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Translation (Rita Seng Mai & Keita Kurabe)
I'm going to talk about the story of the banana plant and the wild cherry. Many years ago, a banana plant and a wild cherry grew together. One day, the wild cherry said to the banana plant. "My sister banana plant, when we bear fruits, let our fruits be sour, OK?" But that banana plant had a bad ear. Even though the wild cherry said, "Let our fruits be sour ("hkri"), OK?" the banana plant misheard it as, "Let's die ("si") when we bear fruits." Today, fruits of the wild cherry are sour. Banana plants die after they bear fruit. Because it misheard what the cherry tree said banana plants die when they bear fruit.
Transcription (Lu Awng)
Ya tsun na gaw "Langu hpun hte ri hpun a lam" re. Moi shawng de langu hpun hte ri hpun arau sha tu ma ai da. Lani mi hta, dai ri hpun gaw langu hpun hpe tsun ai da. "E, ning langu e, an gaw asi si jang hkri ga i," ngu na tsun ai da. Rai tim langu hpun gaw na loi n kaja ai da. "An gaw asi si jang hkri ga i," ngu nna manang ri hpun tsun dat ai hpe "An gaw asi si jang si ga i," ngu nna na la kau dat ai da. Dai majaw, ri hpun gaw asi si jang hkri ai da. Langu hpun gaw asi si jang si wa ai da. Ri hpun tsun ai ga hpe n chye na kau dat ai majaw Langu hpun gaw asi si ngut jang si mat mat re ai re da. |
