀peˈ l-qḏála d-o-Déwa Zàrˈ ʾu-ṣále kəndàla.ˈ Bèjəmˈ ʾiṯáṯe hóla sìṛe.ˈ mó ʾàwəḏ?ˈ mən-lə́bbe díye qìḏa,ˈ dɛ́re xɛ̀la,ˈ načə̀lle ʾo-šəryóxa.ˈ ʾu-ʾáṯe šaqə́lla xa-ʾáqrət bə̀ṭma.ˈ šaqə̀llaˈ ʾu-šamə̀ṭlaˈ taqàne.ˈ ʾu-mattúle b-rèšeˈ ʾámər háyyo hátxa hátxa mə̀nnux.ˈ ʾáti xáli qəm-qaṭlə̀tle.ˈ ʾu-lɛ́ka b-šárṭət qam-ʾiṯàṯi?ˈ ʾáwwa síqɛle l-o-gə̀ppa.ˈ ʾo-qɛ̀saˈ ʾɛ-bə̀ṭmaˈ hóla rš-rùše.ˈ sìqɛleˈ xa-béna ʾàmərˈ xwarzàyi,ˈ ʾànaˈ hon-qṭìləlle Déwa Zàr,ˈ la-ʾáṯət ṱ-áwḏət čù-məndi.ˈ qímɛle múṯyəlla ʾáp ʾɛ-brátət màlka.ˈ qímɛle múṯyəlla mə́nne mə́nne dìye,ˈ zìlela.ˈ Bèjəm-ileˈ ʾu-ʾɛ̀-bratɛlaˈ ʾu-Rùstam,ˈ Rústam bronət-Zā̀l.ˈ mára qímela zílela l-ʾÌrən.ˈ zílela l-ʾÌrən,ˈ mbúqre, mbúqre mbùqre.ˈ mə̀ṭyela,ˈ ʾɛ̀kɛle?ˈ gu-d-ɛ̀ni máṯa?ˈ gu-d-ɛ́ni mḏíta xằyeˈ Tătár-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi?ˈ múttəllɛle ʾo-čádre dìye,ˈ súse díye ṣlíwəllɛle tàma.ˈ ʾáni tré susăwàṯa-wawaˈ w-áp ʾɛ-bráta mənnèy.ˈ ʾu-píšela tàma.ˈ kəmá ṱ-íle Rùstam,ˈ ʾáw mbaqórəlle Tătár-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi.ˈ Béjəm lìtle hátxa šúle məndiyàne.ˈ mára wíḏəlla hŭ̀jūm.ˈ zílɛle Béjəm qamáye ʾə̀lle.ˈ zílle Béjəm ʾə́lle dìye,ˈ wídla hŭ̀jum,ˈ qəm-čarxìle.ˈ qəm-čarxíle dawqìle.ˈ ʾímət qəm-dawqìle,ˈ mə́ra brátət Tắtar-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndiˈ hállule l-ʾìḏi.ˈ ʾána yắḏən dax-našṭánne gə́lde dìye.ˈ hállule l-ʾìḏi.ˈ mára yíwəlle l-ʾíḏət brátət Tắtar-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi.ˈ qìmtɛla,ˈ šqílta xa-nerìya,ˈ neríya gòṛa.ˈ ʾu-prìmtəllela.ˈ yíwtəlle ta-d-án xulàme.ˈ prìməlleˈ ʾu-bə́sre zə̀dyəlle.ˈ ʾo-gə́lde mùbyəlle.ˈ škáṯe gòṛe-wawa.ˈ mùbyəlleˈ ʾu-múttəlle gu-dúkṯa ta-plàša.ˈ mə́ra ʾáwwa Bèjəm-ile.ˈ hóla qəm-qaṭlìleˈ ʾu-hóle ʾàwwa.ˈ ʾáni máre škàṯa-wawa.ˈ mára Tắtar-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndiˈ ʾáw spàrɛle.ˈ ʾáni plášət mòdile?ˈ rùmxa.ˈ ṱ-átwi l-xáṣət sùsaˈ ʾu-ṱ-àṯiˈ máxa b-rùmxa l-ġḏàḏe.ˈ mára plìšelaˈ Rùstamˈ ʾu-Tắtar-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi.ˈ mə́xyela l-ġḏàḏe,ˈ mə̀xye,ˈ mə́xyela l-ġḏàḏe,ˈ məxyèla,ˈ ʾáp-xa lɛle npìla.ˈ Rústam píšle brìndar.ˈ ʾímət píšle brìndar Rústam,ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ mšùdrəlle,ˈ lítle daṛmàne.ˈ ʾo-xéna Béjəm hóle kəs-brátət Tắtar-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi.ˈ ʾàwˈ xumɛ̀ṯəlle,ˈ tagbòrəllelaˈ mə́nna dìyaˈ ta-t-gawràle.ˈ mára mšúdrəlle súse dìye,ˈ zílɛle l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ zílɛle l-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ yə́mme dìyeˈ ʾu-báxte díye táma xə́zyəlle sùsaˈ ʾína sapìqa.ˈ kəmə́t-wawa yə́mme dìye,ˈ mp̣uṛmèla.ˈ mə́ra há ʾáwwa hóle mšùdrəlle.ˈ hóle npíla gu-ʾiqùṯa.ˈ ʾáyya daṛmána b-xšàwən,ˈ mšádrəx daṛmàna ʾə́lle díye.ˈ qíme mšúdrəlle daṛmàne.ˈ ʾɛ̀-gaˈ brónət Rùstamˈ hóla báxte díye mabròye.ˈ báxte hóla mabròye,ˈ xákma hóla mára díya màbra,ˈ xə́kma hóla mára làʾa,ˈ b-saʾàtta.ˈ xákma dráyɛla b-sə̀kṯa,ˈ dráyɛla xɛ̀la,ˈ w-áxxa-w tàmmaˈ di-di-di-dì,ˈ báre brónət Rùstam.ˈ gu-d-ɛ-dánət bréle brónət Rùstam,ˈ mòdi wídla?ˈ qìmlaˈ qəm-măṭəmìleˈ xə̀lya.ˈ qəm-maštíle di-di-dì.ˈ ʾu-malušíle júlle ʾáxxa-w tàmma.ˈ mə́re kɛ́le súsət bàbi?ˈ šuréle mṣawòṯe,ˈ kɛ́le súsət bàbi?ˈ qìmɛleˈ mšùryɛle,ˈ múṯyəllela súsət bábe díye kə́sle dìye.ˈ mə́re máttuli l-xàṣe.ˈ múttəlle l-xáṣə sùsaˈ ʾu-daṛmána yíwəlla l-ʾíḏe dìye.ˈ prrr ya-ʾálaha sì.ˈ ʾàzəl,ˈ ʾàzəl,ˈ ʾàzəl,ˈ ʾu-màṭe,ˈ máṭe l-čádrət bábe dìye.ˈ máṭe l-čádrət bàbe,ˈ ʾáw lɛ́ḏe čádrət bábe díyila ʾən-là.ˈ kále súse tàma.ˈ kízle mxàyaˈ goyáṯət sùsa,ˈ súsa la-jwìjle.ˈ píšɛle májbur ṣə̀lyɛle.ˈ ṣə̀lyɛle,ˈ ʾína xázele bábe díye hóle mə̀rya.ˈ hóle npìla táma.ˈ ʾu-dáwəq bíye dìyeˈ ta-mxàyəlle.ˈ ʾámər ʾáti qáṭlət bàbi,ˈ háy hátxa hàtxa mə́nnux.ˈ ʾámər ʾáti ʾɛ̀niwət?ˈ ʾámər ʾána brónət Rùstam-iwən.ˈ ʾámər bróni qaṭlə́tli ʾap-àti?ˈ qìmɛleˈ ʾu-dwìqɛle-w,ˈ šwìqɛle-w,ˈ yíwəlle daṛmàne-w,ˈ mbùsməlle,ˈ píšɛle xɛlàna.ˈ mára qìmɛleˈ mšùrya,ˈ zíla xá-bena xéta yíwəlla xàbraˈ ta-t-pàlši.ˈ nášə ʾálma kùlleˈ jmíyela tàma.ˈ kút-xa tíwɛle l-xáṣə súsət gáne dìyeˈ ʾu-zála mxáya rùmxe.ˈ ṭə́ḷḷəṯ gàyeˈ šuréla mxáya hàdəx.ˈ ʾa-t-ʾàrbe,ˈ məxyále rúmxe díye gu-ṣádrət ʾáwwa Tắtar-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi,ˈ qəm-xašə́lle ʾằra,ˈ qəm-qaṭə̀lle.ˈ báṯər qəm-qaṭə̀lle,ˈ ʾánna xéne kúlla ʾáskar dìyeˈ šmìṭla,ˈ kúlla zìlla.ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ ṯíṯɛla brátət Tắtar-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi,ˈ ṯéla mən-Bèjəm,ˈ qəm-šaqə́lla mɛṯèla.ˈ ʾu-ʾáp-yaha bráta xéta ṱ-íla brátət málkət Màġrəb,ˈ ʾáp-ʾay qəm-šaqə́lla Bèjəm,ˈ qəm-mɛṯèla,ˈ ʾu-ṯéla ṭḷaṯnèy.ˈ ṯéla bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ʾu-šwiqáli táma ṯéli làxxa.ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-Rùstam.ˈ šə́mmət bábe díye Zā̀l-wewa.ˈ ʾáwwa síqa-wewa l-ṭùraˈ l-ṣɛ̀da.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle Tătár-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndiˈ mən-ʾÌrən.