Barwar: The Battle with Yuwanəs the Armenian

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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	xá-bena Yuwánəs ʾaramnàyaˈ ṯéle mxéle tàlənˈ l-tálən be-sáwən Tòma.ˈ slibíle ʾərwèy,ˈ gaméše diyèy,ˈ gúmle diyèy.ˈ kúlla slibìle.ˈ xáṯət sáwən Tòmaˈ jliwàle,ˈ ṣlèle.ˈ Qaṭína zòrɛwa.ˈ mə́xyəlle ʾáqle l-dudíyət Qaṭìna,ˈ šawwí-zəvre zvìrtəlla.ˈ šawwí-zəvre zvìrtəlla,ˈ sáwən Tòmaˈ šawwí-qəble qbìlɛle ha-ṱ-ila-klíṯa dudìya.ˈ zòrɛwa.ˈ mártət ʾamàre,ˈ dúglət d-ɛ̀-ga.ˈ ʾɛ̀-gaˈ mqŭrə̀nne,ˈ Qaṭína mqŭrə́nne mṭéle gàwṛa,ˈ ʾámri ʾàmtuxˈ ṯéle Yuwánəs ʾaramnàyaˈ slíbəlla ʾərwɛ̀xu,ˈ slíbəlla baxtàṯa,ˈ kúlla slìbəlla,ˈ slíbəlla ʾàmtux,ˈ muṣə́lyəlla ʾu-ṣə̀lyɛle.ˈ mə́re ʾɛ́kɛle xằye?ˈ ʾɛ̀kɛle?ˈ hátxa gu-barrìya xắye.ˈ lă-ʿámri kəma-rə̀ḥqɛle!ˈ ʾá-dana qəm-amə̀rra.ˈ ma-xaṯi pɛli zwaḏeˈ ma-xaṯi pɛli kadeˈ ḏa ʾurxa npilta l-baliˈ mxuzdɛwən ʾəl-Tomən xaliˈ qìmɛleˈ Qaṭìna.ˈ ʾáw səmbéle díye xà-metra.ˈ ṣléle gu-barrìya.ˈ xa-harnùwaˈ mə́ra pɛ́šən xwàrṯux.ˈ mə́re k̭óre brátət k̭òreˈ ʾɛ́ka pɛ́šət xwàrṯi?!ˈ ʾáti ṱ-órət gu-d-ăwáha ṭarràšaˈ ʾaw-b-xá-baza šawə̀rwale,ˈ m-àxxa,ˈ kut-báze ʾəṣrà-maylewa.ˈ mattúwala ʾàqleˈ ʾəṣrà-mayle.ˈ mə́ṭyɛle qam-tắrət bɛ́ṯə ṱ-ámte dìye,ˈ Yuwánəs lɛ̀le táma.ˈ Yuwánəs plíṭɛle gu-barrìyaˈ mŭnáwărət ʾaskarwàṯa.ˈ mŭnáwărət ʾárbi ʾálpe ʾàskarˈ hóla b-ày-gota,ˈ ʾárbi ʾálpe ʾáskar hóla b-ày-gota,ˈ ʾárbi ʾálpe ʾáskar hóla b-ày-gota,ˈ ʾárbi ʾálpe m-ày-gota.ˈ yáʿni ʾə́mma ʾə́šti ʾálpe ʾíṯwale ʾáskar ʾɛ́-ga Yuwánəs ʾaramnàya,ˈ jéše dìye.ˈ mə́re kɛ̀le Yuwánəs?ˈ síqle l-gàre.ˈ gáre šəlmanáte kúlla dìpla.ˈ plíṭla ʾámte díye mə́ra ʾáwwa xa-xɛ́la xɛ́lə be-bàbile.ˈ ʾáwwa líṯ hàtxa mə́ndiˈ sáqa l-gáre dyàpa ʾánna.ˈ xírra hàtxaˈ mə́ra Qaṭìna!ˈ qəm-moràle.ˈ qapyàle,ˈ maṣəlyàle.ˈ qəm-ṭɛnàle.ˈ xzí šəlmanā̀tˈ dìplaˈ qam-xɛ̀la.ˈ mə́ra mòt ʾə́ṯya xo-bábi?ˈ mə́re ʾámti ʾə́ṯyən masqə̀nnəx.ˈ mə́ra bròniˈ lá-mṣət masqə̀tli.ˈ Yuwánəs ʾaramnàyaˈ ʾə́mma-w ʾəští-ʾalpe ʾáskar mə̀nne.ˈ hóle gu-barrìya.ˈ mə́re masqə̀nnəx ʾámti.ˈ ṱ-ázən ṣálən ṭáləb Yuwánəs ʾaramnàya.ˈ ʾáy módi wìdla?ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw dàməx,ˈ Qaṭína dáməx tmànya yóme,ˈ dmìxle.ˈ ʾáy mo-wìdla?ˈ zílla sɛ́pe díye kúlla qəm-nablále kəs-jàqši,ˈ y-amríwale jàqši, qəm-awə́dle rằbəṭ.ˈ ʾánna t-maxɛ́-răbəṭ,ˈ rắbəṭ, rắbəṭ kúlla maxèleˈ sɛ́pe díye ta-t-la-gàrəš.ˈ qəm-nablále kəs-jàqšiˈ qəm-oḏále sɛ́pe dìye,ˈ ʾaw-lɛ́le ḏìya.ˈ ʾaw-lɛ́le ḏìya,ˈ híwtəlle sɛ́pe dìye.ˈ qímɛle mbàdla.ˈ tmánya yóme dmìxɛleˈ ʾu-prìqɛle,ˈ ṛìšɛle.ˈ qímɛle ṣə̀lya.ˈ ṣə̀lyɛle.ˈ ṣríxɛle xa-qàlaˈ gu-barrìya.ˈ susyáṯa kúlla drèla,ˈ kúlla zdéla zayèy.ˈ bnonéy qəm-mabrɛ̀la.ˈ ʾáskar kúlla mìtlaˈ qam-qàle.ˈ píšle bás Yuwánəs ʾaramnàya.ˈ ʾánna kúlla mìtla.ˈ susyàṯa,ˈ ʾáskar dìye,ˈ kúlla mítla qam-qàle,ˈ ʾímə ṣríxle qála gòṛa.ˈ mə́re Yuwànəs,ˈ mə́re ʾə̀ṯyɛwənˈ ṭáləb gànux.ˈ ʾàtiˈ hàtxət wíḏa,ˈ mə́xyət tàlənˈ bážər dìyən.ˈ ʾu-baxtáṯa mùṯyɛwətˈ ʾu-ʾámti muṯyə́tla-w kùlla.ˈ ʾána ʾə́ṯyɛwən ṭáləb gànux.ˈ wídle šàrṭˈ ta-máxa l-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾáwwa Yuwánəs ʾaramnáya ʾáp-ʾaw ʾítle gùrzaˈ max-d-ó-t Lelìṯa.ˈ gúrza maxèleˈ ʾáy bážər kúlla ṱ-awə́dla mìya,ˈ míya xwáre kóme pálṭi šòpa.ˈ mə́re ʾɛ́ni máxe qamàye.ˈ mə́re ʾáxni be-Tòmaˈ lɛ̀-maxəxˈ qamàye.ˈ ʾáxni be-Tòmaˈ lɛ̀-maxəx qamáyeˈ zàrba.ˈ ʾàti máxət.ˈ mə́re OK šàrṭ-ile.ˈ mṭúpyəlle zárba b-Qaṭìna,ˈ Qaṭína nə̀ḏyɛle.