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Translation (Gun Mai & Keita Kurabe)
I am going to talk about a story of a man who caught a tiger. Once upon a time, on Mount Daru in the Danai Mountains, tigers often attacked people. Many spirits lived there too. It was a place that did not attract people even for a day. There was a place where people always slept. Then one day, a man stayed there. The man, who had no companion, couldn't stand still. He was helplessly frightened. He climbed up bamboo and cut it down. He then weaved bamboo splits among the bamboo. At night, he smoked opium and spent his time weaving bamboo splits. Indeed, at night, a tiger came. The tiger found the man among the bamboo and tried to eat him. It stuck its paw into the bamboo. No matter how many times it suck its paw in, it could not reach him. Now it put its tail into the bamboo and stirred him up. No matter how much it stirred its tail, it did not reach the man. It did not reach him. It stirred its tail again and again. Then, not only did it not reach the man, when it was stirring its tail, the man, sobering up, pulled its tail and tied it with the bamboo splits. When the tail moved, he tied it further. He tied the tail with all the bamboo splits. The tiger howled and growled again and again. The next morning, the man went down the mountain to the Hukawng valley. He said to the villagers. "Hey, I was able to tie up a tiger you are so afraid of." But the villagers did not believe him. So he showed them where he had tied it up. Then the villagers found the tiger really tied up. The lesson of this story is: "We humans have more wisdom than animals." "We can use our wisdom to catch even a tiger." That's what people said once upon a time. Thank you very much.
Transcription (La Ring)
Ya hkai dan na maumwi gaw "Sharaw Rim Ai Lam" re. Moi shawng de Daru bum ngu ai Danai mayan de gaw sharaw mung grai ju ai. Nat ni mung grai sawng ai da. Lani mi mung masha nga n hkap ai da. Dai kaw galoi mung yup ai shara langai mi gaw nga ai da. Lani mi hta gaw la langai gaw dai kaw yup ai da. Shi chyu re yang gaw manang n lawm yang kaning n rai sai da. Kaning n rai yang she shi gaw hkrit gaw hkrit rai na she kawa wa sang hpe she hto ntsa de lung na nhtum shayu da ai da. Nhtum da ai kawa ni na lapran kaw she dai la wa gaw pali ni mung yawng shit rai na rawng nga sai da. Dai kaw shana gaw kani lu pali ni mung grai shit da rai na rawng nga sai da. Shaloi gaw kaja wa sha shana de gaw sharaw wa sa wa sai da. Dai sharaw wa gaw kawa lapran kaw rawng nga ai dai la wa hpe rim sha mayu na lata hte manaw yu ai da. Manaw yu manaw yu rai tim n dep yang she nmai hte bai dai la wa hpe shalut sai da. Nmai hte bai shalut shalut di rai jang she nmai hte kade shalut tim n dep lu ai da. N dep lu rai yang she shalut shalut nga yang she n dep lu ai sha n-ga na dai sharaw wa nmai hte shalut nga yang she dai la wa mung kani bran rai na shalut taw ai dai sharaw na nmai hpe she ning shi shit da ai pali hte she kalang gang la na gyit sai da. Gyit hpang bai shamu yang bai gyit. Pali ma hkra hte she nmai hpe yawng gyit kau ya ai majaw she shabam chyu shabam, marawn jahtau rai na nga ai da. Hpang jahpawt rai jang gaw dai la wa gaw ndai Hukawng maga de bai yu wa rai na mare masha ni hpe she "E nanhte grai hkrit ai sharaw hpe ngai gyit da lu sai law," ngu tsun ai da. Rai tim mare masha ni gaw n kam ai da. N kam na she shi gyit da ai shara hteng de she sa yu ma ai da. Sa yu yang gaw kaja wa sha sharaw gyit da ai hpe mu ma ai da. Tsun dan mayu ai gaw "Anhte shinggyim masha ni gaw dusat ni hta na nyan grau rawng ai re majaw" "sharaw hpe mung lu gyit ai" ngu na moi na masha kaba ni ndai zawn hkai dan ai re law. Yawng hpe grai chyeju kaba sai.
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https://doi.org/10.15026/0002000102 |
