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Translation (Htoi San)
Once in a village, there was a family. The father, the mother, and their three sons and daughter lived together happily. They were rich. They were not that rich before their daughter was born. After the youngest daughter was born, they became rich. They owned many cows, buffaloes, and horses. They lived in a big house, too. They became the most famous and richest family in that village. The parents called their children to the living room and asked them, "My children, you have lived a rich and happy life. Because of whom is that?" Ma Gam, the eldest son, said, "It's because of Mom and Dad." Ma Naw, the second son, said politely, "It's because of you." The third son, Ma La, also said, "It's because of you." The youngest daughter said, "It's because of me." Her parents were mad and said, "How could you say that? You have lived a rich life. But you don't show your gratitude. So, get out of this house. We will not let you live in this house anymore." They gave her two silver coins, two plates, two pots, and two packs of rice. And they gave her a horse and drove her out. The youngest daughter made a promise to herself and talked to the horse, "I will live where you stop. If there is a boy where you stop, I will be his wife and live with him." They rode past some big houses in the village. But the horse didn't stop. Then, she arrived on the outskirts. She thought, "Hmm, I told my parents that it was all because of me that we were rich. But now, this horse didn't take me to any rich houses." She was a bit worried. The horse stopped at the place on the outskirts. There were the widow and her son. The widow's son was stupid and naive. The widow noticed that the girl with the horse had stopped in front of her house. So, she came out of her house and said, "Oh, you are the daughter of the richest man in the village. Why did you come to such a poor family like us? What do you want?" The girl replied, "I want to live here with you." The widow didn't want her to stay with them. But the girl insisted, "It's okay for me. I can live with you in this house. Let me live here." Then, she cooked rice for her husband and her mother-in-law. After a few days, they didn't have any rice. She gave one silver coin to her husband and told him, "Take this silver coin and buy some rice." On his way to purchase some rice, he saw a big bird that could be shot easily. So, he looked for a stone to throw at the bird. But he couldn't find any stones. So he threw the silver coin at the bird, with which he was planning to buy rice. The bird was flying away after hearing the sound. When he was looking for that coin, he couldn't find it either. Then, he just retraced his steps and went back home. At home, his wife asked him, "Where is the rice?" He said, "I couldn't buy it." She asked him, "Why?" He explained to her, "On my way, I saw the bird and tried to catch it by throwing the silver coin at it. But I couldn't catch it either." Then she gave him another silver coin. And she said, "We are hungry. Buy some rice with this coin. We don't have any rice." He said, "Okay." Like the first time, the bird appeared in front of him again. He tried to catch it again and threw the coin at it. But he lost both. Then, he went back home without rice. He was helpless and didn't know what to say to his wife, so he went to where he usually made pellets with his friends. Since he was walking with a limp, his friends looked down on him and just gave him a far place to make pellets. While he was digging some soil to make pellets, he saw things like silver coins that his wife gave him to buy rice. When he went back home, his wife got really mad at him. Then, he told her, "I have lots of that kind of coin." She asked him, "Don't lie to me." He said, "Why should I?" Then, she said, "Let's go there and check." When they were there, he showed his wife that these were his friends' places. His place was a far-off place. And he told her, "This is my place." He picked up one coin and gave it to her. She was surprised and rubbed it with a cloth. It really was a silver coin. They continued digging the pit and saw a huge amount of silver coins. She told him, "We can't carry it all by ourselves. Go get the horse." He went back home and took the horse to the pit. They carried almost half the amount of silver coins with the horse. They had to carry those coins three times. The girl knew that she couldn't just keep them inside her house, so she dug a big pit and kept the coins inside it. And she built a new house exactly like her parents' house. She and her husband spent their lives as a rich couple. On the other hand, the girl's parents got poorer since she got out of the house. Their horses died due to many accidents. Their goats were eaten by tigers, and money was stolen too. Then, they were getting poorer day by day. Their three sons were also dead. Soon, the mother was dead too. Only the father was alive, but he was depressed. He thought, "I should go to my eldest daughter." He was trying to find his daughter along the street, but he couldn't see her. Then, he reached the outskirts. He saw a big house like his there. He decided to go inside. Luckily, he met his daughter inside the house. The daughter welcomed him warmly and said, "You came to the right place, dad. Stay here with us. Where is mom?" He said, "Your mom is dead." Then, she asked him, "What about my brothers?" He said, "They are all dead. I am the only one who is alive." She told him, "It's okay. You live here with us." But the father felt guilty that he had blamed her in the past. He couldn't face his daughter because he was embarrassed. So he committed suicide by taking poison. He died in the kitchen. Therefore, Kachin people believe that there are souls that died in accidents or by murder in the kitchen. In mountain regions, we pour some alcohol on the floor when we drink alcohol in the kitchen. It is like we give offerings to those nats. Since then, we have had that custom.
