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Translation (Htoi Awng)
Once upon a time, there was a widow in a village. She had a son. He had a mental illness. He was a halfwit. He couldn't finish any work well. One day, his mother told him, "My son, you don't know how to work and couldn't do anything well. So, you better go to the jungle and be a hunter. You can set traps to catch animals. And you can catch deer and other animals too. Making trap is the easiest, but you need to check it every day." Then, he went to the jungle and set the trap. The next day, he saw that a pheasant was caught in his trap. He was very happy and took the bird from the trap. And he told the bird, "Fly to my house. Tell my mom to kill you and cook the porridge. And tell her that I will be late today." He let the bird go. There was no way the bird would fly to his home. But he didn't know that since he was a fool. At night, he was starving when he got back home. Then, he asked, "Mom! Didn't you cook pheasant porridge?" The mom was surprised and asked, "What are you talking about? Even you just come back now! Where is the bird? What porridge?" The boy said, "I caught a pheasant in the trap today. I told it to go to you and to tell you to cook the porridge for me. And I let it fly." After hearing what he said, his mother told him, "What a stupid boy! How can a bird come to me? If you have caught a bird, take the sword and kill it first. Then, take it home. You can't release a bird like that." The next day, the foolish boy went to the forest to check his trap again. There were lots of mushrooms growing in his trap. The boy remembered what his mother said and cut all the mushrooms into pieces with his sword. And he packed the pieces of mushrooms with banana leaves. He gave the pack to his mother. When his mother saw the pieces of mushrooms, she said, "My son, mushroom can't fly and can't walk. You have to pack this kind of things carefully in the leaf and take it home." The next day, the boy went to the jungle again. Then, he found a beehive on a tree. The boy thought, "This is also a kind of food. So, I should pack this in the leaf carefully." He searched some leaves to wrap the beehive. And he grabbed it. At that time, the bees were coming out and stung him. His face and hands were swollen. And he went back home. His mom was shocked to see him and asked, "What had happened?" He said, "As you said, I should pack something edible with leaf. So, when I found the beehive, I tried to wrap it with a leaf. Suddenly, the bees came out and stung me." She said, "Oh, my boy! You can't do like that. If you found the beehive, you have to burn it first and make them run." The next day, the boy went to the jungle again. On his way, he saw a grandpa from nowhere was sleeping in a hut. The grandpa was wearing a turban. The turban was black and had a similar colour to the beehive he saw yesterday. So, he thought it would be the beehive. Then, he lit the fire and burnt the turban. The grandpa woke up in shock. And he took his sword out and waved it. Then, it hit the boy, and he got wounds. When he came back home at night, his mother asked him, "Oh! What happened!?" He angrily replied, "Mom, you said I have to burn the beehive first! After that, I could take bee broods and honey home. I met a grandpa today, and he was wearing the black turban. I have mistaken the turban for the beehive. So, I brunt the turban with flambeau. At that time, the grandpa was shocked and hit me with his sword." After hearing what he said, his mother told him, "Oh, my naive boy, you should not do like that to the elders. You should greet them politely and treat them well the next time." The following day, he went to the jungle again. This time, he saw a sleeping lion. He remembered what his mother said. So, he went closer to the lion and greeted politely by touching it, "Oh lord! Where are you coming from?" The lion was shocked when the boy touched it. So, it ran away from there. Since that day, people started doing the same as the boy did when they saw the lion. People say, "Lord of the jungle! You are the lord of the jungle. You are the strongest. We need to find food for us, and you need to find yours too. Let's go to the place where we need to go without hurting each other."
Transcription (Lu Awng)
