A21 Mistaken Identity

Yulia Davudi of ⁺Hassar ⁺Baba-čanga in Sydney, Australia

xá-yuma ⁺malla … ⁺bəxdárəva gu-⁺xyavand. xa-naša ⁺raba … ⁺gura Hərk̭úl, Hərk̭úl tilə xá-mušta k̭a-⁺malla mxilə. ⁺malla npəllə. k̭əmlə ⁺ʾal-ʾak̭lu. ʾo-Hərk̭úl tilə k̭at-xa-xina maxívalə xzilə la ⁺xəlṱa mə́xyulə. lelə ʾo-naša k̭at … ⁺bayyə maxívalə. ʾa xa-naša xínələ. mara ⁺maxleta ʾavən ⁺xlapux, ⁺maxleta. ʾana lá-⁺dili. xšəvli … ʾó-našətva. mərrə la mut-⁺maxleta? ṱ-azən lablənnux k̭a … cəs-⁺k̭azí. labúlulə cəs-⁺k̭azí. ⁺k̭azí márələ xob xá-mušta꞊da mxilə mən gibu. mara la ʾana le maxənnə mušta. mara bas-xač̭č̭a zuyzə hal-k̭atu. mara zuyzə gu-jibi litən. xámilə laxxa ʾana ṱ-azən zuyzə mayyən yavvənnun k̭atu k̭a-jarima. ⁺malla bəsp̂arəl, bəsp̂arəl ʾa-naša lət ⁺hala. ⁺malla bək̭yaməl xá-dana mušta k̭a-⁺k̭azí mxáyələ. mara ʾa꞊da mən-gibət ⁺davən k̭at k̭ay mə́xyələ ʾana k̭ax mxili. zuyzə muyyelə, ʾat šk̭ul. ʾana lēn ⁺byayé.

One day the mullah was wandering around in the street. A very large man, a Hercules, a Hercules came and gave the mullah a punch. The mullah fell. He got up onto his legs. The Hercules came to punch him again, but saw, no, he had hit him by mistake. He is not the man that he wants to hit. This was another man. He says ‘Forgive, please, forgive me. I did not know. I thought you were that (other) man.’ He said ‘No, what forgiveness? I shall go and take you to the judge.’ He takes him to the judge. The judge says ‘Well, give him a punch for the one he gave you. He said ‘No, I shall not punch him.’ He says ‘But give him some money.’ He says ‘There is no money in my pocket. Keep him here and I shall go to bring money to give to him for the fine.’ The mullah waits and waits, but the man is still not there. The mullah gets up and punches the judge. He says ‘There, instead of him, who has hit me, I have hit you. (If) he brings the money, you take it. I do not want it.’