Barwar: The Sisisambər Plant

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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	Qaṭìnaˈ qəm-mxazdìle,ˈ mə́ra gắrəg mɛ́ṯət sisisàmbər.ˈ sáwən Tóma smèle, píšle k̭òra.ˈ sisisàmbərˈ ʾɛ̀kɛla?ˈ kəs-Lelìṯa.ˈ ʾáp-xa lá-maṣe máṭe ʾə́lla dìya.ˈ kəs-Lelìṯɛlaˈ sisisàmbər.ˈ Qaṭina tom Qaṭinaˈ tiwɛle xamra b-štayaˈ b-štaya-w har b-rwayaˈ base buse b-drayaˈ ʾɛnile gawṛa m-guṛeˈ šawərre bazət šwirriˈ šatele qatxət šteli?ˈ xákma ṯéla mə̀raˈ sáwən Tóma hóle sə̀myaˈ ʾáti tíwət štàya,ˈ ṭla-Qaṭìna.ˈ sisisàmbərˈ hóla kəs-Lelìṯa.ˈ mɛṯɛ́la l-ʾɛ́nə sə́mya pàṯxi,ˈ míṯe t-xằyi.ˈ ʾo-ṱ-íle míṯa ʾi-xằye.ˈ xèna,ˈ Xullə́kko mə́re ʾàna ṣálən mɛṯə́nna,ˈ Xullə̀kko,ˈ brṓn-t xáltət Qaṭìna.ˈ mə́re ʾàna ṣálən mɛṯə́nna.ˈ qəm-mxazə̀dle.ˈ qímle Xullə̀kko.ˈ Xullə́kko ṣlèle.ˈ Qaṭína là-ṣlele.ˈ ṣlèle,ˈ ʾáy qəm-xazyàle Xullə́kko.ˈ mə́re ʾána bắyən sisisàmbər,ˈ ṭla-Lelìṯa,ˈ masqə́nna ṭla-sáwən Tòma.ˈ qəm-dawqále hàtxa,ˈ xa-mə́stət šə́rma dìya,ˈ qamṭála ʾáqle dìye,ˈ zadyále tàma.ˈ mattále xa-pə̀nxətˈ šáwwi šawwá pə́rse rəš-ṣádre dìye.ˈ trè-yome,ˈ tre-ṭḷàṯa,ˈ lá-ṯele Xullə̀kko.ˈ béna qímle Qaṭìna.ˈ ʾu-béna ʾá-dana mə̀reˈ ma-yəmmi pɛli zwaḏeˈ ma-xaṯi wudli kadeˈ ḏa ʾurxa npilta l-baliˈ mxuzdɛwən l-Tomən xaliˈ qìmɛleˈ tre-bàzeˈ šwirìle Qaṭínaˈ mṭéle kəs-Lelìṯa.ˈ mə́re kɛ́le Xullə̀kko?ˈ mə́ra hòle.ˈ Xullə́kko hóle mútta š-ṣádre xa-pə̀nxaˈ šáwwi šáwwa pə̀rse,ˈ ho-mútta š-ṣádre dìye.ˈ mxèle ʾáqle díye Qaṭína,ˈ qəm-maxéla ʾáqle l-o-pə̀nxa,ˈ zílle qítle b-xa-ṭùraˈ qəm-ʾawə́dle míya kòme,ˈ plíṭla šáwpe dìye.ˈ ʾámra mòt ʾə́ṯya Qaṭína?ˈ mə́re ʾə́ṯyən bắyən sisisàmbər.ˈ ʾáy qəm-šaqlála xa-gùrzaˈ mukpála l-Qaṭìna.ˈ Qaṭína nḏéle xo-bərqíyət šmàyya.ˈ pálgət pərč̭ə́mte dìyeˈ xríxla qam-yòma.ˈ ʾu-ʾó-gurza díya qítla b-xa-gărə́kṯa qəm-oḏála mìya,ˈ yàma.ˈ ʾu-xá-bena bar-pálgə sáʾət ṣlèleˈ dáq qam-tắrət gə̀ppa.ˈ hal-láxxa ṣléle gu-ʾùpra.ˈ hàyˈ ʾámra wíḏtənwalux bùrnuṭ!ˈ mə́re xáru bɛ̀ṯəx,ˈ b-réšəx xàru,ˈ Lelìṯa!ˈ mə́ra gàrrux-ile.ˈ sab-mə́ra Qáṭina gàrrux-ile,ˈ ʾaw-grìšəlle sɛ́peˈ xàr.ˈ mə́xyəlle gu-réšət Lelìṯa.ˈ wíḏəlla tre-qə̀ṭṭe.ˈ mə́ra tníli xà-xena.ˈ mə́re là,ˈ ʾáxni be-sáwən be-Tóma la-máxəx tre-dàrbe.ˈ ʾən-maxéwala xa-xéna xaṯmàwa.ˈ ṱ-axlàwale.ˈ ʾàmraˈ ma-yəmmux ʾazla klileˈ ma-xaṯux patla pṯileˈ Qaṭina xətnɛle t-la-mbarxileˈ Qaṭína lɛ̀le gwíra.ˈ qəm-lɛṭàle.ˈ mə́re də-qu-qù.ˈ rqúdli xa-rə́qḏət də̀bbe.ˈ qímla rqìdlaˈ ʾu-xá-qəṭṭa npílle l-ày-gotaˈ xa l-ày gota.ˈ ʾaw-síqle šqilále sisisàmbər.ˈ musqále ṭla-sáwən Tòma.ˈ mattíla rəš-ʾɛ́ne dìyeˈ pṯìxla.ˈ Qaṭìnaˈ qəm-mxazdìle,ˈ mə́ra gắrəg mɛ́ṯət sisisàmbər.ˈ sáwən Tóma smèle, píšle k̭òra.ˈ sisisàmbərˈ ʾɛ̀kɛla?ˈ kəs-Lelìṯa.ˈ ʾáp-xa lá-maṣe máṭe ʾə́lla dìya.