ˈ nə́ḏyɛle xo-bərqíyət šmàyya.ˈ bar-pə́lgə sáʾat ṣlèle.ˈ ʾámər hèˈ la-qəm-oḏə́nnux ʾána bùrnuṭ?ˈ ṣlélux xá-bena xèna?ˈ gúrzə šə́rmux xo-ʾána ṱ-azə́nwa bìya?ˈ ʾáp-ʾana ṱ-ázən mṣàlən,ˈ šamàšɛn.ˈ t-ázən mṣàlena.ˈ Qaṭìna mə́re.ˈ Qaṭína bắye màxe.ˈ kízle kə̀rrr,ˈ kízle kə̀rrr.ˈ ʾo-rằbəṭ-ile.ˈ qəm-maxéle bə-b-qə̀tta.ˈ ʾámər ʾàyyɛla zárbux Qaṭína?ˈ mə́re ʾàyya.ˈ xá-bena xènaˈ Yuwánəs mṭupyále gúrza ʾə́lle díye.ˈ xa-bena xéna nḏéle xrrr rìmleˈ m-qáme dìye.ˈ ṣléle xá-bena xéna mə̀reˈ la-mìtlux Qaṭína?ˈ mə́re là,ˈ lan-mìṯa.ˈ hon-láxxa barqùlux.ˈ mə́re ṭla-Yuwànəsˈ ʾáp-ʾana šamàšɛn.ˈ Qaṭína mə̀reˈ ṱ-ázən xánči mṣàlən,ˈ ṱ-àṯena.ˈ mə́re sìgən.ˈ mə̀reˈ ʾána ṱ-ázən mṣàlən.ˈ ʾáti sùq,ˈ xzi-bàxtuxˈ ʾu-qlub-hàyyo.ˈ ʾaw-síqle xzáya báxte dìyeˈ ʾu-ʾaw-zílle mṣalòye.ˈ mə̀reˈ ma sɛpa qawrət ganuxˈ ma sɛpa mkarxət ganuxˈ rešət marux nobəlluxˈ npílle lišána b-sɛ̀paˈ mə́re sɛ̀paˈ ʾo sɛpa, sɛpɛwenaˈ drelux ʾiḏux ʾəlleˈ garšətli har ḏa graštaˈ be-palge sarxi dəmma-wˈ gu-reše bərqe, bərqeˈ grìšle,ˈ kúlla hátxa rằbəṭ.ˈ grrr kúlla šmìṭla.ˈ píšle tàma,ˈ spàraˈ tmanyá-yome ṱ-áṯe Yuwánəs ʾaramnàya.ˈ ṯéle Yuwánəs ʾaramnàya.ˈ béna Yuwánəs ʾaramnáya mə́re ṭla-Qaṭìnaˈ tmánya yóme ṱ-àtwən,ˈ xá-bena b-xúbbət báxti bnòniˈ ʾu-b-xúbbət màṯi,ˈ b-nàši,ˈ b-xazə́nna ʾu-ṱ-àṯena.ˈ tmánya yóme tàmɛwa.ˈ qlíba ṣə̀lyɛle.ˈ mə́re díya gárra d-ɛ̀nile?ˈ Yuwánəs ʾaramnáya mə́re gárrux ʾáti màxət.ˈ šqílle sɛ̀peˈ qəm-maxèle.ˈ qəm-awə́dle trè-qəṭṭe.ˈ kízle də-mxíli xa-xèna.ˈ mə́re ʾáxni be-Tòməx,ˈ lá-maxəx zóda l-xà.ˈ ʾən-maxéwa xa-xèna,ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw xónət Lelìṯɛwa,ˈ xaṯə̀mwaˈ qa-ṱ-axə̀lwale.ˈ mə́re də-qùˈ rqúdli xa-rə́qḏət də̀bbe.ˈ qu-rqùḏ.ˈ qímle rqàḏa,ˈ xa-qə́ṭṭa npílle tàmmaˈ xa-tàmma.ˈ ʾu-sìqle.ˈ musqále ʾàmte,ˈ musqále bàžərˈ kúlla musə̀qle.ˈ béna y-ámər Tóma: b-šɛna, b-šɛna, bər-t-xaṯaˈ kupəšlux ʾəlli kurtəxyaṯaˈ xá-bena Yuwánəs ʾaramnàyaˈ ṯéle mxéle tàlənˈ l-tálən be-sáwən Tòma.ˈ slibíle ʾərwèy,ˈ gaméše diyèy,ˈ gúmle diyèy.ˈ kúlla slibìle.ˈ xáṯət sáwən Tòmaˈ jliwàle,ˈ ṣlèle.ˈ Qaṭína zòrɛwa.ˈ mə́xyəlle ʾáqle l-dudíyət Qaṭìna,ˈ šawwí-zəvre zvìrtəlla.ˈ šawwí-zəvre zvìrtəlla,ˈ sáwən Tòmaˈ šawwí-qəble qbìlɛle ha-ṱ-ila-klíṯa dudìya.ˈ zòrɛwa.ˈ mártət ʾamàre,ˈ dúglət d-ɛ̀-ga.ˈ ʾɛ̀-gaˈ mqŭrə̀nne,ˈ Qaṭína mqŭrə́nne mṭéle gàwṛa,ˈ ʾámri ʾàmtuxˈ ṯéle Yuwánəs ʾaramnàyaˈ slíbəlla ʾərwɛ̀xu,ˈ slíbəlla baxtàṯa,ˈ kúlla slìbəlla,ˈ slíbəlla ʾàmtux,ˈ muṣə́lyəlla ʾu-ṣə̀lyɛle.ˈ mə́re ʾɛ́kɛle xằye?ˈ ʾɛ̀kɛle?ˈ hátxa gu-barrìya xắye.ˈ lă-ʿámri kəma-rə̀ḥqɛle!ˈ ʾá-dana qəm-amə̀rra.ˈ ma-xaṯi pɛli zwaḏeˈ ma-xaṯi pɛli kadeˈ ḏa ʾurxa npilta l-baliˈ mxuzdɛwən ʾəl-Tomən xaliˈ qìmɛleˈ Qaṭìna.ˈ ʾáw səmbéle díye xà-metra.ˈ ṣléle gu-barrìya.ˈ xa-harnùwaˈ mə́ra pɛ́šən xwàrṯux.ˈ mə́re k̭óre brátət k̭òreˈ ʾɛ́ka pɛ́šət xwàrṯi?!ˈ ʾáti ṱ-órət gu-d-ăwáha ṭarràšaˈ ʾaw-b-xá-baza šawə̀rwale,ˈ m-àxxa,ˈ kut-báze ʾəṣrà-maylewa.ˈ mattúwala ʾàqleˈ ʾəṣrà-mayle.ˈ mə́ṭyɛle qam-tắrət bɛ́ṯə ṱ-ámte dìye,ˈ Yuwánəs lɛ̀le táma.ˈ Yuwánəs plíṭɛle gu-barrìyaˈ mŭnáwărət ʾaskarwàṯa.ˈ mŭnáwărət ʾárbi ʾálpe ʾàskarˈ hóla b-ày-gota,ˈ ʾárbi ʾálpe ʾáskar hóla b-ày-gota,ˈ ʾárbi ʾálpe ʾáskar hóla b-ày-gota,ˈ ʾárbi ʾálpe m-ày-gota.ˈ yáʿni ʾə́mma ʾə́šti ʾálpe ʾíṯwale ʾáskar ʾɛ́-ga Yuwánəs ʾaramnàya,ˈ jéše dìye.ˈ mə́re kɛ̀le Yuwánəs?ˈ síqle l-gàre.ˈ gáre šəlmanáte kúlla dìpla.ˈ plíṭla ʾámte díye mə́ra ʾáwwa xa-xɛ́la xɛ́lə be-bàbile.