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R. B. Sliaw —On the Shighni ( Ohalchah) Dialect. [No. 2, 
Baghban zoklit khu tuid. 70. Firebt-i Woi-Diregh-ird gul. Ya takhht- 
te khu pattewdjit. Yem gul wam-ird injuvd. Ya lovd : “ Eh baghban ! 
tu ’ajab kbusb-bui gul at vud. 71. Ba’d gul i zoklit, bet i chud. Nagbi 
na naskhtuid. Lovd : “ Eb baghban ! ar-bagb chai ?” Yii lovd-e : “ Eb 
bebe ! yi sbakbs ar-bagb deid.” Lovd : “ Gul ba rui wi na love.” 
72. Wazir-bachah az-bagh naskhtuid. Yet tar kila dive. Kanizak 4 ' 1 ' 
pis-skbats naskbtoid. Yem yet, butta 16 zimb-ti nust. Kanizak yet, 
skbats i zokbt. 73. Lovd : “ Eb kaniz ! skbats mu’r dbad.” Lovd : 
Tu ’ajab be-darak adam at tu nist ? Woi-Diregh pari-zad. Tu tsi-rang 
warn jam-ande skbats breze P” Na dbad wi’rd skbats ; Skbats i zokbt kbu 
rawan sut. 
74. Yi gaz jai na sat et ya skbats wikbin gaskbt. Ya wi tis i child, 
voi yat skbats i zokbt. Lovd : a Eb kanizak, skbats mu’r dbad.” Kanizak 
na dbad. 75. Voi tar wi kbu jai sut, et wikbin gaskbt. Voi tis wi chud, 
Voi yat, skbats i zokbt. Lovd : “ Eb kanizak ! skbats mu’r dbad.” Ya 
na dhad-e. 
76. Lovd : “ Eb kanizak ! tu vega’r tsa yosse tar warn khez skhats na 
firebe. Skbats mu’r dbad.” Jam i lap chud, injuvd-e wi’rd. Yi lav i 
brokht, kbu naghina pattewd-e ar-jam. Kbu lumal skbats-te bigbin i 
chud, lovd : “ Wi kal bet na kini, farib Woi-Diregh-ir.” 
77. Vud-e, lovd : “ Eb ! tu tsi-rang skbats vare ? Yem kbbir vega 
sut.” Lovd-e : “ Mu’nd tu khez ’arz ; ba’d har-rang at de mu’r cbu.” 
Ba’d kbu kissa i zokbt. “ Dund sbicb bar-rang do mu’r tsa kinid, kelan 
id.” 78. Lovd-e : u Sa ! kiwe.” Ya naskhtuid, kiwd-i wi. Ba’d deid, 
As-salam i child. Ya az khu takhht-te anduid wi’rd. Dedhe sifend, kbu 
pis-pale wedbd. 79. Ba’d az cbandin muddat-i-wakbbt, kanizak-ird i 
lovd : “ Sa, mullah kiw kin.” Sat mullah i kiw chud. Mullah wief i chud 
nikah ba yak digar. Wadh en ba takbbt et bakbbt firebt. Mash mis 
tama daulat-ande firab-am. 
TRANSLATION OF SHIGHNI STORY. 
Woi-Diee'gh. 
1. One day a king made an agreement with (bis wazir), (and) said : 
If tome there be a son (born), and to thee a daughter, (thou sbalt) give 
tby daughter to my son. The (other) wazirs were sitting (there), and 
beard this compact. 2. One day a son was (born) to the wazir, and 
be died. To the king a daughter was (born). (Next) morning they 
brought the news to the king : “ A daughter has been (born) to thee.” 3. 
The king was sitting in public, (when) a man came in, (and) said : “ The 
wazir is dead.” (But) the king refused bis alliance. Men beard this. 
(So) the wazir’s son remained (unmarried). 
