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Translation (Rita Seng Mai)
Once upon a time, there was a couple in a village. They were poor. They did farming to make a living. One day, the wife told her husband, "My husband, it's time to harvest the crops. Go harvest the crops." The stupid husband said, "How much do I harvest?" She said, "Just enough amount for two of us. It will be enough if you harvest as big as my buttock." He really measured the size of his wife's buttocks and harvested only a small amount. After he had harvested, she asked him, "Have you done?" He said, "Yes." When she went to check how much he harvested, she saw he harvested just a few crops. She scolded him, "Why did you harvest only that much? Why are you so stupid?" Then she had to harvest the crops by herself. Later, she told her husband, "Now is the time to burn our field. You do it." He asked her, "How should I do?" She said, "Burn from the start to the end of the field." But he misunderstood what she said. He thought his wife said, "Burn from head to toe." (In the Jinghpaw language, the words 'baw' and 'nmai' can be interpreted differently in a different context.) So, he took the match and went to the field. And he burned his head. When he came back home, she asked him, "What happened to you?" He said, "You told me to burn from head to toe. So I did." She said, "What a stupid man you are!" She continued saying, "Let it be. Go and build a hut tomorrow." He asked her, "How big?" She said, "Just for two of us. It will be okay although it is as small as a crab shell." He went to the river and really looked for the crab shell. When he found it, he went to the field. He put three small sticks into the ground and set the shell on top of them. Then he went back home and said to his wife, "I have done." She asked him to make sure, "Have you built a hut?" He said, "Yes." She saw that there was just a shell. She was disappointed and said, "Why are you so stupid? You are brainless." She was angry at him. Later, she set a trap in their field. An animal was caught in the trap. She killed it and took the meat home. But she couldn't carry it all. So she left some meat and hung it on the branch. She told her husband, "I have got some meat, but I left some at our field because I can't carry it all. Go take it all home. Go quickly." He took a strap to hang the meat and went there. He didn't see the meat. He tied the strap to the tree and tried to carry it. He was struggling to carry it the whole morning. His wife thought, "Why is he taking so long?" She followed him and saw that he was trying to carry the tree. She shouted, "Who told you to carry that tree?" He said, "You told me to carry it." She pointed at the meat and shouted, "This meat! This! I told you to take this meat." The next day, the wife told her husband, "Go and check the trap today. Let's see what we will get." When he checked the trap, he saw a deer in it. It was a big deer. He untied the trap and said to the deer, "Go to my wife." He said like that to the deer. But the deer couldn't understand what he said. Of course, it didn't go to his wife. When he arrived home later, he said, "We have got a big deer in the trap." The wife asked him, "Where is that deer?" He told her, "I let it go to you. I told it to go to you." She was disappointed and said, "What a naive man you are!" The next morning, she told him to check the trap again. She told him, "Go and check the trap tomorrow." There was a cock trapped in the trap. When he saw it, he thought, "This cock looks like one of the villagers' cock." And he freed the cock. When he arrived home, his wife asked him, "Is there anything in the trap?" He said, "There is a cock. But it looks like one of the villagers' cock. So I freed it." She was speechless. She scolded him, "Why are you so stupid? You have to bring whatever you get. Whatever we get, tie it and bring it home." They set the trap on the way to their field. It was a human this time. A man in red clothes was walking on the way they set the trap. He got caught in the trap. The husband saw the man trapped there. The man told him, "Don't tie me, please." He said, "I have to. My wife told me to tie anything that gets caught in the trap and bring it home." He tied the man tightly and brought him home. When his wife saw him, she asked him, "What do you bring home? What is that?" He said, "You told me to tie anything we got and bring it home." She saw him carrying a man. She was shocked and said, "I shouldn't live with you forever. You are just brainless." She left him because he was so stupid.
Transcription (Lu Awng)
