The Adventures of Two Brothers

ana khakyannukh mettelta kha mettelta b-khakyan. raba beddayen raba. p-khakyannukh mettelta.

I shall tell you a story. I shall tell you a story. I know many. I shall tell you a story.

etva letva men-alaha gura hech-mendi letva kha malka kha malekta. a malka malekta yale letvalun. yale letvalun. a tevlun gora bakhta gane ka-gane takhmune. merre gora ka-bakhta marele ay bakhta a daveltan akhnan ka-man shokakhkha? ba mu odakhen akhnan? mara. a daveltan kha yala letlan. morisha kimena tamta bikhalena. morisha kimena tamta bikhalena, lakhma. kha-khta gusheklun tile kha tarra ptekhle kha mennu verre rama rama jvanka.

There was, there was not, there was nothing greater than God, (there was) a king and a queen. This king and queen did not have children. They did not have children. Well, the husband and wife sat thinking to themselves. The husband said to the wife ‘Wife, to whom shall we leave this wealth of ours? Well, what should we do?,’ he says, ‘(We have) this wealth of ours but we have no child.’ Having risen in the early morning, they eat breakfast. Having risen in the early morning, they eat breakfast, bread. Then they looked, a door opened and a very tall youth came and entered through it.

merre beddayetun mu iten? puletle m-gu-jibu kha khabuysha smuka atkha men-pi-palgu ktile. palgu yuvvelle ka-malka palgu ka-malekta. merre pt-avilokhun tre bnune. shemmane mattituna kha-menne Almas kha-menne Bahar, Almas ka-diyyokhun Bahar ka-diyyi. tmanessar shenne yala vil t-aten lablenne. klilun gu-pat uydale gora bakhta atkha pukerrun. merrun ba mu-odakh? letlan. ArmgoneArmkha yala pash ka-diyyan kha bruna.

He said ‘Do you know what there is (in my pocket)?’ He took out of his pocket a red apple. He cut it down the middle in this way. He gave a half of it to the king and a half of it to the queen. He said ‘You will have two sons. Name one of them +Almas and one of them +Bahar. +Almas is for you and +Bahar is for me. When the boy becomes eighteen years old, I shall come to take him.’ The husband and wife stood looking at one another. They said ‘What should we do? We do not have (any option). At least one child will remain for us, one son.’

aha kheshle. anne yale, malkele khina, malekta, kha-makreta mukriyyelun. kha shapire men-kha khabuysha viyyena, lakhuyme men-da tarra le-ori, shekla shekla lakhuyme jvanke. tilun vilun khamsar shenne, a gora bakhta tukhmennun. merre mapremmakhkhe t-ate b-labelle Bahar, t-ate a nasha b-labelle. mapremmakhkhe. merre temun tuyun ha nakhob b-rishan atkha titela. merre mu-pt-oya, ana pt-azen Bahar merre.

He went away. As for the children—well he was a king and she a queen—they gave them a good education. They were so beautiful, from a single apple, handsome (youths like this) would not come through this door (here), youths who were a picture of handsomeness. They became fifteen years old and the husband and wife thought. He (the husband) said ‘Let us inform him that he will come and take +Bahar, this man will come and take him. Let us inform him.’ He said ‘Come and sit down. Such misfortune has come upon us.’ He said. +Bahar said ‘Not a problem, I shall go.’

tile vile, tmanessar shennu vilun. gusheklun tarra ptekhle. morisha hanez kedamta tarra ptekhle, verre a nasha. ma-t-ile rama! merre Bahar et-diyyivet. merre al-ayni, ana pt-aten. kelyen hazerven. akhuna Almas merre, merre la khmul. ana kha-dana azen bazar aten. kheshle shkelle kha RbuketR atkha varde. muyyele muttele. Bahar kheshle. Bahar kheshle muyyele, muttele gu-RakoshkaR. merre akhun ka-Almas merre har khzilukh anne varde chmechlun atet bari, machkhetti. merre spay.

He eventually turned eighteen. They saw that the door opened. In the morning when it was still early the door opened and the man came in. How tall he is! He said ‘+Bahar, you are mine.’ He said ‘As you please. I shall come. I am standing ready.’ ‘Brother’ +Almas said, he said ‘No, wait. I shall just go to the market and come back.’ He went and bought a bouquet of flowers like this. He brought them and put them down. +Bahar went. +Bahar went and brought them and put them in the window. He said to Almas ‘As soon as you have seen these flowers wither, come after me and find me.’ He said ‘Good.’

shkelle a yala lubelle. a yala jvanka pelle kamay a yala baru shapira, berreshshaze men-akhunu men-babu yemmu. vedlun kheshlun. kheshlun kheshlun raba kheshlun khachcha kheshlun mtilun al-kha shakita. gusheklun kha nasha sava tivele al-depnet shakita, deknu khvara.

