Barwar: A Miraculous Escape from Kurds

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

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0:00	ʾɛ́-gə t-wɛ́wa zàla,ˈ gu-ṭùra zála,ˈ mə́llət díyən qurḏáye bàṯrewa rábe.ˈ xákma qurḏáye tfíqla biyèy.ˈ qəm-xazɛ̀la,ˈ bábi rìqle.ˈ bábi qàša,ˈ qáša Bənyàme,ˈ yə́mmi Xəndzàdaˈ ʾu-ṭḷáṯa xonăwàṯi.ˈ ḏá xáṯa ʾu-tré xonăwáṯa ʾìṯwali.ˈ bábi rìqle.ˈ qurḏáye ríqla báṯre dìye.ˈ yə́mmi xpéla hàtxa,ˈ sab-xonăwáṯi zòre-wɛwa.ˈ ʾu-bábi čállaq ràba wéwa,ˈ rìqle.ˈ ríqle ríqle zìlleˈ hàtxaˈ ṭúra kəndála bàr-təxtile.ˈ mə̀re:ˈ kəmə̀t ṱ-árqenaˈ tópe har-ṭapyàli,ˈ dárɛ tópe bíyi har-qaṭlìli.ˈ mo-ṱ-àwuḏ?ˈ líṯ ču-dúkṯa xáme gawe-dìye.ˈ xzéle xa-ʾisàra,ˈ ʾáxxa ʾisàra,ˈ ʾap-ʾáxxa ʾisàraˈ réša har-gə̀lya,ˈ har-gə̀lya.ˈ mə̀reˈ har-ṱ-órən làxxa.ˈ qṭála har-qaṭlìli.ˈ ṱ-árqən b-o-kəndála hár qaṭlìli.ˈ bēn-ʾisàre,ˈ ṱ-órən làxxa,ˈ kəndála qaṭlìli.ˈ ʾən-ʾáni lá ṭapɛ̀li,ˈ tòpeˈ har-ṭapɛ̀li.ˈ mára wírən tàma.ˈ ʾan-qurḏáye t-wɛ́wa ráqa báṯre díye xàmša wɛ́wa.ˈ xámša Bedwàye wɛ́wa,ˈ yə́mmi ḏítəlla b-šə́klɛ Bedwàye wɛ́wa.ˈ mára ʾáyya bábi mtanèwala.ˈ kúlla šămànwa,ˈ har-hàtxa y-amə́rwa.ˈ ṯéla qurḏàye,ˈ ʾálaha qəm-mxašə́kla ʾɛnèy.ˈ zìnna,ˈ ʾáwwa ʾisàraˈ ʾap-ʾáwwa ʾisàra,ˈ ḏá-ʾaqla rēš-d-àw ʾisáraˈ ḏá rēš-d-àwwaˈ bábi hòleˈ xzàyəlla.ˈ xírre hátxa biyèy,ˈ mə́re díya qaṭlìli.ˈ ʾánna wɛ́wa xyára rə́ḥqa-w màra:ˈ práxa prìxle?ˈ šmáyya sìqle?ˈ lɛ̀ka zílle?ˈ lá qəm-xazìle.ˈ ʾálaha qəm-mxašə́klɛ ʾan-ʾɛnèy.ˈ ʾáwwa hole-mára díya qaṭlìli.ˈ lá qəm-xazɛ̀le,ˈ har-qlìbla.ˈ qlìbla,ˈ zìlla,ˈ yə́mmi hóla tíwta kəs-xonăwàṯi.ˈ ʾáyya xóni máṭo mtanyànna?ˈ hóla tíwta mə́ra m-ɛ̀kɛt?ˈ mə́ra ʾána čálṯət qáša Hɛ̀do.ˈ béna ʾáni yăḏìwala.ˈ ʾáni qurḏáye har-t-ʾaṯṛɛ̀niwa.ˈ ʾáyya máṯa dìyən-iwaˈ ʾáyya t-qurḏàyewa,ˈ ʾáyya t-suràyewa.ˈ qurḏáye ʾu-suráye hátxa maṯwáṯət ʾàṯṛa,ˈ Bàrwar.ˈ béna mə́ra ʾána čálṯət qáša Hɛ̀do.ˈ mə́ra gáwṛəx kʸɛ̀le?ˈ mə́ra lɛ̀ḏən.ˈ mə́ra hole-qṭìla.ˈ lɛ́ḏən kʸɛ̀le.ˈ mə̀ra:ˈ lá ṣàlyət,ˈ maṣlə̀xləx.ˈ maṣlə̀xlax.ˈ mə́ra čálṯət qáša Hɛ̀dot?ˈ mə́ra ḏa-ʾáqla rēš-d-àyya ʾɛ́nənˈ ʾu-ḏá rēš-d-àyya.ˈ ʾu-ʾánna bnónəx ṭɛnə́xla š-d-ánna rušànən.ˈ bắyat ṣàlyatiˈ l-ʾƐ̄́n Nùne,ˈ díya maṣlə́xxəx l-Ɛ̄́n Nùne,ˈ l-máṯət gʸànəx maṣlə́xləx.ˈ ʾáyya muttáwtəlla híwət bàbiˈ ṱ-áwe qṭìla.ˈ mə̀raˈ mó ṱ-óḏən ʾáxxa kályən gu-d-àwwa-ṭura?ˈ xáṯi ʾu-xonăwáṯi ṱ-áwa zòre,ˈ mə́ra ʾánna bnóni ʾáxxa mɛ́ṯi m-kə̀pna.ˈ déwe ʾu-haywáne ṱ-áxxa ṱ-axlìlən.ˈ ʾən-ṣályən tàma,ˈ ʾáp-qurḏaye yăḏìlən.ˈ dwíqla xa-qáwla m-an-qurḏàye.ˈ mə́ra ṱ-amrànnɛxuˈ b-ó-qawla b-ṣályən mənnɛ̀xuˈ t-lá ʾamrítu púš qurḏɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́ra mo-lɛ́ pɛšàti?ˈ mə́ra xá-ṣliwa xlíṣtənne gu-ʾìḏiˈ m-zdùṯi,ˈ hàtxaˈ hár ʾo-ṣlíwa gu-ʾìḏi.ˈ mə́ri là.ˈ mə́ri là,ˈ ʾána rázin qaṭlìtuli.ˈ ʾína,ˈ xá-məndi ṱ-amrànnɛxu.ˈ xṭíṯi b-qḏalɛ̀xuˈ bnóni qam-ʾɛ́ni là qaṭlítula.ˈ báṯər qaṭlìtuli,ˈ xéna ʾap-bnòni qaṭlítula,ˈ b-gòti qaṭlítula.ˈ mə́ra har-bắyət qaṭlə̀xxəx?ˈ har-m-kèfəx?ˈ mə́ra m-kúlla lə́bbi bắyən ʾána qaṭlìtuliˈ ʾu-qurḏɛ́ṯa lɛ̀-pɛšən.ˈ lɛ-pɛ́šət qurḏɛ̀ṯa?ˈ mə́ra là.ˈ mə́ra xámša gùṛe-wɛwa,ˈ xàmša.ˈ mára tré pìšla.ˈ mə́ra də-qəṭlúla-w hàyyo!ˈ yə́mmi muláptəlla ʾanna-xonăwàṯi:ˈ mə́ra bàbi.ˈ ʾàxni,ˈ ʾánna qurḏáye lɛ́ḏi čù-məndiˈ xànpela.ˈ čú-məndi lɛ̀ḏi.ˈ ʾáxni ʾíṯ ʾalàha,ˈ ʾíṯ mšìxa,ˈ ʾíṯ pardɛ̀sa,ˈ ʾíṯ gəhàna.ˈ qaṭlìlən,ˈ har-mɛ̀ṯəx xa-yóma.ˈ har-ṱ-ázəx pardɛ̀sa,ˈ qaṭlílan ʾə́dyo ṱ-ázəx xa-rèša.ˈ har-mɛ́ṯəx xa-yóma ṱ-òya.ˈ lɛ-pɛ́šəx qurḏàye.ˈ mulàptəlley.ˈ ṣlăwáṯa kúlla muláptəlley yăḏìwa.ˈ mulàptəlley yə́mmi.ˈ xóni ʾo-zóra l-xə̀lya wéwa.ˈ ʾína xóni ʾo-gòṛaˈ ʾu-xáṯi kúlla mə́ndi mp̣aṛmɛ̀wa.ˈ muláptəlla yə́mmi ʾu-bábi mṣalɛ̀wa,ˈ yăḏìwa.ˈ bènaˈ ṭḷáṯa zìllaˈ tré pìšla.ˈ mára yə́mmi mə́ri lɛn-zdáʾa ʾap-dəndə̀kṯa.ˈ qaṭlìlən,ˈ ʾáxni mo-ṱ-óḏəx ʾáxni gu-d-áyya-dunye ʾàxxa?ˈ har-nɛ́xəx m-ánna xáye ṱ-ix-gàwa,ˈ xoš-qaṭlìlən.ˈ mára mə́ra har-hon-šmáyəlle qála làn-zdaʾa.ˈ har-wáḏa čŭ̀ruk,ˈ lan-mràʾa,ˈ čú-mdi lɛ̀le-ṯaya bíyi.ˈ čŭ̀ruk,ˈ kut-dána čŭ́ruk ʾu-čù məndí.ˈ kə́ma gàyeˈ gu-xáṣa díya mútte tópe čŭ̀ruk,ˈ lɛ̀la.ˈ mára làn-ṛyaša b-gániˈ čú-mdi lɛ̀le-ṯaya bíyi.ˈ har-wáḏəlla tópe čŭ̀rukˈ šmáyənne qála dìya.ˈ čú-mdi lɛ̀-ʾaṯe.ˈ mára ʾan-t-wɛ́wa zìle,ˈ ʾan-ṭḷáṯa qréla b-an-trè,ˈ mə́ra móditu wáḏa hal-dìya?ˈ hal-díya ….ˈ móditu wàḏa?ˈ mə́ra ʾajəbùṯa!ˈ xzélən ʾajəbùṯa!ˈ mə́ra mòdi?ˈ mə̀ra:ˈ kú pušánga ṱ-íx mattóyəlle gu-d-ay-tòpeˈ čŭ̀ruk-ile pláṭa.ˈ ʾáw hox-šqáləlle zdáyəlle mattóye xa-xèna,ˈ ʾap-áwwa čŭ̀ruk-ile pláṭa.ˈ har-mattóyəxəlle l-xáṣa qaṭlə̀xxaˈ har-pušánga čŭ̀ruk-ile pláṭa.