Moi da kahtawng langai kaw she ndai shan la nga ai da. Dai yan la gaw da grai matsan shayen re na nga ai re da. Yi sha galaw sha re da. Lani mi na aten hta she ndai shi madu wa hpe she e kawa ye ya an la gaw e ya yi galaw sha na re dai majaw ya yi hkyen ten du sai dai majaw nang yi sa hkyen su yaw ngu na tsun ai da. Dai shaloi ndai la angawt gaw e gara hku kade ram hkyen na ma ngu tsun ai shaloi she e an lahkawng sha she sha an lahkawng sha sha na ram sha re mung nan nye dan kan ram pa tim rai sai ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi la dai wa gaw shi madu jan na maidan wa shadawn lang na she yi sa hkyen ai da. Dai shaloi kaji sha pa na sa hkyen da ai da. Sa hkyen da rai jang she madu jan gaw hkyen da sai i ngu yang e hkyen da sai ngu tsun ai da madu jan sa yu yang gaw kaji sha hkyen da gar dai ram sha mi hkyen da ai gaw nang gaw grai anya ai le ngu tsun ai re madu jan bai hkyen na she hpang yi gaw shi hpe grai ya gaw yi nat na aten du sai nang yi sa nat su yaw ngu tsun gara kun nat na ma ngu tsun ai htaw baw kaw na nan e um nan ndai de du hkra yi baw kaw na yi mai du hkra nat u ngu tsun ai she aw la shi la dai shi na la ai gaw shi na baw hte nan lagaw de du hkra sa nat u ngu na ai da. Dai na shi gaw oh yi de sa na wan hkret ma lang na she wan hkret dai hte she shi na baw ti nat la ai hku nga dai wa re shi na madu jan gaw ten nang na baw ni hkum ting gara hku re byin ai ma ngu she nang she baw kaw na e ndung du hkra nat u nga na mi ngu tsun ai da. La nan gaw nau na anya ai law ngu tsun yang she rai sai rai sai ya hpawt ni gaw yi wa sa galaw yaw ngu tsun ai da. Rai she kade ram galaw na ma ngu yang an lahkawng rawng na ram sha she re mung oh jahkan kawp ram sha re rai tim mai ai ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi she dai la wa gaw dai jahkan kawp tam ai ngu na she oh hka de hkan kau de bai hkawm sai da. Dai jahkan kawp mu tam la ai da. Mu tam la re dai shang lahkawng na yi dai kaw she e shingna duk masum jung na she jahkan kawp wa ra di da ai da. Dai madu jan gaw madu jan ye she galaw da sai ngu na e galaw da sai i e nga she madu jan sa yu yang gaw dai jahkan kawp sha mara taw ai hku nga la nang gaw na ram ram anya ai la gaw nau nan angawn ai ngu na she pawt da ai da. Dai shaloi she hpang yi gaw madu jan gaw mahkam hkam ai da. Yi kaw she mahkam hkam da re na she e shan lu ai da. Shan langai lu na she madu jan gaw gun wa sai da. Nta de gun wa re she nkau mi gaw nma gun na she hpundu kaw noi da ai da. Hpun du kaw noi da na she dai madu wa hpe she ngai oh shan lu ai re ngai n kau mi sha lu gun wa ai grai nang n kau mi sa gun wa su wang sa su ngu tsun madu wa gaw sa mat wa she jing hpa ma gun na she gun sa mat wa she shi gaw dai hpun du kaw na shan hpe gaw n sa mu na she hpundu kaw she dai jinghpa shakap na she ja ji sa gun yat taw ai da. Jahpawt tim gun yat si taw ai da. Dai yang madu jan gaw nau na sai law la ndai gaw ngu na she hkan sa yu yang jing hpa wa she jinghpa rau dai hpun du wa sa shakap na she gun yat taw ai da. Nang hpe dai gun u kadai tsun ai ngu yang nang she ndai sa gun u nga na mi ngu dai yang madu jan gaw ndai ndai la wa u she ngu kaw ngu madu jan bai la wa ai da. Rang hpang ye gaw madu jan gaw nang nang mahkam sa yu su yaw dai hpawt gaw mahkam kaw hpabaw dau ai kun da yu su ngu sa shangu ai shaloi she ndai jahkyi langai mi dau taw ai da. Jahkyi kaba law ai langai dau taw ai shaloi she dai la dai wa gaw sa na she jahkyi dai wa hpe she aw hprang hprang na she shi gaw maw oh nye madu jan kaw wa su yaw ngu jahkyi hpe wa hprang na wa she tsun dat ai da. Dai shaloi shi jahkyi dai gaw ga mung nchye na ai rai jang she hpa madu jan kaw mung n wa ai da. Dai yang shi gaw nta du sai da. Hey ya sha jahkyi kaba dau ai rai sa ngu ya hka ya gaw deng ngu yang nan kaw wa shangu sai le ngai hkrang dat sai e nang kaw nye madu jan kaw wa u yaw ngu na ngai tsun dat sai le ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi she madu jan gaw nang gaw nau nan anya ai law aw ngu tsun ai da. Hpang jahpawt mung bai sa yu shangu ai da. Hpawt de bai sa yu su yaw ngu tsun hpang jahpawt bai sa yang gaw u la langai dau taw ai da. Dai u la hpe mung um ndai gaw e oh ra kahtawng na hkau na u la hte grai bung nga ai dai hkau na u she re ngu na shi gaw dat kau dat ya ai da. Dat kau dat yang madu jan gaw dai hpawt hpa n dau ai i ngu yang e oh ra kahtawng na oh ra hkau gam na u la hte grai bung ai ngai dai majaw ngai dat kau ya sai ngu tsun dat ai da. Dai shaloi madu jan nang gaw nau nan anya ai law la nan gaw ya lang gaw hpa mi dau yang dau e hpa mi dau yan dau hpa dau hkyen ai dau yang dau u ga hpa mi dau tim grit na la wa u yaw ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi she ndai e dai mahkam hkam ai shang lahkawng na yi sa lam lam kaw re na hku nga dai kaw she shinggyin masha re ai da shinggyin masha ndai la langai wa she palawng ahkyen re hpun na she lai wa ai da. Dai la wa she dai shang lahkawng na mahkam kaw sa dau mat ai wa dau mat ai shaloi she dai la wa gaw sa mu ai da ahkyen re jang yi hkau e ngai hpe hkum grit u ngu tsun ai da. Ye grit ya ai nye madu jan tsun yang ndai kaw sha dau sai kau na gaw ya lang gaw grit na la wa nga na tsun ai ngu tsun ai da. Rai yang gaw jaji grit na she hpai wa ai da. Madu jan kaw she hpai wa yang she madu jan gaw ya hpabaw re na la ndai hpe grit na la wa ai ngu tsun ai shaloi she e nang tsun yang gaw hpa rai tim grit na hpai wa sa nu nga ai gaw ngu na she e dai masha wa she hpai grit woi wa jang madu jan gaw yi la nan hte gaw ngai prat tim nga ai baw n re nang ram ram angawt ai la gaw ngu na madu jan tawn kau da ai da. Dai la nau angawk ai la hpe |
