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Translation (Gun Mai)
Thank you very much for today's opportunity to meet with a friend who is coming from Japan, which is very far, and for getting a chance to talk and share about the traditional history of we, the Kachin people. Firstly, I also thank the grace of the God Also thanks to our brother/sister who managed to get this chance. I would like to say thanks word wtih respect first. I have prepared to tell a story. Firstly, I will briefly tell about the history of one of the things called Yu Nga Mayawn that we used to give when we ask for a bride, which is a practice that we have been applying until today in we Kachin people. Long long ago when the time there was no Yu Nga Mayawn practice among the Kachin people, a very beautiful little mouse was born in the palace of a mouse country. Because the little mouse girl was very beautiful, all of her family and relatives were proud of her. That's why they discussed and planned for their daughter mouse to just marry the strongest person in the world when she became an adult and they raised the little mouse girl. As they had been raising the little mouse girl, the mouse girl was also getting more beautiful and more popular. There were a lot of people from different countries who wanted to marry the beautiful mouse girl and asked to marry but as they planned, they just wanted the beautiful mouse girl to marry the strongest person in the world. So, they announced so. But, there was no one met with their criteria so the beautiful mouse girl was getting older and felt depressed. Then, the mouse girl said to her father, the king that "Father, since your announcement and plan do not work for me, I, myself will make effort to get the thing done. Therefore, please give me the permission to let me try myself." "Yes, I also don't know how to do anymore so I allow you," the king said and permitted his daughter. Then, the mouse girl went first to the sun as she thought that the sun would be the strongest person in the world. She thought why the sun would be the strongest person was because they felt very hot and not happy when the sun was shine. So, she went to the little sun boy first. When she got to the sun boy, the sun boy asked that "Dear little mouse girl, why are you coming to me?" "Dear little handsome sun boy, because I believe that you are the strongest person in the world, I come to you with my beautiful appearance to marry you," the little mouse girl said. The sun boy then said to the little mouse girl that "Little mouse girl, what you said is correct some but some are not correct. What I said some are correct mean that when I make sunshine, I can make the world too hot. But, there is someone stronger than me." The little mouse girl was amazed to hear and said that "Who is that? I thought that you are the strongest person in the world. Who is the one stronger than you?" The sun boy then answered that "Look at over there. Do you see the clouds are coming? I think that I am making the hottest sun but when the clouds cover me, all my hot and bright powers have gone." Then, the little mouse girl said that "So, there is someone who can defeat you. Right?" "Yes, go to the cloud. I think the cloud will match you," the sun boy said. The little mouse girl immediately went to the cloud. When she met the cloud boy, the little mouse girl said that "Dear cloud boy, I heard that you are stronger than the sun boy. Thus, I come to you to serve my life." The cloud boy then said that "Yes, what you said