Barwar: Šošət Xere

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

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0:00	ʾíṯwa bròna,ˈ ṣə̀lya-wewaˈ l-ʾàskar.ˈ báxte díye brátət făqìre-wawa.ˈ ʾiṯwàlaˈ ʾa-bàxtaˈ šawwà kaláṯa,ˈ šawwá ʾarxàṯa,ˈ ʾu-ʾə́rbe kúlla mə́ndi šáwwa, šàwwa.ˈ xéna ʾánna kúlley,ˈ lá baxtáṯa pyáša-wɛwa yaqùre,ˈ lá bnòneˈ ʾə́zze maṯòye,ˈ lá ʾarxàṯa.ˈ kúlla bṭìlla.ˈ zílla kəs-xà-našaˈ dréla xa-pàlaˈ mə́ra yáʿni ʾáyya-t pála dū̀s-ila?ˈ mə́ra hàtxɛla.ˈ mə́ra ḏa-kálṯa qṭùllaˈ ʾu-ḏa-ʾárxe-š màbṭəlla,ˈ ʾu-ḏa-ʾə́zza xéta qṭùlla,ˈ kúlla šulánəx dàrzi.ˈ mə́ra ha?ˈ mə́ra b-àlaha!ˈ zìltɛlaˈ mə́ra ʾɛ̀ni qáṭlən ya-ʾálaha bábi?ˈ ʾína kúlla ʾan-xéne bnáṯət guṛàne,ˈ ʾáyya Šóše brátət făqìre-wawa.ˈ zílla qəm-qaṭlàlaˈ Šóšət Xère,ˈ qəm-mṭamrála gu-ʾòrət susăwáṯa ʾə́ltəx.ˈ qəm-mṭamrála gu-ʾórət susăwàṯa,ˈ bróne díye ṯèle.ˈ kúlla hóle xzáyəlla gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́re šlàma ʾəllɛ́xu.ˈ mə́ra b-šɛ̀na.ˈ mə́re kɛ̀la Šóšət Xére máma?ˈ mə́ra bábi zílta š-tanùra.ˈ zílle tanùra,ˈ mə́re tanúra tanùra,ˈ Šóšət Xére kɛ̀la?ˈ mə́re lɛ́la npílta l-páṯi m-jàldeˈ ṯéle mə́re yə̀mmi!ˈ tanúra qəm-mjawə́bli lə́xma ṭla-mò?ˈ kɛ̀la Šóšət Xére?ˈ bábi zílta mìya.ˈ zílle mìre: ʾɛ̀naˈ ʾɛ̀naˈ kɛ̀la Šóšət Xére?ˈ mə́ra Xére lɛ́la npílta l-pàṯi.ˈ hal-lɛ̀la gláya.ˈ píšle zála b-xa-ʾalòla.ˈ qaríwte díye ṱ-íle gwíra píšla mə́nne qarìwtaˈ hóla jnána b-dargùštaˈ halaláye bàbi,ˈ halalàyeˈ bəxyóna lɛ́le dìyuxˈ bəxyóna t-Šóšət Xèreˈ ṱ-ila-qṭìltaˈ ʾu-ṭmírta gu-ʾórət susăwàṯa.ˈ qəm-šăméle qála dìya.ˈ mə̀re:ˈ qaríwtiˈ mazyə́d qàlaxˈ káwdi-w ráṯi mxurxàlaxˈ Šóšət Xére txiràlaxˈ Šóšət Xére txiràlaxˈ mə́ra qaríwtux ʾúpra-w pàraˈ módi mazída qàla.ˈ daqiqé t-xo-ʾərbàla.ˈ daqiqé t-xo-ʾərbàla.ˈ yáʿni ṭmírtɛla ḏa-dúkṯa daqìqtaˈ là-mṣət xazə́tla.ˈ xá-ga xéta zìlle.ˈ ʾawwa-bxèle.ˈ ṯéle l-bɛ̀ṯaˈ mə́re yə́mmi hátxa šmìli.ˈ óh bábi míḏət ʾáyya módila mṣòṯe.ˈ xá-ga xéta zílle b-ó ʾalòla.ˈ xá-ga xéta hóla mára-ʾay hàdəx.ˈ mə̀ra:ˈ de-sígən b-an-ʾalòleˈ de-mbáqər m-yále zòreˈ ʾáni-t lɛ́ḏi mdagòleˈ ʾáni-t lɛ́ḏi mdagòleˈ de-sígən gáre gàreˈ mbáqər kíma-w gabbàreˈ ʾáni-t lɛ́la dagàle.ˈ ʾáni-t lɛ́la dagàle.ˈ ga-ʾánna píšla gu-lə́bbe díye kùlla.ˈ ṣléle mə́re yə́mmi hálli kulə̀nga,ˈ hálli ma-t-kàlena!ˈ ṭla-mòdi bábi?ˈ mə́re rábe məndiyáne šmìli.ˈ ʾáti làt-glaya ṭláli,ˈ ʾána ḏìli.ˈ ṣlèle,ˈ ʾu-mbulbéle ʾórə susăwàṯa.ˈ ʾóre wéwa xpìrta,ˈ də́rya súla b-réša mə̀ndi.ˈ ṭmírta tàma,ˈ plíṭla šămála šắve lhàya.ˈ y-ámər bàbi,ˈ bràti,ˈ ʾáyya dū̀s-ila.ˈ mo-wìdle?ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw qəm-qaṭə́lle gān-dìye,ˈ zadéle gān-díye tàma.ˈ plíṭla trè-xure.ˈ šmáyya mára mə́ndi ṭə́šwa bət-páyəš škằra.ˈ kazíwa práməlla har-palṭìwa,ˈ hál plíṭla hàtxa.ˈ ḏíla ʾáy mə́ndi ṭə́šwa páyəš škằra.ˈ yə́mme díye píšla qwára gàna.ˈ yə́mme díye mšuréla qṭála gàna.ˈ mə́ra leš faydá-lləx qáṭlət gànəx.ˈ brónəx zìlle.ˈ kálṯəx zìlla.ˈ bɛ́ṯa xrìwle.ˈ ʾíṯwa bròna,ˈ ṣə̀lya-wewaˈ l-ʾàskar.ˈ báxte díye brátət făqìre-wawa.ˈ ʾiṯwàlaˈ ʾa-bàxtaˈ šawwà kaláṯa,ˈ šawwá ʾarxàṯa,ˈ ʾu-ʾə́rbe kúlla mə́ndi šáwwa, šàwwa.