180 R. B. Shaw— On the Olialchah Languages. (Sarikoli). [J^ » 2 



13. Mardum mubarak-bad-ir yat : " Ha Padkhah ! mubarak vid, mu- 

 barak vid. Khub Padkhah at vedhj. Makborj darakbt tii-yan na vedhj." 

 14. Levd ko : A-mi cboi vareid. Mardum levd ko : A-mi tii damad va- 

 reid. 15. Wi damad kbaffa siit, levd ko : Eozagar i nek kbez som. Levd 

 so. 16. Aziim siit. Levd ko : Eb Eozagar i nek ! Padkhah mu'r levd ko : 

 Makborj darakbt vare. Waz az ku vaream. 17. Wi gbin levd : Gham 

 ma kan. New past kbii'r sbira taz. New past kbii vurj-ir sbira taz. 



Ar-vurj suwar so vurj a-tii darya pa-lab yust, kbii vurj-ar 



cbil kamcbi dha> vurj ar-darya (?) gbiit dbid 



LlTEEAL TeANSLATION OP THE ABOVE. 

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1. (Tbere) were (two men,) one good (and) one bad. 2. They 

 went a journey. 3. (They) went several days' road. 4. Their stomachs 

 became hungry. 5. The good (one) said to the bad : Give me a piece of 

 bread. 6. The bad one said : Thou, make (thine) own eye blind, then 

 I will give thee (some bread). 7. The good (one) pierced (his) own eye. 

 Thence they went (on). 8. Several days' road they went. Again their 

 stomachs became hungry. 9. The good (one) said : Give me a piece of 

 bread. 10. The bad (one) said : Pierce also the eye (of the) one side 

 (which remains), then I will give thee (some bread). 11. Both (his) 

 eyes (thus) became blind. The bad (one) went (on), the good (one) re- 

 mained. 12. He sat one day on (till) evening. (It) became evening. A 

 dog came. 13. He laid hold by the dog's tail [lit. dog's from tail]. 

 The dog leading (him) took him away. Brought him into a cave and went 

 (to) sleep. 



14. After a time, a wolf, a bear, a fox, a night-mare (!) came. The 

 bear asked the fox : Thou, where wert thou ? 15. The fox said : I was 

 to-day to (at) the king's town. 16. The bear said: What news is 

 (there) ? The fox said : The king has become angry with his Wazirs. A 

 daughter of the king's has become blind. The king said to his Wazirs : 

 Find a doctor (and) bring (him). 17. The wolf said: Ah! thou (art) 

 a foolish king. Amongst thy flocks [lit. thy flocks' to inside] (there) is a 

 blue goat. If he brings that goat, (and) takes the goat's skin, her eyes 

 will become (renewed). 18. The bear said : Ah! thou fool, before the 

 cave (there) is a green plane-tree. At the foot of the plane-tree (there) 

 is a pool. What kind so-ever (of) blind person (there) may be, (if) he 

 lays hold of the plane-tree, puts [strikes] one hand into the pool, takes 

 (water) from the pool, smears (it) on to the plane-tree, takes from the 

 plane-tree, (and) smears (it) on to (his) own eyes, his eyes will become 

 renewed. 



