Barwar: The Fox and the Miller

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

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0:00	ʾíṯwa xa-ṭaxàna,ˈ ṭaxána qam-ḏà-ʾarxe.ˈ ʾárxe kúlle palxáwa bas-y-axə̀lwala.ˈ ṯéle tèla,ˈ mə́re xòniˈ pɛ́šəx xonăwàṯaˈ ʾána w-àti.ˈ pɛ́šəx xonăwàṯa.ˈ mə́re dax-pɛ́šəx xonăwàṯa?ˈ ʾáti tèla,ˈ ʾána bəṛ-nàša.ˈ ṱ-óḏəx ʾáyya ʾàrxe,ˈ pàlxəx,ˈ ṱ-áxləx ʾána w-àti.ˈ ʾána ṱ-ásqən ṭùra.ˈ mɛ́ṯən č̣àreˈ mɛ́ṯən qəqwàne,ˈ mɛ́ṯən mən-an-məndiyàne,ˈ gu-ṭùra.ˈ ṱ-áṯəx ʾàxxaˈ ʾu-mbašlə̀xla,ˈ ṱ-axlə́xla ʾána w-áti m-ġḏàḏe.ˈ dèˈ píšla xonăwàṯa.ˈ píšla xonăwàṯa,ˈ xà-yoma,ˈ trè,ˈ ṭḷàṯa,ˈ xà-yarxa,ˈ xa-šèta.ˈ ʾàmər,ˈ téla ʾámərˈ qɛ́mən ʾàsqənˈ kəs-màlkaˈ d-àyya-maṯaˈ ṭalbə̀nneˈ masə́rqe dìye.ˈ mə́re mùt ṱ-óḏət b-masə́rqa?ˈ mà-lux mə́nne?ˈ ta-xóne dìyele màra.ˈ má-lux mə́nne ʾàti?ˈ mə́re xóni sùq.ˈ síqle moṯéle masə̀rqa.ˈ zdéle tămàha,ˈ mə́re ta-màlkaˈ mə́re băyə́nne ʾáwwa masərqɛ̀xuˈ ʾu-nášət máṯa kúlla hóla-ʾə́ṯye kpìšeˈ sárqi ʾàmṛa.ˈ ʾámṛa lìṯ,ˈ čù-mdi,ˈ dùgle.ˈ kúlla náše sqìdla,ˈ sráqa mbádla hal-dìya.ˈ ʾàmṛaˈ muttúli gu-ʾanbàre.ˈ málka mə̀reˈ ya-ʾálaha ʾána ṱ-ín málka d-áyya bàžər,ˈ ʾáyya mḏìta,ˈ lítli hátxa mə̀ndi.ˈ m-ɛ̀kɛwa-wˈ m-ɛ̀ka ʾítlux ʾawwa-mə́ndi?ˈ har-dùgle!ˈ zíltɛla xá-šabṯa hòdəx,ˈ xá-bena xéna sìqɛle.ˈ mə̀reˈ málka xá-bena xéna hálli masə̀rqa-wˈ masərqə́nne màrrəs,ˈ márrəs dìyi.ˈ ʾaw-náša m-ɛ̀kɛle ʾaw-márrəs díye?ˈ ṣə̀lyɛle ʾaṣə́rta músqəlle xácča màrrəsˈ múttəlla masə̀rqa.ˈ mə́re sqìdla nášeˈ ma-ṱ-íla sríqe mbádla hal-dìya.ˈ ʾə́mma tré-mma náše sráqa màrrəs-wɛwa.ˈ mŭjə̀ble.ˈ málka mŭjə̀bleˈ mə́re ʾáwwa-məndi hátxa lìṯ.ˈ bar-xa-yàrxaˈ síqɛle xá-bena xéna kəs-màlka.ˈ mə́re málka ṱ-áwət basìmaˈ də-yátla rapə̀kṯuxˈ kɛlə́nna zùzi.ˈ rapə́kṯa kɛ́li dàxla,ˈ hàtxa-wawa.ˈ kɛlə̀nna zúziˈ xázən kəmà rapəkyáṯa.ˈ mə́re ʾána málkən d-ày-bažərˈ lìtli hátxa zúze.ˈ ʾáwwa m-ɛ̀ka hátxa zúze,ˈ rapə̀kṯa,ˈ káyəl b-rapə́kṯa zùze?ˈ xènaˈ hiwàle,ˈ ṣlèle.ˈ ṣlèle.ˈ náše sqìdlaˈ mə́llət kúlla sqìdla,ˈ kúlla kyála gu-ʾanbáre zùze.ˈ dùgle,ˈ čú-mdi lìṯ.ˈ bár xa-yɛ̀rxa,ˈ mə́re xòniˈ ṭla-xóne díye ṭaxàna,ˈ ṭaxànɛwaˈ gu-ʾàrxe.ˈ ʾásqən ṭalbə́nna brátət málka ʾə̀llux,ˈ xòni.ˈ mò-ṱ-oḏən bíya brāt-málka?ˈ mò-ṱ-oḏən bíya?ˈ ʾáy brāt-màlkaˈ ʾána ṭaxànɛwən.ˈ mə́re ṱ-àsqən,ˈ líttux šùla.ˈ qímɛle sìqa.ˈ múttɛle kupắla rəš-rúše díye sìqɛle.ˈ xə̀rrrˈ gríšəlle kúrsət ṭaləbùṯa,ˈ kúrsət ṭaləbúṯa ṭlába bàxta.ˈ mə́re mòdile?ˈ mə́re bắyən ṭalbə́nna brátux ṭla-xòni.ˈ mə́re hiwàli.ˈ mə́re ʾiman-ṱ-áwe xlùla?ˈ mə́re bar-xa-šàbṯa.ˈ ṣə̀lyɛleˈ mə́re xóni qəm-ṭalbə̀nna.ˈ ʾo-m-xášše mìtle,ˈ m-dàrde,ˈ m-xàšše,ˈ ʾána mo-hoyàli,ˈ xáṭər ʾalàha?ˈ ʾána mó ṱ-óḏən bìya,ˈ brāt-màlka?ˈ píšɛle lɛ̀le,ˈ tmánya yóme prìqela.ˈ músqela dáwla-w zòrnaˈ ʾu-rqàḏtɛla,ˈ zmàrtɛla.ˈ muṯyàla brāt-málka.ˈ mə́re ʾáxtu kút-ʾaṯɛtu bàṯri,ˈ ʾána ṣàlən.ˈ ʾaṯɛ́tu bàṯri.ˈ xlúla ṣále bàṯri.ˈ ṣə̀lyɛle. ṣə́lyɛle, mə́ṭyɛle xa-káwtət ʾə̀rwe,ˈ ʾíbe tre-ṭḷáṯa ʾálpa rēš-ʾə̀rwe.ˈ qəm-qaréla ʾan-šăvàneˈ mə́re d-ɛ̀nila ʾan-ʾə́rwe?ˈ mə́ra t-flàn-naša.ˈ mə́re bás ṱ-amrənnɛ̀xu,ˈ ʾən-ʾamrilɛ́xu ʾan-ʾə́rwe d-ɛ̀nilaˈ múru t-ʾÁjdən tèlɛla.ˈ ʾána čú-mdi la-bắyən mənnɛ̀xu.ˈ hóla diyɛ̀xu.ˈ bas-múru ʾÀjdən,ˈ šə́mmət ʾÁjdən tèla.ˈ qəm-awə́dle šə́mme ʾÀjdən.ˈ ṯéle xlùla,ˈ ṯéle málka ṣlàya.ˈ mə́ra ʾan-ʾə́rwe d-ɛ̀nila?ˈ mə́ra t-ʾÁjdən tèla.ˈ mə́re xnèla bráti.ˈ ʾan-ʾə́rwe šìmeˈ píšla d-ày.ˈ ʾu-ʾáni bàṯre,ˈ ṣlèle.ˈ mṭéle xa-kàwtaˈ kállət gamèše,ˈ tawràṯa.ˈ mə́re ta-šăvàna,ˈ téla mà-məre?ˈ mə́re d-ɛ̀nila?ˈ mə́re dìyila.ˈ ʾámrət ʾən-ṯéla ṣláya ʾàxxa,ˈ xákma náše ʾàxxa,ˈ ʾən-mboqə̀rra mə́nnux,ˈ ʾánna d-ɛ̀nila,ˈ múr ga-ʾánna t-ʾÁjdən tèlɛla.ˈ ʾáp-ʾani pìdla.ˈ ṯéla náše ṱ-íwa mìra,ˈ ʾáni d-ɛ̀nila?ˈ mə́re t-ʾÁjdən tèla.ˈ xḏàyɛle málka.ˈ mára ʾána m-ɛ̀ka hátxa mā̀l?ˈ ʾána málkət xa-ʾàṯṛaˈ lítli hátxa mā̀l.ˈ ʾo-m-ɛ̀ka māl-díye?ˈ mə́re hár-to bàṯri.ˈ ṣlèla,ˈ mṭéle xá-hənnət gùmle.ˈ ʾɛ́-ga qamàye,ˈ bắyət dū̀s,ˈ kúlle gùmle-wawa.ˈ xáṣət gùmle y-azíwa.ˈ kəmá ṱ-ila băríya gùmle-wawa.ˈ mə́re d-ɛ̀nila?ˈ qəm-qaréle ʾo-šăvànaˈ ʾən-ṯéle mbuqə́rre xa-nàša,ˈ mə́re d-ɛ̀ni?ˈ ʾámrət t-ʾÁjdən tèlɛla.ˈ ṣléla nàše,ˈ mṭéla mə́ra d-ɛ̀nila?ˈ mə́re t-ʾÁjdən tèlɛla.ˈ pídle ṣlèle,ˈ ṣléle qúrbət Lelìṯa.ˈ ṣràxɛle téla,ˈ hàwarila.ˈ ʾay-plíṭṭɛla maṣyòṯeˈ bắyi də́mma t-tèlaˈ ʾu-də́mmət Lelìṯa.ˈ qaṭlìlɛniˈ t-maxɛ́le b-brónət màlka,ˈ ṭə́pya xə̀rsɛle.ˈ ṭə́pya brōn-málka xə̀rsa,ˈ maxɛ́le bíye t-tàrəṣ.ˈ plíṭṭa muṣyáṯtɛla Lelìṯa.ˈ mə́ra mòdi mə́rux?ˈ ʾána má-li mə̀nnux?ˈ ʾána ṯéli màrəlləxˈ qa-t-ṭašyátta gànəx.ˈ mo-ṱ-òḏən?ˈ hóla xzìˈ băríya ṯàyɛla,ˈ ṯáya hòla,ˈ ṭàlbi.ˈ mə́ra mò ṱ-óḏana?ˈ mə́ra mò t-óḏən?ˈ mə́re ʾítləx garùwa,ˈ garúwət ṭàrpa,ˈ garúwa gòṛa.ˈ mə̀reˈ mṭašə́nnəx gu-d-àw.ˈ šqílle, šqílle, šqìlle.ˈ qəm-mawə̀rra.ˈ bnéle kúlla ʾo-ṭárpa č̭ənnək̭ɛ́ra dìya.ˈ kùlla qəm-banéla.ˈ mə́re kə́ma ṱ-áṯya qašqàšta,ˈ la-jojàti.