ˈ ʾáwwa líṯ hàtxa mə́ndiˈ sáqa l-gáre dyàpa ʾánna.ˈ xírra hàtxaˈ mə́ra Qaṭìna!ˈ qəm-moràle.ˈ qapyàle,ˈ maṣəlyàle.ˈ qəm-ṭɛnàle.ˈ xzí šəlmanā̀tˈ dìplaˈ qam-xɛ̀la.ˈ mə́ra mòt ʾə́ṯya xo-bábi?ˈ mə́re ʾámti ʾə́ṯyən masqə̀nnəx.ˈ mə́ra bròniˈ lá-mṣət masqə̀tli.ˈ Yuwánəs ʾaramnàyaˈ ʾə́mma-w ʾəští-ʾalpe ʾáskar mə̀nne.ˈ hóle gu-barrìya.ˈ mə́re masqə̀nnəx ʾámti.ˈ ṱ-ázən ṣálən ṭáləb Yuwánəs ʾaramnàya.ˈ ʾáy módi wìdla?ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw dàməx,ˈ Qaṭína dáməx tmànya yóme,ˈ dmìxle.ˈ ʾáy mo-wìdla?ˈ zílla sɛ́pe díye kúlla qəm-nablále kəs-jàqši,ˈ y-amríwale jàqši, qəm-awə́dle rằbəṭ.ˈ ʾánna t-maxɛ́-răbəṭ,ˈ rắbəṭ, rắbəṭ kúlla maxèleˈ sɛ́pe díye ta-t-la-gàrəš.ˈ qəm-nablále kəs-jàqšiˈ qəm-oḏále sɛ́pe dìye,ˈ ʾaw-lɛ́le ḏìya.ˈ ʾaw-lɛ́le ḏìya,ˈ híwtəlle sɛ́pe dìye.ˈ qímɛle mbàdla.ˈ tmánya yóme dmìxɛleˈ ʾu-prìqɛle,ˈ ṛìšɛle.ˈ qímɛle ṣə̀lya.ˈ ṣə̀lyɛle.ˈ ṣríxɛle xa-qàlaˈ gu-barrìya.ˈ susyáṯa kúlla drèla,ˈ kúlla zdéla zayèy.ˈ bnonéy qəm-mabrɛ̀la.ˈ ʾáskar kúlla mìtlaˈ qam-qàle.ˈ píšle bás Yuwánəs ʾaramnàya.ˈ ʾánna kúlla mìtla.ˈ susyàṯa,ˈ ʾáskar dìye,ˈ kúlla mítla qam-qàle,ˈ ʾímə ṣríxle qála gòṛa.ˈ mə́re Yuwànəs,ˈ mə́re ʾə̀ṯyɛwənˈ ṭáləb gànux.ˈ ʾàtiˈ hàtxət wíḏa,ˈ mə́xyət tàlənˈ bážər dìyən.ˈ ʾu-baxtáṯa mùṯyɛwətˈ ʾu-ʾámti muṯyə́tla-w kùlla.ˈ ʾána ʾə́ṯyɛwən ṭáləb gànux.ˈ wídle šàrṭˈ ta-máxa l-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾáwwa Yuwánəs ʾaramnáya ʾáp-ʾaw ʾítle gùrzaˈ max-d-ó-t Lelìṯa.ˈ gúrza maxèleˈ ʾáy bážər kúlla ṱ-awə́dla mìya,ˈ míya xwáre kóme pálṭi šòpa.ˈ mə́re ʾɛ́ni máxe qamàye.ˈ mə́re ʾáxni be-Tòmaˈ lɛ̀-maxəxˈ qamàye.ˈ ʾáxni be-Tòmaˈ lɛ̀-maxəx qamáyeˈ zàrba.ˈ ʾàti máxət.ˈ mə́re OK šàrṭ-ile.ˈ mṭúpyəlle zárba b-Qaṭìna,ˈ Qaṭína nə̀ḏyɛle.ˈ nə́ḏyɛle xo-bərqíyət šmàyya.ˈ bar-pə́lgə sáʾat ṣlèle.ˈ ʾámər hèˈ la-qəm-oḏə́nnux ʾána bùrnuṭ?ˈ ṣlélux xá-bena xèna?ˈ gúrzə šə́rmux xo-ʾána ṱ-azə́nwa bìya?ˈ ʾáp-ʾana ṱ-ázən mṣàlən,ˈ šamàšɛn.ˈ t-ázən mṣàlena.ˈ Qaṭìna mə́re.ˈ Qaṭína bắye màxe.ˈ kízle kə̀rrr,ˈ kízle kə̀rrr.ˈ ʾo-rằbəṭ-ile.ˈ qəm-maxéle bə-b-qə̀tta.ˈ ʾámər ʾàyyɛla zárbux Qaṭína?ˈ mə́re ʾàyya.ˈ xá-bena xènaˈ Yuwánəs mṭupyále gúrza ʾə́lle díye.ˈ xa-bena xéna nḏéle xrrr rìmleˈ m-qáme dìye.ˈ ṣléle xá-bena xéna mə̀reˈ la-mìtlux Qaṭína?ˈ mə́re là,ˈ lan-mìṯa.ˈ hon-láxxa barqùlux.ˈ mə́re ṭla-Yuwànəsˈ ʾáp-ʾana šamàšɛn.ˈ Qaṭína mə̀reˈ ṱ-ázən xánči mṣàlən,ˈ ṱ-àṯena.ˈ mə́re sìgən.ˈ mə̀reˈ ʾána ṱ-ázən mṣàlən.ˈ ʾáti sùq,ˈ xzi-bàxtuxˈ ʾu-qlub-hàyyo.ˈ ʾaw-síqle xzáya báxte dìyeˈ ʾu-ʾaw-zílle mṣalòye.ˈ mə̀reˈ ma sɛpa qawrət ganuxˈ ma sɛpa mkarxət ganuxˈ rešət marux nobəlluxˈ npílle lišána b-sɛ̀paˈ mə́re sɛ̀paˈ ʾo sɛpa, sɛpɛwenaˈ drelux ʾiḏux ʾəlleˈ garšətli har ḏa graštaˈ be-palge sarxi dəmma-wˈ gu-reše bərqe, bərqeˈ grìšle,ˈ kúlla hátxa rằbəṭ.ˈ grrr kúlla šmìṭla.ˈ píšle tàma,ˈ spàraˈ tmanyá-yome ṱ-áṯe Yuwánəs ʾaramnàya.ˈ ṯéle Yuwánəs ʾaramnàya.ˈ béna Yuwánəs ʾaramnáya mə́re ṭla-Qaṭìnaˈ tmánya yóme ṱ-àtwən,ˈ xá-bena b-xúbbət báxti bnòniˈ ʾu-b-xúbbət màṯi,ˈ b-nàši,ˈ b-xazə́nna ʾu-ṱ-àṯena.ˈ tmánya yóme tàmɛwa.ˈ qlíba ṣə̀lyɛle.ˈ mə́re díya gárra d-ɛ̀nile?ˈ Yuwánəs ʾaramnáya mə́re gárrux ʾáti màxət.ˈ šqílle sɛ̀peˈ qəm-maxèle.ˈ qəm-awə́dle trè-qəṭṭe.ˈ kízle də-mxíli xa-xèna.ˈ mə́re ʾáxni be-Tòməx,ˈ lá-maxəx zóda l-xà.ˈ ʾən-maxéwa xa-xèna,ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw xónət Lelìṯɛwa,ˈ xaṯə̀mwaˈ qa-ṱ-axə̀lwale.