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Translation (Htoi San)
Once upon a time, a man had a former wife and a second wife. The second wife was very wicked. There was a daughter from the first wife. After getting the daughter from the first wife, the second wife also had a daughter of her own. One day, the wicked wife persuaded the first wife, "Let's go and pick wood near the pond." She brought the first wife to pick wood. When they reached the pool, the young wife pushed the elder wife into the water. The first wife became a tortoise and lived in that pool. After the first wife died and turned into a tortoise, the wicked wife tortured the first wife's daughter. Every day, the stepmother beat the first daughter and did not feed her well. Thus the first daughter cried at the lake where her mother was pushed and killed as she knew it. As her mother turned into the tortoise, she talked to her mother. "Mummy, stepmother beats me a lot." "She does not feed me, so I am starving. I face a lot of difficulties," she wept and said to her mother. The mother tortoise eased her sadness, "My child, be patient and stay strong. Just be patient for a while." The daughter said to her mother, "Mom, I don't know what to do because you have become a tortoise." Then the daughter went back home. The stepmother knew the first girl went to the pond and cried whenever she was beaten or scolded. One day, the stepmother was curious, "Whom did she meet with? Whom did she talk with?" Then she followed the way where the first daughter wept and went. She found the girl and went to the pond, where she pushed the first wife and became the tortoise and talked to her tortoise mother. Thus the wicked wife went home and told her husband while pretending herself sick, "If I eat the tortoise mother meat from the pond over there, I will be better. So could you please catch it for me?" The husband replied, "If you are getting better, I can catch that tortoise mother easily." After that, he went to the pond to catch the mother tortoise. He caught the tortoise and steamed it in the wooden barrel. The mother tortoise asked her daughter to reduce the fire. The stepmother ordered the first daughter to keep up the fire while her mother tortoise was inside the wooden steamer. The mother tortoise from the wooden steamer said, "My child, please don't put too much wood. I feel hot. I am feeling very hot." The girl did not keep the fire up and take the wood out. When the stepmother saw this, she hit the girl and forced her, "Why don't you raise the fire? Put it back! Put it back faster!" "It's hot! It's hot! It's hot! It's hot!" The mother tortoise was so hot, and she instructed her daughter. "Oh my! Don't put out that much fire. You don't eat my flesh if I die due to the heat." "If they eat my meat, you take my bones and bury them nicely in front of the house." At last, the mother tortoise died because of the fire. That night, the whole family ate tortoise meat. While the family ate happily, the first daughter did not eat the meat as her mother had told her. As she did not eat the meat, the stepmother hit her, so she pretended to eat the meat. When they had finished eating, she collected all the bones and buried them in front of the house as her mother instructed. A beautiful tree grew where her mother's bones were buried. That tree grew beautifully with gorgeous fruits. The fruits from that tree were also very pretty. The fruits appeared like apples and gold, and they bore beautifully. One day, a king and his followers passed by their house while