Transcription (La Ring)
Moi shawng de kahtawng langai mi kaw ndai grai lu su nna nga ai hkan nau hkan wa ni kasha la sha masum num sha langai kanu yan kawa ma rai shan nu wa ni marai kru nga ai. Dai hkan nu wa ni gaw grai lu su ma ai da. Shawng e gaw shawng daw de gaw kasha Magam Manaw Mala dai hte sha shangai yang gaw shade nlu su shi ai da. Raitim mung hpang jahtum shangai ai Makaw shangai dat jang gaw shan nu wa ni gaw hpa galaw yang hpa awng dang. Dusat yam nga mung kaja lu gumra mung kaja lu rai nna grai lu su mat wa rai yang gaw nta mung grai hkyik hkam rai na shachyaw rawng rai dai kahtawng htawng e sha gaw grai mying dan hkung nna lu su dik ai htinggaw ni rai ma ai da. Dai majaw kanu yan kawa gaw kasha ni hpe lana mi na daw dap e shadun tawn nna she "Ngai sha ni e an nu an wa ni anhte ni ndai zawn rai lu su ai gaw kade a majaw re ta" ngu kawa gaw san ai da. Shaloi she dai la sha Magam gaw "Nu yan wa a majaw re" ngu. Manaw wa mung "Nu yan wa a majaw re" ngu. Mala mung "Nu yan wa a majaw re" ngu mahtai jaw ma ai da kawa san jang. Raitim mung hpang jahtum na hpungdim num sha Makaw gaw "Nye a majaw re" ngu nna shi hkum e dagat la ai nga. Dai majaw kanu yan kawa gaw "Ga ma nang gaw kanu yan kawa hpe kyaw nna wa atsun ai gaw e nang ndai nta kaw na she pru mat wa u. Nang e gaw ndai nta kaw na gawt shapraw kau sana" ngu nna she gumhpraw dengga lap lahkawng ma hka wan lahkawng ma di lahkawng ma di nhtawm n-gu bye lahkawng ma baw ya dat rai gumra langai mi e shajawn dat rai nna nta na gawt shapraw kau dat ma ai da Makaw e gaw. Shing rai jang gaw num sha dai gaw gumra dai sha mung jawn kau rai na she "Gumra nang kanang woi shang wa yang ngai kanang nga na nngai dai wa kaw dai wa kaw la sha nga jang dai wa a madu jan tai na nngai" ngu na she kadi la nna she pru mat wa sai da. Nta na pru mat wa yang gaw mare hkan e grai grai hkyik ai nta mung nwoi shang lai mat wa gumra dai woi lai mat wa. E mare htum mat wa tim nta hkyik ai ni mung woi lai mat wa rai yang she num sha dai mung "Ga ya ngai nu yan wa hpe ngai a majaw re ngu ai wa ya nta nde de hkyik ai kaw mung gumra ndai mung nwoi shang wa re gaw" ngu shi a myit hta gaw loimi ai nhten nhten ngu na hkan nang ai da gumra dai kaw. Rai yang she wo mare shingnawm du yang nta gaw nyap nyap sha re gaida jan hkan nu gaidan jan la kasha langai sha lu ai gaida jan hkan nu kaw she gumra dai wa hkring da. Wa hkring yang gaw dai gaida jan a kasha dai mung e loimi nbe nbe re ai hku re da. Shing rai dai kaw wa hkring jang gaw dai kaw wa yu rai gaida jan gaw shi hpe mu dat jang she "Aga ya nang kaw na mying dan hkung dik ai sahte kasha she re wa an nu zawn re ning re kaw wa asa wa ai gaw ngu "Hpabaw ra a ta" ngu san yu jang "Nan nu kaw nga lawm na ngu sa wa ai" bai ngu. Kanu gaw grai nhkraw grai a na shan nu gaw grai matsan ai re nna she grai a na rai yang she num sha dai gaw "Hpa nra ai ngai chye nga ai nan nu kaw nga lawm na" ngu nna she kaja wa kanu yan kawa jaw dat ai n-gu bye lahkawng dai hte she kamoi yan dai la sha hte wa woi shadu sha rai. N-gu dai shadu sha ngut kau rai jang gaw n-gu bai nnga mat sai da. Dai majaw gumhprawa dengga lahkawng jaw dat ai dai hte "Maw ndai n-gu sa mari wa rit" ngu dai la sha hpe shangun dat jang la sha dai gaw wo n-gu mari sa ai ngu lam e she u langai mi wa kabai lu rim na daram pyi da law rai na kabai yang hkra na zawn gaw rai "Kabai yang gaw hkra na re" ngu na she kabai na matu lungdin tam yu yang nmu rai jang she dai shi a n-gu mari sa u nga na dengga jaw dat ai dengga gumhpraw lap dai hte "Wi" di sa kabai dat yang gaw u dai pyen mat wa. Dengga dai bai tam yu yang mung nmu mat gumhpraw dengga dai bai tam yu yang nmu mat jang she nta de bai nhtang mat wa. Nta de bai nhtang wa yang she "Ya n-gu gaw" ngu jang "Hum nlu mari wa ai" ngu. "Hpabaw re ta" ngu yang "U langai mi kabai hkra na zawn rai na kabai ai ngu nlu kabai sat