ṭabʕan hija hadi lqəṣṣaːːː /

Well, this is the story of...

bəss

But,

məʃ mazal məʃ mwatʦqinha jaʕni fhamət /

it has not been authenticated yet, do you know what I mean?

mutadawla mən nas li nas li nas li nas li nas /

məʃ mwattaqa ʔanna hija ma bi ʔaqawil maẓḅuṭa ʔaw mən ʕan ʕan ʕan ʕan /

it has not been authenticated that it is based on true statements,

wane ħkəthali ṭabʕan ʔummi /

and me, well, my mother said it to me,

bəss hija igulu ənna hija ṣaṛət əlqəṣṣa hadi //

but they say that this story happened.

kan fi waħdaːːː ṃṃṛaː /

There was one lady,

ṛəg̣g̣aṣa //

a dancer.

ṛṛəg̣g̣aṣa hadi jaʕni fazda /

This dancer was bad,

ddir ə ʃən ma təbbi tdir fəddawlaː fi makan kan /

she did whatever she wanted in the country, in a place that was...

islami //

Islamic.

muslimiːn uː /

Muslims and...

kullhum iṣaḷḷu u iṣimu /

everybody was praying and fasting,

u hija kanəʦ /

and she was...

mambuda mən ʔahl əlqarja u kant tuskun fog əlqaṛja jaʕni tuskun ʕale mmunħadər fog əlqaṛja /

rejected by the people of the village and she was living above the village, i mean, she was living on a slope above the village,

haḍaba ʒəbəl ħaʒa talla //

a hill, a mountain, something hilly.

fa huwa# kant laħjaʃ zman ʕarabija jaʕni məftuħa məm fog /

And the house, before, were Arabic house, it means that they were opened from above,

təgdər təʃbaħ aʒnanaʦhum /

you could see their gardens,

ʃən fihum //

what was inside of them.

əlmuhumm jom mən lʔajam hija kant ṭalʕa mən əl ə əlbalkona mtaʕha /

The interesting is that one day she was going out to her balcony,

faːːː ʃəbħət loṭa lgət mṛa təgli fiː daħi //

and she looked down, she saw a woman who was frying eggs,

ʕale nnaṛ //

on the fire.

təʃwi fəl# ##

She grill the...

əːːː gult daħi ane ħuʦ //

Er, I said eggs, but they were fishes.

təʃwi fħuʦ /

She was grilling fishes,

aː ma nħarrkaʃ hadaːːː //

Ah, I don't move it?

təʃwi fħuʦ /

She was grilling fishes,

ʕale nnaṛ //

on the fire.

mʃeːːː /

Then,

əlgət əːːː ʒətha bneja ṣɣejra /

she found... A small girl came to her,

fi idhaːːː /

and in her hand,

laffa hekke laffa mən awṛəg u mən gəʃʃ u lwaħəd təbbi taxəd naṛ /

she was carrying a bundle full of leaves and matches and willing to set a fire,

baʃ iṭajjbu bihum aʕleh //

to cook them on it.

ṭalʕ # xəʃʃət ṭəg̣ṭg̣ət ʕale lmṛa /

She went and knocked at the lady's door,

xəʃʃət wallʕət ənnaːṛ /

she went and set the fire,

wəl# əː wə# wəl# əṛṛəg̣g̣aːṣa təʃbaħ /

and the dancer was looking,

tʃuːf //

she was looking.

ma tsmaʕʃ /

She was not hearing,

ljanna bʕida fog lakən təʃbaħ ʃəni ṣajir //

because she was far, up, but she was looking to what was happening.

ʕaṭətha ləːːːlwaħda u wullʕəthalha ləmṛa //

She gave it to her and the woman set the fire to her.

baʕdma wullʕəthalha /

After that she set it to her,

xdətha ləbneja ṣṣɣejra /

the small girl took it,

ʕali ṣotiːːː xdətha ləbneja ṣṣɣejra u mʃəʦ /

Speak louder? The small girl took it and she went away,

owwlma ṭulʕət mən fumm əlbaːb /

As soon as she went out, on the landing,

ṭaffətha //

she extinguished it.

hija təʃbaħ ləṃṛa /

The woman, she was witnessing,

ṭṭəffi fiha lha /

she extinguished it o her,

u twalli lbənt /

and the girl was coming back,

u tgul əṇṭf̣əʦ /

and she said it extinguished itself,

twallaʕ əlha /

she set the fire to her,

aṛbʕa məṛṛaːt /

four times,

baʕd aṛbʕa məṛṛaːt /

after the fourth time,

hija ṭṭəffi /

she extinguished,

xeːṛək /

What's happening?

eːh aṛbʕa məṛṛaːt hija ṭṭəffi /

Yes, four times she extinguished,

maṛṛa laxira ʒət ləbneja gʕudəʦ /

The last time, the girls came and stayed,

galət ləːːːlṃṛa maʕliʃ ane xa# ənnṭəffi fi nnaṛ ʕale xaṭṛi xaṭṛi fħutəh aʕṭini ħuta nakəlha /

She said to the woman never mind, extinguish the fire, I feel like eating fish so give me one fish and I will eat it,

ʒət tani fiha nnija //

she had the desire again.

fa ləṃṛa dəffət lbənt uːːː lazzətha wənti ʃən ddiri u u tʃbaħ ʃən huwa /

So the woman pushed the girl and kicked her out, (and she said) what are you doing and what are you lokking at ?