wandering the country. The king saw gorgeous fruits which looked delicious on the tree, so he ordered his runners to pick the fruits from that tree. However, the maids could not pick the fruits. Whoever from the king's maids tried to pluck the fruits but the fruits did not fall off. Therefore the king said, "Whosoever can pick the fruits, I will award him. If the person is a girl, she will be a queen." But no one could pluck the fruits. The first daughter plucked the fruits and gave them to the king. After that, she became the king's wife. Then she got into the palace as she became a queen. After being queen, she wore beautiful dresses and stayed in the palace for three years. One day, the stepmother requested the first daughter, "Come and visit our house to meet us." After three years, she told the king, "My stepmother asked me to come back home to meet her." The queen prepared to visit her stepmother after the king had agreed to her. As the first daughter was the queen, she wore the queen's clothes and many golds and returned home beautifully. The stepmother planned to do evil things to her. The wicked mother greeted her stepdaughter joyfully and invited her to lunch. Then she cooked rice. After cooking, she said, "Let's eat together." She also boiled a big pot of hot water. Then they ate together. The stepmother pinched her youngest child and made her cry. The evil mother told the queen, "The baby is crying. Please take out your necklace to ease her." The queen said, "Alright." Then she took out her necklace and made her sister over. The stepmother pinched and made the baby cry again, "The baby is asking for your bracelet." One after one, the wicked mother asked for the queen's jewelry, saying, "Please support the baby's crying. Let her hold them." The mother let the baby drop the gold jewelry under the house. Then she said, "We are done eating now. My child! Your youngest sister dropped all your ornaments. Can you go and pick them?" When the stepmother asked the queen, "Go and take them up," the mother already boiled a big pot of hot water ahead. The wicked mother poured down the hot water while the queen was under the house. As a result, the queen died due to the hot water. The evil mother took out all the queen's clothes and put them on her second daughter, then let her go to the king. The second daughter wore the queen's costume and went into the palace, so people thought she was the queen. The king lived together with the second daughter, who pretended to be a queen. When the king went out, the food was prepared already. The rice and curry were on the table together with water. The food was placed on the table nicely every day, but the king was amazed that no one could be found. The king thought sincerely, "How come it happened? The queen is following me, and we go out together. Who made the food and placed it on the table?" Nevertheless, the fake queen pretended to be the one who made the food. She simulated being the one who cooked the food. The king asked the fake queen to go to another place, and he also pretended to go out. The king came back after a while and planned, "I will peep who prepares the food daily." Then he peeped from the doorway and found another queen coming out from the wide pot. She combed her hair, put makeup on, and made herself tidy, then started to cook. She cooked all the food which they liked to eat and placed them on the table. She also put a water bottle and set them all nicely, then changed her clothes and went back into the big pot. The king was so surprised. The king was