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle gu-ṭùraˈ xə̀zyɛleˈ plíšela m-ġḏàḏe.ˈ Tătár-i Slemán-i Sə́ndi qṭílɛle qa-Zā̀l.ˈ zílle l-ʾÌrən,ˈ píšle tàma.ˈ xábra mṭèleˈ l-náše díye ʿal-ʾasā́s Zā́l hóle qṭìla.ˈ zílla xa-fàtra,ˈ ràba dána,ˈ wéle ʾə́lle díye bròna.ˈ Zā́l wéle ʾə́lle díye bròna.ˈ xzi-kəmá šə̀nneˈ ʾo-bróne díye píšle gàwṛa,ˈ mqŭrə̀nne.ˈ síqle ʾáp-ʾaw l-ṣɛ̀da.ˈ síqle l-ṣɛ̀da,ˈ ʾína dúnye šuréla ràya.ˈ šuréla ráya dúnye tàlga.ˈ ʾáwwa bíye bə-b-sùseˈ ʾáwər gu-xa-gə̀ppa.ˈ mṭošéle qam-tàlga,ˈ yáʿni tálga xɛlànɛle.ˈ wírre gu-gə̀ppa.ˈ gášəq hátxa l-bàr-eliˈ ʾína kàke.ˈ gášəq bàr-təxtiˈ ʾína kàke.ˈ gášəq gawáya hàtxaˈ ʾína balòta.ˈ hèˈ ʾámər ʾáwwa réšət bəṛ-nàšɛle.ˈ dwíqtəlle šàṯa.ˈ mə̀ryɛleˈ ʾu-šúryɛle margòde.ˈ ʾu-tíwa l-xáṣə súse dìyeˈ ʾu-ṣə́lyɛle l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ yə́mme ḏìla.ˈ mə́re bróni mà-lux?ˈ mə́re yə́mmi mò mtanə̀nnəx?ˈ mə́re lá-mṣən mtanə́nna ʾə̀lləx.ˈ hóle lə́bbi pqìya.ˈ mə́re mà-lux,ˈ bàbi?ˈ mùr!ˈ káza mòdila qə́ṣṣət?ˈ mə́re yə̀mmi,ˈ dúnye wéla ràya.ˈ ʾána síqa l-ṣɛ̀da,ˈ dúnye wéla ràya,ˈ ʾána wírri gu-xa-gə̀ppa.ˈ ʾína gušə́qli ʾùḷḷul,ˈ kàke.ˈ gušə́qli ʾə̀ltəx,ˈ kàke.ˈ gawáya balòta.ˈ lə́bbi pqìleˈ ʾu-hal-díya šaṯàna.ˈ mə́ra bròniˈ lá-yăḏət ʾáw mòdile?ˈ mə́re la-yə̀mmiˈ lɛ̀ḏən,ˈ mòdile?ˈ mə́ra ʾáw rešət-bàbux-ile.ˈ mə́re dàx-it mára?ˈ mə́re rešət-bàbi?ˈ mə́re ʾɛ̀nile qṭíləlle?ˈ mə́ra Tătár-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi.ˈ m-gu-ʾÍrən ʾə̀ṯyɛle,ˈ qṭìləlle.ˈ mára qìmɛle,ˈ ʾən-réšət bábe díye ʾax-ṭùra,ˈ ʾu-hóle qṭíla l-Tătár-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi,ˈ lɛ̀ka bṱ-ázəl?ˈ mə́re ṱ-ázən šáqlən tólət bàbi.ˈ tíwɛle xáṣət súse dìyeˈ ʾu-ya-ʾálaha zìlɛle.ˈ zìlɛle,ˈ zìla,ˈ zìla,ˈ zìla,ˈ mə́ṭyɛle xa-màṯa.ˈ mə́ṭyɛle xa-màṯa.ˈ xwarzàye,ˈ Bèjəm,ˈ ʾáw gu-d-ɛ́-dana bə̀ryɛle.ˈ gu-d-ɛ̀-danaˈ ṱ-íle xále díye plíṭa zála ta-t-šáqəl tòle,ˈ Béjəm bə̀ryɛle.ˈ qímela mùṯyeˈ xa-marə́gla gòṛaˈ xə̀lyaˈ mùštyəlle.ˈ šqíləlla ʾarbí dráye pàrča,ˈ xíṭəlla ʾə́lle dìye,ˈ lɛ́le mə́ṭya l-šàrṯe,ˈ ma-t-wéwa zàxma.ˈ qìmɛleˈ mə̀reˈ kɛ̀le xáli?ˈ mə́ra xálux hóle zíla šqála tólət bábe dìye.ˈ yátu l-xáṣət dawɛ̀ra,ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw ʾàzəl.ˈ ʾázəl di-di-dìˈ ṭapéle xále dìyeˈ gu-d-ày-maṯa.ˈ ʾaw-lɛ̀ḏele xále díye.ˈ lɛ́ḏele xále díye ʾɛ̀nile.ˈ zìlɛle,ˈ súse díye kə́lyɛle kəs-súsət xále dìye.ˈ ʾu-hár-xa xále dìyeleˈ l-xóḏe rəš-ʾɛ̀na.ˈ šúryɛle mằnit ʾáti?ˈ mằnit?ˈ ʾáwwa šluxàyɛle.ˈ ṭrìpəlla l-ġḏáḏe.ˈ xále díye nápəl qam-Bèjəm,ˈ Béjəm hàde bə́rya,ˈ ma-t-wéwa zàxma.ˈ qìmɛleˈ mə̀reˈ díya qaṭlə̀nnux.ˈ mə́re ʾáti mằniwət?ˈ mə́re ʾána brónət Zā̀l-iwən.ˈ mə́re xàli!ˈ ʾáti xàliwət.ˈ mə́re qù,ˈ là qaṭlə́nnux,ˈ qù.ˈ mára qìmela,ˈ píše b-ġḏàḏe.ˈ mə́re xàli.ˈ mə́re ʾáti xwarzàyi.ˈ mə́re ʾàtiˈ puš-làxxa,ˈ ʾána ṱ-àsqən.ˈ hóle ʾə́ṯya Déwa Zàr,ˈ Déwa Zàr,ˈ m-la-gnay-yòma.ˈ hóle ʾə́ṯya ʾax-xa-kə̀xwa.ˈ hóle tíwa báṯər màṯaˈ gu-d-wàʾha gallíya,ˈ gu-d-wàʾha gə́ppa.ˈ ṱ-àsqən,ˈ xazə̀nne-wˈ ʾàṯena.ˈ mə́re xáli dáx bàryaˈ ʾána pɛ́šən làxxaˈ ʾu-ʾáti ṱ-àsqət?ˈ ʾáp-ʾana ṱ-ásqən mə̀nnux.ˈ mə́re lɛ̀ka saqa-ʾáti mə́nni?ˈ ʾáti puš-làxxa.ˈ ṱ-ásqən ʾána l-xòḏi.ˈ márɛle la-brèla.ˈ ʾámər ṱ-amrə́nnux xà-məndi.ˈ xále dìyele máraˈ Rùstam-ile máraˈ mára ṱ-amrə́nnux xà-məndi,ˈ xwarzàyi.ˈ xázəx lá-mṣət mamṭə́tla ʾiṯáṯux hátxa ġḏàḏe?ˈ mára hátxa tráṯna ʾiṯáṯe díye wíḏəlla hátxa múmṭəlla ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾáwwa šəryóxət ʾàqle,ˈ xrrr ʾasə́ṛṛa ʾiṯáṯət Bèjən.ˈ Béjən šawúqle sìṛaˈ ʾiṯáṯe dìye.ˈ ʾáw sìqle.ˈ sìqle.ˈ ʾímə ṱ-íle síqa Rùstam,ˈ síqɛle gu-d-o-gə̀ppa,ˈ xazéla xá parizàda,ˈ xá šapìrta,ˈ brátət málka t-Màġrəb,ˈ hóle šqíləlla Déwa Zàr,ˈ hóle múṯyəlla gu-d-ɛ̀ gəppíṯa.ˈ hóla šqála qàlma,ˈ kut-qálma ʾìṯbaˈ ʾax-faṣùliˈ hátxa gòṛta.ˈ mattówəlla ʾằraˈ ʾu-xaṭòrtaˈ prā́q b-réša qṭàləlla.ˈ ʾímə ṱ-íle síqa Rùstam,ˈ xə̀zyəllaˈ bàxta.ˈ mə́ra bàxtaˈ ʾən-ít ṣìya,ˈ hóʾla mìya.ˈ ʾən-it-kpìna,ˈ hóʾle xùl.ˈ mə́re mằṛəšleˈ ʾána hon-ʾə́ṯya ta-t-qaṭlə̀nne.ˈ mára mŭṛàštəlleˈ qìmɛle.ˈ ʾax-ṱ-íle qìma,ˈ ʾu-šúryela pláša m-ġḏàḏe,ˈ ʾàwwaˈ maxèleˈ sɛ̀peˈ l-qḏála d-o-Déwa Zàrˈ ʾu-ṣále kəndàla.ˈ Bèjəmˈ ʾiṯáṯe hóla sìṛe.ˈ mó ʾàwəḏ?ˈ mən-lə́bbe díye qìḏa,ˈ dɛ́re xɛ̀la,ˈ načə̀lle ʾo-šəryóxa.ˈ ʾu-ʾáṯe šaqə́lla xa-ʾáqrət bə̀ṭma.ˈ šaqə̀llaˈ ʾu-šamə̀ṭlaˈ taqàne.ˈ ʾu-mattúle b-rèšeˈ ʾámər háyyo hátxa hátxa mə̀nnux.ˈ ʾáti xáli qəm-qaṭlə̀tle.ˈ ʾu-lɛ́ka b-šárṭət qam-ʾiṯàṯi?ˈ ʾáwwa síqɛle l-o-gə̀ppa.ˈ ʾo-qɛ̀saˈ ʾɛ-bə̀ṭmaˈ hóla rš-rùše.ˈ sìqɛleˈ xa-béna ʾàmərˈ xwarzàyi,ˈ ʾànaˈ hon-qṭìləlle Déwa Zàr,ˈ la-ʾáṯət ṱ-áwḏət čù-məndi.ˈ qímɛle múṯyəlla ʾáp ʾɛ-brátət màlka.ˈ qímɛle múṯyəlla mə́nne mə́nne dìye,ˈ zìlela.ˈ Bèjəm-ileˈ ʾu-ʾɛ̀-bratɛlaˈ ʾu-Rùstam,ˈ Rústam bronət-Zā̀l.ˈ mára qímela zílela l-ʾÌrən.ˈ zílela l-ʾÌrən,ˈ mbúqre, mbúqre mbùqre.ˈ mə̀ṭyela,ˈ ʾɛ̀kɛle?ˈ gu-d-ɛ̀ni máṯa?ˈ gu-d-ɛ́ni mḏíta xằyeˈ Tătár-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi?ˈ múttəllɛle ʾo-čádre dìye,ˈ súse díye ṣlíwəllɛle tàma.