ˈ xéna ʾánna kúlley,ˈ lá baxtáṯa pyáša-wɛwa yaqùre,ˈ lá bnòneˈ ʾə́zze maṯòye,ˈ lá ʾarxàṯa.ˈ kúlla bṭìlla.ˈ zílla kəs-xà-našaˈ dréla xa-pàlaˈ mə́ra yáʿni ʾáyya-t pála dū̀s-ila?ˈ mə́ra hàtxɛla.ˈ mə́ra ḏa-kálṯa qṭùllaˈ ʾu-ḏa-ʾárxe-š màbṭəlla,ˈ ʾu-ḏa-ʾə́zza xéta qṭùlla,ˈ kúlla šulánəx dàrzi.ˈ mə́ra ha?ˈ mə́ra b-àlaha!ˈ zìltɛlaˈ mə́ra ʾɛ̀ni qáṭlən ya-ʾálaha bábi?ˈ ʾína kúlla ʾan-xéne bnáṯət guṛàne,ˈ ʾáyya Šóše brátət făqìre-wawa.ˈ zílla qəm-qaṭlàlaˈ Šóšət Xère,ˈ qəm-mṭamrála gu-ʾòrət susăwáṯa ʾə́ltəx.ˈ qəm-mṭamrála gu-ʾórət susăwàṯa,ˈ bróne díye ṯèle.ˈ kúlla hóle xzáyəlla gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́re šlàma ʾəllɛ́xu.ˈ mə́ra b-šɛ̀na.ˈ mə́re kɛ̀la Šóšət Xére máma?ˈ mə́ra bábi zílta š-tanùra.ˈ zílle tanùra,ˈ mə́re tanúra tanùra,ˈ Šóšət Xére kɛ̀la?ˈ mə́re lɛ́la npílta l-páṯi m-jàldeˈ ṯéle mə́re yə̀mmi!ˈ tanúra qəm-mjawə́bli lə́xma ṭla-mò?ˈ kɛ̀la Šóšət Xére?ˈ bábi zílta mìya.ˈ zílle mìre: ʾɛ̀naˈ ʾɛ̀naˈ kɛ̀la Šóšət Xére?ˈ mə́ra Xére lɛ́la npílta l-pàṯi.ˈ hal-lɛ̀la gláya.ˈ píšle zála b-xa-ʾalòla.ˈ qaríwte díye ṱ-íle gwíra píšla mə́nne qarìwtaˈ hóla jnána b-dargùštaˈ halaláye bàbi,ˈ halalàyeˈ bəxyóna lɛ́le dìyuxˈ bəxyóna t-Šóšət Xèreˈ ṱ-ila-qṭìltaˈ ʾu-ṭmírta gu-ʾórət susăwàṯa.ˈ qəm-šăméle qála dìya.ˈ mə̀re:ˈ qaríwtiˈ mazyə́d qàlaxˈ káwdi-w ráṯi mxurxàlaxˈ Šóšət Xére txiràlaxˈ Šóšət Xére txiràlaxˈ mə́ra qaríwtux ʾúpra-w pàraˈ módi mazída qàla.ˈ daqiqé t-xo-ʾərbàla.ˈ daqiqé t-xo-ʾərbàla.ˈ yáʿni ṭmírtɛla ḏa-dúkṯa daqìqtaˈ là-mṣət xazə́tla.ˈ xá-ga xéta zìlle.ˈ ʾawwa-bxèle.ˈ ṯéle l-bɛ̀ṯaˈ mə́re yə́mmi hátxa šmìli.ˈ óh bábi míḏət ʾáyya módila mṣòṯe.ˈ xá-ga xéta zílle b-ó ʾalòla.ˈ xá-ga xéta hóla mára-ʾay hàdəx.ˈ mə̀ra:ˈ de-sígən b-an-ʾalòleˈ de-mbáqər m-yále zòreˈ ʾáni-t lɛ́ḏi mdagòleˈ ʾáni-t lɛ́ḏi mdagòleˈ de-sígən gáre gàreˈ mbáqər kíma-w gabbàreˈ ʾáni-t lɛ́la dagàle.ˈ ʾáni-t lɛ́la dagàle.ˈ ga-ʾánna píšla gu-lə́bbe díye kùlla.ˈ ṣléle mə́re yə́mmi hálli kulə̀nga,ˈ hálli ma-t-kàlena!ˈ ṭla-mòdi bábi?ˈ mə́re rábe məndiyáne šmìli.ˈ ʾáti làt-glaya ṭláli,ˈ ʾána ḏìli.ˈ ṣlèle,ˈ ʾu-mbulbéle ʾórə susăwàṯa.ˈ ʾóre wéwa xpìrta,ˈ də́rya súla b-réša mə̀ndi.ˈ ṭmírta tàma,ˈ plíṭla šămála šắve lhàya.ˈ y-ámər bàbi,ˈ bràti,ˈ ʾáyya dū̀s-ila.ˈ mo-wìdle?ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw qəm-qaṭə́lle gān-dìye,ˈ zadéle gān-díye tàma.ˈ plíṭla trè-xure.ˈ šmáyya mára mə́ndi ṭə́šwa bət-páyəš škằra.ˈ kazíwa práməlla har-palṭìwa,ˈ hál plíṭla hàtxa.ˈ ḏíla ʾáy mə́ndi ṭə́šwa páyəš škằra.ˈ yə́mme díye píšla qwára gàna.ˈ yə́mme díye mšuréla qṭála gàna.ˈ mə́ra leš faydá-lləx qáṭlət gànəx.ˈ brónəx zìlle.ˈ kálṯəx zìlla.ˈ bɛ́ṯa xrìwle.ˈ	There was a boy, who went down to the army. His wife was a daughter of poor people. That woman (the mother of the boy) had seven daughters-in-law, seven water-mills, and sheep, everything in sevens. But all of these—the women were not becomng pregnant, the goats were not producing young, the mills were not (producing). They all stopped (producing). She went to a person and consulted her fortune. She said ‘Is that which the fortune (foretells) true?’ They said ‘It is so’. They said ‘Kill one daughter-in-law, stop one mill, kill in addition one goat, and all your affairs will be put right’. She said ‘Is it so?’ They said ‘Yes’. She went (home) and said ‘Whom should I kill, my father God?’ Now, whereas all the others were daughters of gentlemen, this Šoše was the daughter of poor people. She went and killed her, Šošət Xere, and buried her in the horses’ manger below (in the basement stable). She buried her in the horses’ manger and her son came back. He found everybody at home. He said ‘Greetings to you’. They said ‘Welcome’. He said ‘Where is Šošət Xere, mother?’ She said ‘My dear, she has gone to the oven’. He went to the oven and said ‘Oven, oven, where is Šošət Xere?’ It said ‘She has not gone before me recently’. He came back and said ‘Mother! The oven replied to me (with only) bread, why? Where is Šošət Xere?’ ‘My dear, she has gone to the water’. He went and said ‘Spring, spring, where is Šošət Xere?’ It said ‘She has not gone before me’. She (the mother) still does not reveal (the truth). He was walking in an alley. His wedding friend—when he married she was his wedding friend—was singing a dirge over a cradle. Halalaye, my dear, halalaye Crying is not for you Crying is for Šošət Xere Who has been killed and buried in the horses’ manger He heard her voice and said: My friend raise your voice You burnt my liver and lungs When you mentioned Šošət Xere When you mentioned Šošət Xere She said Your close one (wife) is earth and fine dust Why should she (your wedding friend) raise her voice? The fine dust under the sieve The fine dust under the sieve That is she is buried in a small place and you cannot see her. He again went off. He wept. He came back to the house and said ‘Mother, I have heard such-and-such’. ‘Oh my dear, you do not know what she is saying’. Again he went to that alley. Once again she was telling the same thing. She said: Go into the alleys Ask the young boys, Who do not know how to lie, Who do not know how to lie, Go from roof to roof, Ask the Pleiades and Orion, Who are not liars Who are not liars Now, all these (words) weighed on his heart. He went down and said ‘Mother, give me a pickaxe, give it to me, how much more can I wait?’ ‘Why, my dear?’ He said ‘I have heard many things. You are not revealing (the truth) to me. I know’. He went down and searched in the horses’ manger. The manger had been dug, manure or the like had been put on top of it. She was buried there, she came out glowing like a night candle. He said ‘My dear, my girl, it is true’. What did he do? He also killed himself and threw himself there. Two poplar trees grew up. Heaven says that any hidden thing will be uncovered. They tried to cut them down, but they kept growing up, until they grew like this. She knew that what was hidden would be uncovered. His mother began to bury herself (in remorse). His mother began to kill herself (with remorse). She said ‘It will no longer be of any use to you to kill yourself. You son is dead. Your daughter-in-law is dead. Your house has been ruined’.

