A29 Lost Money
Yulia Davudi of ⁺Hassar ⁺Baba-čanga in Sydney, Australia
xá-yuma ⁺malla ⁺Nasradən gu-⁺ṱuyra balbúyəva. balbúyəva ⁺bək̭k̭árəva. k̭at-našə tilun mərrun k̭atu mu vadət laxxa? mərrə hammən ʾana zuyzə ⁺ṱumrən laxxa. ʾadi cma꞊t ⁺ṱavvuyən ⁺baré līt. mərrə măgar lētva mutta nišank̭a k̭at-mačxə́tvalun? mərrə ʾé-⁺danət ʾana zuyzə muttili laxxa ʾiva xá-dana ⁺ʾayva clítəva ⁺ʾullul m-rišan. ʾina ʾadiyya litən ʾe-⁺ʾayva꞊da xə́štəla lḗn-⁺bədda ʾícəna zuyzə.
One day mullah Nasradin was searching in the mountains. He was searching and getting cold. When people came and said to him ‘What are you doing here?’ He said ‘Believe me, I have buried coins here. Now, however much I search for them, they are not here (to be found).’ He said ‘Didn’t you put down a sign so you could find it?’ He said ‘When I put the money here, there was a cloud, which was standing over our head. But now it is not here, the cloud has gone and I do not know where the money is.’