Dohok: The True Lie (folktale)

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0:00	ʾәθwa xa-ḥakòma,ˈ mərre ta dawəlta dìde – ˈ ʾәθwa xa-ḥakòma,ˈ mərre ta dawəlta dìde – ˈ	There was a ruler, he said to his state –
	ta kùllu naše go dawəlta –ˈ ta kùllu naše go dawəlta –ˈ	to all the people in the state –
	bə-daw wàxtˈ kud màθaˈ dawə̀lta wawa.ˈ bə-daw wàxtˈ kud màθaˈ dawə̀lta wawa.ˈ	At that time, every city was a state.
	k-ṣarxí-wā-la dawə̀lta.ˈ k-ṣarxí-wā-la dawə̀lta.ˈ	They used to call it ‘a state’.
	mərre ta dawə̀lta dide:ˈ mərre ta dawə̀lta dide:ˈ	He said to his state
	ʾana g-əbən ta ḥukum dìdi…ˈ ta parlamèn didi –ˈ ʾana g-əbən ta ḥukum dìdi…ˈ ta parlamèn didi –ˈ	I want for my government… for my parliament…
	ʾana g-əbən xă…ˈ meθə̀tūli xă mdagəl ṭali xa-dùgleˈ ʾana g-əbən xă…ˈ meθə̀tūli xă mdagəl ṭali xa-dùgleˈ	I want someone, I want that you bring me someone who would tell me a lie
	la hawe-bi ʾamrənne kulle məndi mən ʾilàhā=la.ˈ la hawe-bi ʾamrənne kulle məndi mən ʾilàhā=la.ˈ	about which I couldn’t say that it’s all true (lit. from God).
	d-ʾamrənneˈ ʾo dùglē=la,ˈ ṭròṣa wət,ˈ ʾo dùglē=la.ˈ d-ʾamrənneˈ ʾo dùglē=la,ˈ ṭròṣa wət,ˈ ʾo dùglē=la.ˈ	That I would say ‘this is a lie, you are right, this is a lie.
	ʾana g-yāwə́nnoxun ṭḷà yome,ˈ ʾana g-yāwə́nnoxun ṭḷà yome,ˈ	And I give you three days,
	là meθə́tūli xă mdāgə̀lli xa-dugle d-maṭe l-ʿāqə̀li,ˈ là meθə́tūli xă mdāgə̀lli xa-dugle d-maṭe l-ʿāqə̀li,ˈ	if you don’t bring me someone who would tell me a lie that would be acceptable to me (lit. would enter my reason),
	rešoxun mafərə̀nne.ˈ rešoxun mafərə̀nne.ˈ	your heads – I will cut them off (lit. make them fly).
	b-qaṭlə̀n-noxun,ˈ rešoxun b-qeṣə̀n-ne.ˈ b-qaṭlə̀n-noxun,ˈ rešoxun b-qeṣə̀n-ne.ˈ	I will kill you, I will cut your heads off.
	kullu zdèʾluˈ ʾu-zə̀lluˈ kullu zdèʾluˈ ʾu-zə̀lluˈ	All were afraid and went,
	məθelu naše d-ʾamri…ˈ mdagli dùgle.ˈ məθelu naše d-ʾamri…ˈ mdagli dùgle.ˈ	brought people who would say… would tell a lie.
	xă θèle,ˈ g-èmərˈ ʾana b-amrən xa-məndi xḕt žik.ˈ xă θèle,ˈ g-èmərˈ ʾana b-amrən xa-məndi xḕt žik.ˈ	One came and says ‘I will tell something else too.’
	ʾu-ḥakòma žik mərre,ˈ k-xāzə́tula kəsta dət-pàre,ˈ kəs dət zùze,ˈ zuzət dèhwa?ˈ ʾu-ḥakòma žik mərre,ˈ k-xāzə́tula kəsta dət-pàre,ˈ kəs dət zùze,ˈ zuzət dèhwa?ˈ	And the ruler said also said ‘do you see the bag of money, bag of coins, golden coins?
	ʾe kəsta wela mliθa zùze,ˈ ʾe kəsta wela mliθa zùze,ˈ	This bag has been filled with coins,
	kud d-mdagəl ṭali dùglaˈ kud d-mdagəl ṭali dùglaˈ	and everyone who would tell me a lie
	ʾamrən dùglē=la ʿāqəli q-qàte,ˈ dùglē=la,ˈ ʾamrən dùglē=la ʿāqəli q-qàte,ˈ dùglē=la,ˈ	about which I would say “my mind considers this to be a lie (lit. my mind cuts it a lie),”
	ʾè b-yāwənna ṭàle.ˈ ʾè b-yāwənna ṭàle.ˈ	this one I will give to him.’