ˈ mə́re də-qùˈ rqúdli xa-rə́qḏət də̀bbe.ˈ qu-rqùḏ.ˈ qímle rqàḏa,ˈ xa-qə́ṭṭa npílle tàmmaˈ xa-tàmma.ˈ ʾu-sìqle.ˈ musqále ʾàmte,ˈ musqále bàžərˈ kúlla musə̀qle.ˈ béna y-ámər Tóma: b-šɛna, b-šɛna, bər-t-xaṯaˈ kupəšlux ʾəlli kurtəxyaṯaˈ	Once Yuwanəs the Armenian came and plundered, (he came) to plunder the family of grandfather Toma. He plundered their sheep, their buffaloes, their camels. He plundered them all. He kidnapped the sister of grandfather Toma and went down (to his land). Qaṭina was young. He (Yuwanəs) kicked the cradle of Qaṭina and span it round seventy times. When it span round seventy times, grandfather Toma made seventy donations until the cradle stopped. He was young. (This was) what people said, the lies of that time. When he grew up, Qaṭina grew up and became a man, they said ‘Your aunt—Yuwanəs the Armenian plundered your sheep, plundered the women, plundered them all, plundered your aunt and took her down (with him as) he went down (to his land)’. He said ‘Where does he live? Where is he?’ ‘He lives in the desert at such-and-such (a distance)’. ‘By my life, how far it is! Then he said to them: Oh sister, prepare me supplies Oh sister, bake me cakes A way has come to my mind I have been shamed by Toman my uncle Qaṭina got up. His moustache was one metre long. He went down to the desert. A rabbit said ‘I shall become your friend’. He said ‘Poor girl, how will you become my friend?! You go into that bush over there. When he leapt one leap, each leap, from here, was ten miles, he put his leg down ten miles (further on). He arrived in front of the door of his aunt. Yuwanəs was not there. Yuwanəs had gone out into the desert (to conduct) a manoeuvre of his armies, a manoeuvre with forty thousand soldiers on one side, forty thousand soldiers on another side, forty thousand soldiers on another side and forty thousand soldiers on another side. That is Yuwanəs the Armenian had an army of a hundred and sixty thousand soldiers at that time. He (Qaṭina) said ‘Where is Yuwanəs?’ He went up to the roof. All the iron bars of the roof bent. His aunt came out and said ‘Such a force is the force of my father’s family. Such a thing as this, going onto the roof and bending these (bars) is unheard of’. She looked and said ‘Qaṭina!’ She brought him in. She caught him and brought him down. She carried him. ‘Look, the bars have bent due to the force’. She said ‘Why have you come, my dear?’ He said ‘Aunt, I have come to take you up (to your home)’. She said ‘My son, you cannot take me up. Yuwanəs the Armenian has a hundred and sixty thousand soldiers with him. He is in the desert’. He said ‘I shall take you up, aunt. I shall go down to fight Yuwanəs the Armenian’. What did she do? He slept. Qaṭina slept for eight days. He slept. What did she do? She went and took his sword to a craftsman—they call him a _jaqsi_—and he riveted it. (He was one) of those people who did riveting. He riveted all his sword so that he could not draw it. She took it to the craftsman and tampered with his sword, while he did not know. He did not know and she gave his sword back to him. He got up in the morning. He slept for eight days. He finished (sleeping) and woke up. He got up and went down. He went down and let out a shout in the desert. All the mares miscarried and cast