Barwar: The Girl and the Seven Brothers

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

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0:00	xa-bàxta-ʾiṯwa,ˈ xa-bràta.ˈ mə́ra ʾə́dyo šàbṯɛla,ˈ ṣáləx l-nèra,ˈ qú-ṣla màṣlaˈ margə́lta-w qɛ́se ʾu-mə́ndi ṱ-óḏət míya šaxíne ta-t-xɛ̀pəx.ˈ qímtɛla ṣlíṯɛla muṣlɛ́ṯɛla masrə́qta-w júlle-w mə̀ndi,ˈ muttɛ́ṯa margə́lta ṭla-yə́mma dìya,ˈ qa-t-xɛ̀pi.ˈ ṯíṯɛla ḏa-qarə̀kke,ˈ šqìltəlla masrə́qta dìyaˈ ʾu-muràqtəlla.ˈ ʾay-ríqtɛla bàṯra-wˈ rìqta-wˈ rìqta,ˈ ʾay-káza qràya:ˈ qarə́kke qarəkṯòntiˈ hállila masrəqṯòntiˈ t-la-maxyáli dekòntiˈ ʾáy har-là-yawəlla.ˈ mṭéla qarə́kke l-xá-qaṣra gòṛa.ˈ síqla l-gàre,ˈ qəm-zadyála b-xa-kàwe.ˈ masrə́qṯa díya ṣléla gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ṣléla gu-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ ʾay-túwla bxèla,ˈ bxèla,ˈ bxèla.ˈ ʾánna ʾíṯwa táma šawwà xonăwáṯa,ˈ gu-d-ò-bɛṯa.ˈ ʾánna mə́ra xóni hola-ràya dúnye.ˈ mə́re hé b-álaha hola-ràya.ˈ plíṭle xá-mənna qam-tằra,ˈ ṯéle mə́re là,ˈ dúnye lɛ̀la-raya,ˈ ṣə̀xwɛla.ˈ də́mmət ʾɛ̀na.ˈ b-ɛ́-ga qíme síqe gàre,ˈ xə́zyəlla ʾáyən bráta l-gàre.ˈ mə́ra hóla ḏa-bráta làxxa.ˈ qíme šqìləlla,ˈ muṣə̀lyəlla.ˈ mə́ra há mùt wáḏa láxxa?ˈ mə́ra ʾána qə́ṣṣət díyi hàtxɛwa.ˈ qarə́kke qəm-ganwála masrə̀qṯi,ˈ qəm-daryála b-ay-káwe diyɛ̀xun.ˈ mə́ra ʾú háy puš-xàṯa ṭlálən.ˈ mə́ra là,ˈ là-pɛšən.ˈ nàbluli.ˈ yə́mmi yàʿniˈ ʾána ḏà-bratɛn,ˈ yə́mmi bàxya.ˈ mə́ra lɛ́ḏəx ʾɛ̀kɛla,ˈ yə́mməx ʾɛ̀kɛla.ˈ qarə̀kkela muṯɛ́ṯəlləx.ˈ puš-xáṯa ṭlàlən.ˈ ʾay-píšla xáṯa ṭlalèyən.ˈ ʾàyyaˈ har-píšla táma xòḏa,ˈ ʾánna y-azíwa ṣɛ̀da,ˈ xòḏa,ˈ xòḏa.ˈ qáṭu krìbla,ˈ qəm-jɛrála gu-nùra,ˈ qəm-mač̣əmyàle núra díya.ˈ píšla t-là-nura.ˈ ʾáyya qímla plíṭla xzéla xa-núra ràba rə́ḥqa.ˈ mə́ra bṱ-ázən xázyən ʾáwən-nura ʾɛ̀kɛle,ˈ máṭyən tá-t ṱ-óḏən ʾixála ṭla-xonăwàṯi.ˈ zìlla-wˈ zìllaˈ mṭéla l-xá tanúra núra ràba.ˈ xa-hambišàyaˈ hóle táma dmìxa.ˈ xa-báxta xámṯa xámṯa xámṯa tíwta pláya qálme dìye.ˈ ʾay-šqílla m-ò-nura,ˈ ṯèla.ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-gùttaˈ hátxa t-ʾə̀zlaˈ gu-jɛ́ba díya npìlla.ˈ npílla mə́nna díya gùttaˈ m-gu-jɛ́ba dìya.ˈ líqla b-tằra,ˈ ʾu-ṯéla gútta píšla mən-d-áw hambišàyaˈ hal-tắrət bɛṯèy.ˈ ʾáw qəm-marə́mla-w ṯéle ṯèle.ˈ mṭéle gu-tắrət ʾó-bɛṯa ṱ-íla-wirta gàweˈ wírɛle ṭálba dìya.ˈ kút-yom pašṭáwa ʾíḏa dìya,ˈ kút-yom mayə́ṣwa xa-sabòta.ˈ píšla ràba zábbun.ˈ là-y galyáwa,ˈ là-y ṣabráwa.ˈ y-ámri xáṯi mà-ləx?ˈ ṭla-mòt zábbun?ˈ là-y galyáwa.ˈ mə́ra xàṯi,ˈ ʾáxni šɛrə́xxe ʾíṯ xa-tanúra gòṛa,ˈ t-yápəx lə̀xma.ˈ šɛrə̀xle,ˈ dɛ́rəx núra gàweˈ ʾu-č̣àme,ˈ máttəx xa-došákka gòṛaˈ tàma.ˈ kút-dana ṱ-àṯe,ˈ ʾáti dɛ́ryət ʾíḏəx hátxa gu-lɛ̀ša.ˈ múr hon-lyàša.ˈ ʾáw ṱ-àṯe,ˈ múr hon-lyàša,ˈ pɛ̀rqənˈ ʾu-t-yawánnux ṣabóti mùṣla.ˈ tú xačča-mányəx làxxa.ˈ ʾaw-ʾə́ṯya wìrɛle,ˈ ʾay-dríṯa ʾiṯáṯa gu-lɛ́ša t-lɛšàwa.ˈ mə́re hálla ṣabóta zórta mɛṣə̀nna.ˈ mə́ra tú-xanči š-d-ày došə́kṯa.ˈ ʾay-mṭúšyəlla xonăwàṯa.ˈ mə́ra ʾána pɛ̀rqən,ˈ b-yawánna ṣabóti ʾə̀llux.ˈ ʾaw-wìrɛle,ˈ mírtɛla tu-tìwa.ˈ ʾaw-ʾə́ṯya max-ṱ-ìle tíwa,ˈ ṣə́lyɛle bìye b-došákkaˈ gu-d-ó tanùra.ˈ gòṛa-wewa rába.ˈ ṣlele-tàma,ˈ xonăwáṯa dìya,ˈ šawwà xonăwáṯa,ˈ rìpe b-réše díyeˈ b-mɛ̀reˈ qṭìləlle,ˈ qṣìfəlle.ˈ ʾay-píštɛla xòḏa,ˈ ʾáti m-ɛ̀kɛt?ˈ mə́ra ʾànaˈ hátxa xonăwáṯi rìqe-wɛwa.ˈ mə́ra ʾáxni ʾáti xàṯən-iwətˈ dū̀s.ˈ ʾo-qə́ṭma qəm-šaqlìle xonăwáṯa,ˈ mə́ra xáṯi garpátte qə̀ṭma.ˈ šaqlátle daryátle bar-šawwà ṭuráne,ˈ b-xa-guníya ṱ-óya tằməz.ˈ ʾay-mò-widla?ˈ qímla qəm-daryále gu-xa-gunìyaˈ šə́tta díya nčìlta.ˈ kəma-jwìjla,ˈ ʾúrxa ʾúrxa bìzle.ˈ kəma-jwìjla,ˈ ʾúrxa ʾúrxa bìzle.ˈ qlábta díya qlìbla,ˈ ʾu-kúlle bə̀ryaˈ y-amrə́xxe xa-kerápso ʾu-gə́lla táza ta-ʾixàla.ˈ mə́ra kmɛ́le ʾáwwa gə́lla ta-ʾixála tàza!ˈ qɛmən-náblən xánči ta-xonăwàṯi.ˈ ṱ-oḏánna yàrqa-lleyˈ ṱ-axlìle.ˈ bašlànne.ˈ ʾay-ṣlìṯɛla,ˈ wíḏtɛla ʾo-gə̀llaˈ muṯɛ́ṯəlle mbušàlta.ˈ ʾə́ṯye xonăwáṯa dìya,ˈ šàwwa xonăwáṯa,ˈ m-ṣɛ̀da.ˈ ʾə́ṯyela xìlela.ˈ mə́ra ʾə́dyo hon-wíḏtəllɛxu yárqa rába basìma.ˈ xìle.ˈ max-t-ìla xíle čámča qamɛ́ṯa,ˈ kúlla píše pàṛela,ˈ ʾə̀rwe.ˈ kúlla píše ʾə̀rwela.ˈ píše ʾə̀rwela,ˈ ʾáy kút-yom mpalṭáwala măṛòyəlla.ˈ baxyàwa,ˈ jannàwa,ˈ baxyàwa,ˈ baxyàwa.ˈ xa-yóma ṯéle xa-nàša,ˈ xa-náša, xa-dɛrwéša.ˈ ṯéle tàma,ˈ mə́re má-ləx bráta ṱ-it-hátxa bxàyaˈ qam-d-ánna ʾə̀rwe?