	ʾu-ana ṭḷà yome byāwə́nnoxun,ˈ b-qaṭlə̀n-noxun.ˈ ʾu-ana ṭḷà yome byāwə́nnoxun,ˈ b-qaṭlə̀n-noxun.ˈ	And three days will I give you, then I will kill you.
	xă g-emər, ʾana xzeli bət ʾèniˈ xă g-emər, ʾana xzeli bət ʾèniˈ	One says ‘I saw with my own eyes
	xa-nàšaˈ tule rəš kanùšta.ˈ xa-nàšaˈ tule rəš kanùšta.ˈ	a man who sat on top of a broom.
	duqle kanùštaˈ ʾu-fərre šə̀mme.ˈ duqle kanùštaˈ ʾu-fərre šə̀mme.ˈ	He seized a broom and flew to the sky.’
	θele kəs ḥakòma,ˈ g-emər ʾana hàtxa xzeli bət ʾèni.ˈ θele kəs ḥakòma,ˈ g-emər ʾana hàtxa xzeli bət ʾèni.ˈ	He came to the ruler and says ‘thus I saw with my eyes.’
	g-emərˈ kulle məndi mən ʾilàhā=le,ˈ g-emərˈ kulle məndi mən ʾilàhā=le,ˈ	The ruler says ‘all of this is possible (lit. from God).
	ʾilaha ʾìbe ʾaweð hatxa,ˈ ʾilaha ʾìbe ʾaweð hatxa,ˈ	God can do this.
	xă dārele rəš kanùštaˈ ʾu-màfər-re šəmme.ˈ xă dārele rəš kanùštaˈ ʾu-màfər-re šəmme.ˈ	Someone may seize the top of a broom and fly on it to the sky.
	ʾeha lèwa dugle.ˈ ʾeha lèwa dugle.ˈ	This was not a lie.’
	xă-xət θèle,ˈ g-emər ʾana xzeli kàlbaˈ xă-xət θèle,ˈ g-emər ʾana xzeli kàlbaˈ	Another one came and says ‘I saw a dog
	yĭʾə̀lleˈgo nuqbət xmàṭa.ˈ yĭʾə̀lleˈgo nuqbət xmàṭa.ˈ	that entered the eye of a needle.
	xzèliˈ yĭʾə̀lleˈ go nuqbət xmàṭa.ˈ xzèliˈ yĭʾə̀lleˈ go nuqbət xmàṭa.ˈ	I saw him when he entered the eye of a needle.’
	g-emər ʾeha lèwa dugle,ˈ g-emər ʾeha lèwa dugle,ˈ	The ruler says ‘this is not a lie.’
	g-emər ʾilaha ʾìbe ʾawəð hatxa.ˈ g-emər ʾilaha ʾìbe ʾawəð hatxa.ˈ	He says ‘God can do this.’
	ʾatta ʾo ḥakòma,ˈ mă d-g-əmrìleˈ ʾatta ʾo ḥakòma,ˈ mă d-g-əmrìleˈ	Now this ruler, whatever they tell him,
	ʾawa duqle b-ʾiða dət-ʾilàha.ˈ ʾawa duqle b-ʾiða dət-ʾilàha.ˈ	he continued to swear by God (lit. he has seized the hand of God)
	ʾilaha ʾìbe ʾawəð. ʾilaha ʾìbe ʾawəð.	saying, ‘God can do this.’
	zəllu…ˈ xa wewa huðaya go šùqa,ˈ zəllu…ˈ xa wewa huðaya go šùqa,ˈ	They went… there was a Jew in the market (lit. one he was a Jews in the market),
	ṭāləb-wa hnedavòth.ˈ ṭāləb-wa hnedavòth.ˈ	he used to beg.
	ʿāyəš-wa bət hnedavòth.ˈ g-yāwi-wa ṭale ʾu-bʿāyìš-wa.ˈ ʿāyəš-wa bət hnedavòth.ˈ g-yāwi-wa ṭale ʾu-bʿāyìš-wa.ˈ	He used to live off alms. They used to give him and he would live off that.
	šmeʾle,ˈ g-emər mằ-loxun ta parlament.ˈ šmeʾle,ˈ g-emər mằ-loxun ta parlament.ˈ	He heard and says ‘what is wrong with you?’ to the parliament.
	g-əmri ḥāl ʾu-mắsale ʾèha=la.ˈ g-əmri ḥāl ʾu-mắsale ʾèha=la.ˈ	They say ‘the situation is this.’
	g-ə̀mərˈ nàblūliˈ ʾana mdaglən ṭale xa-dùgle.ˈ g-ə̀mərˈ nàblūliˈ ʾana mdaglən ṭale xa-dùgle.ˈ	He says ‘take me, I will tell him a lie.ˈ
	ᴴveᴴ ʾana ži gə̀bən ʾāmərriˈ lèwa dugle.ˈ ᴴveᴴ ʾana ži gə̀bən ʾāmərriˈ lèwa dugle.ˈ	And I in fact want him to tell me it is not a lie.
