ane /

I

jaːs /

a dog

winneːt fagar iːbiri /

very clever I had.

hamiʃ /

Greyish.

mhaːgal /

Formerly.

oːn gabeːti niːwaːj /

Towards the end of Gabeet

bʔaʃoːt lawtaːjt /

a fox appeared and

oːn oːdheːj oːreːw hoːj tiːhanhoːb /

when it was taking cattle from the people

eːn eːjaska /

all those dogs

haːj ibiːneːbka wʔaːs /

went with them. The dog

digiːti tiːʃibbeːk /

when it looked back

gade hagittiːt wʔaːs ɖaːbeːti /

while stopping, after having waited, the dog running

ʔiː /

was coming

eːn eːjas bess /

these dogs only

siraːkʷhaːt //

were afraid and

baroː ibʔaʃoː jaːs /

it, the fox, a dog

oːʃeːj /

among****

gaːl eːdna /

one, they say.

aneːb jhaːkaːka eːnoːka[ka] /

Everytime they told me 'go on!'

daːjiːti dijeː /

while saying: 'it is good'

iʃi[ka] ʃanheː ʃagaːmeː /

but while I was dealing with my own affairs

bʔeːb gaːl /

one day

uːdeːniːtheːb aram /

they gave me an appointment and I accompanied them.

awwal /

First

oːt tibʔaʃe /

this fox

ibeːnhoːn jhakisjaːneːb oːdoːr /

when they made it start going towards us

tibʔaʃe /

the fox

bʔinloːja jas lameːdtuːjt /

because it was used to coward dogs

ontʔa /

so

(tifidin) /

it moved away

tiʃibib oːjaːs /

it looked at the dog

tifidin taltaːj thiːt /

it trotted away and

wʔaːs /

the dog

winneːt dhaːj ɖaːbjaːneːb oːdoːr /

when it ran well after it

fartaːj theː ontʔa /

it jumped well, now

uːʔaːs idaːr iːdeːt toːna tikanej /

because it knew that the dog would kill it,

gidhoː istoːbt /

it conveyed it beyond it and

jʔagir haːj eːjaːjt /

because it came back with it

eːn hinin ikitimoːnhoːb /

when it arrived towards us

oːn oːɖijaːj hariːsi jibkaːtka /

when it grasped the back thigh from behind

iragada eːriːneː wʔas agiːramjhoːb /

when the dog reclined on the rear legs

ibʔaʃi han /

the fox also

akiraː bʔaʃe /

(was) a strong fox

reːw lamdaːbuːjt /

since it was accustomed (to eat) cattle

wʔaːs hoːj itirifif baruː /

the dog dragged*** it on the ground, it

gedhoː beːti fafaːreːti iw /

was jumping forward next to it

oːn iwaraːjoː weːreː /

Again and again,

hassijaːjthoːn /

it was going beyond us

malja jʔagir haːj eːjaːnhoːb /

then when it came back

nigid ɖibiʃiːnaːjt ibʔaʃoːjoːn nharid /

we made it fall on the floor and and we slaughtered our fox.

wʔaːs /

The dog

toːsi nhiː /

we gave the liver

uːn ibʔaʃi /

this fox

ʔakira mheːl eːn /

(is) a powerful medicine, they said.

oːmhiːn whoːj lhiːjoːk /

The place that hurts you

tamteneja eːn /

you eat, they said.

iragad /

The leg

lhiːjuːk /

if it hurts

iragad /

the leg

tamtenejaːːː /

you eat.

wʔaj lhiːjuːk /

If the hand hurts you

wʔaj tamtenea /

you eat the hand.

uːngʔaː lhiːjuːk /

If the back hurts you

tikʷireːtaːti uːngʔajuː /

the backbone of its back

weːr areː /

Other then

dhoːn hadiːdiːt baroː /

among us told that it

areː /

then

uːːːmbaruː /

it

imheːluː /

its medicine

asijaːb ikteːnaːti /

what proves it is correct is that

baːbuːn /

Our father

bʔaʃoːb /

a fox

bʔaʃoːb marrijeːk abdalla iːhaː /

Hey, Abdalla, if you find a fox

baːʃir alʔoːr /

Bashir Al'oor

oːn aneːb /

I

girmaːjt lhaneːj gallabaːteːta /

headaches come and go troubling

oːn igilma /

this head

haːj mʔaːheːb idheːb //

bring it to me! he says.

irizgi naːtiːt /

By chance

bak eːwaːjeː ʃaːkib /

hunting my ibex like that

defaːb akajeː /

while leaving

oːn whuːdi gʷaːb akitimhoːb /

when I arrived at Huudi Gwaab

bʔaʃoːt tisinheːb ini /

I met a fox, he said.

mhale jas iːbiːriː /

I had two dogs

kiribaːjwa lʔaːlikwa /

Kiribay and L'alik

iːdneːb /

that they were called

aːn aːjas farsamjaːn ini oːn ibʔaʃi //

These dogs jumped after this fox, he said.