ˈ mə́ra ʾánna lɛ̀wa ʾə́rwe,ˈ xonăwàṯi wɛ́wa.ˈ hā́l ʾu-qəṣṣə́tte díye ʾàyya-wawa.ˈ wíḏtɛn yárqa ta-d-ánna xonăwàṯiˈ ʾu-xiléla píše ʾə̀rwe.ˈ mə́re ʾána ʾánna xonăwáṯəx mbasmə̀nna,ˈ bas-goràtli.ˈ mìrtɛlaˈ bas-ʾánna xonăwáṯi bàsmi,ˈ gorànnux.ˈ mə́re de-sɛ́ga ʾáti bár d-ăwàha-ṭura.ˈ ʾána kút-xonəx maxə́nne šawwà-qɛse,ˈ pɛ̀ši.ˈ lá-ʾamrət k̭óre xàṯux.ˈ ʾən-mə́rəx k̭óre xàṯux,ˈ la-dɛ̀ṛi.ˈ mə́xyəlle ʾo-qamáya šáwwa qɛ̀se,ˈ barbə̀rwa.ˈ zìnɛle,ˈ píšɛle nàša.ˈ mə́xyɛle l-o-trè,ˈ hátxa mə́xyɛle l-o-ṭḷàṯa,ˈ hátxa ʾo-t-ʾàrba,ˈ hátxa ʾo-t-xàmša,ˈ ʾo-t-ʾə̀šta.ˈ ʾo-t-šáwwa biš-zòra-wewa.ˈ ʾàwwɛle xəzyə́lla b-gáre.ˈ ʾaw-mburə̀brɛle,ˈ mburə̀bra.ˈ mə́ra ʾóx k̭óre xàṯux!ˈ píšɛle pálge nàšaˈ ʾu-pálge pàṛa.ˈ ʾaw-mə̀reˈ ta-mò mə́rəx k̭óre xàṯux?ˈ mə́ra xéna qìdle lə́bbi,ˈ xóni zòra-wewa,ˈ mə́ri k̭óre xàṯux.ˈ ʾaw-qímɛle gwìrəlla.ˈ ʾánna zìle,ˈ qímɛle gwìrəlla.ˈ ʾáw ṱ-íle píša pálge páṛa pálge náša mùṯyəlle mə́nna díya.ˈ ʾo-náša rába zàngin-wewa.ˈ zàngin-wewa,ˈ dwíqəlle bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ xa-yòma,ˈ mə́re ʾána doqə́nnəx xa-xadə̀mṯa.ˈ mə́ra lá-bayənna xadə̀mṯa.ˈ mə́re là,ˈ dóqənnəx xadə̀mṯa,ˈ ḏá qărăčɛ̀ṯa.ˈ xa-yóma dwìqəlla,ˈ mə́re ṱ-áṯya ṱ-óya ʾáxxa kə̀sləx.ˈ mə́ra là,ˈ là.ˈ mə́re hɛ̀ˈ ta-t-lá-palxət ʾàtiˈ ʾày-ila t-pálxa.ˈ ʾáni xá-yoma ṣə́lye xyàpa-wɛwa.ˈ ṣə́lye xyàpa,ˈ ʾíṯwa ḏa-béra hátxa gotèy-wawaˈ ʾamùqta.ˈ ʾáni ṣə́lye xyàpa-wɛwa,ˈ ʾay-mòdi wíḏta?ˈ qímtɛla ʾá qărăčɛ̀ṯaˈ dríṯəlla gu-d-a-bèra.ˈ ʾay-lwíštəlla júlle d-a-bràtaˈ ʾu-sìqtɛla.ˈ sìqtɛla,ˈ ʾo-pàṛaˈ hóle mbarbòre,ˈ har-mbarbòre,ˈ lɛ́le klàya.ˈ ʾay-màrɛlaˈ mà-lux?ˈ ta-mòt mbarbóre?ˈ mə́re mà-ləx?ˈ ʾay-là mgalóyəlla páṯa ta-t-xazéla ʾáw.ˈ har-mkusɛ̀ṯəlla páṯa.ˈ har-hóla bxàyaˈ ṭwáya lə́bbi l-d-áwwa-xoni ʾu-bxàya,ˈ dùgle.ˈ xá-yoma mə́re xázən mò ṱ-áwəḏ ʾáwwa páṛa.ˈ kút-yom dawə́qwala ʾúrxe b-ʾìḏeˈ ṣaléwa b-a-dùkṯa.ˈ xayə́rwa gu-d-a-bèra,ˈ baxènwa.ˈ mo-ʾòḏən?ˈ lá-mṣən ṱ-ásqən xazyànnux,ˈ doqànnux.ˈ lìtli ʾiṯáṯa.ˈ lá-mṣən ṱ-ásqən doqànnux.ˈ dúkṯi ʾamùqtɛla.ˈ qímela ṣə́lye báṯre báṯre xə̀zyəlleˈ ʾína ʾaw-wáḏa hàdəx.ˈ xíre ʾína ʾay-tàma.ˈ mə́ra màṭo?ˈ mə́ra ʾáy xadə̀mṯɛla dríṯəlli láxxa.ˈ qímɛle šqíləlla mpúlṭəlla sìqɛle.ˈ síqɛle bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ mùsqəlla.ˈ múṯyɛle trè susăwáṯa.ˈ xa-múxləlle mə̀lxa.ˈ ʾu-xá har-múšətyɛle mìya,ˈ lɛ́le múxləlle ču-ʾixàla.ˈ ʾu-də́ryəlla bàṯra.ˈ kut-qə́ṭṭa d-á qărăčɛ́ṯa wíḏəlle ʾax-nàṯa díya.ˈ de-sà!ˈ ʾay-píšta bàxtɛlaˈ ʾu-ʾáwwa píša xóna mə́nna dìya.ˈ xa-bàxta-ʾiṯwa,ˈ xa-bràta.ˈ mə́ra ʾə́dyo šàbṯɛla,ˈ ṣáləx l-nèra,ˈ qú-ṣla màṣlaˈ margə́lta-w qɛ́se ʾu-mə́ndi ṱ-óḏət míya šaxíne ta-t-xɛ̀pəx.ˈ qímtɛla ṣlíṯɛla muṣlɛ́ṯɛla masrə́qta-w júlle-w mə̀ndi,ˈ muttɛ́ṯa margə́lta ṭla-yə́mma dìya,ˈ qa-t-xɛ̀pi.ˈ ṯíṯɛla ḏa-qarə̀kke,ˈ šqìltəlla masrə́qta dìyaˈ ʾu-muràqtəlla.ˈ ʾay-ríqtɛla bàṯra-wˈ rìqta-wˈ rìqta,ˈ ʾay-káza qràya:ˈ qarə́kke qarəkṯòntiˈ hállila masrəqṯòntiˈ t-la-maxyáli dekòntiˈ ʾáy har-là-yawəlla.ˈ mṭéla qarə́kke l-xá-qaṣra gòṛa.ˈ síqla l-gàre,ˈ qəm-zadyála b-xa-kàwe.ˈ masrə́qṯa díya ṣléla gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ṣléla gu-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ ʾay-túwla bxèla,ˈ bxèla,ˈ bxèla.ˈ ʾánna ʾíṯwa táma šawwà xonăwáṯa,ˈ gu-d-ò-bɛṯa.ˈ ʾánna mə́ra xóni hola-ràya dúnye.ˈ mə́re hé b-álaha hola-ràya.ˈ plíṭle xá-mənna qam-tằra,ˈ ṯéle mə́re là,ˈ dúnye lɛ̀la-raya,ˈ ṣə̀xwɛla.ˈ də́mmət ʾɛ̀na.ˈ b-ɛ́-ga qíme síqe gàre,ˈ xə́zyəlla ʾáyən bráta l-gàre.ˈ mə́ra hóla ḏa-bráta làxxa.ˈ qíme šqìləlla,ˈ muṣə̀lyəlla.ˈ mə́ra há mùt wáḏa láxxa?ˈ mə́ra ʾána qə́ṣṣət díyi hàtxɛwa.ˈ qarə́kke qəm-ganwála masrə̀qṯi,ˈ qəm-daryála b-ay-káwe diyɛ̀xun.ˈ mə́ra ʾú háy puš-xàṯa ṭlálən.ˈ mə́ra là,ˈ là-pɛšən.ˈ nàbluli.ˈ yə́mmi yàʿniˈ ʾána ḏà-bratɛn,ˈ yə́mmi bàxya.ˈ mə́ra lɛ́ḏəx ʾɛ̀kɛla,ˈ yə́mməx ʾɛ̀kɛla.ˈ qarə̀kkela muṯɛ́ṯəlləx.ˈ puš-xáṯa ṭlàlən.ˈ ʾay-píšla xáṯa ṭlalèyən.ˈ ʾàyyaˈ har-píšla táma xòḏa,ˈ ʾánna y-azíwa ṣɛ̀da,ˈ xòḏa,ˈ xòḏa.ˈ qáṭu krìbla,ˈ qəm-jɛrála gu-nùra,ˈ qəm-mač̣əmyàle núra díya.ˈ píšla t-là-nura.ˈ ʾáyya qímla plíṭla xzéla xa-núra ràba rə́ḥqa.ˈ mə́ra bṱ-ázən xázyən ʾáwən-nura ʾɛ̀kɛle,ˈ máṭyən tá-t ṱ-óḏən ʾixála ṭla-xonăwàṯi.ˈ zìlla-wˈ zìllaˈ mṭéla l-xá tanúra núra ràba.