ˈ kəs-Lelìṯɛlaˈ sisisàmbər.ˈ Qaṭina tom Qaṭinaˈ tiwɛle xamra b-štayaˈ b-štaya-w har b-rwayaˈ base buse b-drayaˈ ʾɛnile gawṛa m-guṛeˈ šawərre bazət šwirriˈ šatele qatxət šteli?ˈ xákma ṯéla mə̀raˈ sáwən Tóma hóle sə̀myaˈ ʾáti tíwət štàya,ˈ ṭla-Qaṭìna.ˈ sisisàmbərˈ hóla kəs-Lelìṯa.ˈ mɛṯɛ́la l-ʾɛ́nə sə́mya pàṯxi,ˈ míṯe t-xằyi.ˈ ʾo-ṱ-íle míṯa ʾi-xằye.ˈ xèna,ˈ Xullə́kko mə́re ʾàna ṣálən mɛṯə́nna,ˈ Xullə̀kko,ˈ brṓn-t xáltət Qaṭìna.ˈ mə́re ʾàna ṣálən mɛṯə́nna.ˈ qəm-mxazə̀dle.ˈ qímle Xullə̀kko.ˈ Xullə́kko ṣlèle.ˈ Qaṭína là-ṣlele.ˈ ṣlèle,ˈ ʾáy qəm-xazyàle Xullə́kko.ˈ mə́re ʾána bắyən sisisàmbər,ˈ ṭla-Lelìṯa,ˈ masqə́nna ṭla-sáwən Tòma.ˈ qəm-dawqále hàtxa,ˈ xa-mə́stət šə́rma dìya,ˈ qamṭála ʾáqle dìye,ˈ zadyále tàma.ˈ mattále xa-pə̀nxətˈ šáwwi šawwá pə́rse rəš-ṣádre dìye.ˈ trè-yome,ˈ tre-ṭḷàṯa,ˈ lá-ṯele Xullə̀kko.ˈ béna qímle Qaṭìna.ˈ ʾu-béna ʾá-dana mə̀reˈ ma-yəmmi pɛli zwaḏeˈ ma-xaṯi wudli kadeˈ ḏa ʾurxa npilta l-baliˈ mxuzdɛwən l-Tomən xaliˈ qìmɛleˈ tre-bàzeˈ šwirìle Qaṭínaˈ mṭéle kəs-Lelìṯa.ˈ mə́re kɛ́le Xullə̀kko?ˈ mə́ra hòle.ˈ Xullə́kko hóle mútta š-ṣádre xa-pə̀nxaˈ šáwwi šáwwa pə̀rse,ˈ ho-mútta š-ṣádre dìye.ˈ mxèle ʾáqle díye Qaṭína,ˈ qəm-maxéla ʾáqle l-o-pə̀nxa,ˈ zílle qítle b-xa-ṭùraˈ qəm-ʾawə́dle míya kòme,ˈ plíṭla šáwpe dìye.ˈ ʾámra mòt ʾə́ṯya Qaṭína?ˈ mə́re ʾə́ṯyən bắyən sisisàmbər.ˈ ʾáy qəm-šaqlála xa-gùrzaˈ mukpála l-Qaṭìna.ˈ Qaṭína nḏéle xo-bərqíyət šmàyya.ˈ pálgət pərč̭ə́mte dìyeˈ xríxla qam-yòma.ˈ ʾu-ʾó-gurza díya qítla b-xa-gărə́kṯa qəm-oḏála mìya,ˈ yàma.ˈ ʾu-xá-bena bar-pálgə sáʾət ṣlèleˈ dáq qam-tắrət gə̀ppa.ˈ hal-láxxa ṣléle gu-ʾùpra.ˈ hàyˈ ʾámra wíḏtənwalux bùrnuṭ!ˈ mə́re xáru bɛ̀ṯəx,ˈ b-réšəx xàru,ˈ Lelìṯa!ˈ mə́ra gàrrux-ile.ˈ sab-mə́ra Qáṭina gàrrux-ile,ˈ ʾaw-grìšəlle sɛ́peˈ xàr.ˈ mə́xyəlle gu-réšət Lelìṯa.ˈ wíḏəlla tre-qə̀ṭṭe.ˈ mə́ra tníli xà-xena.ˈ mə́re là,ˈ ʾáxni be-sáwən be-Tóma la-máxəx tre-dàrbe.ˈ ʾən-maxéwala xa-xéna xaṯmàwa.ˈ ṱ-axlàwale.ˈ ʾàmraˈ ma-yəmmux ʾazla klileˈ ma-xaṯux patla pṯileˈ Qaṭina xətnɛle t-la-mbarxileˈ Qaṭína lɛ̀le gwíra.ˈ qəm-lɛṭàle.ˈ mə́re də-qu-qù.ˈ rqúdli xa-rə́qḏət də̀bbe.ˈ qímla rqìdlaˈ ʾu-xá-qəṭṭa npílle l-ày-gotaˈ xa l-ày gota.ˈ ʾaw-síqle šqilále sisisàmbər.ˈ musqále ṭla-sáwən Tòma.ˈ mattíla rəš-ʾɛ́ne dìyeˈ pṯìxla.ˈ	They reproached Qaṭina, saying ‘You must bring the sisisambər plant. Grandfather Toma has become blind’. ‘Where is the sisisambər?’ ‘With Leliṯa. Nobody can reach it. The sisisambər is with Leliṯa’. Qaṭina, oh Qaṭina He is sitting drinking wine Drinking and getting drunk Talking disparagingly about somebody or another ‘Who is the man amongst men Who could jump the jump I have jumped, And could drink the glass I have drunk?’ Some people came and said ‘Grandfather Toma has become blind and you sit and drink’—this was to Qaṭina. ‘Sisisambər is with Leliṯa. They bring it to the eyes of a blind man, so that they will open, so that the dead will live. Whoever is dead, lives’. Now, Xulləkko said ‘I shall go down and fetch it’. Xulləkko was the son of the aunt of Qaṭina. He said ‘I shall go down and fetch it’. He reproached him. Xulləkko set off and went down, but Qaṭina did not go down. He went down and she (Leliṯa) saw Xulləkko. He said ‘I want the sisisambər’—(speaking) to Leliṯa)—‘I shall take it up to grandfather Toma’. She seized him like this. She tied his legs with one hair from her behind and threw him down there. She put a mill-stone (capable of being lifted only by) seventy-seven heroic men onto his chest. Two days, three days (passed), but Xulləkko did not come back. Then Qaṭina said: Oh mother, bake me supplies Oh sister, prepare me cakes A way has come to my mind I have been shamed by Toman my uncle Qaṭina leapt two bounds and arrived at Leliṯa. He said ‘Where is Xulləkko?’ She said ‘There he is’. On the chest of Xulləkko there had been placed a mill-stone (that could be lifted only by) seventy heroic men, it had been placed on his chest. Qaṭina gave a kick, he kicked that mill-stone. It came off and struck a mountain. He turned it into black water, which came out in its place. She said ‘Why have you come Qaṭina?’ He said ‘I have come seeking the sisisambər’. She took a club and threw it at Qaṭina. Qaṭina jumped up under the lightning of the sky. Half of his forelock was singed by the sun. That club of hers hit a hill and made it into water, into a sea. Then, in half an hour he came down, thump, before the entrance of the cave. He sank into the mud up to here. She said ‘Hey, I had made you (like) tobacco snuff!’ He said ‘May your house be destroyed, destroyed over your head Leliṯa!’ She said ‘It is your turn’. Since she said ‘Qaṭina, it is your turn’, he drew his sword, swoosh. He struck it on the head of Leliṯa and cut her into two pieces’. She said ‘(Hit) me again with another (blow)’. He said ‘No, we, the family of grandfather Toma, do not strike two blows’. If he were to hit her with another (blow), she would heal and eat him. She said Oh your mother spins crowns Oh your sister twists twisted threads Qaṭina is a groom without being wed Qaṭina was not married. She cursed him. He said ‘Get up. Dance for me a bear dance’. She got up and danced, one part (of her) fell this side and one that side. He went up and took the sisisambər. He brought it to grandfather Toma. They put it on his eyes and they opened.

