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Translation (Htoi Awng)
Long time ago, there was a handsome man in a village. He transformed into a caterpillar and went to eat the leaves from the place where humans were working. Then he saw a beautiful girl who was farming in a farm. When he saw that beautiful girl who was going to the farm, he fell in love in her. He loved that girl so much. Then, he transformed into a man again. And he did a farm near the girl's farm. They did farming together and saw each other every day. After some days, they fell in love. They were going back to the village. When they arrived at the village, they were still deeply in love each other and lived happily. The man told his girl, "I will go back to my village after farming this time." Then, the girl agreed and told him, "Okay. But come back as quick as you can." He said, "Okay." And he went back to his village. He didn't show up again even though one year had passed. But he came back at the right time when they had to do farming. The girl told him, "I am going to do farming tomorrow. Will you do farming too?" Then the man answered, "I will not do farming this year. There is still some food left for me from last year." Then the girl asked, "Can you help my brothers? They are going to cut the trees down tomorrow. Can you help them?" And the man agreed that. He asked, "What time shall I come?" The girl answered, "Come around 8 a.m." And the man said, "Alright." The next morning, the caterpillar (the man) went there by eating the leaves. When he went there, he forgot to transform into a man. But he thought he had turned into the man. Then he went there around 8 a.m. But no one saw him. Even though the girl and her brothers were cutting the bushes and trees, she couldn't even see the shape of him. She thought to herself, "Ahhh, I told him to help us. I even told my brothers that my boyfriend will come and help us. But he didn't show up today. He is lying to me. I will tell him when I meet him tonight." In the afternoon, her brothers told her, "Let's have lunch." Then, the caterpillar (the man) heard that and thought, "Oh, it is already time for luch." And he went near the fireplace which the girl built. The girl and her brothers were having lunch. At that time, the caterpillar was quickly going to the place where the cooked rice was put. The brothers saw that caterpillar and said, "This caterpillar really wants to die". And they threw it away. When the brothers threw it away, it rushed back there again. The brothers got angry and thought, "It really wants to die." And they clipped the caterpillar with the tongs and threw it into the fire. So, the bristles of the caterpillar were burnt. The caterpillar quickly got out from the fire. He lost his hair, and he barely ran out from the fire. The next day, the caterpillar changed into the boy. Without hair on his head, he went to meet the girl. The girl blamed him, "Yesterday, I told my brothers that you would come to help them. But why didn't you come to help them?" Then, he said with anger, "Don't say like that. Look at my head! Your brothers were bullying me yesterday. They put me into the fire, and almost all of my hair was gone. And my head had turned red". When he said that, the girl asked, "When did you come?" The boy answered, "I came there. Didn't you see me? Your brothers even did like that to me because they did not like me." The girl said, "Don't try to lie to me! The whole day, I was waiting for you." At that time, the boy realized that he did not go there as a man and he went there as a caterpillar. So, he told the girl about that. Then, she muttered, "Oh! The man whom I loved is a caterpillar? How can I show my face in my village?" She told him, "If you are a caterpillar, I cannot love you anymore. So, just go back to your village. Let's break up! And I am really afraid of you". Then the man said, "I know I cannot live together with a human since I am a caterpillar. So, I will just go back to my village. I will not come back here again". And he went back to his village. It's because the brothers put the caterpillar into the fire. It is the reason why the head of the caterpiller is red today. The caterpillar's head is red now because it was put into the fire.
Transcription (Lu Hkawng & Lu Pan)
