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Translation (Gun Mai)
Once upon a time, there was a man who only has three daughters. His wife had passed away but he had a lot of properties. So, he lived happily with his daughters. One day, when the man was getting old, he thought himself that, "Hm.... among my three daughters, who will be the one who loves me more. I will give my properties more to the one who loves me more". The father and the three daughters, so it is four persons. Isn't it? The man thought that he would give his portion of the properties to a daughter who loved him more. Thus, he tested. "Dear my daughters, come to me today". The first daughter came to him first. When the first daughter got to him, he asked "Dear my first daughter, how much do you love me, your dad?" The first daughter answered that "Dad, I love you much more than a lot of golds, money, and properties". The father thought himself that "My first daughter doesn't love even the gold and she loves me more than the gold. She is very good." So, he shared a quarter portion of his properties. "OK! Now, my second daughter's turn. Dear second daughter, how much do you love me?" asked the father. The second daughter answered that "Dear Dad, I love you more than everything that exists in this world". The father said "OK! my second daughter is also very good" and he shared another quarter portion of his properties with his second daughter. There are still two-quarters of the properties remains. Right? "Now, my third daughter's turn. Dear third daughter, come to me and how much do you love me, your dad?" asked the father. The third daughter answered that "Dear Dad, I love you as much as salt". Thus, the father got very angry. "You just compare me SUCH the salt!! You should not be my daughter anymore from today. I will drive off you from my house. I will also not share my properties with you" "Get out from my house," said the father angrily. Then, the third daughter thought herself that "Although I love my Dad very much, my Dad said such so but I will ask one more favour to my Dad" and she said that "Dear Dad, if you don't love me that much and want me to leave from your house, I would like to request only one more thing". The father asked her that "What do you want to request?" The third daughter answered that "Before I leave you, I would like to serve a meal for the whole family and relatives". "OK, serve it. You can prepare as best as you like. I will pay for it" said the father. So, the third daughter prepared a meal of the highest standard with various meats. She also asked other helpers because of the variety of meats and foods. But, none of the food is added salt. When the food is ready, she called everybody and served the meal. When the people were having the meal, a group of people said that "Although there are many curries and meats in today's meal, there is no salt. It is nothing." The other group also said that "Today's meal is nothing good." Everybody said so and just left the house without eating the meal. When the father saw that the people were not eating, he asked that "Why you are not eating?". The people answered that "it is such terrible taste as there is no salt". So, he also tried the foods and the taste is nothing good. "Oh... I understand now. Please people, don't leave yet," said the father. "I am guilty now. When I tested my daughters about how much they love me, my third daughter said she loves me as much as the salt. So, I got angry and told her to leave my house". "But, now I understand that the salt is an essential thing. No matter how much prepared to be delicious, it is useless without salt. I regret now." "Therefore, I will not tell my third daughter to leave from house anymore. I will share my portion of the properties and also her portion that I was about to share her elder sisters to my third daughter". The father apologized and announced like that. And, he also not drove off his third daughter anymore and they happily lived together.