He took the boy away. The young man went first and the boy behind him, going away from his brother, from his father, his mother. They said goodbye and went away. They went and went, they went a lot, they went little, they arrived at a stream. They observed an old man sitting by the side of the stream, with a white beard.

Bahar merre shlama-allukh mamuni. merre b-shena al-ayni tilukh Bahar bruni. vay merre mamu at m-ika yattet ana Bahar shemmi? merre ktevtela gu-orayta kat aten a urkha t-azetta. khina merre avva lele jvanka avva huydayele. devile, dev. avva labulukhle akhellukh. mara ana ka-diyyukh tanuvven, b-labellukh, b-labellukh. nata duk!

+Bahar said ‘Greetings to you, my uncle.’ He said ‘You are very welcome, +Bahar, my son.’ ‘Oh’ he said ‘Uncle, how do you know that my name is +Bahar?’ He said ‘It is written in the Torah that you will go on this journey. Well’ he (the old man) said ‘That person is not a lad, he is a Jew. He is a demon, a demon. He is taking you to eat you.’ He says ‘I say to you, he will take you away, he will take you away. Take heed!

gu-kha dana bar shavva tuyrane kha yakke hennela. meshela. tama et kha yakke RzdanyaR arpi otaghena. tlay echcha kdile b-yavvel al-idukh. patkhettun. et-arpi tani shurshiyyen. kdila halle katu. kdila halle katu. har kdila yuvvellukh katu, tarra gu-ptakhta av tarra gu-ptakhta kha rapsa gu-khasu makhet azel napel kha-yakke kazancha miyya berdakha. avun ka-diyyukh b-rappe tama t-akhellukh. devile. at hada vud. ka-dav rappi gu-miyya berdakha.

In a place beyond seven mountains there is a huge thing, a forest. There is a huge building there in which there are forty rooms. He will hand you thirtynine keys. You should open them. At the fortieth say “I am tired.” Give the key to him. Give the key to him. As soon as you have given him the key, when the door opens, when he opens the door, give him a kick on his back, so that he goes and falls into a huge pan of boiling water. He would throw you there and eat you. He is a demon. Do this. Throw him into boiling water.’

vay merre mamuni avet basima al-da nasyat ka-diyyi yuvvalukh. aha kheshlun, kheshlun kheshlun kheshlun, raba kheshlun khachcha kheshlun mtilun vay bar shavva tuyrane kha-dana mesha pi-palgu kha-yakke … gurta … RzdanyelaR atkha … beta gurele. kdile pultele huydaya yuvvele … al-idet da-yala, al-idet Bahar. merre ptukhlun anne tarran. ptikhele, ptikhele, al-tlay echcha mtile al-det-arpi merre ana khina shurshiyyen. a-yalada RzdaroviyR shapira rama har tarra av gu-ptakhtu kha-dana b-rapsa mkhile gu-khasu kheshle pelle bakbakbak gu-miyya berdakha. bshelle.

‘Oh, uncle, thank you for this advice that you have given me.’ So, they went, they went, they went, they went, they went a lot, they went a little, beyond seven mountains they arrived at a forest, in the middle of which was a huge, a large building, like a big house. The Jew took out the keys and handed them to the boy, to +Bahar. He said ‘Open these doors.’ He opened them, he opened them, he reached thirty-nine, at the fortieth he said ‘Well I am tired.’ When that healthy, tall and handsome youth opened the door, he (the boy) gave him a kick on his back and he fell into boiling water, bubble-bubble. He cooked.

aha klile atkha pukerre, atkha pukerre. gushekle. merre khachcha oren gu-dan-otagh khazen gu-dan-otaghe mu iten. verre kha-otagh. mlitela dava. e-otagh khita havuzla, ina kulle shkeltela b-miyyet dava. aha kheshle verre gavo skhile, atkha skhile spay. ganu kma shapireva bush raba shapira vile. kheshle shkelle kha-dana atkha makh-khurjun melyale dave.

He (the boy) stood and stared, he stared like this. He looked. He said ‘I’ll go into these rooms a little and to see what there is in the rooms.’ He entered one room. It was full of gold. In another room is a pool, but it was all plated with gold. He went into it and swam, he swam, he had a good swim and became more handsome than he was before. He went and took something like a carpet bag and filled it with gold.

kheshle l-o-yba khina otagh ptikhale khachcha susavayna kha men-do-khina shapira. kha-suysa a kha-jens suysa, prakhele m-gu-hava. shkelle, tevle al-suysa. anneda muttele khurjun al-khasu. beryama bitayele la-beta-akhchi. tile raba, tile khachcha, tile raba, tile urkha yarekhteva raba.

