The Zincali: An Account of the Gypsies of SpainBorrow, George
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The Zincali: An Account of the Gypsies of Spain
Borrow, George
Romanies -- Languages; Romanies -- Spain
On grejelo chiro begoreó yesque berbanilla de chores á la burda de yes
mostipelo a oleba rachí—Andial sos la prejenáron los cambraís
presimeláron a cobadrar; sar andoba linaste changanó or lanbró, se
sustiñó de la charipé de lapa, utiló la pusca, y niquilló platanando per
or platesqueró de or mostipelo á la burda sos socabelába pandí, y per or
jobi de la clichí chibeló or jundró de la pusca, le diñó pesquibo á or
languté, y le sumuqueló yes bruchasnó on la tesquéra á or Jojerián de los
ostilaóres y lo techescó de or gráte á ostelé. Andial sos los debus
quimbilos dicobeláron á desquero Jojerian on chen sar las canrriáles de
la Beriben, lo chibeláron espusifias á los grastes, y niquilláron
chapescando, trutando la romuy apála, per bausalé de las machas ó
almedálles de liripió.
On a certain time arrived a band of thieves at the gate of a farm-house
at midnight. So soon as the dogs heard them they began to bark, which
causing {423b} the labourer to awake, he raised himself from his bed with
a start, took his musket, and went running to the court-yard of the
farm-house to the gate, which was shut, placed the barrel of his musket
to the keyhole, gave his finger its desire, {423c} and sent a bullet into
the forehead of the captain of the robbers, casting him down from his
horse. Soon as the other fellows saw their captain on the ground in the
agonies of death, they clapped spurs to their horses, and galloped off
fleeing, turning their faces back on account of the flies {423d} or
almonds of lead.
COTOR YE GABICOTE MAJARO / SPECIMEN OF THE GOSPEL
OR SOS SARO LO HA CHIBADO EN CHIPE CALLI OR RANDADOR DE OCONOS PAPIRIS
AUNSOS NARDIAN LO HA DINADO AL SURDETE / FROM THE AUTHOR’S UNPUBLISHED
TRANSLATION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
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