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Translation (Gun Mai)
Once upon a time in a place, there was a man, a treasurer, who was managing the treasury of a king. And, he has a child. Oh no, he hadn't had yet the child. His wife was very active and smart. But, he was not very active and a little bit unintelligent. So, his wife used to work out. Since the man was a little bit unintelligent, the wife thought that when they have a child one day, she wanted her child to be energetic and smart, not to be like her husband. So, she prayed for that. As it was a long time ago when people were with Nat worshipping religion, the woman was praying to her Nat. At that time, Nat said that 'since you are praying to me for a child, you can choose only one to have a child, so you can't choose two or three.' The Nat continued that 'since you also want a boy, you can only choose one thing that you will get the benefit from your child.' The woman was quite difficult to choose but she replied that 'if I can choose only one thing, I want my child not to be unintelligent like his father and I want my child to be very smart. So, I want to have a boy who is really intelligent and able to decide whatever smartly with his own brain.' So, Nat said that 'OK, as you pray, you will get a boy and he will be very smart and very intelligent but he will be very ugly.' But, the woman accepted what Nat said and returned to her home. This was about the wife of the treasurer. There was a woman, who is the wife of a judge of the palace and she had also no child. So, she also went to the Nat and prayed for a child. The Nat also asked the woman to choose only one thing like he asked the wife of the treasurer. What the woman said was that 'I want a girl who is the most beautiful in this palace and everybody will say she is very beautiful.' So, Nat said that 'OK, since you want a very beautiful girl, you will get a daughter who is really the most beautiful girl but she will be very unintelligent.' When Nat asked the woman which one to choose between beauty and unintelligence, the woman chose beauty as she wanted that. Later, since they were living in the same palace, the boy and the girl were playing together and every time they bragged at each other. The ugly boy said that 'when I get to marry, I will just marry a girl who is really smart and intelligent like me.' The girl also said that 'I will also marry only to a handsome boy.' They bragged at each other like that. Gradually, when they grew up, it was true that the girl was very very beautiful but she knew nothing and very unintelligent. Whatever taught her, she learned nothing, very unintelligent, and forgot again and again. On the other hand, the boy was very smart and intelligent more and more. Because the boy was very smart, he thought that the girl was very unintelligent but since she was very beautiful, perhaps he might be able to teach her. So, as he thought it would be good to marry her, he said to her about he loves her. But, the girl said that 'I don't like you such an ugly boy. And, my father and mother might also not agree to marry you.' The boy replied that 'even though I am ugly and not handsome physically, my heart is very beautiful'. But, the girl just kept saying that 'it is impossible to mary me'. The boy replied again that 'no, I can make you to be like me one day'. Then, the girl said that 'So, if you can make me to be like you within three years, I will marry you'. In fact, during the next three years, the boy taught the girl a lot but the girl didn't learn anything because she was very unintelligent. But, the boy was very patient although he was ugly. The boy kept teaching not only literature but also other things such as cultural knowledge, how to wear traditional dresses and communication skills about how to communicate with each other as they were living in the palace so they needed to know such knowledge and skills. The girl was really unintelligent in the begining, but the boy was patient and keep teaching her again and again, like 10 times, 20 times. Again and again everyday. The girl was getting recognized what she was taught. The girl was also careful to remember the knowledge and skills that she learned. Gradually, the girl learned well the kills that the boy taught her such as how to dress and how to communicate including introducing each other. On the day that the girl learned well such the knowledge and skills, the boy said that 'I am going to marry you.' As it was also the promise of the girl to marry him after three years, she told her parents about the boy wants to marry her. when the parents of the girl saw the boy, because the boy was very ugly, they bitterly refused the boy to marry their daughter and asked him to return home. Then, the girl also said that 'so, my parents do not agree to marry you. Actually, as I told you since I was young, I also didn't love you. These days, I just changed my mind because you were teaching me a lot.' Then, they separated. But soon later, the girl was remembering the heart of the boy because the boy was very decent and also very patient in teaching her. She said to herself that 'if I marry such a man, the rest of my life will be full of happiness.' Then, she just kept remembering the boy everyday. Because of such her feeling, one day, she requested her parents for permission to marry him. The parents also learned later that the boy was with pure heart and also very intelligent. Then, they also permited their daughter to marry the boy because they thought that a man with a pure heart is better than an ugly man. Therefore, in our Jinghpaw race, it is said that 'although there is no substitution in appearance, there is regret'. And, it is important to have a pure heart despite being ugly.