ˈ pyáḏɛla ʾàskar.ˈ qəm-ṭapéla nùraˈ m-ʾəsrì dukáne.ˈ ʾay-mára šxàna hóli!ˈ mə́re qə́ssa pìdlaˈ qəm-maqə̀dlaˈ ʾawə́dla tarə̀kka,ˈ qṭilàle.ˈ wíra gu-gə́ppət Lelìṯɛle.ˈ ḥátta čámče t-dàwa!ˈ čəngále t-dàwa!ˈ kúbə čáy t-dàwa!ˈ kúlley t-Lelìṯɛla.ˈ ʾáyya mártət ʾamàre.ˈ rqàḏtɛla,ˈ zmàrtɛla,ˈ xàltɛla,ˈ štɛ̀ṯɛla,ˈ ʾu-síqle téla makròze.ˈ mə́re kú-ṱ-ile xìlaˈ gu-čàmča,ˈ b-skìnta,ˈ gu-ʾamàna,ˈ b-kùba,ˈ kúlla šáqəl ta-gáne dìyeˈ masə̀qle.ˈ ʾána léš băyə̀nna,ˈ léš băyə̀nna.ˈ lɛ́la t-bábe dìye!ˈ tmánya yománe wéle táma xlùla.ˈ xìlla,ˈ štèla,ˈ qímla sìqla.ˈ sìqla,ˈ xéna téla tèlɛle,ˈ síqle l-ṭúra xála č̣àre,ˈ xála məndiyàne,ˈ ʾaṣə́rta ʾaṯèwa.ˈ xáčča xa-yòmaˈ mrìle.ˈ tèlaˈ mrìleˈ xóne dìye,ˈ ṱ-ámrəx xóne b-zìqa,ˈ mə́re mà-lux xóni?ˈ mə́re ṭla-báxte dìye,ˈ mə́ra mà-lux?ˈ xáčča mə̀rya xónəx.ˈ ʾámər drɛ́la ʾíḏəx l-ʾàqleˈ zdɛ́la tămàha.ˈ ʾámər háyyo ṭaxxána brōn-ṭaxxanɛ̀ṯa,ˈ ʾáyya ṱ-in-wàḏa,ˈ wiḏáli mə̀nnux,ˈ drɛ́la ʾíḏəx l-ʾáqle zdɛ̀le!ˈ čírra bàxtaˈ mòdiwa nə́mu,ˈ xu-lɛ́wa ṭaxxána brōn-ṭaxxanɛ̀ṯa?ˈ čìrra.ˈ čírra bàxta,ˈ síqla be-bábe dìye.ˈ mə́re módi ṯèləx?ˈ mə́ra čìrri.ˈ ʾáw ṭaxxána brōn-ṭaxxanɛ̀ṯɛle.ˈ ʾàyyɛla?ˈ mə́ra ʾàyyɛla!ˈ hátxa mə́re xóne dìye.ˈ xà-yoma,ˈ trè,ˈ xa-šàbṯa,ˈ xa-yɛ̀rxa,ˈ bxèle,ˈ bxéle ʾo-t-wéwa gwìra.ˈ mə́re súq mɛ̀ṯila báxti.ˈ mə́re là-y-asqən.ˈ ʾána là-y-asqən.ˈ xá-bena mrìli,ˈ ʾáyya ṱ-in-wíḏəlla mə̀nnux,ˈ mə́rux zdòle.ˈ là-y-asqən.ˈ ʾáxxa l-tàmma,ˈ mə́re qɛ́mən ṱ-àsqena.ˈ lítla xàmma,ˈ ʾap-ʾáyya béna mɛṯənnà-llux.ˈ qíma sìqɛle.ˈ sìqɛle,ˈ qṭàləlle.ˈ málka qṭàləlle,ˈ mə́re lá-ʾaṯət làxxa.ˈ ʾáti wídlux lébe ʾə̀lli.ˈ šqilálux bràtiˈ ta-xónux ṭaxxána brōn-ṭaxxanɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́re xzi-ṱ-amrə́nnux màlka.ˈ ʾána máṭo mṣárən ṭla-yə̀mmeˈ yə́mme díye yə̀mmi-wawa?ˈ yə́mme d-àw-wawa.ˈ dax-ʾána mṣàrənˈ bábe díye bàbiwa,ˈ bábe d-àw-iwa,ˈ dax-mṣárən ṭla-bàbe?ˈ ʾap-ʾána ʾáy lxímla š-lišàni,ˈ mə́ri ṭaxxána brōn-ṭaxxanɛ̀ṯa.ˈ xu-lɛ̀wa ṭaxxána brōn-ṭaxxanɛ́ṯa.ˈ kléle màlka.ˈ qu-ṣlà!ˈ ʾu-ṣlèla.ˈ xá-bena xéna ṣlèla.ˈ píšle xá-yarxa xá-bena xéna tèlaˈ mríle ma-dū̀s,ˈ mríle ma-dū̀s téla.ˈ hóle dmíxa bar-ṣùpa.ˈ ṣúpa yắḏət mòdi?ˈ dɛrə́xwa qɛ́se gàwe,ˈ šaxə́nwa bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mrìle,ˈ tmanyá-yome mìtle,ˈ lɛ́le ṣbára ṱ-áwər xà.ˈ mìtle,ˈ prìqle.ˈ tmanya-yóme xìrre,ˈ mə́re šqúlle zdɛ̀le.ˈ ʾána šwiqáli tàmaˈ ṯéli làxxa.ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-ṭaxàna,ˈ ṭaxána qam-ḏà-ʾarxe.ˈ ʾárxe kúlle palxáwa bas-y-axə̀lwala.ˈ ṯéle tèla,ˈ mə́re xòniˈ pɛ́šəx xonăwàṯaˈ ʾána w-àti.ˈ pɛ́šəx xonăwàṯa.ˈ mə́re dax-pɛ́šəx xonăwàṯa?ˈ ʾáti tèla,ˈ ʾána bəṛ-nàša.ˈ ṱ-óḏəx ʾáyya ʾàrxe,ˈ pàlxəx,ˈ ṱ-áxləx ʾána w-àti.ˈ ʾána ṱ-ásqən ṭùra.ˈ mɛ́ṯən č̣àreˈ mɛ́ṯən qəqwàne,ˈ mɛ́ṯən mən-an-məndiyàne,ˈ gu-ṭùra.ˈ ṱ-áṯəx ʾàxxaˈ ʾu-mbašlə̀xla,ˈ ṱ-axlə́xla ʾána w-áti m-ġḏàḏe.ˈ dèˈ píšla xonăwàṯa.ˈ píšla xonăwàṯa,ˈ xà-yoma,ˈ trè,ˈ ṭḷàṯa,ˈ xà-yarxa,ˈ xa-šèta.ˈ ʾàmər,ˈ téla ʾámərˈ qɛ́mən ʾàsqənˈ kəs-màlkaˈ d-àyya-maṯaˈ ṭalbə̀nneˈ masə́rqe dìye.ˈ mə́re mùt ṱ-óḏət b-masə́rqa?ˈ mà-lux mə́nne?ˈ ta-xóne dìyele màra.ˈ má-lux mə́nne ʾàti?ˈ mə́re xóni sùq.ˈ síqle moṯéle masə̀rqa.ˈ zdéle tămàha,ˈ mə́re ta-màlkaˈ mə́re băyə́nne ʾáwwa masərqɛ̀xuˈ ʾu-nášət máṯa kúlla hóla-ʾə́ṯye kpìšeˈ sárqi ʾàmṛa.ˈ ʾámṛa lìṯ,ˈ čù-mdi,ˈ dùgle.ˈ kúlla náše sqìdla,ˈ sráqa mbádla hal-dìya.ˈ ʾàmṛaˈ muttúli gu-ʾanbàre.ˈ málka mə̀reˈ ya-ʾálaha ʾána ṱ-ín málka d-áyya bàžər,ˈ ʾáyya mḏìta,ˈ lítli hátxa mə̀ndi.ˈ m-ɛ̀kɛwa-wˈ m-ɛ̀ka ʾítlux ʾawwa-mə́ndi?ˈ har-dùgle!ˈ zíltɛla xá-šabṯa hòdəx,ˈ xá-bena xéna sìqɛle.ˈ mə̀reˈ málka xá-bena xéna hálli masə̀rqa-wˈ masərqə́nne màrrəs,ˈ márrəs dìyi.ˈ ʾaw-náša m-ɛ̀kɛle ʾaw-márrəs díye?ˈ ṣə̀lyɛle ʾaṣə́rta músqəlle xácča màrrəsˈ múttəlla masə̀rqa.ˈ mə́re sqìdla nášeˈ ma-ṱ-íla sríqe mbádla hal-dìya.ˈ ʾə́mma tré-mma náše sráqa màrrəs-wɛwa.ˈ mŭjə̀ble.ˈ málka mŭjə̀bleˈ mə́re ʾáwwa-məndi hátxa lìṯ.ˈ bar-xa-yàrxaˈ síqɛle xá-bena xéna kəs-màlka.ˈ mə́re málka ṱ-áwət basìmaˈ də-yátla rapə̀kṯuxˈ kɛlə́nna zùzi.ˈ rapə́kṯa kɛ́li dàxla,ˈ hàtxa-wawa.ˈ kɛlə̀nna zúziˈ xázən kəmà rapəkyáṯa.ˈ mə́re ʾána málkən d-ày-bažərˈ lìtli hátxa zúze.ˈ ʾáwwa m-ɛ̀ka hátxa zúze,ˈ rapə̀kṯa,ˈ káyəl b-rapə́kṯa zùze?ˈ xènaˈ hiwàle,ˈ ṣlèle.ˈ ṣlèle.ˈ náše sqìdlaˈ mə́llət kúlla sqìdla,ˈ kúlla kyála gu-ʾanbáre zùze.ˈ dùgle,ˈ čú-mdi lìṯ.ˈ bár xa-yɛ̀rxa,ˈ mə́re xòniˈ ṭla-xóne díye ṭaxàna,ˈ ṭaxànɛwaˈ gu-ʾàrxe.ˈ ʾásqən ṭalbə́nna brátət málka ʾə̀llux,ˈ xòni.ˈ mò-ṱ-oḏən bíya brāt-málka?ˈ mò-ṱ-oḏən bíya?ˈ ʾáy brāt-màlkaˈ ʾána ṭaxànɛwən.ˈ mə́re ṱ-àsqən,ˈ líttux šùla.ˈ qímɛle sìqa.ˈ múttɛle kupắla rəš-rúše díye sìqɛle.ˈ xə̀rrrˈ gríšəlle kúrsət ṭaləbùṯa,ˈ kúrsət ṭaləbúṯa ṭlába bàxta.ˈ mə́re mòdile?ˈ mə́re bắyən ṭalbə́nna brátux ṭla-xòni.ˈ mə́re hiwàli.ˈ mə́re ʾiman-ṱ-áwe xlùla?