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Translation (Rita Seng Mai)
Long time ago, there was a witch. She had lots of children. She needed to find food for her children. She seriously thought where to keep her children while she was finding food. She got an idea which was to keep her children at human's house. There were many children at that house too. The witch took her children to the human's house and requested, "Humans! Can you keep my children for a while? I will pick them up when I come back in the evening." Then she went away from that house. The children of the witch were very playful and mad. They often hit and smashed the children of the humans. The human children had to cry very often because of them. The humans were very angry at the children of the witch. The humans discussed, "Those children are playful and mad. What should we do?" Then, the humans dug a big hole and put the children of the witch there. They could stay quietly then. The act of bullying was gone too. In the evening, the witch came back to that house and called her children, "My children!" The children shouted, "Mom! We are here." And they were coming out from the hole. The witch called, "Come here! My children." And she took her children back to home. The next day, the witch requested the humans to look her children again. The witch requested, "I have to go to work and keep my children please." The humans were very disappointed, but they didn't dare to deny the witch because they were afraid of her. They agreed to keep the children of the witch. The children of the witch bullied and smashed the children of the humans again. The humans were angry. They decided to put the children of the witch in the hole which they dug yesterday. Then they put the soil on it. They buried the children of the witch alive. The witch came back again in the evening and called, "My children!" Then the children answered, "Hello mom! We are here." And they came out of the hole. The mother called, "Come here." And she took her children back to her house. The next day, the witch went to the humans again. She requested them again to keep her children. The children of the witch bullied the children of the humans again. And the humans got angrier than the last days. They discussed again, "How to do with the children of the witch?" Finally, they got an idea. They killed the children of the witch one by one. And they cut the flesh into pieces. Then, they mixed with the chillies, salt, garlic and cooked the flesh. When it was cooked, they shared the meat to everyone. They fed even the babies that meat. They shared the meat not only with the matured but also with the children. In the evening, the witch came back again and called her children, "Where are you, my babies?" The children replied to their mother from the inside of the human's bodies, "Yes, mom." The witch said, "Oh! Don't come out anymore, my babies. You are in the safe place now." Then, she had gone away. Since that day, the misdeed exists in the mind of the people, and the evil could control the mind of the people till now.
Transcritpion (Lu Hkawng)
Moi shawng e da, tsadan kanu ngu ai langai mi nga ai dai wa kaw gaw kasha grai law hkra nga ai hku nga kasha grai law hkra nga re she shi gaw kasha ni hpe tam jaw ra ai le i tam jaw ra re she ndai ma ni hpe gara kaw tawn da na ngu na myit ai shaloi she shi gaw myit lu sai hku nga myit lu na she ma dai ni hpe she woi na she htaw shinggyim masha ni na nta kaw she dai kaw dai shinggyim masha ni kaw ma ma ni grai nga ai da. Grai nga ai nta kaw wa ang ai hku nga dai shaloi she ma dai ni hpe tsadan na tsadan kanu gaw shi kasha ni hpe woi nna she woi sa wa na dai nta kaw she ''E shinggyim masha ni e nye kasha ni hpe woi da ya rit ngai bungli naw sa galaw na ngai dai na re yang wa woi la na'' ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi she dai kanu gaw sa mat wa sai da. Sa mat wa ai shaloi tsadan kasha ni gaw shanhte ni gaw grai nhkru ai re ai majaw dai shinggyim masha ni na ma ni hpe she i