He went over to the other side, he opened the room and there were some horses, each more beautiful than the other. One horse, a beautiful horse, flies in the air. He took it and he mounted the horse. He put these (pieces of gold) in his bag on his back. He ascends and he comes directly to a house. He went a lot, he went a little, he went a lot, the way was very long.

aha mtile medre al-kha-dana makh-beta. shra bellayele. kheshle verre gavo. ayya ki-tanila chaykhana. kut bitayena urkhavay bejmayena tama chay beshtayena. verre peshle tama. morisha kemle tile. tile tile, raba tile khachcha tile, tile mtile al-kha mendita.

He came to something like a house. A lantern is burning. He went inside. They call this a ‘tea-house.’ All those who travel on the roads gather there and drink tea. He entered and stayed there. In the morning he got up and went off. He came, he came, he came a lot, he came a little, he came and reached a town.

tile mtile al-kha mendita. gushekle khashkunela. gushekle kha-dana beta sura iten. merre kha-oren ad-lele peshen lakhkha arkha, morisha b-kemen t-azen. kheshle verra kha-sota. merre ay khaltu ad-lele khamili keslakh. morisha b-kemen t-azen. merra ay bruni ana varen katunti platela. katunti varela ana platen. akh-duka letli.

He came and reached a town. He looked (and saw) that it is getting dark. He sees that there is a small house. He said ‘Let me enter. Tonight I shall stay here as a guest. In the morning I shall get up and go.’ He went and an old woman came in. He said ‘Oh auntie, let me stay with you tonight. In the morning I shall get up and go.’ She said ‘My son, I come in and my cat goes out. My cat comes in and I go out, because I have no room.’

klile pukerre al-da sota. khurjunu muttale. tre ide atkha mlile dave yuvvelle kato. oy ukhcha khdila, ukhcha khdila. merra ta ana khlapukh ana nedrukh. ta kulle duki katukh halal oya. peshle keslo b-lele. di-khina a yala lipele morisha jalde bekyamele Rfiz-zaryadkaR aved. gushekle RprotivR atkha kha-dana RzdanyaR gurtela.

He stood and looked at this old woman. He put down his bag. He filled two hands with gold and gave them to her. Oh, she was so pleased, she was so pleased. She said ‘Come—may I be your substitute, may I be your vowed offering. Come, all my place is free for you.’ He stayed the night at her home. Now, the boy used to get up early in the morning and do physical exercise. He looked and opposite (he saw) that there was a big building.

tla-dane bnate gu-balkun kelyena. merre ay khaltu, ay nana kha-ta lakhkha. anne manina? merra bnatet malkena. aha klile tukhmenne e brata surta a yala biyyale. biyyale. merre b-ayye havuz la-kam tarra azen sakhen? merra mu tanyana? kheshle skhile khut-rish-ganu verre skhile. anne bnate herra herre gekhkena biyyu. tile.

Three girls are standing on the balcony. He said ‘Hey auntie, hey grannie, come here. Who are those (girls) there?’ She said ‘They are the daughters of the king.’ He stood and thought. The boy fell in love with the youngest girl. He fell in love with her. He said ‘Can I go and swim in that pool outside the house?’ She said ‘What can I say?’ He went and swam of his own accord, he went in and swam. Those girls laughed at him out loud. He came back.

merre ay yemmi, ay nana ay khaltu kha-khush ka davvo malka tani kha-riga byayele, azen … rigayta oden kate. ita a-yala sheklele. beshshela tanuvvela ka-bakh-malka. bakh-malka mara khush-ate. etlan kaze. khush-azel label marrilun.

He said ‘Hey mother, hey grannie, hey auntie, please go to that king and see whether he wants a servant, so I can go and do service for them.’ Now, this boy is a picture (of beauty). She goes and tells the king’s wife. The king’s wife says ‘Let him come. We have geese. Let him go and take them to feed.’

a b-yalsuy kaze morisha bedrayele kamu beshshele marruvvele. berashe, khamsha-dane kaze kdale atkha partulule, khamsha khamsha bedrayele al-rushananu, bitayele, mavele.

With a struggle he puts the geese out in front of him in the morning and goes and lets them feed. In the evening he twists the neck of five geese like this, he puts them on his shoulders, five by five, and comes back. He brings them.

aha merre ay nana anne atkha vudlun basime bashellun, atkha miyya khachcha kat akhlakh. bet-babukh la kherba mu videt? mara malka mu pt-aved b-rishan? mara at kala la-vud. hi. al-do-yuma khina medre kheshle medre muyyile. la merra, atkha le-oya. merre ay khaltu ana lakhkha raba le peshen. khush tani ka-malka ayye bratu surta elchiyyuyta khzi b-yavvella ka-diyyi. kheshla tunila, merre la ana ka-riga b-yavven brata? ana le yavven katu.