ˈ mə́re bar-xa-šàbṯa.ˈ ṣə̀lyɛleˈ mə́re xóni qəm-ṭalbə̀nna.ˈ ʾo-m-xášše mìtle,ˈ m-dàrde,ˈ m-xàšše,ˈ ʾána mo-hoyàli,ˈ xáṭər ʾalàha?ˈ ʾána mó ṱ-óḏən bìya,ˈ brāt-màlka?ˈ píšɛle lɛ̀le,ˈ tmánya yóme prìqela.ˈ músqela dáwla-w zòrnaˈ ʾu-rqàḏtɛla,ˈ zmàrtɛla.ˈ muṯyàla brāt-málka.ˈ mə́re ʾáxtu kút-ʾaṯɛtu bàṯri,ˈ ʾána ṣàlən.ˈ ʾaṯɛ́tu bàṯri.ˈ xlúla ṣále bàṯri.ˈ ṣə̀lyɛle. ṣə́lyɛle, mə́ṭyɛle xa-káwtət ʾə̀rwe,ˈ ʾíbe tre-ṭḷáṯa ʾálpa rēš-ʾə̀rwe.ˈ qəm-qaréla ʾan-šăvàneˈ mə́re d-ɛ̀nila ʾan-ʾə́rwe?ˈ mə́ra t-flàn-naša.ˈ mə́re bás ṱ-amrənnɛ̀xu,ˈ ʾən-ʾamrilɛ́xu ʾan-ʾə́rwe d-ɛ̀nilaˈ múru t-ʾÁjdən tèlɛla.ˈ ʾána čú-mdi la-bắyən mənnɛ̀xu.ˈ hóla diyɛ̀xu.ˈ bas-múru ʾÀjdən,ˈ šə́mmət ʾÁjdən tèla.ˈ qəm-awə́dle šə́mme ʾÀjdən.ˈ ṯéle xlùla,ˈ ṯéle málka ṣlàya.ˈ mə́ra ʾan-ʾə́rwe d-ɛ̀nila?ˈ mə́ra t-ʾÁjdən tèla.ˈ mə́re xnèla bráti.ˈ ʾan-ʾə́rwe šìmeˈ píšla d-ày.ˈ ʾu-ʾáni bàṯre,ˈ ṣlèle.ˈ mṭéle xa-kàwtaˈ kállət gamèše,ˈ tawràṯa.ˈ mə́re ta-šăvàna,ˈ téla mà-məre?ˈ mə́re d-ɛ̀nila?ˈ mə́re dìyila.ˈ ʾámrət ʾən-ṯéla ṣláya ʾàxxa,ˈ xákma náše ʾàxxa,ˈ ʾən-mboqə̀rra mə́nnux,ˈ ʾánna d-ɛ̀nila,ˈ múr ga-ʾánna t-ʾÁjdən tèlɛla.ˈ ʾáp-ʾani pìdla.ˈ ṯéla náše ṱ-íwa mìra,ˈ ʾáni d-ɛ̀nila?ˈ mə́re t-ʾÁjdən tèla.ˈ xḏàyɛle málka.ˈ mára ʾána m-ɛ̀ka hátxa mā̀l?ˈ ʾána málkət xa-ʾàṯṛaˈ lítli hátxa mā̀l.ˈ ʾo-m-ɛ̀ka māl-díye?ˈ mə́re hár-to bàṯri.ˈ ṣlèla,ˈ mṭéle xá-hənnət gùmle.ˈ ʾɛ́-ga qamàye,ˈ bắyət dū̀s,ˈ kúlle gùmle-wawa.ˈ xáṣət gùmle y-azíwa.ˈ kəmá ṱ-ila băríya gùmle-wawa.ˈ mə́re d-ɛ̀nila?ˈ qəm-qaréle ʾo-šăvànaˈ ʾən-ṯéle mbuqə́rre xa-nàša,ˈ mə́re d-ɛ̀ni?ˈ ʾámrət t-ʾÁjdən tèlɛla.ˈ ṣléla nàše,ˈ mṭéla mə́ra d-ɛ̀nila?ˈ mə́re t-ʾÁjdən tèlɛla.ˈ pídle ṣlèle,ˈ ṣléle qúrbət Lelìṯa.ˈ ṣràxɛle téla,ˈ hàwarila.ˈ ʾay-plíṭṭɛla maṣyòṯeˈ bắyi də́mma t-tèlaˈ ʾu-də́mmət Lelìṯa.ˈ qaṭlìlɛniˈ t-maxɛ́le b-brónət màlka,ˈ ṭə́pya xə̀rsɛle.ˈ ṭə́pya brōn-málka xə̀rsa,ˈ maxɛ́le bíye t-tàrəṣ.ˈ plíṭṭa muṣyáṯtɛla Lelìṯa.ˈ mə́ra mòdi mə́rux?ˈ ʾána má-li mə̀nnux?ˈ ʾána ṯéli màrəlləxˈ qa-t-ṭašyátta gànəx.ˈ mo-ṱ-òḏən?ˈ hóla xzìˈ băríya ṯàyɛla,ˈ ṯáya hòla,ˈ ṭàlbi.ˈ mə́ra mò ṱ-óḏana?ˈ mə́ra mò t-óḏən?ˈ mə́re ʾítləx garùwa,ˈ garúwət ṭàrpa,ˈ garúwa gòṛa.ˈ mə̀reˈ mṭašə́nnəx gu-d-àw.ˈ šqílle, šqílle, šqìlle.ˈ qəm-mawə̀rra.ˈ bnéle kúlla ʾo-ṭárpa č̭ənnək̭ɛ́ra dìya.ˈ kùlla qəm-banéla.ˈ mə́re kə́ma ṱ-áṯya qašqàšta,ˈ la-jojàti.ˈ pyáḏɛla ʾàskar.ˈ qəm-ṭapéla nùraˈ m-ʾəsrì dukáne.ˈ ʾay-mára šxàna hóli!ˈ mə́re qə́ssa pìdlaˈ qəm-maqə̀dlaˈ ʾawə́dla tarə̀kka,ˈ qṭilàle.ˈ wíra gu-gə́ppət Lelìṯɛle.ˈ ḥátta čámče t-dàwa!ˈ čəngále t-dàwa!ˈ kúbə čáy t-dàwa!ˈ kúlley t-Lelìṯɛla.ˈ ʾáyya mártət ʾamàre.ˈ rqàḏtɛla,ˈ zmàrtɛla,ˈ xàltɛla,ˈ štɛ̀ṯɛla,ˈ ʾu-síqle téla makròze.ˈ mə́re kú-ṱ-ile xìlaˈ gu-čàmča,ˈ b-skìnta,ˈ gu-ʾamàna,ˈ b-kùba,ˈ kúlla šáqəl ta-gáne dìyeˈ masə̀qle.ˈ ʾána léš băyə̀nna,ˈ léš băyə̀nna.ˈ lɛ́la t-bábe dìye!ˈ tmánya yománe wéle táma xlùla.ˈ xìlla,ˈ štèla,ˈ qímla sìqla.ˈ sìqla,ˈ xéna téla tèlɛle,ˈ síqle l-ṭúra xála č̣àre,ˈ xála məndiyàne,ˈ ʾaṣə́rta ʾaṯèwa.ˈ xáčča xa-yòmaˈ mrìle.ˈ tèlaˈ mrìleˈ xóne dìye,ˈ ṱ-ámrəx xóne b-zìqa,ˈ mə́re mà-lux xóni?ˈ mə́re ṭla-báxte dìye,ˈ mə́ra mà-lux?ˈ xáčča mə̀rya xónəx.ˈ ʾámər drɛ́la ʾíḏəx l-ʾàqleˈ zdɛ́la tămàha.ˈ ʾámər háyyo ṭaxxána brōn-ṭaxxanɛ̀ṯa,ˈ ʾáyya ṱ-in-wàḏa,ˈ wiḏáli mə̀nnux,ˈ drɛ́la ʾíḏəx l-ʾáqle zdɛ̀le!ˈ čírra bàxtaˈ mòdiwa nə́mu,ˈ xu-lɛ́wa ṭaxxána brōn-ṭaxxanɛ̀ṯa?ˈ čìrra.ˈ čírra bàxta,ˈ síqla be-bábe dìye.ˈ mə́re módi ṯèləx?ˈ mə́ra čìrri.ˈ ʾáw ṭaxxána brōn-ṭaxxanɛ̀ṯɛle.ˈ ʾàyyɛla?ˈ mə́ra ʾàyyɛla!ˈ hátxa mə́re xóne dìye.ˈ xà-yoma,ˈ trè,ˈ xa-šàbṯa,ˈ xa-yɛ̀rxa,ˈ bxèle,ˈ bxéle ʾo-t-wéwa gwìra.ˈ mə́re súq mɛ̀ṯila báxti.ˈ mə́re là-y-asqən.ˈ ʾána là-y-asqən.ˈ xá-bena mrìli,ˈ ʾáyya ṱ-in-wíḏəlla mə̀nnux,ˈ mə́rux zdòle.ˈ là-y-asqən.ˈ ʾáxxa l-tàmma,ˈ mə́re qɛ́mən ṱ-àsqena.ˈ lítla xàmma,ˈ ʾap-ʾáyya béna mɛṯənnà-llux.ˈ qíma sìqɛle.ˈ sìqɛle,ˈ qṭàləlle.ˈ málka qṭàləlle,ˈ mə́re lá-ʾaṯət làxxa.ˈ ʾáti wídlux lébe ʾə̀lli.ˈ šqilálux bràtiˈ ta-xónux ṭaxxána brōn-ṭaxxanɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́re xzi-ṱ-amrə́nnux màlka.ˈ ʾána máṭo mṣárən ṭla-yə̀mmeˈ yə́mme díye yə̀mmi-wawa?ˈ yə́mme d-àw-wawa.ˈ dax-ʾána mṣàrənˈ bábe díye bàbiwa,ˈ bábe d-àw-iwa,ˈ dax-mṣárən ṭla-bàbe?ˈ ʾap-ʾána ʾáy lxímla š-lišàni,ˈ mə́ri ṭaxxána brōn-ṭaxxanɛ̀ṯa.ˈ xu-lɛ̀wa ṭaxxána brōn-ṭaxxanɛ́ṯa.ˈ kléle màlka.ˈ qu-ṣlà!ˈ ʾu-ṣlèla.ˈ xá-bena xéna ṣlèla.ˈ píšle xá-yarxa xá-bena xéna tèlaˈ mríle ma-dū̀s,ˈ mríle ma-dū̀s téla.ˈ hóle dmíxa bar-ṣùpa.ˈ ṣúpa yắḏət mòdi?ˈ dɛrə́xwa qɛ́se gàwe,ˈ šaxə́nwa bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mrìle,ˈ tmanyá-yome mìtle,ˈ lɛ́le ṣbára ṱ-áwər xà.ˈ mìtle,ˈ prìqle.ˈ tmanya-yóme xìrre,ˈ mə́re šqúlle zdɛ̀le.ˈ ʾána šwiqáli tàmaˈ ṯéli làxxa.