Barwar: The Church of Čallək

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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	ʾíṯ xá-maṯa gu-Bàrwərˈ šə́mma Čàllək.ˈ ʾíṯ xa-ʾùmraˈ y-amríle Mar-Mùše.ˈ ʾíṯwa kočarnáyət qurḏàyeˈ ʾánna ʾi-ṣáli dàštaˈ šaxínta háwi b-sə̀twaˈ ʾímə ṱ-áwe qárṯa gu-ṭuràne.ˈ ʾu-ʾímə ṱ-áwe qɛ̀ṭa,ˈ bɛhɛ̀r,ˈ masqíwa ʾərwèyˈ maṣàyəfˈ gu-ṭuràne,ˈ y-amríla zawzàne.ˈ béna y-àṯiˈ góta góta d-ɛ̀-maṯa,ˈ ʾi-pɛ́ši ʾárxe d-ɛ̀-maṯa.ˈ ʾərwéy masqíla l-gárət ʾùmra.ˈ sab-gárət ʾúmra l-báṯre díye mṭíṯɛla l-ṭùra,ˈ hátxa ramànɛle ṭúra.ˈ ʾu-gárət ʾúmra hàtxɛle.ˈ y-áṯi ṣàli,ˈ … yáʿni máṣe náša ṱ-ásəq l-gáre b-sănàyiˈ mɛṯɛ-ʾərwèyˈ masqìla l-gáre.ˈ nášət máṯa kázi yába lá-masqula ʾərwɛ́xu l-gárət ʾùmra.ˈ xṭìṯɛla.ˈ ʾáni qurḏàyela,ˈ xɛlànela.ˈ ʾu-nášət máṯa ṣàdwala mənnéy.ˈ y-ámri lá-ʾaxxa ṱ-àwa.ˈ béna tíwe gu-bɛ́ṯa b-lɛ̀le nášət máṯa,ˈ júmye hàtxa,ˈ xá mə̀reˈ Mar-Múše bắye mʿayòne,ˈ yáʿni bắye mhayòre.ˈ ʾən-lá hɛrə̀xle,ˈ ʾánna qurḏáye kút-yum hàtxa ṱ-óḏi.ˈ mə́ra máṭo mhɛrə̀xle,ˈ mhɛrə́xle Mar-Mùše?ˈ mə́re klòˈ šúqula ʾay-xàmmi.ˈ qímɛle zìlɛleˈ múṯya xákma gə̀lde,ˈ síṛəlla b-gàne.ˈ wíḏəlla gān-díye ʾax-də̀bba,ˈ ʾò-naša.ˈ lɛ̀le-wewa,ˈ xùya.ˈ síqɛle hédi hédi hèdi,ˈ m-báṯrət ʾùmra.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle gàreˈ gu-d-án-ʾə̀rweˈ ʾu-zílɛle ʾu-ṣrìxɛleˈ wíḏɛle hó hátxa ʾax-də̀bba.ˈ ʾə́rwe čfíle zdìyela.ˈ rìqela,ˈ ṣə̀lyelaˈ swánət ʾúmra la-qámṯa díya ràmta-wawa.ˈ pálgə d-an-ʾə́rwe zə̀dyela ganéy táma.ˈ kúlla twìre qḏaléy,ˈ mìṯela.ˈ mìṯela,ˈ ʾáwwa rìqɛle,ˈ ṣə́lyɛle mṭùšyəlla gáne.ˈ qímela mbádla nàšeˈ ʾan-marăwáṯa ʾína ʾərwéy kúlla npíle twíra qḏalèy.ˈ qìmeˈ qráya b-nàšeˈ ʾáyya mòdila?ˈ mə́ra la-mə̀rən-əllɛxu?ˈ ʾo-Mar-Mùšeˈ xɛlànɛle,ˈ maxèlɛxu,ˈ xṭìṯɛla.ˈ lá-masqu l-gárət ʾùmra.ˈ m-gu-gárət ʾúmra hóla náblula tămáha rə̀ḥqa.ˈ ṭla-mótu mɛṯóyəlla gárət ʾùmra?ˈ ʾáwwa Màr-Múše qəm-mayéla ʾáyya biyɛ́xu.ˈ ʾánna zdìlaˈ qíme híwe hădíya ṭla-ʾúmra tré rēš-ʾə̀rwe.ˈ m-táma hòdəxˈ qalbíwa m-zawzáne ṣláya l-dàštaˈ tré reše-ʾə́rwa yawìwala.ˈ y-atwìwaˈ xá-ga xéta sàqaˈ l-zawzàne,ˈ mɛṯɛ́wa tré rēš-ʾə́rwe yawíwala hădíya ṭla-ʾùmra.ˈ ʾu-ʾáni y-azíwa nablíwa ʾə́rwey tămàha rə́ḥqa.ˈ lá ṣabríwa ṱ-aṯɛ́wa l-gárət ʾùmra.ˈ ʾíṯ xá-maṯa gu-Bàrwərˈ šə́mma Čàllək.ˈ ʾíṯ xa-ʾùmraˈ y-amríle Mar-Mùše.ˈ ʾíṯwa kočarnáyət qurḏàyeˈ ʾánna ʾi-ṣáli dàštaˈ šaxínta háwi b-sə̀twaˈ ʾímə ṱ-áwe qárṯa gu-ṭuràne.ˈ ʾu-ʾímə ṱ-áwe qɛ̀ṭa,ˈ bɛhɛ̀r,ˈ masqíwa ʾərwèyˈ maṣàyəfˈ gu-ṭuràne,ˈ y-amríla zawzàne.ˈ béna y-àṯiˈ góta góta d-ɛ̀-maṯa,ˈ ʾi-pɛ́ši ʾárxe d-ɛ̀-maṯa.ˈ ʾərwéy masqíla l-gárət ʾùmra.ˈ sab-gárət ʾúmra l-báṯre díye mṭíṯɛla l-ṭùra,ˈ hátxa ramànɛle ṭúra.ˈ ʾu-gárət ʾúmra hàtxɛle.ˈ y-áṯi ṣàli,ˈ … yáʿni máṣe náša ṱ-ásəq l-gáre b-sănàyiˈ mɛṯɛ-ʾərwèyˈ masqìla l-gáre.ˈ nášət máṯa kázi yába lá-masqula ʾərwɛ́xu l-gárət ʾùmra.ˈ xṭìṯɛla.ˈ ʾáni qurḏàyela,ˈ xɛlànela.ˈ ʾu-nášət máṯa ṣàdwala mənnéy.ˈ y-ámri lá-ʾaxxa ṱ-àwa.