ˈ ʾáni tré susăwàṯa-wawaˈ w-áp ʾɛ-bráta mənnèy.ˈ ʾu-píšela tàma.ˈ kəmá ṱ-íle Rùstam,ˈ ʾáw mbaqórəlle Tătár-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi.ˈ Béjəm lìtle hátxa šúle məndiyàne.ˈ mára wíḏəlla hŭ̀jūm.ˈ zílɛle Béjəm qamáye ʾə̀lle.ˈ zílle Béjəm ʾə́lle dìye,ˈ wídla hŭ̀jum,ˈ qəm-čarxìle.ˈ qəm-čarxíle dawqìle.ˈ ʾímət qəm-dawqìle,ˈ mə́ra brátət Tắtar-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndiˈ hállule l-ʾìḏi.ˈ ʾána yắḏən dax-našṭánne gə́lde dìye.ˈ hállule l-ʾìḏi.ˈ mára yíwəlle l-ʾíḏət brátət Tắtar-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi.ˈ qìmtɛla,ˈ šqílta xa-nerìya,ˈ neríya gòṛa.ˈ ʾu-prìmtəllela.ˈ yíwtəlle ta-d-án xulàme.ˈ prìməlleˈ ʾu-bə́sre zə̀dyəlle.ˈ ʾo-gə́lde mùbyəlle.ˈ škáṯe gòṛe-wawa.ˈ mùbyəlleˈ ʾu-múttəlle gu-dúkṯa ta-plàša.ˈ mə́ra ʾáwwa Bèjəm-ile.ˈ hóla qəm-qaṭlìleˈ ʾu-hóle ʾàwwa.ˈ ʾáni máre škàṯa-wawa.ˈ mára Tắtar-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndiˈ ʾáw spàrɛle.ˈ ʾáni plášət mòdile?ˈ rùmxa.ˈ ṱ-átwi l-xáṣət sùsaˈ ʾu-ṱ-àṯiˈ máxa b-rùmxa l-ġḏàḏe.ˈ mára plìšelaˈ Rùstamˈ ʾu-Tắtar-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi.ˈ mə́xyela l-ġḏàḏe,ˈ mə̀xye,ˈ mə́xyela l-ġḏàḏe,ˈ məxyèla,ˈ ʾáp-xa lɛle npìla.ˈ Rústam píšle brìndar.ˈ ʾímət píšle brìndar Rústam,ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ mšùdrəlle,ˈ lítle daṛmàne.ˈ ʾo-xéna Béjəm hóle kəs-brátət Tắtar-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi.ˈ ʾàwˈ xumɛ̀ṯəlle,ˈ tagbòrəllelaˈ mə́nna dìyaˈ ta-t-gawràle.ˈ mára mšúdrəlle súse dìye,ˈ zílɛle l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ zílɛle l-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ yə́mme dìyeˈ ʾu-báxte díye táma xə́zyəlle sùsaˈ ʾína sapìqa.ˈ kəmə́t-wawa yə́mme dìye,ˈ mp̣uṛmèla.ˈ mə́ra há ʾáwwa hóle mšùdrəlle.ˈ hóle npíla gu-ʾiqùṯa.ˈ ʾáyya daṛmána b-xšàwən,ˈ mšádrəx daṛmàna ʾə́lle díye.ˈ qíme mšúdrəlle daṛmàne.ˈ ʾɛ̀-gaˈ brónət Rùstamˈ hóla báxte díye mabròye.ˈ báxte hóla mabròye,ˈ xákma hóla mára díya màbra,ˈ xə́kma hóla mára làʾa,ˈ b-saʾàtta.ˈ xákma dráyɛla b-sə̀kṯa,ˈ dráyɛla xɛ̀la,ˈ w-áxxa-w tàmmaˈ di-di-di-dì,ˈ báre brónət Rùstam.ˈ gu-d-ɛ-dánət bréle brónət Rùstam,ˈ mòdi wídla?ˈ qìmlaˈ qəm-măṭəmìleˈ xə̀lya.ˈ qəm-maštíle di-di-dì.ˈ ʾu-malušíle júlle ʾáxxa-w tàmma.ˈ mə́re kɛ́le súsət bàbi?ˈ šuréle mṣawòṯe,ˈ kɛ́le súsət bàbi?ˈ qìmɛleˈ mšùryɛle,ˈ múṯyəllela súsət bábe díye kə́sle dìye.ˈ mə́re máttuli l-xàṣe.ˈ múttəlle l-xáṣə sùsaˈ ʾu-daṛmána yíwəlla l-ʾíḏe dìye.ˈ prrr ya-ʾálaha sì.ˈ ʾàzəl,ˈ ʾàzəl,ˈ ʾàzəl,ˈ ʾu-màṭe,ˈ máṭe l-čádrət bábe dìye.ˈ máṭe l-čádrət bàbe,ˈ ʾáw lɛ́ḏe čádrət bábe díyila ʾən-là.ˈ kále súse tàma.ˈ kízle mxàyaˈ goyáṯət sùsa,ˈ súsa la-jwìjle.ˈ píšɛle májbur ṣə̀lyɛle.ˈ ṣə̀lyɛle,ˈ ʾína xázele bábe díye hóle mə̀rya.ˈ hóle npìla táma.ˈ ʾu-dáwəq bíye dìyeˈ ta-mxàyəlle.ˈ ʾámər ʾáti qáṭlət bàbi,ˈ háy hátxa hàtxa mə́nnux.ˈ ʾámər ʾáti ʾɛ̀niwət?ˈ ʾámər ʾána brónət Rùstam-iwən.ˈ ʾámər bróni qaṭlə́tli ʾap-àti?ˈ qìmɛleˈ ʾu-dwìqɛle-w,ˈ šwìqɛle-w,ˈ yíwəlle daṛmàne-w,ˈ mbùsməlle,ˈ píšɛle xɛlàna.ˈ mára qìmɛleˈ mšùrya,ˈ zíla xá-bena xéta yíwəlla xàbraˈ ta-t-pàlši.ˈ nášə ʾálma kùlleˈ jmíyela tàma.ˈ kút-xa tíwɛle l-xáṣə súsət gáne dìyeˈ ʾu-zála mxáya rùmxe.ˈ ṭə́ḷḷəṯ gàyeˈ šuréla mxáya hàdəx.ˈ ʾa-t-ʾàrbe,ˈ məxyále rúmxe díye gu-ṣádrət ʾáwwa Tắtar-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi,ˈ qəm-xašə́lle ʾằra,ˈ qəm-qaṭə̀lle.ˈ báṯər qəm-qaṭə̀lle,ˈ ʾánna xéne kúlla ʾáskar dìyeˈ šmìṭla,ˈ kúlla zìlla.ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ ṯíṯɛla brátət Tắtar-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi,ˈ ṯéla mən-Bèjəm,ˈ qəm-šaqə́lla mɛṯèla.ˈ ʾu-ʾáp-yaha bráta xéta ṱ-íla brátət málkət Màġrəb,ˈ ʾáp-ʾay qəm-šaqə́lla Bèjəm,ˈ qəm-mɛṯèla,ˈ ʾu-ṯéla ṭḷaṯnèy.ˈ ṯéla bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ʾu-šwiqáli táma ṯéli làxxa.ˈ	There was a (man called) Rustam. The name of his father was Zāl. He had gone up into the mountains to hunt. Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi came from Iran. He came into the mountains, found him and they fought together. Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi killed Zāl. He went to Iran and remained there. Word reached his relatives that Zāl had been killed. Time went by, a long time, and a son was born to him. A son was born to Zāl, and after several years this son of his became a man, he grew up. He also went hunting. He went up hunting and it began to rain. It began to snow. He together with his horse entered a cave. He sheltered from the snow, since the snow was heavy. He entered the cave, looked upwards and saw teeth. He looked downwards and saw teeth. He looked inside and saw a throat. ‘Ah’, he said, ‘This is the head of a person’. A fever seized him. He became ill and started shivering. He sat on the back of his horse and went down back home. His mother knew (about this). She said ‘My son, what is the matter’. He said ‘Mother, what should I tell you?’