Barwar: The Wise Daughter of the King

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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 xa-màlka.ˈ ṱ-aṯɛ́wa náše magəḥkìle.ˈ ʾíṯən bàbaˈ ʾu-bráta mjuwə̀dla.ˈ plìšla bábi,ˈ ʾazíza səgóli xòna,ˈ plíšla m-ġḏàḏe.ˈ mə́re gáwṛa dawə́qle bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́ra bába làʾ!ˈ bràta doqále bɛ́ṯa.ˈ mə́re ta-mòt mára hátxa?ˈ mə́ra bábi hatxɛ̀la.ˈ y-ámri gáwṛa mə̀rya,ˈ báxta xapɛ̀ṯa.ˈ báxta ṱ-ila-hawnàntaˈ máṯya ta-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́re bábi rába hawnàntət,ˈ bas-ta-rə́qqi b-yawə́nnəx qa-xa-náša špíla gu-tanùra.ˈ ma-yxàləf.ˈ hàlli.ˈ qəm-yawə́lla bába díya qa-xa-náša špíla gu-tanùra,ˈ yóma y-axə̀lwaˈ yóma lè-y-axəlwa,ˈ hátxa faqìra.ˈ mə́re qa-d-àwwa b-yawə́nnəx.ˈ yáʿni ʾáti bìš-yăḏət mə́nni?ˈ mə́re hàtxɛle.ˈ hár-dwaqət rə̀qqi?ˈ mə́ra làn-dwaqa rə́qqi bába.ˈ ʾáyya ṣáwṯi dū̀s-ila.ˈ qímɛle híwəlla ta-xa-špìla.ˈ mò-widla b-ó-naša špíla?ˈ qəm-šaqlàle.ˈ qəm-xɛpàle.ˈ qəm-masyàle.ˈ muttúla zúze gu-ʾìḏe,ˈ y-amráwa xoš-bàzar!ˈ y-ámər lɛ̀ḏenaˈ y-amráwa t-yằḏət.ˈ yomíyya šawwá-qɛse maxyàwale.ˈ y-amráwa gắrəg ʾázət šùqa.ˈ yawə́nnux zùze.ˈ ʾu-xɛ̀pətˈ ʾu-màsət qamáye.ˈ qazdət-šùqa-wˈ zàwnətˈ ʾu-mɛ̀ṯət.ˈ lɛ̀pət.ˈ qəm-oḏále hàdəx.ˈ píšle ʾó-naša jálde har-gu-d-á-mḏita ʾàw.ˈ lìple.ˈ muttúle dəkkanàne.ˈ zílle ḏa-máṯa xèta.ˈ gu-ḏa-máṯa xèta mgúrəlla,ˈ lá gu-máṯə ganèy.ˈ xa-bènaˈ bráte díye muttúla qáṣre ʾu-qaṣòre.ˈ tắrət bɛ́ṯa dìyaˈ kúlle mármar mšuwɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ʾamáne díya seníyye t-ʾáxli ʾixála gáwa dàwa,ˈ čámča dàwa.ˈ ʾo-ṱ-áxəl mə́nna hàdəx.ˈ zílla nubə́lla swarìyye.ˈ ʾáxni y-ámrəx swarìyyeˈ yáʿni gu-Bàrwər,ˈ t-yatwíwa xaṣət-koḏənyàṯa,ˈ dawɛ̀re.ˈ kúlla zìllaˈ kəs-màlka.ˈ nubə́lla xa-kṯáwa m-íḏət bráte dìye.ˈ zìllaˈ qəm-čɛdàle.ˈ mə́ra málka ṱ-áwət basìma,ˈ brátux hóla číttəllux ṱ-ázət kəslɛ̀ni.ˈ ʾáxni maxzə̀xxe bɛ́ṯa,ˈ ʾáti ṱ-áṯət mənnɛ̀ni.ˈ mə́re ʾáy bráti híwənna ta-xá-naša špìla.ˈ gu-tanúra qəm-čɛdàli.ˈ mə́ra málka ṱ-áwət basìma,ˈ hàtxɛla mírta,ˈ gắrəg ʾaṯèti.ˈ qímle zìlle,ˈ zílle ʾap-ʾáw ʾítle ʾàskar mə́nneˈ ʾu-nàše mə́nne.ˈ zílle, zílle, zìlle.ˈ mə́re kɛ̀le bɛ́ṯa díya?ˈ ʾaw-xášu xa-badə̀kkɛle.ˈ mə́ra ʾăwáʾha qáṣra ṱ-it-xzàyəlle.ˈ mə́re làn hămóne.ˈ mə́ra dàx?ˈ ṱ-órət gáwe xazə̀tle.ˈ xazə́tle ṱ-ila-brátux tàmaˈ ʾu-gàwṛa.ˈ hár-məre lan-hămòne.ˈ xá-saʾta zílla zílla mṭèla.ˈ sìqla,ˈ mṭéla l-dărajyàṯa,ˈ kúlle mármar mšuwɛ̀ṯa.ˈ kúlle mármar mútte m-ày-gotaˈ ʾu-m-ày-gota.ˈ wírra gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ plíṭla qámṯe bráte dìyeˈ mə́ra pàqəḏ bába ʾazíza,ˈ xqìra,ˈ gu-d-áyya dúnye mxùqra.ˈ pàqəḏ,ˈ čídət l-bràtux.ˈ mə́re ʾáwwa bɛ́ṯa dìyəxile bráti?ˈ mə́ra hè.ˈ ʾŭjə̀ble.