	ʾana gə̀bən ʾāmərri lewa dugle.ˈ ʾana gə̀bən ʾāmərri lewa dugle.ˈ	I want him to tells me it is not a lie.
	zŭ́nū-li xa-bàdlaˈ dət ḥakòmeˈ ʾu-náblūli l-ḥàmmamˈ ʾu-xèpənˈ ʾu-mbadlən ʾu-garʾə̀nˈ ʾu-kundằreˈ ʾu-kullu xàθeˈ zŭ́nū-li xa-bàdlaˈ dət ḥakòmeˈ ʾu-náblūli l-ḥàmmamˈ ʾu-xèpənˈ ʾu-mbadlən ʾu-garʾə̀nˈ ʾu-kundằreˈ ʾu-kullu xàθeˈ	Buy me a royal suit and take me to the bathhouse, I shall wash, change and shave, shoes and everything new,
	ʾu-náblū-li kəs ḥakòma,ˈ ʾana mdaglən ṭale xa-dugle žiˈ d-ʾawa ʾàmərˈ ʾe dùglē=la.ˈ ʾu-náblū-li kəs ḥakòma,ˈ ʾana mdaglən ṭale xa-dugle žiˈ d-ʾawa ʾàmərˈ ʾe dùglē=la.ˈ	and take me to the ruler, I shall tell him a lie so that even he will say that it is a lie.
	ʾàna gə̀bən ʾamər ʾeha dùglē=la.ˈ ʾàna gə̀bən ʾamər ʾeha dùglē=la.ˈ	I want him to say that it is a lie.’
	g-əmri ṭale htòvh.ˈ g-əmri ṭale htòvh.ˈ	They tell him ‘well then.’
	zəlle l-šùqa.ˈ pədlu go šùqa.ˈ g-emər, zŭ́nū-li šoʾa lʾìne.ˈ zəlle l-šùqa.ˈ pədlu go šùqa.ˈ g-emər, zŭ́nū-li šoʾa lʾìne.ˈ	He went to the marked. They passed by the market and he says ‘buy me seven big jugs.
	ʾu-šoʾa ḥammàre žik muθunˈ ʾu-ta… d-nablilu ta ḥakòmaˈ ʾu-maḥməlilu rèza go diwan dide.ˈ ʾu-šoʾa ḥammàre žik muθunˈ ʾu-ta… d-nablilu ta ḥakòmaˈ ʾu-maḥməlilu rèza go diwan dide.ˈ	and also bring seven donkey drivers for… so that they can take them to the ruler and place them in a line in his reception room.’
	htòvhˈ. g-əbe maxəlṣi b-gyànu,ˈ zunnu ṭale šoʾa lʾìneˈ ʾu-šoʾa ḥammàreˈ ʾu-zəllu kəs ḥakòma.ˈ htòvhˈ. g-əbe maxəlṣi b-gyànu,ˈ zunnu ṭale šoʾa lʾìneˈ ʾu-šoʾa ḥammàreˈ ʾu-zəllu kəs ḥakòma.ˈ	Good. They need to finish [the matter], so they bought him seven big jugs and seven donkey drivers and they went to the king.
	θelu kəs dargằvanˈ dət ḥakòma,ˈ ʾanna talme ʾu-kadùne,ˈ talme ʾu-nàše,ˈ θelu kəs dargằvanˈ dət ḥakòma,ˈ ʾanna talme ʾu-kadùne,ˈ talme ʾu-nàše,ˈ	They came to the ruler’s gate-keeper, all these vessels and jugs, vessels and people.
	mằ=ila g-əmri ʾanna ḥarràse,ˈ ḥarras-d go tằra.ˈ mằ=ila g-əmri ʾanna ḥarràse,ˈ ḥarras-d go tằra.ˈ	What do they say, these keepers, the keepers which are at the gate?
	g-əmri mălək mərre ʾaθax mdaglax xa-dùgla ṭale.ˈ g-əmri mălək mərre ʾaθax mdaglax xa-dùgla ṭale.ˈ	[The visitors] say ‘the king told us that we should come and tell a lie for him.’
	mərru ta mằləkˈ flan welu ʾə̀θye,ˈ mdagəl xa-dùgla.ˈ mərru ta mằləkˈ flan welu ʾə̀θye,ˈ mdagəl xa-dùgla.ˈ	[The gate-keepers] said to the king ‘some men have come, one shall tell you a lie.’
	mălək mərre ṭàluˈ suwun mùθunˈ xằˈ mălək mərre ṭàluˈ suwun mùθunˈ xằˈ	The king said to them ‘come, bring me someone,
	băle là hawe huðaya.ˈ băle là hawe huðaya.ˈ	but he should not be a Jew.
	là hawe huðaya.ˈ là hawe huðaya.ˈ	He should not be a Jew.’