ˈ míḏən kə́ma pušánge qəm-mattìla.ˈ ʾu-ʾánna rḥíqla mənnèy,ˈ zìlla.ˈ ʾan-qurḏáye qréla bìya,ˈ mə̀ra:ˈ ʾálaha lɛ́wa msapóyəlla l-iṯaṯɛ̀xu.ˈ mə́ra bihîleˈ bihîleˈ ew şahide.ˈ ew şahideˈ ʾánna zdíla qurḏàye.ˈ mə́ra ʾalàha!ˈ lá qaṭlìtula!ˈ ʾáyya šapìrtɛla.ˈ ʾálaha lɛ́wa mṣapóyəlla l-iṯaṯɛ̀xu.ˈ mə́ra m-bár ṱ-ila-ṯíṯa mtunɛ́ṯa ṭla-nàše,ˈ náše mə̀ra-lla.ˈ ʾáy lɛ̀ḏa qúrdəṯ.ˈ mára ʾáni zílla béna xóni qəm-doqìle.ˈ lá-mṣən tanyànna-ʾayya.ˈ mára qíme dwíqe xá b-aw-rùšeˈ xá b-aw-rùšeˈ nùbləlle.ˈ ʾáw lá snidíle ʾáqle dìyeˈ qəm-nablìle.ˈ gărə̀kṯa-wawa hátxa.ˈ qəm-zadɛ́le rēš-d-a-gzə́rtət kèpe,ˈ ʾáw lá-zille p-áqle dìye.ˈ lá snidíle ʾaqláṯe dìye.ˈ ʾani-zadɛ́le tàmaˈ ʾáni zìlla.ˈ mára yə́mmi kléli qəm-šămánne qále díye b-bxàya,ˈ har-qímli hédi zílli zìlli.ˈ qəm-xazyànneˈ qəm-šaqlánne gu-qàpli,ˈ ʾáyya dúkṯe díye hátxa klíčta qíṯtət kèpe.ˈ mə́ri bábi la-ṣàdlux.ˈ hóla zíle kàlwe.ˈ xzi-ʾaláha lá qəm-msapélən l-iṯàṯa.ˈ qəm-maṯyánne qəm-daryánne kəs-xonăwàṯi.ˈ madəmxànney.ˈ dmìxley.ˈ xwéle xùya.ˈ plíṭle bábi ṭắya ʾəllèy.ˈ plíṭle ṭằya.ˈ ṭằyɛle,ˈ ṭằyɛle,ˈ tfíqle bìya.ˈ mə́re Xənzàda!ˈ mə́re sàxit?ˈ yə́mmi mə̀ra:ˈ ʾána ʾə̀llux-in zdáʾa,ˈ ʾáti làt qṭíla!ˈ ʾáw qəm-mtanèla ʾáyya.ˈ mə́re ʾálaha qəm-mxašə́kla ʾɛnèy,ˈ ʾána hátxa qam-ʾɛnèy,ˈ ʾána mə́ri díya qaṭlìli.ˈ lá qəm-xazɛ̀li.ˈ ḏa-ʾáqla l-d-ày-gotət képaˈ ḏa-l-àyya,ˈ ʾána xoṯèy.ˈ ʾu-lá qəm-xazɛ̀li.ˈ ʾáni hár hola-xyára rə̀ḥqaˈ ʾu-mára lɛ̀ka zílle?ˈ prìxle?ˈ šmàyya síqle?ˈ lɛ̀ka zílle ʾo-náša?ˈ čú-mdi lìṯ-ʾaxxaˈ ta-t-ṭašèwa.ˈ ʾu-ʾáy-ʾurxa hàtxaˈ bar-tə̀xti wéwa.ˈ mára hátxa xazə̀xwaleˈ ku-dùkṯa ṱ-awéwa.ˈ là-xzela.ˈ béna ʾáni qlíbla zìlla.ˈ xúya xwèleˈ ʾu-ṯèle.ˈ ṯéle tfíqle biyèyˈ béna qəm-šaqə̀lla.ˈ qəm-nabə̀lla,ˈ zìlla.ˈ mṭèlaˈ gu-Wàlto y-amrìwa.ˈ yə́mmi ʾu-xóni,ˈ xonăwáṯi ʾa-xàṯi,ˈ Bàdre,ˈ xáṯi mìtlaˈ gu-qaddìštətˈ qalayàṯa.ˈ rabbanyàṯaˈ kúlla qəm-xɛpìla.ˈ qəm-oḏíla čàdra,ˈ qəm-oḏíla brɛṯàṯa.ˈ ʾu-qáše qəm-oḏíla yáʿni šamšìla.ˈ qəm-oḏíla dùkaˈ ʾax ṱ-óḏəx krəstyàne,ˈ kúlla rèze.ˈ yə́mmi baxyàwa.ˈ y-amríwa xàṯiˈ t-la-bàxyət.ˈ ʾálaha dìyəx-ileˈ čù-naša xéna.ˈ mára ʾə́dyo qam-ṭɛ̀re,ˈ ṭɛ́re xáləlla kălášət gùṛeˈ də́rye qam-šə̀mša,ˈ t-lá mṭamòre,ˈ t-lá mxabòḏe.ˈ ʾàtiˈ ʾáyya bráta xa-réša gu-malkúṯət šmàyya,ˈ gu-pardɛ̀sa,ˈ qam-d-áyya qaddíštət qalayàṯa y-ámrila.ˈ ʾáyya mítla tàma,ˈ gu-Wàlto,ˈ ʾo-záwna t-wéwa l-xə́lya xóni ʾÌša.ˈ xa-béna bábi mə́rya hátxa šaṯàna,ˈ taxránna xàbre:ˈ ya-bábi ʾÌšaˈ w-ɛ̀kɛwət píša?ˈ gu-Wálto qam-qaddìša.ˈ ʾɛ́-gə t-wɛ́wa zàla,ˈ gu-ṭùra zála,ˈ mə́llət díyən qurḏáye bàṯrewa rábe.ˈ xákma qurḏáye tfíqla biyèy.ˈ qəm-xazɛ̀la,ˈ bábi rìqle.ˈ bábi qàša,ˈ qáša Bənyàme,ˈ yə́mmi Xəndzàdaˈ ʾu-ṭḷáṯa xonăwàṯi.ˈ ḏá xáṯa ʾu-tré xonăwáṯa ʾìṯwali.ˈ bábi rìqle.ˈ qurḏáye ríqla báṯre dìye.ˈ yə́mmi xpéla hàtxa,ˈ sab-xonăwáṯi zòre-wɛwa.ˈ ʾu-bábi čállaq ràba wéwa,ˈ rìqle.ˈ ríqle ríqle zìlleˈ hàtxaˈ ṭúra kəndála bàr-təxtile.ˈ mə̀re:ˈ kəmə̀t ṱ-árqenaˈ tópe har-ṭapyàli,ˈ dárɛ tópe bíyi har-qaṭlìli.ˈ mo-ṱ-àwuḏ?ˈ líṯ ču-dúkṯa xáme gawe-dìye.ˈ xzéle xa-ʾisàra,ˈ ʾáxxa ʾisàra,ˈ ʾap-ʾáxxa ʾisàraˈ réša har-gə̀lya,ˈ har-gə̀lya.ˈ mə̀reˈ har-ṱ-órən làxxa.ˈ qṭála har-qaṭlìli.ˈ ṱ-árqən b-o-kəndála hár qaṭlìli.ˈ bēn-ʾisàre,ˈ ṱ-órən làxxa,ˈ kəndála qaṭlìli.ˈ ʾən-ʾáni lá ṭapɛ̀li,ˈ tòpeˈ har-ṭapɛ̀li.ˈ mára wírən tàma.ˈ ʾan-qurḏáye t-wɛ́wa ráqa báṯre díye xàmša wɛ́wa.ˈ xámša Bedwàye wɛ́wa,ˈ yə́mmi ḏítəlla b-šə́klɛ Bedwàye wɛ́wa.ˈ mára ʾáyya bábi mtanèwala.ˈ kúlla šămànwa,ˈ har-hàtxa y-amə́rwa.ˈ ṯéla qurḏàye,ˈ ʾálaha qəm-mxašə́kla ʾɛnèy.ˈ zìnna,ˈ ʾáwwa ʾisàraˈ ʾap-ʾáwwa ʾisàra,ˈ ḏá-ʾaqla rēš-d-àw ʾisáraˈ ḏá rēš-d-àwwaˈ bábi hòleˈ xzàyəlla.ˈ xírre hátxa biyèy,ˈ mə́re díya qaṭlìli.ˈ ʾánna wɛ́wa xyára rə́ḥqa-w màra:ˈ práxa prìxle?ˈ šmáyya sìqle?ˈ lɛ̀ka zílle?ˈ lá qəm-xazìle.ˈ ʾálaha qəm-mxašə́klɛ ʾan-ʾɛnèy.ˈ ʾáwwa hole-mára díya qaṭlìli.ˈ lá qəm-xazɛ̀le,ˈ har-qlìbla.ˈ qlìbla,ˈ zìlla,ˈ yə́mmi hóla tíwta kəs-xonăwàṯi.ˈ ʾáyya xóni máṭo mtanyànna?ˈ hóla tíwta mə́ra m-ɛ̀kɛt?ˈ mə́ra ʾána čálṯət qáša Hɛ̀do.ˈ béna ʾáni yăḏìwala.ˈ ʾáni qurḏáye har-t-ʾaṯṛɛ̀niwa.ˈ ʾáyya máṯa dìyən-iwaˈ ʾáyya t-qurḏàyewa,ˈ ʾáyya t-suràyewa.ˈ qurḏáye ʾu-suráye hátxa maṯwáṯət ʾàṯṛa,ˈ Bàrwar.ˈ béna mə́ra ʾána čálṯət qáša Hɛ̀do.ˈ mə́ra gáwṛəx kʸɛ̀le?ˈ mə́ra lɛ̀ḏən.ˈ mə́ra hole-qṭìla.ˈ lɛ́ḏən kʸɛ̀le.ˈ mə̀ra:ˈ lá ṣàlyət,ˈ maṣlə̀xləx.ˈ maṣlə̀xlax.ˈ mə́ra čálṯət qáša Hɛ̀dot?ˈ mə́ra ḏa-ʾáqla rēš-d-àyya ʾɛ́nənˈ ʾu-ḏá rēš-d-àyya.ˈ ʾu-ʾánna bnónəx ṭɛnə́xla š-d-ánna rušànən.ˈ bắyat ṣàlyatiˈ l-ʾƐ̄́n Nùne,ˈ díya maṣlə́xxəx l-Ɛ̄́n Nùne,ˈ l-máṯət gʸànəx maṣlə́xləx.