2. The Texts and Translations Texl I. fT wa.~ad min aglll la-l-Carab raMI - w-mEta-ma )agu Calayyi w-Sllfu 1·J:tayye malfilfe istaigilIa gilIlha 8. 0 ZM,?today the secretinmy innennost has bun broughr ro light, Though onlya litrle 0/if can beseen. 9. w-ma. flrsin suwa 'mer 'ibirr.Bids rna yinnTh min il-fursan >illa li~ilha 9. There is nohorseman equal ro cOmer, son ofRI~id.8 Among rhe horsemen only the mosrpowerful wouldbeable to overcome him. 10. w-eam siibgin ya~x b-is-sefawayy - 'ana fayyib - 'agfi 'agfi 'agfi. 20. When she set about and took ashes in order to Strew them upon her head,ll he said, 'Bm look here, I'm welf, Stop it, Stop it, Stop it!' Text II 1. wabad ibd~wi- ya...12- min (urban ~arnrnarl3- )ibir raSfd - >i1o bint (arnrn hawiha - widdo yyaha - ykudd (ala )abaha yutlubha ygullo- rna rr- rnll rr w·sab;l( sanawllt- w-ha-r-riMal kull inhar (id 4abiya - willa nhllr (id_ yigrh_ yigullo-ya-(ammi widdi bint(arnrni- gallornafi- rnllfl. J. A Bedouin ofthe Sommar tribe13-1bn Rand's tribe-had a female cousin. He was in love with her and wanted to marry her. Unrelentingly he spoke to herfather and proposed to her, but the father used to say to him, 'No, oh no, oh no!' For seven years rhe man came to him every Sacrificial Feast, every festival, and said, 'Look, my uncle, I want to have my cousin.' But he said to him, 'No, oh no.' 2. galQlo ha-I-(urban 'illi bawalt:h- ya-walad - bint (ammak mll~ye rna(ak 'iltibha warllk (ala ha-lj-ljuli:i1 w-idhag ma(ha (a-I-barrtye - ya(ni xluflla xa!ifel4 - gal mahu (eb? - bint Urdunn, p. , 144f.; MUSIL., ArabiaPetraea III, p. 174;GRANQVIST, Maniagecoodi!ions I, p. 154; ASHKENAZI, PalestineduNord,pp.87-89. 17 3. haga mae lui i1-midde ~ yominno ~ar 'alamo - ~ar 'ibin 'axf! w·binto winnhum mitwadidin- gal- widdi 'ar~a1 min (indhum la ysawulhum lalaba. 3. As time passed, and as the man saw how big the pain ofhis nephew was, and as he saw that he and his daughter were in love, he thought, " must leave them (i.e., my brother's/amUy) les/theydo something that willremitin a lawsuit.' 4. nazlin bi·'ar4 - ya-biina - 'isimha garaIS-(urban 'ibir raS"id] - w·haga bin,a! min hinaka wen bigi? - bigi (ala 'urban bigiiliilhum (urbin 'ibin manslir (urban manslirger (urbano)- bitJammii b-i1-lel- xalla I-lei lama sa.rat il·(a.lam namat-bil:tammil u-bigimUi. 4. They had their camping grounds in a place-see, Father--ealled Giira.IJ [They were Bedouin 0/Ibn RaSid.] Now the man moved awayfrom there. Where did he go? He went to a group 0/Bedouin called the Bedouin ofIbn Man$i1r. [The Bedouin ofIbn Man$i1r did not belong to his tribe). He loaded by night. He ....aited until the people had/allenasleep;then heloadedandgotgoing. 5. 'arba( xamis tiyam u-hii ma~i - lama tabb (ala l-(arab gal- minhilo {-(arab hligi?- hagOI (urban 'ibin mansur- tJawwal- (adet il-(arab yom nizi! (alehum nizil-ysawwli!ogahwa w-iglblilo ~ah u-yigba!:luhalo w-ikarrmuno- min baed!alal tiyam yis'allihum mnen 'int? - min 'ayyiit (arab? - min )ayyat dire? - w-min ayyil u-min ayyiL 5. He kept going four or five days until he came to a Bedouin camp. He asked, 'Whose are these Bedouin?' These are the Bedouin 0/Ibn Man$ur.' He dismounted. It is a custom among the Bedouin that when a gueSt comes to lhem, they make coffee for him, and they bring a sheep and slaughter it, and receive him hospitably. A/ter three days they ask him, 1Vhere are youfrom? Ofwhich tribe? From which district?' And so on and so on. 6. baed i!-!alat iiyim ba'ad-ma karramuhu-gibai)iilo- w-a(tO ~aggo - yis'alu gll.l-walla-na min (urMn 'ibirra~fd- min gara- min hagrt ig-giha. 6. After those three days, having received him hospitably andslaughtered a sheepfor him and given him what he was entitled to, they asked him the usual questions. He said, Well, I'm ofthe Bedouin ofIbn Rand,from Gam,from that direction.' I~Oasisin theCubabasin,aboutSOkineastoral-GOr. 18 h 7. hli.lila l...1-irn itt'nna..On the other hand. the Bedouin form tanalyatna is probablya t-rcllexi\'cof '"y. 20 13. t...w~gahawa l!nye20 ysawwiiha la-iii ylJall tun-nhlrogilCid b-al-bylit b-a~-~jgg xalsat il~gahawa- )is-subiJ) gill ya (abel sawwi gahawa- gill minu ha-z-zlima )alli ba(da naymb-hac;f!k?- gal 'ana-(rif?- raJ) (ali- rlJ) (alehH-(abid. 13. A second pot ofcoffee20 is usually preparedfor those who sit in t~ tent all day long. When the (first) coffee was finished in the morning, ~ (i.e. the girl'sfather) said, 'You slave, prepare coffee: Then he said, Who's the /1ll1n still sleeping over there?' The slave said, 'How could/ know?'The slave went to him. 14. yom )aga cale rnadd "ido cal~ - winno mtartar - winno yabis - )il-Cabid rna ba(arfo - gallo - ya !)abbabi- galla ha - gallo hllda r-ragH rnayyit - haiOJree... hadiee btilta1~al- rna btitla( galat- ma klIn garhO. 14. As he came co him. he/elt him with his hand and/ound that he was lifeless. The slave didn't recognize him. He said, 'Look here. master.' He said, 'Yes?' He said, The man is dead.' The girl was agirated. She didn't dare to go out, bur she thought, 'It cannot be anyone but him.' 15. !ala

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