ˈ mə́ra là-babi,ˈ la-màjbət.ˈ dùnyela.ˈ y-ásqa-w ṣàlya.ˈ mən-málka ṣála l-sùlta.ˈ mən-súlta ṣála màlke.ˈ kùl-məndi báre.ˈ ʾŭjə́ble b-ánna xabrána díya basìme.ˈ pàqəḏ bába.ˈ lɛ́ḏe gu-d-ɛ́ni kúrsi ʾàtu,ˈ gu-d-ɛ́ni kúrsət dàwa.ˈ kúlla wíḏtəlla hàdəxˈ xa-ʾótəx ta-d-àn-xene,ˈ xa-ʾótəx ta-d-àn-xene,ˈ ta-d-án guṛàne.ˈ kút-xa muttɛ́ṯəlle yáʿni príše prìše.ˈ ʾu-moṯéla paláxa díya pláxa kúlla ʾamáne dàwa,ˈ seniyyàṯa.ˈ mšuréla dráya ʾixàla.ˈ mə́re bráti malə̀kṯaˈ bəd-pɛ́šət b-šòpi,ˈ bríxta mburàxta.ˈ malkúṯi pɛ́ša ṭlàləx.ˈ mə́re malkúṯi pɛ́ša ṭlàləx,ˈ wéləx hawnànta,ˈ b-ʾiqárət ṣáwṯa basìmta,ˈ ʾu-màqul.ˈ ʾu-plìxləx.ˈ jurə́bli ʾànaˈ qa-t-ʾána xazə́nwa hàwnəx dáx-wewaˈ là t-la-băyə́nwaləx.ˈ ʾína qəm-xazə́nnəx ʾáti rába hawnànta,ˈ biš-mə́nni xa-tə̀rteˈ t-yátwət malə́kṯa b-šópət bàba,ˈ ʾu-xqìrta.ˈ ʾáyya píšla malə́kṯa b-šáwpət bába dìya.ˈ ʾíṯwa xa-màlka.ˈ ṱ-aṯɛ́wa náše magəḥkìle.ˈ ʾíṯən bàbaˈ ʾu-bráta mjuwə̀dla.ˈ plìšla bábi,ˈ ʾazíza səgóli xòna,ˈ plíšla m-ġḏàḏe.ˈ mə́re gáwṛa dawə́qle bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́ra bába làʾ!ˈ bràta doqále bɛ́ṯa.ˈ mə́re ta-mòt mára hátxa?ˈ mə́ra bábi hatxɛ̀la.ˈ y-ámri gáwṛa mə̀rya,ˈ báxta xapɛ̀ṯa.ˈ báxta ṱ-ila-hawnàntaˈ máṯya ta-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́re bábi rába hawnàntət,ˈ bas-ta-rə́qqi b-yawə́nnəx qa-xa-náša špíla gu-tanùra.ˈ ma-yxàləf.ˈ hàlli.ˈ qəm-yawə́lla bába díya qa-xa-náša špíla gu-tanùra,ˈ yóma y-axə̀lwaˈ yóma lè-y-axəlwa,ˈ hátxa faqìra.ˈ mə́re qa-d-àwwa b-yawə́nnəx.ˈ yáʿni ʾáti bìš-yăḏət mə́nni?ˈ mə́re hàtxɛle.ˈ hár-dwaqət rə̀qqi?ˈ mə́ra làn-dwaqa rə́qqi bába.ˈ ʾáyya ṣáwṯi dū̀s-ila.ˈ qímɛle híwəlla ta-xa-špìla.ˈ mò-widla b-ó-naša špíla?ˈ qəm-šaqlàle.ˈ qəm-xɛpàle.ˈ qəm-masyàle.ˈ muttúla zúze gu-ʾìḏe,ˈ y-amráwa xoš-bàzar!ˈ y-ámər lɛ̀ḏenaˈ y-amráwa t-yằḏət.ˈ yomíyya šawwá-qɛse maxyàwale.ˈ y-amráwa gắrəg ʾázət šùqa.ˈ yawə́nnux zùze.ˈ ʾu-xɛ̀pətˈ ʾu-màsət qamáye.ˈ qazdət-šùqa-wˈ zàwnətˈ ʾu-mɛ̀ṯət.ˈ lɛ̀pət.ˈ qəm-oḏále hàdəx.ˈ píšle ʾó-naša jálde har-gu-d-á-mḏita ʾàw.ˈ lìple.ˈ muttúle dəkkanàne.ˈ zílle ḏa-máṯa xèta.ˈ gu-ḏa-máṯa xèta mgúrəlla,ˈ lá gu-máṯə ganèy.ˈ xa-bènaˈ bráte díye muttúla qáṣre ʾu-qaṣòre.ˈ tắrət bɛ́ṯa dìyaˈ kúlle mármar mšuwɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ʾamáne díya seníyye t-ʾáxli ʾixála gáwa dàwa,ˈ čámča dàwa.ˈ ʾo-ṱ-áxəl mə́nna hàdəx.ˈ zílla nubə́lla swarìyye.ˈ ʾáxni y-ámrəx swarìyyeˈ yáʿni gu-Bàrwər,ˈ t-yatwíwa xaṣət-koḏənyàṯa,ˈ dawɛ̀re.ˈ kúlla zìllaˈ kəs-màlka.ˈ nubə́lla xa-kṯáwa m-íḏət bráte dìye.ˈ zìllaˈ qəm-čɛdàle.ˈ mə́ra málka ṱ-áwət basìma,ˈ brátux hóla číttəllux ṱ-ázət kəslɛ̀ni.ˈ ʾáxni maxzə̀xxe bɛ́ṯa,ˈ ʾáti ṱ-áṯət mənnɛ̀ni.ˈ mə́re ʾáy bráti híwənna ta-xá-naša špìla.ˈ gu-tanúra qəm-čɛdàli.