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by Zamân Xân recorded and translated by Richard F. Strand |
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| [RS] âni bRâkom kâca jeSmijeST âi â? | [RS] Are there any leaders here in the community? |
| [ZX] bRâkom ea, mâlak kâc viri 3âñala bi bo, pârsi, âvGâni viri 3âñala bi bo. mâlak kummiš. âskea, kumok pRenta mânša sâip_â. suaru, kâca, e puc Su âmki [?] mânša, sut mânša; imoa âmna, oal kti nâceastâi. âmna jângal nâi â? kâca, âmna, jângala; kâSal nâi â? kâšil [?]. kâšil daram nâi â? âmna sâip kâa âi? jângâl. âmnioa˜ skol peTti âTloala bi bo; lea XXXla bi bo, šo, Dân kšañ. | [ZX] If anyone in the community understands Persian or Pashto, we make him a mâlak. He gives help to the people. Furthermore, we promote some five to seven men and keep them around. You know the forest? You know the kâSals [?] in the forest? The kâšals. What are they, in the forest? We tell them to fine anyone who cuts down too many of them [?]. |
| [RS] âmgi ca mânša âi? | [RS] How many men are they? |
| [ZX] e sut mânša Su mânša u tioammiš imo. kâca SâRa âvete nåcâupi âveti, gati, ina üs gita sta bâbun sta âveti üre bRu˜ç nâi â? â·ki üs XXXRa bo, Dân vRâkâñ šo. | [ZX] We set up some six or seven men. If someone illegally [?] brings his livestock from the forest for the grass, you, know, down in the meadows. If they eat the grass, we tell them to fine them. |
| [RS] kâa nom âi âmgi. | [RS] What do they call them? |
| [ZX] âmna, âmna âi sâip_â, âmni, mânša; xudåiâ. 3âra i˜ sta xârop bi·so sâip. pe [?] kâa nom tenta sâip, püñ | [ZX] They're, they're those men, my God; my brain [lit. ‘heart'] is not in good shape. What do they call them over there [in Kâtagal]? |
| [RS] ura. | [RS] ur'a. |
| [ZX] ura nom temmiš imo di. ou˜ [laugh]. ur'i. ur'i. âmna de ura kunta; imo ur'i. imo ur'i kummiš sâip. | [ZX] We call them ur'a, too. Yes. [laugh]. ur'i. ur'i. They say ur'a; we say ur'i. |
| [RS] âmgi strak di âi â? | [RS] Do they exist now? |
| [ZX] âi o. muqârâr âi. ou˜ muojuda hol [?] to âi âmgi. kâca SâRa âveti â·ki üre câmon [?] to â·ki âveti SâRa âvaRa bo; vRâkânta! kâca âmni, kašala, gi-o˜ [?] peTti peTti skol peTi sta bi bo, âmÑio˜ sâip_â Dân vRâkânta sâip. â·kistâñ kaca gati štic kaRa sta bi bo, âska štâña kti, âmgi sâip, ina pilâni mânša nâ râvo kudüm kaRa·sa gita kaRa·sa kti ca˜, âmni âçti ce, vari âveti imo to âventa; gRâmi to âventa, gRâmi xo, gita_âsa bo sâip_â, kti âmnio˜ saibâ, xudâ, nâvo [?] kummiš; Dân vRâkâmmiš; viammiš. ou˜. ura âi, imo to. ur'i. ur'i. ura de âmna kunta, ur'i kummiš imo. imo to âi. | [ZX] They're there. They're established. They're present. If someone brings his livestock down there to the meadow, they collect [a fine]. They fine someone if they've cut down a lot of kâšal [trees?] for no reason. Then if someone has gone and stolen, they come and bring us the word that so-and-so has done something unlawful and so on. They bring it to the citizens. Then the citizens say, "Well, if this is it"; we do xudâ nâvo [??]. We get a fine; we beat him. Yes, we have ur'a. ur'i. ur'i. They [the Kâta] call them ur'a; we call them ur'i. We have them. |
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