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by Zamân Xân recorded and translated by Richard F. Strand |
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| [RS] suara â·kiste io pâmüc lâ·ka, dü mânša kâla kâRa bo, bRâkom, lot kâroala kâca bunta. | [RS] So then, if, for example, two men fight among themselves, who act as peacemakers in the community? |
| [ZX] e˜ dü mânša kâla kaRa bo â·kist☠sâip_â, bRaga mi âcanta. SâÑe de kâca jeSTmijeST âsi bo âmna lot kunta nâi â? strak gati, mulo kâca bo âmÑio˜ to enta. mulo to. mulo sâip_â, kitop to gita buna suara buna kti sâip_â âska pâi·salâ kuna. eTa de gRâmi to âçti lot kuna; eTa viri sâxta bi bo giti âmÑio˜ to enta. mulo to enta sâip. mulo pâi·salâ kuna. | [ZX] Well, if two men fight, then the citizens come in. Formerly whoever would be leaders would make peace, right? Now they go to whomever is a mullâ. To a mullâ. The mullâ says that in the Book it's like this and that, and he makes a decision. A few come to the citizens and make peace, but some go to them if the affair is difficult. They go to a mullâ. The mullâ makes the decision. |
| [RS] SâÑe lot kâroala jeST kâca bâlla. | [RS] Before, who might a peacemaking leader be? |
| [ZX] SaÑe jeSTa lot kâroala mânša sâip_â kâca jeST lâ·kâ imo. suara când nâfâr jeST riš sâfidon âi nâi â? âmÑio vâsaÑaReati lot kâroala mânša_âsi sâip_â. sâip_â, strak ina de nâ bi·sa, strak kâca, mulo bi bo, âska mulo to âventa, vari, pok kunta sâip. | [ZX] Before, a peacemaker would be a leader, like us. Also there were a few leaders who were greybeards, weren't there? They would be gathered together and act as peacemakers. Nowadays this hasn't happened; if there's a mullâ, they bring it to the mullâ and straighten it out. |
| [RS] šo de sâxta musalmon bi·sañ, ne? | [RS] You've become real strong Muslims, haven't you? |
| [ZX] ou˜ [laugh] | [ZX] Yes. [laugh] |
| [RS] mulo bi·sañ. kui oa·si ina, SaÑe, | [RS] You've become mullâs. When in the old days did this come about? |
| [ZX] âmir âbdurâmon xon to oa·si iki. | [ZX] It came here in the time of Âmir Âbdurâhmân Khân. |
| [RS] suara egek kâTavo musalmoni de, âni de nâ bâlla. | [RS] But there probably wasn't such strong Islâm here then. |
| [ZX] âni de, i˜ XXX_âsa sâip, mânša, vidaRi k to mu·salmon buti âsi. o·smon [?] nâ_âsa sâip. âni sta âaTi gati ca, induston po·kiston gati, sâbok vilâti, tålibån buti, vari 3âñati â·kist☠vari meS, vâtâni vari meS, nâ·siât kula bâ. iâk dâm mânša mu·salmon bâ sâip. SâÑe de nâ âsi sâip. imoa Su_âsi imo sta um'ar to mu·salmon nâ_âsi âni. kâca di nâ_âsi. dre dre, dre dre imo sta âaTi gati po·kiston induston gati â·kist☠<'ilim kâRati ârâbi <ilam meS oasâ nâi â? âmna nâmocâmo to vâs kaRo vâs kaRo mânša mu·salmon bâ! ou˜ gita sta bistâi o! [laugh] | [ZX] Here the people were becoming Muslims out of fear. There was no os·mân [?]. Boys would go from here to India or Pâkistân, study, become religious students, and learn a language, and then they would give us advice in the language of our country. In a flash the people became Muslims. In the old days it wasn't like that. In our lifetime there wasn't a Muslim here. There wasn't anyone. Much later our boys went to Pâkistân or India and learned, and came back with Arabic learning, right? They would preach and preach in the mosque, and the people became Muslims! Yes, that's the way they were! [laugh] |
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