The Adventures of a Princess

khakyannukh … khina. etva letva kha malka, kha malka, kha dana henna … malekta medre. etvalun kha-dana brata. ku-shita k-aziva yaylagh yaylagh muila? kenyane ki-lablivalun dakh-tuyra keta. hal ativa ambare kulle henna videna, slibena, dave lublena. brata raba atkha … henneva atkha, kuchchar brateva. brate kuchcharva. merra ay papa, khush. akhnokhun khushun, ana peshan beta. ka-mu brati? merre, khtitakhla. at mu-tahar b-khamyattun anne ambare kha-atkha dave? mara ana b-khamyannun.

I shall tell you another one. There was once a king. A king and a queen again. They had a daughter. Every year they would go to the summer pasture. What is the summer pasture? They took the cattle to (a place) like a mountain, in summer. By the time they returned, their store rooms had all been …, had been plundered, their gold had been taken. The daughter was very … she was a tough girl. Their daughter was tough. She said ‘Oh, daddy, go. You all go. I shall stay at home.’ ‘Why, my daughter? I feel sorry for you. How will you protect these storerooms with so much gold?’ She says ‘I shall protect them.’

anne kheshlun kemla b-lele, julle atkha lveshla anne RspartivniR shule. simalta muttala klila al-kha-marza. gushekla, gu-ambarla. gushekla men-ullul ruppilun simalta. tilun arpi dane harambashe. arpi anne ginavena. emnet tile, b-sepa kdalu mkhila. emnet tileze kdalu mkhila. tlay echcha mekhyela al-det-arpi kessu gredla kha-rekle, o gure. o gure rekle. vile atkha atkha, durbenne kheshle. he kheshle. babo dani tilun bar tre-yarkhe kulle dava hazer. atkha men-kesset bratu nshekle basma ganakh brati kat-atkha khumitet. merra papa, dezhmen etli ana. dezhmen. muila? merra hal naghel atkha. o harambash gura durbenne kheshle. merre la zadyat. ana rigavati rabena mattennun mennakh.

They went. She got up in the night. She dressed like this, in sports clothes or the like. She placed the ladder and stood on one side. She looked. She is in the storeroom. She saw that they threw a ladder from above. Forty master thieves came. There are forty of those thieves. Whoever came, she beheaded him with her sword. Whoever came she beheaded. She beheaded thirty-nine, the fortieth she scratched on his forehead. One escaped—that leader of theirs. That leader of theirs escaped. He was like this, he was wounded and went away. Yes, he went away. Her father and the family came back after two months and all the gold is still there. He kissed the forehead of his daughter ‘Thank you, my daughter, for protecting (our property).’ She said ‘Daddy, I have an enemy.’ ‘What is it?’ She said ‘The situation is as follows. The thief leader was injured and went away.’ He said ‘Do not be afraid. My servants are numerous and I shall station them with you.’

aha ku dana anne rigavay beshshena al-havuz miyya. atkha talemyay etlun beshshena miyya mayyi. a teflito aha haram-bash gura tavvuvvele baro. masyudele ika davek labella. a teflito davela. benpala gu-henna, de-havuz, a marela di m-odan? khu-la-msan paltanna, an-rigavayda lena myasa paltila. bitayela beta. mu malka letle. taza belvashela. bitayele harambash gashukele ina mu teflito mara et let a bitayela lakhkha. tama masyude. al-do-yuma khina berreshshela. bedvakole mat-tuvvole al-suysa labulole. kmat charchurena anne rigavay bnate shule, lela va, lublale.

She—all the time the servants are going to the pool, the water. They have jars, they go to fetch water. Her shoe—the thief leader is searching for her. He is watching where he could capture her. Her shoe is made of gold. It falls in the … the pool. She says ‘Well, what should I do? Surely I cannot take it out and the servants also cannot take it out.’ She comes home. Well, the king is not there. She dresses again. The thief looks and sees what, her shoe. He says ‘Come what may, she will come there.’ He lies in ambush there. The next day she goes. He seizes her, puts her on a horse and takes her away. However much she screams and the servants and the girls and so forth, it does not help, he took her away.

