text_original: "If I could counsel them, I should beg them to turn back. Their enemies could never be as cruel toward them as the desert. Perhaps they think it is easy to live in the desert! But I know that, now and then, even I have found it hard to keep alive.
text_transcription: IF I COULD COUNSEL THEM I SHOULD BEG THEM TO TURN BACK THEIR ENEMIES COULD NEVER BE AS CRUEL TOWARD THEM AS THE DESERT PERHAPS THEY THINK IT IS EASY TO LIVE IN THE DESERT BUT I KNOW THAT NOW AND THEN EVEN I HAVE FOUND IT HARD TO KEEP ALIVE
phonemes: "ɪf aɪ kʊd kˈaʊnsəl ðˌɛm, aɪ ʃˌʊd bˈɛɡ ðˌɛm tə tˈɜːn bˈæk. ðɛɹ ˈɛnəmiz kʊd nˈɛvɚ biː æz kɹˈuːəl təwˈɔːɹd ðˌɛm æz ðə dˈɛzɚt. pɚhˈæps ðeɪ θˈɪŋk ɪɾ ɪz ˈiːzi tə lˈɪv ɪn ðə dˈɛzɚt! bˌʌt aɪ nˈoʊ ðˈæt, nˈaʊ ænd ðˈɛn, ˈiːvən aɪ hæv fˈaʊnd ɪt hˈɑːɹd tə kˈiːp ɐlˈaɪv.