He said ‘Hey grannie, do these, cook them nicely, like this with a little water, so that we can eat.’ ‘May the house of your father not be destroyed, what have you done?’ She says ‘What will the king do to us?’ He says ‘Don’t say anything.’ Yes, on the next day, he went and again he brought back (geese). ‘No’ she said ‘That will not do.’ He said ‘Auntie, I shall not remain here long. Go and tell the king in the capacity of a matchmaker and see whether he will give that young daughter of his to me.’ She went and said this. He said ‘No, would I give a daughter to a servant? I will not give (a daughter) to him.’

samm deryale men-da brata humzemle shemmoda a brata Shakar Nush Khanemle. Shakar Nush khanem. merre ana ka-diyyakh byayen. bayyat ka-diyyi, talakh. kes-da sota khayyakh. le bayyat, kep ganakhla. nu raba parmiyyana yala, keryana yalele. merra ana pt-atyan kes-sota. a risho kupa tila kes-sota. babo ika shkilot? ika muttot? mrile. pelle gu-jul-makhe. pelle gu-jul-makhe men-kheshshu. yemmola, yemmo lela bedda mu-oda. mkhayela gu-risho. meryele. kma dukhtore muyyilun al-da-malka, khina mu tanet la vedlun malka lele spay vaya.

He made an agreement with the girl and spoke with her. The name of the girl is Šacar Nūš +Xanəm. Šacar +Nūš +Xanəm. He said ‘I love you. If you love me, come. We shall live with that old woman. If you do not want, it is up to you.’ He was an intelligent and educated boy. She said ‘I shall come to the home of the old woman.’ With a bowed head she came to the home of the old woman. Her father (said) ‘Where have you taken her? Where have you put her?’ He became ill. He became bedridden. He became bedridden out of his grief. As for her mother, she does not know what to do. She beats her head. He is ill. However many doctors they brought for the king and whatever they did, the king does not get better.

mara ba mu lebbukh betlabele? bakhtu mara mu lebbukh betlabele? mara ana hech mendi len bya. byayen khalvet arya gu-gudet arya ka-malka merya. aha an-bnatuda gvire. tre khetnavay etle, ahada tla. mara ani beddayet mu iten? khetnavatu bekrayele mara khushun ka-diyyi khalvet arya gu-gudet arya ka-malka merya memun. la mayyitun, kdalokhun makhenne.

They said ‘Then what does your heart desire?’ His wife said ‘What does your heart desire?’ He said ‘I do not want anything. (But) I want the milk of a lion, in a churn-bag of a lion, for a sick king.’ His (other) daughters are married. He has two sons-in-law, and this (boy made) three. He said ‘Do you know whether these exist?’ He calls his sons-in-law and says ‘Go and bring for me the milk of a lion, in a churn-bag of a lion for a sick king. If you do not bring them, I shall cut off your heads.’

alaha talekh talmidukh anne khetnavay pyashena matal mu-odi. anne betyavena al-susavay, berreshshena. a Shakar Nush Khanem, bratu surta, tlebtet Bahar, beshshela marela ay yemmi, tani ka-jaju, kamta ka-baba ki-taniva jaju, tani ka-jaju Baharda khush-azel. marani aha razi t-ave? mara khush tani. beshshela tanuvvela. mara kha-dana katerta etlan tama, men suysa akhchi khachcha kuptela. halla katu ka-do-gudya, khush-azelni.

May God destroy your disciples. The sons-in-law are perplexed as to what to do. They mount horses and go. Šacar +Nūš +Xanəm, his youngest daughter, the wife of +Bahar, goes and says ‘Mother, tell Jaju (Dad)—formerly they called a father Jaju—tell Jaju “Let +Bahar go also.”’ She says ‘Will he agree?’ She says ‘Go and tell him.’ She goes and tells him. He says ‘We have a female mule there, but it is a little lower than a horse. Give it to him, to that filthy man, and let him go.’

bitayela a katerta. atkha bedvakele b-risho rapuvvula. a katerta yavona katu. hm mara o-babakh ana lkhimen adiyya al-de-katerta yatven? a varele gu-paga. o-suyset kat-muyyule mennu, ot-maren kat-m-gu-hava prakhele, aha betyavele allu. khachcha julle belvashele. khachcha julle belvashele kat-suysu m-gu-hava prakhele. berreshshele berreshshele, raba berreshshele, khachcha berreshshele. gushekle kha-sava medre tivele har o-sava kam-shakita.