lublale lublale lublale al-sadret tuyra muskale. sirale. kulle b-khola atkha sirale. men-tuppurto idato hal-kerkepto sirole. muttole al-sadret tuyra atkha. marani push lakhkha. a busrakh dana dana b-shaklenne b-henna, nazuk zila, zila ita kesa nazuk. dakh kha-tkha ganay kteltet, at demmet kulle dezhmennakh shaklenne. u-sirole. aha, aha merra alaha vili khlapukh parekli! nedrukh oyan! atkha gambule, gambule, gambule, gambule, m-sadret tuyra nikha kandure npala. tamada urkhela azane atyane vayena. kar-van bitayela ki-tanila karvan dakh anne b-khurje shule, kulle khishena makhlupena b-dava shule atkha, karvan. beddayot karvan? en kha-tkha gumle shule kat bitayena beshshena henna vadena, RbiznesR.

He took her away, he took her away, he took her away, he took her up the mountain slope. He tied her up. He tied her all up with a rope like this. He tied her up from her nails, her hands, until the crown of her head. He placed her on the mountain slope. He says ‘Stay here. I shall take off your flesh piece by piece with a … a fine reed, a reed, well a fine piece of wood. Just as you have killed so many people, I shall avenge the blood of all of your enemies.’ He tied her up. She said ‘God, I implore you, save me! I beg you.’ She tumbles, tumbles, tumbles from the mountain slope, slowly rolls and falls down. There is a road there, on which there are wayfarers. A caravan comes. They call it a caravan, like those who go with their pack-saddles (of goods) and exchange them all for gold and so forth, caravan. Do you know what a caravan is? Something with camels and so forth, which come and go and do … business.

aha gashukele tamada henna brun-malkele, gure brun-malkele. gashukele yala amma gashek hennelani RshtotaR kha mendi albal beshkalole mara agar mendile, ka-diyyokhun. agar jens mendile, ka-diyyile, a brun-malka. beshkalona, mattuvvona gu-khurjun u-se begrashona. labulona. e dana a harambash bitayele a henna harambash bitayele gashukele liten. bitayele b-suysu kam karvan bektayole. mara lakhkha mendi lele pila? letun shkile? marani henna b-RaftamatR bekrakhena. mara shuk si rishukh balsakh. bezdayel berrakele.

He looks—there … it is theson ofthe king,their leaderis the sonofthe king.The ladlooks,but lookitis a …, something. He takes her immediately and says ‘If it is a (bad) thing, it is for you. If it is a good thing, it is for me’—this son of a king. They take her and put her in a pack-saddle, and off they go, they carry her off. They take her away. At that time the thief leader comes, the … thief comes and looks but she is not there. He comes with his horse and cuts in front of the caravan. He says ‘Did anything fall? Have you taken anything?’ They say … they surround him with automatic weapons. They say ‘Go away or we will crush your head.’ He is afraid and flees.

aha bitayele beta, ptakhule ina mu kha ensanla. kha shaperta bratela. gano Ruzhe hal tmanessar shenne, esri shenne, koso yarikha, lakhumta, shekla. marani … aten brat-manivat? men-manivat? bakurole. avda brun-malkele. men-manivat? mara hal naghel b-rishi atkha titela. mara ana ka-diyyakh goren. mara akh mu goret ka-diyyi? ana demmet diyyi b-shaklile mara. ana etli dezhmen. nu ana ka-diyyakh khamen. at shulet diyyakh lele. ana hada beta matressen Rtryokh-attashR kam-kha tarra matten aslan kam-kha tarra kaplan. shemyet anne aslan kaplan? at hech pekker la-odat.

He comes to the house and opens it and what (does he see?) it is a human being. It is a beautiful girl, no more than eighteen years old, twenty years old, with long hair, fair, a picture (of beauty). He says ‘Whose daughter are you? Whose are you?’ He asks her. He is the son of the king. ‘Whose are you?’ She says ‘This is the situation. Such-and-such has happened to me.’ He said ‘I shall marry you.’ She says ‘But why will you marry me? They want to have my blood,’ She says. ‘I have an enemy.’ ‘Well, I shall protect you. Do not worry about it. I shall build a house with three storeys. I shall put a lion in front of one gate and a tiger in front of another gate.’—Have you heard of these?—‘Do not have a thought (about it).’

bitayele betvay tarusele khina RchereschurR Rtryokh-attash,R kam-kha tarra mattuvvele palakan aslan kam-kha-menne kaplan. a beshshele pelkhana. beshshele pelkhana kavutrane bitayele beta. a bakhtu pyashela yakurta b-yala. kha kavutra tevtela, khina tlibole atkha rishu henna prakhula, atkha henna balbuvvula telyele. maghghubula byayula khayyo purkele.