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ʾíṯwa bròna,ˈ ṣə̀lya-wewaˈ l-ʾàskar.ˈ báxte díye brátət făqìre-wawa.ˈ ʾiṯwàlaˈ ʾa-bàxtaˈ šawwà kaláṯa,ˈ šawwá ʾarxàṯa,ˈ ʾu-ʾə́rbe kúlla mə́ndi šáwwa, šàwwa.ˈ xéna ʾánna kúlley,ˈ lá baxtáṯa pyáša-wɛwa yaqùre,ˈ lá bnòneˈ ʾə́zze maṯòye,ˈ lá ʾarxàṯa.ˈ kúlla bṭìlla.ˈ zílla kəs-xà-našaˈ dréla xa-pàlaˈ mə́ra yáʿni ʾáyya-t pála dū̀s-ila?ˈ mə́ra hàtxɛla.ˈ mə́ra ḏa-kálṯa qṭùllaˈ ʾu-ḏa-ʾárxe-š màbṭəlla,ˈ ʾu-ḏa-ʾə́zza xéta qṭùlla,ˈ kúlla šulánəx dàrzi.ˈ mə́ra ha?ˈ mə́ra b-àlaha!ˈ zìltɛlaˈ mə́ra ʾɛ̀ni qáṭlən ya-ʾálaha bábi?ˈ ʾína kúlla ʾan-xéne bnáṯət guṛàne,ˈ ʾáyya Šóše brátət făqìre-wawa.ˈ zílla qəm-qaṭlàlaˈ Šóšət Xère,ˈ qəm-mṭamrála gu-ʾòrət susăwáṯa ʾə́ltəx.ˈ qəm-mṭamrála gu-ʾórət susăwàṯa,ˈ bróne díye ṯèle.ˈ kúlla hóle xzáyəlla gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́re šlàma ʾəllɛ́xu.ˈ mə́ra b-šɛ̀na.ˈ mə́re kɛ̀la Šóšət Xére máma?ˈ mə́ra bábi zílta š-tanùra.ˈ zílle tanùra,ˈ mə́re tanúra tanùra,ˈ Šóšət Xére kɛ̀la?ˈ mə́re lɛ́la npílta l-páṯi m-jàldeˈ ṯéle mə́re yə̀mmi!ˈ tanúra qəm-mjawə́bli lə́xma ṭla-mò?ˈ kɛ̀la Šóšət Xére?ˈ bábi zílta mìya.ˈ zílle mìre: ʾɛ̀naˈ ʾɛ̀naˈ kɛ̀la Šóšət Xére?ˈ mə́ra Xére lɛ́la npílta l-pàṯi.ˈ hal-lɛ̀la gláya.ˈ píšle zála b-xa-ʾalòla.ˈ qaríwte díye ṱ-íle gwíra píšla mə́nne qarìwtaˈ hóla jnána b-dargùštaˈ

