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Translation (Seng Pan & Keita Kurabe)
I'm going to tell a story about a cat and a rat that had a competition to count the stars. Once upon a time, there were a cat and a rat. They wanted to eat each other. The cat wanted to eat the rat. The rat wanted to eat the cat. So, they had a contest of wits. The cat said to the rat. "Rat, we'll do it this way." "Let's compete counting stars! The one who wins that game eats the one who loses." The rat accepted it. The cat asked the rat. "Who will count the stars first?" The mouse thought, "At night, I will be able to see the stars well enough to count them." So, the rat told the cat to do so. "Cat, I will count at night." The cat accepted it because he was wise. "OK, I will count in the morning." Then the cat slept. The rats began counting the stars at dusk. As it got darker, more stars appeared. The more the rat counted the stars, the more stars there were, so he couldn't count them. The cat slept through the night, and when dawn came, it woke up and told the rat. "You counted the stars all night long, but never finished counting." "I will start counting now." It was at dawn when the cat started counting stars. The rat counted the stars. The brighter it got, the more the stars disappeared. So, the cat could count all the stars. Then the cat said to the rat. "Rat, now I could cound all the stars." "So, as we promised that the one who could count all the stars will eat the one who could not count the stars" "Now I will eat you." The cat caught the rat and ate it. Since then, the old people say, cats have been eating rats.
Transcription (Lu Awng)
Nyau hte yu shagan hti shingjawng ai lam hkai dan na re. Moi shawng de nyau hte yu nga ai da. Shan yen gaw langai hte langai shada da sha mayu ai hku rai nga. Shing rai nyau mung yu hpe sha mayu ai. Yu mung nyau hpe sha mayu rai jawng she shan lahkawng gaw hpaji shingjawng hkat ai da. Shingrai yang nyau gaw yu hpe tsun ai da. "Hkau yu e an lahkawng ndai hku di ga." "Lamu na shagan hpe lu hti dang ai wa gaw n lu hti ai wa hpe sha ga," ngu na hpaji jaw ai da. Yu mung hkap la ai da. Shing rai na she nyau gaw yu hpe san ai da. "Rai jang kadai shawng hti na," ngu san re yang yu gaw myit ai da. "Shana ningsin sin yang gaw shagan ni hpe pra pra re na lu hti na re," ngu myit na she shi gaw nyau hpe tsun ai da. "Hkau nyau e, ngai gaw shana de hti na," ngu tsun ai da. Rai jang she nyau gaw hpaji rawng ai majaw shi gaw hkap la ai da. "Mai sa, re jang ngai jahpawt de hti na yaw," ngu tsun na yup hkru hkru yup la ai da. Yu gaw shana nsin rim rim nga hte dai ten kaw na hti hpang sai da. Shagan ni hpe hti hti re jang she shana nsin sin magang shagan ni gaw law she law wa magang. Shi gaw hti magang shagan ni law wa magang rai na hti n ma hkraw ai da. Nyau gaw shana tup yup la re na jahpawt maga nhtoi htoi wa magang re jang she shi gaw rawt rai na yu hpe tsun ai da. "Hkau yu e, nang shana tup hti ting shagan ni hpe hti n ma ai." "Dai majaw ya gaw ngai bai hti hpang sa na," ngu na shi gaw nhtoi htoi ni wa ai aten kaw na bai shi gaw hti sai da. Shi gaw hti ai da. Shi hti wa magang nhtoi htoi wa magang, shi hti magang nhtoi htoi asan pra re wa jang she shi gaw shagan ni yawng hpe hti dang kau ai da. Rai na shi gaw yu hpe tsun sai da. "Hkau yu e, ya ngai gaw shagan ni yawng hpe hti ngut mat sai." "Dai majaw an lahkawng ga sadi tawn da sai hte maren, shagan ni yawng hpe hti ma ai wa gaw n hti dang ai wa hpe sha ngu ga sadi jaw da ai hte maren" "Ya ngai nang hpe sha sa na," ngu di na yu hpe rim sha kau ai da. Dai ten kaw nna nyau ni gaw yu hpe sha hpang wa ai re ngu na moi na masha kaba ni dai hku hkai dan ai re. |