ˈ xa-hambišàyaˈ hóle táma dmìxa.ˈ xa-báxta xámṯa xámṯa xámṯa tíwta pláya qálme dìye.ˈ ʾay-šqílla m-ò-nura,ˈ ṯèla.ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-gùttaˈ hátxa t-ʾə̀zlaˈ gu-jɛ́ba díya npìlla.ˈ npílla mə́nna díya gùttaˈ m-gu-jɛ́ba dìya.ˈ líqla b-tằra,ˈ ʾu-ṯéla gútta píšla mən-d-áw hambišàyaˈ hal-tắrət bɛṯèy.ˈ ʾáw qəm-marə́mla-w ṯéle ṯèle.ˈ mṭéle gu-tắrət ʾó-bɛṯa ṱ-íla-wirta gàweˈ wírɛle ṭálba dìya.ˈ kút-yom pašṭáwa ʾíḏa dìya,ˈ kút-yom mayə́ṣwa xa-sabòta.ˈ píšla ràba zábbun.ˈ là-y galyáwa,ˈ là-y ṣabráwa.ˈ y-ámri xáṯi mà-ləx?ˈ ṭla-mòt zábbun?ˈ là-y galyáwa.ˈ mə́ra xàṯi,ˈ ʾáxni šɛrə́xxe ʾíṯ xa-tanúra gòṛa,ˈ t-yápəx lə̀xma.ˈ šɛrə̀xle,ˈ dɛ́rəx núra gàweˈ ʾu-č̣àme,ˈ máttəx xa-došákka gòṛaˈ tàma.ˈ kút-dana ṱ-àṯe,ˈ ʾáti dɛ́ryət ʾíḏəx hátxa gu-lɛ̀ša.ˈ múr hon-lyàša.ˈ ʾáw ṱ-àṯe,ˈ múr hon-lyàša,ˈ pɛ̀rqənˈ ʾu-t-yawánnux ṣabóti mùṣla.ˈ tú xačča-mányəx làxxa.ˈ ʾaw-ʾə́ṯya wìrɛle,ˈ ʾay-dríṯa ʾiṯáṯa gu-lɛ́ša t-lɛšàwa.ˈ mə́re hálla ṣabóta zórta mɛṣə̀nna.ˈ mə́ra tú-xanči š-d-ày došə́kṯa.ˈ ʾay-mṭúšyəlla xonăwàṯa.ˈ mə́ra ʾána pɛ̀rqən,ˈ b-yawánna ṣabóti ʾə̀llux.ˈ ʾaw-wìrɛle,ˈ mírtɛla tu-tìwa.ˈ ʾaw-ʾə́ṯya max-ṱ-ìle tíwa,ˈ ṣə́lyɛle bìye b-došákkaˈ gu-d-ó tanùra.ˈ gòṛa-wewa rába.ˈ ṣlele-tàma,ˈ xonăwáṯa dìya,ˈ šawwà xonăwáṯa,ˈ rìpe b-réše díyeˈ b-mɛ̀reˈ qṭìləlle,ˈ qṣìfəlle.ˈ ʾay-píštɛla xòḏa,ˈ ʾáti m-ɛ̀kɛt?ˈ mə́ra ʾànaˈ hátxa xonăwáṯi rìqe-wɛwa.ˈ mə́ra ʾáxni ʾáti xàṯən-iwətˈ dū̀s.ˈ ʾo-qə́ṭma qəm-šaqlìle xonăwáṯa,ˈ mə́ra xáṯi garpátte qə̀ṭma.ˈ šaqlátle daryátle bar-šawwà ṭuráne,ˈ b-xa-guníya ṱ-óya tằməz.ˈ ʾay-mò-widla?ˈ qímla qəm-daryále gu-xa-gunìyaˈ šə́tta díya nčìlta.ˈ kəma-jwìjla,ˈ ʾúrxa ʾúrxa bìzle.ˈ kəma-jwìjla,ˈ ʾúrxa ʾúrxa bìzle.ˈ qlábta díya qlìbla,ˈ ʾu-kúlle bə̀ryaˈ y-amrə́xxe xa-kerápso ʾu-gə́lla táza ta-ʾixàla.ˈ mə́ra kmɛ́le ʾáwwa gə́lla ta-ʾixála tàza!ˈ qɛmən-náblən xánči ta-xonăwàṯi.ˈ ṱ-oḏánna yàrqa-lleyˈ ṱ-axlìle.ˈ bašlànne.ˈ ʾay-ṣlìṯɛla,ˈ wíḏtɛla ʾo-gə̀llaˈ muṯɛ́ṯəlle mbušàlta.ˈ ʾə́ṯye xonăwáṯa dìya,ˈ šàwwa xonăwáṯa,ˈ m-ṣɛ̀da.ˈ ʾə́ṯyela xìlela.ˈ mə́ra ʾə́dyo hon-wíḏtəllɛxu yárqa rába basìma.ˈ xìle.ˈ max-t-ìla xíle čámča qamɛ́ṯa,ˈ kúlla píše pàṛela,ˈ ʾə̀rwe.ˈ kúlla píše ʾə̀rwela.ˈ píše ʾə̀rwela,ˈ ʾáy kút-yom mpalṭáwala măṛòyəlla.ˈ baxyàwa,ˈ jannàwa,ˈ baxyàwa,ˈ baxyàwa.ˈ xa-yóma ṯéle xa-nàša,ˈ xa-náša, xa-dɛrwéša.ˈ ṯéle tàma,ˈ mə́re má-ləx bráta ṱ-it-hátxa bxàyaˈ qam-d-ánna ʾə̀rwe?ˈ mə́ra ʾánna lɛ̀wa ʾə́rwe,ˈ xonăwàṯi wɛ́wa.ˈ hā́l ʾu-qəṣṣə́tte díye ʾàyya-wawa.ˈ wíḏtɛn yárqa ta-d-ánna xonăwàṯiˈ ʾu-xiléla píše ʾə̀rwe.ˈ mə́re ʾána ʾánna xonăwáṯəx mbasmə̀nna,ˈ bas-goràtli.ˈ mìrtɛlaˈ bas-ʾánna xonăwáṯi bàsmi,ˈ gorànnux.ˈ mə́re de-sɛ́ga ʾáti bár d-ăwàha-ṭura.ˈ ʾána kút-xonəx maxə́nne šawwà-qɛse,ˈ pɛ̀ši.ˈ lá-ʾamrət k̭óre xàṯux.ˈ ʾən-mə́rəx k̭óre xàṯux,ˈ la-dɛ̀ṛi.ˈ mə́xyəlle ʾo-qamáya šáwwa qɛ̀se,ˈ barbə̀rwa.ˈ zìnɛle,ˈ píšɛle nàša.ˈ mə́xyɛle l-o-trè,ˈ hátxa mə́xyɛle l-o-ṭḷàṯa,ˈ hátxa ʾo-t-ʾàrba,ˈ hátxa ʾo-t-xàmša,ˈ ʾo-t-ʾə̀šta.ˈ ʾo-t-šáwwa biš-zòra-wewa.ˈ ʾàwwɛle xəzyə́lla b-gáre.ˈ ʾaw-mburə̀brɛle,ˈ mburə̀bra.ˈ mə́ra ʾóx k̭óre xàṯux!ˈ píšɛle pálge nàšaˈ ʾu-pálge pàṛa.ˈ ʾaw-mə̀reˈ ta-mò mə́rəx k̭óre xàṯux?ˈ mə́ra xéna qìdle lə́bbi,ˈ xóni zòra-wewa,ˈ mə́ri k̭óre xàṯux.ˈ ʾaw-qímɛle gwìrəlla.ˈ ʾánna zìle,ˈ qímɛle gwìrəlla.ˈ ʾáw ṱ-íle píša pálge páṛa pálge náša mùṯyəlle mə́nna díya.ˈ ʾo-náša rába zàngin-wewa.ˈ zàngin-wewa,ˈ dwíqəlle bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ xa-yòma,ˈ mə́re ʾána doqə́nnəx xa-xadə̀mṯa.ˈ mə́ra lá-bayənna xadə̀mṯa.ˈ mə́re là,ˈ dóqənnəx xadə̀mṯa,ˈ ḏá qărăčɛ̀ṯa.ˈ xa-yóma dwìqəlla,ˈ mə́re ṱ-áṯya ṱ-óya ʾáxxa kə̀sləx.ˈ mə́ra là,ˈ là.ˈ mə́re hɛ̀ˈ ta-t-lá-palxət ʾàtiˈ ʾày-ila t-pálxa.ˈ ʾáni xá-yoma ṣə́lye xyàpa-wɛwa.ˈ ṣə́lye xyàpa,ˈ ʾíṯwa ḏa-béra hátxa gotèy-wawaˈ ʾamùqta.ˈ ʾáni ṣə́lye xyàpa-wɛwa,ˈ ʾay-mòdi wíḏta?ˈ qímtɛla ʾá qărăčɛ̀ṯaˈ dríṯəlla gu-d-a-bèra.ˈ ʾay-lwíštəlla júlle d-a-bràtaˈ ʾu-sìqtɛla.ˈ sìqtɛla,ˈ ʾo-pàṛaˈ hóle mbarbòre,ˈ har-mbarbòre,ˈ lɛ́le klàya.ˈ ʾay-màrɛlaˈ mà-lux?ˈ ta-mòt mbarbóre?ˈ mə́re mà-ləx?ˈ ʾay-là mgalóyəlla páṯa ta-t-xazéla ʾáw.ˈ har-mkusɛ̀ṯəlla páṯa.ˈ har-hóla bxàyaˈ ṭwáya lə́bbi l-d-áwwa-xoni ʾu-bxàya,ˈ dùgle.ˈ xá-yoma mə́re xázən mò ṱ-áwəḏ ʾáwwa páṛa.ˈ kút-yom dawə́qwala ʾúrxe b-ʾìḏeˈ ṣaléwa b-a-dùkṯa.