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Translation (Rita Seng Mai)
Once upon a time, there lived a grandmother and her grandson in a village. The villagers didn't care about them and tried to bully them because they were helpless and poor. The boy couldn't eat delicious food or have enough money, so he was pitiful. One day, the villagers saw a dragon egg near the river. They didn't know what kind of egg it was. They took it home and steamed it with a rice steamer basket. Oh, I am sorry. Before that happened, there was a lake near the orphan boy's village. There were two dragons in that lake. Since it was a small lake, it was small for two dragons. They were talking, "It is really small and narrow for us." The younger dragon said, "My brother, find a new place for you to live. I will live here." Then, the elder dragon said, "No, you find it for you." One day, the younger dragon said to her brother, "I will find a new, big place for me." The elder dragon said, "Okay, go and find it. If you can, I will never cover myself and will not show my body forever." Then, the younger one said, "Okay, don't show yourself if I can find a bigger place." One day, the younger dragon laid an egg beside the lake near the orphan boy and his grandmother's village. The villagers saw that egg, but they didn't know what kind of egg it was. They took it home and steamed it under the wooden basket. It had increased a lot, so it was not fit under that basket. Then, they took some and put them in another basket. The amount of the egg was increasing more and more. The villagers had to steam the egg by using nine baskets. Then, it stopped increasing. The villagers shared each steamed egg with each neighbouring village. But the villagers didn't give any to the orphan boy and his grandmother. The orphan boy really wanted to taste it. So, he picked up the leaves that the egg was put on and licked them. Then, the dragon remembered all people who ate her egg. At night, there was a landslide. There were land slidings in those nine villages. At that time, the village where the orphan boy and his grandmother lived was suffering the land sliding too. They were shocked and frightened. So, they tried to run away. The grandmother was very old, but she used her bamboo walking stick. She carried her orphan boy on her back and ran away from the village. The landslide was happening right after her when she was moving one step forward. It was like the landslide was chasing her. She quickly ran away while carrying her grandson. But the landslide was happening quickly. In the end, she couldn't run anymore and stopped. She scaredly picked up her walking stick. It was upside-down. She was trying to run away again. But she was too exhausted. She accidentally dropped her grandson onto the ground. She put her walking stick into the soil upright and said, "Don't follow me anymore! I can't run." Her grandson was killed because of the landslide. She said, "Don't follow me!" The landslide stopped after her grandson was fallen onto the ground and was killed. The bamboo walking stick she put upside-down was growing upside-down at that place. The bamboos were growing upside-down near In Daw Gyi lake. The landslide killed the orphan boy because he licked the steamed dragon egg on the banana leaves. So, he died. Then, the lake was wide and big since it had the area of the whole nine villages. The younger dragon told her elder brother, "My brother, I have got a bigger and wider lake than yours." Since the elder brother once said that he would not show his body if his sister got a bigger place than his place. There are two lakes in In Daw village. The lake the two dragons lived in at first was the small In Daw lake. The lake the younger dragon lives in is the big In Daw lake. The younger dragon moved to a big lake while the elder dragon was still living in the small lake. There are many water hyacinth pond plants in the small lake where the elder dragon lives. Since he told his sister that he would not show his body, there are many water plants in his lake. The In Daw Gyi lake, where the younger dragon lives, is very clean. This story is about how In Daw Lay (a small lake) and In Daw Gyi (a big lake) were formed.
