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Translation (Seng Pan & Keita Kurabe)
This is about a barking deer and Indian gooseberries. Once upon a time, there was a barking deer. He was so hungry that he walked around all day looking for food. It was very hot that day. So he rested under an Indian gooseberry tree near the stream. The tree had a lot of berries on it. He had never eaten Indian gooseberries before, but he was very hungry. So he hit the tree with its antlers and dropped the berries. Then he picked up and ate a berry. However, the berry was very bitter. So he got angry and cursed. "I will never eat such berries again, even if lightning strikes!" The berry was so bitter that the deer drank water from the stream near the tree. As soon as he took a drink of water, a sweet taste that he had never tasted before filled his mouth. It was so delicious that he wanted to eat the berry again. So he picked up the berry again and ate it. When he ate it As he had cursed earlier, lightning suddenly struck him. Lightning struck his straight forehead. That's why you can still see the scars of lightning strikes on the forehead of the barking deer.
Transcription (Lu Awng)
Ya tsun na maumwi gaw "Jahkyi hte jahkya si a lam" re. Moi shawng de jahkyi langai mi nga ai da. Shi gaw shat kaw si na shani ting shat tam sha hkawm ai da. Kahtet mung grai kahtet ai majaw hka shi makau kaw tu taw nga ai jahkya hpun npu kaw sa hkring hkrup ai da. Shi sa hkring hkrup ai dai kaw gaw jahkya si ni mung grai si tsawm taw nga ai da. Jahkyi gaw dai namsi kalang mung n sha ga ai rai tim shat grai kaw si ai majaw shi a nrung hte dai hpun hpe sa adawt dat nna jahkya si ni hkrat wa ai shaloi, dai jahkya si ni hpe sa hta sha dat ai da. Dai hku sa hta sha dat ai shaloi jahkya si ni gaw grai hkup ai da. Grai hkup yang she shi gaw grai pawt mayu mat nna "Ndan re nam si gaw, mu achye yang pyi galoi n sha sai," ngu nna dagam dat ai da. Dai hku dagam ngut ai hpang she, dai jahkyi gaw nau hkup ai majaw hpun makau kaw nga ai hka shi kaw hka sa lu dat ai da. Dai hku shi hka sa lu ngut ai hte she, shi a n-gup kaw kalang mi pyi n hkam sha yu ai, grai dwi ai namchyim lu la dat ai da. Dai majaw shi gaw grai mu dum mat nna, dai jahkya si hpe kalang mi bai sa sha mayu mat ai hte dai jahkya si hpe bai sa hta sha dat ai da. Dai hku jahkya si hpe bai sa hta sha dat ai shaloi gaw mi shi dagam da ai hte maren, shi hpe kalang ta mu achye dat ai da. Dai jahkyi a lahtan ding ding kaw mu achye dat ya ai da. Dai majaw ya ten du hkra jahkyi ni a lahtan kaw mu achye da ai hkang hkang ai re da. |