out their young. They brought forth their young. All the soldiers died on account of the shout. Only Yuwanəs the Armenian was left. All of them died. The mares, his army, they all died on account of the shout, when he let out a mightly shout. He said ‘Yuwanəs’, he said ‘I have come to fight you. You have done such-and-such, you have plundered our town. You have carried off women, you have carried off my aunt, (as well as) all (the others). I have come to fight you’. He made an agreement that they would strike each other (in a contest). Yuwanəs the Armenian also had a club, like that of Leliṯa. If he struck with his club, he would make all of that town turn to water, white and black water would come out in its place. He said ‘Who should strike first?’ He said ‘We, the family of Toma, do not strike first. We, the family of Toma, do not strike the first blow. _You_ strike’. He said ‘OK, it’s an agreement’. He dealt a blow against Qaṭina. Qaṭina leapt. He leapt under the lightning of the sky. After half an hour he came down. He said ‘Hey, didn’t I make you (like) tobacco snuff? Have you come down again?’ ‘(Why) should I have been finished off by your stupid club?! I must go and pray, I am a deacon. I must go and pray’. Qaṭina said this. Qaṭina then wanted to strike. He tried (to pull out his sword) krrr, he tried, it was riveted. He struck it (the sword) together with the sheath. He (Yuwanəs) said ‘Is that your blow, Qaṭina?’ He said ‘That is it’. Again Yuwanəs struck him with his club. Again, he leapt and jumped up away from him. When he came down again, he (Yuwanəs) said ‘Did you not die, Qaṭina?’ He said ‘No, I have not died. I am here before you’. He said to Yuwanəs ‘I am a deacon’. Qaṭina said ‘I shall pray a little then come back’. He said ‘Go!’ He said ‘I shall go and pray. You go up and see your wife, then come back’. He (Yuwanəs) went to see his wife and he (Qaṭina) went to pray. He said: Oh sword, you bury yourself Oh sword, you shroud yourself You have (almost) taken away the head of your owner The sword started to talk. The sword said: I am the same sword, which you have (always) put your hand on. Pull me out once. Its middle is defiled by blood. At its top there is lightning, lightning. He drew it, it was all riveted. He smashed all (the rivets). He stayed there, waiting for eight days until Yuwanəs the Armenian came back. Yuwanəs the Armenian came back. Now, Yuwanəs the Armenian had said to Qaṭina ‘I shall stay for eight days to take pleasure in my wife and children, to take pleasure in my village and to see my relatives, then I shall come back’. He was there for eight days. He came back down. He said ‘Now whose turn is it?’ Yuwanəs the Armenian said ‘It is your turn, you strike’. He took his sword and struck him. He cut him into two pieces. He (Yuwanəs) tried (to persuade Qaṭina by saying) ‘Strike me again’. He said ‘We the family of Toma do not strike more than one (blow)’. If he had struck again—he was the brother of Leliṯa—he would heal and eat him’. He said ‘Get up. Dance me a bear dance. Get up and dance’. He got up to dance and one piece fell here and one there. He (Qaṭina) went up and took with him his aunt, took the town, took it all. Then Toma said: Welcome, welcome, son of (my) sister You have gathered to me stooped backs.