He comes and builds a house, huge, three storeys, before one door he puts a lion on the steps, before the other a tiger. He goes to work. He goes to work and comes back at lunchtime. His wife becomes pregnant with a child. One lunchtime she sits, well he is her husband, she strokes his hair, she rubs it like this and he falls asleep. She likes him, she loves him. He has saved her life.

e-dana gashukela tarra ptekhle, verre … a harambash. mara kalakh la-ate, plut! yukhsa ka-diyyakhda katlen ka-gorakhda katlen. plutmarani. nikha tlibo rishu mat-tuvvula al-marza, al-mutakka. mara at khush kamay kat-tlibi ka-diyyukh la khazze. avze parmuvvele u-kha kenyana muyyule ktilule palgu ruppule kam-aslan palgu kam-kaplan kat-sikele. mara khush kamay mara ya alaha ya marya ana mu yala et ana azad t-oyan ka-diyyukh ave dukhrana. ka-diyyi parek men-da dezhmen. har palakan aha aklu mattuvvole kha rapsa mkhayula, beshshele galgule galgule ka-aslan kaplan mara parpessunle! atkha bedvakena parpusuna.

Then she sees the door open and the leader of thieves enters. He says ‘Don’t make a sound. Come out! Otherwise I will kill you and I will kill your husband. Come out,’ he says. Slowly she puts her husband’s head aside, on the pillow. She says ‘You go in front, so that my husband does not see you.’ He is smart. He has brought an ox and slaughtered it. He has thrown half of it before the lion and half before the tiger, so that he has been able to come up. She says ‘Go in front of me.’ She says ‘Oh God! Oh Lord! Whatever child I may have, if I am freed, it will be an offering to you. Save me from this enemy.’ Just as he puts his foot on the steps, she gives him a kick and he rolls down. She says to the lion and tiger ‘Pull him apart!’ They seize him and pull him apart.

bitayela ka-tlibo marela marelani kuylukh! mara shenta khlitela let mara dezhmen RuzheR atkha tile atkhada vile. ba ka-diyyi kam la tunilakh? mara ana gani ka-diyyukh la tunili. ba let-mara ana ku-m-yala b-mayyan dukhrana tunitun ka-alaha? mara jens vettet. bitayela kha-brata vayole, shekla men-gano bush shaperta.

She comes to her husband, she says, she says ‘Get up!’ He says ‘Sleep is sweet. You don’t say that the enemy has already come and such-and-such has happened? But why did you not tell me?’ She says ‘I did not tell you myself.’ ‘But are you not saying“WhateverchildIbear,IhavepromisedittoGodasanoffering?”’Hesays ‘You have done well.’ It happens that she has a daughter, a picture (of beauty), more beautiful than herself.

khamsar shenne vayela a brata khakuvvela yemmo. mara khaila aha dukhrana tunitun mara alaha vili khlapu brati mara, hal naghel b-rishi atkha titela, atkha titela hala babi yemmida len khzite. ka-diyyakh tuniten dukhrana. len bedda mu-tahar a dukhrana alaha p-kabel, mu-tahar pt-oya. mara ana khditen yemmi RlishbeR at oyat jens. mu pt-oditun av shul-diyyokhunle. yemmo berreshshela, len bedda al-bazar, ika platela, babo al-pelkhana. gashukela kha-sava tile verre, tarra ptekhle. tarra ptekhle, mar-dekna nasha.

