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Translation (Rita Seng Ma & Keita Kurabe)
The story I am telling now is about a hunter and a witch. Once upon a time, there was a hunter. All he did for a living was hunting. One day, when he went hunting he accidentally met a witch. When the witch saw him, she wanted to follow him. "Uncle, I will follow you and stay with you." The hunter, said "No!" "Why do you want to follow me?" "You can't!" He said to the witch. But the witch only wanted to follow him. He could not continue hunting. He said to her, "I have a wife and children at home." "You can't." "You can't follow me." He said, temper tinged. But the witch said, "I don't care." "I want to follow you." "I will be your second wife." She said to him. She said so much that the hunter had no choice but to take her home. He took her home. The old Kachin houses were long houses. People lived in long houses. He gave her a room which was in the back of the house. He let her live there that way. The hunter's family often pounded ginger and ginger wort and ate it. They pounded garlic and ate it. The witch could not stand the smell. Then she thought, "I tell them not to eat ginger and garlic, but they don't listen." As a hunter family, they pounded and ate ginger and garlic every day. The witch could not stand the smell. Finally, she went back to the forest. This is how the people of old told the story. In the past, women usually tied their hair when they cooked. We call those people who untie their hair a witch. Thank you.
Transcription (La Ring)
Ya hkai dan na maumwi gaw "Jau gawng hte sanam num a lam" re. Moi shawng de jau gawng gawng sha ai la langai mi nga ai da. Kaga bungli ni n galaw na jau gawng sha gawng sha ai da. Jau gawng sha gawng sha ai majaw lani mi hta gaw jau gawng gawng sa re shaloi gaw sanam num langai mi hte hkrum ai da. Shing rai dai sanam num wa gaw dai jau gawng la hpe mu ai kaw na she hkan nang wa mayu na "E tsa e, nang kaw ngai hkan nang wa mayu ai," ngu tsun ai da. Shaloi she dai la wa mung "N mai ai law." "Nang ganing rai na me ngai kaw hkan nang wa na ta?" "N mai ai." ngu na bai sanam num hpe tsun ai da. Rai ti mung dai sanam num wa gaw hkan nang wa na sha atsun da. Shing rai dai la wa gaw shan gaw n lu gap rai na she sanam num hpe "Ngai le nta de madu jan mada kasha mada lu ai." "N mai ai." "N mai hkan nang wa ai," ngu na grai myit n galu let bai tsun dat ai da. Rai tim dai sanam num gaw "Rai u ga." "Hkan nang wa mayu ai." "Num kaji mi byin tim n ra ai." ngu na bai dai la wa hpe tsun ai da. Nau tsun ai majaw she dai la wa gaw sanam num hpe nta de woi wa sai da. Woi wa na she moi na anhte Jinghpaw ni na nta gaw grai galu ai. Grai galu yang she dai la wa gaw sanam num hpe she hto nta na jahtum na gawk kaw sa woi tawn da sai da. Sa woi tawn da ngut rai jang gaw dai jau gawng yen nu wa ni gaw shanam ni gaibyet ni htu sha shakau ni htu sha rai re majaw dai sanam num gaw grai nan manam n rawn ai da. Dai majaw she dai sanam num gaw myit ai da. "Hkum htu sha nga yang mung pawt na rai." Jau gawng yen wa ni bai rai jang gaw shani shana shakau shanam ni chyu bai htu sha rai na majaw shi gaw manam n rawn na nam de bai wa mat ai da. Ya na zawn moi na masha kaba ni ya na zawn hkai dan ai re. Bai na shat shadu sha ai shaloi num ni kara jahkrat na zam zam rai na shat shadu yang gaw sanam num nga ma ai. Yawng hpe grai chyeju kaba sai law.
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https://doi.org/10.15026/0002000094
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