ˈ béna tíwe gu-bɛ́ṯa b-lɛ̀le nášət máṯa,ˈ júmye hàtxa,ˈ xá mə̀reˈ Mar-Múše bắye mʿayòne,ˈ yáʿni bắye mhayòre.ˈ ʾən-lá hɛrə̀xle,ˈ ʾánna qurḏáye kút-yum hàtxa ṱ-óḏi.ˈ mə́ra máṭo mhɛrə̀xle,ˈ mhɛrə́xle Mar-Mùše?ˈ mə́re klòˈ šúqula ʾay-xàmmi.ˈ qímɛle zìlɛleˈ múṯya xákma gə̀lde,ˈ síṛəlla b-gàne.ˈ wíḏəlla gān-díye ʾax-də̀bba,ˈ ʾò-naša.ˈ lɛ̀le-wewa,ˈ xùya.ˈ síqɛle hédi hédi hèdi,ˈ m-báṯrət ʾùmra.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle gàreˈ gu-d-án-ʾə̀rweˈ ʾu-zílɛle ʾu-ṣrìxɛleˈ wíḏɛle hó hátxa ʾax-də̀bba.ˈ ʾə́rwe čfíle zdìyela.ˈ rìqela,ˈ ṣə̀lyelaˈ swánət ʾúmra la-qámṯa díya ràmta-wawa.ˈ pálgə d-an-ʾə́rwe zə̀dyela ganéy táma.ˈ kúlla twìre qḏaléy,ˈ mìṯela.ˈ mìṯela,ˈ ʾáwwa rìqɛle,ˈ ṣə́lyɛle mṭùšyəlla gáne.ˈ qímela mbádla nàšeˈ ʾan-marăwáṯa ʾína ʾərwéy kúlla npíle twíra qḏalèy.ˈ qìmeˈ qráya b-nàšeˈ ʾáyya mòdila?ˈ mə́ra la-mə̀rən-əllɛxu?ˈ ʾo-Mar-Mùšeˈ xɛlànɛle,ˈ maxèlɛxu,ˈ xṭìṯɛla.ˈ lá-masqu l-gárət ʾùmra.ˈ m-gu-gárət ʾúmra hóla náblula tămáha rə̀ḥqa.ˈ ṭla-mótu mɛṯóyəlla gárət ʾùmra?ˈ ʾáwwa Màr-Múše qəm-mayéla ʾáyya biyɛ́xu.ˈ ʾánna zdìlaˈ qíme híwe hădíya ṭla-ʾúmra tré rēš-ʾə̀rwe.ˈ m-táma hòdəxˈ qalbíwa m-zawzáne ṣláya l-dàštaˈ tré reše-ʾə́rwa yawìwala.ˈ y-atwìwaˈ xá-ga xéta sàqaˈ l-zawzàne,ˈ mɛṯɛ́wa tré rēš-ʾə́rwe yawíwala hădíya ṭla-ʾùmra.ˈ ʾu-ʾáni y-azíwa nablíwa ʾə́rwey tămàha rə́ḥqa.ˈ lá ṣabríwa ṱ-aṯɛ́wa l-gárət ʾùmra.ˈ	There is a village in Barwar call Čallək, where there is a church called Mar Muše. There were Kurdish nomads, who went down to the plain to be warm in Winter, when it was cold in the mountains. When it was Summer and Spring, they would bring their sheep up to the summer pastures in the mountains, which are called _zawzane_. So, they would come alongside that village and become guests of the village. They would take their sheep onto the roof of the church. This was because the roof of the church at its back extended to the mountain, so high was the mountain. The roof of the church was like that. They would come and go down (the mountain),—a person could easily go onto the roof—bring their sheep and take them onto the roof. The people of the village tried (remonstrating with them saying) ‘Don’t take your sheep up onto the roof of the church. It is a sin’. They were Kurds. They were tough. The people of the village were afraid of them. They said ‘We don’t want them here’. Now, the people of the village sat in a house at night, gathered together, and one said ‘Saint Muše needs help, he needs help. If we do not help him, the Kurds will do this every day’. They said ‘How will we help him, help Saint Muše?’ He said ‘Leave that to me’. He went and brought some skins and tied them on himself. The man made himself like a bear. It was night and it was dark. He slowly went up from behind the church. He came onto the roof among the sheep and went along shouting, behaving just like a bear. The sheep were startled and were afraid. They ran and went down over the eaves of the church, the front of which was high. Half of the sheep threw themselves there. They all broke their necks and died. They died, while he fled, went down and hid himself. In the morning the people got up, the owners (of the sheep) saw that they had all fallen and broken their necks. They called to the people ‘What is this?’ They said ‘Didn’t we tell you? Saint Muše is strong. He will strike you. It is a sin. Don’t take them onto the roof. Take them far away from the roof of the church. Why do you bring them on the roof of the church? St. Muše has brought this upon you’. They were afraid and gave a gift to the church of two head of sheep. From then on, when they came down to the plain returning from the summer pastures, they would give two head of sheep. They would dwell (in the plain) and then again go up to the summer pastures and give a gift of two head of sheep to the church, but they would take their sheep far away, since they did not dare come onto the roof of the church.

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ʾíṯ xá-maṯa gu-Bàrwərˈ šə́mma Čàllək.ˈ ʾíṯ xa-ʾùmraˈ y-amríle Mar-Mùše.ˈ ʾíṯwa kočarnáyət qurḏàyeˈ ʾánna ʾi-ṣáli dàštaˈ šaxínta háwi b-sə̀twaˈ ʾímə ṱ-áwe qárṯa gu-ṭuràne.ˈ ʾu-ʾímə ṱ-áwe qɛ̀ṭa,ˈ bɛhɛ̀r,ˈ masqíwa ʾərwèyˈ maṣàyəfˈ gu-ṭuràne,ˈ y-amríla zawzàne.ˈ béna y-àṯiˈ góta góta d-ɛ̀-maṯa,ˈ ʾi-pɛ́ši ʾárxe d-ɛ̀-maṯa.ˈ ʾərwéy masqíla l-gárət ʾùmra.ˈ sab-gárət ʾúmra l-báṯre díye mṭíṯɛla l-ṭùra,ˈ hátxa ramànɛle ṭúra.ˈ ʾu-gárət ʾúmra hàtxɛle.ˈ y-áṯi ṣàli,ˈ … yáʿni máṣe náša ṱ-ásəq l-gáre b-sănàyiˈ mɛṯɛ-ʾərwèyˈ masqìla l-gáre.ˈ nášət máṯa kázi yába lá-masqula ʾərwɛ́xu l-gárət ʾùmra.ˈ xṭìṯɛla.ˈ ʾáni qurḏàyela,ˈ xɛlànela.ˈ ʾu-nášət máṯa ṣàdwala mənnéy.ˈ y-ámri lá-ʾaxxa ṱ-àwa.ˈ béna tíwe gu-bɛ́ṯa b-lɛ̀le nášət máṯa,ˈ júmye hàtxa,ˈ xá mə̀reˈ Mar-Múše bắye mʿayòne,ˈ yáʿni bắye mhayòre.ˈ ʾən-lá hɛrə̀xle,ˈ ʾánna qurḏáye kút-yum hàtxa ṱ-óḏi.ˈ mə́ra máṭo mhɛrə̀xle,ˈ mhɛrə́xle Mar-Mùše?ˈ mə́re klòˈ šúqula ʾay-xàmmi.ˈ

qímɛle zìlɛleˈ múṯya xákma gə̀lde,ˈ síṛəlla b-gàne.ˈ wíḏəlla gān-díye ʾax-də̀bba,ˈ ʾò-naša.ˈ lɛ̀le-wewa,ˈ xùya.ˈ síqɛle hédi hédi hèdi,ˈ m-báṯrət ʾùmra.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle gàreˈ gu-d-án-ʾə̀rweˈ ʾu-zílɛle ʾu-ṣrìxɛleˈ wíḏɛle hó hátxa ʾax-də̀bba.ˈ ʾə́rwe čfíle zdìyela.ˈ rìqela,ˈ ṣə̀lyelaˈ swánət ʾúmra la-qámṯa díya ràmta-wawa.ˈ pálgə d-an-ʾə́rwe zə̀dyela ganéy táma.ˈ kúlla twìre qḏaléy,ˈ mìṯela.ˈ mìṯela,ˈ ʾáwwa rìqɛle,ˈ ṣə́lyɛle mṭùšyəlla gáne.ˈ qímela mbádla nàšeˈ ʾan-marăwáṯa ʾína ʾərwéy kúlla npíle twíra qḏalèy.ˈ qìmeˈ qráya b-nàšeˈ ʾáyya mòdila?ˈ mə́ra la-mə̀rən-əllɛxu?ˈ ʾo-Mar-Mùšeˈ xɛlànɛle,ˈ maxèlɛxu,ˈ xṭìṯɛla.ˈ lá-masqu l-gárət ʾùmra.ˈ m-gu-gárət ʾúmra hóla náblula tămáha rə̀ḥqa.ˈ ṭla-mótu mɛṯóyəlla gárət ʾùmra?ˈ ʾáwwa Màr-Múše qəm-mayéla ʾáyya biyɛ́xu.ˈ ʾánna zdìlaˈ qíme híwe hădíya ṭla-ʾúmra tré rēš-ʾə̀rwe.ˈ m-táma hòdəxˈ qalbíwa m-zawzáne ṣláya l-dàštaˈ tré reše-ʾə́rwa yawìwala.ˈ y-atwìwaˈ xá-ga xéta sàqaˈ l-zawzàne,ˈ mɛṯɛ́wa tré rēš-ʾə́rwe yawíwala hădíya ṭla-ʾùmra.ˈ ʾu-ʾáni y-azíwa nablíwa ʾə́rwey tămàha rə́ḥqa.ˈ lá ṣabríwa ṱ-aṯɛ́wa l-gárət ʾùmra.ˈ

