A46 The Little Prince and the Snake

Nadia Aloverdova من Guylasar, Armenia في Guylasar, Armenia

váyələ, lēl vaya xa dana malca váyələ. ya malca váyulə xa bruna. brunu b-suruytu ⁺roba baxyana váyələ. lena ⁺myasa k̭alu ⁺k̭aṱṱilə. ⁺roba rigaváy xamúvvələ k̭am brunu ⁺ʾamma həč xa riga lēl ⁺myasa ⁺k̭aṱṱilə k̭alu. xá-yuma ⁺vara gav betət yala sura ʾica k̭at dmíxələ gašúk̭əna ⁺ʾal-gargušta xuvva tívələ rišu labúlulə mávulə yala sura biyyu ⁺ṱavúlələ. bitáyəna k̭a-malca mara mara malca ʾatxa məndi xəzyəx. mu꞊ila vita? ba xa xuvva tívələ ⁺ʾal-garguštət brunux. ⁺bərxáṱələ, bitáyələ gašúk̭ələ k̭a-brunu lēl ⁺nisa. mara ʾangət ya xuvva xal ʾadiyya k̭a-bruni lēl ⁺nisa, ʾuramga pāšni dax ⁺xora k̭atu, k̭alu k̭aṱṱilə. ya xuvva bəxxáyələ gu-dá ⁺p̂alaṱət malca. mən-brunu m-⁺úydalə garvúsəna. brunu váyələ ʾəštá šənnə. xá-yuma mən-xuvva ⁺ṱavalta gašúk̭ələ ⁺ʾal-guyda xa dana sepa. ⁺ʾal-guyda váyəla čumbəlta sepa, sepət malca. bəšk̭álələ. bi de sepa váyələ bi xuvva ⁺ṱavulə, mujjar váyəla mən-ṱupru mxáyələ, ṱup̂ru ⁺bək̭ṱáyələ. xuvva bəxzáyələ ⁺ʾal-ṱupru mən de ⁺marrət ⁺ṱupru bəšk̭aləl xá-dana … ⁺bənnásulə. ya yala꞊zə bəzyárələ, zampúrələ, bənpálələ gav b-⁺aralləǧ꞊ət ⁺p̂alaṱa. ⁺bərxáṱəna cullə bitáyəna gašúk̭əna. xuvva litən. ṱup̂ru píšələ. malca mara ureməs bruni ṱup̂ru ⁺k̭ə́č̭yulə ⁺ʾav꞊da k̭a-⁺dáv ⁺nísələ. ⁺várəna šənnə. mara yala bruni mítələ. lípəxva ⁺ʾal-dó xuvva. b-šōp-bruni mayyən xamənnə. gone taxrənnə bruni bi dayya. xá-yuma bətpák̭ələ bi xa dana xuvva ṱup̂ru ⁺k̭əč̭ya. k̭arbúnələ mara ʾat k̭a-diyyi ⁺bəddayət? xuvva mara hi. mara di ta ⁺dur ⁺baráy, cu-m vítəla manšiyyaxxa. ʾana k̭a-diyyux dax bruna xamina. gu-bēt-diyyi ta b-garvəssənnux. mara la malca. ʾana gašk̭ən ṱup̂ri litən. ʾat꞊da gašk̭əx ⁺barux k̭at brunux litən. ʾat k̭a-diyyi pisuyta p̂ṱ-odət, ʾana꞊da k̭a-diyyux. buš ⁺spay꞊la ʾat k̭a-ganux xuš ʾana꞊da k̭a-gani.

Once upon a time there was a king. The king has a son. His son when he was young used to cry a lot. They cannot stop him making a noise. He keeps many servants to look after his son, but none of the servants could stop him making a noise. One day they go into the house where the child is lying and see that a snake is sitting on the cradle, he is moving its head back and forth, the child is playing with it. They come to the king and say ‘King, we have seen something.’ ‘What has happened?’ ‘Well, a snake is sitting on the cradle of your son.’ He runs and comes to see his son, but (the snake) has not bitten (him). If this snake has not bitten my son up until now, let him be like a friend for him, he will stop him making a noise. The snake lives in the palace of the king. He grows up together with his son. His son becomes six years old. One day, whilst he was playing with the snake, he sees a sword on the wall. On the wall a sword is hanging, the sword of the king. He takes it. While he is playing with the sword with the snake, it happens that he strikes part of his tail. The snake looks at his tail. On account of the pain of his tail, he takes a … he bites him. The child swells up, staggers and falls down in the middle of the palace. They all run and come to look. The snake is not there. Its tail is left behind. The king says ‘So, my son has cut off its tail and it has bitten him.’ Years go by. He says ‘The child, my son, has died. We were used to that snake. I shall bring him and look after him in the place of my son. At least I shall remember my son in this way. One day he meets a snake, the tail of which has been cut off. He approaches and says ‘Do you know me?’ The snake says ‘Yes.’ He says ‘Well follow me back. Let us forget everything that has happened. I shall look after you like my son. Come to my house and I shall bring you up.’ It says ‘No, King. I shall see that my tail is not there. You too, if we look behind you (we shall see) that your son is no more. You will do me harm, and I to you. It is better for you to go your way and I mine.’