halaláye bàbi,ˈ halalàyeˈ
bəxyóna lɛ́le dìyuxˈ
bəxyóna t-Šóšət Xèreˈ
ṱ-ila-qṭìltaˈ ʾu-ṭmírta gu-ʾórət susăwàṯa.ˈ
qəm-šăméle qála dìya.ˈ mə̀re:ˈ
qaríwtiˈ mazyə́d qàlaxˈ
káwdi-w ráṯi mxurxàlaxˈ
Šóšət Xére txiràlaxˈ
Šóšət Xére txiràlaxˈ

mə́ra

qaríwtux ʾúpra-w pàraˈ
módi mazída qàla.ˈ
daqiqé t-xo-ʾərbàla.ˈ
daqiqé t-xo-ʾərbàla.ˈ

yáʿni ṭmírtɛla ḏa-dúkṯa daqìqtaˈ là-mṣət xazə́tla.ˈ xá-ga xéta zìlle.ˈ ʾawwa-bxèle.ˈ ṯéle l-bɛ̀ṯaˈ mə́re yə́mmi hátxa šmìli.ˈ óh bábi míḏət ʾáyya módila mṣòṯe.ˈ xá-ga xéta zílle b-ó ʾalòla.ˈ xá-ga xéta hóla mára-ʾay hàdəx.ˈ mə̀ra:ˈ

de-sígən b-an-ʾalòleˈ
de-mbáqər m-yále zòreˈ
ʾáni-t lɛ́ḏi mdagòleˈ
ʾáni-t lɛ́ḏi mdagòleˈ
de-sígən gáre gàreˈ
mbáqər kíma-w gabbàreˈ
ʾáni-t lɛ́la dagàle.ˈ
ʾáni-t lɛ́la dagàle.ˈ