ˈ mə́ra málka ṱ-áwət basìma,ˈ hàtxɛla mírta,ˈ gắrəg ʾaṯèti.ˈ qímle zìlle,ˈ zílle ʾap-ʾáw ʾítle ʾàskar mə́nneˈ ʾu-nàše mə́nne.ˈ zílle, zílle, zìlle.ˈ mə́re kɛ̀le bɛ́ṯa díya?ˈ ʾaw-xášu xa-badə̀kkɛle.ˈ mə́ra ʾăwáʾha qáṣra ṱ-it-xzàyəlle.ˈ mə́re làn hămóne.ˈ mə́ra dàx?ˈ ṱ-órət gáwe xazə̀tle.ˈ xazə́tle ṱ-ila-brátux tàmaˈ ʾu-gàwṛa.ˈ hár-məre lan-hămòne.ˈ xá-saʾta zílla zílla mṭèla.ˈ sìqla,ˈ mṭéla l-dărajyàṯa,ˈ kúlle mármar mšuwɛ̀ṯa.ˈ kúlle mármar mútte m-ày-gotaˈ ʾu-m-ày-gota.ˈ wírra gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ plíṭla qámṯe bráte dìyeˈ mə́ra pàqəḏ bába ʾazíza,ˈ xqìra,ˈ gu-d-áyya dúnye mxùqra.ˈ pàqəḏ,ˈ čídət l-bràtux.ˈ mə́re ʾáwwa bɛ́ṯa dìyəxile bráti?ˈ mə́ra hè.ˈ ʾŭjə̀ble.ˈ mə́ra là-babi,ˈ la-màjbət.ˈ dùnyela.ˈ y-ásqa-w ṣàlya.ˈ mən-málka ṣála l-sùlta.ˈ mən-súlta ṣála màlke.ˈ kùl-məndi báre.ˈ ʾŭjə́ble b-ánna xabrána díya basìme.ˈ pàqəḏ bába.ˈ lɛ́ḏe gu-d-ɛ́ni kúrsi ʾàtu,ˈ gu-d-ɛ́ni kúrsət dàwa.ˈ kúlla wíḏtəlla hàdəxˈ xa-ʾótəx ta-d-àn-xene,ˈ xa-ʾótəx ta-d-àn-xene,ˈ ta-d-án guṛàne.ˈ kút-xa muttɛ́ṯəlle yáʿni príše prìše.ˈ ʾu-moṯéla paláxa díya pláxa kúlla ʾamáne dàwa,ˈ seniyyàṯa.ˈ mšuréla dráya ʾixàla.ˈ mə́re bráti malə̀kṯaˈ bəd-pɛ́šət b-šòpi,ˈ bríxta mburàxta.ˈ malkúṯi pɛ́ša ṭlàləx.ˈ mə́re malkúṯi pɛ́ša ṭlàləx,ˈ wéləx hawnànta,ˈ b-ʾiqárət ṣáwṯa basìmta,ˈ ʾu-màqul.ˈ ʾu-plìxləx.ˈ jurə́bli ʾànaˈ qa-t-ʾána xazə́nwa hàwnəx dáx-wewaˈ là t-la-băyə́nwaləx.ˈ ʾína qəm-xazə́nnəx ʾáti rába hawnànta,ˈ biš-mə́nni xa-tə̀rteˈ t-yátwət malə́kṯa b-šópət bàba,ˈ ʾu-xqìrta.ˈ ʾáyya píšla malə́kṯa b-šáwpət bába dìya.ˈ	There was a king. People would come to amuse him. There was a father and daughter who had a dispute. They fought, my dear, my dear brother, they fought together. He (the king) said ‘The man is in charge of the house’. She said ‘No father! The girl is in charge of the house’. He said ‘Why do you say that?’ She said ‘My father, it is so. They say ‘A man is sick, but a woman looks after the home. A woman who is clever brings (benefit) to the home’. He said ‘My dear, you are very clever, but against your will, I am going to give you to a paralysed man (living) in an oven (house)’. ‘Never mind. Give me (to him)’. Her father gave her to a paralysed man (living) in an oven (house), one day he would eat, but another day he would not eat, so poor was he. He said ‘I shall give you to him’. ‘Do you know more than me?’ He said ‘It is so. Do you still insist (on what you said)?’ She said ‘I do not insist, father, but this word of mine is true’. He gave her to a paralysed man. What did she do to that paralysed man? She took him , bathed him and washed his clothes. She put money in his hand and would say ‘Go to the market!’ He would say ‘I don’t know (how to)’ and she would say ‘You will learn’. Every day she beat him seven blows of a stick. She would say ‘You must go to the market. I shall give you money. You should bathe and wash your clothes first. Go to the market and buy (things), then bring them home. You will learn. She treated him like that. That man quickly became the foremost man in the town. He went to another village. He (the king) had married them in another village, not in their own village. Then his daughter built villas and palaces. The door of her house was all of dressed marble. Their plates and trays on which they ate food were gold, (their) spoon was gold. Anybody who ate with them (was treated) the same. She went and brought horsemen. We say _swariye_ in Barwar, people who sat on the back of mules. They all went to the king. They brought a letter from the hand of his daughter. They went and (conveyed the message that) she had invited him. They said ‘King, may you be healthy, your daughter has invited you to come to us. We shall show you the house. You will come with us’. He said ‘I gave this daughter of mine to a paralysed man. She has invited me to an oven (house)’. They said ‘King, may you be healthy, she has said so, you must come’. He set off and went on his way. He also had an army and relatives with him. He travelled for a long way. He said ‘Where is her house?’ He thought it was a hut. They said ‘That villa that you can see over there’. He said ‘I don’t believe it’. They said ‘Why? When you go inside it, you will see that your daughter and her husband are there’. He still said ‘I don’t believe it’. They travelled for an hour and then arrived. They went up and came to steps, all made of dressed stone, all with marble on this side and that side. They entered the house. His daughter came out to meet him and said ‘Welcome dear, esteemed father, honoured in this world. Welcome. You are invited by your daughter’. He said ‘Is this house yours, my daughter?’ She said ‘Yes’. He was amazed. She said ‘No, father, do not be amazed. That is life. It goes up and down. From being king people descend to the dung heap and from the dung heap people rise to be kings. Anything can happen’. He was amazed by those fine words of hers. ‘Welcome, father’. He did not know in which chair to sit, in which chair of gold. She arranged everything like this, a room for those men, a room for those other men, for those gentlemen (of the court). She put up everybody separately. Her servants brought in the service, (which consisted) entirely of gold vessels and trays. She began to serve food. He said ‘Daughter, queen, you will stand in my place, you are greatly blessed. My