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Translation (Rita Seng Mai & Keita Kurabe)
In the past, dogs had horns. Dogs lived together with human beings in the past. People usually pounded paddies by using big and large paddy mortars. After they had pounded, they prostrated those paddy mortars on the ground. The dog always licked the bran which was on the pestle. One day, people forgot to prostrate the mortar since they were busy. Then the dog wanted to eat the delicious bran which was inside the mortar. But it couldn't eat because of its horns. Its horns were stuck and it couldn't put its head in. So it took its horns off for a moment to eat the brans. While it was eating the brans, a goat came there and put the dog's horns on its head. Since then, the dog hadn't got horns. There are some people who want to go to the ceremonies or festivals even though they haven't got any nice clothes. So they borrow clothes from others. That's why we call that kind of people as "The goat which put the other's horns on its head."
Transcription (Lu Awng)
Moi shawng de gwi ni gaw nrung tu ai da. Dai ten hta gaw gwi ni shinggyim masha hte rau nga ma ai. Shinggyim masha ni gaw mam hpe htumlap htumbren kaba pa ai hta htu sha ai. Ngut ai shaloi gaw dai htum hpe galau dagup da ma ai. Dai mam htu da ngut ai hkang kaw num hkaw grai mani ai ni ngam ai hpe gwi gaw mata sha sha re ai da. Lani mi hta mam htu ngut ai shalo n rau nna htum hpe n dagup da ai shaloi gwi gaw htum hku kata de na grau mu ai num hkaw hpe mata sha mayu ai. Rai tim nrung kapat ai majaw, n lu mata sha ai da. Dai majaw shi a nrung hpe jahkring gan malawk tawn da nna htum hku kata de mata sha nga ai shaloi Bainam sa wa nna ret di hta dagraw la kau ya ai da. Dai kaw nna gwi ni gaw dai ni du hkra nrung n tu mat ai. Dai majaw masha langai ngai poi gaw sa mayu, labu palawng gaw n lu, re jang manang wa na shap hpun Dan re ai masha ni hpe "Bainam rung dagraw ai," nga ma ai. |