. He said ‘I cannot relate it to you. My heart has burst (with fear)’. She said ‘What is the matter, my dear? Tell me!’ She tries (to press him) ‘What is the story?’ He said ‘Mother, it started raining. I went up hunting, it started raining and so I went into a cave. I looked upwards (and saw) teeth. I looked downwards (and saw) teeth. (I looked) inside (and saw) a throat. My heart burst (with fear) and I am still feverish’. She said ‘My son, don’t you know what that is?’ He said ‘No, mother, I don’t know. What is it?’ She said ‘That is the head of your father’. He said ‘What are you saying?!’ He said ‘The head of my father?’ He said ‘Who was it who killed him?’ She said ‘Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi. He came from Iran and killed him’. Now, if the head of his father is like a mountain and he has been killed by Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi, where could he go? He said ‘I shall go to take revenge for my father’. He sat on the back of his horse and set off. He went along for a long way and reached a village. He reached a village. His nephew Bejəm, was born at that time. At the time when his uncle went out to take his revenge, Bejəm was born. They brought a big pan of milk and gave it to him to drink. They took forty yards of material and sewed it for him, but it did not reach his navel, since he was so huge. He said ‘Where is my uncle?’ They said ‘Your uncle has gone to avenge his father’. He sat on the back of a mule and he also set off. He went along and caught up with his uncle in that village. He did not know his uncle. He did not know who his uncle was. He went along and his horse stopped by the horse of his uncle. His uncle was by himself by the well. He began (speaking) ‘Who are you? Who are you?’ He (Bejəm) was naked. They attacked each other. His uncle fell before Bejəm, (although) Bejəm had just been born, since he was so huge. He said ‘Now, I’ll kill you’. He said ‘Who are you?’ He said ‘I am the son of Zāl’. He said ‘Uncle! You are my uncle’. He said ‘Get up. I shall not kill you. Get up’. He got up and they remained together. He said ‘Uncle’. He said ‘You, my nephew’, he said ‘you stay here. I’ll go up. Dewa Zar has come. Dewa Zar has come from the West. He has come like a star. He has settled beyond the village, in that valley over there, in that cave over there. I’ll go up and find him, then I’ll return’. He said ‘Uncle, how can it be possible for me to stay here and you to go up? I also shall go up with you’ He said ‘Where are you going with me? You stay here. I shall go up by myself’. He said ‘It is not possible’. He said ‘I’ll tell you something’—his uncle is saying this, Rustam is saying it—he said ‘I’ll tell you something, nephew. Let’s see whether you can bring your hands together like this’. He moved his two hands like this and brought them together. He (with) the lace of his feet tied the hands of Bejən. He left Bejən with his hands tied. He went up. When Rustam went up, he went up into the cave and found a beautiful princess, the daughter of the king of Morocco, whom Dewa Zar had taken and brought to the cave. She was plucking a louse (from his beard), each louse that was in it was as big as a bean. She put it on the ground and (struck) it, bang, with a washing board and killed it. When Rustam went up, he saw the woman. The woman said ‘If you are thirsty, here is water. If you are hungry, here eat’. He said ‘Wake him. I have come to kill him’. She woke him and he got up. When he got up and they started fighting with one another, he struck his sword into the neck of that Dewa Zar and he went down the slope. As for Bejəm, his hands were tied. What could he do? Out of his fervour, he applied force and pulled the tether apart. He went and took the stock of a terebinth tree. He took it and broke off the branches. He put it on his head and said ‘Come on you so-and-so! You have killed my uncle. Where can you escape from my hands?’ He went up to the cave. The wood, the terebinth tree was on his shoulder. He went up and then he (Rustam) said ‘Nephew, I have killed Dewa Zar. There is no need for you to come and do anything’. He took away the daughter of the king. He brought her with him and they set off. So, there was Bejəm, that girl and Rustam, Rustam son of Zāl. They went off to Iran. They went to Iran. They made inquires here and there. They arrived (in Iran and said) ‘Where is he? In which village, in which town does Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi live?’ He pitched his tent and tethered his horse there. They were two (men with) horses and also the girl with them. They remained there. As for Rustam, he asked for Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi. Bejəm had nothing to do with this. Now, they (the men of Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi) made an attack. Bejəm went first towards him, Bejəm went towards him, they made an attack and surrounded him. They surrounded him and caught him. When they caught him, the daughter of Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi said ‘Give him to me. I know how to flay off his skin. Give him to me’. They gave him to the daughter of Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi. She took a male goat, a large goat and slaughtered it. She gave it to the servants. They cut it up and threw away its flesh. They inflated its skin. Its testicles were large. They inflated it and put it on the battle field. She said ‘This is Bejəm. They have killed him. This is him’. They (the family of Bejəm) had large testicles. Now, Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi was waiting. What would they fight with? A spear. They would sit on the back of a horse and come and strike one another with a spear. Rustam and Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi fought. They struck one another, they struck again and again, but neither fell. Rustam was injured. When Rustam was injured, he sent (for help), since he had no medicine. Bejəm was with the daughter of Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi. She kept him with her, looking after him, in order to marry him. Now, he sent his horse and it went home. It went home and his mother and his wife there saw that the horse was without a rider. As for his mother, she understood. She said ‘Oh, he has sent it. He has fallen into distress. This medicine, I think, let’s send this medicine to him’. They sent medicine to him. At that time the wife of Rustam was giving birth to his son. (While) his wife was giving birth, some were saying ‘She is giving birth now’, some were saying ‘No, in an hour’, some were pulling on a peg, applying force, this and that, and the son of Rustam was born. When the son of Rustam was born, what did they do? They gave him a taste of milk, they gave it to him to drink, they dressed him and so forth. He said ‘Where is the horse of my father?’ He began to talk. ‘Where is the horse of my father?’ They began (to do as he said and) brought the horse of his father to him. He said ‘Put me on its back’. They put him on the back of the horse and put the medicine in his hand. ‘Off you go!’ He travelled a long way and reached the tent of his father. He reached the tent of his father, but he did not know whether it was his father’s tent or not. His horse stopped there. He tried to strike the sides of the horse, but the horse did not move. He had to dismount. He dismounted and saw his father who was ill. He had fallen there. He seized him to beat him and said ‘Would you kill my father, you accursed man?’ He said ‘Who are you?’ He said ‘I am the son of Rustam’. He said ‘My son, would you also kill me?’. He held him, then let go and gave him the medicine. He cured him and he became strong. Now, he set off and again challenged them to fight. Everybody was assembled there. Each one sat on the back of his horse and went to throw spears. They began (fighting) and threw (spears) in this way three times. The fourth time, he drove his spear into the chest of Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi. He threw him on the ground and killed him. After he had killed him, all the others in his army were defeated and all went away. The daughter of Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi came with Bejəm. He took her and brought her back. The other girl, who was the daughter of the king of Morocco, Bejəm took her also and brought her back. The three of them came back, they came back home. I have left it there and come here.

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ʾíṯwa xa-Rùstam.ˈ šə́mmət bábe díye Zā̀l-wewa.ˈ ʾáwwa síqa-wewa l-ṭùraˈ l-ṣɛ̀da.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle Tătár-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndiˈ mən-ʾÌrən.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle gu-ṭùraˈ xə̀zyɛleˈ plíšela m-ġḏàḏe.ˈ Tătár-i Slemán-i Sə́ndi qṭílɛle qa-Zā̀l.ˈ zílle l-ʾÌrən,ˈ píšle tàma.ˈ xábra mṭèleˈ l-náše díye ʿal-ʾasā́s Zā́l hóle qṭìla.ˈ zílla xa-fàtra,ˈ ràba dána,ˈ wéle ʾə́lle díye bròna.ˈ Zā́l wéle ʾə́lle díye bròna.ˈ xzi-kəmá šə̀nneˈ ʾo-bróne díye píšle gàwṛa,ˈ mqŭrə̀nne.ˈ síqle ʾáp-ʾaw l-ṣɛ̀da.ˈ síqle l-ṣɛ̀da,ˈ ʾína dúnye šuréla ràya.ˈ šuréla ráya dúnye tàlga.ˈ ʾáwwa bíye bə-b-sùseˈ ʾáwər gu-xa-gə̀ppa.ˈ mṭošéle qam-tàlga,ˈ yáʿni tálga xɛlànɛle.ˈ wírre gu-gə̀ppa.ˈ gášəq hátxa l-bàr-eliˈ ʾína kàke.ˈ gášəq bàr-təxtiˈ ʾína kàke.ˈ gášəq gawáya hàtxaˈ ʾína balòta.ˈ hèˈ ʾámər ʾáwwa réšət bəṛ-nàšɛle.ˈ dwíqtəlle šàṯa.ˈ mə̀ryɛleˈ ʾu-šúryɛle margòde.ˈ ʾu-tíwa l-xáṣə súse dìyeˈ ʾu-ṣə́lyɛle l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ yə́mme ḏìla.ˈ mə́re bróni mà-lux?ˈ mə́re yə́mmi mò mtanə̀nnəx?ˈ mə́re lá-mṣən mtanə́nna ʾə̀lləx.ˈ hóle lə́bbi pqìya.ˈ mə́re mà-lux,ˈ bàbi?ˈ mùr!ˈ káza mòdila qə́ṣṣət?ˈ mə́re yə̀mmi,ˈ dúnye wéla ràya.ˈ ʾána síqa l-ṣɛ̀da,ˈ dúnye wéla ràya,ˈ ʾána wírri gu-xa-gə̀ppa.ˈ ʾína gušə́qli ʾùḷḷul,ˈ kàke.ˈ gušə́qli ʾə̀ltəx,ˈ kàke.ˈ gawáya balòta.ˈ lə́bbi pqìleˈ ʾu-hal-díya šaṯàna.ˈ mə́ra bròniˈ lá-yăḏət ʾáw mòdile?ˈ mə́re la-yə̀mmiˈ lɛ̀ḏən,ˈ mòdile?ˈ mə́ra ʾáw rešət-bàbux-ile.ˈ mə́re dàx-it mára?ˈ mə́re rešət-bàbi?ˈ mə́re ʾɛ̀nile qṭíləlle?ˈ mə́ra Tătár-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi.ˈ m-gu-ʾÍrən ʾə̀ṯyɛle,ˈ qṭìləlle.ˈ mára qìmɛle,ˈ ʾən-réšət bábe díye ʾax-ṭùra,ˈ ʾu-hóle qṭíla l-Tătár-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi,ˈ lɛ̀ka bṱ-ázəl?ˈ mə́re ṱ-ázən šáqlən tólət bàbi.ˈ