is correct. I can defeat the sun. But, even though I can cover the sun with my power, it doesn't last long. There is someone who is stronger than me." Then, the little mouse girl asked who was that. The cloud boy answered that "Look at now. I am covering the sun but when the wind blows me, I will be spread away." "Really? So, the wind is stronger than you?" the little mouse girl said. "Yes, the wind is stronger than me. Go to the wind." said the wind boy. Then, the little mouse went to the wind and said that "Dear wind, I was told that you can defeat the cloud who could defeat the sun so I think you are the strongest in the world." The wind boy then said that "No, it is not. What you said is also correct. I thought I am very strong and even though I can blow away everything including trees, there is someone who is still standing no matter how much I blow. Although I blow with my full strength, that one is even not shaken." "So, who is such a strong person?" the little mouse girl asked. The wind boy answered that "Look over there, you see the mountain? Even though I blow with my mighty strength, the mountains are just still sitting like nothing happen to him. They are stronger than me. Go to the mountain. I think the mountain will match with you." Then, the little mouse girl immediately went to the mountain boy and said that "Dear mountain boy, I was told that you are very strong so I come to you with trust. I am the most beautiful girl in the mouse country. I want to give all my beautiful appearance to the strongest person in the world so I come to you. When I looking for the strongest person, I already met with the sun but he said that he was not the strongest person. I also already met with the wind and the cloud but they also said that they are not the strongest person. And, I was told that you are the strongest person so I came to you." "Dear little girl, some of what you said are correct but some are not," the mountain boy said. "Why is it?" the little mouse girl asked. The mountain boy then said that "My overall appearance looks handsome and good but if you can enter my inside and look, there is someone who is making holes and tunnels inside my body. Even though I thought that I am the strongest person, they are the ones who is stronger than me because they can even ransack my meat. They are stronger than me." Then, as the little mouse girl was curious to know who was that so when she entered inside the mountain, she saw that many mice, her type, were making holes and tunnels inside the body of the mountain. She then said to herself that "I thought that others are the strongest persons but we mice are the one who is the strongest. I was wrong." And, she said to her father that "Father, I was wrong. I was looking for the strongest person from other types but I see now that we, mice, are the strongest one." The father said to her daughter that "Daughter, not yet. What you are thinking is still something wrong." "Why is it, father," the daughter asked. The father said that "Why we are living inside this mountain safely is because there are others who are stronger than us." When the father said so, the little mouse girl was amazed. "Father, I thought that we are living here as we want to live here. Isn't it?" the little mouse girl asked her father. The father said that "No, we are hiding and living here to avoid the threat of those who want to kill us and who don't like us." The daughter asked that "Who are they?" The father answered that "They are with two feet and their appearance