1876.] B, B. Shaw— On the Ghalehal Languages. (Wakhi). 173 



Wakhi Tale. # 



I kampir tu. Yao-an i naplis tu. I rwar yao napiis khattei ki : Mir 

 dhayd mar khastaga katt. Kampir khattei ki i Yao Mir humiit, sak fakir 

 hiimiiin, yao khii dhayd randa. Yao napiis khattei ki : Tu rach, hudda pur 

 maz. Kampir ragdei, khattei ki : I yupk-war chalgam. Mir khattei ki : 

 Tamshm liich diid. Chiz gi yit. Mir naukar-av tamshin liich dikhtei. Pa 

 khun ragdei. Waz yao napiis stattei. Waz Mir khun ragde. " I yupk-war 

 chalgam," khattei. Mir khii Wazir-ar khattei ki : Yem shain-a, tsi-rang 

 gon? Wazir khattei ki " kalinga tki katan. Yan piishit ap." " Khhub, 

 kaling katit.'" Hazar kala, hazar shutur, hazar chat, hazar yambu, hazar 

 kimkhab bot, hazar atlas hot, hazar adras bot, hazar arghumak yash, hazar 

 ghulam, hazar chori, kartei. Kampir khaffah vittei ragdei. 



Yao napiis porstei " Ha mum, tsi-rang". Kampir khattei : Yem rang, 

 yem rang, yem rang." Napiis khatte'i : " Ma'kul vinetk hiimiit, hudda 

 piir maz." Yao napiis angiishtar kartei khattei ki : " Atum maliha dram 

 kokht paida wast latsar." Ba dam-i- Suleiman Paighambar kartei ; kokht 

 paida vittei. Mir priit khalg ramattei : " Anjam am hazir gokhtei. 

 Mir khii anjam gokht latsar." Mir hairan vittei waragnei. Khii Wazir- 

 an porstei ki : " Tsi rang gon ?" Wazir khattei ki, " Mv randan, hech 

 Mir tsa khii wa'dah-an na piishetk" Mir khatte'i : Anjam wiiziimit" Khalg 

 ragdei, kaling wozomdei. Mir hairan vittei. Da Mir kila na wistei. Toi- 

 av gokhtei yuttei. 



Kampir napiis da i chiil biaban sa ishn-an kila' kartei. Mir dhayd 

 yuttei. I' rwar tu, ki shikar nieshtei, ki kampir wazdei. Porstei ki, Kam- 

 pir ! chiz-ar at wazdei. Kampir khattei ki, Da Mir damad khun racham. 



Mir damad da khii sibas kartei wozomdei. Mir dhayd khattei, A-yem 

 chizar at wozomdei, kampir khii pa-khun ap na latsaran. Mir damad khat- 

 tei ki : Sam dhast-an chiz wizit. Mir dhayd khattei : Ti dil hiimiit. 



I' rwar damad shikar nieshtei. Kampir khattei, Ti dhai tar yurung na 

 tiiwetk. Khii shaf sh dez ino (?) nozd, da khii dhai priit ma-niiiz. " Chiz- 

 ar na niiiz" khand-6, " Tu mar yurung-a na-tiiwetk ; tu mar yurungo, 

 angiishtar mar rand," khan. Yao dhai wazdei, tarn priit na nieshtei. 

 Khattei ki " chizar at zii priit na-nieshtei." Dhayd khattei. " Tu mar 

 yurung na-tiiwetk." Khattei " tsi-rang yurungam nist." Dhayd khattei 

 ki : Tao mar yurung hiimiii angiishtar mar rand. Yao dhai yaor rattei. 



Waz shikar nieshtei, kampir khattei ki : Darya, lab rachan. Da-darya 

 lab ragdei. Kampir khattei : Ziii-an i charkh tei, sak ha-yao vidhawan. 

 Mir dhayd vidhettei kampir katti ; ras tav-gokhtei, pa asman nieshtei ; 

 chap tav-gokhtei da-i shahr washtei. Ya shahr Mir kampir-ar i lak tillah 

 rattei. Kampir tillah dozdei tagdei. 



* This seems to be merely a badly remembered story of the common Oriental type. 

 But it will serve as an illustration of the Wakhi mode of speech. 





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