mc_sanzhi_mill

We Sanzhi people have a story.

nišːala sunglantalla leb χabar

There is a tall summit, it is called the noon summit.

χːula aqce muza k'eb aqce muza arilla muza bik'ʷar cinijra

When it's noon, the prayer, when the sun goes there, (we) pray.

ar deʁibqːella debʁalla hextːu bari habeʁardele, debʁalla birq'iri

At that time there were no clocks.

sːaˁʡaˁte dakːʷi it zamana

We have a place called the noon summit, the prayer summit.

debʁalla birq'an arilla muza bik'ul nišːala musːa k'eb

Without a mill the people were anxious about grinding the grain [i.e. it was difficult]; they went outside, "Where should we build (a mill)? By God, we will build it there. Let's go."

urχːab akːʷarre čula bahat'unne deq'a delq'anaj, tːura buqunnecabi činab birq'andaja, wallah heχtːub birq'anda daxanda

The villagers went outside [i.e. left the village].

tːura buqunne šːante agurre cab

They were building, building, building, they built the channel for the water, they prepared the place for the millhouse.

birq'ul, birq'ul, birq'ul, birq'ul, rurger barq'iblecab, qalla musːa barq'iblecab

When they had finished building, a man appeared.

na barq'ible taman biχuble, ca ʡaˁχːuˁl dak'u uquncaw

Allah had sent him; he said, "The mill will not work there, go away!"

Allahli watkaʁibil užibcaw il, heltːub urχːab aarganne laˁk' digaj haʔible

Not greeting them, the man passed by.

salam abičːible il admi sarituquncaw

"Wah," said one, "Why did he not greet us?

waˁħ ik'ulcaw ca, cellij itil salam alukːane nišːicːe?

We who are here building, let us run after him!" They ran after him, and one or two young boys caught up with him.

nušːa heštːud dirq'ul ledle, hari dawaj hitːi duqene, hitːi buqunne ca k'ʷel žahil durħuˁ ucibcaw

"Why," they said, "did you not greet us? We people who are working are people too [i.e. human beings]!"

cellij, bik'ulcab, ul nišːicːe salam abičːibde, nušːa χalq' ʡaˁčil dirq'an χalq'deq'al

"Wah," he said, "I greeted you, but because of the sound of your water, you did not hear."

waˁħ, ik'ulcaw, dul bičːibda, ik'ulcaw salam ašːala hinna t'amal, ik'ulcaw, t'amabaq'ibda ašːij

"Wah," they said, "but there is no water."

waˁħ, bik'ulcab, hinq'ar tedakːu itːud

He said, where there is no water a mill cannot be, you should know this! A mill cannot not mill where there is no water.

c'il ik'ulcaw, hin akːʷarilleb urχːab abirχʷniq'al ašːij baχere, ik'ulcaw, hin akːʷarilleb urχːab abuq'ni

Well, are you building a windmill?" he said, "A windmill?"

wat', hawala urχːab birq'uldaw, ik'ulcaw, ušːali, č'anna urχːab?

"No, we are not, we are building a watermill."

akːʷadi nušːal hinna urχːab birq'ulda,

They went away and told the elders. "By God, (this is what) he said." "Wah, you need water here?" they said.

agurre bursibcab itːi χːulatacːe iltːali, wallah hel ik'ʷiri, waˁħ hinra dikːantew ištːu bik'ul

They went down, built the mill on the big river, next to the big river.

gurkabač'ible heltːi, barq'ibcab χːula erk'ʷlicːeb χːula erk'ʷla šːuleb urχːab

They built everything and their mill is working, they built the [UNCLEAR].

darq'ible har cik'al čula, buq'unnecab urχːab k'apːa barq'ib cabi

They built the channel, the water dropped down from the channel, the mill is milling.

muq'luq' barq'ib cabi, hitːi kaʁible rurgerrerguda hin buq'unnecab urχːab

The villagers mill their wheat, the people from other villages mill, now they cannot stop the mill, they do not know how to turn off the water.

šːantalla deq'a delq'un cadi, tːura šːantalla delq'un cadi, na il kʷir kabirgulakːu urχːab, iltːaj balχul akːu hin čiriʁni

They go to the qadis, to the mullahs, "By God, our mill is like this, it does not stop, it mills always," they say.

na iltːi q'adnašːu, mallubnašːu baxulcab wallah nišːala urχːab hežitːe, kʷir kabirgul akːu buq'ancab pastajanna bik'ul

"By God," says one, "a bride who just married, if she kisses the mill, it will stop."

wallah, ik'ulcaw ca, hana karižib c'ikurili ik'ulcaw misa či bikːarre urχːab kʷirkabirganne

Well, they found this bride who had only just married. "By God, we have to do it like this, go!"

wat', na iltːi il c'ikuri rarčːibcari, hana xadi karižibil, wallah hežitːe birq'ancab hežitːe, raše!

The girl also does not know what a mill is.

na hel rursːilijra balχulakːuq'al il urχːab ce cabel

She went there, bent forward to kiss the mill, while the millstone was turning, it even carried away her nose.

agurre misa či bičːij raˁʡ čikaqiblecari heltːu qːuˁnqːuˁpːe bulan sarderqːibcad urχːabli buq'unne

It carried away her nose [i.e. cut it off], she was crying and screaming.

sar derqːibcad heltːi qːuˁnqːuˁpːe huja haraj risːul ʁaˁʁ rik'ul

Then they brought a hammer, (they) brought a big hammer, struck the mill and destroyed it.

c'ili iltːali kaqːible q'uˁq', χːula q'uˁq' kaqːible, paˁq bik'ul, paˁq bik'ul belq'unnecab hel urχːab

The [UNCLEAR] of the mill that had been made, the ones that attach,

urχːabla maˁχʷaˁra dužiblecadi darq'ibte hitːi kadirkan

it continued to turn around. "The heart remained, hit it! The heart remained, hit it!" they said, and so they spoiled it, they destroyed the mill.

hel buq'unne bužibcabi, urk'i belnu baˁqaˁjaˁ, urk'i belnu baˁqaˁjaˁ, bik'ulcab, helra ʁina ʁina barq'ible, zaja barq'ible, urχːab zaja barq'ibcab

After they had destroyed the mill, "Now what do we do do?" they asked.

wat', urχːab zaja barq'ibla hitːi na ce birq'uja iltːal, xar birʁulcab iltːal

"How must we do it? By God," they say, "in the place where the water can be turned off we will build it, so that after the wheat ends, we will turn off the water."

cet'le barq'ij ʡaˁʁunile, wallah bik'ulcab hin hitːir iʁan musːa birq'ancab, deq'a haderχːurre hin hitːir aʁij

Then they built the mill anew, and when it was built, and they put something upstream to turn off the water; they built the mill.

c'il barq'ibcab hel urχːab jangi čibarq'ible, qarrerka hin hitːir iʁul sakabirxːul, barq'iblecab urχːab.

Then the mill ground the grain normally.

c'il narmalna duq'unne deq'a duq'unne dužibcad urχːabli.