mc_sanzhi_asabali

The people were hungry; this was during the years of war.

χalq' kːušlede daˁwila dusmacːebde

My name was not recorded at all, not in the book, not at the village head.

dila zu wabše, knigalcːeb, selsawetlicːeb belk'unne bakːʷi

I was there in the year 1953.

kelgunda xuc'anu ʡaˁbra dus di... ʡaˁbra dussicːew

When Stalin died, the people cried.

Istalin webč'ible, bisːul χalq'

When Stalin died, trains and cars were stopped.

webč'ible Istalin, mašinte, pojezde t'aš aʁible

They made tuuuut, the sound went even to the mountains.

tːuːˁtː dik'ul duč'ini, daže hextːi duburtacːe t'ama hadaširi

I lived there, I looked after the sheep of the kolkhoz [i.e. worked as a shepherd].

c'il heltːuw kelgunda, macːalsa waxul kalχuzla

I looked after the sheep, looked after the flock of sheep, then I got bored of the sheep.

macːalsa wašibda, macːalːa aq'ra erdarq'ibda, c'ili heltːi macːa čiddet'ible,

I voluntarily went to the army when I was 20,

du dabrawolna armijale agurda, ʁajal dus wiχuble,

in the year 55.

xuc'anu xuraib dusicːew.

In the year 55 I went to the army.

xuc'anu xuraib dusicːew, armijale agurda du

I went to the military registration and gave them the application.

wajankumatle agurre, bičːible zajawka

I went to the army, and then from there I went there.

agurda ʡaˁrmijale, ilka hetːuwa witeʁibda

For one week we stayed on the train, one week.

ca žumaˁʡ pojezdlew kelgunda, ca žumaˁʡ

They brought us to Voronezh, they let us off the train in Voronezh.

Woronežle derčibda čirkadaturre, Woronežle,

In Voronezh we stayed one or two months, I don't remember, then a captain came.

Woronežled kelgunda ca bacdel k'ʷel bacdel, abalχad, saweʁib ca kapitan

A captain came, and he said, by God, I need soldiers.

kapitan sajʁib, wallah, saldat ʡaˁʁnil caw ik'ʷar

We stood in the corridor of the hospital, a row of soldiers, to go to the commissariat.

nušːa balnicala karidorre kadicːullede rjadlicːella saldat kamisːijale diduˁq'ij

He came and read, Gadzhimuradov [i.e. the surname of the speaker] and such and such.

saač'ible belč'un ilil Gadžimuradow takoj, i takoj takoj

He gathered all of us Dargi people.

sukːilra nušːa heltːi darginci gučidaˁqibda helil

Nine soldiers went outside, where should we go?

urč'emal saldat tːurasaaʁible, čina daxantedaja?

(He) brought us to the canteen, there was pea porridge, pea porridge.

derčibda astalawajle, qarala kaš lebde, qarala kaš

It was hot, and I wasn't able to eat it, I ate half of it, and half of it I did not eat, and then he made us stand up.

buc'arre hel berkʷij ajχuble, babq'i berkunne babq'i aberkunne; gurhaderč'ibda helil

When I got up, at that time, my eyes remained on the porridge.

hel gurajcːur zamana dila ulbe het kašled kelgun

I didn't eat until I was full, and so the porridge remained.

du welqːunnekːʷiq'al, nu vse rawno kelgun

(He) led us on the train, put us on the train in the evening.

derčible pojezdle čikadaturda daˁrχaˁlla

(They) brought us in the evening, it was at twelve or something, I don't know what time it was, to Kursk.

sačibda daˁrχaˁ zamana saˁʡaˁt wec'nu k'ʷira leddel aχːu ce caddel Kuriskile

At the station in Kursk they let us out of the train, they made a phone call, and got their car.

Kuriski wokzalle čirkadaturre, telepun daˁqible sačib čula mašin

They sat us in the car and brought us to the barracks.

čikadaturda nušːa mašinne, derčibda kazarmale

Well, certainly, I had [UNCLEAR], there I did not know Russian at all.

nu, kanišno, dila gub kelgun, dam heltːud ʡuˁrus ʁaj dalχul akːʷadi sawsem

I did not know the Russian language.

ʡuˁrus ʁaj dalχul akːʷadi

They are talking and I do not understand the words of their language.