amazed and thought, "What are these all about? Who is that queen?" When the first daughter died from the bride-giving clan, the stepmother shopped the dead queen's flesh, fermented it, and sent it as a gift to the king. When the people from the palace ate the fermented meat, they found pieces of nails. The king marked that incident. The king was confused, "What is this queen?" The two queens were sisters, so the king could not recognize who was the real one. The king was astonished that another queen had prepared the food. The king peeped the next day and he determined, "Today, I will make sure to catch her." When he hid and watched her, another queen came out from the wide pot and changed her outfits to be neat and tidy like a queen then she started cooking. When she was almost finished and went back to the wide pot, the king ran out of his hiding place behind the door and instantly caught her. He held her tightly and asked, "Who are you?" The other queen answered, "I am your wife." "Oh! Who is the one coming then?" questioned the king, and the other queen replied, "She is my sister." "What is happening to you now?" continued asking the king. The other queen answered, "I am the spirit, and I become the spirit." "They killed me by pouring the hot water and letting the woman who is coming now wear my clothes and send her here." The king was stunned. The spirit queen and the fake queen were similar, and the king was confused, "I have to test you who the real queen is." They both said, "Let's test! Let's test us!" Therefore, the king arranged a competition. The king gathered all the people and announced to them, "Now, there are two queens, so we have to check them. Let's watch!" The king placed spears on the ground and said the rules, "Alright! You are my real wife if you can jump over these spears." So they both jumped over the spears. Firstly, the fake queen jumped across the spears. As soon as she jumped over, she fell on the spears and died. When the spirit queen jumped over, she could reach the end. In the end, the king knew who the real queen was. Here is the end of the story.
Transcription (La Ring)
Moi shawng de da i ndai la langai mi gaw da ndai shawng num hte hpang num lu ai da. Dai shaloi e da e ndai hpang num kanu gaw grai nkaja ai da. Shawng num kaw ma kasha langai lu ai da. Dai hku shawng num kanu kaw kasha num sha langai lu ai hpang num kanu kaw ma num sha langai lu ai da. Rai yang she da lani mi na ahkying hta e da dai hpang num kanu gaw da e shawng num kanu hte rau "Hka nawng makau de hpun hta sa ga" ngu na e shi gaw hpun sa hta woi ai da. Dai shaloi shi gaw ndai shawng kanu hpe ndai shawng num jan hpe e hka nawng la-ing de kanawng bang kau ai da. Dai shaloi she da ndai shawng num kanu gaw tau kawk tau mat rai na tau kawk kanu tai mat na dai hka nawng kaw rawng taw ai da. Dai hku rai re shaloi e da e dai hku rai na hka nawng kaw e sa kanawng bang kau rai na e shi kasha num kasha langai lu da ai dai hpe gaw aging zingri sha taw sai da dai hpang num kanu gaw. Grai nkaja rai na she shani shagu gayet hkrai gayet gayet hkrai gayet rai di na shat gaw njaw sha rai jang she dai shi shawng num a kanu a kasha gaw hka nawng de shi kanu hpe dai kaw kanawng sat kau ai re chye ai majaw shi kanu nga ai si ai shara kaw sa hkrap taw nga nga re da. Dai shaloi she le hka nawng la-ing kaw shi kanu gaw tau kawk tai mat ai re majaw gaw dai tau kawk hte sa shaga hkat taw ai da. "Ah nu e ngai hpe ndai hpang num kanu gaw ndai grai gayet ai. Shat ma njaw sha ai dai majaw shat grai kaw si ai ngu na grai jam jau ai" ngu