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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Sheikh Chilli's Pot of Oil

Saturday at the club, Verma ji telling Sheikh Chilli and Noah telling it back with the little words: the daydreamer is carrying a pot of oil to the market, well then off he goes, I'll sell the oil and buy a hen, then a goat, so the thing is the goat turns into a wedding isn't that so, the son climbs a tree and his father shouts, he shakes his head goodness, the pot falls and the oil's in the dust, meaning the dream's over, that's called cooking imaginary pulao.

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THE STORY

Upstairs at the bookshop-cafe in Hauz Khas Village, Saturday at six, Verma ji telling a tale of Sheikh Chilli, the daydreamer of Delhi's tales, and Noah telling it back; Noah and Verma ji say the polite you to each other, and Kavita ji says the familiar you to Noah.

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शेख चिल्ली तेल लेकर बाज़ार जा रहा है.shekh chil-lee tel le-kar baa-zaar jaa ra-haa hai.Sheikh Chilli is taking oil to the market.
खैर, तो वो तेल लेकर चलता है.khair, to vo tel le-kar chal-taa hai.Well then, so off he goes with the oil.
और सोचता है, तेल बेचूँगा, मुर्गी खरीदूँगा.aur soch-taa hai, tel be-choon-gaa, mur-gee kha-ree-doon-gaa.And he thinks: I'll sell the oil, I'll buy a hen.
बात यह है किbaat ye hai kithe thing is
तो, बात यह है कि, मुर्गी से शादी हो जाती है, है न?to, baat ye hai ki, mur-gee se shaa-dee ho jaa-tee hai, hai na?So, the thing is, the hen turns into a wedding, isn't that so?
फिर बकरी, फिर भैंस, है न?phir bak-ree, phir bhains, hai na?Then a goat, then a buffalo, isn't that so?
बेटा पेड़ पर चढ़ता है, और बाप चिल्लाता है.be-taa per par charh-taa hai, aur baap chil-laa-taa hai.The son climbs a tree, and his father shouts.
और सिर हिलाता है, अरे!aur sir hi-laa-taa hai, a-re!And he shakes his head, goodness!
और घड़ा गिरता है. मतलब, सपना खत्म.aur gha-raa gir-taa hai. mat-lab, sap-naa khatm.And the pot falls. Meaning, the dream's over.
इसे कहते हैं ख्याली पुलाव पकाना.i-se keh-te hain khyaa-lee pu-laav pa-kaa-naa.That's called cooking imaginary pulao.