Translation:

There is a village in Barwar call Čallək, where there is a church called Mar Muše. There were Kurdish nomads, who went down to the plain to be warm in Winter, when it was cold in the mountains. When it was Summer and Spring, they would bring their sheep up to the summer pastures in the mountains, which are called _zawzane_. So, they would come alongside that village and become guests of the village. They would take their sheep onto the roof of the church. This was because the roof of the church at its back extended to the mountain, so high was the mountain. The roof of the church was like that. They would come and go down (the mountain),—a person could easily go onto the roof—bring their sheep and take them onto the roof. The people of the village tried (remonstrating with them saying) ‘Don’t take your sheep up onto the roof of the church. It is a sin’. They were Kurds. They were tough. The people of the village were afraid of them. They said ‘We don’t want them here’. Now, the people of the village sat in a house at night, gathered together, and one said ‘Saint Muše needs help, he needs help. If we do not help him, the Kurds will do this every day’. They said ‘How will we help him, help Saint Muše?’ He said ‘Leave that to me’.

He went and brought some skins and tied them on himself. The man made himself like a bear. It was night and it was dark. He slowly went up from behind the church. He came onto the roof among the sheep and went along shouting, behaving just like a bear. The sheep were startled and were afraid. They ran and went down over the eaves of the church, the front of which was high. Half of the sheep threw themselves there. They all broke their necks and died. They died, while he fled, went down and hid himself. In the morning the people got up, the owners (of the sheep) saw that they had all fallen and broken their necks. They called to the people ‘What is this?’ They said ‘Didn’t we tell you? Saint Muše is strong. He will strike you. It is a sin. Don’t take them onto the roof. Take them far away from the roof of the church. Why do you bring them on the roof of the church? St. Muše has brought this upon you’. They were afraid and gave a gift to the church of two head of sheep. From then on, when they came down to the plain returning from the summer pastures, they would give two head of sheep. They would dwell (in the plain) and then again go up to the summer pastures and give a gift of two head of sheep to the church, but they would take their sheep far away, since they did not dare come onto the roof of the church.