ˈ xayə́rwa gu-d-a-bèra,ˈ baxènwa.ˈ mo-ʾòḏən?ˈ lá-mṣən ṱ-ásqən xazyànnux,ˈ doqànnux.ˈ lìtli ʾiṯáṯa.ˈ lá-mṣən ṱ-ásqən doqànnux.ˈ dúkṯi ʾamùqtɛla.ˈ qímela ṣə́lye báṯre báṯre xə̀zyəlleˈ ʾína ʾaw-wáḏa hàdəx.ˈ xíre ʾína ʾay-tàma.ˈ mə́ra màṭo?ˈ mə́ra ʾáy xadə̀mṯɛla dríṯəlli láxxa.ˈ qímɛle šqíləlla mpúlṭəlla sìqɛle.ˈ síqɛle bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ mùsqəlla.ˈ múṯyɛle trè susăwáṯa.ˈ xa-múxləlle mə̀lxa.ˈ ʾu-xá har-múšətyɛle mìya,ˈ lɛ́le múxləlle ču-ʾixàla.ˈ ʾu-də́ryəlla bàṯra.ˈ kut-qə́ṭṭa d-á qărăčɛ́ṯa wíḏəlle ʾax-nàṯa díya.ˈ de-sà!ˈ ʾay-píšta bàxtɛlaˈ ʾu-ʾáwwa píša xóna mə́nna dìya.ˈ	There was a woman and a daughter. She said (to her daughter) ‘Today is Saturday, let’s go down to the river. Come, bring down a pan, wood and so forth to make hot water for us to wash’. She went down and brought down a comb, clothes and so forth and set up a pan for her mother so that they could wash. A crow came, took her comb and stole it away. She ran after it, ran and ran. She tried (to persuade it to come back by) calling: Crow, my little crow Give me back my little comb so that my mother does not beat me It still did not give it back. The crow came to a big palace. It went up onto the roof and threw it into a window. Her comb went down into the house. It went down into the house and she sat and wept and wept and wept. The people who were there in that house were seven brothers. They said ‘My brother, it is raining’. He said ‘Yes, by God, it is raining’. One of them went outside and came back saying ‘No, it is not raining, it is fine’. It was the tears of her eyes. Then they went up to the roof and saw that girl on the roof. They said ‘There is a girl here. They took her and brought her down. They said ‘Hey, what are you doing here?’ She said ‘This is my story. A crow stole my comb and put it through your window’. They said ‘Come, become a sister for us’. She said ‘No, I shall not stay. Take me back. My mother—I am an only daughter and my mother is weeping’. They said ‘We do not know where she is, where your mother is. The crow brought you. Become a sister for us’. She became a sister for them. She always remained there by herself while they went hunting, all alone. The cat was angry and urinated in the fire and extinguished her fire. So she did not have a fire. She went outside and saw a fire far off. She said ‘I shall go and see where that fire is. I shall go there to make food for my brothers’. She went a long way and arrived at an oven with a large fire. A giant was asleep there. A very beautiful woman was sitting removing his lice. She took some of the fire and returned. There was a ball of thread in her pocket and it fell. The ball fell from it, from her pocket. It became attached to the door and the ball ran from that giant up to the door of their house. He picked it up and came (after it). He reached the door of the house in which she had entered and he entered searching for her. Every day she would stretch out her hand and every day he would suck a finger. She became very weak. She did not reveal this (to her brothers). She did not dare. They said ‘Sister, what is the matter with you? Why are you weak?’ She did not reveal it. They said ‘Sister, we shall stoke it’—there was a large oven—‘in order for us to make bread. We shall stoke it, we shall set fire to it and then it will go out. We shall put a large mattress there. Every time he (the giant) comes, you put your hand like this in the dough. Say “I am baking”. When he comes back say “I am bak-ing. When I finish, I shall give you my finger to suck. Sit and rest awhile here” ’. He came in and she put her hands in the dough that she was kneading. He said ‘Give me the little finger for me to suck’. She said ‘Sit awhile on that mattress’. She hid her brothers. She said ‘When I finish, I shall give my finger to you’. He came in. She said ‘Sit down’. He came and when he sat down, he went down together with the mattress into the oven. He was very large. He went down into it and her brothers, her seven brothers, attacked his head with spades, killed him and cut him to pieces. She remained alone. ‘Where are you from?’ She said ‘My brothers ran away’. They said ‘You are really our sister’. Her brothers took the ash and said ‘Sister, sweep up the ash. Take it and scatter it behind seven mountains, in a sack that is clean’. What did she do? She put it in a sack the bottom of which was torn. As she walked, it spilt along the way. As she walked, it spilt along the way. When she returned, it had all grown into (the plant) we call _kerabso_, a herb that was pleasant to eat. She said ‘How pleasant this plant is to eat. I shall take some for my brothers. I shall make it into vegetable stew for them to eat. I shall cook it’. She went down, picked that plant, brought it back and cooked it. Her brothers came back, her seven brothers, from hunting. They came back and ate. She said ‘Today I have made you a delicious vegetable stew’. They ate it. When they had eaten the first spoonful, they all turned into lambs, sheep. They all turned into sheep. They turned into sheep and she took them out every day to pasture them. She wept, wailed, wept and wept. One day a man came, a vagabond. He came there and said ‘What is the matter with you girl that you are weeping so much in front of these sheep?’ She said ‘These used not to be sheep, they used to be my brothers. The story of what happened is this. I made vegetable stew for these brothers of mine and, when they ate it, they turned into sheep’. He said ‘I shall cure these brothers of yours, only will you marry me?’ She said ‘Only if you cure these brothers of mine, shall I marry you’. He said ‘Go beyond that mountain over there. I shall strike each brother of yours with seven lashes of a stick and they will turn (back to humans). Do not say “Your poor sister”. If you say “Your poor sister”, they will not return’. He beat the first one with seven lashes of a stick. He was bleating. He stood up, he turned into a man. He beat the second one, likewise beat the third, likewise the fourth, likewise the fifth and the sixth. The seventh was the youngest. It was he who saw her on the roof. He bleated and bleated. She said ‘Oh, your poor sister!’ He became half man and half lamb’. He said ‘Why did you say “Your poor sister”?’ She said ‘My heart yearned for him. He was my young brother, so I said “Your poor sister” ’. He married her. They (her brothers) went off and he married her. He took with them the one that had become half lamb and half man. That man was very rich. He was rich and took a house. One day he said ‘I shall take a servant girl for you’. She said ‘I do not want a servant girl’. He said ‘No, I shall take a servant girl for you, a gypsy’. One day he took her on, he said ‘She will come and be with you here’. She said ‘No, no’. He said ‘Yes, so that you will not work. She will work’. One day they went down to bathe. They went down to bathe, there was a deep well by them. They went down to bathe. What did she do? The gypsy girl put her in that well. She put on the clothes of that girl and went up (to the house). She went up, while the lamb bleated and bleated, incessantly. She said ‘What is the matter with you? Why are you bleating?’ He said ‘What is the matter with you?’ She did not reveal her face so that he saw her. She kept her face covered. She constantly wept ‘My heart burns for this brother of mine and I weep’—it was all lies. One day he said ‘I’d like to see what this lamb is doing. Every day he went the same way and would go down to that place. He would look into the well and weep. ‘What should I do? I cannot go up and find you and hold you. I have no hands. I cannot go up and hold you. The place here is deep’. They went down after him and saw that he was doing this. He looked and saw she was there. They said ‘How (has this happened)?’ She said ‘That servant girl put me here’. He went and took her, took her out and went up. He went up to the house and brought her up. He brought two horses. He fed one salt. One he only gave water to drink and did not feed it any food. He put her behind them. They made every piece of the gypsy girl like her ear. ‘Begone!’ She became his wife and he became a brother for her.