is also different with us. They are called humans. They are very strong and it seems they can do whatever. Even we thought that this mountain is the safest place for us but they can do it upside down this mountain. Although we are making holes and tunnels in this mountain for years, they can destroy easily this mountain. They can also cut easily the trees. They are called humans who have a lot of knowledge and skills." The little mouse girl then was amazed. "What kind of person is the human? Let me see them," the little mouse girl said to herself and went to meet the human. Then, she saw the humans who were doing everything well so she was very amazed. "We cannot do such things. But, these humans are doing such wonderful things. I think the person who I expect to marry is the human," the little mouse girl said to herself and was very happy. So, she talked to a human boy who she met first that "Dear human boy, I am a mouse princess, the daughter of the mouse king. I am the most beautiful girl in the mouse country. With my beautiful appearance, I am looking for the one to marry the person who is the strongest, the smartest in the world until today. I finally found and understood that you, humans are the ones that I expect to marry. Thus, if you are willing, I would like to give my beautiful appearance to you, a Kachin boy. Would that be possible?" The boy was amazed then and said that "I accept what you said because I am the one who knows more and you can do more than the others who you knew. Because I can also defeat you. I can also do with other strategies and skills that you can't see. That's why what you trust might not be wrong. If you satisfy, I don't have any rejection." "OK, thank you very much for accepting. To marry me from today, please come to my father and asked for a bride as per traditional terms," the little mouse girl said. "How do you do?" the boy asked. The little mouse girl said that "We used to pay to asked for a bribe." So, the boy asked for the little mouse girl as per traditional procedures and married and they lived happily. From that day, we Kachin people had been using Yu Nga Mayawn as a valuable term. Thank you very much.
Transcription (Lu Awng)
Grai chyeju kaba ai hku re dai ni na ah hkying aten ladaw mi hta karai kasang a chyeju hte ning re na sumtsaw sumtsan japan mung kaw na sa wa ai anhte kahkri kasha hte anhte shaga let anhte wunpawng myu sha ni a htunghkying labau hku na ginlen sa wa ai maumwi ni hpe htawn shalai garan kachyan lu na ah hkaw ah hkang jaw ya ai majaw shawng nnan karai kasang a chyeju hpe mung shakawn ai law. Chyeju mung dum ai rai na ning re na anhte hpe sa san na sa tsun na ah hkaw ah hkang jaw ya ai kanau kasha hpe mung grai chyeju dum ai ngu na shawng hkungga lara let chyeju dum ga hpe tsun ai hku re. Ya ndai maumwi hpe langai hpe shawng hkaidan na hku na hkyen lajang da ai lam nga ai re. Shawng nnan anhte wunpawng myu sha ni a dai ni du hkra numla numwawn ai kaw lang taw nga ai yu nga mayawn a byin pru wa ai lachyum hpe kadun daw hku na tsun dan na hku re ngu na maumwi gabaw a mying gaw yu nga mayawn ngu ai re. Moi anhte wunpawng myu sha ni a labau ban prat hta ndai yu nga mayawn ngu ai lam re nnga shi ai ah hkying aten hta ndai yu a mungdan mi jut shara kaw yu shayi sha grai tsawm ai langai mi shangai wa ai da. Yu kasha dai gaw yu mahkawn jan gaw grai tsawm ai majaw ndai yu amyu ni gaw da grai ah rawng la ai da. Dan re na she shanhte a yu shayi sha dai hpe gaw da kaji ai kaw na ya numwa ai ah hkying aten hta mungkan ntsa hta n gun