The mule comes. He holds its head like this and she throws him. They give the mule to him. ‘Hm’ he says ‘That father of yours! Is it appropriate for me to sit on that mule?’ He enters the stable. He sits on the horse that he brought with him, the one that I say flies in the air. He puts on some clothes. He puts on some clothes when the horse flies in the air. He goes and goes. He goes a lot and goes a little. He looks (and sees) again an old man sitting, the same old man before the stream.

yala mara alaha kher avedla shlama-allukh mamu. mara b-shena al-ayni Bahar bruni. mara akher ika beshshet anne urkhavay? at beddayet ika beshshet? mara mu-oden? khemyani malkele. atkha tunyele. gare azen khalvet arya gu-guydet arya ka-malka merya mayyina. mara kha-dakka khmul ana khakennukh.

The boy says ‘May God bless this (meeting), greetings to you, uncle.’ He says ‘And greetings to you, +Bahar, my son.’ He says ‘But where are you going on these roads? Do you know where you are going?’ He says ‘What should I do? My father-in-law is the king. He has said thus: I must go and bring the milk of a lion, in a churn-bag of a lion, for a sick king.’ He says ‘Wait a minute, I’ll tell you.

t-azet t-azet raba pt-azet, khachcha pt-azet t-azet ukhcha rekka mesha gurtela gavo dmekhtela arya sadro zirele. berra berrola. lela myasa joja. t-azet kha zila p-kattet yarikha. ita atkha nazuk rishu t-odette. ganukh la makhzetta, parpessalukh. atkha men-rekka p-kalet. nikha pashtette o-sadro parette. nezla dvikele. bazzette av kulle t-ate tammez tama akh! tanya munyekhli.

You must go, go, you must go a lot, you must go a little, you must go so far and there is forest. In it a lioness is reclining, the chest of which is swollen. It is roaring. It cannot walk. You should go and cut a long cane. Then make its end fine like this. Do not show yourself. She will pull you apart. You should stand at a distance like this. Slowly extend it and burst her chest. It is blocked with pus. When you pierce it, it will all come out cleanly there. She will say “Oh, I am relieved”.

kala la-odet ay tanya manivet? ensivet jensivet, kala vud. at kala la-odet tla-ga b-darya kala. kala la-odet. tanya bi momatet kameta, bi momat kameta ida allukh le daryan. aha tla-ga atkha vadela. akher mara bi mumat kameta ida allukh le daryan, mara mu tanennakh hal naghel tiyyen bar khalvet arya ka-guydet arya ka-malka merya. vay mara alaha la-talekh bet-babukh, etli letli kha bruna. vele gu-kenna dmikha.

Do not make a noise. She will say “Who are you? Whether you are bad or good, make a sound.” Do not make a sound. She will cry out three times. Do not make a sound. She will say “By the oaths of old, by the oaths of old, I shall not lay a hand on you.”’ She does this three times. In the end she says ‘By the oaths of old, I shall not lay a hand on you,’ and he says ‘What should I say to you. This is the report of the situation. I have come looking for the milk of a lion, for a churn-bag of a lion, for a sick king.’ ‘Alas’ she said ‘May God not seal your father’s home, all I have is one son. There he is asleep in the den.

b-lablet bar shavva tuyrane hada geldu paltette kalu la shammanne. kalu shmili, shmili, khut-kha-kiki mattannukh. avva barber. hada rekka b-lablette kalu la shammanne yukhsa mattannukh khut kha kiki. aha beshkalule mattuvvule gu-khpaku al-suysa kheshle. kheshle kheshle bar shavva shavva tuyrane. hada palutule o-geldu. mavule kato. bekhlavela o-spay khalva gu-guyda. an-aklay e-shekhta mekhtada gu-aklay besyarele. mara oyat basemta. ka-arya bitayele. betyavele al-suysu bitayele.

You must take it beyond seven mountains and flay off his skin in such a way that I do not hear his cry. If I hear it, if I hear it, I shall put you under one of my teeth. He will roar. You should take him far enough away that I do not hear his cry, otherwise I shall put you under one of my teeth.’ He takes him and puts him on his bosom and went off on his horse. He went and went, beyond seven, seven mountains. He flays off his skin in that way. He brings it to her. She gives milk, the good milk into the churn-bag. He ties up the legs, and the dirt and so forth with the legs. He says ‘Thank you.’ He comes to the lion. He sits on his horse and comes.

bitayele bitayele bitayele gashukele medre har e chaykhana, iket chay beshtayena, b-lele pyashele tama. ina gashukele anne yaysu, en khatvatet de-bakhtu la. anida tiyyena tama chay beshtaya ina lena machukhe, khalva lena machukhe labli ka-khemyane. avva mara ka-but mu tiyyet? avva mara ka-but mu tiyyet? ka-but mu tiyyet? avva hada lvishele lena beddayu marani akhnan tiyyekh bar khalvet arya ka-malka merya, lekh machukhe. aha beklayele, mara ana etli. ana zabunen. mara bi-mu zabunet? mara kha-dana atkha abasi atkha gurta, kamta viyyena. b-day ana b-yavvennokhun khalva.

