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Translation (Rita Seng Mai)
Once upon a time, there was a farmer. He was a poor farmer. One day, a female elephant was searching for food in a forest. At that moment, she stepped on a spike and pricked her foot. She was in terrible pain and struggled to find food with her injured foot for two or three days. She cried in pain and had to walk on her other three legs. Then she went to the place where humans lived because she could no longer bear the pain. She went to the farmer to ask for help. The farmer saw the elephant and said, "What happened? You look like you are in pain." The elephant said, "My foot got pricked by a big spike." He pulled the spike out of the elephant's foot with all his strength. He applied herbs to the wound and treated it carefully. The elephant felt much better than before. She was very grateful to the farmer. She said to him, "I will work for you my whole life to show my gratitude." She lived there and worked for the farmer. One day, the elephant nearly died of old age. Before she died, she thought to herself, "I won't be able to work for him after I'm gone. I will go take my child." Therefore, she went to take her child. She said to her child, "My child, work for my lifesaver on behalf of me. I am about to die soon. You have to show your gratitude to them." Her child, the young elephant, was also grateful to the farmer and worked for him. The mother elephant and her child belonged to the king. The king and his servants searched everywhere for the baby elephant when it went missing. The farmer and his family usually put the young elephant's dung in the same place. One day, there was a flood. Then the elephant's dung floated away with the water. At that time, the king's servants were bathing in the water. They said, "My king, we saw the elephant's dung floating in the water." The king said, "Whose elephant dung is this? From which area did it come?" Then the servants picked up the dung from the water. They smelled the dung and soon realized it was from their missing elephant. They began searching for the elephant. In the end, they arrived at the farmer's family. When they found the young elephant, they said, "We are looking for you everywhere. Where is your mother elephant?" The young elephant said, "She is dead. My mother served the farmer who saved her life until the end of her life. She wants me to serve this family and work for them." The king told the young elephant to return to the palace. She said, "I don't want to go back. My mother told me to stay here and serve this family to repay their kindness." The king said, "Then I will give lots of gold and money to the farmer. I will give them as much as they want. Will you be satisfied with this? Will you come back with us?" The young elephant said, "I don't want to go back. No matter how much gold you give to the farmer, I must keep the promise I made to my mother. I promised my mother that I would serve them until my last breath." Then the king said, "You are a good elephant. You are truly someone who knows how to repay kindness and show gratitude." He gave the elephant to the farmer and went back to the palace.
Transcription (Lu Awng)
Moi kalang mi hta da ndai hkauna galaw sha ai la langai nga ai da. Shi gaw hkauna sha galaw sha rai matsan shayen re na nga ai re da. Lani mi na ten hta she ndai magwi kanu langai gaw shi gaw nam de hkawm ai da. Lusha tam sha hkawm re shaloi shi na lagaw lahpan kaw she ndai ju kaba law ju la mat ai da. Ju la mat re jang she shi gaw grai machyi let sha shi gaw 2, 3 ya dai hku rai dai ju hte sha dai hku grai machyi hkam sha hkawm ai da. Magwi shi gaw hkrap she hkrap re na she shi gaw lagaw machyi na lagaw 3 hte sha hkawm taw ai da. Dai shaloi she shi gaw lagaw nau machyi mat ai majaw ndai