Transcription (Lu Awng)
Moi shawng de da hkawhkam hkaw langai mi kaw she i ndai hkawhkam wa a ja gumhpraw sadek hpe rem ai la langai nga ai da. Langai nga re yang she kasha langai lu ai da. Aw kasha nlu shi ai, kasha nlu shi she dai madu jan gaw grai zet ai da. Shi re jang gaw nau nzet ai le i, loi mi anyawk ai rai re jang she, madu jan gaw grai zet jang she, lani mi na gaw da shi gaw kasha lu yang gaw madu wa dai zawn re angawk ai majaw le i ngai lu ai kasha gaw grai zet ai she rai u ga, ngu na she shi gaw kyu hpyi ai da. Kyu hpyi yang she dai hku moi prat nga yang nat jaw prat re majaw le i, kyu sha hpyi taw nga re she ndai nat wa gaw gara hku shi hpe tsun ai i nga, nang kyu sa hpyi ai nga yang gaw nang dai ma lu yang da, nang 1 sha mai lata ai yaw. 2, 3 nmai ai da, nang ma ra ai nga yang gaw da nang la kasha mung ra ai nga yang gaw nang ma dai kaw na lu na akyu hpe i nang langai sha mai lata ai yaw, ga shi gaw grai myit yu na 1 sha mai lata ai nga yang gaw ngai gaw nye kasha i kawa zawn n a ngawk ai, hpaji grai chye na she, hpaji byeng ya shi na baw nu grai sam ai dai hpa hpe mung shi chye daw dan ai bawnu sam ai kasha langai lu mayu ai ngu na tsun ai da. Tsun re yang she dai kaw aw rai sai, re yang gaw nang shangai wa ai la kasha rai na ra ai, dai la kasha dai gaw nre i, nang tsun ai hte maren bawnu gaw grai sam na she, grai zet di na grai ntsawm ai kasha lu na re yaw ngu tsun dat ai da. Shi gaw i dai hpe hkam la na wa ai da, re she lani mi she, mi na wa gaw ndai ja gumhpraw hpe sin ai jan, ya na gaw tara agyi le i, tara agyi jan 1 mi mung kasha nlu ai da, dai wa mung bai sa na dai hku kyu hpyi re yang gaw mi na wa hpe tsun ai zawn zawn ngu na, gai nang gaw 1 sha mai lata ai yaw ngu tsun ai da. Num dai jan mung kaning ngu i nga she, re yang gaw da ngai gaw num kasha 1 ndai hkawhkam hkaw kaw yawng shi hpe grai tsawm ai, grai tsawm ai nga na matu da hkawhkam ndai hkaw kaw tsawm htum shayi langai hpe ra ai ngu tsun ai da. Re yang gaw dai kaw na nat mung bai tsun dat ai le, e nang deng gaw grai tsawm ai ra ai nga yang gaw da, na kasha gaw grai tsawm na yawng gari hkra tsawm na re da, retim mung grai anya na re yaw ngu tsun ai da. An nya ai hte tsawm ai hpe gara lata la na, mi kaw na tsawm ai hpe ra ai majaw tsawm ai lata la ai da. Lata la na she nga re yang gaw shanhte gaw dai hkawhkam hkaw langai mi kaw sha rau nga ai re majaw dai ma dai yen mung gasup gasup re na she galoi ma shakawng hkat ai da, oh ra ntsawm ai la kasha mung ngai gaw ngai numla ai shani gaw grai zet ngai zawn zawn grai ram ai num she la na la na ngu na shakawng ai da. Ndai num wa mung ngai mung grai tsawm ai la kaw she ngai wa na dai hku shakawng hkat ai da. Shakawng hkat re yang kani mi gaw nga kaba wa re shaloi she kaba wa ai shaloi gaw da kaja wa num dai gaw nre i tsawm gaw tsawm tim hpa mung n chye ai da yaw. Laika sharin jaw kade sharin tim n chye hkraw ai da, grai anya she anya malap she malap ja da yaw, oh ra la kasha sha wa gaw grai zet grai zet na she hpaji gaw grai chye lani hte lani hpaji grai chye ai da. Ndai la wa gaw nre i, ndai hpaji grai chye ai re majaw e ndai kade anya tim shi tsawm