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Translation (Rita Seng Mai & Keita Kurabe)
The story I am telling you now is "Nang Bya who stole the gong." A man thought, "Nang Bya can only tell a lie." "He doesn't know how to steal things." So he said to Nang Bya, "My brother Nang Bya, you only know how to lie to the others." "I have never heard of you stealing." "You are not good at stealing, aren't you?" Then Nang Bya said, "Brother, lying and stealing things are the same thing." "Stealing is not difficult." "If you are good at lying, then you are also good at stealing." The man said, "If you say they are the same," "Okay, try stealing something from my house!" He invited him to do so. Nang Bya asked him, "What valuable thing, which can attract me, do you have at home?" The man said, "I have a traditional gong that weighs a tenth of a viss." "Come steal it tonight!" "You can come tonight at any time you like!" After that he went home and said to his wife, "Nang Bya will come to our house tonight to steal the gong." "When he comes," "blow fire to light it!" He picked up some firewood. He also prepared a pipe to blow the fire. He also told his two daughters, "Tonight Nang Bya will steal the gong." "Don't sleep tonight!" He hung his knife on a hook in case Nang Bya came to steal the gong. They waited for Nang Bya the whole night. After waiting all night, Nang Bya did not show up. At that time, Nang Bya was at home eating goat meat. Because he did not show up, the man said to his wife and daughters, "It is almost dawn." "Nang Bya will come no more." "Let's go to bed." They went to bed. As soon as they were asleep, Nang Bya came to the house. Nang Bya took the pipe to blow the fire and left a flute. He also took the knife of the man. and left the goat's head instead. He also left the goat's stomach between the two sleeping girls. He then secretly stole the man's gong. He stole it that way. When night fell, he beat the gong he had stolen a short distance from the village. He shouted, "I stole your gong!" When they heard Nang Bya beat the gong, the man and his family were shocked and woke up. The wife tried to blow the fire with the pipe. But the fire did not light. Only the flute sound came out. The two daughters also woke up to help their father. They found a baby-like object between them. "Your baby! My baby! Your baby! My baby!" They quarreled. The man rushed to take what he thought was his knife and slung it over his shoulder. Around the village, he shouted "Thief! Thief!" What he had slung over his shoulder was not a knife but a goat's head. So the villagers laughed at him. So Nang Bya is not only good at lying. He is also good at stealing.
Transcription (Lu Awng & Gun Mai)
Ya tsun na maumwi gaw "Bau Lagut Nang Bya" nga ai re. La langai gaw Nang Bya hpe she "masu sha chye ai wa," "lagu gaw n chye na re," ngu nna she Nang Bya hpe tsun ai da. "Hkau Nang Bya, nang gaw masu ai nga ai chyu sha na ai le." "Lagu ai nga gaw n na ai." "Nang gaw lagu gaw n chye sam ai," ngu san ai da. Dai shaloi Nang Bya gaw "Hkau masu ai hte lagu ai gaw maren sha re." "Hpa n yak ai." "Masu chye yang lagu mung chye sai," ngu nna tsun ai da. Dai shaloi, wora la wa gaw "Nang tsun ai masu ai hte lagu ai gaw maren sha re nga yang gaw," "gai teng nye nta na rai sa lagu yu u teng" ngu nna saw ai da. Nang Bya wa gaw "Dai hku nga yang, na nta kaw ngai lagu ram na zawn re ai rai hpa baw lu ai rai" ngu san ai da. Wora la wa bai "Nye nta kaw shi hkan bau nga ai." "Dai na sa lagu u yaw." "Dai na nang kam ai ten sa lagu u yaw," ngu tsun ai da. Dai hku tsun ngut na she, dai la wa gaw nta wa na she shi madu jan hpe tsun ai da. "Dai na gaw Nang Bya anhte nta sa lagu na re majaw," "Nang Bya wa sa ai hte" "wan wut dat u yaw," ngu nna, hpun ni hta da ya, kawa wan wut ndum ni la da ya di ai hte, kasha num kasha yen lahkawng hpe mung "Dai na Nang Bya anhte nta sa lagu na re majaw" "hkum yup u yaw," ngu nna tsun ai da. Shi gaw Nang Bya wa sa lagu yang na ngu di na wo chyinghkyi kaw shi na nhtu n-ga hpyau di na noi da ai da. Dai hku rai na, shana tup la sai da. Shana tup la tim Nang Bya gaw n du wa ai da. Nang Bya wa gaw wo shi nta kaw she bainam sat sha na she nga taw ai da. Dai hku shana tup la tim n du wa ai majaw, dai la wa gaw shi madu jan hte ma ni hpe "E kanu e, ma ni e, ya gaw nhtoi pyi htoi wa mahka she rai sai." "Nang Bya wa n sa na sai." "Yup saga," ngu nna yup mat wa ai da. Shanhte dai hku yup mat ai shaloi she, Nang Bya gaw dai la wa a nta de sa wa nna she, dai la wa a madu jan a matu ngu galaw da ya ai wan wut ndum hpe gaw kawa sumpyi hte galai da ya, nta madu la wa na nhtu n-ga hpe mung nhtu hte n-ga hpe la kau na she dai nhtu sumri kaw gaw bainam baw gyit noi da ya, kasha num kasha lahkawng yup ai lapran kaw rai yang gaw bai nam kan wa bang da ya di nna, dai la wa na shi hkam bau hpe zim sha ngu nna lagu la mat wa ai. Nang Bya gaw dai hku lagu la wa nna she nhtoi loi htoi wa ai hte mare hte loi tsan ai shara kaw she, dai shi lagu wa ai shi hkam bau hpe dum dat ai hte "Bau lagu mat ai yaw," ngu nna tsun marawn dat ai da. Dai zawn Nang Bya gaw shi lagu mat wa ai bau dum dat ai na ai hte wo ra la yan nu wa ni mung kajawng rawt ai hte madu jan mung wan wut na ngu na kawut dat yang she wan gaw n chyi wa ai sha sumpyi nsen wa she ngoi bang wa ai da. Kasha num kasha yan nau mung rawt wa yang she shan lahkawng a lapran kaw ma nga zawn re ai wa nga taw na "Na ma, Nye ma, Na ma, Nye ma," ngu nna ga law hkat nga ai da. Nta madu kawa la wa mung shi nhtu n-ga rai sai ngu nna she lawan hpye la nna mare ting "Lagut law, lagut law," ngu di marawn mat ai shaloi gaw shi hpye da ai gaw nhtu n-ga n re sha, bainam baw rai taw na mare masha ni yawng grai mani da ma ai da. Dai majaw, Nang Bya gaw masu sha chye ai n re. Lagu mung chye ai wa re ngu nna chye mat ai da.
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https://doi.org/10.15026/0002000095 |