ˈ	There was a miller, a miller who looked after a water-mill. Everything the mill produced he ate. A fox came and said ‘My brother, let us become brothers, you and I. Let us become brothers’. He said ‘How can we become brothers? You are a fox and I am a human’. ‘We shall operate this mill, we shall work and eat together you and I. I shall go up into the mountains and bring back blackbirds and quails, I shall bring back things like that from the mountains. We shall come here and cook them and then we shall eat them, you and I together’. So they became brothers. They became brothers, and one day, two, three, a month, a year (passed). The fox said ‘I shall go up to the king of this village and ask for his comb’. He said ‘What will you do with a comb?’ ‘What business is it of yours?—he said this to his brother—‘What business is it of yours?’ He said ‘Go up, my brother’. He went up and brought a comb. He threw it down and said to the king ‘I want this comb of yours. The people of the village have all gathered to comb wool’. There was really no wool, nothing, it was lies. ‘All the people are fed up, combing from morning until now. I have put the wool in store rooms’. The king said ‘Oh God, I who am the king of this town—this town has not such a thing. Where is it from, where have you acquired such a thing?’ It was all lies! A week went by in this way, then he went up again. He said ‘King, give me again the comb to comb goat’s hair, my goat’s hair’. ‘Where has that person got goat’s hair from?’ He went down and in the evening he brought up some goat’s hair and put down the comb. He said ‘The people are fed up with combing so much from morning until now. One hundred or two hundred people were combing goat’s hair’. He was amazed. The king was amazed and said ‘Such a thing as this cannot be’. After a month, he came up again to the king. He said ‘King, may you be healthy, please give (me) your grain measure so that I can measure my money’. With a grain measure they measure wheat, that is what it was for. ‘So that I can measure my money and see how many measures (it amounts to)’. He said ‘I am the king of this town and I do not have such money. Where has he got so much money from, that he measures the money with a grain measure?’ Well, he gave it to him and he went down. ‘The people are fed up, all the community are fed up, they are all measuring money in the storerooms’. It was lies. There was nothing. After a month he said ‘Brother’—to his brother the miller, he was a miller in a water-mill—‘I shall go and ask for the hand of the king’s daughter for you, brother’. ‘What shall I do with the king’s daughter? What shall I do with her? She is the king’s daughter and I am a miller’. He said ‘I shall go up, leave it to me’. He went up. He put a stick over his shoulders and went up. He pulled up the chair of suit, the chair of suit, asking for the hand of a woman. He (the king) said ‘What is it?’ He said ‘I want to ask for the hand of your daughter for my brother’. He said ‘I have given her to you’ He said ‘When will the wedding be?’ He said ‘After a week’. He went down and said ‘Brother, I have asked for her hand. He (almost) died of his grief and sadness ‘What could she be to me, for God’s sake!? What shall I do with her, the king’s daughter?’ Night fell, eight days passed. They brought up the drum and the pipe, there was danci ng and singing. They brought the king’s daughter. He said ‘You come after me, as I go down. Come after me. Let the wedding party come down after me’. He went down a long way and came to a flock of sheep, in which there were two or three thousand head of sheep. He called the shepherds and said ‘Whose are those sheep?’ They said ‘(They are the sheep) of so-and-so’. He said ‘I only say to you this, if they say to you “Whose are those sheep?”, say “They are (the sheep of) Ajdən the fox. I do not want anything from you. They are yours. Just say “Ajdən, the name of Ajdən the fox”’. He gave himself the name of Ajdən. The wedding party came and the king came, coming down (the mountain). They said ‘Whose are those sheep?’ They said ‘(They are the sheep) of Ajdən the fox’. He said ‘My daughter is lucky. These numerous sheep have become hers’. He (the fox) went down with them (following) behind him. He came to a flock, a herd of buffaloes and cows. He said to the shepherd—what did the fox say? He said ‘Whose are these’. He said ‘They are mine’. ‘Say, if they come down here, some people (come down) here, if they ask you “Whose are these?”, say “Well, these belong to Ajdən the fox”’. He got away also with these (lies). The people whom he had mentioned came (and said) ‘Whose are these?’ He said ‘(They belong) to Ajdən the fox’. The king was happy. He said ‘From where could I acquire such wealth? I am the king of a land and I do not have such wealth. From where does he get his wealth?’ He said ‘Follow me further’. They went down and came to a herd of camels. Formerly, if you want to know the truth, all (riding animals) were camels. They would go around on the back of camels. There were camels everywhere. He said ‘Whose are they?’ He called the shepherd. ‘If somebody comes and asks saying “Whose are they?”, say they belong to Ajdən the fox’. The people came down and, when they arrived, they said ‘Whose are they?’. He said ‘They belong to Ajdən the fox’. He went on down, he went down to Leliṯa. The fox shouted ‘Help!’. She came out to listen. ‘They want the blood of a fox and the blood of Leliṯa. They will kill us to inject it into the son of the king, who is afflicted with leprosy. The son of the king is afflicted with leprosy, they will inject (our blood) into him and he will be cured’. Leliṯa came out and listened. She said ‘What did you say? What have I to do with you?’ ‘I have come to tell you to hide yourself’. ‘What shall I do? ‘Look, the people are coming, they are coming towards me’. She said ‘What shall I do?’ She said ‘What shall I do?’ and he said ‘You have a heap, a heap of leaves, a big heap’. He said ‘I shall hide you in it’. He took away (the leaves), from here and from there, put her inside and built up all the leaves around her. He built them all up. He said ‘However much rustling sound there may be, don’t move. The army is passing by’. He lit a fire in twenty places. She said ‘I am getting hot!’ He said ‘They have almost passed’. He burnt her, made her a corpse, killed her. He went into the cave of Leliṯa. There were even spoons of gold, forks of gold, tea cups of gold! All belonged to Leliṯa. This is what they say. They (the wedding party) were dancing and singing, eating and drinking. The fox went up to make an announcement. He said ‘Whoever has eaten with a spoon, with a knife, in a vessel or cup, everybody may take it for himself and take it back up (to their home). I don’t want them anymore. I don’t want them anymore’. (But in fact) they did not belong to his father. The wedding lasted eight days there. They ate and drank and then went off back up (the mountain). They went up and the fox was a fox (again). He went up the mountain to eat blackbirds, to eat (other) things, and came back in the evening. One day he was rather ill. The fox was ill and his brother, as we say his brother (who was as close to him as) a shirt collar, said ‘What is the matter with you brother?’ He spoke to his wife, she said ‘What is the matter with you?’ ‘Your brother is rather ill’. He said ‘Take hold of his leg and throw him over there’. He (the fox) said ‘Come miller, son of a miller woman, (after all) this that I am doing, that I have done for you (you say) “Take hold of his leg and throw him away!” ’ The woman recoiled in anger. What was he? Was he really a miller, son of a miller woman? She recoiled. The woman recoiled and went up to her father’s house. He said ‘Why have you come?’ She said ‘I have recoiled in anger. He is a miller, son of a miller woman’. ‘Is that so?’ She said ‘It is so. His brother said this’. For a day, two, one week, a month, he wept, the one who was married wept. He said ‘Go up and bring back my wife’. He said ‘I shall not go up. I shall not go up. I was ill once and (after all) that I did for you, you said “Throw him away”. I shall not go up’. (After the other brother pleaded) this way and that, he said ‘I shall go up. Don’t worry, I shall bring her to you also this time. He set off and went up. He went up and he (almost) murdered him. The king (almost) murdered him, he said ‘Don’t come here. You played tricks on me. You took my daughter for your brother who is a miller, the son of a miller woman’. He said ‘Look, I’ll tell you, king. How can I curse his mother, since his mother was my mother? She was his mother. How can I curse his father, who was my father. He was his father, how can I curse his father? This just tripped off my tongue and I said “Miller, son of a miller woman”. Of course he was not a miller, son of a miller woman’. The king relented (and said to his daughter) ‘Go down (to your husband)’. She went down. She went back down to him. After a month, the fox again (became ill), he became really ill. The fox became really ill. He slept behind the stove. Do you know what a stove is? We would put wood in it and it would heat the house. He was ill and lay dead for eight days without anybody daring to approach. He died, he was finished. After eight days he looked and said ‘Take him and throw him away’. 