masha nga ai de sa wa ai da. Dai hkauna galaw sha ai la wa kaw shi sa wa ai da. Sa wa ai shaloi she dai hkauna galaw sha ai la wa mung mu dat ai da, mu dat re na she e magwi e nang nang dai ram machyi taw ai wa nang hpa baw byin ai ma ngu tsun ai da. Ngai ndai ngai na lagaw kaw ju kaba law ju nga ai law ngu tsun dan ai da. Dai shaloi she dai hkauna galaw ai la dai wa gaw magwi na lahpan kaw na ju dai hpe shi wa a gying gan baw na she shaw la kau ya ai da. Dai kaw na ningma hpe mung shi gaw tsi ni chya ya re na she shamai kau ya ai da. Shamai kau ya re jang she dai magwi gaw grai nga pyaw mat wa ai da. Nga pyaw mat wa re majaw shi gaw dai nta madu dai ni hpe shi grai chyeju dum mat ai da. Grai chyeju dum mat na she shi gaw ngai nang hpe chyeju htang ai hku na ngai prat ting nanhte hpe galaw jaw na ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi she kaja nan dai kaw prat tup nan dai kaw shi galaw jaw ai da. Galaw jaw bungli ni grai galaw jaw sai da. Re yang lani mi na aten hta shi gaw grai dinggai mat wa ai majaw si na maw sai da. Si na maw re majaw ngai si mat yang gaw ndai ngai na chyeju madu ni hpe gaw ngai nlu galaw jaw sa na re. Dai majaw ngai nye a kasha hpe ngai wa shaga la na ngu myit ai da. Dan na she shi gaw wa mat ai da, wa na she shi kasha hpe shi wa shaga la ai da. Wa shaga la re na she shi ma e a nu na chyeju madu hpe nang hku na bai n htang na bai galaw jaw u, ya anu gaw si sa na maw sai. Dai majaw ngai dai ni hpe chyeju htang ra ai yaw ngu na htet kau da ai da. Dai shaloi kaja nan shi kasha mung kanu na chyeju madu ni hpe shi gaw grai chyeju dum ai majaw shi ma galaw jaw ai da. Galaw jaw re jang she dai magwi yen nu gaw hkawhkam ni na magwi re na hku nga. Re yang she dai magwi kasha hpe she hkawhkam ni gaw grai tam hkawm ai da. Tam hkawm re jang she dai magwi kasha hpe bau da ai dai nta madu dai ni gaw dai magwi na hkyi hpe she dai shanhte gaw sumpum da sumpum da dai hku di ai da. Re yang she lani mi na ten hta she hka kaba wa ai da, hka kaba wa re shaloi she dai magwi hkyi wa hka kaw yanwg yu mat wa ai da. Yawng yu mat wa re shaloi she ndai shi na hkawhkam na dai kaw na ra na ni hka shin taw ai da. Hka shin taw re shaloi she e hkawhkam wa e ya ndai kaw magwi hkyi langai ndai wa yawng yu wa nga ai. Dai gara de na magwi hkyi re kun ngu na she shanhte gaw hta la na she yu ai da. A tsawm sha re na manam yu dai hku re jang she shanhte na magwi mat ai ngu dai magwi a hkyi re hpe shanhte a tsawm sha chye mat ai da. Chye mat re jang she shanhte gaw tam hkawm mat wa ai da. Kaja nan tam mat wa ai shaloi she ndai hkauna galaw sha ai ndai shan la kaw du mat ai da. Du mat re yang she dai kaw magwi kaw sa du jang she e nang hpe anhte ni grai tam hkawm ai re. Ya na nu gaw nu ma si mat sai. Ndai nu shi na shamai ya ai ndai madu hpe shi gaw chyeju htang ra ai nga majaw shi si hkra ningkaw bungli galaw jaw ai nga na she ya ngai hpe ma ning kaw ndai ni hpe chyeju htang shangun, ningkaw nga da shangun ai re ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi she dai hkawhkam wang dai magwi kasha hpe tsun ai da. Magwi kasha gaw ngai n kam wa ai, nye nu ngai hpe chyeju htang na matu ning kaw shanga da ai she re ngu da. Re yang ndai nta madu ni hpe anhte ni ja sut gan ni grai law hkra shanhte ra ai ram jaw kau da na. Dai jang nang myit dik sai nre i, re jang gaw hkan wa sa nu ngu da. Re yang dai magwi kasha mung nkam ai ngai nang ja sut gan kade jaw timmung ngai nye nu hpe ga sadi jaw da ai ngai. Ndai madu ni hpe ngai ngai na prat tup ngai galaw ja na ngu na ngai ga sadi jaw da ai ngu na tsun ai da. Dai majaw hkawhkam wa gaw kaja sha dai magwi hpe aw nang gaw grai chyeju chye dum ai chyeju chye htang ai magwi kasha re nga ai ngu na shi gaw dai hkawhkam wa mung dai madu wa hpe dai magwi jang jaw kau da ai da. Dai hku na shi gaw wa mat wa ai da. |