tíwɛle xáṣət súse dìyeˈ ʾu-ya-ʾálaha zìlɛle.ˈ zìlɛle,ˈ zìla,ˈ zìla,ˈ zìla,ˈ mə́ṭyɛle xa-màṯa.ˈ mə́ṭyɛle xa-màṯa.ˈ xwarzàye,ˈ Bèjəm,ˈ ʾáw gu-d-ɛ́-dana bə̀ryɛle.ˈ gu-d-ɛ̀-danaˈ ṱ-íle xále díye plíṭa zála ta-t-šáqəl tòle,ˈ Béjəm bə̀ryɛle.ˈ qímela mùṯyeˈ xa-marə́gla gòṛaˈ xə̀lyaˈ mùštyəlle.ˈ šqíləlla ʾarbí dráye pàrča,ˈ xíṭəlla ʾə́lle dìye,ˈ lɛ́le mə́ṭya l-šàrṯe,ˈ ma-t-wéwa zàxma.ˈ qìmɛleˈ mə̀reˈ kɛ̀le xáli?ˈ mə́ra xálux hóle zíla šqála tólət bábe dìye.ˈ yátu l-xáṣət dawɛ̀ra,ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw ʾàzəl.ˈ ʾázəl di-di-dìˈ ṭapéle xále dìyeˈ gu-d-ày-maṯa.ˈ ʾaw-lɛ̀ḏele xále díye.ˈ lɛ́ḏele xále díye ʾɛ̀nile.ˈ zìlɛle,ˈ súse díye kə́lyɛle kəs-súsət xále dìye.ˈ ʾu-hár-xa xále dìyeleˈ l-xóḏe rəš-ʾɛ̀na.ˈ šúryɛle mằnit ʾáti?ˈ mằnit?ˈ ʾáwwa šluxàyɛle.ˈ ṭrìpəlla l-ġḏáḏe.ˈ xále díye nápəl qam-Bèjəm,ˈ Béjəm hàde bə́rya,ˈ ma-t-wéwa zàxma.ˈ qìmɛleˈ mə̀reˈ díya qaṭlə̀nnux.ˈ mə́re ʾáti mằniwət?ˈ mə́re ʾána brónət Zā̀l-iwən.ˈ mə́re xàli!ˈ ʾáti xàliwət.ˈ mə́re qù,ˈ là qaṭlə́nnux,ˈ qù.ˈ mára qìmela,ˈ píše b-ġḏàḏe.ˈ mə́re xàli.ˈ mə́re ʾáti xwarzàyi.ˈ mə́re ʾàtiˈ puš-làxxa,ˈ ʾána ṱ-àsqən.ˈ hóle ʾə́ṯya Déwa Zàr,ˈ Déwa Zàr,ˈ m-la-gnay-yòma.ˈ hóle ʾə́ṯya ʾax-xa-kə̀xwa.ˈ hóle tíwa báṯər màṯaˈ gu-d-wàʾha gallíya,ˈ gu-d-wàʾha gə́ppa.ˈ ṱ-àsqən,ˈ xazə̀nne-wˈ ʾàṯena.ˈ mə́re xáli dáx bàryaˈ ʾána pɛ́šən làxxaˈ ʾu-ʾáti ṱ-àsqət?ˈ ʾáp-ʾana ṱ-ásqən mə̀nnux.ˈ mə́re lɛ̀ka saqa-ʾáti mə́nni?ˈ ʾáti puš-làxxa.ˈ ṱ-ásqən ʾána l-xòḏi.ˈ márɛle la-brèla.ˈ ʾámər ṱ-amrə́nnux xà-məndi.ˈ xále dìyele máraˈ Rùstam-ile máraˈ mára ṱ-amrə́nnux xà-məndi,ˈ xwarzàyi.ˈ xázəx lá-mṣət mamṭə́tla ʾiṯáṯux hátxa ġḏàḏe?ˈ mára hátxa tráṯna ʾiṯáṯe díye wíḏəlla hátxa múmṭəlla ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾáwwa šəryóxət ʾàqle,ˈ xrrr ʾasə́ṛṛa ʾiṯáṯət Bèjən.ˈ Béjən šawúqle sìṛaˈ ʾiṯáṯe dìye.ˈ ʾáw sìqle.ˈ sìqle.ˈ ʾímə ṱ-íle síqa Rùstam,ˈ síqɛle gu-d-o-gə̀ppa,ˈ xazéla xá parizàda,ˈ xá šapìrta,ˈ brátət málka t-Màġrəb,ˈ hóle šqíləlla Déwa Zàr,ˈ hóle múṯyəlla gu-d-ɛ̀ gəppíṯa.ˈ hóla šqála qàlma,ˈ kut-qálma ʾìṯbaˈ ʾax-faṣùliˈ hátxa gòṛta.ˈ mattówəlla ʾằraˈ ʾu-xaṭòrtaˈ prā́q b-réša qṭàləlla.ˈ ʾímə ṱ-íle síqa Rùstam,ˈ xə̀zyəllaˈ bàxta.ˈ mə́ra bàxtaˈ ʾən-ít ṣìya,ˈ hóʾla mìya.ˈ ʾən-it-kpìna,ˈ hóʾle xùl.ˈ mə́re mằṛəšleˈ ʾána hon-ʾə́ṯya ta-t-qaṭlə̀nne.ˈ mára mŭṛàštəlleˈ qìmɛle.ˈ ʾax-ṱ-íle qìma,ˈ ʾu-šúryela pláša m-ġḏàḏe,ˈ ʾàwwaˈ maxèleˈ sɛ̀peˈ l-qḏála d-o-Déwa Zàrˈ ʾu-ṣále kəndàla.ˈ Bèjəmˈ ʾiṯáṯe hóla sìṛe.ˈ mó ʾàwəḏ?ˈ mən-lə́bbe díye qìḏa,ˈ dɛ́re xɛ̀la,ˈ načə̀lle ʾo-šəryóxa.ˈ ʾu-ʾáṯe šaqə́lla xa-ʾáqrət bə̀ṭma.ˈ šaqə̀llaˈ ʾu-šamə̀ṭlaˈ taqàne.ˈ ʾu-mattúle b-rèšeˈ ʾámər háyyo hátxa hátxa mə̀nnux.ˈ ʾáti xáli qəm-qaṭlə̀tle.ˈ ʾu-lɛ́ka b-šárṭət qam-ʾiṯàṯi?ˈ ʾáwwa síqɛle l-o-gə̀ppa.ˈ ʾo-qɛ̀saˈ ʾɛ-bə̀ṭmaˈ hóla rš-rùše.ˈ sìqɛleˈ xa-béna ʾàmərˈ xwarzàyi,ˈ ʾànaˈ hon-qṭìləlle Déwa Zàr,ˈ la-ʾáṯət ṱ-áwḏət čù-məndi.ˈ qímɛle múṯyəlla ʾáp ʾɛ-brátət màlka.ˈ qímɛle múṯyəlla mə́nne mə́nne dìye,ˈ zìlela.ˈ Bèjəm-ileˈ ʾu-ʾɛ̀-bratɛlaˈ ʾu-Rùstam,ˈ Rústam bronət-Zā̀l.ˈ

mára qímela zílela l-ʾÌrən.ˈ zílela l-ʾÌrən,ˈ mbúqre, mbúqre mbùqre.ˈ mə̀ṭyela,ˈ ʾɛ̀kɛle?ˈ gu-d-ɛ̀ni máṯa?ˈ gu-d-ɛ́ni mḏíta xằyeˈ Tătár-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi?ˈ múttəllɛle ʾo-čádre dìye,ˈ súse díye ṣlíwəllɛle tàma.ˈ ʾáni tré susăwàṯa-wawaˈ w-áp ʾɛ-bráta mənnèy.ˈ ʾu-píšela tàma.ˈ kəmá ṱ-íle Rùstam,ˈ ʾáw mbaqórəlle Tătár-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi.ˈ Béjəm lìtle hátxa šúle məndiyàne.ˈ mára wíḏəlla hŭ̀jūm.ˈ zílɛle Béjəm qamáye ʾə̀lle.ˈ zílle Béjəm ʾə́lle dìye,ˈ wídla hŭ̀jum,ˈ qəm-čarxìle.ˈ qəm-čarxíle dawqìle.ˈ ʾímət qəm-dawqìle,ˈ mə́ra brátət Tắtar-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndiˈ hállule l-ʾìḏi.ˈ ʾána yắḏən dax-našṭánne gə́lde dìye.ˈ hállule l-ʾìḏi.ˈ mára yíwəlle l-ʾíḏət brátət Tắtar-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi.ˈ qìmtɛla,ˈ šqílta xa-nerìya,ˈ neríya gòṛa.ˈ ʾu-prìmtəllela.ˈ yíwtəlle ta-d-án xulàme.ˈ prìməlleˈ ʾu-bə́sre zə̀dyəlle.ˈ ʾo-gə́lde mùbyəlle.ˈ škáṯe gòṛe-wawa.ˈ mùbyəlleˈ ʾu-múttəlle gu-dúkṯa ta-plàša.ˈ mə́ra ʾáwwa Bèjəm-ile.ˈ hóla qəm-qaṭlìleˈ ʾu-hóle ʾàwwa.ˈ ʾáni máre škàṯa-wawa.ˈ mára Tắtar-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndiˈ ʾáw spàrɛle.ˈ ʾáni plášət mòdile?ˈ rùmxa.ˈ ṱ-átwi l-xáṣət sùsaˈ ʾu-ṱ-àṯiˈ máxa b-rùmxa l-ġḏàḏe.ˈ mára plìšelaˈ Rùstamˈ ʾu-Tắtar-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi.ˈ mə́xyela l-ġḏàḏe,ˈ mə̀xye,ˈ mə́xyela l-ġḏàḏe,ˈ məxyèla,ˈ ʾáp-xa lɛle npìla.ˈ Rústam píšle brìndar.ˈ ʾímət píšle brìndar Rústam,ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ mšùdrəlle,ˈ lítle daṛmàne.ˈ ʾo-xéna Béjəm hóle kəs-brátət Tắtar-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi.ˈ ʾàwˈ xumɛ̀ṯəlle,ˈ tagbòrəllelaˈ mə́nna dìyaˈ ta-t-gawràle.ˈ