ʁaj bik'ulcab heltːi, dam heltːi ʁajla luʁat irʁul akːʷadi

It was very difficult for me, very difficult.

očen qihinnede dam, qihinne, c'aq'le

Then slowly I learned the language and I did my (military) service.

c'ilra heltːi bahla-bahlal ʁajra daχurre, bahla-bahlal islužbara biqːul

To be honest [lit. if I say it directly], I stayed for three years, and I was not one single hour at the guardhouse.

du, barxle bursille, ʡaˁbal dus kelgunda, du gaupaχtle akajčibda ca saˁʡaˁt

I, the service, I was a very obedient person.

dul islužba, c'aq'le paslužanni admide du

I was in the guard, I was in a guard company.

qːaraʔullew kelgunda, rota aχrande

One night we were staying in the barracks, one night we were at the guard, watching.

ca dučːi kazarmaled dirχʷadi ca dučːi, aχranne aχranjat dik'ʷadi

In the winter it was very cold, it snowed a lot, there was wind...

ganilːa c'aq'le buχːarre birχʷiri, χːulace duˁħi birq'iri, č'an birχʷiri, nu...

I served there for three years.

ʡaˁbal dus islužit iχubda hetːuw du

They came and said, by God, let's have some volunteers to go to the mine.

sabeʁib, wallah bik'ʷar, šaχtalcːe daxante bik'ʷar, dabrawulcabe dawaj

And I thought, I should go and make a little money.

na damra hanbičib waxanda q'ʷila arc dirq'anda

My mother was old, I thought, I would take my mother with me.

ruqna aba lerde dila, abaj dalli diqːanda ik'ul

I got together with them.

dura heltːacːella walli

We were five guys, three from Daghestan and two Russian guys.

xujal duˁrħuˁ ledde nušːa, ʡaˁbal nušːa daʁistannade k'ʷel ʡuˁrus duˁrħuˁde

We went into the mine, stayed and worked in the mine.

agurda šaχtalcːe, šaχtacːed dirq'ul kelgunda

One day my finger ended up in an engine, when I was pushing, and it was cut off.

ca bar dila t'up mot'orricːe bibičible qːurt bitarq'ibil, c'ip čiraʁib

I stayed forty days in the hospital there.

iltːuw kelgunda aʁʷc'al bar banːičnilew

Then from there I went back home.

hetːur c'ili du gursaač'ibda qili

I came back and took the travel allowances.

gursaač'ibda, dul padjemni arc haasːibtede

Now I do not remember how much it was, a thousand roubles or whatever it was, they gave it (to me), saying, allowances.

nu hana han dilakːu čumdel azir qːurušdel ce caddel dičːib padjemni bik'ul

(They) gave it (to me), and I went home.

heltːi dičːible, qili saač'ibda

I stayed for one or two months at home, I don't know.

qiliw kelgunda ca bacdel k'ʷel bacdel aχːu

Then people came and said that the public prosecutor calls you, by God, you went somewhere, and I went to Ukarakh.

habeʁib, parkuror, wallah u činajal agurre, waˁwbik'ulcab bik'ul, Urkaraqaraj agurda du

[They asked,] why did you run away, why?

cellij saruqunde u, cellij?

Who should give this money (back)?

hek', hek'tːi arc hil lukːanteja?

I have to give the money back.

arc lukːanteq'al dul.

It must be given back.

čirlukːantecad

Oh, I said, my house has fallen to pieces, there is nobody at home, my mother died.

uː, haʔibda, dila qal ʡuˁt'buquncab, qiliw čak'al waːkːu, aba rebč'iblecar

Well, he says, sign here, and I signed these (documents) and remained, and I also...

ladna ik'ʷar, padpis barq'a heštːu, padpis barq'ibda heltːira kelgun, dura

In the year 59, in 60 I got married.

xuc'anu urč'emra ʔibil dusːicːew, urcegc'al ʔibillicːew karižible xːunulra dura

Until I came here, I remained (in Sanzhi village).

hana ištːu sajʁij satːina kelgunda

Then I lived well.

nu c'ili ʡaˁħle eriχubda du

I learned at the driver's course, I didn't do hard work, I went and brought the workers [to the wine factory] and brought them back again.

šupira kurs belč'unda, šupira kurslicːelːa, guž ʡaˁči abarq'ibda, waxul raboči bikul sabikul

I worked for 12 years in the wine factory.

wec'nu k'ʷira dus zawodler čaˁʁir dikadi

With the wine it was good. Well, like this, this is what has happened until now.

čaˁʁirlicːella ʡaˁħlede; wot helitːe hana hežsatːina sajʁijsatːina agur