kingdom will be for you’. He said ‘My kingdom will be for you, since you have been clever, with the honour of sweet and fine words. You have worked hard. I tested you to see how you clever you are. It was not that I did not love you. I have seen that you are very clever, twice as much as me. You will sit as queen in place of your father, greatly honoured’. She became queen in place of her father.

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ʾíṯwa xa-màlka.ˈ ṱ-aṯɛ́wa náše magəḥkìle.ˈ ʾíṯən bàbaˈ ʾu-bráta mjuwə̀dla.ˈ plìšla bábi,ˈ ʾazíza səgóli xòna,ˈ plíšla m-ġḏàḏe.ˈ mə́re gáwṛa dawə́qle bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́ra bába làʾ!ˈ bràta doqále bɛ́ṯa.ˈ mə́re ta-mòt mára hátxa?ˈ mə́ra bábi hatxɛ̀la.ˈ y-ámri gáwṛa mə̀rya,ˈ báxta xapɛ̀ṯa.ˈ báxta ṱ-ila-hawnàntaˈ máṯya ta-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́re bábi rába hawnàntət,ˈ bas-ta-rə́qqi b-yawə́nnəx qa-xa-náša špíla gu-tanùra.ˈ ma-yxàləf.ˈ hàlli.ˈ qəm-yawə́lla bába díya qa-xa-náša špíla gu-tanùra,ˈ yóma y-axə̀lwaˈ yóma lè-y-axəlwa,ˈ hátxa faqìra.ˈ mə́re qa-d-àwwa b-yawə́nnəx.ˈ yáʿni ʾáti bìš-yăḏət mə́nni?ˈ mə́re hàtxɛle.ˈ hár-dwaqət rə̀qqi?ˈ mə́ra làn-dwaqa rə́qqi bába.ˈ ʾáyya ṣáwṯi dū̀s-ila.ˈ qímɛle híwəlla ta-xa-špìla.ˈ mò-widla b-ó-naša špíla?ˈ qəm-šaqlàle.ˈ qəm-xɛpàle.ˈ qəm-masyàle.ˈ muttúla zúze gu-ʾìḏe,ˈ y-amráwa xoš-bàzar!ˈ y-ámər lɛ̀ḏenaˈ y-amráwa t-yằḏət.ˈ yomíyya šawwá-qɛse maxyàwale.ˈ y-amráwa gắrəg ʾázət šùqa.ˈ yawə́nnux zùze.ˈ ʾu-xɛ̀pətˈ ʾu-màsət qamáye.ˈ qazdət-šùqa-wˈ zàwnətˈ ʾu-mɛ̀ṯət.ˈ lɛ̀pət.ˈ qəm-oḏále hàdəx.ˈ píšle ʾó-naša jálde har-gu-d-á-mḏita ʾàw.ˈ lìple.ˈ muttúle dəkkanàne.ˈ zílle ḏa-máṯa xèta.ˈ gu-ḏa-máṯa xèta mgúrəlla,ˈ lá gu-máṯə ganèy.ˈ xa-bènaˈ bráte díye muttúla qáṣre ʾu-qaṣòre.ˈ tắrət bɛ́ṯa dìyaˈ kúlle mármar mšuwɛ̀ṯa.ˈ ʾamáne díya seníyye t-ʾáxli ʾixála gáwa dàwa,ˈ čámča dàwa.ˈ ʾo-ṱ-áxəl mə́nna hàdəx.ˈ zílla nubə́lla swarìyye.ˈ ʾáxni y-ámrəx swarìyyeˈ yáʿni gu-Bàrwər,ˈ t-yatwíwa xaṣət-koḏənyàṯa,ˈ dawɛ̀re.ˈ kúlla zìllaˈ kəs-màlka.ˈ nubə́lla xa-kṯáwa m-íḏət bráte dìye.ˈ zìllaˈ qəm-čɛdàle.ˈ mə́ra málka ṱ-áwət basìma,ˈ brátux hóla číttəllux ṱ-ázət kəslɛ̀ni.ˈ ʾáxni maxzə̀xxe bɛ́ṯa,ˈ ʾáti ṱ-áṯət mənnɛ̀ni.ˈ mə́re ʾáy bráti híwənna ta-xá-naša špìla.ˈ gu-tanúra qəm-čɛdàli.ˈ mə́ra málka ṱ-áwət basìma,ˈ hàtxɛla mírta,ˈ gắrəg ʾaṯèti.ˈ qímle zìlle,ˈ zílle ʾap-ʾáw ʾítle ʾàskar mə́nneˈ ʾu-nàše mə́nne.ˈ zílle, zílle, zìlle.ˈ mə́re kɛ̀le bɛ́ṯa díya?ˈ ʾaw-xášu xa-badə̀kkɛle.ˈ mə́ra ʾăwáʾha qáṣra ṱ-it-xzàyəlle.ˈ mə́re làn hămóne.ˈ mə́ra dàx?ˈ ṱ-órət gáwe xazə̀tle.ˈ xazə́tle ṱ-ila-brátux tàmaˈ ʾu-gàwṛa.ˈ hár-məre lan-hămòne.ˈ xá-saʾta zílla zílla mṭèla.ˈ sìqla,ˈ mṭéla l-dărajyàṯa,ˈ kúlle mármar mšuwɛ̀ṯa.