Transcription (La Ring)
Moi shawng de da jahkrai ma hte shan woi dwi nga ai da. Jahkrai ma shan woi dwi nga rai yang she dai jahkrai ma yen woi dwi hpe gaw da dai mare kaw na ni mung grai roi sha ma ai da. Jahkrai ma gaw kawoi dwi hte sha nga ai nga yang gaw nau nlu lu nlu sha rai na grai ngat ai. Grai malu hkawm ai da. Dai mare kaw she jahkrai ma yen woi dwi nga ai mare kaw lani mi na aten hta masha ni gaw mare masha ni gaw hka makau kaw na baren di langai mu hta ma ai da. Dai baren di hpe shanhte gaw hpa di re ma nchye ai raitim mung hta wa nna nta kaw bunghkrawng kaw wa kabaw ma ai da. Awww dai rai nrai shi ai e dai jahkrai ma yen woi nawng lut byin na mare makau kaw hka la-ing langai mi kaw baren yen nau nga ai da. Dai la-ing langai kaw sha baren yen nau nga rai yang she dai baren yen nau gaw "Grai chyat ai" ngu na she shan nau lahkawng tsun hkat ai da. Ba nang kanau wa gaw "Ba nang madaw shara kaga tam u ngai grai chyat ai nang kaw" ngu kanau mung bai e kahpu mung kanau hpe "Nang madaw tam u grai chyat ai" ngu na tsun ai da. Lani mi gaw kanau wa gaw kahpu hpe tsun ai da "E ngai tam na yaw ngai nang na hta grau kaba ai ndai nawng hta grau kaba ai ngai tam la na" ngu yang she kahpu gaw "Sa tam yu le nang lu tam ai nang lu galaw jang ngai htinggrum hprwi rai na ndai htinggrum nhpaw ai sha nga mat na" ngu tsun ai da. Shaloi she kanau gaw "E mai ai yaw ngai lu tam wa jang nang htinggrum kaw na hkum hpaw law" ngu na tsun ai da. Rai jang she lani mi gaw dai Manaw wa gaw kahpu hpe dai hku ngu tsun kau tawn da na she shi gaw dai jahkrai ma yen woi dwi ni nga ai mare makau kaw na e hka nawng makau kaw udi baren di langai sa di tawn da sa tawn da ai da. Dai di hpe mare masha ni mu jang she mare masha ni gaw hpa di re nchye ai raitim nta wa na shanhte gaw bunghkrawng kaw wa kabaw ma ai da. Bunghkrawng kaw wa kabaw yang she bunghkrawng langai mi kabaw yang she nshang wa na she grai law wa. Nshang wa jang she bunghkrawng langai kaw bai htawt bang na bai kabaw dai mung bai chyat langai kaw bai htawt bang dai mung bai chyat langai kaw bai htawt bang rai nga yang bunghkrawng jahku du ai shaloi dai baren di gaw shi gaw pwa ai lam hkring mat ai da shi gaw. Baren di dai gaw bunghkrawng jahku du hkra lu kabaw la ai shaloi dai mare masha ni gaw makau grupyin na kahtawng jahku de kahtawng langai mi kaw bunghkrawng langai langai langai hkan jaw na garan sha ma ai da. Raitim mung dai jahkrai ma yen woi dwi nga ai mare kaw na ni gaw jahkrai ma yen woi dwi hpe njaw sha ma ai da. Njaw sha ma rai yang she raitim jahkrai ma gaw shi gaw grai sha mayu grai malu ai re nga yang she masha ni lahpaw kaw bang na bang sha ai lahpaw hpe kabai tawn da ai hpe shi gaw mata ai da. Hta la na mata re shaloi she ndai baren la wa gaw dai shi a adi kabaw sha ai sha ai ni yawng hpe jahpan hta la ai le. Hta la na she shana yup tung e rai yang gaw ndai e ga gaw gyi hpang wa sai lut mat wa ai le kata de lut lut lut rai na dai hku gyi ru mat ai. Mare langai hpang langai langai hpang langai mi baren di garan sha da ai mare jahku gaw lut wa sai da. Lut wa yang hpang jahtum kaw jahkrai ma yen woi dwi nga ai mare de du wa sai da. Jakrai ma yen woi dwi nga ai mare de du wa re shaloi gaw