Moi dinggai langai mi gaida dinggai langai mi gaw la kasha langai mi lu ai da. La kasha dai gaw loi mi ra mat ai mana maga de kachyi mi gale mat ai ma re da. Hpa mung n chye galaw hpa mung n chye galaw re majaw kanu gaw tsun ai da. E ma e nang gaw bungli mung n chye galaw re gaw oh nam de sa na nhkaw sumri sa hkam, hkam lu hkam sha hkwi lu hkwi sha rai u. Shan nga jahkyi ni gap u gap nga hkwi sha di u, loi dik ai gaw nhkaw hkam ai wa loi dik re sai, dai majaw nang oh nam de nhkaw sa hkam tawn da nhkaw hkam jang gaw shani shanang gawan ra ai lu ngu na matsun da nu ai da. Dai majaw dai ma kasha mung kaja wa hpa n chye galaw ai re nga yang nam de sa na nhkaw sa hkam tawn da ai da. Hpang shani shi sa yu yang gaw uri langai mi lu nga la ai da. Dai hpe shi gaw grai kabu ai myit hte sa mu nna gaw uri dai hpe raw sai da. Re na shi gaw uri hpe raw la na hto nta de nnu kaw pyen wa su yaw, nu hpe tsun nang hpe sat nna uhpa hpa tawn da re na dai na de ngai jan du jang she wa na re ngu na wa tsun dan su yaw ngu na htet dat ai da. Uri gaw nta kanang wa na hprawng mat sai gaw nam de, shana de dai dawk ngawt ma nta de bai du wa ai shaloi gaw grai kawsi na wa yang kanu hpe nu re yang uri hpa n shadu da ai i deng ngu na wa tsun ai da. Dai shaloi kanu gaw taw kanang na uri ta? nang pyi ya she pru wa nga na me, kaning re uri hpa hpe tsun ai, ngu jang ngai mahkam hkam tawn da ai kaw uri langai mi lu ai. Dai hpe e ngai raw la na n nu kaw wa su, nu e tsun u, u hpa hpa da ngu na htet dat sai le ngu na tsun ai da. Dai shaloi kanu gaw e dawk ngawt ma mana nang e dan re u gaw nta de hkum chye wa, oh nam de hprawng mat sai gaw dan re lu jang gaw n htu shaw la nna naw kadoi sat nna she gun wa ai baw re gaw, n mai dat kau dat ai gaw ngu na tsun ai da. Nhtu hte naw kahtam zat ra ai ngu tsun ai da. Hpang shani bai dawk ngawt ma gaw nam de bai a ngawk mat wa sai da, shi a mahkam yu na matu bai sa mat wa re shaloi gaw sha ai mati ahkra kaba wa mi tu hpraw jawng nga ai da. Dan re jang kanu htet dat ai hte maren sha ai baw hpe gaw nhtu hte shawng kahtam ra ai, nga ai htet dat ai re nga mati ni hpe majoi ga hte gayau gaya di na kahtam hkrai kahtam, kahtam hkrai kahtam, hpun hkyep ni ga hte gayau gaya di na kahtam na langa hpaw hte makai wa ai da. Makai na kanu e wa jaw ai. Dai shaloi gaw kanu gaw e ma e ndan re mati gaw n chye pyen ai gaw, n chye hkawm ai gaw. Ndan re hpe gaw atsawm sha baw la na langa lahpaw ni hte gayawp nna she n hten hkra rai gun wa ai baw re gaw ngu na tsun ai da. Hpang shani bai shi nam de bai sa dai shaloi gaw kagat gat hpung wa mi hpun kaw e noi nga ai da. Ndai lagat mung sha ai baw re gaw ngu nu tsun ai teng na re, lahpaw htat la na makai gun wa na re ngu na she shi lahpaw mung lang rai lagat magra dat ai hte maren lagat gaw mawng pru wa na shi hpe hkum ting gawa, myi man hkan ne ta hkan ne mung gawa, hkum ting bum na nta wa ai da. Kanu gaw ma e hpa rai wa dai ram bum lapau na wa ai mi ngu na san ai shaloi gaw nu nang she sha ai baw mu jang gaw lahpaw kaw makai gun wa ai baw re nga na ngai lagat hpe lahpaw kaw makai gun wa na ngu na lahpaw di lang na sa masawp ai ngu yang lagat mawng wa na gawa ai re ngu na tsun ai da. E ma mana nang e dai hku gaw nmai ai gaw. Lagat hpe gaw wan hte shawng nat galip kau na she kata kaw rawng ai ntsun ni lagat sha ni dan re gun wa ai baw she re gaw wan shawng nat kau ra ai gaw ngu na bai sharin ya sai da. Hpang shani bai sa ai shi, kanu tsun ai hte maren sa ai shaloi gaw gara kaw na dingla lam hkawm pu ba na wa yup nga dung nga ai mi re nchye hkindu kaw yup nga dung nga ai wa, shi yu yang gaw shawng shani na shi mu ai lagat zawn zawn re bunghkraw wa achyang re jang she ndai mung mani na zawn re lagat re sam ai, nu tsun ai wan shawng nat ra ai gaw nga na she shi gaw shanan shachyi la na she dingla wa a bunghkraw wa sa nat ya. Sa nat ya jang dingla wa mung kajawng ai hte re na n htu shaw la na ma dai hpe a gying gamai kau ai da. Shana de re sa i nga jang ma dai gaw grai bum grai machyi htawt rawt na wa ai da. Ma re yang dai na de gaw kaning hku wa byin wa sa ta? ngu tsun ai shaloi nu nang she lagat hpe gaw wan shawng nat kau na lata kaw na ntsin lagat sha ni la wa ai baw re nga. Dai ni ngai sa yu yang gaw dingla wa a bunghkraw hpe wa ngai lagat shadu nna wan shingnan hte sa nat dat nna dingla wa kajawng nna ngai hpe gamai dat ai re ngu na tsun ai da. E ma e ma mana e dan gaw nmai di ai gaw dan re asak kaba sai ni hpe e e a ji e a ji du e myitsu e e galaw kanang kaw na wa du wa ai ni e ngu na a tsawm nga na she shaga ai baw re ngu bai tsun dat sai da. Hpang shani bai shani shanang sa, sa ai shaloi gaw sharaw langai mi rawng ba langai mi bai yup nga dung nga sai da. Dai yup nga dung nga re jang she shi gaw ya nu tsun dat ai hte maren sharaw e she e myitsu wa e, du wa e salang wa e gara de nna wa du sa nni e ngu na sa masawp dat jang sharaw gaw kajawng nna gawp nna nam de hprawng mat wa ai da. Dai majaw ya du hkra a naw a nam sa yang sharaw hte hkrum sa i nga jang lamu ga madu e du wa e nang gaw lamu ga madu re ndai lo nang mung tam lu tam sha ai, ngai mung tam lu tam sha ai re, kadai mung kadai tam lu tam sha nna hkawm sa wa ga law nga na tsun ai gaw dai shani kaw nna tsun hpang wa ai re da. |
