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Translation (Htoi San)
I am going to tell the story about a hag and a woman. A long time ago, witches stayed closer to humans, so the people were challenging to go to and fro at that time. One day, a woman wanted to pick some leaves and went into the woods. When she got into the forest, she found the leaves made into small pieces and rolled up like a mat. They were put in the fork of the tree branches. She was amazed to find that the sticks were cut into short pieces and put at the fork of the trees, then fastened there. "Oh, dear, who is doing this lazy job in such a deep forest? Who could be doing this? Who stuck these here?" saying this, and she spread and threw them around. A while after she had spread them, the hag came to her. When the witch saw the woman destroying her work, she made ready to eat her. But the woman considered, "If she eats me at once and I am eaten like this, it will be meaningless." "Well, I may need to think about it a little bit more," she thought. Afterward, she challenged the witch, "Hey, Hag! Please don't eat me yet. Shall we compete with each other first?" "Tomorrow, bring your child on your back, and I will bring mine too. We will compare whose child is more beautiful. If my child is not pretty, you can eat both of us." "If your child is not good-looking, you both will be eaten too," told the woman. The witch replied, "Yes, sure." She thought that her child was so gorgeous as her child's face was flat and pointed. She indeed brought her child and came back to the tree where the old ladies picked the leaves up the next day. The woman thought carefully again, "If I carry my child, it will not be fine." She subsequently took her white fur dog from her home. She met the hag coming with her dog at their appointed place. The human asked the witch, "You bring your child first and see how pretty she is." When she saw the witch's daughter, she responded, "Oh, it is so hairy. She was so shaggy and not pretty." "My child's face is just a bit flat. Then let's see your child's face, how beautiful she is if you think my child is not pretty." At that moment, she opened her child and showed it to the witch, and the dog was startled. The big dog was startled and barked loudly when it saw the witch as he was trying to attack her. The witch was afraid of the dog, and she ran away when the dog barked. As a result, she left her one hair hooked on the tree. The witch's one single hair was entangled on the thorny tree, so she left her words to the woman, "Friend, please don't take my hair away. It is so precious." "I will come and take it back how long it takes. It is priceless. Don't pick it up and take it." After that, she ran away. The woman waited there for the witch, but she did not return. Her dog also did not come back. So she got the hair and thought, "As it is precious, let me take and keep it." She sat there and waited for her dog to return. Her dog chased the witch away until it reached seven hills and seven defiles, then it came back to its waiting owner. In the end, the woman and her dog were so happy as they both escaped from their danger and got back home safely,
Transcription (Lu Awng)
Ndai kalang hta gaw sanam num hte num langai mi a lam tsun dan na re. Moi shawng de da sanam num ni gaw shinggyin masha ni nga ai makau hkan ne naw nga ai ten hta e dai ten hta e shinggyin masha ni gaw hkawm sa hkawm wa na grai yak ai da. Lani mi na ten hta gaw num langai mi gaw shi lahpawt sa htat na matu shi myit na shi nam maling de shang mat wa ai da. Nam maling kaw du re shaloi gaw lahpaw hpe kachyi sha law na katsu tawn da ai ni hpe mu ai da. Ngut jang dai ni hpe katsu tawn da na hpun labra kaw tsap tawn da ai da. Ngut na shingna ni hpe mung katun tun sha law daw na dai mung dai hku na sha dai hpun labra hkan ne shi dai hku tsat tawn da ai hpe shi dai hku mu re shaloi gaw shi gaw grai mau ai da. A ga ya ning re dai ram nam sung ai nam maling de wa mi kadai ni ma sa na mi ndan re lagawn lamawn re bungli hpe wa galaw mi kadai wa ning re bungli wa galaw nga re i, kadai wa tsat da ai wa re i ngu na hpyan na a yai kau ya ai da. Shi a mya kau ya dat ai shaloi gaw dai sanam num gaw jahkring mi nga sa wa sai da. Shi rai dai ni a mya kau ya mu hte shi gaw kalang ta sha na hkyen ai shaloi gaw num dai mung i ngai kalang ta sha na si hkam mat na sha hkam kau yang gaw ngai lachyum n pru yang naw myit yu ra ai. Ngai kachyi mi gaw naw sawn yu ra ai ngu na she shi sawn yu sai da. Sawn yu na she e e sanam num e ngai e hkum sha yu shi an nyen 2 loi mi naw shingjawng hkat ga le. Hpawt ni na kasha e ba sa wa yu, ngai mung nye kasha e ba sa wa yu na kade kasha grau tsawm tsawm e ma ntsawm ai shaloi chyawm gaw lama na nye kasha n tsawm yang an nu 2 hpe sha kau u. Na kasha lama ntsawm yang ngai ma nan nu 2 hpe sha kau na ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi gaw she mai goi ngu sanam num mung shi kasha hpe grai tsawm dum ai majaw shi kasha gaw myi man pa pa re masen re hpe sha gaw shi grai tsawm dum ai majaw shi gaw dai shan yen 2 tsun da ai hpang shani gaw teng sha nan dinggai lahpawt htat ai shara kaw la sa, ma dai hpe ba sa wa ai da. Dai num wa bai re yang gaw e ngai masha kasha ba sa wa yang gaw n byin na re ngu na bai tsumru na she shi nta na gwi wung hpraw hpe ba sa wa da. Gwi dai hpe ba sa wa na she dai kaw sa hkrum sai da. Dai shinggyin masha wa shawng dai nang ma ba sa wa sai nga na kasha e shawng hpe shawng yu ga le na kasha kade ram wa tsawm ai kun. Shi kasha hpe sa yu ya re yang kei mun hkrai hkrai san re wa i ngu, mun hkrai hkrai hpa n tsawm ai ngu da. Dai shaloi she re jang myiman kachyi sha pa ai mi, hka le dai hku nga yang na kasha kade ram tsawm ai ta, yu ga le ngu tsun ai da. Dan ngu na she shi kasha hpe bai hpaw madun dat ai shaloi gaw gwi gaw kajawng na hku nga. Gwi la kaba re nga kajawng na she dai sanam num hpe mu ai hte she kalang ta htim kawa na myit na she a gying wau mat sai da. Sanam num ni gaw gwi grai hkrit na hku nga dai gwi dai wau mat wa ai hte shi mung hprawng mat wa na she shi kara langai mi hpun kaw mahkai kau da ai da. Ju hpun kaw mahkai kau da na she shi kara singgawng mi dai kaw hkrat kau da na ning e nye kara hkum hta la kau ya re lu, nye kara gaw grai manu dan ai re. Nye kara, ngai galoi kade ya kade ning du tim ngai bai wa n htang hta la na nye kara grai manu dan ai re, hkum hta la re lu ngu tsun jang she ding ngu tsun na hprawng mat wa ai da. Num dai grai na hkra nga taw tim sanam num mung n htang wa, shi gwi mung n htang wa jang she dai shi a kara dai hpe sha sa hta la na dai ram ram manu dan ai nga gaw ngai naw wa la tawn da yu na re ngai naw wa sin da yu na ngu na dai sha hta mat wa na she dai kaw la dung taw ai da. Shi gwi hpe la taw na she shi gwi gaw kawng 7 hkraw 7 din ai shara kaw shi hpe e dai sanam num hpe sa shachyut sa kau da na shi gaw bai n htang wa ai da. Dai shaloi gaw dai gwi hte shan 2 gaw grai pyaw hkra na asak mung lawt mat re na bai du wa ma ai da. |
