Hararሐረር
Stories were collected in Harar in October 1998. The collection was organised and facilitated by Nejaha Alkerim and Riyad Ghazal of the Harar Education and Culture Bureau, who translated the stories from the Harari language. Translations from Amharic to English were made by Mikhail Negussie.
The stories collected in Harar reflect its position on a great trading route connecting with the Red Sea and Arabia beyond. The exploits of Nasreddin and Abu Nawas are narrated all over the Middle East. Other stories (What The Eye Sees Money Can Buy and The Clever Wife) derive from The Thousand and One Nights. Given the close proximity of Harar to the Somali region, it is not surprising that some stories show marked similarities. The girl in The Brother and Sister, for example, takes refuge in a tree in a lake, like the heroine in the Somali story, The Girl and the Lion.
ተረቶቹ ከሀረር የተሰበሰቡት በጥቅምት ወር 1991ዓ.ም ነው፡፡ ታሪኮቹ የተሰባሰቡት የሀረር ትምህርትና ባህል ቢሮ ባልደረባ በሆኑት በነጀሃ አልከሪምና በሪያድ ጋዛል አስተባባሪነት ሲሆን እነዚሁ ሰዎች ተረቶቹን ከሀረሪ ቋንቋ ወደ አማርኛ የመተርጎሙን ስራም ሰርተዋል፡፡ ከአማርኛ ወደ እንግሊዝኛ የተደረገውን ትርጉም ደግሞ የሰራው ሚካኤል ንጉሴ ነው፡፡
በሀረር ውስጥ የተሰበሰቡት ተረቶች ከቀይ ባህርና ከአረብ ግዛት ባሻገር በነበረው ከፍተኛ የንግድ መስመር ላይ ክልሉ የነበረውን ቦታ የሚያሳዩ ናቸው፡፡ የናስረዲንና የአቡ ናዋስ ትረካዎች በመላው የመካከለኛው ምስራቅ አገራትም ውስጥ ጭምር የሚነገሩ ናቸው፡፡ ሌሎቹ ታሪኮች (አይን የሚያየውን ገንዘብ ይገዛዋል እና ብልኋ ሚስት) የተገኙት አንድ ሺ አንድ ሌሊት ከተሰኘው የአጫጭር ታሪኮች መድብል ነው፡፡ ሀረር ከሱማሊ ክልል ጋር ባለው ቅርበት ምክንያት አንዳንዶቹ ታሪኮች ቢመሳሰሉ አያስገርምም፡፡ ወንድምና እህት በሚለው ታሪክ ውስጥ ያለችው ልጃገረድ ከሃይቅ ውስጥ ካለ ዛፍ ላይ መኖሯ ልጃገረዷና አንበሳው በሚለው የሶማሊ ታሪክ ውስጥ ከምትገኘው ዋና ገፀ ባህሪ ጋር ትመሳሰላለች፡፡

Listen — told in the original voice (Harari)
Part of Voices of Ethiopia. Language attributions are being confirmed with the collectors.
- A Fire on the Lake Shoreየሐይቁ ዳርቻ እሳትNarrated by Hajji Abdu Settar Mohammed Bashir
- Abu Nawasአቡ ናዋስNarrated by Zaineba Abibeker Deremo
- Abu Nawas and the Khadiአቡ ናዋስ እና ቃዲውNarrated by Yusuf Omar Osman
- Atrasu and Amegagአትራሱና አሜጋግNarrated by Ibrahim Sharif
- Fatima Zikel and Ahmad Zikelፋጢማ ዚቀልና አህመድ ዚቀልNarrated by Ay Nuria Yusuf Abdalha
Irit and Nuritእሪትና ኑሪትNarrated by Zaineba Abibeker Deremo- Sheikh Nasreddin and the Miserሼክ ናስረዲንና ስስታሙ ሰውNarrated by Hajji Abdu Settar Mohammed Bashir
- Sheikh Nasreddin at the Forkሼክ ናስረዲን በመንታ መንገድ ላይNarrated by Hajji Abdu Settar Mohammed Bashir
- Sheikh Nasreddin Counts the Donkeysሼክ ናስረዲን አህዮቹን ቆጠረNarrated by Hajji Abdu Settar Mohammed Bashir
- Sheikh Nasreddin in the Rainሼክ ናስረዲን በዝናብ ውስጥNarrated by Hajji Abdu Settar Mohammed Bashir
- The Brother and Sisterወንድምና እህትNarrated by Ay Nuria Yusuf Abdalha
- The Children and the Elephantልጆችና ዝሆኑNarrated by Yusuf Adem Mandre
- The Clever Wifeብልኋ ሴትNarrated by Abdul Rahman Abdulahi
- The Donkey and the Hyenaአህያና ጅብNarrated by Abdul Rahman Abdulahi
- The Good Man and the Wicked Manመልካሙ ሰውና ክፉው ሰውNarrated by Ibrahim Sharif
- The Good Wifeጥሩዋ ሚስትNarrated by Yusuf Omar Osman
The Holy Manጻድቁ ሰውNarrated by Abdul Rahman Abdulahi- The Hyena and the Fox (1)ጅብና ቀበሮNarrated by Zaineba Abibeker Deremo
- The Hyena and the Fox (2)ጅብና ቀበሮ (2)Narrated by Yusuf Adem Mandre
- The Noble Princeታላቁ ልዑልNarrated by Abdul Rahman Abdulahi
- The Pigeon would Save Meርግቧ ታድነኛለችNarrated by Ibrahim Sharif
- The Washerwoman or The Curious Man Will Lose his Own Propertyአጣቢዋ ሴት ወይም የሌላ የሚፈልግ የራሱን ያጣልNarrated by Zaineba Abibeker Deremo
- What the Eye Sees Money can Buy or The Rich Merchantዓይን ያየውን ገንዘብ ይገዛዋል ወይም ሀብታሙ ነጋዴNarrated by Abdul Rahman Abdulahi
- Why the Hyena Limpsጅብ ለምን እንደሚያነክስNarrated by Amina Mohammed Wazir
- Why the Snake has no Legsእባብ ለምን እግር የለውምNarrated by Zaineba Abibeker Deremo