ga-ʾánna píšla gu-lə́bbe díye kùlla.ˈ ṣléle mə́re yə́mmi hálli kulə̀nga,ˈ hálli ma-t-kàlena!ˈ ṭla-mòdi bábi?ˈ mə́re rábe məndiyáne šmìli.ˈ ʾáti làt-glaya ṭláli,ˈ ʾána ḏìli.ˈ ṣlèle,ˈ ʾu-mbulbéle ʾórə susăwàṯa.ˈ ʾóre wéwa xpìrta,ˈ də́rya súla b-réša mə̀ndi.ˈ ṭmírta tàma,ˈ plíṭla šămála šắve lhàya.ˈ y-ámər bàbi,ˈ bràti,ˈ ʾáyya dū̀s-ila.ˈ mo-wìdle?ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw qəm-qaṭə́lle gān-dìye,ˈ zadéle gān-díye tàma.ˈ plíṭla trè-xure.ˈ šmáyya mára mə́ndi ṭə́šwa bət-páyəš škằra.ˈ kazíwa práməlla har-palṭìwa,ˈ hál plíṭla hàtxa.ˈ ḏíla ʾáy mə́ndi ṭə́šwa páyəš škằra.ˈ yə́mme díye píšla qwára gàna.ˈ yə́mme díye mšuréla qṭála gàna.ˈ mə́ra leš faydá-lləx qáṭlət gànəx.ˈ brónəx zìlle.ˈ kálṯəx zìlla.ˈ bɛ́ṯa xrìwle.ˈ

Translation:

There was a boy, who went down to the army. His wife was a daughter of poor people. That woman (the mother of the boy) had seven daughters-in-law, seven water-mills, and sheep, everything in sevens. But all of these—the women were not becomng pregnant, the goats were not producing young, the mills were not (producing). They all stopped (producing). She went to a person and consulted her fortune. She said ‘Is that which the fortune (foretells) true?’ They said ‘It is so’. They said ‘Kill one daughter-in-law, stop one mill, kill in addition one goat, and all your affairs will be put right’. She said ‘Is it so?’ They said ‘Yes’. She went (home) and said ‘Whom should I kill, my father God?’ Now, whereas all the others were daughters of gentlemen, this Šoše was the daughter of poor people. She went and killed her, Šošət Xere, and buried her in the horses’ manger below (in the basement stable). She buried her in the horses’ manger and her son came back. He found everybody at home. He said ‘Greetings to you’. They said ‘Welcome’. He said ‘Where is Šošət Xere, mother?’ She said ‘My dear, she has gone to the oven’. He went to the oven and said ‘Oven, oven, where is Šošət Xere?’ It said ‘She has not gone before me recently’. He came back and said ‘Mother! The oven replied to me (with only) bread, why? Where is Šošət Xere?’ ‘My dear, she has gone to the water’. He went and said ‘Spring, spring, where is Šošət Xere?’ It said ‘She has not gone before me’. She (the mother) still does not reveal (the truth). He was walking in an alley. His wedding friend—when he married she was his wedding friend—was singing a dirge over a cradle.

Halalaye, my dear, halalaye
Crying is not for you
Crying is for Šošət Xere
Who has been killed and buried in the horses’ manger
He heard her voice and said:
My friend raise your voice
You burnt my liver and lungs
When you mentioned Šošət Xere
When you mentioned Šošət Xere

She said

Your close one (wife) is earth and fine dust
Why should she (your wedding friend) raise her voice?
The fine dust under the sieve
The fine dust under the sieve

That is she is buried in a small place and you cannot see her. He again went off. He wept. He came back to the house and said ‘Mother, I have heard such-and-such’. ‘Oh my dear, you do not know what she is saying’. Again he went to that alley. Once again she was telling the same thing. She said:

Go into the alleys
Ask the young boys,
Who do not know how to lie,
Who do not know how to lie,
Go from roof to roof,
Ask the Pleiades and Orion,
Who are not liars
Who are not liars

Now, all these (words) weighed on his heart. He went down and said ‘Mother, give me a pickaxe, give it to me, how much more can I wait?’ ‘Why, my dear?’ He said ‘I have heard many things. You are not revealing (the truth) to me. I know’. He went down and searched in the horses’ manger. The manger had been dug, manure or the like had been put on top of it. She was buried there, she came out glowing like a night candle. He said ‘My dear, my girl, it is true’. What did he do? He also killed himself and threw himself there. Two poplar trees grew up. Heaven says that any hidden thing will be uncovered. They tried to cut them down, but they kept growing up, until they grew like this. She knew that what was hidden would be uncovered. His mother began to bury herself (in remorse). His mother began to kill herself (with remorse). She said ‘It will no longer be of any use to you to kill yourself. You son is dead. Your daughter-in-law is dead. Your house has been ruined’.