	θèlu,ˈ yĭʾəllu kùlluˈ kəs mằlək,ˈ θèlu,ˈ yĭʾəllu kùlluˈ kəs mằlək,ˈ	They came, they all entered into the ruler’s presence,
	ḥməllu go dìwan,ˈ ʾaw huðaya žìk,ˈ ḥməllu go dìwan,ˈ ʾaw huðaya žìk,ˈ	They waited in the reception room, this Jew also,
	qam-maḥməllu kullu lʾine dide bət rèzaˈ ʾu-mən ḥammare baθər lʾìneˈ qam-maḥməllu kullu lʾine dide bət rèzaˈ ʾu-mən ḥammare baθər lʾìneˈ	He put all his big jugs in a line and the donkey drivers behind the big jugs,
	ʾu-g-emər ṭale d-mằ,ˈ mdaglət xa-dùgleˈ d-ʾana ʿāqəli qaṭe dùglē=la?ˈ ʾu-g-emər ṭale d-mằ,ˈ mdaglət xa-dùgleˈ d-ʾana ʿāqəli qaṭe dùglē=la?ˈ	And the ruler says that what, ‘you want to tell me a lie which my mind would consider to be a lie (lit. my mind would cut to be a lie)?
	ʾamrənnox dùglē=la?ˈ ʾamrənnox dùglē=la?ˈ	I should tell you it is a lie?’
	g-èmər,ˈ ḥakoma basìma,ˈ ʾana là g-əmdaglənnox dugle,ˈ ʾana g-əmrənnox xa-məndi d-wewa tròṣa.ˈ g-èmər,ˈ ḥakoma basìma,ˈ ʾana là g-əmdaglənnox dugle,ˈ ʾana g-əmrənnox xa-məndi d-wewa tròṣa.ˈ	The Jew says ‘o good ruler, I do not tell you a lie, I tell you something that was true.
	tròṣa wewa.ˈ tròṣa wewa.ˈ	It was true.
	ʾana là θeli mdaglənnox dugle.ˈ ʾana là θeli mdaglənnox dugle.ˈ	I haven’t come to tell a lie.’
	g-emər mằ ʾətlox?ˈ g-emər mằ ʾətlox?ˈ	The ruler says ‘what have you got?’
	g-èmərˈ k-xāzəttu ʾana lʾìne?ˈ g-èmərˈ k-xāzəttu ʾana lʾìne?ˈ	The Jew says ‘do you see those big jugs?’
	g-èmərˈ sawòyiˈ xa-naša dolamànt wewa.ˈ g-èmərˈ sawòyiˈ xa-naša dolamànt wewa.ˈ	He says ‘my grandfather was a rich man.’
	dolamántˈ yáʿăni măre dawəlta,ˈ dawə̀lta ʾə́θwāle,ˈ ràba dolamant wewa.ˈ dolamántˈ yáʿăni măre dawəlta,ˈ dawə̀lta ʾə́θwāle,ˈ ràba dolamant wewa.ˈ	‘Dolamant’ means he has wealth. He had wealth, he was very rich.
	ʾu-sawòyoxˈ ḥakòma wewaˈ snə̀qle,ˈ l-sawòyiˈ mdayən-ne pàre,ˈ zùze,ˈ ʾu-sawòyoxˈ ḥakòma wewaˈ snə̀qle,ˈ l-sawòyiˈ mdayən-ne pàre,ˈ zùze,ˈ	‘And your grandfather was a ruler, he needed that (lit. needed to) my grandfather would lend him money, coins,
	ʾu-ʾə́θwāle xa-šùla ʾāwəð-wa.ˈ ʾu-ʾə́θwāle xa-šùla ʾāwəð-wa.ˈ	because had a job which he should do.
	ʾu-lə̀θwālu go xazina,ˈ ʾu-lə̀θwālu go xazina,ˈ	And when the ruler didn’t have money in his treasury,
	θele mdoyənne mən sawòyi,ˈ bə-dana lʾine qam-ṃāḷè-wa-lu ṭalu zùze,ˈ pàre.ˈ θele mdoyənne mən sawòyi,ˈ bə-dana lʾine qam-ṃāḷè-wa-lu ṭalu zùze,ˈ pàre.ˈ	he came and borrowed from my grandfather, in these big jugs they filled for him with golden coins, money.
	sawòyiˈ mdoyənne tằ sawoyoxˈ šoʾa lʾine dət zùze.ˈ sawòyiˈ mdoyənne tằ sawoyoxˈ šoʾa lʾine dət zùze.ˈ	My grandfather lent your grandfather seven big jugs of coins.