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ʾíṯwa xa-ṭaxàna,ˈ ṭaxána qam-ḏà-ʾarxe.ˈ ʾárxe kúlle palxáwa bas-y-axə̀lwala.ˈ ṯéle tèla,ˈ mə́re xòniˈ pɛ́šəx xonăwàṯaˈ ʾána w-àti.ˈ pɛ́šəx xonăwàṯa.ˈ mə́re dax-pɛ́šəx xonăwàṯa?ˈ ʾáti tèla,ˈ ʾána bəṛ-nàša.ˈ ṱ-óḏəx ʾáyya ʾàrxe,ˈ pàlxəx,ˈ ṱ-áxləx ʾána w-àti.ˈ ʾána ṱ-ásqən ṭùra.ˈ mɛ́ṯən č̣àreˈ mɛ́ṯən qəqwàne,ˈ mɛ́ṯən mən-an-məndiyàne,ˈ gu-ṭùra.ˈ ṱ-áṯəx ʾàxxaˈ ʾu-mbašlə̀xla,ˈ ṱ-axlə́xla ʾána w-áti m-ġḏàḏe.ˈ dèˈ píšla xonăwàṯa.ˈ píšla xonăwàṯa,ˈ xà-yoma,ˈ trè,ˈ ṭḷàṯa,ˈ xà-yarxa,ˈ xa-šèta.ˈ ʾàmər,ˈ téla ʾámərˈ qɛ́mən ʾàsqənˈ kəs-màlkaˈ d-àyya-maṯaˈ ṭalbə̀nneˈ masə́rqe dìye.ˈ mə́re mùt ṱ-óḏət b-masə́rqa?ˈ mà-lux mə́nne?ˈ ta-xóne dìyele màra.ˈ má-lux mə́nne ʾàti?ˈ mə́re xóni sùq.ˈ síqle moṯéle masə̀rqa.ˈ zdéle tămàha,ˈ mə́re ta-màlkaˈ mə́re băyə́nne ʾáwwa masərqɛ̀xuˈ ʾu-nášət máṯa kúlla hóla-ʾə́ṯye kpìšeˈ sárqi ʾàmṛa.ˈ ʾámṛa lìṯ,ˈ čù-mdi,ˈ dùgle.ˈ kúlla náše sqìdla,ˈ sráqa mbádla hal-dìya.ˈ ʾàmṛaˈ muttúli gu-ʾanbàre.ˈ málka mə̀reˈ ya-ʾálaha ʾána ṱ-ín málka d-áyya bàžər,ˈ ʾáyya mḏìta,ˈ lítli hátxa mə̀ndi.ˈ m-ɛ̀kɛwa-wˈ m-ɛ̀ka ʾítlux ʾawwa-mə́ndi?ˈ har-dùgle!ˈ zíltɛla xá-šabṯa hòdəx,ˈ xá-bena xéna sìqɛle.ˈ mə̀reˈ málka xá-bena xéna hálli masə̀rqa-wˈ masərqə́nne màrrəs,ˈ márrəs dìyi.ˈ ʾaw-náša m-ɛ̀kɛle ʾaw-márrəs díye?ˈ ṣə̀lyɛle ʾaṣə́rta músqəlle xácča màrrəsˈ múttəlla masə̀rqa.ˈ mə́re sqìdla nášeˈ ma-ṱ-íla sríqe mbádla hal-dìya.ˈ ʾə́mma tré-mma náše sráqa màrrəs-wɛwa.ˈ mŭjə̀ble.ˈ málka mŭjə̀bleˈ mə́re ʾáwwa-məndi hátxa lìṯ.ˈ bar-xa-yàrxaˈ síqɛle xá-bena xéna kəs-màlka.ˈ mə́re málka ṱ-áwət basìmaˈ də-yátla rapə̀kṯuxˈ kɛlə́nna zùzi.ˈ rapə́kṯa kɛ́li dàxla,ˈ hàtxa-wawa.ˈ kɛlə̀nna zúziˈ xázən kəmà rapəkyáṯa.ˈ mə́re ʾána málkən d-ày-bažərˈ lìtli hátxa zúze.ˈ ʾáwwa m-ɛ̀ka hátxa zúze,ˈ rapə̀kṯa,ˈ káyəl b-rapə́kṯa zùze?ˈ xènaˈ hiwàle,ˈ ṣlèle.ˈ ṣlèle.ˈ náše sqìdlaˈ mə́llət kúlla sqìdla,ˈ kúlla kyála gu-ʾanbáre zùze.ˈ dùgle,ˈ čú-mdi lìṯ.ˈ

bár xa-yɛ̀rxa,ˈ mə́re xòniˈ ṭla-xóne díye ṭaxàna,ˈ ṭaxànɛwaˈ gu-ʾàrxe.ˈ ʾásqən ṭalbə́nna brátət málka ʾə̀llux,ˈ xòni.ˈ mò-ṱ-oḏən bíya brāt-málka?ˈ mò-ṱ-oḏən bíya?ˈ ʾáy brāt-màlkaˈ ʾána ṭaxànɛwən.ˈ mə́re ṱ-àsqən,ˈ líttux šùla.ˈ qímɛle sìqa.ˈ múttɛle kupắla rəš-rúše díye sìqɛle.ˈ xə̀rrrˈ gríšəlle kúrsət ṭaləbùṯa,ˈ kúrsət ṭaləbúṯa ṭlába bàxta.ˈ mə́re mòdile?ˈ mə́re bắyən ṭalbə́nna brátux ṭla-xòni.ˈ mə́re hiwàli.ˈ mə́re ʾiman-ṱ-áwe xlùla?ˈ mə́re bar-xa-šàbṯa.ˈ ṣə̀lyɛleˈ mə́re xóni qəm-ṭalbə̀nna.ˈ ʾo-m-xášše mìtle,ˈ m-dàrde,ˈ m-xàšše,ˈ ʾána mo-hoyàli,ˈ xáṭər ʾalàha?ˈ ʾána mó ṱ-óḏən bìya,ˈ brāt-màlka?ˈ píšɛle lɛ̀le,ˈ tmánya yóme prìqela.ˈ músqela dáwla-w zòrnaˈ ʾu-rqàḏtɛla,ˈ zmàrtɛla.ˈ muṯyàla brāt-málka.ˈ mə́re ʾáxtu kút-ʾaṯɛtu bàṯri,ˈ ʾána ṣàlən.ˈ ʾaṯɛ́tu bàṯri.ˈ xlúla ṣále bàṯri.ˈ ṣə̀lyɛle. ṣə́lyɛle, mə́ṭyɛle xa-káwtət ʾə̀rwe,ˈ ʾíbe tre-ṭḷáṯa ʾálpa rēš-ʾə̀rwe.ˈ qəm-qaréla ʾan-šăvàneˈ mə́re d-ɛ̀nila ʾan-ʾə́rwe?ˈ mə́ra t-flàn-naša.ˈ mə́re bás ṱ-amrənnɛ̀xu,ˈ ʾən-ʾamrilɛ́xu ʾan-ʾə́rwe d-ɛ̀nilaˈ múru t-ʾÁjdən tèlɛla.ˈ ʾána čú-mdi la-bắyən mənnɛ̀xu.ˈ hóla diyɛ̀xu.ˈ bas-múru ʾÀjdən,ˈ šə́mmət ʾÁjdən tèla.ˈ qəm-awə́dle šə́mme ʾÀjdən.ˈ ṯéle xlùla,ˈ ṯéle málka ṣlàya.ˈ mə́ra ʾan-ʾə́rwe d-ɛ̀nila?ˈ mə́ra t-ʾÁjdən tèla.ˈ mə́re xnèla bráti.ˈ ʾan-ʾə́rwe šìmeˈ píšla d-ày.ˈ ʾu-ʾáni bàṯre,ˈ ṣlèle.ˈ mṭéle xa-kàwtaˈ kállət gamèše,ˈ tawràṯa.ˈ mə́re ta-šăvàna,ˈ téla mà-məre?ˈ mə́re d-ɛ̀nila?ˈ mə́re dìyila.ˈ ʾámrət ʾən-ṯéla ṣláya ʾàxxa,ˈ xákma náše ʾàxxa,ˈ ʾən-mboqə̀rra mə́nnux,ˈ ʾánna d-ɛ̀nila,ˈ múr ga-ʾánna t-ʾÁjdən tèlɛla.ˈ ʾáp-ʾani pìdla.ˈ ṯéla náše ṱ-íwa mìra,ˈ ʾáni d-ɛ̀nila?ˈ mə́re t-ʾÁjdən tèla.ˈ xḏàyɛle málka.ˈ mára ʾána m-ɛ̀ka hátxa mā̀l?ˈ ʾána málkət xa-ʾàṯṛaˈ lítli hátxa mā̀l.ˈ ʾo-m-ɛ̀ka māl-díye?ˈ mə́re hár-to bàṯri.ˈ ṣlèla,ˈ mṭéle xá-hənnət gùmle.ˈ ʾɛ́-ga qamàye,ˈ bắyət dū̀s,ˈ kúlle gùmle-wawa.ˈ xáṣət gùmle y-azíwa.ˈ kəmá ṱ-ila băríya gùmle-wawa.ˈ mə́re d-ɛ̀nila?ˈ qəm-qaréle ʾo-šăvànaˈ ʾən-ṯéle mbuqə́rre xa-nàša,ˈ mə́re d-ɛ̀ni?ˈ ʾámrət t-ʾÁjdən tèlɛla.ˈ ṣléla nàše,ˈ mṭéla mə́ra d-ɛ̀nila?ˈ mə́re t-ʾÁjdən tèlɛla.ˈ

pídle ṣlèle,ˈ ṣléle qúrbət Lelìṯa.ˈ ṣràxɛle téla,ˈ hàwarila.ˈ ʾay-plíṭṭɛla maṣyòṯeˈ bắyi də́mma t-tèlaˈ ʾu-də́mmət Lelìṯa.ˈ qaṭlìlɛniˈ t-maxɛ́le b-brónət màlka,ˈ ṭə́pya xə̀rsɛle.ˈ ṭə́pya brōn-málka xə̀rsa,ˈ maxɛ́le bíye t-tàrəṣ.ˈ plíṭṭa muṣyáṯtɛla Lelìṯa.ˈ mə́ra mòdi mə́rux?ˈ ʾána má-li mə̀nnux?ˈ ʾána ṯéli màrəlləxˈ qa-t-ṭašyátta gànəx.ˈ mo-ṱ-òḏən?ˈ hóla xzìˈ băríya ṯàyɛla,ˈ ṯáya hòla,ˈ ṭàlbi.ˈ mə́ra mò ṱ-óḏana?ˈ mə́ra mò t-óḏən?ˈ mə́re ʾítləx garùwa,ˈ garúwət ṭàrpa,ˈ garúwa gòṛa.ˈ mə̀reˈ mṭašə́nnəx gu-d-àw.ˈ šqílle, šqílle, šqìlle.ˈ qəm-mawə̀rra.ˈ bnéle kúlla ʾo-ṭárpa č̭ənnək̭ɛ́ra dìya.ˈ kùlla qəm-banéla.ˈ mə́re kə́ma ṱ-áṯya qašqàšta,ˈ la-jojàti.ˈ pyáḏɛla ʾàskar.ˈ qəm-ṭapéla nùraˈ m-ʾəsrì dukáne.ˈ ʾay-mára šxàna hóli!ˈ mə́re qə́ssa pìdlaˈ qəm-maqə̀dlaˈ ʾawə́dla tarə̀kka,ˈ qṭilàle.ˈ wíra gu-gə́ppət Lelìṯɛle.ˈ ḥátta čámče t-dàwa!ˈ čəngále t-dàwa!ˈ kúbə čáy t-dàwa!ˈ kúlley t-Lelìṯɛla.ˈ ʾáyya mártət ʾamàre.ˈ rqàḏtɛla,ˈ zmàrtɛla,ˈ xàltɛla,ˈ štɛ̀ṯɛla,ˈ ʾu-síqle téla makròze.ˈ mə́re kú-ṱ-ile xìlaˈ gu-čàmča,ˈ b-skìnta,ˈ gu-ʾamàna,ˈ b-kùba,ˈ kúlla šáqəl ta-gáne dìyeˈ masə̀qle.ˈ ʾána léš băyə̀nna,ˈ léš băyə̀nna.ˈ lɛ́la t-bábe dìye!ˈ tmánya yománe wéle táma xlùla.ˈ xìlla,ˈ štèla,ˈ qímla sìqla.ˈ