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Qaṭìnaˈ qəm-mxazdìle,ˈ mə́ra gắrəg mɛ́ṯət sisisàmbər.ˈ sáwən Tóma smèle, píšle k̭òra.ˈ sisisàmbərˈ ʾɛ̀kɛla?ˈ kəs-Lelìṯa.ˈ ʾáp-xa lá-maṣe máṭe ʾə́lla dìya.ˈ kəs-Lelìṯɛlaˈ sisisàmbər.ˈ

Qaṭina tom Qaṭinaˈ
tiwɛle xamra b-štayaˈ
b-štaya-w har b-rwayaˈ
base buse b-drayaˈ
ʾɛnile gawṛa m-guṛeˈ
šawərre bazət šwirriˈ
šatele qatxət šteli?ˈ

xákma ṯéla mə̀raˈ sáwən Tóma hóle sə̀myaˈ ʾáti tíwət štàya,ˈ ṭla-Qaṭìna.ˈ sisisàmbərˈ hóla kəs-Lelìṯa.ˈ mɛṯɛ́la l-ʾɛ́nə sə́mya pàṯxi,ˈ míṯe t-xằyi.ˈ ʾo-ṱ-íle míṯa ʾi-xằye.ˈ xèna,ˈ Xullə́kko mə́re ʾàna ṣálən mɛṯə́nna,ˈ Xullə̀kko,ˈ brṓn-t xáltət Qaṭìna.ˈ mə́re ʾàna ṣálən mɛṯə́nna.ˈ qəm-mxazə̀dle.ˈ qímle Xullə̀kko.ˈ Xullə́kko ṣlèle.ˈ Qaṭína là-ṣlele.ˈ ṣlèle,ˈ ʾáy qəm-xazyàle Xullə́kko.ˈ mə́re ʾána bắyən sisisàmbər,ˈ ṭla-Lelìṯa,ˈ masqə́nna ṭla-sáwən Tòma.ˈ qəm-dawqále hàtxa,ˈ xa-mə́stət šə́rma dìya,ˈ qamṭála ʾáqle dìye,ˈ zadyále tàma.ˈ mattále xa-pə̀nxətˈ šáwwi šawwá pə́rse rəš-ṣádre dìye.ˈ trè-yome,ˈ tre-ṭḷàṯa,ˈ lá-ṯele Xullə̀kko.ˈ béna qímle Qaṭìna.ˈ ʾu-béna ʾá-dana mə̀reˈ

ma-yəmmi pɛli zwaḏeˈ
ma-xaṯi wudli kadeˈ
ḏa ʾurxa npilta l-baliˈ
mxuzdɛwən l-Tomən xaliˈ

qìmɛleˈ tre-bàzeˈ šwirìle Qaṭínaˈ mṭéle kəs-Lelìṯa.ˈ mə́re kɛ́le Xullə̀kko?ˈ mə́ra hòle.ˈ Xullə́kko hóle mútta š-ṣádre xa-pə̀nxaˈ šáwwi šáwwa pə̀rse,ˈ ho-mútta š-ṣádre dìye.ˈ mxèle ʾáqle díye Qaṭína,ˈ qəm-maxéla ʾáqle l-o-pə̀nxa,ˈ zílle qítle b-xa-ṭùraˈ qəm-ʾawə́dle míya kòme,ˈ plíṭla šáwpe dìye.ˈ ʾámra mòt ʾə́ṯya Qaṭína?ˈ mə́re ʾə́ṯyən bắyən sisisàmbər.ˈ ʾáy qəm-šaqlála xa-gùrzaˈ mukpála l-Qaṭìna.ˈ Qaṭína nḏéle xo-bərqíyət šmàyya.ˈ pálgət pərč̭ə́mte dìyeˈ xríxla qam-yòma.ˈ ʾu-ʾó-gurza díya qítla b-xa-gărə́kṯa qəm-oḏála mìya,ˈ yàma.ˈ ʾu-xá-bena bar-pálgə sáʾət ṣlèleˈ dáq qam-tắrət gə̀ppa.ˈ hal-láxxa ṣléle gu-ʾùpra.ˈ hàyˈ ʾámra wíḏtənwalux bùrnuṭ!ˈ mə́re xáru bɛ̀ṯəx,ˈ b-réšəx xàru,ˈ Lelìṯa!ˈ mə́ra gàrrux-ile.ˈ sab-mə́ra Qáṭina gàrrux-ile,ˈ ʾaw-grìšəlle sɛ́peˈ xàr.ˈ mə́xyəlle gu-réšət Lelìṯa.ˈ wíḏəlla tre-qə̀ṭṭe.ˈ mə́ra tníli xà-xena.ˈ mə́re là,ˈ ʾáxni be-sáwən be-Tóma la-máxəx tre-dàrbe.ˈ ʾən-maxéwala xa-xéna xaṯmàwa.ˈ ṱ-axlàwale.ˈ ʾàmraˈ

