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Translation (Rita Seng Mai & Keita Kurabe)
The story I am telling now is about an old man who was carried by the Nat spirits. Long time ago, there were a grandpa and his granddaughter in a village. One day, they went to see their relatives far away. After meeting them, they went back home. They had to walk past the mountains and valleys. They were very tired and had to rest. It was already dark. They had to spend the night on the road. The grandpa said, "My granddaughter, get up early tomorrow and cook breakfast for us." The next morning, he woke his granddaughter up while he was still in bed. When breakfast was ready she told him to get up and eat. "It's cooked. Wake up, grandpa." "Let's eat." He replied, "You eat first." "I'll eat when you're finished." So she ate alone. When she finished it she woke her grandpa up again. But the grandpa said, "I'm not hungry." "After you have finished eating, keep all of the dishes." "Let's leave." After she kept the dishes she said to her grandpa. "I've finished, grandpa." Then the grandpa said, "If you've finished" "Come and open the blanket on my face." She did as her grandpa told her. She removed the blanket covering his face. When she opened it grandpa's eyes were gone. The eyes were hollow. Her grandpa was already dead. Actually, even after he died, he was worried about his granddaughter and spoke to her. So he advised her. "Go back home. Don't look back! Don't even sneak, okay?" "Never look back when anyone calls you." "Go straight home until you reach home." She did as her grandpa told her. She did not look back. She carried all the things and went back home. On her way back home, she heard the noise of many people following behind her. But she did not look back. She knew that if she looked back, she would die. She arrived near the village and entered the village. When she reached the front of her house she thought, "It's very noisy behind me, what are they talking about?" Then she sneaked a peek. At that time, the Nat spirits carrying her grandpa's dead body threw his body in front of the house and all of them disappeared. This is how people in the past told the story of the old man who was carried by the Nat spirits. Thank you very much.
Transcription (Lu Hkawng)
Ya hkai dan na maumwi gaw "Nat ni kaji dwi hpe hpai ai lam" re. Moi shawng de mare langai mi hta Kashu num kasha hte Kaji Dwi ni nga ma ai da. Lani mi hta gaw, shanhte mare hte grai tsan ai shara de nga ai jinghku ni hpe shan ji dwi yen gaw sa jahkrum sa ma ai da. Jinghku jahkrum sa ngut na wa re shaloi gaw, mare de bai du na matu bum ni hkaraw ni hpe lai ra ai sha n-ga na nau ba ai majaw hkring la sa la na hkawm ra ai hkrun lam re ai da. Dai majaw jan du mat na she, shan ji dwi yen gaw lam kaw yup ra mat ai da. Kaji dwi gaw kashu hpe mi jahpawt jau jau rawt na, si shat ni shadu na matu htet da ai da. Hpang Jahpawt du re shaloi gaw, Kaji dwi gaw kashu hpe shat rawt shadu na matu jasu sai da. Shat ni yawng shadu ngut re shaloi gaw kashu gaw kaji dwi hpe shat rawt sha na matu shaga ai da. "Ah Ji, shat ni yawng shadu jin sai." "Shat sha saga," ngu yang she kaji dwi gaw "Nang shawng sha u." "Ngut yang she sha na," ngu tsun yang she kashu gaw shi hkrai sha sai da. Sha ngut rai na kaji dwi hpe kalang bai shat sha na matu tsun yang kaji dwi gaw "N kam sha shi ai." "Nang sha ngut yang, dai rai ni, di ni, ban, hka wan ni baw sanu." "Bai hkawm wa saga," ngu na tsun ai da. Kashu wa mung di ban hka wan ni yawng hpe bang baw ngut ai hte kaji dwi hpe tsun ai da. "Ah ji rai ni yawng baw ngut sai." Dai hku ngu tsun yang she dai kaji dwi wa gaw "Rai ni yawng bang ngut yang" "ah ji na myi man kaw na nba sa hpaw yu rit," ngu tsun dat yang she, Kashu mung kaji dwi na ga madat na kaja wa sha myi man kaw magap taw ai nba hpe hpaw dat ai da. Hpaw dat ai shaloi gaw kaji dwi gaw myi ni n nga mat sai da. Myi ni akrawk hkang ai sha n-ga na, kaji dwi gaw si taw ai da. Kaja nga yang gaw kaji dwi gaw si tim, kashu hpe tsang na shaga taw ai she rai na hku rai nga. Shing rai na she, dai kaji dwi gaw kashu hpe htet ai da. "E shu e, hpang de kachyi pa hkum kagyin yu u yaw." "Kadai shaga tim hkum gayin yu." "Nta de du hkra ding dung rai na wa u," ngu htet yang she, kashu mung kaji dwi na ga madat na kachyi mi mung n gayin ai sha lit hpe gun rai na nta de wa sai da. Dai hku nta de wa rai yang she shi hpang de she masha sumpum mi garu kachyi nga na hkan nang ai nsen ni hpe na ai da. Rai tim, shi gaw n gayin yu ai da. Dai hku n gayin yu na wa re shaloi, mare de du na ni wa sai da. Shi mung mare de du shang wa na nta shawng kaw du ai hte she shi gaw nau garu ai, hpa ni wa hte shaga garu ma ai ngu na she hpang de kayin yu dat ai hte she kaji dwi na mang hpe hpai ai nat ni gaw kaji dwi hpe kabai jahkrat na yawng hprawng wa mat ma ai da. Ya na zawn nat ni si mat ai kaji dwi hpe hpai ai lam hpe moi na masha kaba ni ndai zawn hkai dan ai re law. Yawng hpe chyeju kaba sai.
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https://doi.org/10.15026/0002000093 |