	ʾu-ʾatta ʾana pəšli…ˈ ḥali wele twìraˈ ʾu-θeli šaqlən denət sawoyi mə̀nnox.ˈ ʾu-ʾatta ʾana pəšli…ˈ ḥali wele twìraˈ ʾu-θeli šaqlən denət sawoyi mə̀nnox.ˈ	And now I became… I have gone bankrupt (lit. my situation is broken) and I came to take my grandfather’s loan from you.
	ʾāt ḥakòma wətˈ ʾə̀tlox.ˈ ʾāt ḥakòma wətˈ ʾə̀tlox.ˈ	You are the ruler and you have [enough].’
	munə̀xle ḥakoma,ˈ g-emər ta do nàšaˈ măre lʾìne,ˈ munə̀xle ḥakoma,ˈ g-emər ta do nàšaˈ măre lʾìne,ˈ	The ruler sighed and says to this man with the big jugs,
	ʾimal sawòyoxˈ xa-kalba hatxa ruwa wèwa.ˈ dət sawoyi mằlək,ˈ ḥakòmaˈ mdayən mənne lʾine d-pare?ˈ ʾimal sawòyoxˈ xa-kalba hatxa ruwa wèwa.ˈ dət sawoyi mằlək,ˈ ḥakòmaˈ mdayən mənne lʾine d-pare?ˈ	How (lit. when) was your grandfather such a filthy bastard (lit. big dog) that my grandfather, the king, the ruler, would borrow from him big jugs of money?
	mən ʾèmal ila?ˈ hatxa wewa rùwa.ˈ mən ʾèmal ila?ˈ hatxa wewa rùwa.ˈ	Since when does such a thing happen (lit. since when is it)? He was so filthy.
	sawoyox kalba rùwa wewa.ˈ sawoyox kalba rùwa wewa.ˈ	Your grandfather was a filthy bastard.’
	g-emər ṭale,ˈ ḥakòmaˈ maḥki ta gyànox,ˈ là mṣaʾărət sawoyi.ˈ g-emər ṭale,ˈ ḥakòmaˈ maḥki ta gyànox,ˈ là mṣaʾărət sawoyi.ˈ	The Jew says to him, o ruler, speak to yourself quietly, but do not curse my grandfather.
	ʾēn ila tròṣaˈ sawoyox wele šqila mən sawoyi pàreˈ ṃḷìlu ʾanna lʾine ṭàliˈ dena dìdi.ˈ ʾēn ila tròṣaˈ sawoyox wele šqila mən sawoyi pàreˈ ṃḷìlu ʾanna lʾine ṭàliˈ dena dìdi.ˈ	If it is true – your grandfather had borrowed from my grandfather money – fill these big jugs for me with the money for my loan.
	ʾu-ʾēn ila dùgle,ˈ hàlli kəsta.ˈ ʾu-ʾēn ila dùgle,ˈ hàlli kəsta.ˈ	And if it is a lie, give me the bag of money.’
	ʾawa ḥakoma krə̀ble,ˈ g-emər šqùlˈ qam-māxela sàdre,ˈ g-emər ʾèhaˈ qṭèle ʿāqəli duglē=la.ˈ ʾawa ḥakoma krə̀ble,ˈ g-emər šqùlˈ qam-māxela sàdre,ˈ g-emər ʾèhaˈ qṭèle ʿāqəli duglē=la.ˈ	That ruler got angry and says ‘take,’ he threw the bag his way and says ‘this one I accepted as a lie (lit. this one my mind has cut it to be a lie)’.