mára mšúdrəlle súse dìye,ˈ zílɛle l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ zílɛle l-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ yə́mme dìyeˈ ʾu-báxte díye táma xə́zyəlle sùsaˈ ʾína sapìqa.ˈ kəmə́t-wawa yə́mme dìye,ˈ mp̣uṛmèla.ˈ mə́ra há ʾáwwa hóle mšùdrəlle.ˈ hóle npíla gu-ʾiqùṯa.ˈ ʾáyya daṛmána b-xšàwən,ˈ mšádrəx daṛmàna ʾə́lle díye.ˈ qíme mšúdrəlle daṛmàne.ˈ ʾɛ̀-gaˈ brónət Rùstamˈ hóla báxte díye mabròye.ˈ báxte hóla mabròye,ˈ xákma hóla mára díya màbra,ˈ xə́kma hóla mára làʾa,ˈ b-saʾàtta.ˈ xákma dráyɛla b-sə̀kṯa,ˈ dráyɛla xɛ̀la,ˈ w-áxxa-w tàmmaˈ di-di-di-dì,ˈ báre brónət Rùstam.ˈ gu-d-ɛ-dánət bréle brónət Rùstam,ˈ mòdi wídla?ˈ qìmlaˈ qəm-măṭəmìleˈ xə̀lya.ˈ qəm-maštíle di-di-dì.ˈ ʾu-malušíle júlle ʾáxxa-w tàmma.ˈ mə́re kɛ́le súsət bàbi?ˈ šuréle mṣawòṯe,ˈ kɛ́le súsət bàbi?ˈ qìmɛleˈ mšùryɛle,ˈ múṯyəllela súsət bábe díye kə́sle dìye.ˈ mə́re máttuli l-xàṣe.ˈ múttəlle l-xáṣə sùsaˈ ʾu-daṛmána yíwəlla l-ʾíḏe dìye.ˈ prrr ya-ʾálaha sì.ˈ ʾàzəl,ˈ ʾàzəl,ˈ ʾàzəl,ˈ ʾu-màṭe,ˈ máṭe l-čádrət bábe dìye.ˈ máṭe l-čádrət bàbe,ˈ ʾáw lɛ́ḏe čádrət bábe díyila ʾən-là.ˈ kále súse tàma.ˈ kízle mxàyaˈ goyáṯət sùsa,ˈ súsa la-jwìjle.ˈ píšɛle májbur ṣə̀lyɛle.ˈ ṣə̀lyɛle,ˈ ʾína xázele bábe díye hóle mə̀rya.ˈ hóle npìla táma.ˈ ʾu-dáwəq bíye dìyeˈ ta-mxàyəlle.ˈ ʾámər ʾáti qáṭlət bàbi,ˈ háy hátxa hàtxa mə́nnux.ˈ ʾámər ʾáti ʾɛ̀niwət?ˈ ʾámər ʾána brónət Rùstam-iwən.ˈ ʾámər bróni qaṭlə́tli ʾap-àti?ˈ qìmɛleˈ ʾu-dwìqɛle-w,ˈ šwìqɛle-w,ˈ yíwəlle daṛmàne-w,ˈ mbùsməlle,ˈ píšɛle xɛlàna.ˈ mára qìmɛleˈ mšùrya,ˈ zíla xá-bena xéta yíwəlla xàbraˈ ta-t-pàlši.ˈ nášə ʾálma kùlleˈ jmíyela tàma.ˈ kút-xa tíwɛle l-xáṣə súsət gáne dìyeˈ ʾu-zála mxáya rùmxe.ˈ ṭə́ḷḷəṯ gàyeˈ šuréla mxáya hàdəx.ˈ ʾa-t-ʾàrbe,ˈ məxyále rúmxe díye gu-ṣádrət ʾáwwa Tắtar-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi,ˈ qəm-xašə́lle ʾằra,ˈ qəm-qaṭə̀lle.ˈ báṯər qəm-qaṭə̀lle,ˈ ʾánna xéne kúlla ʾáskar dìyeˈ šmìṭla,ˈ kúlla zìlla.ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ ṯíṯɛla brátət Tắtar-i Slemán-i Sə̀ndi,ˈ ṯéla mən-Bèjəm,ˈ qəm-šaqə́lla mɛṯèla.ˈ ʾu-ʾáp-yaha bráta xéta ṱ-íla brátət málkət Màġrəb,ˈ ʾáp-ʾay qəm-šaqə́lla Bèjəm,ˈ qəm-mɛṯèla,ˈ ʾu-ṯéla ṭḷaṯnèy.ˈ ṯéla bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ʾu-šwiqáli táma ṯéli làxxa.ˈ

Translation:

There was a (man called) Rustam. The name of his father was Zāl. He had gone up into the mountains to hunt. Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi came from Iran. He came into the mountains, found him and they fought together. Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi killed Zāl. He went to Iran and remained there. Word reached his relatives that Zāl had been killed. Time went by, a long time, and a son was born to him. A son was born to Zāl, and after several years this son of his became a man, he grew up. He also went hunting. He went up hunting and it began to rain. It began to snow. He together with his horse entered a cave. He sheltered from the snow, since the snow was heavy. He entered the cave, looked upwards and saw teeth. He looked downwards and saw teeth. He looked inside and saw a throat. ‘Ah’, he said, ‘This is the head of a person’. A fever seized him. He became ill and started shivering. He sat on the back of his horse and went down back home. His mother knew (about this). She said ‘My son, what is the matter’. He said ‘Mother, what should I tell you?’. He said ‘I cannot relate it to you. My heart has burst (with fear)’. She said ‘What is the matter, my dear? Tell me!’ She tries (to press him) ‘What is the story?’ He said ‘Mother, it started raining. I went up hunting, it started raining and so I went into a cave. I looked upwards (and saw) teeth. I looked downwards (and saw) teeth. (I looked) inside (and saw) a throat. My heart burst (with fear) and I am still feverish’. She said ‘My son, don’t you know what that is?’ He said ‘No, mother, I don’t know. What is it?’ She said ‘That is the head of your father’. He said ‘What are you saying?!’ He said ‘The head of my father?’ He said ‘Who was it who killed him?’ She said ‘Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi. He came from Iran and killed him’. Now, if the head of his father is like a mountain and he has been killed by Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi, where could he go? He said ‘I shall go to take revenge for my father’.

