Qaraim languages and literatures and Karaism

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QARAIM LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES ONLY

The Qaraim (Karaites) are a religious and cultural group made up of individuals who adhere to the tenets of the Old Testament of the Hebrew Scriptures alone. Their ethnic and religious roots have been a subject of ongoing discussions to the present day.

Over the centuries they have developed their own spiritual and secular literature, creating their own distinct dialects apart from the standard forms of the languages in the areas in which they've lived.

The question is still open as to whether these dialects can be considered independent languages, since they have their own written traditions. These dialects include: Qaraite Hebrew of Constantinople, Qaraite Turkic (several dialects of Crimea, Lithuania, Ukraine), Qaraite Arabic, Qaraite Aramaic, Qaraite Greek of Turkey and the Qaraite Persian dialects.

The number of literary works written in these dialects is enormous, and has hardly been explored. Due to the efforts of their religious opponents, such as the Pharisees, the Qaraim were labeled as an insignificant and unimportant sect.

Since the discovery of the Cairo Geniza, the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Avraham Ben Shemuel Firkovich collections, anthropologists and lingusts no longer consider the Qaraim as such anymore. Qaraim studies have become a hot topic in academic circles, but despite this recent revival of interest in the Qaraim, the linguistic and literary aspect of Qaraim culture remains largely unexamined. This blog is focused SOLELY upon research involving the examination and restoration of the LANGUAGES and LITERATURES of Qaraim.

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Yukla Uvlum, Karay Ninnisi, Karaite Lullaby



Kuyaş endi, ingir boldu,
İşançlardan canım toldu.
Ganuz balkır kuyaşımız,
Yarıh bolur tirligimiz.

Yukla uvlum, yukla uvlum!
Yarıh bolur tirligimiz.

Men inanam, süvar uvlum,
Ki biyançli sendan bolum.
Bolup küçlü, ösüp ullu,
Muft tüvül sen Karay uvlu.

Yukla uvlum, yukla uvlum!
Muft tüvül sen Karay uvlu.

Uvlum saya süvyarligim,
Saya menim bar tirligim,
Üryan süma üragaydan,
Süv dunyanı bar canıydan.

Yukla uvlum, yukla uvlum!
Süv dunyanı bar canıydan.

Saya, körküm, kley yahşını,
Küçlü töğam yaşlarımnı.
İnan, uvlum, kelir vahtlar,
Biyançlardan canıy tolar.

Yukla uvlum, yukla uvlum!
Biyançlardan canıy tolar.

Aruv çığar kuyaşımız,
Şatır bolur tirligimiz.
Kuyaş çıhsa, men oyatım,
Men tan yahşı saya aytım.

Yukla uvlum, yukla uvlum!
Men Tan Yahşı saya aytım.

Куяш энди, ингир болду,
Ишанчлардан джаным толду.
Гануз балкыр куяшымыз,
Ярых болур тирлигимиз.

Юкла увлум, юкла увлум!
Ярых болур тирлигимиз.

Мен инанам, сювар увлум,
Ки биянчли сендан болум.
Болуп кучьлю, осюп уллу,
Муфт тювюль сен Карай увлу.

Юкла увлум, юкла увлум!
Муфт тювюль сен Карай увлу.

Увлум сая сювьярлигим,
Сая меним бар тирлигим,
Урьян сюма урьагайдан,
Сюв дуньяны бар джаныйдан.

Юкла увлум, юкла увлум!
Сюв дуньяны бар джаныйдан.

Сая, корькюм, клей яхшыны,
Кучьлю тёгъам яшларымны.
Инан, увлум, келир вахтлар,
Биянчлардан джаный толар.

Юкла увлум, юкла увлум!
Биянчлардан джаный толар.

Арув чыгъар куяшымыз,
Шатыр болур тирлигимиз.
Куяш чыхса, мен оятым,
Мен тан яхшы сая айтым.

Юкла увлум, юкла увлум!
Мен Тан Яхшы сая айтым.
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