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(1)	ʾәθwa xa-ḥakòma,ˈ mərre ta dawəlta dìde – ˈ
(2)	ta kùllu naše go dawəlta –ˈ
(3)	bə-daw wàxtˈ kud màθaˈ dawə̀lta wawa.ˈ
(4)	k-ṣarxí-wā-la dawə̀lta.ˈ
(5)	mərre ta dawə̀lta dide:ˈ 
(6)	ʾana g-əbən ta ḥukum dìdi…ˈ ta parlamèn didi –ˈ
(7)	ʾana g-əbən xă…ˈ meθə̀tūli xă mdagəl ṭali xa-dùgleˈ 
(8)	la hawe-bi ʾamrənne kulle məndi mən ʾilàhā=la.ˈ 
(9)	d-ʾamrənneˈ ʾo dùglē=la,ˈ ṭròṣa wət,ˈ ʾo dùglē=la.ˈ
(10)	ʾana g-yāwə́nnoxun ṭḷà yome,ˈ
(11)	là meθə́tūli xă mdāgə̀lli xa-dugle d-maṭe l-ʿāqə̀li,ˈ
(12)	rešoxun mafərə̀nne.ˈ
(13)	b-qaṭlə̀n-noxun,ˈ rešoxun b-qeṣə̀n-ne.ˈ
(14)	kullu zdèʾluˈ ʾu-zə̀lluˈ
(15)	məθelu naše d-ʾamri…ˈ mdagli dùgle.ˈ
(16)	xă θèle,ˈ g-èmərˈ ʾana b-amrən xa-məndi xḕt žik.ˈ
(17)	ʾu-ḥakòma žik mərre,ˈ k-xāzə́tula kəsta dət-pàre,ˈ kəs dət zùze,ˈ zuzət dèhwa?ˈ
(18)	ʾe kəsta wela mliθa zùze,ˈ
(19)	kud d-mdagəl ṭali dùglaˈ
(20)	ʾamrən dùglē=la ʿāqəli q-qàte,ˈ dùglē=la,ˈ
(21)	ʾè b-yāwənna ṭàle.ˈ 
(22)	ʾu-ana ṭḷà yome byāwə́nnoxun,ˈ b-qaṭlə̀n-noxun.ˈ
(23)	xă g-emər, ʾana xzeli bət ʾèniˈ
(24)	xa-nàšaˈ tule rəš kanùšta.ˈ
(25)	duqle kanùštaˈ ʾu-fərre šə̀mme.ˈ
(26)	θele kəs ḥakòma,ˈ g-emər ʾana hàtxa xzeli bət ʾèni.ˈ
(27)	g-emərˈ kulle məndi mən ʾilàhā=le,ˈ
(28)	ʾilaha ʾìbe ʾaweð hatxa,ˈ
(29)	xă dārele rəš kanùštaˈ ʾu-màfər-re šəmme.ˈ
(30)	ʾeha lèwa dugle.ˈ
(31)	xă-xət θèle,ˈ g-emər ʾana xzeli kàlbaˈ
(32)	yĭʾə̀lleˈgo nuqbət xmàṭa.ˈ
(33)	xzèliˈ yĭʾə̀lleˈ go nuqbət xmàṭa.ˈ
(34)	g-emər ʾeha lèwa dugle,ˈ 
(35)	g-emər ʾilaha ʾìbe ʾawəð hatxa.ˈ
(36)	ʾatta ʾo ḥakòma,ˈ mă d-g-əmrìleˈ
(37)	ʾawa duqle b-ʾiða dət-ʾilàha.ˈ
(38)	ʾilaha ʾìbe ʾawəð.
(39)	zəllu…ˈ xa wewa huðaya go šùqa,ˈ
(40)	ṭāləb-wa hnedavòth.ˈ
(41)	ʿāyəš-wa bət hnedavòth.ˈ g-yāwi-wa ṭale ʾu-bʿāyìš-wa.ˈ
(42)	šmeʾle,ˈ g-emər mằ-loxun ta parlament.ˈ
(43)	g-əmri ḥāl ʾu-mắsale ʾèha=la.ˈ 
(44)	g-ə̀mərˈ nàblūliˈ ʾana mdaglən ṭale xa-dùgle.ˈ
(45)	ᴴveᴴ ʾana ži gə̀bən ʾāmərriˈ lèwa dugle.ˈ
(46)	ʾana gə̀bən ʾāmərri lewa dugle.ˈ
(47)	zŭ́nū-li xa-bàdlaˈ dət ḥakòmeˈ ʾu-náblūli l-ḥàmmamˈ ʾu-xèpənˈ ʾu-mbadlən ʾu-garʾə̀nˈ ʾu-kundằreˈ ʾu-kullu xàθeˈ 
(48)	ʾu-náblū-li kəs ḥakòma,ˈ ʾana mdaglən ṭale xa-dugle žiˈ d-ʾawa ʾàmərˈ ʾe dùglē=la.ˈ
(49)	ʾàna gə̀bən ʾamər ʾeha dùglē=la.ˈ
(50)	g-əmri ṭale htòvh.ˈ
(51)	zəlle l-šùqa.ˈ pədlu go šùqa.ˈ g-emər, zŭ́nū-li šoʾa lʾìne.ˈ
(52)	ʾu-šoʾa ḥammàre žik muθunˈ ʾu-ta… d-nablilu ta ḥakòmaˈ ʾu-maḥməlilu rèza go diwan dide.ˈ
(53)	htòvhˈ. g-əbe maxəlṣi b-gyànu,ˈ zunnu ṭale šoʾa lʾìneˈ ʾu-šoʾa ḥammàreˈ ʾu-zəllu kəs ḥakòma.ˈ
(54)	θelu kəs dargằvanˈ dət ḥakòma,ˈ ʾanna talme ʾu-kadùne,ˈ talme ʾu-nàše,ˈ
(55)	mằ=ila g-əmri ʾanna ḥarràse,ˈ ḥarras-d go tằra.ˈ 