When the girl becomes fifteen, her mother tells (the story). She says ‘It is inevitable, I have promised this offering.’ She says ‘I have become a substitute for God, my daughter. Such-and-such a situation has come upon me, this is what has happened. I have not yet seen my father and mother. I have promised you as an offering. I do not know how God will accept this offering, how it will be.’ She says ‘I am happy, mother, provided that you are well. Whatever you do, that is your business.’ Her mother goes out. I do not know where she goes, perhaps to the market and her father (goes out) to work. She sees that an old man came in and opened the door. He opened the door, (he was) a bearded man.

merre shlama-allakh brati merra b-shena al-ayni. merre ana tiyyen barakh. merra ana khditen yemmi ka-diyyi tunitela adiyya bush-spay ka-diyyi label. atkha pakurole mara beddayet mu iten? Ruzhe dukhrana kbelle. khazzennakh men-pummakh varde RbuketR tapkhi roz shapire khvare, smuke jurre jurre. ina susyatoda kut susito etvala kosa atkha aza kulle dave kharkherri. har sarkatte, dave tapkhi. a kheshle. kheshle sava. sava kheshle. yemmo tila.

He said ‘Greetings to you, my daughter.’ She said ‘You are welcome.’ He said ‘I have come for you.’ She said ‘I am happy. My mother has told me. Now it is best for you to take me.’ He looks at her like this. He says ‘Do you know what?’ He has already accepted the offering. ‘I would like to see you with bunches of flowers pouring from your mouth, roses, beautiful white ones, red ones, different types.’ As for her plaits, each plait that she had, when she walked, gold coins fell down from all of her hair. Whenever you comb it, gold coins poured down. He left. The old man left. The old man left and her mother returned.

yemmo tila ukhcha khditela brata rkhata rkhata berkhatela kam-yemmo. gekhkela. anne RbuketR, roze men-pummo platena. yemmo beklayela kha-b-kha. ga-t-ila husho aza. brati a muile? mama mara hi munshili kha-pira tani ka-yemmakh shakla katla, dukhrana kbelle, palliyya. mara mama at kheshlakh, sava nasha tile. atkha tunile hi ana bitayen av ka-diyyi atkha juvveble. tani ka-yemmakh shakla kha-dana pira palliyya, dukhrana kbelle. khazzennakh m-pummakh varde roze tapkhi m-susyatakhda dave har kharkherri. yemmo har atkha pyashela matal. babo bitayele. alaha a mut daveltela? a mut oyenla? brata bush shuprentela, shekla.

Her mother comes. The girl is so happy, she runs, runs up to her mother. She is laughing. Those bunches of roses are coming out of her mouth. Her mother suddenly stops. She almost loses her mind. ‘My daughter, what is that?’ ‘Mother,’ she said. Yes, I forgot, (the old man said) ‘Tell your mother to take a lamb and slaughter it, and the offering will be accepted, share it out.’ She says ‘Mother, when you went, an old man came. He said this. Yes (I said) “I am coming” and he replied thus. “Say to your mother that she should take a lamb and share it out, then the offering will be accepted. I want to see roses flowing from your mouth and gold coins falling from your plaits.”’ Her mother is astonished. Her father comes. ‘By God, what treasure is this? What game is this? The girl has become more beautiful, a picture (of beauty).’

brata vila medre echchassar shenne. yala khabra yav-vakh men-malket Chin ma-Chin, yala. anne mettelyay save nashe hukyena. ana kulle shmiten al-tanuyra. bratenva atkha surta. betkharen. a babu mara, malket Chin ma-Chin, bruna tak bruna etle mara bruni magverrennukh rishan aynan jammi, khadakh, navegge avilan. mara babi ana brata darek machkhenna. ana khazzenna, bayyenna. vazzer khush-ate menni azakh tavvakh iket gu-dem-mendit suysi klile, kam-dem-tarra, ana t-oren gu-do-beta. mara spay vazzer shadurule mennu.

The girl turned nineteen years old. Let us talk about a young man (who was the son) of the king of China, or thereabouts, a young man. The old folk told these stories. I heard them all (whilst sitting) on the oven. I was a young girl like this. I remember them. His father says—the king of China or thereabouts had a single son—he says ‘My son, I want to marry you off, so that our thoughts and vision be comforted, so we can rejoice and have grandchildren.’ He says ‘Father, I must find a girl. I will find her and love her. Let the vizier come with me and we will go and search, wherever, at whatever thing my horse stops, before whatever door, I shall enter into that house.’ He says ‘Fine.’ He sends the vizier with him.