He comes, and comes and comes, he looks (and sees) again the same tea-house, where they drink tea, and he stays the night there. He looks (and sees) the husbands of his wife’s sisters, his wife’s sisters, no? They have come there and drink tea, but they do are not able to find, they do not find milk for their father-in-law. One says ‘Why have you come?’ The other says ‘Why have you come? Why have you come?’ He is dressed in such a way that they do not recognize him. They say ‘We have come looking for the milk of a lion for a sick king, but we do not find it.’ He (the boy) stands up and says ‘I have it. I am selling it.’ They say ‘for what are you selling it?’ He says ‘A large silver coin.’ They (such coins) used to exist in the old days. ‘For this shall I give you milk.’

ani gashukena gu-patet uydale mara ayya bush-jensla chem kam-malka kdalan makhile, razi vayena. a palutele en aklay, o la-spay khalva. ani yavele kate. a betyavele al-suysu betyavele. bitayele mara khush hala makhlile khazakh mu pt-ave malka. anne bitayena makhuluna. malka bush pis vayele kat but-hada jens khalva lele. mara ka-bakhtu mara kha-khush kha-khzi babakh o bushlena bi perda perdet mata shil-khalva ki-tanila. b-perda bushlena mukhluna. bush pis viyyele. marani khush khzi babakh dakhile. berreshshela gashukela. babo bush pis viyyele.

They look at each other in the face and say ‘This is much better than that the king beheads us.’ They agree. He takes out the feet and the bad milk. He gives them tothem. He mounts, he mounts on his horse. He comes back and says ‘Let them now feed him and let’s see what will happen to the king.’ They come and feed him. The king becomes worse because it is not good milk. He says to his wife ‘Go and see (how) your father (is)’—what they have cooked with grains, grains of the village. They call it pudding. They have cooked it with grains and fed him, but he has become worse. He says ‘Go and see how your father is.’ She goes and looks. Her father has become worse.

bitayela mara Bahar, babi bush pis viyyele. mara ku kazancha mattila men-da-khalva jens matti bashel kha kazancha. mat-tuvvela bashulela mara kamta man-sota mlile. gurta bakhtela. mano mlayola kato mara shkul! akh kamta ki-tanilun hada b-upra mane gadushyay, gadushyay, atkha mane etva. mli labella ka-do-babakh. beshkalela labulela. har men-tarra gu-varta, atkha labule babo rikhu beshkalel, bekyamel betyavele. rikhu ukhcha basimel. aha bikhalele. marani beddayet mu-et? marani. khina men-udyu yuma aha khetnile. mele beta ka-bakhtu mara. beshkalena labuluna beta. labuluna beta karkezzi kat-khluyla odi.

She comes and says ‘+Bahar, my father has got worse.’ He says ‘Put on a cooking pot with this good milk. Put on a pot to cook.’ She puts it on and cooks. He says ‘Fill the old lady’s plate first. She is an old woman.’ She fills her plate for her and says ‘Eat!’ In the old days they used to call such earthenware vessels bowls, bowls. There were vessels like that. ‘Fill it and take it to that father of yours.’ She fills it and takes it. As soon as she enters the door, she takes it, her father smells it and he sits up. Its smell is so good. He eats. He says ‘Do you know what?,’ he says. ‘Well, from today he is my son-in-law. Bring him to the house.’ He says to his wife. They fetch him and bring him to the house. They bring him to the house in order for them to prepare to hold a wedding.

nu a yala keryana yala, honana yala, shapira yala, morisha bekyamele, jalde, gu-darta vadele Rfiz-zaryadkaR darta b-RmaykaR atkha. gashukele kha-khta tila kha-dana jeyran. mkhila m-khut-khachu, kheshla. merra ana kheshli. ta-bari. jeyran merra ana kheshli, ta-bari. kheshle. nasha merre ana kha khazzen ayya mu jeyran. khina ka-bakhtu lele tunya. kheshle baro. kheshle kheshle b-raba khachcha. raba kheshla, verra gu-kha-dana … atkha sura makh-beta ki-tanile kallaycha.