ṭabʕan hija ʃəbħət hadika fəhmət /

well, she looked and that one she understood,

lakən ma səmʕətʃ //

but she hadn't heard

u lbneja mʃət təbki //

and the small girl went away crying.

nəzlət təʒri hadika ṛṛəg̣g̣aːṣa fa /

That dancer ran down and

ṭəg̣ṭg̣ət ʕale bab ləṃṛaː /

she knocked at the woman's door,

ləṃṛa fətħət lbab lgəthaːːː /

the woman opened the door and found her,

ʃən təbbi ʃən ddiri hneː /

what do you want? What are you doing here?

gatt lha nəbbi aʕṭiniː ħut /

She told her I want you to give me some fish,

ħuta /

one fish,

naʕṭiha llbənt ʕaṭiha //

I will give it to the girl.

aʃ# gatt lha la ma naʕṭikʃ ħut /

She told her no I won't give you any fish,

fa xdət əddhəb mtaʕha kant əṛṛag̣ṣa labsət dhəb /

so, she take her gold, the dancer was wearing gold,

wəlħuliːj mtaʕha /

and her pieces of jewelry,

ħaṭṭ # ħədfaːta ləlmṛa gatt lha aʕṭini mkanah ħuta //

she put, she flung it to the woman and told her in exchange give me one fish.

mʃət hadika ʒabət lha lħut kullah aʕṭathulha /

She went and took all the fish and she gave it to her,

xdət əddhəb u sakkṛət ləbab //

she took all the gold and closed the door.

mʃət təʒri llbneja ṣṣɣejra w aʕṭatha lħut /

She ran to the small girl and gave her the fish,

u ṛəkbat wəllat li ħoʃha //

and she went up back to her house.

baʕdha bi jom ma ʕaʃ ṭulʕət lləːṃṛaːːː ṛṛəg̣g̣aṣa mən əlħoʃ mtaʕha /

After that day, she didn't come out from her house anymore,

fa humma galu jəmkən anna hijaːːː tabət jaʕni ma ʕaʃ təbbi ddir ħaʒat fazda ma ʕaʃ ṭulʕət /

so they said that maybe she repented, it means that she didn't want no do bad things anymore, she didn't come out anymore,

laħadd sbuʕeːn /

Up to two weeks,

XX ma fi ħadd ʒaha ma fi ħadd XX ma ṭulʕətʃ ma ʒətʃ ma# ##

no one came to her, no one saw her, she didn't go out, she didn't come,

mʃeːːː /

then,

galu xa nəmʃu nʒa# ʒu lhum kullhum əlqaṛja mʃu bjaftħu aʕleh əlbab /

they said let's go, they went all of them from the village went to break the door,

ṭag̣ṭəg̣u ma fətħətʃ /

they knocked and she didn't open,

mʃe daffu lbab u xəʃʃu /

then they pushed the door and they entered,

fa lgu riħat əːːː /

and they found the smell of...

ɔke ɔke //

okay, okay.

fa lgu riħat əːːː /

So, they found the smell of...

məsk u ʕambəṛ aħne ngulu məsk u ʕambəṛ /

musc and amber, we say musc and amber,

uːːː mən kull əːːː /

and from every, er...

eh u mən kull əːːː /

yes, and from every er...

ħaʒa riħtha ħalwa kan fi riħa //

something whose smell was nice, there was a smell.

fa xafu humma xafu ənna fi ʒənn fi ħaʒa //

So, they were afraid that there could be jinns or something.

fa ʒabu ʃjux əmʕahum /

So they brought sheikhs with them,

xaʃʃu ʃʃjux ahummaː /

they made those sheikhs enter,

əlguːːː /

they found,

galu lhum ə fi ʃəxṣ ahne /

they told them that there were someone there,

mubarək jaʕni ʃəxṣ /

someone blessed,

muʔmən bi llaːh /

believer in God,

kwajjəs u muslim u kede /

a good person, a Muslim and so on,

ljanna lmuʔminin bi llah u lmuslimin /

because those who believe in God and the Muslims,

riħəthum ma tʕafənʃ /

their smell doesn't stink,

ma iṭlaʕʃ /

it doesn't come out,

ʕafən /

stink,

jaṭlaʕ riħt məsk u ʕəmbəṛ u /

it's the smell of musc and amber that comes out and...

mʃeːːː əːːː /

then, er...

əlgu ləmṛa majjta /

they found the dead woman,

əlguha fəl# əːːː /

they found her in the... er...

fəlfṛaːʃ //

in the bed.

mʃe galu kif hadi kant ṛaːqəṣa u kant u kant u kant u kant u kant //

They went and asked how is it possible that this one was a dancer and was this and that?

gal lhum fi ʔakid ʕaməll /

He told them she made a good action,

fi ħajatha /

in her life,

msaħ əlha kull mən dunuːbha /

they erased all her sins,

u dunubha kullha əlli k# ʕale ktafha /

and all the sins she was carrying,

mʃət /

they went away,

li ʃəxṣ /

to someone,

axər //

else.

wuḷḷah subħana u taʕala /

God be praised,

msaħ kull ədnubha //

he erased all her sins.

ṣaṛ ma ʕaṛfuʃ humma ʃən huwa ssabab bajjən baʕdenn ləmṛa ħkət lhum əlmawqəf əlli ṣar u kede /

So, they didn't know what was the obvious reason, then the woman told them what happened, and so on,

u ʕaṛfu ʃən lqəṣṣa u dawwnət əlqəṣṣa u ħkətha li ʔummi //

so they knew the story and this story was remembered and my mother said it to me.

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