vazzer bitayele men-da yala. bekhdarena, bekhdarena, bekhdarena, raba mendiyyay bekhdarena. gu-kha-mdita varena, suysa bekla kam kha-tarra, hanez kam-tarret da brata. mara le-azen hech duka. ana kolile. tama rigavay iten. mara kha-khushun ka-aghayokhun tanimun. kabule p-kabli arkhe? mara al-aynan b-shena ati. arkha arkhet alahele, tarranan ptikhena. khush-ate ur. bitayena varena. brata varela bekhzayela gekhkela. RbuketR varde betpakhena. atkha berreshshela zenga zeng dave betpakhena m-susyato. ka vazzer henna vadele, aklu dashdushole. mara muchkhokh hech la ana hech duka le-azen. kha shabta pyashele tama.

The vizier comes with the young man. They search, they search, they search, they go around many towns. They enter one town and the horse stops at one door, well in front of the door of the girl. He says ‘I shall not go anywhere (else). It is my promise.’ There are servants there. He says ‘Go and speak to your master. Do they accept guests?’ They say ‘By all means, you are welcome. A guest is the guest of God. Our doors are open. Come in.’ They go in. The girl comes in. She sees them and laughs. A bunch of flowers pours out. She goes along, tinkle tinkle, gold pours from her plaits. He does such-and-such to the vizier, he steps on his foot. He says ‘We have found her. I shall not go anywhere else.’ He stays there one week.

mara hech duka le-azen kha shabta pyashele tama. mara hal naghel ka-babo yemmo maprumele mara ana tiyyen begvara. bratokhun khoshi titela anada brun-malken. anada len tlika yala raziten babi yemmi sapen atini? beklayena pakurena, yala shapira, rama, shekla, honana, brun-malka. mara sapi khush-ati babukh yemmukh.

He says ‘I shall not go anywhere else.’ He remains there a week. He says, explaining the situation toher father and mother,he says ‘I have come tomarry.I havebecome fond of your daughter. I am the son of a king. I am not a lost child. Are you pleased for me to send for my father and mother to come?’ They stand and look. The young man is handsome, tall, a picture (of beauty), clever, the son of a king. They say ‘Give word that your father and mother should come.’

bitayena shavva yumanele babo vadena khluyla, shavva lelavay. a-sapar lablila lab-yala, tama khluyla odi. man t-azel men-brata? antet brata shadurona akhchi, antet brata, men-brato. antet brata mu tanyanna? kade pyayela sadda b-melkha, sadda b-melkha pyayela akh khosho lela bita kat ayya avvo yala gorale, brat-akhuno, byayela brat-gano shadrala. byayela rish-da-brata akhlale, sadda b-melkha kade pyayela.

They come and her father’s family hold a wedding for seven days and seven nights. Then they wanted to take her to the home of the young man and celebrate the wedding there also. Who will go with the girl? They send only the aunt of the girl, the aunt of the girl, together with her daughter. What can I say about the aunt of the girl? She bakes cakes. She bakes them with roots and salt, roots and salt, because she is not pleased that this (girl) will marry that young man, the daughter of her brother. She wants to send her own daughter. She wants to get rid of this girl. She bakes cakes with roots and salt.

mattuvvona shadurona ayya mattuvvona gu-faytun yale gu-kha-faytun khita. koshunla khina. risha letla perkuyna letla. berreshshena. kes-kalu man b-yatev? anto men-brat anto kha-khta o taryana, faytun taryana. tla ganay baray tivena. berreshshena, berreshshena, berreshshena. raba berreshshena b-lele vayela. nikhunta mara antu kpenten. mara hana kada yavvannakh. yavola kade mara kam atkha shorina? mara yemmakh pitela ana m-odan? bikhalela mara antu siten. mara kha aynakh paletla. anne miyya yavena b-ayne. kha-ayno palutola. yavola lela myasa, brata bekyadela. beshkalola, mat-tuvvola gu-jibo. antu vay bekyaden. antu kedli. antu kedli. mara e aynakh khitada paletla. e ayno khitada mattuvvola gu-jibo. vayela kure nikh-unta b-lele beshkalela jullet daha shalukhela, malvushela al-brato kha rapsa men-henna, faytun, rappuvvola gu-shakita. brato e-Rbuket vardeda mat-tuvvela kam-brato. akhchi kalu labulola. purmilukh ka-diyyi? lublalun, lublalun, lublalun, lublalun.

