II.455Reel 31, side AArsha-Say, 19914 min 48 s
Lament of the bride leaving
Sabira Ermek kyzy and two neighbours; recorded by Nurgul Abdrakhmanova
The listening copy of this reel is in the reading room. Online listening opens volume by volume as the families agree.
English working translation by the archive. The Iradi text is in the reading-room catalogue.
1Mother, the felt you made me is on their camel,2the spoon you cut me is in their bag,3only my voice I am leaving here, keep it on the hook.
3 The two neighbours answer each line with the refrain ai-ai, not transcribed.