ja hpungrawng dik ai masha hpe she shanhte ni jaw sha na re ngu na masat masa galaw let yu kasha dai hpe woi pawn ba lakawn wa ma ai da. Dan re na lakawn wa ai ah hkying aten na wa ai hte maren shayi sha dai gaw grai re na tsawm na mying kajai gumhkawng wa sai da. Ra mayu ai ni mungdan shagu shara shagu na ni yu shayi sha hpe grai rai na sa hpyi lajin ai raitim shanhte ni gaw masat dawdan da sai hte maren mungkan ntsa hta na shanhte a hpungrawng n-gun ja dik htum ngu ai kaw she jaw sha na ngu na shanhte gaw ndau shabra dat ai da, raitim kaja nan dai ah tsam hte hpring ai wa langai mi mung pru wa ai lam nnga ai majaw kasha gaw asak aprat lai mat wa na myit htum mat wa ai da. Dai shaloi shi kawa hpe tsun ai da, wa e ah wa ni ndau shabra nna galaw dat ai lam gaw langai mung awng dang ai lam nnga ai majaw ngai kasha nan she rawt sa nna ndai magam hpe ngai she shachyen mat wa sa na re. Dai majaw wa a kasha hpe ah hkaw ah hkang jaw ya rit ngu na kawa hkawhkam wa kaw ah hkang hpyi ai shaloi kawa gaw e wa mung kaning n di ya lu sai re nga jang ma myit ra ai hku she rai sanu ga ngu na kasha hpe ah hkang jaw dat ai da. Dai shaloi ndai kasha wa gaw shawng nna shi gaw mungkan ntsa hta n-gun ja dik htum re na re ngu ai jan kaw shawng shi sa mat wa ai da. Shanhte gaw jan ja grai kang jang mung nga n pyaw re hpe chye ai majaw jan gaw n-gun ja dik htum rai na re ngu na jan shadang sha kaw shawng shi sa mat wa ai shaloi jan shadang sha gaw e kaning ngu na du sa wa ta e yu nga shayi sha, yu shayi sha e ngu san ai shaloi yu shayi sha gaw e tsawm la ai jan shadang sha e nang gaw mungkan ntsa hta n-gun ja dik htum re na re ngu na ngai kam ai majaw nye a tsawm la ai shingni hte nang kaw wa na matu ngai hkyen lajang na sa wa nngai law ngu na jan shadang sha hpe tsun dat ai da. Dai shaloi jan shadang sha wa gaw e yu nga shayi sha e nang tsun ai mung n kau chyen mi gaw jaw ai, nkau chyen mi gaw n jaw ai. Kau chyen mi jaw ai ngu gaw jan ja ai ngu ai nye ah tsam gaw mungkan ntsa hpe kahtet saup na nga nmai shangun hkra ah tsam ngai lu jaw ai retim mung ngai hta n-gun grau ja ai naw nga ai ngu shaloi yu nga shayi sha gaw kajawng ai hte kadai wa rai ta, ngai gaw nang hpe she n-gun ja dik htum ngu na shadu da ai wa nang hta n-gun grau ja ai wa kadai naw rai nga ta ngu na san ai shaloi, dai ya yu dat yu hto kaw summwi gumdin tawng sa wa ai nre i ngu da. Dai summwi gumdin tawng wa ngai grai ja sai ngu na grai kang kahtet sai ngu na nga taw ai ten shi sa magap kau dat ai hte nye a kang la ai jan shingkang ni langai mi mung nnga mat ai ngu na tsun ai da. Dai shaloi ndai yu nga shayi sha gaw har rai jang gaw nang hpe dang ai gaw naw nga nga i ngu da, re da. Dai majaw nang shi kaw she naw sa wa su shi hte she nang hte ram na re ngu na bai tsun dat ai da. Dai shaloi ndai yu shayi sha gaw kalang ta dai summwi tawng kaw bai sa mat wa ai da. Summwi shadang sha hpe bai mu jang san ai da, e summwi shadang sha e ngai na ai hte maren jan hta nang gaw grau na ah tsam nga ai hpe na lu ai dai majaw nye a asak aprat hpe nang kaw ap ya na matu nang kaw sa wa nngai lol ngu na bai tsun ai da. Dai shaloi ndai jan summwi shadang sha wa gaw e nang tsun ai mung jaw ai, ngai gaw jan hpe dang lu ai wa re. Retim mung nye a ah tsam kade mi jan hpe magap da na nga tim na na n-grin ai. Ngai hta n-gun grau ja ai langai naw nga ai ngu da. Dai shaloi e kadai wa ta ngu na san ai da. Shaloi she ndai summwi tawng wa gaw ya yu dat yu u, ngai jan hpe magap taw ai re timmung nbung gumdin tawng wa ah wut ah hput dat ai hte ngai wa hto grai tsan ai galaw ga