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xá-bena Yuwánəs ʾaramnàyaˈ ṯéle mxéle tàlənˈ l-tálən be-sáwən Tòma.ˈ slibíle ʾərwèy,ˈ gaméše diyèy,ˈ gúmle diyèy.ˈ kúlla slibìle.ˈ xáṯət sáwən Tòmaˈ jliwàle,ˈ ṣlèle.ˈ Qaṭína zòrɛwa.ˈ mə́xyəlle ʾáqle l-dudíyət Qaṭìna,ˈ šawwí-zəvre zvìrtəlla.ˈ šawwí-zəvre zvìrtəlla,ˈ sáwən Tòmaˈ šawwí-qəble qbìlɛle ha-ṱ-ila-klíṯa dudìya.ˈ zòrɛwa.ˈ mártət ʾamàre,ˈ dúglət d-ɛ̀-ga.ˈ ʾɛ̀-gaˈ mqŭrə̀nne,ˈ Qaṭína mqŭrə́nne mṭéle gàwṛa,ˈ ʾámri ʾàmtuxˈ ṯéle Yuwánəs ʾaramnàyaˈ slíbəlla ʾərwɛ̀xu,ˈ slíbəlla baxtàṯa,ˈ kúlla slìbəlla,ˈ slíbəlla ʾàmtux,ˈ muṣə́lyəlla ʾu-ṣə̀lyɛle.ˈ mə́re ʾɛ́kɛle xằye?ˈ ʾɛ̀kɛle?ˈ hátxa gu-barrìya xắye.ˈ lă-ʿámri kəma-rə̀ḥqɛle!ˈ ʾá-dana qəm-amə̀rra.ˈ

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

qìmɛleˈ Qaṭìna.ˈ ʾáw səmbéle díye xà-metra.ˈ ṣléle gu-barrìya.ˈ xa-harnùwaˈ mə́ra pɛ́šən xwàrṯux.ˈ mə́re k̭óre brátət k̭òreˈ ʾɛ́ka pɛ́šət xwàrṯi?!ˈ ʾáti ṱ-órət gu-d-ăwáha ṭarràšaˈ ʾaw-b-xá-baza šawə̀rwale,ˈ m-àxxa,ˈ kut-báze ʾəṣrà-maylewa.ˈ mattúwala ʾàqleˈ ʾəṣrà-mayle.ˈ mə́ṭyɛle qam-tắrət bɛ́ṯə ṱ-ámte dìye,ˈ Yuwánəs lɛ̀le táma.ˈ Yuwánəs plíṭɛle gu-barrìyaˈ mŭnáwărət ʾaskarwàṯa.ˈ mŭnáwărət ʾárbi ʾálpe ʾàskarˈ hóla b-ày-gota,ˈ ʾárbi ʾálpe ʾáskar hóla b-ày-gota,ˈ ʾárbi ʾálpe ʾáskar hóla b-ày-gota,ˈ ʾárbi ʾálpe m-ày-gota.ˈ yáʿni ʾə́mma ʾə́šti ʾálpe ʾíṯwale ʾáskar ʾɛ́-ga Yuwánəs ʾaramnàya,ˈ jéše dìye.ˈ mə́re kɛ̀le Yuwánəs?ˈ síqle l-gàre.ˈ gáre šəlmanáte kúlla dìpla.ˈ plíṭla ʾámte díye mə́ra ʾáwwa xa-xɛ́la xɛ́lə be-bàbile.ˈ ʾáwwa líṯ hàtxa mə́ndiˈ sáqa l-gáre dyàpa ʾánna.ˈ xírra hàtxaˈ mə́ra Qaṭìna!ˈ qəm-moràle.ˈ qapyàle,ˈ maṣəlyàle.ˈ qəm-ṭɛnàle.ˈ xzí šəlmanā̀tˈ dìplaˈ qam-xɛ̀la.ˈ mə́ra mòt ʾə́ṯya xo-bábi?ˈ mə́re ʾámti ʾə́ṯyən masqə̀nnəx.ˈ mə́ra bròniˈ lá-mṣət masqə̀tli.ˈ Yuwánəs ʾaramnàyaˈ ʾə́mma-w ʾəští-ʾalpe ʾáskar mə̀nne.ˈ hóle gu-barrìya.ˈ mə́re masqə̀nnəx ʾámti.ˈ ṱ-ázən ṣálən ṭáləb Yuwánəs ʾaramnàya.ˈ ʾáy módi wìdla?ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw dàməx,ˈ Qaṭína dáməx tmànya yóme,ˈ dmìxle.ˈ ʾáy mo-wìdla?ˈ zílla sɛ́pe díye kúlla qəm-nablále kəs-jàqši,ˈ y-amríwale jàqši, qəm-awə́dle rằbəṭ.ˈ ʾánna t-maxɛ́-răbəṭ,ˈ rắbəṭ, rắbəṭ kúlla maxèleˈ sɛ́pe díye ta-t-la-gàrəš.ˈ qəm-nablále kəs-jàqšiˈ qəm-oḏále sɛ́pe dìye,ˈ ʾaw-lɛ́le ḏìya.ˈ ʾaw-lɛ́le ḏìya,ˈ híwtəlle sɛ́pe dìye.ˈ qímɛle mbàdla.ˈ tmánya yóme dmìxɛleˈ ʾu-prìqɛle,ˈ ṛìšɛle.ˈ qímɛle ṣə̀lya.ˈ ṣə̀lyɛle.ˈ ṣríxɛle xa-qàlaˈ gu-barrìya.ˈ susyáṯa kúlla drèla,ˈ kúlla zdéla zayèy.ˈ bnonéy qəm-mabrɛ̀la.ˈ ʾáskar kúlla mìtlaˈ qam-qàle.ˈ píšle bás Yuwánəs ʾaramnàya.ˈ ʾánna kúlla mìtla.ˈ susyàṯa,ˈ ʾáskar dìye,ˈ kúlla mítla qam-qàle,ˈ ʾímə ṣríxle qála gòṛa.ˈ mə́re Yuwànəs,ˈ mə́re ʾə̀ṯyɛwənˈ ṭáləb gànux.ˈ ʾàtiˈ hàtxət wíḏa,ˈ mə́xyət tàlənˈ bážər dìyən.ˈ ʾu-baxtáṯa mùṯyɛwətˈ ʾu-ʾámti muṯyə́tla-w kùlla.ˈ ʾána ʾə́ṯyɛwən ṭáləb gànux.ˈ wídle šàrṭˈ ta-máxa l-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾáwwa Yuwánəs ʾaramnáya ʾáp-ʾaw ʾítle gùrzaˈ max-d-ó-t Lelìṯa.ˈ gúrza maxèleˈ ʾáy bážər kúlla ṱ-awə́dla mìya,ˈ míya xwáre kóme pálṭi šòpa.ˈ mə́re ʾɛ́ni máxe qamàye.ˈ mə́re ʾáxni be-Tòmaˈ lɛ̀-maxəxˈ qamàye.ˈ ʾáxni be-Tòmaˈ lɛ̀-maxəx qamáyeˈ zàrba.ˈ ʾàti máxət.ˈ mə́re OK šàrṭ-ile.ˈ mṭúpyəlle zárba b-Qaṭìna,ˈ Qaṭína nə̀ḏyɛle.ˈ nə́ḏyɛle xo-bərqíyət šmàyya.ˈ bar-pə́lgə sáʾat ṣlèle.ˈ ʾámər hèˈ la-qəm-oḏə́nnux ʾána bùrnuṭ?ˈ ṣlélux xá-bena xèna?ˈ gúrzə šə́rmux xo-ʾána ṱ-azə́nwa bìya?ˈ ʾáp-ʾana ṱ-ázən mṣàlən,ˈ šamàšɛn.ˈ t-ázən mṣàlena.ˈ Qaṭìna mə́re.ˈ Qaṭína bắye màxe.ˈ kízle kə̀rrr,ˈ kízle kə̀rrr.ˈ ʾo-rằbəṭ-ile.ˈ qəm-maxéle bə-b-qə̀tta.ˈ ʾámər ʾàyyɛla zárbux Qaṭína?ˈ mə́re ʾàyya.ˈ xá-bena xènaˈ Yuwánəs mṭupyále gúrza ʾə́lle díye.ˈ xa-bena xéna nḏéle xrrr rìmleˈ m-qáme dìye.ˈ ṣléle xá-bena xéna mə̀reˈ la-mìtlux Qaṭína?ˈ mə́re là,ˈ lan-mìṯa.ˈ hon-láxxa barqùlux.ˈ mə́re ṭla-Yuwànəsˈ ʾáp-ʾana šamàšɛn.ˈ Qaṭína mə̀reˈ ṱ-ázən xánči mṣàlən,ˈ ṱ-àṯena.ˈ mə́re sìgən.ˈ mə̀reˈ ʾána ṱ-ázən mṣàlən.ˈ ʾáti sùq,ˈ xzi-bàxtuxˈ ʾu-qlub-hàyyo.ˈ ʾaw-síqle xzáya báxte dìyeˈ ʾu-ʾaw-zílle mṣalòye.ˈ mə̀reˈ