They send her off, they put her in a carriage and the young men in another carriage. Well, it is an army. It has no beginning and no end. They go off. Who will sit with the bride?—her aunt, together with the daughter of her aunt, and the driver, the carriage-driver. Three people are sitting at the back. They go along, they go along, they go along. They go along a lot and night falls. She says very quietly ‘Auntie, I am hungry.’ She says ‘Here you are, I shall give you a cake.’ She gives her cakes. She says ‘Why are they so salty?’ She says ‘Your mother baked them. What can I do?’ She eats and says ‘Auntie, I am thirsty.’ She says ‘Take out one of your eyes. They give water for eyes.’ She takes out one of her eyes and gives it to her. She cannot (tolerate it), the girl is burning. She takes it and puts it in her pocket. ‘Auntie, oh I am burning. Auntie I am burning, I am burning.’ She says ‘Take out your other eye.’ She puts the other eye in her pocket. She becomes blind. Slowly, at night, she takes her clothes, she strips them off and puts them on her daughter. With a kick she throws her from … the carriage into the stream. She puts the bunch of flowers in the lap of her daughter. They take only the (new) bride. Do you understand me? They took her away, they took her away, they took her away, they took her away.

khabra yavvakh men-da brata kezza kezzo gu-da shakita. kha nasha kaseb etle eshta bnate kuriyye. k-ate kut-yum morisha tama kesa jamme label zaben ka-bnatu label mikhulta, lakhma. gashukele kha-menne har-kalu bitayele. a a a … mara muila? muila vita ka-diyyakh? mara manivet? mara atkha nasheven. mara mamuvet de-urzet labelli, menni kher b-khazzet. brati kam atkha? mara ayni atkha pultena. brati etli eshta-dane kuriyye. ka-diyyakhda lablen shavva. ana mu-tahar khamennokhun? mamu mara hala khzi khut-rishi kma dave iten. ana ka-diyyukh kher b-yavvan. ana ka-diyyukh raba maghghebban. atkha anne RbuketR-varde har-lablet zabnettun. anne dave zabnettun. bnatukhda b-khamettun. yala mara Rdeystvityelna shaklen lablenna.

Let us talk about the girl, who was sobbing in the stream. There is a poor man, who has six blind daughters. He comes every day in the morning to gather wood, to take away to sell, in order to take food to his daughters, bread. He looks (and sees) that there is somebody making a sound ‘Ah, ah, ah.’ He says ‘What is it? What has happened to you?’ She says ‘Who are you?’ He says ‘I am a man like this.’ She says ‘You are an uncle, well you are a man, take me away, you will see good from me.’ ‘My daughter, why (are you) like this?’ She says ‘They took my eyes out like this.’ ‘My daughter, I have six blind daughters. If I take you, it would be seven. How can I provide for you?’ ‘Uncle’ she says ‘Just look how much gold I have under my head. I shall bring you good. I will love you very much. You can take these bunches of flowers and sell them. You can sell this gold. I will be able to provide for your daughters.’ The man says ‘Indeed, I should take her away (with me).’

shkilale lublale lublale, lublale. mattuvvole beta mara khush al bazar anne varde zaben shkul hech Rkarzinka.R gekhkela. varde begrashele al-bazar zabune. koso yuma tla-ga besrakula, dava zabune. mara mamu ana tavakka vaden mennukh anne varde labellun kam tarret pellan brun malka. tama zabennun aynet diyyi e anti pulettela, keslola. en-ayni balket mayyettun. amman a brun-malka aha lublona har- pakurol lela bedma al-de-brata. anne vardeda chmichena.