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xa-bàxta-ʾiṯwa,ˈ xa-bràta.ˈ mə́ra ʾə́dyo šàbṯɛla,ˈ ṣáləx l-nèra,ˈ qú-ṣla màṣlaˈ margə́lta-w qɛ́se ʾu-mə́ndi ṱ-óḏət míya šaxíne ta-t-xɛ̀pəx.ˈ qímtɛla ṣlíṯɛla muṣlɛ́ṯɛla masrə́qta-w júlle-w mə̀ndi,ˈ muttɛ́ṯa margə́lta ṭla-yə́mma dìya,ˈ qa-t-xɛ̀pi.ˈ ṯíṯɛla ḏa-qarə̀kke,ˈ šqìltəlla masrə́qta dìyaˈ ʾu-muràqtəlla.ˈ ʾay-ríqtɛla bàṯra-wˈ rìqta-wˈ rìqta,ˈ ʾay-káza qràya:ˈ

qarə́kke qarəkṯòntiˈ
hállila masrəqṯòntiˈ
t-la-maxyáli dekòntiˈ

ʾáy har-là-yawəlla.ˈ mṭéla qarə́kke l-xá-qaṣra gòṛa.ˈ síqla l-gàre,ˈ qəm-zadyála b-xa-kàwe.ˈ masrə́qṯa díya ṣléla gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ṣléla gu-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ ʾay-túwla bxèla,ˈ bxèla,ˈ bxèla.ˈ ʾánna ʾíṯwa táma šawwà xonăwáṯa,ˈ gu-d-ò-bɛṯa.ˈ ʾánna mə́ra xóni hola-ràya dúnye.ˈ mə́re hé b-álaha hola-ràya.ˈ plíṭle xá-mənna qam-tằra,ˈ ṯéle mə́re là,ˈ dúnye lɛ̀la-raya,ˈ ṣə̀xwɛla.ˈ də́mmət ʾɛ̀na.ˈ b-ɛ́-ga qíme síqe gàre,ˈ xə́zyəlla ʾáyən bráta l-gàre.ˈ mə́ra hóla ḏa-bráta làxxa.ˈ qíme šqìləlla,ˈ muṣə̀lyəlla.ˈ mə́ra há mùt wáḏa láxxa?ˈ mə́ra ʾána qə́ṣṣət díyi hàtxɛwa.ˈ qarə́kke qəm-ganwála masrə̀qṯi,ˈ qəm-daryála b-ay-káwe diyɛ̀xun.ˈ mə́ra ʾú háy puš-xàṯa ṭlálən.ˈ mə́ra là,ˈ là-pɛšən.ˈ nàbluli.ˈ yə́mmi yàʿniˈ ʾána ḏà-bratɛn,ˈ yə́mmi bàxya.ˈ mə́ra lɛ́ḏəx ʾɛ̀kɛla,ˈ yə́mməx ʾɛ̀kɛla.ˈ qarə̀kkela muṯɛ́ṯəlləx.ˈ puš-xáṯa ṭlàlən.ˈ

ʾay-píšla xáṯa ṭlalèyən.ˈ ʾàyyaˈ har-píšla táma xòḏa,ˈ ʾánna y-azíwa ṣɛ̀da,ˈ xòḏa,ˈ xòḏa.ˈ qáṭu krìbla,ˈ qəm-jɛrála gu-nùra,ˈ qəm-mač̣əmyàle núra díya.ˈ píšla t-là-nura.ˈ ʾáyya qímla plíṭla xzéla xa-núra ràba rə́ḥqa.ˈ mə́ra bṱ-ázən xázyən ʾáwən-nura ʾɛ̀kɛle,ˈ máṭyən tá-t ṱ-óḏən ʾixála ṭla-xonăwàṯi.ˈ zìlla-wˈ zìllaˈ mṭéla l-xá tanúra núra ràba.ˈ xa-hambišàyaˈ hóle táma dmìxa.ˈ xa-báxta xámṯa xámṯa xámṯa tíwta pláya qálme dìye.ˈ ʾay-šqílla m-ò-nura,ˈ ṯèla.ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-gùttaˈ hátxa t-ʾə̀zlaˈ gu-jɛ́ba díya npìlla.ˈ npílla mə́nna díya gùttaˈ m-gu-jɛ́ba dìya.ˈ líqla b-tằra,ˈ ʾu-ṯéla gútta píšla mən-d-áw hambišàyaˈ hal-tắrət bɛṯèy.ˈ ʾáw qəm-marə́mla-w ṯéle ṯèle.ˈ mṭéle gu-tắrət ʾó-bɛṯa ṱ-íla-wirta gàweˈ wírɛle ṭálba dìya.ˈ kút-yom pašṭáwa ʾíḏa dìya,ˈ kút-yom mayə́ṣwa xa-sabòta.ˈ píšla ràba zábbun.ˈ là-y galyáwa,ˈ là-y ṣabráwa.ˈ y-ámri xáṯi mà-ləx?ˈ ṭla-mòt zábbun?ˈ là-y galyáwa.ˈ mə́ra xàṯi,ˈ ʾáxni šɛrə́xxe ʾíṯ xa-tanúra gòṛa,ˈ t-yápəx lə̀xma.ˈ šɛrə̀xle,ˈ dɛ́rəx núra gàweˈ ʾu-č̣àme,ˈ máttəx xa-došákka gòṛaˈ tàma.ˈ kút-dana ṱ-àṯe,ˈ ʾáti dɛ́ryət ʾíḏəx hátxa gu-lɛ̀ša.ˈ múr hon-lyàša.ˈ ʾáw ṱ-àṯe,ˈ múr hon-lyàša,ˈ pɛ̀rqənˈ ʾu-t-yawánnux ṣabóti mùṣla.ˈ tú xačča-mányəx làxxa.ˈ ʾaw-ʾə́ṯya wìrɛle,ˈ ʾay-dríṯa ʾiṯáṯa gu-lɛ́ša t-lɛšàwa.ˈ mə́re hálla ṣabóta zórta mɛṣə̀nna.ˈ mə́ra tú-xanči š-d-ày došə́kṯa.ˈ ʾay-mṭúšyəlla xonăwàṯa.ˈ mə́ra ʾána pɛ̀rqən,ˈ b-yawánna ṣabóti ʾə̀llux.ˈ ʾaw-wìrɛle,ˈ mírtɛla tu-tìwa.ˈ ʾaw-ʾə́ṯya max-ṱ-ìle tíwa,ˈ ṣə́lyɛle bìye b-došákkaˈ gu-d-ó tanùra.ˈ gòṛa-wewa rába.ˈ ṣlele-tàma,ˈ xonăwáṯa dìya,ˈ šawwà xonăwáṯa,ˈ rìpe b-réše díyeˈ b-mɛ̀reˈ qṭìləlle,ˈ qṣìfəlle.ˈ ʾay-píštɛla xòḏa,ˈ ʾáti m-ɛ̀kɛt?ˈ mə́ra ʾànaˈ hátxa xonăwáṯi rìqe-wɛwa.ˈ mə́ra ʾáxni ʾáti xàṯən-iwətˈ dū̀s.ˈ ʾo-qə́ṭma qəm-šaqlìle xonăwáṯa,ˈ mə́ra xáṯi garpátte qə̀ṭma.ˈ šaqlátle daryátle bar-šawwà ṭuráne,ˈ b-xa-guníya ṱ-óya tằməz.ˈ ʾay-mò-widla?ˈ qímla qəm-daryále gu-xa-gunìyaˈ šə́tta díya nčìlta.ˈ kəma-jwìjla,ˈ ʾúrxa ʾúrxa bìzle.ˈ kəma-jwìjla,ˈ ʾúrxa ʾúrxa bìzle.ˈ qlábta díya qlìbla,ˈ ʾu-kúlle bə̀ryaˈ y-amrə́xxe xa-kerápso ʾu-gə́lla táza ta-ʾixàla.ˈ mə́ra kmɛ́le ʾáwwa gə́lla ta-ʾixála tàza!ˈ qɛmən-náblən xánči ta-xonăwàṯi.ˈ ṱ-oḏánna yàrqa-lleyˈ ṱ-axlìle.ˈ bašlànne.ˈ ʾay-ṣlìṯɛla,ˈ wíḏtɛla ʾo-gə̀llaˈ muṯɛ́ṯəlle mbušàlta.ˈ