na sa hkrap taw taw rai yang she e tau kawk kanu gaw "Ma e nang sharang di na naw nga u sharang di na naw nga u" ngu na tsun ai da. E dai hku ngu tsun dat rai jang she "Ah nu ma tau kawk tai mat sai majaw gara hku nchye di sai" ngu na tsun dat ai shaloi she ma gaw dai hku bai wa mat rai na she loi pawt ai shaloi she dai hku na bai gayet dat jang dai hka la-ing de sa mat na sa hkrap taw taw re re hpe ndai hpang num kanu gaw chye di na she lani mi na gaw "Kadai rau sa gayet taw ai i kadai rau sa shaga hkat taw ai i ngai naw sa lagu yu na re" ngu na dai ma kasha hkrap nna sa wa ai de bai hkan nang yang she dai kanu hka nawng kaw shi htu kanawng bang kau ai hka nawng kaw kanu hte tau kawk kanu hte sa shaga hkat taw ai sa mu la sai da. Sa mu la di na she nta kaw bai wa di na she shi madu wa hpe tsun sai da machyi masu su nna she "E ngai um le ra hka nawng kaw na tau kawk kanu shan sha yang gaw mai na zawn nga ai dai majaw nang ngai hpe sa rim wa ya rit" ngu na tsun ai da. Dai shaloi shi la gaw "Nang she mai na nga yang gaw ngai tau kawk kanu dai sha gaw ngai sa chye rim ai" ngu na she e sa hka nawng dai de sa na she tau kawk kanu dai hpe sa rim wa sai da. Sa rim wa di na she e bunghkrawng kaw bang di na kabaw da sai da. Kabaw da re shaloi she dai tau kawk kanu gaw shi kasha hpe wan nawn shangun ai le. Ndai hpang num kanu gaw shawng num kanu dai tau kawk kanu a kasha hpe wan nhtaw wawn shangun ai kanu gaw bunghkrawng kata kaw. Dai shaloi bunghkrawng kata kaw na shi nu gaw tsun taw ai da "Ma e ah nu hpe wan nau hkum bang grai kahtet wa sai grai kahtet wa sai" ngu na tsun ai da. Rai jang shi kasha gaw wan nhtaw loi bai shaw dat kanu grai kahtet wa ai nga jang kasha gaw wan nhtaw shaw dat jang aging sa gayet ai da hpang num kanu "Hpa di na wan nhtaw shaw ai bang u bang u ngu na wan bang u" ngu na she bang shangun. "Ahte lu ahte lu ahte lu ahte lu" ngu na kanu gaw grai kahtet taw sai da lu tau kawk kanu gaw grai kahtet rai na she kasha hpe htet taw ai da. "Yi dai ram wan hkum bang ya lama nu kahtet di na si mat yang gaw nang ah nu na shan nmai sha ai yaw. Ah nu na shan hpe gaw shanhte sha jang mung nra ni hta la nna nang wo nta shawng kaw atsawm sha sa lup da u yaw" ngu na kasha hpe htet da ai da. Kaja wa tau kawk kanu gaw nau kahtet nna si mat sai da. Si mat re shana she dai shan hpe yawng sha jawm sha taw masai da. Jawm sha kabu gara hte sha taw shi kasha gaw kanu htet da ai hte maren nsha ai da. Nsha rai sha tim sha masu sha su gayet wa wa re majaw shi gaw sha masu sha su nna she dai shi yawng sha ngut jang dai kanu na nra yawng hta la di na nta shawng kaw kanu htet da ai hte maren shi gaw dai kaw sa lup da ai da. Sa lup da re shaloi she dai kanu hpe lup da ai shara kaw na grai hpun grai tsawm ai hte asi grai tsawm ai si ai hpun dai tu wa ai da. Tu wa re shaloi she asi ma grai tsawm ai da. Ndai pan ti (apple) nsam ni ja nsam ni grai tsawm ai si taw ai da. Dai hku rai rai jang she lani mi na dai hku na she hkaw hkam ni lai wa ai hku nga. Hkaw hkam ni mung gawan ai lai wa hkrup na yu dat ai shaloi asi grai tsawm ai sha grai mu na zawn re ai asi si taw ai majaw shi na ali ama ni hpe dai asi wa di shangun ai da. Dai namsi wa di shangun ai nlu di ai da. Ali ama ni kadai ma nlu di kadai di tim namsi dai nhkrat ai da. Nhkrat ya rai na she hkaw hkam wa gaw "Ndai namsi lu di ai wa hpe gaw ngai kumhpa law law jaw na" ngu na she "Num rai yang gaw hkaw hkam jan shatai la na" ngu na tsun jang she dai e hkaw hkam jan shatai la na ngu tsun tim kadai nlu di ai da. Nlu di rai jang she dai ma kasha gaw shi lung di na dai num kasha gaw