ai" ngu yang she dengga lap sha ngam sai da dai bai jaw dat da. Dai bai jaw dat "N-gu mari wa rit ya anhte shat kaw si sai n-gu nnga ai" ngu jang "E law" ngu na bai sa mat wa. Shawng na hte maren u dai mung shi man e sha wa bai sa bai la taw nga da. Shing rai yang she u dai hpe bai kabai ai ngu she dengga mung bai mat mat u mung mat mat rai yang bai nhtang wa. Kaja hkap pawt sa rai jang gaw shi gaw kaning nchye ngu na she shawng hkan e shi shi manaw manang ni hte ndai shinggyin ga htu ai nhkun dai gaw shi e gaw loimi nbe mung rai bai rai rai jang e gaida kasha mung rai masha mung ai nsawn rai she shi manang ni mung shi hpe gaw shinggyin ga sa htu ai nhkun gaw htaw tsawmra tsan shingnawm wo shanhte hte loimi kran re wo makau de she jaw da. Shing rai shi gaw dai kaw sa htu htu rai she shi shinggyin ga htu ai dai kaw she dai shi e jaw n-gu sa mari su yaw ngu jaw dat ai dengga zawn re wa she rai taw nga la da. Shingrai she shi gaw nau pawt jang she "Ngai dai baw ngai grai mu tawn da ai" ngu da. "Hkum masu" ngu yang she "Nmasu ai" ngu na "Sa sa yu ga" ngu na sa yu yang she nhkun langai lai "Ndai gaw manang wa de a nhkun re" ngu "Ndai gaw de manang wa nhkun re" ngu shi nhkun gaw htaw jahtum e she myap myap re wo nhkun e rai jang she "Ndai kaw re ning gaw" ngu jang she langai sa hta jaw yang kaja wa dai shi sa hta jaw dat ai dengga dai atsawm sha kashin katsut yu yang wa kaja wa gumhpraw dengga rai taw nga la. She shaw yu yang mung kaja wa rawng she rawng rai jang gaw "Nang gumra wa la wa rit. An sha gun gaw nlu sai gumra hte htaw ga gumra daw byau la nna gumra wa la wa rit" ngu da. Kaja wa la sha dai mung nta de hkre wa na gumra wa dun wa. Rai she shan htaw nna daw mi hkrak htaw nna nta wa tawn da. Daw masum hkrak sa lu htaw la rai na dai daw masum hkrak htaw la ai dai hpe gaw shan gaw dai num kasha dai gaw hpaji mung myit jasat tsawmra rawng rai na dai hpe gaw atsawm sha bai shan mung nhkun htu nna bai zing tawn nna she kawa ni a nta gara hku hkrang rai yang shi mung dai hkrang hkrak shachyaw nna grai hkyik ai nta shachyaw tawn rai nna wa shachyaw rawng nna shan moi ni gaw shanhte ni gaw dai dengga gumhpraw dai jai sha rai na sahte hku bai nga mat ma ai da. Raitim mung shi a kanu kawa nta ni gaw shi pru mat dai num sha hpe gawt shapraw kau ai kaw nna gaw gumra ni mung nhkun e sa di hkrat si. Yam nga ni mung sharaw e la sha kau e gumhpraw loimi lu ai mung lagut e sa lagu kau dai kaw na matsan ngu matsan mat wa rai. Shan nu ni mung hpa nsha ai kaw du mat jang e kasha la kasha masum mung si mat. Kanu mung si mat rai kawa langai sha ngam taw nga rai yang gaw kawa dai gaw nau myit htum nna she "Kasha Makaw hpe she sa tam yu na rai sam ai" ngu na she wo kasha Makaw hkawm sa mat wa ai lam ding yang sa mat yang kasha Makaw zawn re nmu rai she wo mare shingnawm e grai hkyik ai nta shi nta hkrang hte raw re wa nga taw nga la da. "E dai kaw she sa shang san yu na re" ngu na shang bang wa yang gaw kaja wa kasha Makaw rai taw nga la da. Kasha gaw grai kabu let "Wa e rai sai law nang she nga ga nu gaw" ngu yang she "Ning nu mung si mat sai" ngu. "Hpu ni gaw" ngu yang "Hpu ni mung si mat sai wa langai sha ngam sai" nga "Rai sai rai sai wa e nang she nga mat saga i" ngu nna she shing ngu rai yang she kawa hpe mung grai daw jaw rai woi gaw woi nga ai wa kawa gaw dai kasha hpe ngu shut kau ai "Nang zawn re kasha" ngu kasha hpe matsa shut kau ai ga a majaw kasha hpe bai nhtang gaya rai dai nta kaw e shi gaw gung sha nna sha si mat ai da. Dai shi gaw le shat gawk na wan dap kaw e she sa sha si mat ai da. Shing rai na dai shani kaw nna gaw anhte wan dap hpe e wan dap hta e gaw hpa mung nga ai ngu nna lasa mung nga ai ngu nna ya ndai anhte bum ga dap gawp kaw e tsa lu ai ni gaw dai dap gawp kaw dai lasa e shawng jaw ai nga chyaru loimi pya di dai lasa hpe jaw ai ngu di na she lu re maumwi gaw dai kaw dik wa ai da. |
