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Translation (Htoi San & Keita Kurabe)
Now let me tell you a story, "The Female Ghosts Who Came to the Market." Once upon a time, there was a morning market in a village. At that market, Indians used to sell meat every morning. The market was not far from the village. One morning, before the dawn, two brothers arrived early at the market. While they were preparing their shop, very beautiful women came to buy meat from them. In the dim light before dawn, two beautiful women appeared before them. Until then, only the villagers from the neighborhood used to come to their shop to buy meat. No one ever came to buy anything at this early hour before dawn. However, the brothers sold the meat to the two women. Despite the early hour, they thought these women came to buy meat, so they sold the meat. They put the money they received into a box. And then, they continued their business as usual. When dawn broke, other people started to gather at the market. With the break of dawn, other people came to buy meat. At that moment, when they were giving change to another customer, they opened the box where they had kept the money. They tried to take out the money they had received from the two women. When they opened the box, there were bones in the box instead of money. Because there were bones, the brothers were very surprised and scared. When they asked the elders, they were told that the market used to be a graveyard. Therefore, they might have been ghosts or evil spirits that came out of the graves. The ghosts had taken the form of women, and left bones, not money, at the market. Since then, the brothers never started their business before dawn. Such stories still persist in that place to this day. This is the story as handed down from the people of old. Thank you.
Transcription (Lu Awng & Ja Seng Roi)
Ya hkai dan na maumwi gaw "Sa wa num gat kaw sa wa ai lam" re. Moi de mare langai mi kaw manap gat nga ai da. Dai gat de she Gala la ni gaw jahpawt shagu shan ni sa dut dut re ai da. Dai gat gaw mare hte mung nau n tsan ai shara kaw re ai da. Lahpawt mi hta gaw shan dut sa wa ai kachyi mi jau ai majaw nsin lawm sha naw re ai da. Dai shan sa dut ai gaw la kasha lahkawng rai ma ai da. Shan lahkawng shan dut na maw nga ai ten hta e, grai tsawm ai num sha lahkawng wa she shan sa mari ma ai da. Grai jau myi pyi rai n mu rim rim naw re ai aten hta num sha lahkawng kaja tsawm tsawm re num sha lahkawng rai na hku rai nga, shan sa mari ai num sha lahkawng wa gaw. Shawoi shan nau yen kaw shan sa mari ai ni gaw dai mare makau grup-yin kaw na ni sha sa mari mari re na she ndai zawn re nsin rim rim re ai aten kaw kadai n sa mari ma ai da. Shaloi she shan lahkawng gaw dai num sha lahkawng hpe shan sa mari ai majaw dut dat ya sai da. Rai ti mung num sha lahkawng myi sha tsun ai zawn jau jau rim rim re ten hta shan sa mari ai gaw, gat mari sa ai ni sha rai na re ngu na shan lahkawng gaw shadu na dut jaw dat ai da. gumhpraw ni mung la nna shanhte gaw gumhpraw gaw dai gumhpraw bang ai sadek kaw mung bang rai na shawoi na zawn sha bai gat dut let la nga ai shaloi nhtoi mung san wa magang sai da. Kaga masha ni bai gat mari sa wa ai da. Dai kaga shan mari sa ai ni hpe gumhpraw bai nhtang ra ai majaw she kaga shan mari sa ai ni mung bai sa mari wa sai da. Sa mari wa re shaloi she dai kaga shan mari sa ai ni hpe gumhpraw bai nhtang ra ai majaw she gumhpraw sadek kaw bang da ai gumhpraw, myi shan lahkawng yen grai tsawm ai num sha lahkawng hpe shan dut ya na bang da ai gumhpraw sadek kaw bang da ai gumhpraw hpe kaga shan mari ai ni hpe bai nhtang ra ai majaw she shan lahkawng gaw dai gumhpraw sadek hpe hpaw yu dat ai shloi gaw gumhpraw n re ai sha nra tawng ni sha byin taw ai da. Nra tawng ni sha byin taw na shan lahkawng gaw grai kajawng na mau mung mau, hkrit mung grai hkrit mat ai da. Shing rai shan lahkawng gaw atsawm bai myit yu na masha kaba ni bai tsun dan ai hpe bai na ai shaloi gaw moi gaw lup wa kawng re majaw lup wa kaw na n hkru n shawp ai ni nat ni hpa mung kaning re mung mai byin ai ngu na tsun dan ai da. Num sha zawn re hkrang shala na hkrang shapraw na shanhte na shan sa mari ai kaw shanhte jaw da ai gaw gumhpraw n re ai sha nra tawng ni byin ai majaw dai la kasha lahkawng gaw galoi mung myi n mu ai shaloi dai gat kaw jau jau shan n sa dut mat ma ai da. Ya dai ni du hkra dai lam hpe masha law law ya du hkra naw kajai tsun ai lam hpe moi na masha kaba ni ndai hku tsun ginlen dan ai re law. Yawng hpe grai chyeju kaba sai.
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https://doi.org/10.15026/0002000071 |