ʾə́ṯye xonăwáṯa dìya,ˈ šàwwa xonăwáṯa,ˈ m-ṣɛ̀da.ˈ ʾə́ṯyela xìlela.ˈ mə́ra ʾə́dyo hon-wíḏtəllɛxu yárqa rába basìma.ˈ xìle.ˈ max-t-ìla xíle čámča qamɛ́ṯa,ˈ kúlla píše pàṛela,ˈ ʾə̀rwe.ˈ kúlla píše ʾə̀rwela.ˈ píše ʾə̀rwela,ˈ ʾáy kút-yom mpalṭáwala măṛòyəlla.ˈ baxyàwa,ˈ jannàwa,ˈ baxyàwa,ˈ baxyàwa.ˈ xa-yóma ṯéle xa-nàša,ˈ xa-náša, xa-dɛrwéša.ˈ ṯéle tàma,ˈ mə́re má-ləx bráta ṱ-it-hátxa bxàyaˈ qam-d-ánna ʾə̀rwe?ˈ mə́ra ʾánna lɛ̀wa ʾə́rwe,ˈ xonăwàṯi wɛ́wa.ˈ hā́l ʾu-qəṣṣə́tte díye ʾàyya-wawa.ˈ wíḏtɛn yárqa ta-d-ánna xonăwàṯiˈ ʾu-xiléla píše ʾə̀rwe.ˈ mə́re ʾána ʾánna xonăwáṯəx mbasmə̀nna,ˈ bas-goràtli.ˈ mìrtɛlaˈ bas-ʾánna xonăwáṯi bàsmi,ˈ gorànnux.ˈ mə́re de-sɛ́ga ʾáti bár d-ăwàha-ṭura.ˈ ʾána kút-xonəx maxə́nne šawwà-qɛse,ˈ pɛ̀ši.ˈ lá-ʾamrət k̭óre xàṯux.ˈ ʾən-mə́rəx k̭óre xàṯux,ˈ la-dɛ̀ṛi.ˈ mə́xyəlle ʾo-qamáya šáwwa qɛ̀se,ˈ barbə̀rwa.ˈ zìnɛle,ˈ píšɛle nàša.ˈ mə́xyɛle l-o-trè,ˈ hátxa mə́xyɛle l-o-ṭḷàṯa,ˈ hátxa ʾo-t-ʾàrba,ˈ hátxa ʾo-t-xàmša,ˈ ʾo-t-ʾə̀šta.ˈ ʾo-t-šáwwa biš-zòra-wewa.ˈ ʾàwwɛle xəzyə́lla b-gáre.ˈ ʾaw-mburə̀brɛle,ˈ mburə̀bra.ˈ mə́ra ʾóx k̭óre xàṯux!ˈ píšɛle pálge nàšaˈ ʾu-pálge pàṛa.ˈ ʾaw-mə̀reˈ ta-mò mə́rəx k̭óre xàṯux?ˈ mə́ra xéna qìdle lə́bbi,ˈ xóni zòra-wewa,ˈ mə́ri k̭óre xàṯux.ˈ ʾaw-qímɛle gwìrəlla.ˈ ʾánna zìle,ˈ qímɛle gwìrəlla.ˈ ʾáw ṱ-íle píša pálge páṛa pálge náša mùṯyəlle mə́nna díya.ˈ

ʾo-náša rába zàngin-wewa.ˈ zàngin-wewa,ˈ dwíqəlle bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ xa-yòma,ˈ mə́re ʾána doqə́nnəx xa-xadə̀mṯa.ˈ mə́ra lá-bayənna xadə̀mṯa.ˈ mə́re là,ˈ dóqənnəx xadə̀mṯa,ˈ ḏá qărăčɛ̀ṯa.ˈ xa-yóma dwìqəlla,ˈ mə́re ṱ-áṯya ṱ-óya ʾáxxa kə̀sləx.ˈ mə́ra là,ˈ là.ˈ mə́re hɛ̀ˈ ta-t-lá-palxət ʾàtiˈ ʾày-ila t-pálxa.ˈ ʾáni xá-yoma ṣə́lye xyàpa-wɛwa.ˈ ṣə́lye xyàpa,ˈ ʾíṯwa ḏa-béra hátxa gotèy-wawaˈ ʾamùqta.ˈ ʾáni ṣə́lye xyàpa-wɛwa,ˈ ʾay-mòdi wíḏta?ˈ qímtɛla ʾá qărăčɛ̀ṯaˈ dríṯəlla gu-d-a-bèra.ˈ ʾay-lwíštəlla júlle d-a-bràtaˈ ʾu-sìqtɛla.ˈ sìqtɛla,ˈ ʾo-pàṛaˈ hóle mbarbòre,ˈ har-mbarbòre,ˈ lɛ́le klàya.ˈ ʾay-màrɛlaˈ mà-lux?ˈ ta-mòt mbarbóre?ˈ mə́re mà-ləx?ˈ ʾay-là mgalóyəlla páṯa ta-t-xazéla ʾáw.ˈ har-mkusɛ̀ṯəlla páṯa.ˈ har-hóla bxàyaˈ ṭwáya lə́bbi l-d-áwwa-xoni ʾu-bxàya,ˈ dùgle.ˈ xá-yoma mə́re xázən mò ṱ-áwəḏ ʾáwwa páṛa.ˈ kút-yom dawə́qwala ʾúrxe b-ʾìḏeˈ ṣaléwa b-a-dùkṯa.ˈ xayə́rwa gu-d-a-bèra,ˈ baxènwa.ˈ mo-ʾòḏən?ˈ lá-mṣən ṱ-ásqən xazyànnux,ˈ doqànnux.ˈ lìtli ʾiṯáṯa.ˈ lá-mṣən ṱ-ásqən doqànnux.ˈ dúkṯi ʾamùqtɛla.ˈ qímela ṣə́lye báṯre báṯre xə̀zyəlleˈ ʾína ʾaw-wáḏa hàdəx.ˈ xíre ʾína ʾay-tàma.ˈ mə́ra màṭo?ˈ mə́ra ʾáy xadə̀mṯɛla dríṯəlli láxxa.ˈ qímɛle šqíləlla mpúlṭəlla sìqɛle.ˈ síqɛle bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ mùsqəlla.ˈ múṯyɛle trè susăwáṯa.ˈ xa-múxləlle mə̀lxa.ˈ ʾu-xá har-múšətyɛle mìya,ˈ lɛ́le múxləlle ču-ʾixàla.ˈ ʾu-də́ryəlla bàṯra.ˈ kut-qə́ṭṭa d-á qărăčɛ́ṯa wíḏəlle ʾax-nàṯa díya.ˈ de-sà!ˈ ʾay-píšta bàxtɛlaˈ ʾu-ʾáwwa píša xóna mə́nna dìya.ˈ