Moi shawng de da, mare langai kaw grai tsawm ai la langai nga ai da. Dai la dai gaw shinggyim masha ni bungli galaw sha ai de shi gaw sumbra tai nna she nam lap sa machyin sha sha re na she, dai yi langai mi kaw wa she grai tsawm ai num langai yi galaw ai hpe mu ai da. Dai num ma yi sa sa re ai hpe mu ai shaloi she dai la wa gaw dai sumbra wa gaw grai ra mat ai da. Dai num wa hpe grai ra mat re na she, shinggyim masha hku tai nna she, shi ma dai num na yi makau kaw yi galaw nna nga na hku nga, yi galaw na nga re she shan lahkawng gaw dai hku yi galaw nga nna dai hku ra hkat mat ai da. Ra hkat mat re ai shaloi she, e mare de ma wa ai da. Mare de ma wa ai shaloi she mare kaw tsun sai da. Shan lahkawng mare kaw du ai shaloi she dai hku mare kaw bai shan lahkawng grai pyaw hkra ra hkat na nga re ai shaloi she, dai num ni gaw yi hkyen shata bai dai yi yi galaw ngut ai hpang she dai sumbra wa gaw e ngai yi galaw ngut sai majaw i ngai nga na mare de wa na yaw ngu dai hku ngu tsun kau da ai da. Dai num wa hpe tsun kau da re ai shaloi she mai ai ngu nang lawan wan bai wa rit yaw ngu dai hku ngu tsun ai da. Dai hku ngu tsun ai shaloi she mai ai ngu tsun ai da dai wa she sumbra wa wa mat sai da la wa mung wa mat re ai shaloi she kade laning mi du wa tim n pru wa ai da. Dai yi hkyen sha na shaning she dai la wa bai pru wa ai da yaw. La dai wa bai pru wa ai shaloi she dai num dai wa gaw tsun sai da, e hpawt ni gaw i ngai anhte na yi hkyen sa na nang yi n hkyen ai i ngu, dai hku tsun nga ngai dai ning gaw yi n galaw sai ngu tsun ai da. Ngai ma ning na i ma ning na pi sha n ma ai ngu tsun ai da, e dang nga jang gaw nang hpawt ni gaw nye hpu ni kaw sa garum lawm u le ngu dai hku ngu tsun ai hpawt ni gaw hpun kran na re. Dai majaw, sa garum lawm u ngu tsun ai da, dai la mung mai ai ngu tsun ai da, mai ai ngu hkying kade ram kaw rai ngu hkying matsa ram kaw sa wa rit ngu tsun ai da. Mai ai ngu tsun sai da, hpang jahpawt du re she dai sumbra wa she shi she namlap ni sha re she sa mat wa ai da. Sa mat wa shaloi sumbra i shi dai hku shi.....,Sa mat wa shaloi sumbra i shi dai hku shi.....,Sa mat wa shaloi sumbra i shi dai hku shi.....,Sa mat wa shaloi sumbra i shi dai hku shi....., sumbra sha tai taw ai da, masha tai na wa malap kau ai da shi na myit hta gaw masha rai sai ngu myit la ai hku nga, dai hku myit la na hkying matsat du yang she shi sa ai da yaw. Sa ai na she n mu ya ai da, sumbra dai gaw nam ni dai hku rep ai loi n mu ya, shaloi dai num dai na myit hta sha ha dai ni ngai hpe sa garum na kahpu ni hpe ma tsun da ai da. Kahpu ni hpe ma tsun da ai shaloi she dai ni dai ni ngai hpe garum na nga nna tsun da ai la ndai gaw grai masu ai she rai nga dai na naw hkrum yu ga dai hku ngu tsun ai da. Dai na she dai hku ngu tsun ai shaloi na she e....e dai ni n sa garum ai majaw dai na gaw agyin nan naw garum la na re ngu dai hku myit nga yang she, shani ka-ang du mat wa sai da, shani ga-ang du mat wa ai shaloi she kahpu ni gaw e shat sha sa ga ngu dai hku ngu tsun ai da. Dai she e shat mung n ma shat sha sa ga shani ga-ang du sai ngu shaga ai yang she e dai sumbra wa mung i shat sha teng du sai, shat sha shaga rai sai gaw ngu tsun ai shaloi dai ten num wa wan wut da ai makau kaw, shat sha ma ai da. Shat sha re she dai sumbra wa she grai tin ai hku sa wa she dai shat hpum de sa mat wa na hku nga shat hpum de sa mat wa jang she e ndai gaw i sumbra ndai wa si nan si mayu sai ahpre kabai kau kau re ai da. Kahpu yan gaw ni ahpre kabai kau re re bai tin shang wa wa sha arai nga da. Sumbra ndai gaw si nan si mayu sai re ngu na she wan dap kaw matep bang kau ai da. matep bang kau ai. Dai na she e ndai kaya hkru mat na hku nga dai wa she sumbra wa baw hkru mat ai shaloi lawan wan sumbra dai mung lawan wan pru mat wa ai da. Dai hku baw hkru mat tim bai lagat pru mat wa na hku nga dai hku pru re ai shaloi she, hpang jahpawt bai du ai shaloi she dai sumbra wa gaw kara ntu baw akyin re she dai num wa kaw bai sa ai da. . Sa re she dai num wa gaw nang mani ngai hpe sa garum na nga nye hpu ni hpe tsun da ai hpa na n sa garum ai ngu dai hku ngu tsun ai. Shaloi she yi hkum di na hpu ni nye zin ri ai wan dap kaw bang na ni nye baw yawng hkyen mat sai i kara ni hkru nna baw ni hkru nna hkyen mat ai,na hpu ni nye adup abyen di ai re ngu nang galoi teng sa wa ma ngu dai hku ngu tsun ai da. Sa wa ai n mu i ngai sa wa na na hpu ni pi ngai hpe n ra na dan di ai mi ngu tsun she hkum masu hkum masu nye kaji pi hkum masu nang n sa wa ai nang hpe ngai ma ni ting la ai re ngu dai hku ngu tsun ai. Dai shaloi she shi dum dat na hku nga dai la wa sumbra wa shi masha tai nna n sa sumbra tai na sa ai dum dat na she e ngai yi masha tai nna n re gaw ngai sumbra tai nna she sa ai gaw ngu dai hku ngu tsun na she, dai num wa mung yi shi na myit hta gaw i sumbra sumbra she re ai wa ai ngai hte ra hkat ai, ngai mare de gara hku myi man wa madun na ngu dai hku ngu tsun ai da. Gara hku n wa madung sai ngu tsun nna she shi na myit hta gaw e nang sumbra nga yang gaw ra ma n ra mat sai e dai ni kaw na nang ma nang na mare de wa mat nu. Ngai ma nang hte dai ni kaw na gaw ndai kaw na an lahkawng gaw n ra hkat sa ga hkrit ai ngu dai hku ngu tsun ai da. Dai kaw she dai sumbra la wa mung e i ngai gaw sumbra re ai majaw shinggyim masha hte gara hku ma n mai nga ai re ngai chye ai da. Dai majaw, ngai dai ni kaw na gaw ngai nga na mare de she wa sa na yaw. Nang kaw n sa sai ngu na nhtang wa mat ai da. . Dai e kahpu yan lahkawng i wan kaw bang kau ai majaw, baw hkyen mat ai wa sumbra na baw hkyen ai wa dai ni du hkra re da. Dai wan kaw bang kau ai majaw baw hkyen mat ai nga. |
