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Barwar: The Cat and the Mice

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

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0:00	qáṭu-w ʾaqúbra də́žmən t-ġḏàḏela.ˈ qáṭu xazyále ʾaqùbra,ˈ doqále ʾaxlàle.ˈ ʾɛ̀-ga,ˈ ʾaqùbreˈ kúlla jmìla.ˈ jmíla xa-dùkṯa,ˈ mə́ra mo-čára ṱ-óḏəx ṭla-d-áyya qáṭu t-la-ʾaxlàlɛni?ˈ ʾáxni pláṭa gu-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ bắyəx ṭắyəx xá-məndi ṱ-àxləx,ˈ hóla xzáyəllən qáṭu ráqa báṯrən xàləllɛni.ˈ mə́ra ṱ-óḏəx xà-məndiˈ qa-t-ʾíman ṱ-áṯya qàṭu,ˈ ʾáxni šămə̀xle qála díya,ˈ ha-ṱ-àrqɛxi.ˈ mə́ra màṭo?ˈ mə́ra dɛ́rəx xa-zága b-qḏálət qàṭu.ˈ talə́xle zága b-qḏála dìya.ˈ ʾímət ʾàṯya,ˈ mzàngər zága,ˈ ʾáxni šămə́xle qále ṱ-árqəx mṭàšəx.ˈ mə́ra ʾáyya xoš-ṣanìtɛla!ˈ béna xá-mənna mə́re de-yàlla!ˈ bas-ʾɛ́ni dɛ́rele zága b-qḏálət qàṭu?ˈ ʾáp-xa lá-ṣabər taléle zága b-qḏálət qàṭu.ˈ ʾo-ʾaqúbrət tále zága b-qḏálət qáṭu ṱ-axlàle.ˈ ʾɛ́-ga píšla hàdəx.ˈ mə̀raˈ ʾáp-xa la-ṣábər dɛréle zága b-qḏálət qàṭu.ˈ qáṭu-w ʾaqúbra də́žmən t-ġḏàḏela.ˈ qáṭu xazyále ʾaqùbra,ˈ doqále ʾaxlàle.ˈ ʾɛ̀-ga,ˈ ʾaqùbreˈ kúlla jmìla.ˈ jmíla xa-dùkṯa,ˈ mə́ra mo-čára ṱ-óḏəx ṭla-d-áyya qáṭu t-la-ʾaxlàlɛni?ˈ ʾáxni pláṭa gu-bɛ̀ṯa,ˈ bắyəx ṭắyəx xá-məndi ṱ-àxləx,ˈ hóla xzáyəllən qáṭu ráqa báṯrən xàləllɛni.ˈ mə́ra ṱ-óḏəx xà-məndiˈ qa-t-ʾíman ṱ-áṯya qàṭu,ˈ ʾáxni šămə̀xle qála díya,ˈ ha-ṱ-àrqɛxi.ˈ mə́ra màṭo?ˈ mə́ra dɛ́rəx xa-zága b-qḏálət qàṭu.ˈ talə́xle zága b-qḏála dìya.ˈ ʾímət ʾàṯya,ˈ mzàngər zága,ˈ ʾáxni šămə́xle qále ṱ-árqəx mṭàšəx.ˈ mə́ra ʾáyya xoš-ṣanìtɛla!ˈ béna xá-mənna mə́re de-yàlla!ˈ bas-ʾɛ́ni dɛ́rele zága b-qḏálət qàṭu?ˈ ʾáp-xa lá-ṣabər taléle zága b-qḏálət qàṭu.ˈ ʾo-ʾaqúbrət tále zága b-qḏálət qáṭu ṱ-axlàle.ˈ ʾɛ́-ga píšla hàdəx.ˈ mə̀raˈ ʾáp-xa la-ṣábər dɛréle zága b-qḏálət qàṭu.ˈ	A cat and a mouse were mutual enemies. The cat saw the mouse, caught it and ate it. Then all the mice gathered together. They gathered in a place and said ‘What solution can we find for this cat so that it does not eat us? When we go out into the house searching for something to eat, the cat sees us, runs after us and eats us’. They said ‘Let’s do something so that when the cat comes we shall hear its sound and we can run away’. They said ‘How (shall we do this)?’ They said ‘Let’s put a bell on the neck of the cat. Let’s hang a bell on its neck. When it comes, the bell will sound, we shall hear its sound and run and hide’. They said ‘That’s a good idea!’ Then one of them said ‘Let’s do it! But who will put the bell on the neck of the cat?’ None of the them dared to put the bell on the neck of the cat. The mouse who hung the the bell on the neck of the cat would be eaten by it. So they remained as they were. They said ‘Nobody dares to put the bell on the neck of the cat’.

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