He took her away (with him). He took her away, he took her away. He puts her in the house. She says ‘Go to the market and sell these flowers. Take any basket.’ She laughs. He takes flowers to the market to sell. She combs her hair three times a day and he sells the gold. She says ‘Uncle, I beg you, take these flowers to the door of soand-so the son of the king. Sell them there. It is that aunt of mine who has taken my eye out. It is with her. Perhaps you will be able to bring back those eyes of mine.’ But this son of the king, they have taken her and he is looking at her, but she does not resemble that (other) girl. Also the flowers have withered.

gashukele nu b-lebbu lela. mara a mut shulele? pishel matal a brun-malka shemmu rangu lele ptakha. aha beshkalol mlayol RkarzinkaR varde, beshshel beklayele kam RakushketR dani. mara lishanet hoshare Azjüllen satıram, jüllen satıram. mara Azneynen dersin mara Azyüzinnen bi-ayne AzyüzinnenAz. lishan-hoshare let bedda-aten? le yattet? mara zabunen varde bi-mu zabunet? mara ana zabunen bi ayne. ah mara ayen dive janavare khilona. ay kh-lela sagh. mara ana etli ayne ana etli ayna. adiyya b-yavvennukh. palutole kha-ayna yavole kha RkarzinkaR beshkalole.

He looks, well she is not the one he liked. He says ‘What is going on?’ The son of the king was dumbfounded. His colour is not brightening even a little. He (the poor man) takes the basket and fills it with flowers, and goes and stands before their window. He says in the language of the Muslims ‘I am selling flowers. I am selling flowers.’ She says ‘For what?’ He says ‘For eyes. For eyes. For eyes.’ Don’t you know the language of the Muslims? Don’t you know? He says ‘I am selling flowers. What are you selling them for. He says I am selling for eyes.’ ‘Ah’ She says ‘The wolves and beasts have eaten her. She is surely not still alive.’ She says ‘I have eyes, I have an eye. I shall give it to you now.’ She takes out an eye and gives it to him and she takes a basket (of flowers).

mara RkarzinkiR halla varde beshkalela. RbuketR makhlupola mattuvvola kam brato kat tlibo ate bayyila. aha bitayele. a ayna mavole. mara ba-ganukh basma, babi mara, at babet ka-diyyi. bar kha shabta adiyya chmichena. shkul kha RkarzinkaRda labella e-ayna khita mela. berreshshele medre beklayele kam-Rakushka jüllen satıram, jüllen satıram. mara Azneynen dersin bi-mu yavevet? varde zabunen. bi-mu yavet? mara Azyüzinnen b-ayne. e ayna khitada beshkalole bitayele. aha dmekhtela takhmunela mu-tar anne ayne mattalun. atkha. b-lele lela bedmakha. gashukela tla dane yonay tilun.

She says ‘Give me my basket.’ She takes the flowers. She changes the bunch of flowers and puts it in front of her daughter, so that her husband would come and love her. He (poor man) comes back. He brings back the eye. She says ‘Well done, father,’ she says, ‘You are a father to me.’ After a week (she says) ‘They (the flowers) are now withered. Take another basket, take it and bring back the other eye.’ He goes off and again stands under the window. ‘I am selling flowers. I am selling flowers.’ She says ‘What for? What are you selling them for?’ ‘I am selling flowers. What are you selling them for?’ He says ‘For eyes. For eyes.’ He takes the other eye and comes back. She is lying down and thinking how she can put the eyes back. So, she does not sleep at night. She looks (and sees) that three pigeons have come.

hay brata marani aten aynet chaple gu-rastela, raste gu-chaplela. la khaltat! duz mattattun kat chash la-oyat. aha beshkalela mattuvvela ayno mattuvvela. kha shekla brata vayela. kha brata vayela honanta, parmiyyanta. mara beddayet mu iten mara ka-sava marani khina la kli dri shavva RattazheR betvay. agar yuma tla-ka henna vadela risho besrakula esra-ga gekhkela emma-ga gekhkela, a grush al-bazar. shavva RattazhR betvay bedrayela, rigavay RpovarRe khaliyye men ultukh al-ullul. kulle kulle anne chamcho davena. ukhcha kulle malkavay pishena matal a sava mu vedle. a m-ika a davelta? mara beddayet mu iten? beddayet mu iten? mara mu? mara kulle malkavay b-karettun arkha kmat et malkavay. akh babo yemmoda malkena, mu. kmat et malkavay kulle b-karettun arkha. ayya byayela tlibo khazzale. karettun arkha. mara al-ayni brati.