Well, this lad is an educated lad, a smart lad, a handsome lad. He gets up early and does physical exercises in the courtyard in a vest like this. He looks and sees that again a gazelle has come. It knocked him on his armpit and moved away. It said ‘I am going, come after me.’ The gazelle said ‘I am going, come after me.’ He went (after it). The man said ‘Let me see what gazelle that is.’ Well, he has not told his wife. He went after it. He went, he went, much, a little. It went a long way and entered into something small like a house, which they call a hut.

verra. muttila RgrafinkR-et arak, kha-dana ustol. vila brata. jeyran vila brata. RgrafinkaR muttila al-ustol. tre stikane muttila. merra shatakh arak. aha shtile. ay men … atkha beshtayele. bedrayula gu-sadru tapukhula. yala murvila, puletla kha-kamchi. yala mkhila m-gu-khasu, vedla kipa, ruppila. yala vile kipa.

It entered. It put out a carafe of arak and a table. It became a girl. The gazelle became a girl. She put the carafe on the table. She laid two glasses. She said ‘Let’s drink arak.’ He drank. He drinks its. She puts it in front of him and pours it. She got the lad drunk. She took out a whip. She struck the lad across his back and made him into stone and threw him aside. The lad became stone.

khabra yavvakh men-Almas. beshsha bitayele gu-RakushkaR pakurele. gushekle varde chmechlun. o mara ka-babu yemmu akhuni mara muila tpekta biyyu? ana betyaven suysa ana kheshli. sepuda gurta mattuvvole atkha al-depnu. raba bitayele, khachcha bitayele, raba bitayele, khachcha bitayele. alaha mara iket suysiklile, ana tama, ana tama. gushekle kher. b-lele vila. tile mtile gu-mdita. bukerre, bukerre. merrun hana-lakhkha a bet-malkele. manile? man lele? RuzheR dile kat … aha khiyyele akhunu tama. anneda akhunvay lena prasha m-uydale. Bahar RuzheR khzilukh Almas let bedda Baharle yukhsa Almasle.

Let us now talk about +Almas. He comes and looks in the window. He saw that the flowers had withered. ‘Oh’ he says to his father and mother, he says ‘What has happened to my brother? I am mounting a horse, I am going.’ He puts a large sword like this on his side. He comes a lot, he comes a little. He comes a lot, he comes a little. ‘By God’ he says ‘Wherever my horse stops I (shall stop) there, I (shall stop) there.’ He looked and and all was well. It became night. He came and reached a town. He asked, he asked. They said ‘Here you are, this is the house of the king.’ Who is he? Who is he not? He just then realized that his brother had lived there. These brothers could not be distinguished from one another. When you see +Bahar or +Amas, you do not know whether it is +Bahar or +Almas.

aha bitayele tama, mara rishu kupa varele. Ruzhe parmuvvele akhunu liten. lada mara akhunile manile man lele. bitayela aha mattuvvela lakhma, bet-lebbo tlibole. Shakar Nush Khanem lakhma mattuvvela. la kala vadel. la kokha vadel. a sepu palutole. duka shavuvvela. kha-duka bedmakhena, bet-lebbo goro. mattuvvole arallegh, arallegh mattuvvole. khasu vadule la-day bedmakhele. bedmakhele, morisha bekyamele. gu-darta beshshele Rfiz-zaryadkaR aved.

He comes there. He enters with a bowed head. He understands that his brother is not there. He does not, however, say ‘He is my brother’ or who he (himself) is. She comes and serves food. She thinks he is her husband. Šacar Nūš +Xanəm serves food. He does not say a word. He does not utter a sound. He takes out his sword. She lays the bed. They sleep in the same place, since she thinks he is her husband. He puts it (the sword) in between, he puts it in between. He turns his back on her and goes to sleep. He sleeps and gets up in the morning. He goes into the yard and does physical exercises.

jeyran tila. jeyran tila, merra ana kheshli, ta-bari. aha kheshle baro baro. merre et let akhun-diyyi aha al-da-yuma dritula. kheshle baro baro. hanez gu-beta sura muvverra muttila arak. aha merre shti. lela beshtayu bedrayula tapukhula. ka-diyyakh maren shti; samm deryalakh. kamchi shkilale. kamchi shkilale, merre akhuni makkemle. la, adi pt-odennakh kipa. RuzheR vitela brata. RuzheR dile. ah khachcha jalde jalde khakuvvon, shpay len khakuvvo. merre t-odennakh kipa. kamchi mkhile, akhunu kemle. akhunu kemle. akhunu kemle merre akhuni. merre jan. merre akhuni. merre kam murreshshennukh? hada shenta khliteva basemta. merre hi raba shenta khliteva jensiva. a jeyran shkilalun menne. brata ukhcha shapertela khina le-oya tanuvve, a brata.