shi lung di na dai namsi hpe wa di ya ai da. Wa di ya ai shaloi she kaja wa shi gaw hkaw hkam kasha tai mat wa ai da. Hkaw hkam kasha tai mat wa rai na she e hkaw hkam wang de du mat sai le. Du mat wa na grai tsawm ai grai let tsawm ai i bu hpun palawng ni hte hkaw hkam jan tai taw rai loimi e na wa masum ning daram na wa ai shaloi she e ndai mi na ndai hpang num kanu gaw i dai hkaw hkam jan hpe "Nta de wa jahkrum u" ngu na htet dat ai da. Htet dat ai shaloi she kaja wa sha dai num sha gaw masum ning hpring ai shaloi she e hkaw hkam wa hpe tsun ai "Nye nu ngai hpe htet dat ai i wa jahkrum na da" ngu na wa ai shaloi da dai shaloi e she um dai shaloi she e dai hkaw hkam jan a hpang num kanu gaw e hpang de e shi na kasha wa chyai na nga na rai wa sai le i. Wa chyai na nga na rai wa re shaloi she bu hpun palawng hkying ni ja ni grai hpun na hkaw hkam jan re nga jang gaw grai tsawm na wa sai da. Wa re shaloi she hpang num kanu gaw dai shaloi pyi naw akyang nkaja ai naw galaw na. Shi gaw dai hkaw hkam jan hpe e kabu gara hkap shaga na shat sha ga shat shadu sai da. Shat ni shadu rai na "Shat rau sha ga" ngu na she hpum lum di mung kaba law ai shadu tawn ai da. Shadu tawn rai na shi shat woi sha sai da. Shat woi sha ai shaloi she e ma hpe mahti jahkrap na le i shi kanau kaji htum hpe mahti jahkrap dat mahti jahkrap dat na she "Ma hkrap ai na na kachyi naw raw ya shalan dat u ma hpe shalen dat u" ngu tsun na she "E e e" nga na hkaw hkam jan tai ai wa mung ma hpe kachyi raw shalen ya. Rai yang bai grai na jang bai mahti jahkrap jang "E dai lahkawn ma bai hpyi nga ai" ngu na she lahkawn ni ma ja rai ni yawng dai hku ma mahti jahkrap hkrap rai na she "Ma hpe shalen u shalen u lang shangun u" ngu nna jaw lang na she yawng npu de shalut kau ai hku nga. Ja rai ni yawng npu de jahkrat shalut kau na she "E ya gaw sha ngut sai re gaw ma e na na kachyi npu de yawng ma jahkrat kau sai nang sa hta la su" ngu ai da. "Sa hta la u" ngu na sa hta shangun ai shaloi she shi gaw hpum lum di kaba tau hkrau na shadu da sai le i. Dai hku rai na she dai hpum lum di kaba shi npu de hkaw hkam jan npu de sa nga ai shaloi she hpum lum di kaba ru bun dat ai da. Ru bun dat na dai hkaw hkam jan gaw si mat ai da. Si mat re shaloi she hkaw hkam jan a bu hpun palawng ni yawng raw la ja rai ni yawng hpun la na she shi kasha num kasha nga ai nmu i um dai num kasha hpe jahpun dat nna she dai hpang num kanu le jahpun dat na hkaw hkam hpang de sa shangun dat ai shi kasha hpe. Sa shangun dat rai hkaw hkam jan gaw sa wa sai gaw hkaw hkam jan re sha shadu ai le mi na bu hpun palawng ni hpun nna sa wa ai re nga jang. Dai hku rai na shi nta kaw woi nga rai taw rai yang she hkaw hkam jan hte hkaw hkam wa gaw shinggan de pru hkawm rai yang bai wa ai shaloi gaw shat hkyen tawn da ai da. Shat hkyen tawn da hka ni yawng du da ai da. Yawng shani shagu atsawm hkrak hkrak di nna hkyen da ai masha gaw nnga dai hku byin taw taw rai na she mau sai da. Mau rai na she dai wa sha rai na she hkaw hkam wa gaw myit sumru taw nga "Gara hku re i ya ndai hkaw hkam jan mung ngai hpang ngai hte rau she hkawm ai ndai shat ni kadai hkyen da da re ai kun" ngu na loi gaw mau taw ai hku nga. Raitim ma hkaw hkam jan dai hkaw hkam jan atu (fake) gaw i dai jan gaw shi hkyen da ai shadu nna aw shi hkyen da ai zawn zawn woi sha masu. Dai hku rai na shi gaw masu di na nga taw ai le. Nga taw nga taw rai she ndai hkaw hkam jan hpe kaga shara de sa kau shangun na she e dai hkaw hkam wa ma shinggan de le mat sai hku na pru mat wa masu sai da. Bai na hkaw hkam wa gaw bai nhtang shang wa "Ndai shat