Translation:

There was a woman and a daughter. She said (to her daughter) ‘Today is Saturday, let’s go down to the river. Come, bring down a pan, wood and so forth to make hot water for us to wash’. She went down and brought down a comb, clothes and so forth and set up a pan for her mother so that they could wash. A crow came, took her comb and stole it away. She ran after it, ran and ran. She tried (to persuade it to come back by) calling:

Crow, my little crow
Give me back my little comb
so that my mother does not beat me

It still did not give it back. The crow came to a big palace. It went up onto the roof and threw it into a window. Her comb went down into the house. It went down into the house and she sat and wept and wept and wept. The people who were there in that house were seven brothers. They said ‘My brother, it is raining’. He said ‘Yes, by God, it is raining’. One of them went outside and came back saying ‘No, it is not raining, it is fine’. It was the tears of her eyes. Then they went up to the roof and saw that girl on the roof. They said ‘There is a girl here. They took her and brought her down. They said ‘Hey, what are you doing here?’ She said ‘This is my story. A crow stole my comb and put it through your window’. They said ‘Come, become a sister for us’. She said ‘No, I shall not stay. Take me back. My mother—I am an only daughter and my mother is weeping’. They said ‘We do not know where she is, where your mother is. The crow brought you. Become a sister for us’.

She became a sister for them. She always remained there by herself while they went hunting, all alone. The cat was angry and urinated in the fire and extinguished her fire. So she did not have a fire. She went outside and saw a fire far off. She said ‘I shall go and see where that fire is. I shall go there to make food for my brothers’. She went a long way and arrived at an oven with a large fire. A giant was asleep there. A very beautiful woman was sitting removing his lice. She took some of the fire and returned. There was a ball of thread in her pocket and it fell. The ball fell from it, from her pocket. It became attached to the door and the ball ran from that giant up to the door of their house. He picked it up and came (after it). He reached the door of the house in which she had entered and he entered searching for her. Every day she would stretch out her hand and every day he would suck a finger. She became very weak. She did not reveal this (to her brothers). She did not dare. They said ‘Sister, what is the matter with you? Why are you weak?’ She did not reveal it. They said ‘Sister, we shall stoke it’—there was a large oven—‘in order for us to make bread. We shall stoke it, we shall set fire to it and then it will go out. We shall put a large mattress there. Every time he (the giant) comes, you put your hand like this in the dough. Say “I am baking”. When he comes back say “I am bak-ing. When I finish, I shall give you my finger to suck. Sit and rest awhile here” ’. He came in and she put her hands in the dough that she was kneading. He said ‘Give me the little finger for me to suck’. She said ‘Sit awhile on that mattress’. She hid her brothers. She said ‘When I finish, I shall give my finger to you’. He came in. She said ‘Sit down’. He came and when he sat down, he went down together with the mattress into the oven. He was very large. He went down into it and her brothers, her seven brothers, attacked his head with spades, killed him and cut him to pieces. She remained alone. ‘Where are you from?’ She said ‘My brothers ran away’. They said ‘You are really our sister’. Her brothers took the ash and said ‘Sister, sweep up the ash. Take it and scatter it behind seven mountains, in a sack that is clean’. What did she do? She put it in a sack the bottom of which was torn. As she walked, it spilt along the way. As she walked, it spilt along the way. When she returned, it had all grown into (the plant) we call _kerabso_, a herb that was pleasant to eat. She said ‘How pleasant this plant is to eat. I shall take some for my brothers. I shall make it into vegetable stew for them to eat. I shall cook it’. She went down, picked that plant, brought it back and cooked it.

Her brothers came back, her seven brothers, from hunting. They came back and ate. She said ‘Today I have made you a delicious vegetable stew’. They ate it. When they had eaten the first spoonful, they all turned into lambs, sheep. They all turned into sheep. They turned into sheep and she took them out every day to pasture them. She wept, wailed, wept and wept. One day a man came, a vagabond. He came there and said ‘What is the matter with you girl that you are weeping so much in front of these sheep?’ She said ‘These used not to be sheep, they used to be my brothers. The story of what happened is this. I made vegetable stew for these brothers of mine and, when they ate it, they turned into sheep’. He said ‘I shall cure these brothers of yours, only will you marry me?’ She said ‘Only if you cure these brothers of mine, shall I marry you’. He said ‘Go beyond that mountain over there. I shall strike each brother of yours with seven lashes of a stick and they will turn (back to humans). Do not say “Your poor sister”. If you say “Your poor sister”, they will not return’. He beat the first one with seven lashes of a stick. He was bleating. He stood up, he turned into a man. He beat the second one, likewise beat the third, likewise the fourth, likewise the fifth and the sixth. The seventh was the youngest. It was he who saw her on the roof. He bleated and bleated. She said ‘Oh, your poor sister!’ He became half man and half lamb’. He said ‘Why did you say “Your poor sister”?’ She said ‘My heart yearned for him. He was my young brother, so I said “Your poor sister” ’. He married her. They (her brothers) went off and he married her. He took with them the one that had become half lamb and half man.

That man was very rich. He was rich and took a house. One day he said ‘I shall take a servant girl for you’. She said ‘I do not want a servant girl’. He said ‘No, I shall take a servant girl for you, a gypsy’. One day he took her on, he said ‘She will come and be with you here’. She said ‘No, no’. He said ‘Yes, so that you will not work. She will work’. One day they went down to bathe. They went down to bathe, there was a deep well by them. They went down to bathe. What did she do? The gypsy girl put her in that well. She put on the clothes of that girl and went up (to the house). She went up, while the lamb bleated and bleated, incessantly. She said ‘What is the matter with you? Why are you bleating?’ He said ‘What is the matter with you?’ She did not reveal her face so that he saw her. She kept her face covered. She constantly wept ‘My heart burns for this brother of mine and I weep’—it was all lies. One day he said ‘I’d like to see what this lamb is doing. Every day he went the same way and would go down to that place. He would look into the well and weep. ‘What should I do? I cannot go up and find you and hold you. I have no hands. I cannot go up and hold you. The place here is deep’. They went down after him and saw that he was doing this. He looked and saw she was there. They said ‘How (has this happened)?’ She said ‘That servant girl put me here’. He went and took her, took her out and went up. He went up to the house and brought her up. He brought two horses. He fed one salt. One he only gave water to drink and did not feed it any food. He put her behind them. They made every piece of the gypsy girl like her ear. ‘Begone!’ She became his wife and he became a brother for her.