ˈ kúlle mármar mútte m-ày-gotaˈ ʾu-m-ày-gota.ˈ wírra gu-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ plíṭla qámṯe bráte dìyeˈ mə́ra pàqəḏ bába ʾazíza,ˈ xqìra,ˈ gu-d-áyya dúnye mxùqra.ˈ pàqəḏ,ˈ čídət l-bràtux.ˈ mə́re ʾáwwa bɛ́ṯa dìyəxile bráti?ˈ mə́ra hè.ˈ ʾŭjə̀ble.ˈ mə́ra là-babi,ˈ la-màjbət.ˈ dùnyela.ˈ y-ásqa-w ṣàlya.ˈ mən-málka ṣála l-sùlta.ˈ mən-súlta ṣála màlke.ˈ kùl-məndi báre.ˈ ʾŭjə́ble b-ánna xabrána díya basìme.ˈ pàqəḏ bába.ˈ lɛ́ḏe gu-d-ɛ́ni kúrsi ʾàtu,ˈ gu-d-ɛ́ni kúrsət dàwa.ˈ kúlla wíḏtəlla hàdəxˈ xa-ʾótəx ta-d-àn-xene,ˈ xa-ʾótəx ta-d-àn-xene,ˈ ta-d-án guṛàne.ˈ kút-xa muttɛ́ṯəlle yáʿni príše prìše.ˈ ʾu-moṯéla paláxa díya pláxa kúlla ʾamáne dàwa,ˈ seniyyàṯa.ˈ mšuréla dráya ʾixàla.ˈ mə́re bráti malə̀kṯaˈ bəd-pɛ́šət b-šòpi,ˈ bríxta mburàxta.ˈ malkúṯi pɛ́ša ṭlàləx.ˈ mə́re malkúṯi pɛ́ša ṭlàləx,ˈ wéləx hawnànta,ˈ b-ʾiqárət ṣáwṯa basìmta,ˈ ʾu-màqul.ˈ ʾu-plìxləx.ˈ jurə́bli ʾànaˈ qa-t-ʾána xazə́nwa hàwnəx dáx-wewaˈ là t-la-băyə́nwaləx.ˈ ʾína qəm-xazə́nnəx ʾáti rába hawnànta,ˈ biš-mə́nni xa-tə̀rteˈ t-yátwət malə́kṯa b-šópət bàba,ˈ ʾu-xqìrta.ˈ ʾáyya píšla malə́kṯa b-šáwpət bába dìya.ˈ

Translation:

There was a king. People would come to amuse him. There was a father and daughter who had a dispute. They fought, my dear, my dear brother, they fought together. He (the king) said ‘The man is in charge of the house’. She said ‘No father! The girl is in charge of the house’. He said ‘Why do you say that?’ She said ‘My father, it is so. They say ‘A man is sick, but a woman looks after the home. A woman who is clever brings (benefit) to the home’. He said ‘My dear, you are very clever, but against your will, I am going to give you to a paralysed man (living) in an oven (house)’. ‘Never mind. Give me (to him)’. Her father gave her to a paralysed man (living) in an oven (house), one day he would eat, but another day he would not eat, so poor was he. He said ‘I shall give you to him’. ‘Do you know more than me?’ He said ‘It is so. Do you still insist (on what you said)?’ She said ‘I do not insist, father, but this word of mine is true’. He gave her to a paralysed man. What did she do to that paralysed man? She took him , bathed him and washed his clothes. She put money in his hand and would say ‘Go to the market!’ He would say ‘I don’t know (how to)’ and she would say ‘You will learn’. Every day she beat him seven blows of a stick. She would say ‘You must go to the market. I shall give you money. You should bathe and wash your clothes first. Go to the market and buy (things), then bring them home. You will learn. She treated him like that. That man quickly became the foremost man in the town. He went to another village. He (the