1877.] 
of Eastern Turkistdn . 
821 
STORIES 
Eeom Eoebes’ Peesian Geammae teanslated into Tueki. 
1. B ir ddam Ajlatun-din sur-di him : Tola yil-lar kima-da iding , 
One man Plato-from asked that Many years ship-in thou wert 
wu darya-safar-i-ni qel-ding , darya-da nima ’ ajdib-lar kbr-dong. 
and sea-voyage (ace.) thou madest sea-in what wonders sawest-thou. 
Jawab aidi # ^ a jab shubu ir-di kirn darya-din saldmat yaqd-si- 
Answer he spoke wonder this very (thing) was that sea-from safely shore its 
glia yet-tim. 
to I arrived. 
2. Bir gadd bir bdi-ning darwdza-si-ga bar-di wu bir-nima\ 
One beggar one rich-man-of door his to went and something 
tila-di. TJi-ning ick-i-din awdz kel-di kirn : Aghacha ui-da yog. 
asked (for). House of interior-its-from voice came that: Woman house-in not. 
Gadd de-di nan% parcha-si-ni . tila’’p-idim, aghacha-ni tila-ma'p- 
Beggar said bread piece of it (acc.) asked-for I had woman (acc.) I had not asked 
idim kirn sliun-ddgli jawab tap-tim. 
(for) that such-like answer I received. 
3. Bir tabib har-waqt gabristan-gha bar-ur bol-sa chadir-i-ni 
One doctor every time grave-yard to going might he sheet his (acc.) 
bdsh-i-gliayaf-in-ip (yap-in-ip) barur-idi. Adam-lar sur-di-lar kirn: Mu-ning 
head his to having-wrapped-himself used-to-go. Men asked that: This of 
sabab-i nima. Tabib aidi: Ba gabristan-da-ghi uluk-lar-din uwat- 
reason its what (is) ? Doctor said : This grave-yard in being corpses from I-am- 
ur-man, aning uchun-kim hama-si mailing dawd-im-ni ye'p 
abashed, that-of because that all of them of me medicine my (acc.) having eaten 
ul-iip-dur. 
have died. 
4. Bir kon pddshah ughul-i bilan au-glia bar-di haw a issiqh bol- 
One day a king son his with hunt to went air hot be- 
di; pddshah bilan shah-zada igin-lar-i-ni bir maskharah-ning dalu- 
came; king with prince cloaks their (acc.) one jester of shoulder- 
si-^/^ qo'i-di : Bddshah kiil-di wu de-di: Ai maskharah san-da bir 
his-to placed; King smiled and said: Oh jester thee on one 
eshak-ning yiik-i bar-dur. Maskharah aidi : Balki iki eshak-ning 
donkey of load-his (there) is. Jester said: or rather two donkey of 
yiik-i bar dur. 
load-their (there) is. 
5. Bir duk-adam-gha de-di-lar , kirn : Tild-r-mu-san kirn saning 
One crooked man to they said, that: desirest ? thou that of thee 
ucha-ng tughri bol-sun, ya hamah adam-lar-ning ueha-si san-dik 
back thy straight should-become, of all men of back their thee like 
* Aidi for ait-di from ait-male. 
f Lit. “one what.” 
% For nan-ning parcha-si-ni. 