lu sha kadai galaw law re kun ngai lagu yu na" ngu na chyinghka lam kaw na wa lagu yu lani mi gaw le i "Hkawm mat sai" ngu di masu na bai wa nhtang wa na wa lagyim yu ai shaloi she yambu kaw na hkaw hkam jan langai bai le rai wa ai da. Le rai na she kara ni masit kau asan apan yawng shakya kau nna shat ni shadu bang wa sai da. Shat shat mai ni nji n-gu shadu nna she shadu ngut nna she hkaw hkam jan sha ra hkaw hkam wa shanhte sha ai zawn di na yawng shadu shajin na saboi kaw yawng tawn da ya hka bu yam bu ni yawng hkrak hkrak di na tawn ya ngut sai nga jang she um kalang ta bu hpun palawng bai galai la nna she dai yambu de lup bai shang mat wa ai da. Ah mau mat sai da hkaw hkam wa gaw. Mau mat "Ya ndai gaw kaning re re i" ngu na "Ndai hkaw hkam jan gaw kaning re i" ngu na hkaw hkam wa gaw mau na myit let raitim ma ndai mi shi wo mayu nta kaw na gaw dai si mat sai hkaw hkam jan na shan hpe tawk la na she i jahkri hkri la na hkaw hkam wa hpang de kum hpa nga na ndai hpang num kanu gaw naw shagun dat shi ai. Naw shagun dat shi ai dai shaloi shanhte sha sha sha rai yang shan jahkri re nga sha sha rai yang lamyin langai lahkawng lawm wa ai. Dai hpe ma hkaw hkam wa gaw matsing da ai da. Matsing da rai na she "Gara hku i ya ndai hkaw hkam jan ndai gaw" hkaw hkam wa ma mi na jan hte ndai jan gaw bung taw ai she nrai na i shan nau ni re ng ajang gaw dan na nmatsing ai da. Hkaw hkam wa nmatsing raitim ma ndai shat gaw ndai wa hkyen ai nre sha byin taw ai dai hku hkyen tawn da da re majaw hkaw hkam wa mau dik nga. Hpang shani bai lagu yu sai da "Daini na gaw atsawm hkrak naw ndai hpe gaw rim nan rim tawn da na re" ngu na she hpang shani bai makoi nna bai yu nga yang she dai yambu kaw na hprut nga pru wa na she i dai hku bu hpun palawng ni galai nna atsawm hkrak rai na she hkyen nna hkaw hkam jan zawn hkyen nna shadu taw nga ai da. Shadu taw nga rai na she ngut sai nga jang yambu de bai shang hkyen ai shaloi hkaw hkam wa chyinghk alam kaw na kagat pru wa chyinghka kaw makoi nga ai kagat pru wa na kalang ta shi hpe sa rim tawn da ai da. Sa manat tawn da "Nang kadai rai" ngu na san ai hku rai nga. Dai shaloi she "Ngai na madu jan re ai" ngu na tsun ai da. "Taw ndai ya sa wa ai gaw kadai rai" ngu yang "Ndai nye kanau re ai" ngu na tsun ai da. "Taw nang gaw ya gara hku" ngu yang "Ngai gaw wenyi tai mat sai wenyi she tai mat sai. Ngai hpe shanhte ni dai hku dai hku rai na i hpum lum jaw sat nna shanhte na dai ya sa wa ai jan hpe bu hpun palawng ni yawng dagraw la nna sa wa ai she re ai" ngu tsun ai da. Ah hkaw hkam wa gaw dai kaw mau mat sai. Wora mung raw rai ndai mung raw rai na "Gara mahtang hkaw hkam jan ajet re nan lahkawng hpe gaw ngai naw chyam yu na" ngu tsun ai da. "Chyam yu na" ngu yang "Chyam u" ngu tsun ai da. Chyam u ngu na tsun ai shaloi she lani mi gaw poi galaw sai da. Dai wa hpe rim tawn da na le i wenyi jan hpe rim tawn da na poi galaw tawn na she masha yawng hpe shaga shagrim tawn da na she "Ya ndai hkaw hkam jan lahkawng byin wa ai majaw chyam yu sana daini gaw jawm yu ga" nri ni yawng jun da ai da. Nri ding ren di jun da "Gai hkaw hkam wa gaw tsun dat sai da "Ndai nri kaw lu gum tawt ai wa gaw ngai na madu jan ajet rai na re" ngu ai da. Dai hku ngu na tsun ai shaloi she gum tawt sai da shanhte ni gaw. Ndai hkaw hkam jan e atu (fake) wa mahtang shawng shi kanau jan mahtang shawn shing tawt ai hku nga. Shing tawk yang kala ta nri kaw ju si sai da. Bai hpang na jan bai gum tawt ai gaw nri wora maga de lu gumtsat lai mat ai da. Dai majaw gaw wora wa ajet re chye mat ai da hkaw hkam wa. Dai hku rai di na e.. |