king) had married them in another village, not in their own village. Then his daughter built villas and palaces. The door of her house was all of dressed marble. Their plates and trays on which they ate food were gold, (their) spoon was gold. Anybody who ate with them (was treated) the same. She went and brought horsemen. We say _swariye_ in Barwar, people who sat on the back of mules. They all went to the king. They brought a letter from the hand of his daughter. They went and (conveyed the message that) she had invited him. They said ‘King, may you be healthy, your daughter has invited you to come to us. We shall show you the house. You will come with us’. He said ‘I gave this daughter of mine to a paralysed man. She has invited me to an oven (house)’. They said ‘King, may you be healthy, she has said so, you must come’. He set off and went on his way. He also had an army and relatives with him. He travelled for a long way. He said ‘Where is her house?’ He thought it was a hut. They said ‘That villa that you can see over there’. He said ‘I don’t believe it’. They said ‘Why? When you go inside it, you will see that your daughter and her husband are there’. He still said ‘I don’t believe it’. They travelled for an hour and then arrived. They went up and came to steps, all made of dressed stone, all with marble on this side and that side. They entered the house. His daughter came out to meet him and said ‘Welcome dear, esteemed father, honoured in this world. Welcome. You are invited by your daughter’. He said ‘Is this house yours, my daughter?’ She said ‘Yes’. He was amazed. She said ‘No, father, do not be amazed. That is life. It goes up and down. From being king people descend to the dung heap and from the dung heap people rise to be kings. Anything can happen’. He was amazed by those fine words of hers. ‘Welcome, father’. He did not know in which chair to sit, in which chair of gold. She arranged everything like this, a room for those men, a room for those other men, for those gentlemen (of the court). She put up everybody separately. Her servants brought in the service, (which consisted) entirely of gold vessels and trays. She began to serve food. He said ‘Daughter, queen, you will stand in my place, you are greatly blessed. My kingdom will be for you’. He said ‘My kingdom will be for you, since you have been clever, with the honour of sweet and fine words. You have worked hard. I tested you to see how you clever you are. It was not that I did not love you. I have seen that you are very clever, twice as much as me. You will sit as queen in place of your father, greatly honoured’. She became queen in place of her father.