jahkrai ma yen woi dwi gaw kajawng nna she kawoi dwi gaw nau nkung nkang raitim mung sumdoi shi na kawa daw hkrawng hta hpai nna she kashu hpe ba na hprawng ai da. Kashu hpe ba na hprawng hprawng hprawng rai yang she shan woi dwi hprawng magang dai hku hku dinggai jan na lagaw lahkam ka-aw la ai hte ga gyi mat gyi mat gyi mat rai na lut lut lut rai mat shachyut ai zawn zawn byin taw ai da. Dan rai jang she dinggai jan mung kashu hpe ba na she aging kagat na hprawng ai wa she grai hprawng timung shan woi dwi na hpang kaw dai hku gyi hkrai gyi gyi hkrai gyi nang jang she hpang jahtum gaw shi e ndang hprawng wa sai le. Ndang hprawng wa na she shi lang ai daw hkrawng mung mi gaw kajawng kaja hte i kajawng kaja hte hta hpai ai wa she nhtang hku rai mat ai da. Daw hkrawng dai nhtang hku rai mat jang she hkrit na she kajawng kaja hte hprawng mat ai she hpang jahtum gaw nau ba mat jang she e kashu hpe mung ba da ai she kalang ta shut di jahkrat dat ai da. E dai jahkrat dat na she dai shi lang ai daw hkrawng sumdoi dai hpe anyaw na she "E ndai kaw na gaw hkum lai sanu lo ngai ndang hprawng sai lo ngu" anyaw dat ai she shi kashu hpe jahkrat dat ai hte kashu ma kalang ta lut lawm mat wa ai da. Lut lawm mat wa jang she shi mung dinggai jan mung nau ba na daw hkrawng wa jun da ai kaw na "Hkum lai sanu ngai mung ndang hprawng sai" ngu anyaw da ai ngu gumgai jan ba da ai kashu di hkrat bang mat wa ai hte ga gyi ai ma hkring mat ai da. Hkring mat rai na she gumgai jan gaw kashu mung lawm mat wa rai jang she dai kaw kawa sha jun tawn da rai gumgai jan jung da ai kawa dai gaw nhtang nhtang tu ai da. Dai kawa gaw daini du hkra ya du hkra nhtang hku nawng lut shara kaw tu ai da. Dai mung nga ai da rai na she dai jahkrai ma gaw hpa majaw lawm mat ai i nga she shi gaw shani masha ni mare masha ni sha ai baren di kabaw hpe she shi gaw ngat ai re nga yang she sa mata kau ai da. Shaloi gaw shi na jahpan gaw mying jahpan gaw lawm mat wa ai da. Dai majaw e shi gaw lawm mat wa ai re ai da. Dai hpang dai baren Manaw wa ngu na wa gaw kahpu hpe wa tsun sai da. Mare jahku ting gyi shalut la kau yang gaw shi na nawng gaw grai dam mat ai da. Grai dam mat jang she "Ba e ngai ya ngai na shara lu sai yaw nang na hta grau kaba ai ngau lu sai" ngu yang she kahpu ba mung mi shawng e "Nang ngai na ndai la-ing hta grau kaba ai nang lu yang nang lu galaw la yang gaw ngai htinggrum ai kaw na nhpaw sana" ngu na kalang mi tsun shut kau na she ya dai Indaw nawng ngu ai wora Indaw nawng ngu ai dai gaw da Indaw nawng ngu ai ya nawnglut ai shara gaw Indaw nawng kaji rai sam ai. Wo ra gaw mi shan nau nnan de nga ai gaw kaji ai wa, ya na gaw grau kaba ai dai gaw Indaw gyi rai sam ai dai. E dai majaw Manaw wa gaw nang kaba ai hte htawt mat Magam wa gaw le kaji ai mi na shara kaw rawng nga ai da. Dai jang she Magam wa a shara kaw gaw ya daini du hkra bay da ni le bay da ni grai rawng na asin re da. E shi gaw mi kanau hpe tsun da ai ga sadi le i "Ngai htinggrum nhpaw na" ngu tsun ai re majaw shi a shara gaw dai hku na hka hpung ni ni bay da ni grai htinggrum ai da. Manaw wa a shara gaw hka mung grai san tsawm ai da. Dai maumwi gaw ya Indaw nawng Indaw lay nga ai byin wa ai dai re ai da. |
