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Translation (Rita Seng Mai)
The story I am going to tell now is about an old woman and a group of boys. The old lady was a farmer. One day, while she was picking the biggest winter melon, a bee stung her armpit. Then she dropped the melon. The melon rolled down the hill and hit the bamboo. Then the bamboo struck the pig's snout as it was rooting in the soil. When the pig was startled and shook it off, the jungle fowl became frightened and crowed. The squirrel was startled and dropped its fruit. The fruit rolled down to the water and hit the crab. At that time, a group of boys was drinking water from there. A crab bone got stuck in a boy's throat. He couldn't spit it out. It was stuck in his throat. So the group of boys went up the river and asked the crab, "Why did your bone get stuck in my throat? Did you do it?" The crab replied, "That wasn't me. A squirrel dropped its fruit, and it hit me." Then they asked the fruit, and it said it was the squirrel. They asked the squirrel, "Why did you drop the fruit and make it hit the crab?" The squirrel answered, "The jungle fowl crowed, so I was startled and dropped it." When they asked the fowl, it explained, "Because the pig oinked loudly." Then they asked the pig why it had oinked. The pig said, "Because the bamboo hit my snout." Then they asked the bamboo, "Why did you hit the pig's snout?" The bamboo replied, "That wasn't me. An old woman dropped a winter melon, which hit me hard. I broke and struck the pig's snout." Then they asked the old woman why she dropped the melon. She said, "Because the bee stung me." When they asked the bee why it had stung her, it said, "Because the woman is so pretty."
Transcription (Lu Awng)
Ya ngai hkai na maumwi gaw dinggai hte lalaw ma a lam re. Moi shawng e da dinggai dai gaw da shi gaw sun galaw sha ai shaloi da, dai dinggai gaw dai shi na sun kaw kaba dik ai wahkum hpe di ai da, shi dai wahkum hpe di ai shaloi kanyen du langai sa na hpajawk kaw kahtet ya ai, dai shaloi dai wahkum si gaw lut mat, lut nna taleng mat wa ai da. Dai shi na wahkum si gaw galeng mat wa, galeng mat wa re shaloi da dai wa gaw i ga ganaw di nga ai shaloi gahtan makru rau hkra nna wa na ladi kaw wa chyuk ai da. Wa chyuk re shaloi dai kaw wa law di na hto ra U gan bai katak na kadu hka la a lahpai si lut, hto hka de nga ai jahkan hpe myek di da, hto de yawng mat wa ai shaloi lalaw ma ni hka lu na nga da, dai shaloi katsu du na kinra wa shanhte na duhkraw kaw chyat re da. Chyat taw nga shaloi dai shaw kau n mai, dai hka hta hkan na lung mat wa ai shaloi jahkan hte hkrum nang ndai nye na duhkraw na kinra nang di ai i, ngai nre kadu la e lahpai si hkrat nna ngai hpe jamyek, lahpai si hpe san u ngu da, lahpai si hpe nang hpa na jahkan hpe jamyek ai rai? hto kadu hka le e ngai hpe jahkrat dat nna dai hte dummyek ai re ngu da, kadu hka la hpe bai san, nang hpa na ndai dummyek ai rai ngu? hto U gan katak na tat kau ai ngu da. Tat kau ai she re, Ugan hpe san nang hpa na wa n du wa nau ngoi ai majaw ngu da, wa nang hpa rai na ngoi ai rai, hto ra jahtan makru yen a n di kaw chyawp ya ai majaw re. Chyawp di ya ngu shaloi hto ra kahtan hpe san, nang hpa rai na n dai wa na ladi kaw kahtan chyawp di ya rai? ngai nre, nang nre yang kadai ma, hto dinggai langai wa hkum si tauleng dat na dai nye na hkum nyawp rap di ya na wa na ladi kaw chyawp re ngu da, dai shaloi dinggai hpe san da nang hpa rai na wahkum hpe tauleng dat, hto ra kanen du kahtek dat ai majaw ngai e wahkum si galeng dat ai re ngu dai she kanen du hpe san nang hpa na kahtek ai, dinggai nau tsawm di kahtek ai ngu da. |
