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Translation (Rita Seng Mai)
My grandmother and mother used to tell about this. If we talk back or shout at our mothers, we could get swallowed by the earth. I thought it is just a story. I didn't believe at first. But I have witnessed it. If we go to Myitkyina from Nam San Yang (village) on foot, it takes two days. In the past, there weren't any Burmese there. So, we didn't need to be afraid of anyone on the way. There was only Kachin army. They didn't do any harm to us. The event happened fifty years ago. One day, I went to Myitkyina alone. When I reached Aung Myay (1) village, I saw many people were running here and there. So, I asked them what had happened. They said, "He is trying to kill his mother. This morning, his mother told him to send food for his father who was working at the field and helped him. But he didn't want to go there. He is so lazy. But his mother kept telling him to go and help the father. So, he went there. He told his father that he would kill his mom this evening. He honed a knife to kill his mom. At that time, he was swallowed by the earth. Now, his body is being swallowed. We are going there to watch him." So, I left all of my things at my relative's house and ran there to watch that man. It was really far away, so I was exhausted running there. Some people were going back and some were still going there. I asked them, "Is it still far away?" They said yes. I thought, "Maybe the earth already swallowed him." So, I decided to go back. I continued my journey to Myitkyina. When I came back from Myitkyina, I went back to Aung Myay (1) and asked the villagers if that was true. They said, "Yes, it really happened. That boy was being swallowed all his body except his head and neck. He said that he was angry and asked to give some water and rice. It was very hot around him, and no one could go near him. Then, his mother brought some water and rice. And she went near her son to feed him. Surprisingly, it was not hot when his mother went near him. After she fed him, he was completely swallowed. The mother was upset, but she couldn't help it." That kind of event actually not only in the past. I even witnessed it. Although I went to Myitkyina, it's the same as I witnessed it.
Transcription (Lu Awng)
Moi na ni dwi ni nu ni grai hkai dan ai, kanu kawa e ga htan, shaga n madat re yang lamu ga mayu kau kau re nga grai tsun ai, retim maumwi re ngu myit la ai le i, maumwi re ngu myit la ai wa she ngai nan (kodin kokya) hkum sha yu ai le. Namsan yang kaw na myitkyi na sa, 2 ya nga yang she lagaw lam hte hkawm ai le. Dai shaloi lani mi dai kaw myen nnga shi ai majaw kadai hpe mung n hkrit ra ai. Shanglawt ni sha nga ai re majaw, tinang hkrai sha hkawm tim kade hpa ndi ai. Dai she ngai gaw sa wa sa lani mi gaw ngai hkrai sha sa wa yang she 50 jan sai yaw ya. Shaning le taw moi ngu ra sai nre i, dai ram na sai re majaw, kalang mi lani mi na ngai hkrai sha myitkyina de sa wa yang she, oh (Aungmyay tit) kaw she ( Aungmyay 2) law ndai maga na gaw myo de jahtum ai gaw ( Aungmya 1) oh jahtum na gaw (Aungmyay 2) dai kaw du yang she masha ni gaw har dai oh ra maga kaw na hkauna pa kaw yan hkrai yan, yan hkrai yan, kagat hkrai kagat, num da la da, kaji kaba kagat she kagat na she hay hpa baw re ta ngu yang she hto kanu e kahtam kau na nga na, jahpawt re re nga ai, kanu she ningwa hkauna pa de nga ai si mawng si mai sa gun jaw na, na wa e bungli ra ai ni sa galaw garum mu u ngu tsun she tsun tim grai lagawn na she nsa hkraw ai da. Nsa hkraw tim kanu gaw ma e sa su sa su, n wa matsan shayen kanu e pawt na sa mat wa ai da. Sa mat wa na kawa kaw gaw du sa, dai tim dai na de gaw nu sa wa jang kahtam kau na re ngu na she, nhtu ni grai greng hkra garang da, garang taw nga ai ma dai she kanu e kahtam na ngu nna n htu garang yang she lamu ga kapran ga nna mayu kau ai da, hto ndai du hteng nshang hkum hteng shang nga ta, dai yu sa re nga ngai mung hkan kagat nang tim ngai na rai ni tawn kau na kagat kagat, ya galaw ga de oh grai naw tsan ai hkauna pa de. Rai na bai kagat kagat ba she ba, myitkyina de mung naw sa wa ra re na she ngai gaw ba she ba yang ya ndu wa shi ai i ngu yang grai naw tsan ai nga jang she masha ni mung yan she yan, hpang lam de da shawng lam de da she nde de ba ai gaw hto maut kau ai nga jang maut kau ai she nre sadawng e ngu na maut kau ai ma gaw kaning nchye di sai gaw ngu na she ngai gaw wa mat ai le i. Myitkyina de sa mat ai le, dai she hpang e bai wa san yu yang she re da, maut kau ai wa she ndai hte nshang wa kraw da law, wat dai hku di kadu hkrai kadu, ah kahtet na kadai mung n mai sa da, kahtet she kahtet da shi na graup graup kaw shi gaw hka lu mayu ai nga law, shat kaw si ai nga law, hka lu mayu ai nga hka jaw myit law, shat jaw sha mi law nga na kadai sa tim dai, shi makau kau gaw kahtet she kahtet na kadai mung n lu jaw she shi kanu gaw shat gumchyup ndai daram mi gumchyup la re na hka n dum ma lang re na sa wa, kanu sa wa yang bai n kahtet da. Kanu la sa wa ai shat gumchyup dai ma jaw, hka dai ma lu jang le shang mat wa sai da. Ga de lup re shang mat wa da. Chye e kaning n chye di sai, ma e kanu gaw sha yawn na kaning n chye di le, kanu e kahtam na nga na nhtu garang ai majaw ga maut kau ai nga. Dai gaw moi sha nrai ya nye (kit) du hkra mu yu sai hte bung nga le i, masha ni ngai gaw nau ba na nhkan n sa yu na myitkyina sa mat wa, shingrai dai hku byin ai lam ngai bai wa yang bai hkap tsun dan ma ai. |
