Language: Northern Qiang (English translation)
Transcription: mutsit®u å tugant®u zpq-tå ¿o-lu-å:-ji. åp mupithå-ui, thzzi-tå k-ji, ÆÆ÷izzi zpq-tå ¿a-Ùa-i-ta ¿å-Ù-i.flfl thizzi k Ùza-Ùa, åp-xs-ui themle lu-zu xs-quåt de-l-wei, ¿å-Ù-i Ùopu ¿e-gi-s-tå i-phi-ki, nai tshmå we-t° s-zu xs-quåt de-t°i-le-wei, Ùopu ti-wi-s-tå i-phi-ki, nai poqu® e-khe-an de-t°i-le, thizzi t-wåÙ, å-stu-ån phux®u-ui themle-steke å-dzå-Â-i. qala-Ùa, thizzi-tå k-ji-wei, ÆÆ÷ile gue:fi-tå-ui hå-l-i mutu-lå t°e-tse-®u.flfl mutsit®u å tugant®u-ui °t°i-k'u t-nå-wei, gue:fi-tå k Ùza-Ùå zm ¿å-tshu-i, zm tu-su-i lu-ji. thizzi-ui qe:fi-tå åp mupithå thizzi oqpi p-Â mo-Ùu-uå-i, hå-l-i mutu-lå t-l-i tse-i, thpåktå, ile-steke å-stu-ån phux®u doqu-Â-k t°et°i-lå du-fu-wei, ¿å-tsi-i, pit° phu-Ùå Âi-m phux®u pe-wei. themle zpq-tå i-p-l-ike, e-t®equå de-tshe-i lu-zu-lå-hå Ùopu ti-wi-s-tå de-se-ku, tshmå we-t° s-zu-lå-hå-ui Ùopu ¿e-gi-s-tå de-se-ku, ¿å-tsi u-uå-i, ¿e-gi-s-tå-ui tshmå t-®-jy u. thizzi zå-Ù bl-dÂ-wa-uå-i, lu te-x-i104 t°iÙuå t-¬i, tshmå ¿a-xte-i z t-Âge, Âm t°he-t° Âgu i-i-ji.
Glosses: Mutsit®u COM Tugant®u earth-LOC DIR-come-PRS-CSM father(god) Mupitha-TOP 3dl-LOC thus-say 2dl earth-LOC DIR-go-2pl-if DIR-go-2pl 3dl go time-LOC father-god-TOP 3pl China.fir-seed three-bushel DIR-give-HS DIR-go-ADV mountain DIR-low(short)-NOM-LOC DIR-plant-NAR other thorn exist-GEN tree-seed three-bushel DIR-CON-give-HS mountain DIR-high-NOM-LOC DIR-plant-NAR other livestock one-hundred-kind DIR-CON-give 3dl DIR-drive.ahead one-thousand-kind wild.creatures-TOP 3pl-behind DIR-follow-CAUS-ADV separate/divide/leave-LOC 3dl-LOC thus-say-HS 2pl road-LOC-TOP DIR-look-ADV heaven-LOC NEG.IMP-look-DTV Mutsit®u COM Tugant®u-TOP heart/mind-inside DIR-good-HS road-LOC go time-LOC song DIR-sing-ADV song DIR-jump/dance-LNK come-CSM 3dl-TOP before-LOC god Mupitha 3dl one:family do-CAUS NEG-willing-because-ADV DIR-look-ADV heaven-LOC DIR-look-LNK see-HS as.a.result 3plREFL-behind one-thousand-kind wild.animals frighten-CAUS-INF everywhere-LOC DIR-flee-HS INT-this.manner-ADV now forest-LOC exist-NOM wild.animals become-HS 3pl earth-LOC DIR-arrive-come-after DIR-remember DIR-wrong-ADV China.fir-seed-DEF:one-pl mountain DIR-high-NOM-LOC DIR-sow-NAR thorn exist-GEN tree-seed-DEF:one-pl-TOP mountain DIR-short-NOM-LOC DIR-sow-NAR INT-this.manner COP-because-ADV DIR-short-NOM-LOC-TOP thorn DIR-grow-ASP COP 3dl earth-LOC do-able-very-because-ADV China.fir DIR-cut-ADV house DIR-build thorn DIR-cut.down-ADV land DIR-open humankind want-GEN grain DIR-plant-CSM
Translation: (The goddess) Mutsit®u and (the mortal man) Tugant®u wanted to come down to the earth. The god Mupitha said to them, ÆÆIf you want to go down to the earth, then go.flfl Just before Mutsit®u and Tugant®u left, Mupitha gave them three bushels of China fir seeds and instructed them to plant them on low mountains. He also gave them three bushels of seeds for thorned bushes, and instructed them to plant them on high mountains. He also gave them a hundred kinds of livestock, which they drove before them, and a thousand kinds of birds and beasts, which followed behind them. When they parted, Mupitha said to them, ÆÆWhen you are on the road, do not look back at heaven.flfl Mutsit®u and Tugant®u were extremely happy. The whole way they sang and danced as they walked. Because the god Mupitha had opposed them becoming one family before, they deliberately looked back at heaven, and the result was that they frightened the thousand kinds of birds and beasts following them, causing them to flee everywhere. In this way these animals became the wild animals now dwelling in the forests. After Mutsit®u and Tugant®u arrived on the earth, they misremembered (what Mupitha had told them to do) and sowed the China fir seeds on high mountains and the thorny bushes on low mountains. As a result, the low areas grew full of brambles and thorns. (However,) because they were very able, they cut down the China firs and built houses, and they hacked through the brambles and thorns, opening up wilderness land, and planted the grain needed by humankind.