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Translation (Htoi San)
The story is about a child who had only a head. Once upon a time, in a village, a husband and a wife married for a long time, but they did not have a baby. They did not get a baby until they were getting older. One day, they heard they could get a baby if they prayed at a tree. Therefore, they went and prayed there and then got a baby. When they delivered the baby, the child did not have a body but only a head. However, the family got more prosperous and had better welfare since they had their baby, as the baby gave them many benefits. One day, the child who had only the head said, "Let's go herding cows." When the parents heard this, they replied, "My child, you don't have your body, and you are just the head." "Don't go herding cows." The boy responded, "Mother. Father. It's not. I will go herding. I can do it." His parents could not resist him and put him on the head of a cow with his rice packet. They let him go for herding cows. The head boy entered the forest and herded their cows to help his parents. Since his parents got him, they became wealthier and more prosperous. The whole town could see their family's increase, and they all were amazed. The child became older, and he was a young boy. The boy told his parents, "Mom, I am now turning the age of getting married. I want to get a wife." He wanted to get married to a girl called 'Kaw Tawng' from their village. The boy requested, "Go and ask for Kaw Tawng! Please ask for Kaw Tawng!" His parents said to him, "My child, you have only the head. She might not want to marry you." Nevertheless, the boy insisted, "No, no. Mom and Dad, please ask for her." Finally, his parents could not deny him and went to Kaw Tawng's parents. When they went to Kaw Tawng's parents, the girl site gave their daughter as the boy's family was wealthy and had good welfare. After Kaw Tawng and the boy married, he told Kaw Tawng, "I don't have a body now, but you don't worry about it. There will be a Manau festival in our village after our wedding." "When we dance at the Manau festival, my body, legs, and all other parts will grow. We will become a beautiful and happy marriage." Soon after the boy told about this, the village celebrated the big Manau festival. The newlywed couple went dancing Manau, and the boy got his body, hands, and legs as he had only a head before. He transformed into a handsome boy, so Kaw Tawng was also very happy about it, and they stayed joyfully together. One day, a frog's body lay on the couple's bed. Kaw Tawng found the frog's body on their bed. She said, "Oh my! This frog's skin. This frog's body made and tortured my husband not to have his body. He is such a good-looking husband." "This frog's structure destroys my husband's body. That is it." She took it straight away and put it into the fireplace. She threw the frog's body into the fire then her husband screamed, "It's scorching. Very hot!" Her husband's body disappeared at once. The body was faded, "Very painful! Very hot! It's very painful! It's so hot!" Then Kaw Tawng realized, "Oh dear! The one that I threw into the fire was my husband's body." Although she tried to take it out from burning, the husband's body was gone. As the body disappeared, his head also vanished. The husband went to the Sun kingdom. Kaw Tawng was so miserable and sorrowful that she could not meet her husband, and her husband also could not reach her for her whole life. She did not know how her husband got his body and limbs. She said, "This is because of the frog." As she threw the frog, her husband went back to the Sun kingdom as he came from here, which she did not know. The boy went up to the Sun kingdom, and they separated each other forever. So Kaw Tawng cried and wept day and night, and she passed away due to longing for her husband. She died near a lake. The lake still exists now. People said she lived in that lake, and people dropped themselves there and died every year on the day Kaw Tawng died. The older people told this story.
Transcription (La Ring)