ma sɛpa qawrət ganuxˈ
ma sɛpa mkarxət ganuxˈ
rešət marux nobəlluxˈ
npílle lišána b-sɛ̀paˈ mə́re sɛ̀paˈ
ʾo sɛpa, sɛpɛwenaˈ
drelux ʾiḏux ʾəlleˈ
garšətli har ḏa graštaˈ
be-palge sarxi dəmma-wˈ
gu-reše bərqe, bərqeˈ

grìšle,ˈ kúlla hátxa rằbəṭ.ˈ grrr kúlla šmìṭla.ˈ píšle tàma,ˈ spàraˈ tmanyá-yome ṱ-áṯe Yuwánəs ʾaramnàya.ˈ ṯéle Yuwánəs ʾaramnàya.ˈ béna Yuwánəs ʾaramnáya mə́re ṭla-Qaṭìnaˈ tmánya yóme ṱ-àtwən,ˈ xá-bena b-xúbbət báxti bnòniˈ ʾu-b-xúbbət màṯi,ˈ b-nàši,ˈ b-xazə́nna ʾu-ṱ-àṯena.ˈ tmánya yóme tàmɛwa.ˈ qlíba ṣə̀lyɛle.ˈ mə́re díya gárra d-ɛ̀nile?ˈ Yuwánəs ʾaramnáya mə́re gárrux ʾáti màxət.ˈ šqílle sɛ̀peˈ qəm-maxèle.ˈ qəm-awə́dle trè-qəṭṭe.ˈ kízle də-mxíli xa-xèna.ˈ mə́re ʾáxni be-Tòməx,ˈ lá-maxəx zóda l-xà.ˈ ʾən-maxéwa xa-xèna,ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw xónət Lelìṯɛwa,ˈ xaṯə̀mwaˈ qa-ṱ-axə̀lwale.ˈ mə́re də-qùˈ rqúdli xa-rə́qḏət də̀bbe.ˈ qu-rqùḏ.ˈ qímle rqàḏa,ˈ xa-qə́ṭṭa npílle tàmmaˈ xa-tàmma.ˈ ʾu-sìqle.ˈ musqále ʾàmte,ˈ musqále bàžərˈ kúlla musə̀qle.ˈ béna y-ámər Tóma:

b-šɛna, b-šɛna, bər-t-xaṯaˈ kupəšlux ʾəlli kurtəxyaṯaˈ

Translation:

Once Yuwanəs the Armenian came and plundered, (he came) to plunder the family of grandfather Toma. He plundered their sheep, their buffaloes, their camels. He plundered them all. He kidnapped the sister of grandfather Toma and went down (to his land). Qaṭina was young. He (Yuwanəs) kicked the cradle of Qaṭina and span it round seventy times. When it span round seventy times, grandfather Toma made seventy donations until the cradle stopped. He was young. (This was) what people said, the lies of that time. When he grew up, Qaṭina grew up and became a man, they said ‘Your aunt—Yuwanəs the Armenian plundered your sheep, plundered the women, plundered them all, plundered your aunt and took her down (with him as) he went down (to his land)’. He said ‘Where does he live? Where is he?’ ‘He lives in the desert at such-and-such (a distance)’. ‘By my life, how far it is! Then he said to them:

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

Qaṭina got up. His moustache was one metre long. He went down to the desert. A rabbit said ‘I shall become your friend’. He said ‘Poor girl, how will you become my friend?! You go into that bush over there. When he leapt one leap, each leap, from here, was ten miles, he put his leg down ten miles (further on). He arrived in front of the door of his aunt. Yuwanəs was not there. Yuwanəs had gone out into the desert (to conduct) a manoeuvre of his armies, a manoeuvre with forty thousand soldiers on one side, forty thousand soldiers on another side, forty thousand soldiers on another side and forty thousand soldiers on another side. That is Yuwanəs the Armenian had an army of a hundred and sixty thousand soldiers at that time. He (Qaṭina) said ‘Where is Yuwanəs?’ He went up to the roof. All the iron bars of the roof bent. His aunt came out and said ‘Such a force is the force of my father’s family. Such a thing as this, going onto the roof and bending these (bars) is unheard of’. She looked and said ‘Qaṭina!’ She brought him in. She caught him and brought him down. She carried him. ‘Look, the bars have bent due to the force’. She said ‘Why have you come, my dear?’ He said ‘Aunt, I have come to take you up (to your home)’. She said ‘My son, you cannot take me up. Yuwanəs the Armenian has a hundred and sixty thousand soldiers with him. He is in the desert’. He said ‘I shall take you up, aunt. I shall go down to fight Yuwanəs the Armenian’. What did she do? He slept. Qaṭina slept for eight days. He slept. What did she do? She went and took his sword to a craftsman—they call him a _jaqsi_—and he riveted it. (He was one) of those people who did riveting. He riveted all his sword so that he could not draw it. She took it to the craftsman and tampered with his sword, while he did not know. He did not know and she gave his sword back to him. He got up in the morning. He slept for eight days. He finished (sleeping) and woke up. He got up and went down. He went down and let out a shout in the desert. All the mares miscarried and cast out their young. They brought forth their young. All the soldiers died on account of the shout. Only Yuwanəs the Armenian was left. All of them died. The mares, his army, they all died on account of the shout, when he let out a mightly shout. He said ‘Yuwanəs’, he said ‘I have come to fight you. You have done such-and-such, you have plundered our town. You have carried off women, you have carried off my aunt, (as well as) all (the others). I have come to fight you’. He made an agreement that they would strike each other (in a contest). Yuwanəs the Armenian also had a club, like that of Leliṯa. If he struck with his club, he would make all of that town turn to water, white and black water would come out in its place. He said ‘Who should strike first?’ He said ‘We, the family of Toma, do not strike first. We, the family of Toma, do not strike the first blow. _You_ strike’. He said ‘OK, it’s an agreement’. He dealt a blow against Qaṭina. Qaṭina leapt. He leapt under the lightning of the sky. After half an hour he came down. He said ‘Hey, didn’t I make you (like) tobacco snuff? Have you come down again?’ ‘(Why) should I have been finished off by your stupid club?! I must go and pray, I am a deacon. I must go and pray’. Qaṭina said this. Qaṭina then wanted to strike. He tried (to pull out his sword) krrr, he tried, it was riveted. He struck it (the sword) together with the sheath. He (Yuwanəs) said ‘Is that your blow, Qaṭina?’ He said ‘That is it’. Again Yuwanəs struck him with his club. Again, he leapt and jumped up away from him. When he came down again, he (Yuwanəs) said ‘Did you not die, Qaṭina?’ He said ‘No, I have not died. I am here before you’. He said to Yuwanəs ‘I am a deacon’. Qaṭina said ‘I shall pray a little then come back’. He said ‘Go!’ He said ‘I shall go and pray. You go up and see your wife, then come back’. He (Yuwanəs) went to see his wife and he (Qaṭina) went to pray. He said:

Oh sword, you bury yourself
Oh sword, you shroud yourself
You have (almost) taken away the head of your owner
The sword started to talk.
The sword said: I am the same sword,
which you have (always) put your hand on.
Pull me out once.
Its middle is defiled by blood.
At its top there is lightning, lightning.

He drew it, it was all riveted. He smashed all (the rivets). He stayed there, waiting for eight days until Yuwanəs the Armenian came back. Yuwanəs the Armenian came back. Now, Yuwanəs the Armenian had said to Qaṭina ‘I shall stay for eight days to take pleasure in my wife and children, to take pleasure in my village and to see my relatives, then I shall come back’. He was there for eight days. He came back down. He said ‘Now whose turn is it?’ Yuwanəs the Armenian said ‘It is your turn, you strike’. He took his sword and struck him. He cut him into two pieces. He (Yuwanəs) tried (to persuade Qaṭina by saying) ‘Strike me again’. He said ‘We the family of Toma do not strike more than one (blow)’. If he had struck again—he was the brother of Leliṯa—he would heal and eat him’. He said ‘Get up. Dance me a bear dance. Get up and dance’. He got up to dance and one piece fell here and one there. He (Qaṭina) went up and took with him his aunt, took the town, took it all. Then Toma said:

Welcome, welcome, son of (my) sister You have gathered to me stooped backs.