ˈ ʾáyya muttáwtəlla híwət bàbiˈ ṱ-áwe qṭìla.ˈ mə̀raˈ mó ṱ-óḏən ʾáxxa kályən gu-d-àwwa-ṭura?ˈ xáṯi ʾu-xonăwáṯi ṱ-áwa zòre,ˈ mə́ra ʾánna bnóni ʾáxxa mɛ́ṯi m-kə̀pna.ˈ déwe ʾu-haywáne ṱ-áxxa ṱ-axlìlən.ˈ ʾən-ṣályən tàma,ˈ ʾáp-qurḏaye yăḏìlən.ˈ dwíqla xa-qáwla m-an-qurḏàye.ˈ mə́ra ṱ-amrànnɛxuˈ b-ó-qawla b-ṣályən mənnɛ̀xuˈ t-lá ʾamrítu púš qurḏɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́ra mo-lɛ́ pɛšàti?ˈ mə́ra xá-ṣliwa xlíṣtənne gu-ʾìḏiˈ m-zdùṯi,ˈ hàtxaˈ hár ʾo-ṣlíwa gu-ʾìḏi.ˈ mə́ri là.ˈ mə́ri là,ˈ ʾána rázin qaṭlìtuli.ˈ ʾína,ˈ xá-məndi ṱ-amrànnɛxu.ˈ xṭíṯi b-qḏalɛ̀xuˈ bnóni qam-ʾɛ́ni là qaṭlítula.ˈ báṯər qaṭlìtuli,ˈ xéna ʾap-bnòni qaṭlítula,ˈ b-gòti qaṭlítula.ˈ mə́ra har-bắyət qaṭlə̀xxəx?ˈ har-m-kèfəx?ˈ mə́ra m-kúlla lə́bbi bắyən ʾána qaṭlìtuliˈ ʾu-qurḏɛ́ṯa lɛ̀-pɛšən.ˈ lɛ-pɛ́šət qurḏɛ̀ṯa?ˈ mə́ra là.ˈ mə́ra xámša gùṛe-wɛwa,ˈ xàmša.ˈ mára tré pìšla.ˈ mə́ra də-qəṭlúla-w hàyyo!ˈ yə́mmi muláptəlla ʾanna-xonăwàṯi:ˈ mə́ra bàbi.ˈ ʾàxni,ˈ ʾánna qurḏáye lɛ́ḏi čù-məndiˈ xànpela.ˈ čú-məndi lɛ̀ḏi.ˈ ʾáxni ʾíṯ ʾalàha,ˈ ʾíṯ mšìxa,ˈ ʾíṯ pardɛ̀sa,ˈ ʾíṯ gəhàna.ˈ qaṭlìlən,ˈ har-mɛ̀ṯəx xa-yóma.ˈ har-ṱ-ázəx pardɛ̀sa,ˈ qaṭlílan ʾə́dyo ṱ-ázəx xa-rèša.ˈ har-mɛ́ṯəx xa-yóma ṱ-òya.ˈ lɛ-pɛ́šəx qurḏàye.ˈ mulàptəlley.ˈ ṣlăwáṯa kúlla muláptəlley yăḏìwa.ˈ mulàptəlley yə́mmi.ˈ xóni ʾo-zóra l-xə̀lya wéwa.ˈ ʾína xóni ʾo-gòṛaˈ ʾu-xáṯi kúlla mə́ndi mp̣aṛmɛ̀wa.ˈ muláptəlla yə́mmi ʾu-bábi mṣalɛ̀wa,ˈ yăḏìwa.ˈ bènaˈ ṭḷáṯa zìllaˈ tré pìšla.ˈ mára yə́mmi mə́ri lɛn-zdáʾa ʾap-dəndə̀kṯa.ˈ qaṭlìlən,ˈ ʾáxni mo-ṱ-óḏəx ʾáxni gu-d-áyya-dunye ʾàxxa?ˈ har-nɛ́xəx m-ánna xáye ṱ-ix-gàwa,ˈ xoš-qaṭlìlən.ˈ mára mə́ra har-hon-šmáyəlle qála làn-zdaʾa.ˈ har-wáḏa čŭ̀ruk,ˈ lan-mràʾa,ˈ čú-mdi lɛ̀le-ṯaya bíyi.ˈ čŭ̀ruk,ˈ kut-dána čŭ́ruk ʾu-čù məndí.ˈ kə́ma gàyeˈ gu-xáṣa díya mútte tópe čŭ̀ruk,ˈ lɛ̀la.ˈ mára làn-ṛyaša b-gániˈ čú-mdi lɛ̀le-ṯaya bíyi.ˈ har-wáḏəlla tópe čŭ̀rukˈ šmáyənne qála dìya.ˈ čú-mdi lɛ̀-ʾaṯe.ˈ mára ʾan-t-wɛ́wa zìle,ˈ ʾan-ṭḷáṯa qréla b-an-trè,ˈ mə́ra móditu wáḏa hal-dìya?ˈ hal-díya ….ˈ móditu wàḏa?ˈ mə́ra ʾajəbùṯa!ˈ xzélən ʾajəbùṯa!ˈ mə́ra mòdi?ˈ mə̀ra:ˈ kú pušánga ṱ-íx mattóyəlle gu-d-ay-tòpeˈ čŭ̀ruk-ile pláṭa.ˈ ʾáw hox-šqáləlle zdáyəlle mattóye xa-xèna,ˈ ʾap-áwwa čŭ̀ruk-ile pláṭa.ˈ har-mattóyəxəlle l-xáṣa qaṭlə̀xxaˈ har-pušánga čŭ̀ruk-ile pláṭa.ˈ míḏən kə́ma pušánge qəm-mattìla.ˈ ʾu-ʾánna rḥíqla mənnèy,ˈ zìlla.ˈ ʾan-qurḏáye qréla bìya,ˈ mə̀ra:ˈ ʾálaha lɛ́wa msapóyəlla l-iṯaṯɛ̀xu.ˈ mə́ra bihîleˈ bihîleˈ ew şahide.ˈ ew şahideˈ ʾánna zdíla qurḏàye.ˈ mə́ra ʾalàha!ˈ lá qaṭlìtula!ˈ ʾáyya šapìrtɛla.ˈ ʾálaha lɛ́wa mṣapóyəlla l-iṯaṯɛ̀xu.ˈ mə́ra m-bár ṱ-ila-ṯíṯa mtunɛ́ṯa ṭla-nàše,ˈ náše mə̀ra-lla.ˈ ʾáy lɛ̀ḏa qúrdəṯ.ˈ mára ʾáni zílla béna xóni qəm-doqìle.ˈ lá-mṣən tanyànna-ʾayya.ˈ mára qíme dwíqe xá b-aw-rùšeˈ xá b-aw-rùšeˈ nùbləlle.ˈ ʾáw lá snidíle ʾáqle dìyeˈ qəm-nablìle.ˈ gărə̀kṯa-wawa hátxa.ˈ qəm-zadɛ́le rēš-d-a-gzə́rtət kèpe,ˈ ʾáw lá-zille p-áqle dìye.ˈ lá snidíle ʾaqláṯe dìye.ˈ ʾani-zadɛ́le tàmaˈ ʾáni zìlla.ˈ mára yə́mmi kléli qəm-šămánne qále díye b-bxàya,ˈ har-qímli hédi zílli zìlli.ˈ qəm-xazyànneˈ qəm-šaqlánne gu-qàpli,ˈ ʾáyya dúkṯe díye hátxa klíčta qíṯtət kèpe.ˈ mə́ri bábi la-ṣàdlux.ˈ hóla zíle kàlwe.ˈ xzi-ʾaláha lá qəm-msapélən l-iṯàṯa.ˈ qəm-maṯyánne qəm-daryánne kəs-xonăwàṯi.ˈ madəmxànney.ˈ dmìxley.ˈ xwéle xùya.ˈ plíṭle bábi ṭắya ʾəllèy.ˈ plíṭle ṭằya.ˈ ṭằyɛle,ˈ ṭằyɛle,ˈ tfíqle bìya.ˈ mə́re Xənzàda!ˈ mə́re sàxit?ˈ yə́mmi mə̀ra:ˈ ʾána ʾə̀llux-in zdáʾa,ˈ ʾáti làt qṭíla!ˈ ʾáw qəm-mtanèla ʾáyya.ˈ mə́re ʾálaha qəm-mxašə́kla ʾɛnèy,ˈ ʾána hátxa qam-ʾɛnèy,ˈ ʾána mə́ri díya qaṭlìli.ˈ lá qəm-xazɛ̀li.ˈ ḏa-ʾáqla l-d-ày-gotət képaˈ ḏa-l-àyya,ˈ ʾána xoṯèy.ˈ ʾu-lá qəm-xazɛ̀li.ˈ ʾáni hár hola-xyára rə̀ḥqaˈ ʾu-mára lɛ̀ka zílle?ˈ prìxle?ˈ šmàyya síqle?ˈ lɛ̀ka zílle ʾo-náša?ˈ čú-mdi lìṯ-ʾaxxaˈ ta-t-ṭašèwa.ˈ ʾu-ʾáy-ʾurxa hàtxaˈ bar-tə̀xti wéwa.ˈ mára hátxa xazə̀xwaleˈ ku-dùkṯa ṱ-awéwa.ˈ là-xzela.ˈ béna ʾáni qlíbla zìlla.ˈ xúya xwèleˈ ʾu-ṯèle.ˈ ṯéle tfíqle biyèyˈ béna qəm-šaqə̀lla.ˈ qəm-nabə̀lla,ˈ zìlla.ˈ mṭèlaˈ gu-Wàlto y-amrìwa.ˈ yə́mmi ʾu-xóni,ˈ xonăwáṯi ʾa-xàṯi,ˈ Bàdre,ˈ xáṯi mìtlaˈ gu-qaddìštətˈ qalayàṯa.ˈ rabbanyàṯaˈ kúlla qəm-xɛpìla.ˈ qəm-oḏíla čàdra,ˈ qəm-oḏíla brɛṯàṯa.ˈ ʾu-qáše qəm-oḏíla yáʿni šamšìla.ˈ qəm-oḏíla dùkaˈ ʾax ṱ-óḏəx krəstyàne,ˈ kúlla rèze.ˈ yə́mmi baxyàwa.ˈ y-amríwa xàṯiˈ t-la-bàxyət.ˈ ʾálaha dìyəx-ileˈ čù-naša xéna.ˈ mára ʾə́dyo qam-ṭɛ̀re,ˈ ṭɛ́re xáləlla kălášət gùṛeˈ də́rye qam-šə̀mša,ˈ t-lá mṭamòre,ˈ t-lá mxabòḏe.