Ya ngai tsun na ga gaw baw sha tu ai ma langai a lam re. Moi mare langai kaw da madu jan madu wa shan lahkawng e la hkat ai raitim shaning law law raitim kasha nlu ai da. Asak kaba wa tim kasha nlu ai majaw shan lahkawng lani mi gaw hpun langai kaw sa na akyu hpyi yang lu ai nga na na shan lahkawng dai hpun kaw e ma lu na matu akyu sa hpyi ai shaloi shan lahkawng ma lu wa ai da. Shan lahkawng shangai wa ai shaloi ma dai gaw da hkum nlawm ai sha baw sha re shangai wa ai da. Raitim ma dai lu ai shani kaw na gaw shan lahkawng gaw ja gumhpraw sut gan ni grai lu su nga mu nga mai wa na shan la hpe shanhte dinghku hpe grai akyu jaw ai ma rai taw ai da. Dan re majaw she lani mi ma dai gaw baw kaw sha re she e lani mi gaw "Nga rem sa na" ngu shaloi kanu yan kawa gaw "E ma e nang gaw hkum mung nlawm ai baw sha re gaw nang e nga rem gaw hkum sa" nga yang "Anu e nre awa e ngai rem sa na ngai lu rem ai" ngu jang e dai nga baw kaw she shi hpe shajawn dat rai na she e nga baw kaw shi na lu sha shat makai ni bang dat ya rai na nga baw hte rai na dat dat na wo nam de nga ni sa rem na shi kanu kawa hpe dai hku karum taw ai da. Karum na shi nga ai kaw na kanu kawa ni gaw nga mu nga mai wa lu sut lu su wa ai hpe mare ting gaw grai mu ai da. Mare ting grai mu na mau mung grai mau ai da. Lani mi gaw ma dai gaw shabrang wa sai da. "Anu e ngai num la ten rai sai ngai num la na" ngu da. "Ngai num la na" ngu na dai shanhte mare dai kaw nga ai Kaw Tawng dai hpe la na ngu ai da. "Kaw Tawng hpe hpyi ya rit" ngu ai da. "Kaw Tawng hpe hpyi ya rit" ngu ai shaloi she "E ma e nang gaw baw sha lawm ai gaw masha ni gaw nang kaw nwa hkraw na re" ngu tim "Nre law nu e wa na re hpyi ya rit hpyi ya rit" ngu tsun ai shaloi she shanhte gaw dai Kaw Tawng a kanu kawa ni kaw sa nna she Kaw Tawng na kanu kawa hpe shanhte ni gaw e sa hpyi ai shaloi shanhte kashu kasha ni lu su nga mu nga mai ai re majaw dai ni mung mu ai majaw jaw sha dat ai da. Jaw sha dat ai shaloi she Kaw Tawng hte shan lahkawng la re shaloi she Kaw Tawng hpe gaw shi tsun ai da "Ya ngai hkum hkrang ntu tim nang hpa hkum tsang ya an lahkawng hkungran poi ni ngut la la hkat ai hpang gaw ndai mare kaw manau poi nga na re dai manau kaw an lahkawng manau sa nau ai shaloi ngai hkum hkrang lagaw ni yawng tu galu wa na an lahkawng gaw grai pyaw ai dinghku grai tsawm htap ai dinghku tai wa na re" ngu na tsun ai da. Kaja wa sha dai hku tsun ai kade nna yang she dai mare kaw manau poi kaba galaw ai da. Shan lahkawng manau sa nau ai kaw she dai la kasha dai gaw mi baw sha tu ai she hkum hkrang ni yawng lagaw lata ni tu na grai tsawm htap ai shadang sha dai majaw Kaw Tawng mung grai kabu na shanhte dai hku nga taw nga da. Dai she lani mi gaw shan lahkawng na yupra kaw she e ndai la kasha hte rau num kasha shan lahkawng yup yup re yupra kaw she shu hkum daw taw taw nga ai da. Dai kaw she shu hkum daw taw taw nga re shaloi she ndai Kaw Tawng gaw "Yi ya ndai shu hpyi ndai shu hkum hkrang ndai gaw ndai nye madu wa hpe ndai hku na zingri zingrat sha ai hkum ntu hkra na galaw kau ai nye madu wa ndai ram tsawm htap ai hpe e ndai zawn sharun jahten kau ai ndai shu hpyi shu hkum ndai re" ngu na dai shu dai hpe she kalang ta la nna e hka nawng la-ing langai de aw hka nawng kaw nre sha wan mang de kabai bang dat ai shaloi she shi kabai bang dat ai gaw dai shu a hkum hkrang kabai bang dat ai. Shaloi she shi na madu wa gaw "Grai kahtet ai lo grai kahtet ai nga gyek she gyek na kalang ta e shi madu wa na e hkum hkrang wa kalang ta she arai mat mat wa ai da. "Grai machyi ai grai kahtet ai grai machyi ai grai kahtet ai" ngu na mat mat wa jang she ndai Kaw Tawng gaw "E dai hku nga yang ya ngai kabai bang dat ai ndai shu hkum gaw nye madu wa na hkum hkrang she re" ngu na wan pyi hkat wa sai hpe she bai lawan wan gang shaw dat ai raitim mung dai shi a madu wa na hkum hkrang gaw gara hku byin mat wa ai i nga yang gaw dai wan kaw bang dat ai hte hkum hkrang mat mat ai zawn dai shi madu wa na baw ma mat mat wa ai da. Gara de du mat wa ai i nga yang jan mung ga de yawng mat wa sai da. Dai kaw na dai Kaw Tawng gaw grai yawn grai myit npyaw na shi prat tup shi madu wa hte mung nlu hkrum mat sai madu wa mung shi kaw ndu wa sai. Dai majaw shi madu wa dai hku na hkum tu wa ai hpe dai shi gaw nchye ai majaw "Dai shu a majaw re" ngu na shu hpe kabai bang ai marang e shi madu wa gaw jan ga de wa mat wa. Jan ga na sa ai kasha re hpe shanhte nchye na hpang e gaw la kasha dai gaw jan ga de du mat wa na prat tup shan lahkawng gaw hka mat wa ai da. Hka mat rai yang gaw Kaw Tawng gaw hkrap hkrai hkrap hkrap hkrai hkrap shani shagu shi hkrap yawn na madu wa hpe shi marit let yawn na shi si mat wa ai da. Shi si mat wa ai shaning du shagu dai hka nawng dai nga ai makau kaw na shi galoi mung shi si mat wa tim dai hka nawng dai gaw daini du hkra nga taw majaw gaw dai hka nawng dai kaw shi si ai shani du jang dai hka nawng kaw galoi mung masha hkrat si si re ngu ai dai labau moi dinggai dingla ni tsun hkai wa ai lam nga wa sai ngu hpe tsun dan ai re. |