(56)	g-əmri mălək mərre ʾaθax mdaglax xa-dùgla ṭale.ˈ
(57)	mərru ta mằləkˈ flan welu ʾə̀θye,ˈ mdagəl xa-dùgla.ˈ 
(58)	mălək mərre ṭàluˈ suwun mùθunˈ xằˈ
(59)	băle là hawe huðaya.ˈ
(60)	là hawe huðaya.ˈ 
(61)	θèlu,ˈ yĭʾəllu kùlluˈ kəs mằlək,ˈ
(62)	ḥməllu go dìwan,ˈ ʾaw huðaya žìk,ˈ
(63)	qam-maḥməllu kullu lʾine dide bət rèzaˈ ʾu-mən ḥammare baθər lʾìneˈ 
(64)	ʾu-g-emər ṭale d-mằ,ˈ mdaglət xa-dùgleˈ d-ʾana ʿāqəli qaṭe dùglē=la?ˈ 
(65)	ʾamrənnox dùglē=la?ˈ
(66)	g-èmər,ˈ ḥakoma basìma,ˈ ʾana là g-əmdaglənnox dugle,ˈ ʾana g-əmrənnox xa-məndi d-wewa tròṣa.ˈ
(67)	tròṣa wewa.ˈ 
(68)	ʾana là θeli mdaglənnox dugle.ˈ
(69)	g-emər mằ ʾətlox?ˈ  
(70)	g-èmərˈ k-xāzəttu ʾana lʾìne?ˈ
(71)	g-èmərˈ sawòyiˈ xa-naša dolamànt wewa.ˈ
(72)	dolamántˈ yáʿăni măre dawəlta,ˈ dawə̀lta ʾə́θwāle,ˈ ràba dolamant wewa.ˈ
(73)	ʾu-sawòyoxˈ ḥakòma wewaˈ snə̀qle,ˈ l-sawòyiˈ mdayən-ne pàre,ˈ zùze,ˈ
(74)	ʾu-ʾə́θwāle xa-šùla ʾāwəð-wa.ˈ
(75)	ʾu-lə̀θwālu go xazina,ˈ
(76)	θele mdoyənne mən sawòyi,ˈ bə-dana lʾine qam-ṃāḷè-wa-lu ṭalu zùze,ˈ pàre.ˈ
(77)	sawòyiˈ mdoyənne tằ sawoyoxˈ šoʾa lʾine dət zùze.ˈ
(78)	ʾu-ʾatta ʾana pəšli…ˈ ḥali wele twìraˈ ʾu-θeli šaqlən denət sawoyi mə̀nnox.ˈ
(79)	ʾāt ḥakòma wətˈ ʾə̀tlox.ˈ 
(80)	munə̀xle ḥakoma,ˈ g-emər ta do nàšaˈ măre lʾìne,ˈ
(81)	ʾimal sawòyoxˈ xa-kalba hatxa ruwa wèwa.ˈ dət sawoyi mằlək,ˈ ḥakòmaˈ mdayən mənne lʾine d-pare?ˈ
(82)	mən ʾèmal ila?ˈ hatxa wewa rùwa.ˈ
(83)	sawoyox kalba rùwa wewa.ˈ
(84)	g-emər ṭale,ˈ ḥakòmaˈ maḥki ta gyànox,ˈ là mṣaʾărət sawoyi.ˈ
(85)	ʾēn ila tròṣaˈ sawoyox wele šqila mən sawoyi pàreˈ ṃḷìlu ʾanna lʾine ṭàliˈ dena dìdi.ˈ
(86)	ʾu-ʾēn ila dùgle,ˈ hàlli kəsta.ˈ
(87)	ʾawa ḥakoma krə̀ble,ˈ g-emər šqùlˈ qam-māxela sàdre,ˈ g-emər ʾèhaˈ qṭèle ʿāqəli duglē=la.ˈ

Translation:

(1)	There was a ruler, he said to his state – 
(2)	to all the people in the state –
(3)	At that time, every city was a state.
(4)	They used to call it ‘a state’.
(5)	He said to his state 
(6)	I want for my government… for my parliament…
(7)	I want someone, I want that you bring me someone who would tell me a lie 
(8)	about which I couldn’t say that it’s all true (lit. from God).
(9)	That I would say ‘this is a lie, you are right, this is a lie.
(10)	And I give you three days,
(11)	if you don’t bring me someone who would tell me a lie that would be acceptable to me (lit. would enter my reason),
(12)	your heads – I will cut them off (lit. make them fly).
(13)	I will kill you, I will cut your heads off.
(14)	All were afraid and went,
(15)	brought people who would say… would tell a lie.
(16)	One came and says ‘I will tell something else too.’