sìqla,ˈ xéna téla tèlɛle,ˈ síqle l-ṭúra xála č̣àre,ˈ xála məndiyàne,ˈ ʾaṣə́rta ʾaṯèwa.ˈ xáčča xa-yòmaˈ mrìle.ˈ tèlaˈ mrìleˈ xóne dìye,ˈ ṱ-ámrəx xóne b-zìqa,ˈ mə́re mà-lux xóni?ˈ mə́re ṭla-báxte dìye,ˈ mə́ra mà-lux?ˈ xáčča mə̀rya xónəx.ˈ ʾámər drɛ́la ʾíḏəx l-ʾàqleˈ zdɛ́la tămàha.ˈ ʾámər háyyo ṭaxxána brōn-ṭaxxanɛ̀ṯa,ˈ ʾáyya ṱ-in-wàḏa,ˈ wiḏáli mə̀nnux,ˈ drɛ́la ʾíḏəx l-ʾáqle zdɛ̀le!ˈ čírra bàxtaˈ mòdiwa nə́mu,ˈ xu-lɛ́wa ṭaxxána brōn-ṭaxxanɛ̀ṯa?ˈ čìrra.ˈ čírra bàxta,ˈ síqla be-bábe dìye.ˈ mə́re módi ṯèləx?ˈ mə́ra čìrri.ˈ ʾáw ṭaxxána brōn-ṭaxxanɛ̀ṯɛle.ˈ ʾàyyɛla?ˈ mə́ra ʾàyyɛla!ˈ hátxa mə́re xóne dìye.ˈ xà-yoma,ˈ trè,ˈ xa-šàbṯa,ˈ xa-yɛ̀rxa,ˈ bxèle,ˈ bxéle ʾo-t-wéwa gwìra.ˈ mə́re súq mɛ̀ṯila báxti.ˈ mə́re là-y-asqən.ˈ ʾána là-y-asqən.ˈ xá-bena mrìli,ˈ ʾáyya ṱ-in-wíḏəlla mə̀nnux,ˈ mə́rux zdòle.ˈ là-y-asqən.ˈ ʾáxxa l-tàmma,ˈ mə́re qɛ́mən ṱ-àsqena.ˈ lítla xàmma,ˈ ʾap-ʾáyya béna mɛṯənnà-llux.ˈ qíma sìqɛle.ˈ sìqɛle,ˈ qṭàləlle.ˈ málka qṭàləlle,ˈ mə́re lá-ʾaṯət làxxa.ˈ ʾáti wídlux lébe ʾə̀lli.ˈ šqilálux bràtiˈ ta-xónux ṭaxxána brōn-ṭaxxanɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́re xzi-ṱ-amrə́nnux màlka.ˈ ʾána máṭo mṣárən ṭla-yə̀mmeˈ yə́mme díye yə̀mmi-wawa?ˈ yə́mme d-àw-wawa.ˈ dax-ʾána mṣàrənˈ bábe díye bàbiwa,ˈ bábe d-àw-iwa,ˈ dax-mṣárən ṭla-bàbe?ˈ ʾap-ʾána ʾáy lxímla š-lišàni,ˈ mə́ri ṭaxxána brōn-ṭaxxanɛ̀ṯa.ˈ xu-lɛ̀wa ṭaxxána brōn-ṭaxxanɛ́ṯa.ˈ kléle màlka.ˈ qu-ṣlà!ˈ ʾu-ṣlèla.ˈ xá-bena xéna ṣlèla.ˈ píšle xá-yarxa xá-bena xéna tèlaˈ mríle ma-dū̀s,ˈ mríle ma-dū̀s téla.ˈ hóle dmíxa bar-ṣùpa.ˈ ṣúpa yắḏət mòdi?ˈ dɛrə́xwa qɛ́se gàwe,ˈ šaxə́nwa bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mrìle,ˈ tmanyá-yome mìtle,ˈ lɛ́le ṣbára ṱ-áwər xà.ˈ mìtle,ˈ prìqle.ˈ tmanya-yóme xìrre,ˈ mə́re šqúlle zdɛ̀le.ˈ ʾána šwiqáli tàmaˈ ṯéli làxxa.ˈ

Translation:

There was a miller, a miller who looked after a water-mill. Everything the mill produced he ate. A fox came and said ‘My brother, let us become brothers, you and I. Let us become brothers’. He said ‘How can we become brothers? You are a fox and I am a human’. ‘We shall operate this mill, we shall work and eat together you and I. I shall go up into the mountains and bring back blackbirds and quails, I shall bring back things like that from the mountains. We shall come here and cook them and then we shall eat them, you and I together’. So they became brothers. They became brothers, and one day, two, three, a month, a year (passed). The fox said ‘I shall go up to the king of this village and ask for his comb’. He said ‘What will you do with a comb?’ ‘What business is it of yours?—he said this to his brother—‘What business is it of yours?’ He said ‘Go up, my brother’. He went up and brought a comb. He threw it down and said to the king ‘I want this comb of yours. The people of the village have all gathered to comb wool’. There was really no wool, nothing, it was lies. ‘All the people are fed up, combing from morning until now. I have put the wool in store rooms’. The king said ‘Oh God, I who am the king of this town—this town has not such a thing. Where is it from, where have you acquired such a thing?’ It was all lies! A week went by in this way, then he went up again. He said ‘King, give me again the comb to comb goat’s hair, my goat’s hair’. ‘Where has that person got goat’s hair from?’ He went down and in the evening he brought up some goat’s hair and put down the comb. He said ‘The people are fed up with combing so much from morning until now. One hundred or two hundred people were combing goat’s hair’. He was amazed. The king was amazed and said ‘Such a thing as this cannot be’. After a month, he came up again to the king. He said ‘King, may you be healthy, please give (me) your grain measure so that I can measure my money’. With a grain measure they measure wheat, that is what it was for. ‘So that I can measure my money and see how many measures (it amounts to)’. He said ‘I am the king of this town and I do not have such money. Where has he got so much money from, that he measures the money with a grain measure?’ Well, he gave it to him and he went down. ‘The people are fed up, all the community are fed up, they are all measuring money in the storerooms’. It was lies. There was nothing.