ˈ ʾàtiˈ ʾáyya bráta xa-réša gu-malkúṯət šmàyya,ˈ gu-pardɛ̀sa,ˈ qam-d-áyya qaddíštət qalayàṯa y-ámrila.ˈ ʾáyya mítla tàma,ˈ gu-Wàlto,ˈ ʾo-záwna t-wéwa l-xə́lya xóni ʾÌša.ˈ xa-béna bábi mə́rya hátxa šaṯàna,ˈ taxránna xàbre:ˈ ya-bábi ʾÌšaˈ w-ɛ̀kɛwət píša?ˈ gu-Wálto qam-qaddìša.ˈ	When our people were travelling in the mountains, there were many Kurds (pursuing) after them. Some Kurds encountered them. When they saw them, my father fled. (Our group consisted of ) my father the priest, the priest Bənyame, my mother Xənzada and my three siblings. I had a sister and two brothers. My father fled. The Kurds ran after him. My mother crouched down (over the children), since my siblings were small. My father was very athletic and ran off. He ran and ran and came to a mountain slope that (extended) downwards. He said ‘However much I run, a gun will still reach me, they will shoot a gun at me and kill me. What shall I do?’ There was no place to shelter. He saw a rock, there was a rock here and a rock here, the top was completely exposed. He said ‘I shall go in here. They will kill me. If I run down the slope, they will kill me. I shall go in here between the rocks. On the slope they would kill me. If they do not catch me, the shots will reach me’. He said: I entered there. The Kurds who were running after him were five (in number). They were five men from (the village of ) Bedu. My mother knew that they were from Bedu by their appearance. My father used to tell this story and I heard everything. He would tell it in this way. The Kurds came and God blinded their eyes. They stood, on this rock and and on this rock, one leg on that rock and one on that rock. My father saw them. He looked at them and said ‘They will kill me now’. They were looking into the distance and said ‘Has he flown away? Has he gone up into the sky? Where has he gone?’ They did not see him. God blinded their eyes. He said ‘They will kill me know’. They did not see him and went back. They went back. My mother was sitting with my siblings. How can I tell this brother? She was sitting and they said ‘Where are you from?’ She said ‘I am the daughter-in-law of the priest Hɛdo’. They knew her. Those Kurds were from our land. This was our village and this was the village of the Kurds (next to it). This one (of ours) was (a village) of Christians. The Kurds and Christians (lived next to each other)—the villages of the Barwar land were like that. Now, she said ‘I am the daughter-in-law of the priest Hɛdo’. They said ‘Where is your husband?’ She said ‘I don’t know’. She said ‘He has been killed. I don’t know where he is’. They said ‘If you don’t come down, we shall take you down. We shall take you down’. They said ‘Are you the daughter-in-law of the priest Hɛdo?’ They said ‘(If so), we shall treat you with respect and we shall carry your children on our shoulders. If you want to go down to ʾƐn-Nune, we shall take you down now to ʾƐn-Nune. We shall take you down to your village’. She had abandoned hope regarding my father, (thinking) that he would have been killed. She said ‘What shall I do here staying on this mountain?’ My sister and my brothers were small. She said ‘These children of mine are dying here of hunger. The wolves and the animals here will eat us. If I go down there, the Kurds know us’. She extracted a promise from the Kurds saying ‘I tell you that I shall go down with you on this condition that you do not say “Become a Kurd”’. They said ‘Why won’t you become one?’. She said: I gripped a cross in my hand out of fear. The cross was in my hand like this. I said ‘No’. I said ‘No. I am content for you to kill me. But, I say to you one thing. I implore you, do not kill my children before my eyes. After you kill me, then kill also my children, kill them by my side’. They said ‘You want us to kill you? Is that really your wish?’ She said ‘With all my heart I want you to kill me, for I shall not become a Kurd’. ‘Won’t you become a Kurd?’ She said ‘No’. She said: They were five men, five. Now, two remained behind. They said ‘Kill her and come (back to us)’. My mother taught my siblings. She said ‘My dear, those Kurds know nothing, they are heathens. They know nothing. As for us, there is God, there is Christ, there is Paradise, there is Hell. If they kill us, we would die one day (anyhow). We shall go to Paradise, if they kill us today we shall go there directly. It will be (our fate) to die one day anyhow. We shall not become Kurds’. She taught them (thus). She taught them all the prayers and they knew them. My mother taught them. My younger brother was on milk. But my elder brother and my sister understood everything. My mother and father taught them to pray and they knew. So, three went away and two remained. My mother said: I said ‘I am not afraid even a little. If they kill us (so be it). What shall we do here in this world? We shall be relieved of this life that we are in, let them kill us’. She said ‘I hear the sound (of the gun) but I am not afraid. It just makes a bang, but I am not hurt, nothing happens to me. Bang, every time a bang but nothing’. Several times the guns were pointed at her back, bang, but (nothing) happened. She said ‘I do not feel anything on me. Nothing is happening to me. The gun is just making a bang and I hear its sound, but nothing happens’. So, those who had gone, those three called the two (who had remained) and said ‘What have you been doing until now? What have you been doing until now?’ They said ‘It is a miracle! We have seen a miracle!’ They said ‘What?’ They said ‘Every bullet that we put in this gun comes out (as a blank) with a bang. We take it out and throw it away, then put in another one, but also that one comes out (as a blank) with a bang. We point it at her back to kill her, but the bullet comes out (as a blank) with a bang’. I don’t know how many bullets they fired at them. They (the three Kurds) went away from them. Those Kurds shouted at them saying ‘God was not surren-dering her into your hands’. They said ‘Leave her, leave her. She is a martyr. She is a martyr’. The Kurds were afraid. They said ‘By God, do not kill her! She is a good woman. God was not surrendering her into your hands’. After she had come and told the people, they told her (what it meant). She did not know Kurdish. They went off, but they captured my brother. I cannot tell that. They held him, one this shoulder and one the other, and took him away. His legs did not support him. They took him away. It was a mound, like this. They threw him on that heap of stones. He could not walk on his legs. His legs did not support him. They threw him there and went away. My mother said: I stood and heard the sound of his weeping. I got up and slowly went (looking for him). I found him and took him in my arms. This place on him was scratched, wounded by the stones. I said ‘My dear, do not fear. The dogs have gone. God has not delivered us into their hands’. I brought him back and placed him among my siblings. I put them to sleep and they slept. It became dark. My father went out looking for them. He went out looking for them. He looked and looked and found them. He said ‘Xənzada!’ He said ‘Are you well?’ My mother said ‘I was afraid for you. You are not killed!’ He told her the story. He said ‘God blinded their eyes. I was before their eyes and said “They will kill me now”, but they did not see me. One leg was on this side of the rock and one on the other, while I was under them, but they did not see me. They were only looking into the dis-tance saying “Where has he gone? Has he flown away? Has he gone up into the sky? Where has that man gone? There is nothing here for him to hide in”. The road was like this, sloping downwards. They said “We would see him wherever he could be”’ They did not see him. They turned back. It got dark and he (the father) came. He came and found them. He picked them up and took them away, and they went on their way. They arrived (at a place) called Walto. My mother and my brother, my siblings—my sister, Badre, died in (the convent) of the Saint of the Cells. The nuns all washed her, made her a tent, made her gloves. The priests served her (the last rites). They made her a place (of burial), as we Christians do, all in rows. My mother was weeping. They would say ‘Sister, do not weep. God is yours, not anybody else’s. Today birds eat the corpses of men, they are (left) for the birds, placed in the sun, without burial or funeral. But you—this girl (of yours) has gone directly to the Kingdom of Heaven, to Paradise, to this Saint of the Cells, as she is called’. She died there in Walto, at the time when my brother Iša was on milk. Once my father was ill with a fever (and was singing), I remember his words: ‘Oh my dear Iša, where were you born? In Walto in the presence of the Saint’.