(17)	And the ruler said also said ‘do you see the bag of money, bag of coins, golden coins?
(18)	This bag has been filled with coins,
(19)	and everyone who would tell me a lie
(20)	about which I would say “my mind considers this to be a lie (lit. my mind cuts it a lie),”
(21)	this one I will give to him.’
(22)	And three days will I give you, then I will kill you.
(23)	One says ‘I saw with my own eyes
(24)	a man who sat on top of a broom.
(25)	He seized a broom and flew to the sky.’
(26)	He came to the ruler and says ‘thus I saw with my eyes.’
(27)	The ruler says ‘all of this is possible (lit. from God).
(28)	God can do this.
(29)	Someone may seize the top of a broom and fly on it to the sky.
(30)	This was not a lie.’ 
(31)	Another one came and says ‘I saw a dog 
(32)	that entered the eye of a needle.
(33)	I saw him when he entered the eye of a needle.’
(34)	The ruler says ‘this is not a lie.’
(35)	He says ‘God can do this.’
(36)	Now this ruler, whatever they tell him,
(37)	he continued to swear by God (lit. he has seized the hand of God)
(38)	saying, ‘God can do this.’
(39)	They went… there was a Jew in the market (lit. one he was a Jews in the market),
(40)	he used to beg.
(41)	He used to live off alms. They used to give him and he would live off that.
(42)	He heard and says ‘what is wrong with you?’ to the parliament.
(43)	They say ‘the situation is this.’
(44)	He says ‘take me, I will tell him a lie.ˈ
(45)	And I in fact want him to tell me it is not a lie.
(46)	I want him to tells me it is not a lie.
(47)	Buy me a royal suit and take me to the bathhouse, I shall wash, change and shave, shoes and everything new, 
(48)	and take me to the ruler, I shall tell him a lie so that even he will say that it is a lie.
(49)	I want him to say that it is a lie.’
(50)	They tell him ‘well then.’
(51)	He went to the marked. They passed by the market and he says ‘buy me seven big jugs.
(52)	and also bring seven donkey drivers for… so that they can take them to the ruler and place them in a line in his reception room.’
(53)	Good. They need to finish [the matter], so they bought him seven big jugs and seven donkey drivers and they went to the king.
(54)	They came to the ruler’s gate-keeper, all these vessels and jugs, vessels and people.
(55)	What do they say, these keepers, the keepers which are at the gate?
(56)	[The visitors] say ‘the king told us that we should come and tell a lie for him.’
(57)	[The gate-keepers] said to the king ‘some men have come, one shall tell you a lie.’
(58)	The king said to them ‘come, bring me someone,
(59)	but he should not be a Jew.
(60)	He should not be a Jew.’
(61)	They came, they all entered into the ruler’s presence,
(62)	They waited in the reception room, this Jew also,
(63)	He put all his big jugs in a line and the donkey drivers behind the big jugs, 
(64)	And the ruler says that what, ‘you want to tell me a lie which my mind would consider to be a lie (lit. my mind would cut to be a lie)?
(65)	I should tell you it is a lie?’
(66)	The Jew says ‘o good ruler, I do not tell you a lie, I tell you something that was true.
(67)	It was true.
(68)	I haven’t come to tell a lie.’
(69)	The ruler says ‘what have you got?’
(70)	The Jew says ‘do you see those big jugs?’
(71)	He says ‘my grandfather was a rich man.’
(72)	‘Dolamant’ means he has wealth. He had wealth, he was very rich.
(73)	‘And your grandfather was a ruler, he needed that (lit. needed to) my grandfather would lend him money, coins,
(74)	because had a job which he should do.
(75)	And when the ruler didn’t have money in his treasury,
(76)	he came and borrowed from my grandfather, in these big jugs they filled for him with golden coins, money.
(77)	My grandfather lent your grandfather seven big jugs of coins.
(78)	And now I became… I have gone bankrupt (lit. my situation is broken) and I came to take my grandfather’s loan from you.
(79)	You are the ruler and you have [enough].’
(80)	The ruler sighed and says to this man with the big jugs,
(81)	How (lit. when) was your grandfather such a filthy bastard (lit. big dog) that my grandfather, the king, the ruler, would borrow from him big jugs of money?
(82)	Since when does such a thing happen (lit. since when is it)? He was so filthy.
(83)	Your grandfather was a filthy bastard.’
(84)	The Jew says to him, o ruler, speak to yourself quietly, but do not curse my grandfather.
(85)	If it is true – your grandfather had borrowed from my grandfather money – fill these big jugs for me with the money for my loan.
(86)	And if it is a lie, give me the bag of money.’
(87)	That ruler got angry and says ‘take,’ he threw the bag his way and says ‘this one I accepted as a lie (lit. this one my mind has cut it to be a lie)’.