After a month he said ‘Brother’—to his brother the miller, he was a miller in a water-mill—‘I shall go and ask for the hand of the king’s daughter for you, brother’. ‘What shall I do with the king’s daughter? What shall I do with her? She is the king’s daughter and I am a miller’. He said ‘I shall go up, leave it to me’. He went up. He put a stick over his shoulders and went up. He pulled up the chair of suit, the chair of suit, asking for the hand of a woman. He (the king) said ‘What is it?’ He said ‘I want to ask for the hand of your daughter for my brother’. He said ‘I have given her to you’ He said ‘When will the wedding be?’ He said ‘After a week’. He went down and said ‘Brother, I have asked for her hand. He (almost) died of his grief and sadness ‘What could she be to me, for God’s sake!? What shall I do with her, the king’s daughter?’ Night fell, eight days passed. They brought up the drum and the pipe, there was danci ng and singing. They brought the king’s daughter. He said ‘You come after me, as I go down. Come after me. Let the wedding party come down after me’. He went down a long way and came to a flock of sheep, in which there were two or three thousand head of sheep. He called the shepherds and said ‘Whose are those sheep?’ They said ‘(They are the sheep) of so-and-so’. He said ‘I only say to you this, if they say to you “Whose are those sheep?”, say “They are (the sheep of) Ajdən the fox. I do not want anything from you. They are yours. Just say “Ajdən, the name of Ajdən the fox”’. He gave himself the name of Ajdən. The wedding party came and the king came, coming down (the mountain). They said ‘Whose are those sheep?’ They said ‘(They are the sheep) of Ajdən the fox’. He said ‘My daughter is lucky. These numerous sheep have become hers’. He (the fox) went down with them (following) behind him. He came to a flock, a herd of buffaloes and cows. He said to the shepherd—what did the fox say? He said ‘Whose are these’. He said ‘They are mine’. ‘Say, if they come down here, some people (come down) here, if they ask you “Whose are these?”, say “Well, these belong to Ajdən the fox”’. He got away also with these (lies). The people whom he had mentioned came (and said) ‘Whose are these?’ He said ‘(They belong) to Ajdən the fox’. The king was happy. He said ‘From where could I acquire such wealth? I am the king of a land and I do not have such wealth. From where does he get his wealth?’ He said ‘Follow me further’. They went down and came to a herd of camels. Formerly, if you want to know the truth, all (riding animals) were camels. They would go around on the back of camels. There were camels everywhere. He said ‘Whose are they?’ He called the shepherd. ‘If somebody comes and asks saying “Whose are they?”, say they belong to Ajdən the fox’. The people came down and, when they arrived, they said ‘Whose are they?’. He said ‘They belong to Ajdən the fox’.

He went on down, he went down to Leliṯa. The fox shouted ‘Help!’. She came out to listen. ‘They want the blood of a fox and the blood of Leliṯa. They will kill us to inject it into the son of the king, who is afflicted with leprosy. The son of the king is afflicted with leprosy, they will inject (our blood) into him and he will be cured’. Leliṯa came out and listened. She said ‘What did you say? What have I to do with you?’ ‘I have come to tell you to hide yourself’. ‘What shall I do? ‘Look, the people are coming, they are coming towards me’. She said ‘What shall I do?’ She said ‘What shall I do?’ and he said ‘You have a heap, a heap of leaves, a big heap’. He said ‘I shall hide you in it’. He took away (the leaves), from here and from there, put her inside and built up all the leaves around her. He built them all up. He said ‘However much rustling sound there may be, don’t move. The army is passing by’. He lit a fire in twenty places. She said ‘I am getting hot!’ He said ‘They have almost passed’. He burnt her, made her a corpse, killed her. He went into the cave of Leliṯa. There were even spoons of gold, forks of gold, tea cups of gold! All belonged to Leliṯa. This is what they say. They (the wedding party) were dancing and singing, eating and drinking. The fox went up to make an announcement. He said ‘Whoever has eaten with a spoon, with a knife, in a vessel or cup, everybody may take it for himself and take it back up (to their home). I don’t want them anymore. I don’t want them anymore’. (But in fact) they did not belong to his father. The wedding lasted eight days there. They ate and drank and then went off back up (the mountain).

They went up and the fox was a fox (again). He went up the mountain to eat blackbirds, to eat (other) things, and came back in the evening. One day he was rather ill. The fox was ill and his brother, as we say his brother (who was as close to him as) a shirt collar, said ‘What is the matter with you brother?’ He spoke to his wife, she said ‘What is the matter with you?’ ‘Your brother is rather ill’. He said ‘Take hold of his leg and throw him over there’. He (the fox) said ‘Come miller, son of a miller woman, (after all) this that I am doing, that I have done for you (you say) “Take hold of his leg and throw him away!” ’ The woman recoiled in anger. What was he? Was he really a miller, son of a miller woman? She recoiled. The woman recoiled and went up to her father’s house. He said ‘Why have you come?’ She said ‘I have recoiled in anger. He is a miller, son of a miller woman’. ‘Is that so?’ She said ‘It is so. His brother said this’. For a day, two, one week, a month, he wept, the one who was married wept. He said ‘Go up and bring back my wife’. He said ‘I shall not go up. I shall not go up. I was ill once and (after all) that I did for you, you said “Throw him away”. I shall not go up’. (After the other brother pleaded) this way and that, he said ‘I shall go up. Don’t worry, I shall bring her to you also this time. He set off and went up. He went up and he (almost) murdered him. The king (almost) murdered him, he said ‘Don’t come here. You played tricks on me. You took my daughter for your brother who is a miller, the son of a miller woman’. He said ‘Look, I’ll tell you, king. How can I curse his mother, since his mother was my mother? She was his mother. How can I curse his father, who was my father. He was his father, how can I curse his father? This just tripped off my tongue and I said “Miller, son of a miller woman”. Of course he was not a miller, son of a miller woman’. The king relented (and said to his daughter) ‘Go down (to your husband)’. She went down. She went back down to him. After a month, the fox again (became ill), he became really ill. The fox became really ill. He slept behind the stove. Do you know what a stove is? We would put wood in it and it would heat the house. He was ill and lay dead for eight days without anybody daring to approach. He died, he was finished. After eight days he looked and said ‘Take him and throw him away’. I have left it there and come here.