The gazelle came. The gazelle came and said ‘I am going, follow me.’ He followed after her. He said ‘No matter what, this (gazelle) has brought my brother to light.’ He followed her. When she had brought him into the small house, she served arak. He says ‘Drink.’ She does not drink. She pours it and throws it away. ‘I say to you drink.’ ‘You have poured the poison.’ He took the whip. He took the whip and said ‘Revive my brother. If not, then I shall make you into stone right now.’ She has already become a girl. He already knew.— Oh, I am telling it very quickly, I am not telling it well.—He said ‘I shall make you into stone.’ He struck the whip and his brother rose up. He brother rose up. His brother rose up and he said ‘My brother.’ He said ‘Yes, my dear.’ He said ‘My brother.’ He said ‘Why have you woken me up? It was such a sweet and pleasant sleep.’ He said ‘Yes, it was a very sweet and good sleep.’ They took the gazelle with them. It is such a beautiful girl, beyond any description, this girl.

tre susavay bitayena b-urkha. tilun tilun a Almas khakuvvele mut-RfurmaR tiyyele beta dmikhele. aha mara bakhti lela dita. khina bar-nasha khina atkha gav-lebbu atkha takhmunele mara a khishele beteni dmikhele ha. susavay kelyena siyyena. yakke kunyele. mara emnan sale? Almas mara ana b-salen, atkha palakanena. yavven miyya suyse mashtilun. aha beslayele miyya yavele kate. Bahar ka-khola bektayule, yala peshle Almas gu-kunya. bitayele beta susavay, e jeyran beshkalole, bitayele beta.

The two horses go along on the road. They went, they went. +Almas tells how he has come to the house and slept. The other says ‘My wife did not know.’ But he is a human being and thinks to himself ‘He has come to our house and slept, oh.’ The horses stop, they are thirsty. It is a huge well. They say ‘Which of us should go down?’ +Almas says ‘I shall go down. There are stairs. I shall fetch water and you make the horses drink.’ He goes down and he gives the water to them. +Bahar cuts the rope, the lad +Almas was left in the well. He comes home with the horses. He takes the gazelle and comes home.

bitayele beta bakhtu bet-lebbo goro. lela bedda. khina gorole, edmo goro lela prasha. bitayele mara ba, muila vita lakhkha? mara hech mendi, muila vita? ba nashe lena tiyye, lena dmikhe? mara atitva ba kam sepukh muttalukh arallegh? ba kam khasukh vedlukh la-diyyi? atkha khakuvvela katu mu-taharva o edmo dmikhele tama. suppu bekratole. mara ana namardiven. akhun-diyyi RznachetR tammezle. taza berkhatele. taza berkhatele al-do kunya.

He comes home. His wife thinks he is her husband. She does not know. Well, he is her husband. She cannot distinguish her brother-in-law and her husband. He comes and says ‘What has happened here?’ She says ‘Nothing.’ ‘What has happened? Have not people come and slept?’ She says ‘You were here, but why did you put your sword in between? Why did you turn your back on me?’ She tells him how her brother-in-law had slept there. He bites his finger. He says ‘I am inhuman. My brother is innocent.’ He immediately runs. He immediately runs to the well.

mara akhun! Almas! mara jan ruppili khola plut! pletle. muyyile tilun. supilun babu yemmu men-tama, tilun. shavva yumane lakhkha vedlun khluyla. shavva yumanda vedlun lab-babe lab-babu lubellun. shavva yumane khluyla vedlun la-bi brata Ra patomR shavva yumanda vedlun la-bi yala. kat RuzheR ham e tlebtu lublale, Shakar Nush Khanem, hamda Shakar Nush Khanem ka-Bahar. e jeyranda lublalun ka-henna, ayda brateva, lublalun ka-Almas. shavva yumanda tama vedlun khluyla. ki-tanila atkha men-ata baba: shavva khabuyshe pellun. kha-menne RperviyR ka-diyyukh kha-menne ka-Maryana kha-menne ka-Edi, kha-menne ka-diyyi. atkha ki-tanilun.

He says ‘+Almas!’ He says ‘Yes, my dear.’ ‘I have thrown down a rope, come out!’ He came out. He brought him back and they came back. They sent for his father and mother from there, they came. They held a wedding for seven days. They held it for seven days also at their father’s house. They took him to his father’s house. They held it for seven days at the girl’s home. Then they held it for seven days at the lad’s home. He also took his wife, Šacar Nūš +Xanəm, also Šacar Nūš +Xanəm for +Bahar. They took also the gazelle for so-and-so—she was a girl. They took her for +Almas. They held a wedding there for seven days. They tell it like this, from the time of our forefathers: seven apples have fallen, one of them, the first, for you, one of them for +Maryana, one of them for Eddy, one of them for me. They say this to them.