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Translation (Rita Seng Mai)
The story is about two orphan brothers. Once upon a time, there were two orphan brothers in a village. They were so poor that they had only one blanket. They had a farm too. The elder brother was stupid. He used the blanket during the daytime while his younger brother used it at night. He couldn't do farming well too. The vegetables grew very well at the side of the farm where the younger brother worked. But the elder brother's vegetables were not growing well. The elder brother told his younger brother, "Let's change the side of the farm the next day." The younger brother agreed to change it. But the result was the same. Then, the younger brother said, "My elder brother, how come your vegetables do not grow well?" The elder brother said, "I wonder why. I think I should ask the fortune teller about it." Then, the younger brother said, "Yeah, you should." On his way, he met a tiger and asked it, "Where are you going, the tiger?" The tiger said, "It's good for me that I met you as I am hungry. I can eat you." He begged it, "Don't eat me, please. I am on my way to ask a fortune teller why my plants and crops are not growing well on my farm." The tiger said, "Oh, then ask for me too. I have been waiting here for a year to get prey. Can you please ask me what kind of food I will get to eat?" He promised to ask about it for the tiger and continued his way to the fortune teller. He saw a river which was getting dry. The river asked him, "Where are you going?" He replied, "I am on my way to the fortune teller." The river said, "Then, can you please ask him why my water level is low?" He continued his way and met a widower and his granddaughter. The widower asked him, "Where are you heading to?" He replied politely, "I am going to the fortune teller." The widower asked him, "We can't have good fruits from our farm. Can you please ask him why?" In the end, he met the fortune teller. The fortune teller asked him, "Why are you here?" He said, "My vegetables are not growing well, so I came to you to ask you why it happened. And the tiger told me to ask you that it was waiting for prey the whole year and what it should eat." And he continued, "The river told me to ask you why its water level was getting lower. And a widower and his granddaughter told me to ask you why their vegetables and crops were not growing well." Then, the fortune teller told him, "There was a gold pot at the widower's farm. Tell them to dig it out. They will be rich. And there is a big rock blocking the way at the up-river area. Move it, then the water will flow. Tell the tiger that it should eat the most stupid man in the world." He said, "Okay, I will tell them." And he retraced his steps. When he met the widower, he told him, "There is a gold pot at your farm. Let's find it." They really found a gold pot somewhere on the farm. The widower was so happy and told him, "Stay here and marry my granddaughter. You can live happily here." He said, "I can't. I have to pass the words to the other people, too." And he retraced his steps. When he arrived at the river, he told it, "There is a big rock blocking your way at the up-river area. When it is removed, the water will flow." The water said, "Drink some water. Take a rest here for tonight." He said, "No, I can't. I have to meet with the tiger. I need to tell it something." When he met the tiger, he told it, "You should eat the most stupid man in the world." Then, the tiger asked him what had happened to him. He told it that the widower and his granddaughter asked him to stay with them, but he didn't want to stay there. And he told it that the river asked me to take a rest there, but he didn't want to rest there. Then, the tiger understood everything he said and said to him, "You are the most stupid person in this world!" And it ate him. This is the end of the story.
Transcription (La Ring)
E jahkrai yen nau a lam. Moi shawng de jahkrai yen nau ni nga ai da. Shan nau ni gaw grai matsan ai i grai matsan ai yen nau re da. Dai she nba langai sha tawn da ya ai da kanu nba langai sha tawn da ya na hkauna ma tawn da ya ai da. Ndai kahpu wa gaw loimi manya ai le i loimi angawk ai ngu ga le. Dai she kanau wa gaw shana hpun na she kahpu hpe shani jaw jaw re da. Shani jaw rai yang she hpang e ndai hkauna bai galau tim ndai kahpu gaw hka hka hkawng ni atsawm nchye galaw la ai le i. Dai she kanau wa galaw ai de grai kaja ai da kahpu galaw ai de gaw nkaja ai da. Hpang shaning bai galai ai da "Yi kanau e nang gaw ngai galaw ai maga de she galaw u nang galaw ai maga de ngai bai galaw na" ngu tsun raitim kanau