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ʾɛ́-gə t-wɛ́wa zàla,ˈ gu-ṭùra zála,ˈ mə́llət díyən qurḏáye bàṯrewa rábe.ˈ xákma qurḏáye tfíqla biyèy.ˈ qəm-xazɛ̀la,ˈ bábi rìqle.ˈ bábi qàša,ˈ qáša Bənyàme,ˈ yə́mmi Xəndzàdaˈ ʾu-ṭḷáṯa xonăwàṯi.ˈ ḏá xáṯa ʾu-tré xonăwáṯa ʾìṯwali.ˈ bábi rìqle.ˈ qurḏáye ríqla báṯre dìye.ˈ yə́mmi xpéla hàtxa,ˈ sab-xonăwáṯi zòre-wɛwa.ˈ ʾu-bábi čállaq ràba wéwa,ˈ rìqle.ˈ ríqle ríqle zìlleˈ hàtxaˈ ṭúra kəndála bàr-təxtile.ˈ mə̀re:ˈ kəmə̀t ṱ-árqenaˈ tópe har-ṭapyàli,ˈ dárɛ tópe bíyi har-qaṭlìli.ˈ mo-ṱ-àwuḏ?ˈ líṯ ču-dúkṯa xáme gawe-dìye.ˈ xzéle xa-ʾisàra,ˈ ʾáxxa ʾisàra,ˈ ʾap-ʾáxxa ʾisàraˈ réša har-gə̀lya,ˈ har-gə̀lya.ˈ mə̀reˈ har-ṱ-órən làxxa.ˈ qṭála har-qaṭlìli.ˈ ṱ-árqən b-o-kəndála hár qaṭlìli.ˈ bēn-ʾisàre,ˈ ṱ-órən làxxa,ˈ kəndála qaṭlìli.ˈ ʾən-ʾáni lá ṭapɛ̀li,ˈ tòpeˈ har-ṭapɛ̀li.ˈ mára wírən tàma.ˈ ʾan-qurḏáye t-wɛ́wa ráqa báṯre díye xàmša wɛ́wa.ˈ xámša Bedwàye wɛ́wa,ˈ yə́mmi ḏítəlla b-šə́klɛ Bedwàye wɛ́wa.ˈ mára ʾáyya bábi mtanèwala.ˈ kúlla šămànwa,ˈ har-hàtxa y-amə́rwa.ˈ ṯéla qurḏàye,ˈ ʾálaha qəm-mxašə́kla ʾɛnèy.ˈ zìnna,ˈ ʾáwwa ʾisàraˈ ʾap-ʾáwwa ʾisàra,ˈ ḏá-ʾaqla rēš-d-àw ʾisáraˈ ḏá rēš-d-àwwaˈ bábi hòleˈ xzàyəlla.ˈ xírre hátxa biyèy,ˈ mə́re díya qaṭlìli.ˈ ʾánna wɛ́wa xyára rə́ḥqa-w màra:ˈ práxa prìxle?ˈ šmáyya sìqle?ˈ lɛ̀ka zílle?ˈ lá qəm-xazìle.ˈ ʾálaha qəm-mxašə́klɛ ʾan-ʾɛnèy.ˈ ʾáwwa hole-mára díya qaṭlìli.ˈ lá qəm-xazɛ̀le,ˈ har-qlìbla.ˈ qlìbla,ˈ zìlla,ˈ yə́mmi hóla tíwta kəs-xonăwàṯi.ˈ ʾáyya xóni máṭo mtanyànna?ˈ hóla tíwta mə́ra m-ɛ̀kɛt?ˈ mə́ra ʾána čálṯət qáša Hɛ̀do.ˈ béna ʾáni yăḏìwala.ˈ ʾáni qurḏáye har-t-ʾaṯṛɛ̀niwa.ˈ ʾáyya máṯa dìyən-iwaˈ ʾáyya t-qurḏàyewa,ˈ ʾáyya t-suràyewa.ˈ qurḏáye ʾu-suráye hátxa maṯwáṯət ʾàṯṛa,ˈ Bàrwar.ˈ béna mə́ra ʾána čálṯət qáša Hɛ̀do.ˈ mə́ra gáwṛəx kʸɛ̀le?ˈ mə́ra lɛ̀ḏən.ˈ mə́ra hole-qṭìla.ˈ lɛ́ḏən kʸɛ̀le.ˈ mə̀ra:ˈ lá ṣàlyət,ˈ maṣlə̀xləx.ˈ maṣlə̀xlax.ˈ mə́ra čálṯət qáša Hɛ̀dot?ˈ mə́ra ḏa-ʾáqla rēš-d-àyya ʾɛ́nənˈ ʾu-ḏá rēš-d-àyya.ˈ ʾu-ʾánna bnónəx ṭɛnə́xla š-d-ánna rušànən.ˈ bắyat ṣàlyatiˈ l-ʾƐ̄́n Nùne,ˈ díya maṣlə́xxəx l-Ɛ̄́n Nùne,ˈ l-máṯət gʸànəx maṣlə́xləx.ˈ ʾáyya muttáwtəlla híwət bàbiˈ ṱ-áwe qṭìla.ˈ mə̀raˈ mó ṱ-óḏən ʾáxxa kályən gu-d-àwwa-ṭura?ˈ xáṯi ʾu-xonăwáṯi ṱ-áwa zòre,ˈ mə́ra ʾánna bnóni ʾáxxa mɛ́ṯi m-kə̀pna.ˈ déwe ʾu-haywáne ṱ-áxxa ṱ-axlìlən.ˈ ʾən-ṣályən tàma,ˈ ʾáp-qurḏaye yăḏìlən.ˈ dwíqla xa-qáwla m-an-qurḏàye.ˈ mə́ra ṱ-amrànnɛxuˈ b-ó-qawla b-ṣályən mənnɛ̀xuˈ t-lá ʾamrítu púš qurḏɛ̀ṯa.ˈ mə́ra mo-lɛ́ pɛšàti?ˈ mə́ra xá-ṣliwa xlíṣtənne gu-ʾìḏiˈ m-zdùṯi,ˈ hàtxaˈ hár ʾo-ṣlíwa gu-ʾìḏi.ˈ mə́ri là.ˈ mə́ri là,ˈ ʾána rázin qaṭlìtuli.ˈ ʾína,ˈ xá-məndi ṱ-amrànnɛxu.ˈ xṭíṯi b-qḏalɛ̀xuˈ bnóni qam-ʾɛ́ni là qaṭlítula.ˈ báṯər qaṭlìtuli,ˈ xéna ʾap-bnòni qaṭlítula,ˈ b-gòti qaṭlítula.ˈ mə́ra har-bắyət qaṭlə̀xxəx?ˈ har-m-kèfəx?ˈ mə́ra m-kúlla lə́bbi bắyən ʾána qaṭlìtuliˈ ʾu-qurḏɛ́ṯa lɛ̀-pɛšən.ˈ lɛ-pɛ́šət qurḏɛ̀ṯa?ˈ mə́ra là.ˈ mə́ra xámša gùṛe-wɛwa,ˈ xàmša.ˈ mára tré pìšla.ˈ mə́ra də-qəṭlúla-w hàyyo!ˈ yə́mmi muláptəlla ʾanna-xonăwàṯi:ˈ mə́ra bàbi.ˈ ʾàxni,ˈ ʾánna qurḏáye lɛ́ḏi čù-məndiˈ xànpela.ˈ čú-məndi lɛ̀ḏi.ˈ ʾáxni ʾíṯ ʾalàha,ˈ ʾíṯ mšìxa,ˈ ʾíṯ pardɛ̀sa,ˈ ʾíṯ gəhàna.ˈ qaṭlìlən,ˈ har-mɛ̀ṯəx xa-yóma.ˈ har-ṱ-ázəx pardɛ̀sa,ˈ qaṭlílan ʾə́dyo ṱ-ázəx xa-rèša.ˈ har-mɛ́ṯəx xa-yóma ṱ-òya.ˈ lɛ-pɛ́šəx qurḏàye.ˈ mulàptəlley.ˈ ṣlăwáṯa kúlla muláptəlley yăḏìwa.ˈ mulàptəlley yə́mmi.ˈ xóni ʾo-zóra l-xə̀lya wéwa.ˈ ʾína xóni ʾo-gòṛaˈ ʾu-xáṯi kúlla mə́ndi mp̣aṛmɛ̀wa.ˈ muláptəlla yə́mmi ʾu-bábi mṣalɛ̀wa,ˈ yăḏìwa.ˈ bènaˈ ṭḷáṯa zìllaˈ tré pìšla.ˈ mára yə́mmi mə́ri lɛn-zdáʾa ʾap-dəndə̀kṯa.ˈ qaṭlìlən,ˈ ʾáxni mo-ṱ-óḏəx ʾáxni gu-d-áyya-dunye ʾàxxa?ˈ har-nɛ́xəx m-ánna xáye ṱ-ix-gàwa,ˈ xoš-qaṭlìlən.ˈ mára mə́ra har-hon-šmáyəlle qála làn-zdaʾa.ˈ har-wáḏa čŭ̀ruk,ˈ lan-mràʾa,ˈ čú-mdi lɛ̀le-ṯaya bíyi.ˈ čŭ̀ruk,ˈ kut-dána čŭ́ruk ʾu-čù məndí.ˈ kə́ma gàyeˈ gu-xáṣa díya mútte tópe čŭ̀ruk,ˈ lɛ̀la.ˈ mára làn-ṛyaša b-gániˈ čú-mdi lɛ̀le-ṯaya bíyi.ˈ har-wáḏəlla tópe čŭ̀rukˈ šmáyənne qála dìya.ˈ čú-mdi lɛ̀-ʾaṯe.ˈ mára ʾan-t-wɛ́wa zìle,ˈ ʾan-ṭḷáṯa qréla b-an-trè,ˈ mə́ra móditu wáḏa hal-dìya?ˈ hal-díya ….ˈ móditu wàḏa?ˈ mə́ra ʾajəbùṯa!ˈ xzélən ʾajəbùṯa!ˈ mə́ra mòdi?ˈ mə̀ra:ˈ kú pušánga ṱ-íx mattóyəlle gu-d-ay-tòpeˈ čŭ̀ruk-ile pláṭa.ˈ ʾáw hox-šqáləlle zdáyəlle mattóye xa-xèna,ˈ ʾap-áwwa čŭ̀ruk-ile pláṭa.ˈ har-mattóyəxəlle l-xáṣa qaṭlə̀xxaˈ har-pušánga čŭ̀ruk-ile pláṭa.ˈ míḏən kə́ma pušánge qəm-mattìla.ˈ ʾu-ʾánna rḥíqla mənnèy,ˈ zìlla.ˈ ʾan-qurḏáye qréla bìya,ˈ mə̀ra:ˈ ʾálaha lɛ́wa msapóyəlla l-iṯaṯɛ̀xu.ˈ mə́ra bihîleˈ bihîleˈ ew şahide.ˈ ew şahideˈ ʾánna zdíla qurḏàye.ˈ mə́ra ʾalàha!ˈ lá qaṭlìtula!ˈ ʾáyya šapìrtɛla.ˈ ʾálaha lɛ́wa mṣapóyəlla l-iṯaṯɛ̀xu.ˈ mə́ra m-bár ṱ-ila-ṯíṯa mtunɛ́ṯa ṭla-nàše,ˈ náše mə̀ra-lla.ˈ ʾáy lɛ̀ḏa qúrdəṯ.ˈ mára ʾáni zílla béna xóni qəm-doqìle.ˈ lá-mṣən tanyànna-ʾayya.ˈ mára qíme dwíqe xá b-aw-rùšeˈ xá b-aw-rùšeˈ nùbləlle.ˈ ʾáw lá snidíle ʾáqle dìyeˈ qəm-nablìle.ˈ gărə̀kṯa-wawa hátxa.ˈ qəm-zadɛ́le rēš-d-a-gzə́rtət kèpe,ˈ ʾáw lá-zille p-áqle dìye.ˈ lá snidíle ʾaqláṯe dìye.ˈ ʾani-zadɛ́le tàmaˈ ʾáni zìlla.ˈ mára yə́mmi kléli qəm-šămánne qále díye b-bxàya,ˈ har-qímli hédi zílli zìlli.ˈ qəm-xazyànneˈ qəm-šaqlánne gu-qàpli,ˈ ʾáyya dúkṯe díye hátxa klíčta qíṯtət kèpe.