He sat on the back of his horse and set off. He went along for a long way and reached a village. He reached a village. His nephew Bejəm, was born at that time. At the time when his uncle went out to take his revenge, Bejəm was born. They brought a big pan of milk and gave it to him to drink. They took forty yards of material and sewed it for him, but it did not reach his navel, since he was so huge. He said ‘Where is my uncle?’ They said ‘Your uncle has gone to avenge his father’. He sat on the back of a mule and he also set off. He went along and caught up with his uncle in that village. He did not know his uncle. He did not know who his uncle was. He went along and his horse stopped by the horse of his uncle. His uncle was by himself by the well. He began (speaking) ‘Who are you? Who are you?’ He (Bejəm) was naked. They attacked each other. His uncle fell before Bejəm, (although) Bejəm had just been born, since he was so huge. He said ‘Now, I’ll kill you’. He said ‘Who are you?’ He said ‘I am the son of Zāl’. He said ‘Uncle! You are my uncle’. He said ‘Get up. I shall not kill you. Get up’. He got up and they remained together. He said ‘Uncle’. He said ‘You, my nephew’, he said ‘you stay here. I’ll go up. Dewa Zar has come. Dewa Zar has come from the West. He has come like a star. He has settled beyond the village, in that valley over there, in that cave over there. I’ll go up and find him, then I’ll return’. He said ‘Uncle, how can it be possible for me to stay here and you to go up? I also shall go up with you’ He said ‘Where are you going with me? You stay here. I shall go up by myself’. He said ‘It is not possible’. He said ‘I’ll tell you something’—his uncle is saying this, Rustam is saying it—he said ‘I’ll tell you something, nephew. Let’s see whether you can bring your hands together like this’. He moved his two hands like this and brought them together. He (with) the lace of his feet tied the hands of Bejən. He left Bejən with his hands tied. He went up. When Rustam went up, he went up into the cave and found a beautiful princess, the daughter of the king of Morocco, whom Dewa Zar had taken and brought to the cave. She was plucking a louse (from his beard), each louse that was in it was as big as a bean. She put it on the ground and (struck) it, bang, with a washing board and killed it. When Rustam went up, he saw the woman. The woman said ‘If you are thirsty, here is water. If you are hungry, here eat’. He said ‘Wake him. I have come to kill him’. She woke him and he got up. When he got up and they started fighting with one another, he struck his sword into the neck of that Dewa Zar and he went down the slope. As for Bejəm, his hands were tied. What could he do? Out of his fervour, he applied force and pulled the tether apart. He went and took the stock of a terebinth tree. He took it and broke off the branches. He put it on his head and said ‘Come on you so-and-so! You have killed my uncle. Where can you escape from my hands?’ He went up to the cave. The wood, the terebinth tree was on his shoulder. He went up and then he (Rustam) said ‘Nephew, I have killed Dewa Zar. There is no need for you to come and do anything’. He took away the daughter of the king. He brought her with him and they set off. So, there was Bejəm, that girl and Rustam, Rustam son of Zāl.

They went off to Iran. They went to Iran. They made inquires here and there. They arrived (in Iran and said) ‘Where is he? In which village, in which town does Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi live?’ He pitched his tent and tethered his horse there. They were two (men with) horses and also the girl with them. They remained there. As for Rustam, he asked for Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi. Bejəm had nothing to do with this. Now, they (the men of Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi) made an attack. Bejəm went first towards him, Bejəm went towards him, they made an attack and surrounded him. They surrounded him and caught him. When they caught him, the daughter of Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi said ‘Give him to me. I know how to flay off his skin. Give him to me’. They gave him to the daughter of Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi. She took a male goat, a large goat and slaughtered it. She gave it to the servants. They cut it up and threw away its flesh. They inflated its skin. Its testicles were large. They inflated it and put it on the battle field. She said ‘This is Bejəm. They have killed him. This is him’. They (the family of Bejəm) had large testicles. Now, Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi was waiting. What would they fight with? A spear. They would sit on the back of a horse and come and strike one another with a spear. Rustam and Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi fought. They struck one another, they struck again and again, but neither fell. Rustam was injured. When Rustam was injured, he sent (for help), since he had no medicine. Bejəm was with the daughter of Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi. She kept him with her, looking after him, in order to marry him.

Now, he sent his horse and it went home. It went home and his mother and his wife there saw that the horse was without a rider. As for his mother, she understood. She said ‘Oh, he has sent it. He has fallen into distress. This medicine, I think, let’s send this medicine to him’. They sent medicine to him. At that time the wife of Rustam was giving birth to his son. (While) his wife was giving birth, some were saying ‘She is giving birth now’, some were saying ‘No, in an hour’, some were pulling on a peg, applying force, this and that, and the son of Rustam was born. When the son of Rustam was born, what did they do? They gave him a taste of milk, they gave it to him to drink, they dressed him and so forth. He said ‘Where is the horse of my father?’ He began to talk. ‘Where is the horse of my father?’ They began (to do as he said and) brought the horse of his father to him. He said ‘Put me on its back’. They put him on the back of the horse and put the medicine in his hand. ‘Off you go!’ He travelled a long way and reached the tent of his father. He reached the tent of his father, but he did not know whether it was his father’s tent or not. His horse stopped there. He tried to strike the sides of the horse, but the horse did not move. He had to dismount. He dismounted and saw his father who was ill. He had fallen there. He seized him to beat him and said ‘Would you kill my father, you accursed man?’ He said ‘Who are you?’ He said ‘I am the son of Rustam’. He said ‘My son, would you also kill me?’. He held him, then let go and gave him the medicine. He cured him and he became strong. Now, he set off and again challenged them to fight. Everybody was assembled there. Each one sat on the back of his horse and went to throw spears. They began (fighting) and threw (spears) in this way three times. The fourth time, he drove his spear into the chest of Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi. He threw him on the ground and killed him. After he had killed him, all the others in his army were defeated and all went away. The daughter of Tâtar-i Sleman-i Səndi came with Bejəm. He took her and brought her back. The other girl, who was the daughter of the king of Morocco, Bejəm took her also and brought her back. The three of them came back, they came back home. I have left it there and come here.