gaw bai jaw ai da. Dai shaloi tim kahpu galaw ai maga wa nkaja taw ai da. Nkaja rai yang she kahpu gaw "Yi nye kanau ngai hpe" aw um kanau shawng tsun ai da "Yi aba nang ram ram anya ai gaw e wo de i kadai" e hpabaw ngu na i shanhte ni gaw n-gawn i "N-gawng dingla ngu na i e dai hpe sa san yu u" aw ning ngu tsun ai da "Kanau e ngai na hkauna nkaja ai gaw ndai n-gawn dingla hpe sa san yu na re" ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi she "Sa san yu sa san yu" ngu jang she kahpu wa sa mat wa ai da. Sa mat wa ai da e ndai sharaw wa hte hkrum ai da. "Yi sharaw wa nang gara sa wa ta" aw sharaw shi hpe hkap san ai da "Ya chyawm ngai shat kaw si ai ya hkrak rai sai nang lai wa ai hte hkrak rai sai" ngu tsun ai da. "Yi nang ngai hpe hkum sha yu shi um ngai hpe ndai hkauna ndai hpa na nkaja ai kun dai shawng naw wa san ya mayu ai dai shawng naw wa san yu mayu ai" ngu tsun ai da. "Yi dai hku nga yang ngai hpe ma san yu u ngai kaning rai shaning tup ngai ndai kaw hkap sha sai kaning re e hpabaw sha u ga ngu tsun ai kun dai ma wa san ya u yaw" ngu tsun ai da. "Kaning re hpe sha u ga ngu tsun ai kun" ngu na she kaja sha Magam mung bai rai mat wa rai yang she hka langai ma hka hkyet taw nga ai da. Hka hkyet taw nga ai tsun ai da hka dai mung "Yi nang gara de sa wa nga nta" ngu tsun ai da. "Ngai htaw n-gawn dai wa kaw sa wa na re" ngu tsun ai da. "Dai hku nga yang sa wa u ndai anhte ngai ndai hka hkyet taw ai hpabaw a majaw hka hkyet taw ai kun dai ma wa san ya yaw" ngu tsun ai da. Rai mat wa yang she bai tsun ai da bai lam hta gaw shingkra i yan ji dwi la nga ai da. Dai yen ji dwi la tsun ai da dai kaw wa manam ai da. "Yi ma nang gara sa wa rai" ngu yang she "Ngai dai n-gawn wa dingla kaw sa wa ai re" ngu tsun ai da. "Nang dai de sa wa na rai yang gaw an ji dwi ni sun galaw ai sun grai nkaja ai hpabaw a majaw re kun i dai ma wa san ya yaw" ngu tsun ai da. Dan na shi gaw "E e " ngu na rai mat wa rai yang dai n-gawn dingla hte hkrum mat sai da. Hkrum yang she "Hpabaw a majaw nang ngai kaw sa wa ai rai" ngu jang she "Ngai na hkauna galaw ai ma grai nkaja ai. Dai majaw nang kaw sa wa ai re" ngu tsun ai da "Ndai sharaw ma shaning tup hkap tim hpa nlu sha ai majaw hpabaw hpe sha u ga ngu tsun ai kun" ngu tsun ai da. Dan na she dai ma san wa u ga ngu na ma tsun ai da. "Nambat lahkawng gaw wora hka gaw hpa majaw hkyet ai kun dai mung san shangun ai" ngu tsun ai da. "Ndai nambat masum gaw ndai num i dai yen ji dwi la ni sun kaw hpa hkai tim nkaja ai dai ma san hkrat wa ngu tsun ai da" ngu tsun ai da. Dai she "Ndai num sha dai gaw sun dai kaw ja di bu rawng ai majaw re" ngu tsun ai da. "Dai hpe htu sha la u" ngu tsun ai da aw "Dai hpe htu shaw la na i ja hte shan ji dwi ni lu su na hku" le dai hku na tsun jang she "Ndai hka gaw htaw hka hku kaw nlung langai pat taw nga ai, dai wa abyen hpaw yang gaw hka dai lwi wa na re" ngu tsun ai da. Dan jang she "Ndai sharaw hpe gaw nang gaw mungkan ting a i angawk dik ai manya dik ai la hpe sha u da ngu tsun u yaw" ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi shi gaw e "E e e " ngu na shi wa mat ai da. Wa mat ai shaloi she ndai yen ji dwi la yen kaw du wa ai she "Hpabaw na nkaja ai da i" ngu san yang she "Ndai sun kaw ja di bu rawng ai majaw nkaja ai da" ngu tsun ai da. Kaja sha ja di bu dai lu shaw la sa achye yu yang she ja di bu rawng taw nga da. "Yi ma nang nang kaw nga u le" ngu tsun ai da "Nang kaw nga u ndai nye kashu hpe la na nan hkawng kaw na dinghku gaw nan hkawng grai pyaw sai le nga u le" ngu tsun yang she "Yi nmai ai law ngai hpe ga htet da ai ndai ni hpe ma naw wa tsun dan ra ai" ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi she la dai dai hku na bai lai mat wa ai da. Hka hpe mung tsun ai da "Yi nanhte na htaw hka hku de nlung pat taw nga ai. Dai hpe wa abyen hpaw yang hka dai lwi wa na da yaw" ngu tsun ai da. Dai hka dai mung tsun ai da "Naw hkring la ga le lana mi sha gaw ndai kaw apyaw rai na hka ni lu la na naw nga ga le" nga yang she "Yi nmai ai nmai ai ngai ndai sharaw ma ga san da shangun ai dai naw wa tsun na" ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi sharaw na shara kaw bai du wa ai da. "Hpabaw da i" ngu tsun yang she "Nang gaw mungkan ting hta manya dik htum ai la hpe sha kau na da" ngu tsun ai da. Ndai shaloi ndai sharaw dai i shi gaw Magam hpabaw byin hkrum hkra mat wa ai lam hpe san ai da. E Makaw i dai yen ji dwi a lam shi hpe nga saw tim shi nnga ai le i shi lu su na raitim shi nkam nga ai. Ndai hka ni shi hpe jahkring da tim shi nkam hkring ai. Dai majaw "Mungkan e anya dik htum angawk dik htum gaw nang re" ngu na Magam hpe sha kau ai da sharaw gaw. Maumwi gaw dai kaw ngut mat sai. |