ˈ mə́ri bábi la-ṣàdlux.ˈ hóla zíle kàlwe.ˈ xzi-ʾaláha lá qəm-msapélən l-iṯàṯa.ˈ qəm-maṯyánne qəm-daryánne kəs-xonăwàṯi.ˈ madəmxànney.ˈ dmìxley.ˈ xwéle xùya.ˈ plíṭle bábi ṭắya ʾəllèy.ˈ plíṭle ṭằya.ˈ ṭằyɛle,ˈ ṭằyɛle,ˈ tfíqle bìya.ˈ mə́re Xənzàda!ˈ mə́re sàxit?ˈ yə́mmi mə̀ra:ˈ ʾána ʾə̀llux-in zdáʾa,ˈ ʾáti làt qṭíla!ˈ ʾáw qəm-mtanèla ʾáyya.ˈ mə́re ʾálaha qəm-mxašə́kla ʾɛnèy,ˈ ʾána hátxa qam-ʾɛnèy,ˈ ʾána mə́ri díya qaṭlìli.ˈ lá qəm-xazɛ̀li.ˈ ḏa-ʾáqla l-d-ày-gotət képaˈ ḏa-l-àyya,ˈ ʾána xoṯèy.ˈ ʾu-lá qəm-xazɛ̀li.ˈ ʾáni hár hola-xyára rə̀ḥqaˈ ʾu-mára lɛ̀ka zílle?ˈ prìxle?ˈ šmàyya síqle?ˈ lɛ̀ka zílle ʾo-náša?ˈ čú-mdi lìṯ-ʾaxxaˈ ta-t-ṭašèwa.ˈ ʾu-ʾáy-ʾurxa hàtxaˈ bar-tə̀xti wéwa.ˈ mára hátxa xazə̀xwaleˈ ku-dùkṯa ṱ-awéwa.ˈ là-xzela.ˈ béna ʾáni qlíbla zìlla.ˈ xúya xwèleˈ ʾu-ṯèle.ˈ ṯéle tfíqle biyèyˈ béna qəm-šaqə̀lla.ˈ qəm-nabə̀lla,ˈ zìlla.ˈ mṭèlaˈ gu-Wàlto y-amrìwa.ˈ yə́mmi ʾu-xóni,ˈ xonăwáṯi ʾa-xàṯi,ˈ Bàdre,ˈ xáṯi mìtlaˈ gu-qaddìštətˈ qalayàṯa.ˈ rabbanyàṯaˈ kúlla qəm-xɛpìla.ˈ qəm-oḏíla čàdra,ˈ qəm-oḏíla brɛṯàṯa.ˈ ʾu-qáše qəm-oḏíla yáʿni šamšìla.ˈ qəm-oḏíla dùkaˈ ʾax ṱ-óḏəx krəstyàne,ˈ kúlla rèze.ˈ yə́mmi baxyàwa.ˈ y-amríwa xàṯiˈ t-la-bàxyət.ˈ ʾálaha dìyəx-ileˈ čù-naša xéna.ˈ mára ʾə́dyo qam-ṭɛ̀re,ˈ ṭɛ́re xáləlla kălášət gùṛeˈ də́rye qam-šə̀mša,ˈ t-lá mṭamòre,ˈ t-lá mxabòḏe.ˈ ʾàtiˈ ʾáyya bráta xa-réša gu-malkúṯət šmàyya,ˈ gu-pardɛ̀sa,ˈ qam-d-áyya qaddíštət qalayàṯa y-ámrila.ˈ ʾáyya mítla tàma,ˈ gu-Wàlto,ˈ ʾo-záwna t-wéwa l-xə́lya xóni ʾÌša.ˈ xa-béna bábi mə́rya hátxa šaṯàna,ˈ taxránna xàbre:ˈ ya-bábi ʾÌšaˈ w-ɛ̀kɛwət píša?ˈ gu-Wálto qam-qaddìša.ˈ

Translation:

When our people were travelling in the mountains, there were many Kurds (pursuing) after them. Some Kurds encountered them. When they saw them, my father fled. (Our group consisted of ) my father the priest, the priest Bənyame, my mother Xənzada and my three siblings. I had a sister and two brothers. My father fled. The Kurds ran after him. My mother crouched down (over the children), since my siblings were small. My father was very athletic and ran off. He ran and ran and came to a mountain slope that (extended) downwards. He said ‘However much I run, a gun will still reach me, they will shoot a gun at me and kill me. What shall I do?’ There was no place to shelter. He saw a rock, there was a rock here and a rock here, the top was completely exposed. He said ‘I shall go in here. They will kill me. If I run down the slope, they will kill me. I shall go in here between the rocks. On the slope they would kill me. If they do not catch me, the shots will reach me’. He said: I entered there. The Kurds who were running after him were five (in number). They were five men from (the village of ) Bedu. My mother knew that they were from Bedu by their appearance. My father used to tell this story and I heard everything. He would tell it in this way. The Kurds came and God blinded their eyes. They stood, on this rock and and on this rock, one leg on that rock and one on that rock. My father saw them. He looked at them and said ‘They will kill me now’. They were looking into the distance and said ‘Has he flown away? Has he gone up into the sky? Where has he gone?’ They did not see him. God blinded their eyes. He said ‘They will kill me know’. They did not see him and went back. They went back. My mother was sitting with my siblings. How can I tell this brother? She was sitting and they said ‘Where are you from?’ She said ‘I am the daughter-in-law of the priest Hɛdo’. They knew her. Those Kurds were from our land. This was our village and this was the village of the Kurds (next to it). This one (of ours) was (a village) of Christians. The Kurds and Christians (lived next to each other)—the villages of the Barwar land were like that. Now, she said ‘I am the daughter-in-law of the priest Hɛdo’. They said ‘Where is your husband?’ She said ‘I don’t know’. She said ‘He has been killed. I don’t know where he is’. They said ‘If you don’t come down, we shall take you down. We shall take you down’. They said ‘Are you the daughter-in-law of the priest Hɛdo?’ They said ‘(If so), we shall treat you with respect and we shall carry your children on our shoulders. If you want to go down to ʾƐn-Nune, we shall take you down now to ʾƐn-Nune. We shall take you down to your village’. She had abandoned hope regarding my father, (thinking) that he would have been killed. She said ‘What shall I do here staying on this mountain?’ My sister and my brothers were small. She said ‘These children of mine are dying here of hunger. The wolves and the animals here will eat us. If I go down there, the Kurds know us’. She extracted a promise from the Kurds saying ‘I tell you that I shall go down with you on this condition that you do not say “Become a Kurd”’. They said ‘Why won’t you become one?’. She said: I gripped a cross in my hand out of fear. The cross was in my hand like this. I said ‘No’. I said ‘No. I am content for you to kill me. But, I say to you one thing. I implore you, do not kill my children before my eyes. After you kill me, then kill also my children, kill them by my side’. They said ‘You want us to kill you? Is that really your wish?’ She said ‘With all my heart I want you to kill me, for I shall not become a Kurd’. ‘Won’t you become a Kurd?’ She said ‘No’. She said: They were five men, five. Now, two remained behind. They said ‘Kill her and come (back to us)’. My mother taught my siblings. She said ‘My dear, those Kurds know nothing, they are heathens. They know nothing. As for us, there is God, there is Christ, there is Paradise, there is Hell. If they kill us, we would die one day (anyhow). We shall go to Paradise, if they kill us today we shall go there directly. It will be (our fate) to die one day anyhow. We shall not become Kurds’. She taught them (thus). She taught them all the prayers and they knew them. My mother taught them. My younger brother was on milk. But my elder brother and my sister understood everything. My mother and father taught them to pray and they knew. So, three went away and two remained. My mother said: I said ‘I am not afraid even a little. If they kill us (so be it). What shall we do here in this world? We shall be relieved of this life that we are in, let them kill us’. She said ‘I hear the sound (of the gun) but I am not afraid. It just makes a bang, but I am not hurt, nothing happens to me. Bang, every time a bang but nothing’. Several times the guns were pointed at her back, bang, but (nothing) happened. She said ‘I do not feel anything on me. Nothing is happening to me. The gun is just making a bang and I hear its sound, but nothing happens’. So, those who had gone, those three called the two (who had remained) and said ‘What have you been doing until now? What have you been doing until now?’ They said ‘It is a miracle! We have seen a miracle!’ They said ‘What?’ They said ‘Every bullet that we put in this gun comes out (as a blank) with a bang. We take it out and throw it away, then put in another one, but also that one comes out (as a blank) with a bang. We point it at her back to kill her, but the bullet comes out (as a blank) with a bang’. I don’t know how many bullets they fired at them. They (the three Kurds) went away from them. Those Kurds shouted at them saying ‘God was not surren-dering her into your hands’. They said ‘Leave her, leave her. She is a martyr. She is a martyr’. The Kurds were afraid. They said ‘By God, do not kill her! She is a good woman. God was not surrendering her into your hands’. After she had come and told the people, they told her (what it meant). She did not know Kurdish. They went off, but they captured my brother. I cannot tell that. They held him, one this shoulder and one the other, and took him away. His legs did not support him. They took him away. It was a mound, like this. They threw him on that heap of stones. He could not walk on his legs. His legs did not support him. They threw him there and went away. My mother said: I stood and heard the sound of his weeping. I got up and slowly went (looking for him). I found him and took him in my arms. This place on him was scratched, wounded by the stones. I said ‘My dear, do not fear. The dogs have gone. God has not delivered us into their hands’. I brought him back and placed him among my siblings. I put them to sleep and they slept. It became dark. My father went out looking for them. He went out looking for them. He looked and looked and found them. He said ‘Xənzada!’ He said ‘Are you well?’ My mother said ‘I was afraid for you. You are not killed!’ He told her the story. He said ‘God blinded their eyes. I was before their eyes and said “They will kill me now”, but they did not see me. One leg was on this side of the rock and one on the other, while I was under them, but they did not see me. They were only looking into the dis-tance saying “Where has he gone? Has he flown away? Has he gone up into the sky? Where has that man gone? There is nothing here for him to hide in”. The road was like this, sloping downwards. They said “We would see him wherever he could be”’ They did not see him. They turned back. It got dark and he (the father) came. He came and found them. He picked them up and took them away, and they went on their way. They arrived (at a place) called Walto. My mother and my brother, my siblings—my sister, Badre, died in (the convent) of the Saint of the Cells. The nuns all washed her, made her a tent, made her gloves. The priests served her (the last rites). They made her a place (of burial), as we Christians do, all in rows. My mother was weeping. They would say ‘Sister, do not weep. God is yours, not anybody else’s. Today birds eat the corpses of men, they are (left) for the birds, placed in the sun, without burial or funeral. But you—this girl (of yours) has gone directly to the Kingdom of Heaven, to Paradise, to this Saint of the Cells, as she is called’. She died there in Walto, at the time when my brother Iša was on milk. Once my father was ill with a fever (and was singing), I remember his words: ‘Oh my dear Iša, where were you born? In Walto in the presence of the Saint’.