ma-yəmmux ʾazla klileˈ
ma-xaṯux patla pṯileˈ
Qaṭina xətnɛle t-la-mbarxileˈ

Qaṭína lɛ̀le gwíra.ˈ qəm-lɛṭàle.ˈ mə́re də-qu-qù.ˈ rqúdli xa-rə́qḏət də̀bbe.ˈ qímla rqìdlaˈ ʾu-xá-qəṭṭa npílle l-ày-gotaˈ xa l-ày gota.ˈ ʾaw-síqle šqilále sisisàmbər.ˈ musqále ṭla-sáwən Tòma.ˈ mattíla rəš-ʾɛ́ne dìyeˈ pṯìxla.ˈ

Translation:

They reproached Qaṭina, saying ‘You must bring the sisisambər plant. Grandfather Toma has become blind’. ‘Where is the sisisambər?’ ‘With Leliṯa. Nobody can reach it. The sisisambər is with Leliṯa’.

Qaṭina, oh Qaṭina
He is sitting drinking wine
Drinking and getting drunk
Talking disparagingly about somebody or another
‘Who is the man amongst men
Who could jump the jump I have jumped,
And could drink the glass I have drunk?’

Some people came and said ‘Grandfather Toma has become blind and you sit and drink’—this was to Qaṭina. ‘Sisisambər is with Leliṯa. They bring it to the eyes of a blind man, so that they will open, so that the dead will live. Whoever is dead, lives’. Now, Xulləkko said ‘I shall go down and fetch it’. Xulləkko was the son of the aunt of Qaṭina. He said ‘I shall go down and fetch it’. He reproached him. Xulləkko set off and went down, but Qaṭina did not go down. He went down and she (Leliṯa) saw Xulləkko. He said ‘I want the sisisambər’—(speaking) to Leliṯa)—‘I shall take it up to grandfather Toma’. She seized him like this. She tied his legs with one hair from her behind and threw him down there. She put a mill-stone (capable of being lifted only by) seventy-seven heroic men onto his chest. Two days, three days (passed), but Xulləkko did not come back. Then Qaṭina said:

Oh mother, bake me supplies
Oh sister, prepare me cakes
A way has come to my mind
I have been shamed by Toman my uncle

Qaṭina leapt two bounds and arrived at Leliṯa. He said ‘Where is Xulləkko?’ She said ‘There he is’. On the chest of Xulləkko there had been placed a mill-stone (that could be lifted only by) seventy heroic men, it had been placed on his chest. Qaṭina gave a kick, he kicked that mill-stone. It came off and struck a mountain. He turned it into black water, which came out in its place. She said ‘Why have you come Qaṭina?’ He said ‘I have come seeking the sisisambər’. She took a club and threw it at Qaṭina. Qaṭina jumped up under the lightning of the sky. Half of his forelock was singed by the sun. That club of hers hit a hill and made it into water, into a sea. Then, in half an hour he came down, thump, before the entrance of the cave. He sank into the mud up to here. She said ‘Hey, I had made you (like) tobacco snuff!’ He said ‘May your house be destroyed, destroyed over your head Leliṯa!’ She said ‘It is your turn’. Since she said ‘Qaṭina, it is your turn’, he drew his sword, swoosh. He struck it on the head of Leliṯa and cut her into two pieces’. She said ‘(Hit) me again with another (blow)’. He said ‘No, we, the family of grandfather Toma, do not strike two blows’. If he were to hit her with another (blow), she would heal and eat him. She said

Oh your mother spins crowns
Oh your sister twists twisted threads
Qaṭina is a groom without being wed

Qaṭina was not married. She cursed him. He said ‘Get up. Dance for me a bear dance’. She got up and danced, one part (of her) fell this side and one that side. He went up and took the sisisambər. He brought it to grandfather Toma. They put it on his eyes and they opened.