‘Hey, girl’ they say ‘The left eye is in the right and the right is in the left. Don’t make a mistake. Put them in correctly so you will not be squint-eyed.’ She takes them and puts them in, she puts her eyes in. She becomes a girl, the picture of beauty. She is an intelligent, smart girl. She says ‘Do you know what?’ She says to the old man ‘Do not (go and) stand there again. Build houses of seven storeys.’ If she combs her head three times a day, she laughs ten times, she laughs a hundred times, he could take it to the market. She builds houses of seven storeys, with servants, cooks, carpets, from bottom to top. All of her spoons were golden. All the kings were astounded as to what this old man had done. From where was this wealth? She says ‘Do you know what? Do you know what?’ He says ‘What?’ She says ‘Invite all the kings, as many kings as there are.’ Well, her father and mother are royalty. ‘Invite as many kings as there are.’ She wants to see her husband. ‘Invite them.’ He says ‘Of course, my daughter.’

aha khachcha rigavay etla, kha malvashta mulveshtela. eni bnato kha malvashta mulveshtela. eni RpovarRe kha malvashta mulveshtela. kazena, perpirena eni yonayena kulle parpurena gu-daratu. shekla daratu videna. shavva RattazheR kulle gu-varde chuchage. kulle bitayena malkavay khachcha zolile letle perkuyna, ka-kulle arkhe kablilun. aha kulle tivena. aha shaperta belvashela. sini beshkalela p-ido. RfruktR akhchi marela.

She has some servants and she has dressed them up in impressive clothing. She has dressed up her maid-servants in impressive clothing. She has dressed up the cooks in impressive clothing. There are geese, there are butterflies, there are those doves—they are all fluttering around in the courtyards. They have made the courtyards a picture of beauty, seven storeys, all with flowers and blossoms. All the kings come. There is a bit of a queue, without an end, for them to receive all the guests. They are all seated. She dresses beautifully. She takes a tray in her hand. She only says ‘Fruit.’

e-dan sini beshkalela p-ido, e-dan lela vara tliboda tama tivele, e-dan lela vara, gekhkela, anne RbuketR varde atkha parpure, betpakha. tlibo hushu beshshela m-akhkha al-tammo benpalele. hi. yemmo, khato, yemmu, yemmet brata, babet brata, savunada tiyyele. yemmet yemmo, kulle tiyyena. kulle tiyyena jemyena. kulle ajibuyta shula viyyele tama. hushe bitayela b-rishe. marani muila? muila? Azhal nadirAz antu a shula vettula. antu. khina mu mara? drimula bar susavay. yemma brata besyarena bedrayena bar susavay, bar shavva tuyrane. bitayena mara lablakhkha. mara sava mara ana le yavvenna. ana dakh b-yavvenna? mara ba mu-odakh? m-akhkha hal betukh kulle b-RfaytonR b-lablet, khluyla pt-odet. shavva yumane taza shavva lelavay aten pt-odet khluyla tama. taza pt-odet khluyla b-labletta. shavva yumane shavva lelavay khluyla vadele taza. mtilun al-mendit lebbe. medre khabuyshe kukhe kukhe npellun. ka-Maryana, ka-diyyukh, ka-Edo, ka-kullan.

When she takes a tray in her hand, as soon as she enters, her husband is also sitting there, just as she enters, she laughs and the bunches of flowers come pouring out in a twirl. Her husband loses his consciousness. He falls headlong from here to there. Yes, her mother, her sister, his mother, the mother of the girl, the father of the girl, also the grandfather has come, the mother of her mother, everybody has come. Everybody has come and gathered. Everybody (says that) an amazing thing happened there. They regain their equanimity. They say ‘What is happening? What is happening? What is going on?’ ‘Auntie has done this thing, auntie.’ Well, what do they say? ‘Put them behind horses.’ They tie up the mother and daughter and put them behind horses (and they gallop away) beyond seven mountains. They come and say ‘We will take her.’ The old man says ‘I will not give her. How can I give her.’ They say ‘Well, what should we do?’ ‘From here until your house, you will take everybody by carriage and hold a wedding. You will hold a wedding there again for seven days and seven nights. You will hold a wedding again, you will take her.’ He holds a wedding again for seven days and seven nights. They found their heart’s desire. Again apples have fallen in piles, for +Maryana, for you, for Edo, for all of us.