Transcription (Lu Awng)
Moi da la langai mi gaw da kasha 3 makaw, malu, maroi num sha 3 sha lu nna madu jan mung si mat rai nga nna sut gan grai lu ai da. Shan wa ni shingrai na grai pyaw na nga ai da. Shaloi she lani mi gaw dingla wa ai shaloi gaw shi wa gaw myit yu sai da. Um nye kasha ndai ni kadai wa ngai e grau tsawra na kun grau tsawra ai wa hpe sut gan grau law na jaw na ngu da. Shan wa ni 3, kawa hte 4 re majaw gaw grau tsawra ai wa gaw kawa na uman ma jaw kau na da. Shingngu na re she chyam yu ai da. E ngai sha ni e dai ni gaw wa hpang de wa yu u makaw wa shawng wa yu ai da. Makaw wa shawng wa yu yang she makaw e wa hpe kade daram tsawra ai ngu yang ja gumhpraw law law hta wa hpe grau tsawra ai nga jang
Um ja e pyi ntsawra ngai e grau tsawra ai nga majaw ndai nye kasha makaw gaw grai ram sai nga, 1/4 garan ya sai da, kawa na sut gan pung mali hta na pung mi garan ya ai hku nga. Gai malu bai, malu bai she malu e nang gaw wa hpe kade ram wa tsawra ai nga, ndai mungkan ting na nga manga mahkra hta wa hpe grau tsawra ai nga jang she e rai sai nye kasha malu grai ram ai nga na 1/4 pung 4 hta na pung mi garan jaw kau sai da. Pung 2 naw nga ai nre i, ya gaw maroi bai wa u nga, maroi bai wa yang she, a roi e wa hpe kade ram tsawra ai ngu yang wa hpe i jum daram tsawra ai ngu she kawa gaw grai pawt sai da. Ngai e gaw dan re jum hte sha shadawn ai nang gaw nye kasha ntai gying sai dai ni kaw na gaw ndai nta kaw na rai mat wa sanu gawt kabai kau na gawt kabai kau sana sut gan n garan ya sai. Na kana yen e garan ya ai kaw na nang gaw ndai nta kaw na pru mat wa su nga da. Shaloi gaw aw kasha maroi gaw ngai dai ram tsawra ai wa, wa ngai hpe dai hku nga ai gaw, ngai ahkang langai sha gaw hpyi yu na re nga, e wa e wa nang dai ram ram wa ngai kasha hpe ntsawra na gawt kau sai nga yang gaw wa nang hpe langai mi sha hpyi tawng ban mayu ai ngu yang hpa baw hpyi na e ngai kasha karai n dam mat wa yang i malu masha daw mayu ai, jinghku jingyu ni hte nta masha ni sha na matu malu masha daw mayu ai ngu. E daw u, kade hkyik daw na rai daw u, ngai shapraw ya na nga da, kaja wa sha grai hkyik hkra grai mu hkra shan mung amyu hkum hkra shat shadu masha saw nna grai hkrak na shan tawng ni mung kaba ba law na shan amyu hkum hkra di sihtu si mai ni shadu taw sai da. Langai mi mung jum n bang sha saka nga shawa masha yawng e shaga nna yawng e daw jaw daw ya sai da. Oh ra uhpung ni sha yang mung chye dai ni na shat gaw shan kade law jawng tim jum nmu ai alaga wa re, oh ra (ahhpoi) ni mung chye alaga wa re, dai ni na poi poi gaw alaga wa re yawng yawng dai hku nga na she taw kaning rai na wa shat nsha ai wa yan mat wa, kachyi mi sha manaw chyam yu na yan mat wa, shajawng kau da yan mat wa rai, kawa bai nsha ma ai majaw hpa rai nsha ai nga, dai ram ram nmu ai me wa jum pyi nbang ai wa, kawa bai hta sha yu yang kachyi mung n mu, re yang gaw aw dai re yang gaw shawa masha ni e naw hkring yu u. Ya ngai mara lu sai, ngai nye kasha ni e ngai kawa hpe kade daram ram tsawra ai kun ngu chyam yu yang, ndai nye kasha maroi gaw ngai hpe e wa hpe e jum daram sha tsawra ai nga majaw ngai masin pawt nna shi hpe gawt kau na hku re. Retim ya ngai jum gaw n sha nmai re, jum n lawm ai gaw kade mu tim alaga re hka nga na ngai kawa myit malai lu sai. Dai re majaw nye kasha hpe mung n gawt kau sai, ngai kawa na uman da nye kasha maroi na da makaw yen malu e garan ya kau na ngu dai mada yawng nye kasha maroi hpe yawng jaw kau sai. Dai ni gaw ngai grai myit malai lu sai nga tawn ban na kasha hpe mung n gawt kau, shawa masha hpe mung dai hku ngu (chyenyar) dan re na grai pyaw na shan wa ni dai hku nga mat sai da. |