pyi du mat wa ai ngu na bai tsun ai da, dai shaloi har re ngu, re jang gaw nbung she nang hta na pyi n-gun grau ja taw nga gaw i ngu da. Re ndai n bung gaw ngai hta n-gun grau ja ai shi kaw she sa wa su ngu da. Dan ngu tsun ai shaloi ndai yu shayi sha gaw e dai hku nga jang gaw n bung she bai sa sa na re nga na nbung kaw bai sa mat ai da. E nbung e nang gaw ndai jan hpe dang ai summwi hpe mung dang lu nga gaw mungkan ntsa hta n-gun ja dik htum nang rai na sai i ngu da. Dan ngu tsun shaloi she e nre lol nang tsun ai mung jaw ai retim mung ngai gaw da n-gun grai ja dum na sumwi ni hpe ah wut, hpun ni hpe she mawng krin gale galau re hkra galaw ai retim mung ngai kade mi ah wut dan tim nan nan re na dung nga ai langai mi naw nga ai ngu da. Nye n gun htum hkra mi shakri timmung kachyi pi naw n shamu ya ai langai naw nga ai, ga re yang kaning re n-gun ja ai wa re nga ta ngu na yu shayi sha gaw san ai shaloi she hto kaw yu dat yu u, hto hto ra bum ni wa re sa ngai i mana maka pawt sindawng ai myit masin hte sa ah wut dat ai raitim mung shi wa hpa zawn n nawn ai zawn re na dai kaw sha nan nan re na dung nga ai. Dai ni gaw ngai hta n-gun grau ja ai wa re ngu da. Dan ngu tsun ai, dai shaloi she nang dai bum kaw she sa yu su bum dai gaw nang na matu she rai na sai ngu na tsun ai da. dai shaloi ndai yu shayi sha gaw kalang ta bai sa mat wa sai da, kalang sa dai bum kaw bai sa san sai da, bum shadang sha hpe san e bum shadang sha e nang gaw grai n-gun ja la ai nga na nang hpe ngai grai kam kaba let sa wa ai, ngai gaw yu mungdan na shayi sha tsawm dik ai wa re. Nye a hkumhkrang tsam htap ai shingni hte ma mahkra hpe mungkan ntsa hta n-gun ja na ah tsam rawng dik htum ai hpe ngai jaw na ngu na ngai sa wa ai re wa ya ngai masha dai hku na hkan tam hkawm jang jan kaw mung du sai, jan mung nre da, nbung kaw mung du sai, nbung mung nre da, summwi mung nre nga, nang she n-gun ja dik htum nga majaw ngai nang kaw du wa ai ngu na tsun ai shaloi bum gaw ah ga a nang shadu ai shayi sha nang shadu ai mung kau chyen mi gaw jaw ai retim kau chyen mi gaw n jaw ai ngu da. Ah taw hpa rai na rai ngu na bai san ai da. Dai shaloi ngai da ntsa lam hku yu jang she grai tsawm ai da, retim mung da nang she shang dat yu u da, nye a hkumhkrang kata de da hku dumlawng dumpoi re hkra na htu ah waw sha nga ai amyu hpan mi naw nga ai dai ni gaw ngai n-gun grai ja sai ngu tim pyi shanhte gaw nye shan hpe pyi lu hpya sha ai ni rai ma ai shanhte she n-gun grau ja ai ngu na tsun ai da. Dai shaloi she ndai yu shayi sha gaw kadai wa re na ta ngu na bai sa yu wa ai shaloi shanhte yu amyu ni wa she n hkun kata kaw htu she htu, htu sha na mu taw ai da, dai shaloi shi ga a ngai gaw she shadu ai wa yu ni she n-gun grai ja ai she rai nga, i ngu na ngai gaw tak shut sai ngu na shi tsun ai da. Dai shaloi she wa e ngai gaw ndai kam shut kau sai, ya na ndai laga n-gun ja ai masha tam ai wa anhte yu amyu ni she n-gun ja nga hka i ngu na dan ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi kawa gaw ma e nre shi ai nang myit ai sawn ai gaw naw kachyi mi naw shut taw nga ai ngu da. Wa hpa rai na ma ngu dai shaloi ndai kawa gaw tsun ai da, ah wa ni gaw ndai shara kaw shim lum lam lu hkra re na ndai bum ni hpe krawk waw di na ndai kata kaw makoi nga ai gaw anhte hta grau n-gun ja ai ni naw nga ai ngu na tsun ai da. Dai shaloi kawa gaw dan ngu na mabyin masa lam ni hpe tsun dan dat ai hte kasha gaw mau mat sai da. Wa anhte gaw ndai kaw gaw anhte nga shara ngu na nga taw ai nre i, nre da anhte hpe zingri ai kasat gala ai ni anhte hpe nra ai ni