ai re majaw ndai num ndai hpe chyawm me ngai sharin la yang mai na kun ngu na shi gaw myit yu na she shi gaw shi hpe la na re sam ai ngu na she gai nang hpe ngai grai tsawra ai re wa ngu na she tsun ai da. Um nang zawn san re a gang chyalang re hpe gaw ngai gaw nra ai da, nye nu yen nye wa ni ma myit hkrum na nre da, nre ai i ngai gaw da agang chyalang re timmung masha ntsawm tim myit masin tsawm ai re yaw ngu na tsun ai da, retim mung um nmai nmai byin na re ngu ai da, re na she lani mi gaw nre yaw nang hpe ngai ma lu byeng ya ai ngu ai da, nang hpe ma ngai lani mi ngai zawn lu byeng ya ai ngu na num dai hpe tsun ai da. E re jang gaw da nang ngai hpe 3 ning laman i nang ra ai hku na ngai hpe lu byeng ai re yang nang kaw ngai wa na ngu tsun ai da. Wa na ngu na tsun re she kaja wa 3 ning laman kaw she shi gaw laika kade sharin tim anya ai re nga n matsing hkraw ai da, n matsing hkraw re jang she retim dai wa gaw myit grai galu ai da. Shi myit grai galu na she sharin ai da yaw laika, laika ni hpe mung sharin ya hpa hpe mung sharin ya, ndai htunghkring lai len bu hpun mawn sumli lam ni, ga shaga ai lam ni mung anhte gaw hkawhkam hkaw kaw nga ai bungli galaw ai ni re majaw kaning nga na tsun shaga ra ai ngu na sharin ai da yaw, sharin ai nnan shaloi gaw grai anya ai da, bai tsun bai tsun, 10, 20 lang tsun, tsun chyu tsun, shani shagu tsun ya yang gaw kaja wa she shi gaw matsing na she shi ma grai sadi mat sai le i. Num dai mun grai sadi mat aw shi mung sadi sahka hte hkaw sa chyai bu hpun mawn sumli ni shachyen shaga ai lam ni ma shi grai chye tsun mat wa ai da. Chye tsun mat wa ai shani gaw la dai gaw grai deng gaw dai ni ngai nang hpe hpyi na ngu na tsun shaloi 3 ning hpring ai ga sadi re majaw shi mung ga sadi hpe tawn da sai re nga kanu yen kawa hpe woi shaga ai da. Kanu yen kawa hpe woi shaga na madun yang dai shani gaw kei she hka na zawn san re ndai zawn re la hpe gaw kaning ngu na kahkri njaw sha ai ngu na dai hku ngu na shabai dat ai da. Dai nga she ndai jan mung la dai hpe bai tsun dat ai da, deng gaw da nye nu yen nye wa ma grai n hkraw ai, retim ngai gaw moi kaji kaw na tsun ai zawn nang hpe ngai nra ai, ngai moi ni ngai hpe loi mi hpaji sharin ya ai majaw loi mi myit kya mat ai she re ngu na tsun dat ai da. Re yang gaw dai timmung da dai hku shan 2 hka tim ah num kasha dai gaw la dai na myit masin hpe wa shingran pra pra mu ai le, grai shi gaw grai myit su gria myit su na shi hpe mung dai ram myit galu galang hte sharin shaga ya ndai zawn re la re yang gaw prat ting ngwi pyaw na re ngu hpe shi gaw myit, lani hte lani la dai hpe sha myit mat ai da. Myit mat re jang she kaja wa dai shani gaw kanu yen kawa hpe bai ah hkang hpyi rai, kanu yen kawa mung dai wa na lam hpe myit masin san seng ai lam, hpaji chye ai lam hpe yawng bai sagawn hkrup na chye mat wa re shani gaw aw ndai kade ntsawm timmung myit masin tsawm ai wa kaw gaw grau kaja nga ai ngu na jaw sha ai da. Anhte shinggyin masha ni gaw hpraw malai she nnga timmung myit malai ngu nga ai i, re na she hkum she ntsawm tim myit masin tsawm ai ngu gaw ah hkyak ai, anhte jinghpaw amyu ni gaw ah hkyak htum re ai da. |
