Star-Crossed Lovers

etva letva kha malka. o malka etvale kha bruna. hi o brunu roba khoshu k-atyava seda khdarta. tevle o brun-malka al-suysa shkelle karavashuda mennu kheshle al-seda. t-iva kheshle al-seda, gashki al-kha ilana tevtela kha shaperta makh shra bellaya brata. ayen brit kasibe viteva.

Once upon a time there was a king. That king had a son. Yes, that son of his very much liked to go hunting. The son of the king sat on a horse, took servants with him and went off hunting. When they had gone hunting, they saw sitting on a tree a beautiful girl shining like a lantern. She was the daughter of poor folk.

kharta e brata t-iva tevta al-ilana roba redyale a brun-malka. redyale, kharta kheshla, tlekla kheshla e kechche. kharta la merre kato merre talakh, gorennakh. merteva la aten brun malkevet, ana brun kasibevan. ana mu-jurra goran ka-diyyukh? merteva la, la.

Then the son of the king took a great fancy to the girl, who was sitting on the tree. He took a fancy to her, then she went off, the girl disappeared. Then ‘No’ he said to her, he said ‘Come, I shall marry you.’ ‘No, you are the king’s son and I am the child of paupers. How can I marry you?’ She said ‘No, no.’

ayen t-iva britet kasibe, avun brun-malka, leva beshvako kes-davun. yemmu babu razi la vile bi dayen. merre aten GedidariGevet, ayya kasebla. kharta pelle mrile brun-malka. pelle mrile merre tani e kechche khush atyani, et-in ana byayo, ana spay t-avina. kheshle en karavashu, shudrele kes de-kechche e kaseb t-iva.

Since she was the daughter of paupers and he was the son of a king, they did not allow her near him. His father and mother were not pleased with her. They said ‘You are rich but she is poor.’ Then the son of the king fell ill. He fell ill and he said ‘Tell that girl to come, the one I love, then I will get better.’ His servants went off, he sent them to the girl, the one who was poor.

ay khina tila, tila. vila men da-ybu men do-ybu, makyumu, mattuyu, madmukhu, dermanane mashtuya katu. GemayntsGe avun har meryeva pelle gu-jul-makhe. ku-jur t-iva, khartet kharta o brun-malka men-kheshshu, men-dardu, men RnervRu yan babu yemmu razi la vile bi de brata kaseb, pelle a brun-malka metle. metle, e kechcheda t-i avun t-i-metle, ayenda gano ktilala. shkella dermana gano ktilala. RiR terve m-uydale muttele o brun-malka hamda e kalu tumrele m-uydale.

Well, she came, she came. She was on this side of him, on that side of him, raising him up, putting him down, settling him to sleep, administering medicines for him. Nevertheless he was still ill and bed-ridden. Anyhow, in the end, the son of the king died from his grief, from his being upset that his father and his mother were not pleased with the poor girl. He died and also the girl, when he died, killed herself. She took poison and killed herself. They placed the two of them together, they buried the son of the king and the bride together.

ita kharta merre m-akhkha l-o-yba khina atkha kalatte le-avi. brata yala bayyi uydale usa le bayyini, kasebna usa en maret daveltena usa brun-malkele anne hech nasha b-aralleghghe la vurun. RiR shuku gori uydale khadi bi uydale. men de-ga la-yba khina RuzheR atkha shulane khina leva vaya. la baba la yemma hech nasha leva bekhvata khina gu-shulet brata hamda yala.

Then they said ‘From now on such mistakes will not be made. If a girl and a boy love each other, or do not love each other, whether they are poor or rich, or the son of a king, nobody must come between them. They must let them marry each other and be happy together.’ From then onwards these things did not happen again. No father, no mother, nobody interfered again in the affairs of a girl and boy.

ani beshvakeva atkha goriva uydale khina. RuzheR ayya tamba vila kate tamba vila gu-de mata. kharta ayen kulle gu-kulle mdiyyay kheshla yan yan brata yala t-ina byaya uydale ani garet hammasha avi kes-uydale gori ka-uydale.

They let them get married. So this was a lesson for them, it was a lesson for that village. Then it went out to all the towns that a girl and boy who love each other must always be together and marry each other.