hpe anhte gaw hkrit na ndai kaw makoi hprawng yen taw ai ni she re ngu da. Wa re jang gaw dai ni gaw kadai rai na rai ngu da, dai shaloi da ndai gaw da le wa yu u da, lagaw 2 hte tsap na man myi man anhte hte nsam nbung ai da, dan san re shinggyim masha ngu ni nga ai da. Dai ni gaw da n-gun grai ja ai da, hpa mung dang di lu ai ni rai mawt ai da. Shanhte gaw da anhte kam da sai ngu ndai bum ni hpe pyi shahte gale galau di na shanhte htu shale kau wa ni gaw da kade ning ngu na she pyi naw htu chyai taw hpe shanhte gaw jahkring sha htu shapyen kau ya ai da. Anhte wa ni ndai hpun ni pyi naw grai galu kaba wa na hpe shanhte jahkring sha jahkai ai jahkring sha na mawt shapyen kau lu ai, dai ni gaw nyan ah tsam marai hpaji ni hte grai hpring ai shinggyim masha ngu ni rai ma ai ngu shaloi ndai yu shayi sha gaw grai mau mat sai da. Ah ga shinggyim masha ngu wa kaning re wa ta, ngai naw she sa yu na re ndai ram ram ah tsam rawng ai gaw ngu na shi sa wa yu ai da. Dai shaloi kaja nan sha ndai magup sumhpa lam hta yawng hte hkrum tsup hkra re na shachyaw na galaw nga taw ai shinggyim masha hpe yu shayi sha gaw sa mu dat ai shaloi shi gaw grai mau mat ai da. Ah ga anhte gaw aw dan re mung n mu yu nchye galaw wa, ndai shinggyim masha ngu ni wa mauhpa kumla ni hte wa galaw shachyaw taw nga ai gaw ar ngai na matu myit mada da ai gaw ndai ni she rai na sai ngu na shi gaw grai myit dik myit pyaw let sha dai kaw na shi shawng mu hkrum ai shinggyim masha lasha kaw sa na sa shaga ai da. E shinggyim masha e ngai gaw yu hkawhkam a kasha yu shayi sha re. Ngai gaw anhte yu a mungdan kaw na sha gaw anhte yu ni kaw na sha gaw tsawm dik htum shayi sha re, nye a tsawm shingni hte ngai gaw ndai mungkan ntsa hta ningtawn dik magrau grang dik kaja dik ngu ai kaw she ngai wa na ngu na myit daw dan da na ngai dai ni du hkra tam hkawm taw ai wa hpang jahtum gaw nanhte shinggyim masha ngu ai kaw she ngai wa jahtum mu la ai hpe ngai dai ni chye na la mat sai. Dai majaw nang myit hkawn hkrang ai re jang gaw nye a asak aprat nye a tsawm htap ai shingni hpe nang wunpawng shadang sha nang shadang sha lata kaw ap da mayu ai mai ai kun ngu na tsun ai da. Dai shaloi ndai la kasha wa gaw mau mat sai da. Ah ga e nang tsun ai hte maren ngai hkap la ai. Hpa majaw i nga jang gaw nang chye ai made hta na ngai gaw grau jan na ah tsam grau nga ai grau lu galaw ai wa re. Hpa majaw i nga jang gaw ngai gaw nanhte ni hpe mung ngai lu kasat shamyit ai, nanhte nmu mada hku nanhte n chye ai hku na zai ladat mahkra hte ngai gaw lu galaw dan ai wa re. Dai majaw nang kam ai gaw nshut na re, nang she myit dik ai re jang gaw ngai hku na gaw i hkum pat na lam nnga ai, ningdang na lam nnga ai ngu na tsun ai shaloi, yu shayi sha gaw ar re jang gaw re sai, dai majaw grai chyeju kaba sai hkap la ya ai majaw ya nang hte ngai dai ni kaw na mayaw htinggaw de na matu gaw ndai anhte wa ni kaw wa na sa hpyi ai hku di na htunghkying hte maren sa galaw ya rit. Nanhte gaw gara hku galaw ai rai ngu na bai san anhte gaw num hpyi jang gaw num la numwawn ai ngu na numhpyi ai ngu ni nga ai ngu na dai hku na tsun hkat ai majaw shi gaw yu kasha hpe n dai htunghkying hte maren sa hpyi la di na woi la na she shan 2 gaw grai pyaw ai mayaw htinggaw de mat wa ai da. Dai shani kaw na anhte ndai wunpawng myu sha ni kaw ma labau shang hku na ndai yu nga mayawn ngu ai lachyum hpe dai hku nna lang mat wa ai manu shadan ai kumla langai mi hku na lang mat wa ai re ngu na ndai hte mi tsun dan mayu ai hku re grai chyeju kaba sai.
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