ɖaːbeː ɖaːbeː ɖaːbeː /

Running and running

handiːb bak amlawaw jheː eːn /

it prowled around a tree like that, he said.

handib amlawaw jheːhoːb

When it prowled around a tree

uːjaːs uːn gaːl /

one dog

tingʔaːteː eːjaːjt ibʔaʃi //

came from behind, the fox (= it passed behind the fox)

imsʔabak ini /

the dog caught it (and the fox resisted)', he said.

imsʔabakhoːb /

When they caught each other

gaːlika /

each one

oːmhiːn jʔabikni ɖibiʃjaːnhoːb /

that they took the spot, when they made it fall,

finaːt eː# /

a spear

ijafiːb daːsan /

I put in its mouth

ibʔaʃoji aharid ini /

I slaughtered my fox, he said.

rabab bʔaʃoːjuːjt /

It was a male fox and

winneːt ɖhaːbuːjt /

it was very fat and

asaːjt oːntʔa /

I skinned it and now

ibʔaʃoːji /

my fox

oːn abaːj haːj hantajanhoːb /

as I was going, when I moved with it

ʃoːkana geː /

a hunter, then ...

aːbreːt hantajijeːb oːdoːr /

always when I move

oːdheːj isikkaːj kiriftiːt /

the people I meet on the road and

hande raːjimaːb tikatijeːk /

if you gain like that

iraːji naːt heːhoːn eːdna /

my profit, they say, give us something!

gaːl ragad iw /

To one I would give a leg,

weːr bajib iw /

to another I would give a rib

weːr /

to another

iragad oːrib oːraːw iw /

I would give the other back*** leg,

weːr ragad isuːri iw /

to another I would give a front leg,

hiː jʔan ini /

I gave to whoever came, he said.

bʔitiri akoː /

because it disgusted me,

tiʃaːtoː kataman ini //

I don't eat its meat, he said.

areː ibʔaʃi darrijeːb oːdoːr /

Then when you kill the fox,

oːkna baraːmiːni /

it really stinks.

ontʔa /

So,

iraːwi /

my friend

igirma dha haːj jʔan /

I brought the head

igirma sarwaːji /

(who said) to send the head

baːʃi# /

baːʃiːruːjt /

as it is Bashir.

lheːjt /

The following day

bess haːj inʔir ʃaːwi /

he was cured with it, then

bess oːn amsi hadid /

until today

nʔiratteː /

recovery

ikʷaːs iːdhoːn /

he made, he told us.

beː doːr dhoːn hadidjanhoːb /

When he told us that formerly

oːn ibʔaʃi /

this fox

hallaːn ani amireːk aknaːj /

now, if I find, myself

tamijeːt hajʔaːtib eːfeː /

I have to eat.

suːri han tamaːbu /

I had eaten before also.

bʔaʃoːt /

A fox

gida deraː /

firing, killing

uːn gʔaː lheːbjameːb (fira) /

as the back was aching, in the water (it gave birth, sic.)

afirʔa jhaːjt /

***

oːt tikʷireːtaːtiːtiːt miːtatteːb /

in the bones of this backbone

gaːt miːtaːt /

one bone

farakat tiki /

had stuck out,

rizgiːnaːtiːt /

Like by chance

bʔaʃoːt amrijeːb oːdoːr /

when I found a fox

kʷililkʷililsnaːjt /

as we surrounded it completely

nidir //

we killed it.

tʔagija taman /

I ate the back.

uːn uːdheːj salaːtib idineːb oːdoːr /

When this people wanted grilled meat

hardaːbuːjt /

as I had slaughtered it

jʔar bahrida bahrida dijeːheːb hardaːbuːjt /

while the children were telling me, don't slaughter it, don't slaughter it, as I had slaughered it

tʔagja taman /

I ate the back

toːjiːn

the day

timalja iraː uːn uːngʔa /

the second, gosh, this backbone

lhiːniheːb han kalheːheːb ani /

that is hurting me, is not not hurting me anymore, I

tibatoː tamaneːt /

that I ate it

toːjiːn /

the day

timhaja geː toːkna /

the third, itself

naːt hassijaːb kaːki /

I did not feel anything

oːn amsi hadid //

until this day.

haːj nʔiraːb haːj hireːrani /

I walk around cured.

umbatuː /

It

tibʔaʃi winneːt daːjiːti //

the fox is very good.

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