jahkring mi n rai yang baw lahtum ya dat jahkring mi rai yang lata manai daw ya dat re na she dai hku re na jahkring mi rai yang langai mi hpe jahkrap dat jahkring rai yang langai mi hpe htwi jahkrap dat re na she dai hku re na ndai shinggyim masha ni gaw grai pawt mayu wa na hku nga ma dai ni hpe grai pawt mayu na she ''Ga ndai ma ni gaw grai sawng ai ndai ma ndai ni hpe gara hku di ra na kun'' ngu na she shi gaw ndai shinggyim masha ni gaw grai pawt mayu na she shanhte nta na dai kaw nhkun htu nhkun htu na she dai tsadan ma ni yawng hpe she dai nhkun kaw gaboi bang nna tawn da ai hku nga tawn da re she dai shaloi she loi mi zim mat ai hku nga ma ni hpe dingsa ai lam le i zim mat ai shaloi she shi na kanu wa shana jan du ai shaloi bai wa sai da. ''Nu sha ni e'' ngu wa shaga yu ai shaloi she kasha ni gaw dai nawng kaw na she lagat le wa na she ''Ah nu e anhte ni ndai kaw nga ga ai law'' ngu na she langai hpang langai lagat pru lahkan pru wa na she kanu hpang de sa wa ai hku nga kanu hpang sa wa na ''E nu sha ni wa rit wa rit'' ngu tsadan kanu gaw bai shaga la na she nta bai woi wa mat sai da. Bai woi wa mat re hpang shani mung kalang bai sa na she tsadan kanu gaw dai shinggyim masha nta kaw she bai wa ap tawn da sai da. ''Ngai bungli naw sa na ma ni hpe naw yu ya rit'' ngu na wa ap da, shinggyim masha ni mung grai myitru tim mung i.. grai myitru re ai majaw shanhte ni mung bai n woi na ngu mung ntsun gwi na ''E mai ai tawn da mu'' ngu na dai hku ngu tsun na bai hkap la da sai da. Bai hkap la da dai shani mung dai hte maren shani shagu dai hku myi shabaw ya gaw shabaw ya baw shabaw ya gaw shabaw ya rai na she bai dingsa sai da, bai dingsa jahkring nre dingsa sa re na she ndai tsadan kasha ndai ni gaw nau sawng sai ngu na she dai mani htu da ai dai nhkun kaw she yawng bang yawng kalang bai bang na she dai kaw she ga bai kaput na lup tawn da ai hku nga dai hku jahkrung lup tawn da ai le lup tawn da ai shaloi she shana maga tsadan kanu gaw bai wa sai wa na she ''Nu sha ni e'' ngu wa shaga yu ai shaloi she dai lup tawn da ai dai kaw na she ''Woi nu e anhte ndai kaw nga ga ai law'' ngu na she bai lahkan pru wa sai da. Lahkan pru wa na she tsadan kanu gaw ''E wa rit wa rit'' ngu na she bai woi mat wa sai da. Bai woi mat wa re na she dai shana mung dai hku re hpang shani bai sa sai da, hpang shani bai sa re na she hpang shani bai dai shinggyim masha ni kaw bai wa tawn da sai dai ma ni hpe bai wa tawn da re yang gaw kalang bai shanhte ni gaw dai hku mi na tsadan kasha ni gaw dai hku langai mi hpe dingsa dat langai mi hpe jahkrap dat re na dai hku hkrai re na she shinggyim masha ni gaw grai myitru na she ndai tsadan ma ni hpe gaw gara hku di kau ra na i ngu na jawm myit ai da. Jawm myit rai yang she shanhte gaw myit lu sai hku nga myit lu na she shanhte ni gaw ndai tsadan ma ni hpe sat langai hpang langai sat sat na she shan hpe she mani di azat kau na she di dam kaw bang, bang nna she jum majap ni htu bang shakau shaban ni bang re na she manat nna shadu sai da. Shadu shadu na she shadu hkut sai i nga she oh chyu jaw ai ma hpe pi n ngam hkra she shanhte ni gaw nanhte hpe zinri ai ma re ngu na she jaw sha sai da. Jaw sha nna maw sha sha ngu na ma ni hpe mung yawng jaw sha shanhte kaba ni mung yawng sha sai hku nga yawng sha rai yang gaw shana maga jan du na tsadan kanu wa bai wa na she ''Nu sha e nu sha ni gara kaw nga a ta'' ngu na bai wa shaga ai shaloi she dai tsadan kasha ni wa she shinggyim masha ni na kraw kata kaw na she ''Oi'' ngu na kan kaw na she dai hku htan pru wa ai hku nga htan pru wa ai shaloi she ndai tsadan kanu gaw ''Ayi nu sha ni hkum pru wa sa nu hkum pru wa sa nu nanhte na grai shinglum ai shara dai kaw rai sai yaw galoi ma hkum pru wa sa nu'' ngu na she dai hku ngu tsun nna tsadan kanu gaw laga mungdan de bai sa mat wa ai hku nga sa mat wa yang gaw dai majaw i anhte shinggyim masha kaji kaba n nga i kaji kaba n nga ndai myit kraw hta le i nkaja ai n hkru ai n kaja ai dai hku myit masin rawng mat ai gaw dai ni du hkra tsadan ni up hkang mat ai ngu ai re. |
