Language: Gurung (English translation)
Transcription: (R) 1. kwiqla.. aaba..-di, rih-bar yaah-m. 2. dai tA ta-mu Hkih-e tsamiq, ngaq-e tsah-lai pi-n..* bi-maf 3. tsamiq AAma-di, 3A ta-mu, 3B gAAhqna tsauh tsauh, asurblq maaqla bah-guq, 30. rayAAq Tuhq-bo bah-uq,H bi-i# tsahmi-eq AAma-di, 4. dzahleq tsah-e aaba-di, AA. ta-m. 4B. nga-d bah-muq,n bi-i· 5· tsaq-,aB-d..pl-l. tsahmi-lai pl-di, 6, tsah-e aaba dlhq-r kha-i, 7» gAAhqna dzaga ta-di, 8. gAAhqna ta-i biriq din ngyoh-di, 9. din ngyoh-i biriq, byaa din ngyoh-i, 10. "byaa.. phalanaq dina-r ta-l.H bi-i, kya-r khe-maE samdi-maqne tA ta-dl, 11· tA ta-i biriq.. "0 ta-m syidiq," bi-i biriq, gAAhqna dzaga, ThyaaqmThiqm la-di, 12. kwE dzaga, kl-bah-di, pukhruq-le, 13· dai byaa la-i, bahtyaqr la-mu, kwiqla, 15. kwiqla, bahtyaqr ah-la kEh dzOhq-n, dehroq, dai biriq ngyohq, tsuh-iq biriq tsarb-ga.M bi-i. 13. mAAbaq-di, dzahleq mi pln4-di, kEh dzOh-baqe bAhDoq., dzOhguq phir tsuh-diq, 14. dzahleq, mAAbaq-di, kEh dzOh-baqr khOq-I, 15. khiba, khaaqDa phiri, bOhq nah-i, aaram la-i. 16. dzahleq, tshyiqn grihq liUdiq, mAAbaq-di, kEh dzOfc-1 khAAq-I. 17. dzahleq, mAAbaq-d bi-di, oq khiba,-ri-d. kEh dzOh-1 khAAq-I, dehroq kBh tsa-d." bi-i, 18, kEh dzamma, ngahq-dO matreq mu-la. 19. mAAbaq-d tsuh-diq, sOq mAAbaq-lai9 nglhq khiba-lai, la-di dai khiba-d bi-1, ah-nglhq. ngard tshyuguq maeh-i bah-i-gaq, kih-d kBh dzOh-diqf nga-d kadiq mih mepriq, bindi la-syl, la-i tshyuguq rih-bah-diq, dai kih-d kBh dzOh-diq. 20. nglhq kih tsa-duq, sOq nga tea-m.* bi-i. 21. mAAbaq-d bi-di "ah-'-ta. nga-d kanggaq maeh-bah-diq, kanggaq proh-di, mi phwi-dl, kEh dzOh-diq, nga-lai lehq duhkha ta-i. sOq nga tsa-mu, nglhq kih tsa-d.rt 22. bi-na bi-na bi-na bi-na bi-na bi-na, khaiq la-eye tsaq-maE khib-neq mAAbaq-e, tA toqi ah-taq. dzahleq khiba-d bi-di, khlbaq-e bidzaraq, "pahnahga mAhga-riq, mAAbaq, asOq ri-1 tuh-mu ,H tsaq-d bidzar la-syi, khiba baTTho ta-b la-syi, khiba-d bi-di, ftngyohq tshaa-le Ti-syi ah-taq. dehroq roq-le. 23. "pahnahga nAAhga-r, khab asOq ri-mu, tsaq-di nglhq tsa-ba, khab lili ri-mu tsaq-di sOq tsa-ba.tt bi-i. 24. dzahleq, mAAbaq-d bi-di, "ta-m didiyA* bi-i biriq, nglh-naq nglhq-n roq-di. 25. dzahleq, pahnahga nAhga-ri khibaq-e saE-ri, "mAAbaq asOq ri-yAq, mAAbaq nglhq tsa-maqla, nga sOq tsa-maqla.lf bi-ba, mAAbaq-e saE-ri, "khiba asOq ri-yAq, khiba nglhq tsa-maqla, nga sOq tsa-maqla.H bi-i. tshaa bi-i biriq, Ti-na, Ti-na, Ti-na, Ti-na, roq-ma, roq-ma, khiba mAAbaq, phoqdE ta-syeriq syi-yaah-i. 26 · dzahleq, sO-gaEq-ma, nAAqsa-r baqe mlh kha-i. 27* *tiyA, tsaq khib neq mAAbaq, tiyA sO-gaEq ta-dl, balru ah-tOh. toq ta-e?M bi-i biriq, ngyOh-n-di. 28. la-ma, khibaq-e syi-yaah-na, mAAbaq-e syi-yaah-na. bAAhDo-ri kBh ngafxq-DO mu-na. 29. dzahleq, nAAqsa-r baqe mih-dzaga-di, tsaq khib neq mAAbaq la-di, gaa&Daq-r bo-yaah-i. 30. gaahDaq-r bo-1 biriq, khrO-bar khOq-I, sylq dzaga, dzOh-Iq biriq, yuqma-e bAAqnu dzOh-Iq biriq, tsaq khib neq mAAbaq la-di, khiba-lal prihUdi, mAAbaq-lai koh, thB-I biriq, khrO-bar khOq-I. 31. saqla-r, syi-yaah-ba.e syinuq, mi salbi-di-ma, rtathuqH bi-i biriq, phaqri yaah-i. 32. mAAbaq. dzahleq, khiba-lai salbi-di-i, khibaq-e, athuq" bi-i biriq, phaqri yaah-i. 33· satteq dzuga-r baqe mih ta-na, syi-yaah-le bileya pheqrl soq-i. 34. dai, nAAqsa-r baqe mih-d ngywiq-di, "keh-maE toq ta-la?" "tshaa ta-baq,M bi-ma, "ngi khib neq mAAbaq-di, nAAqsa-uleq tshaa-le kanggaq maeh bah-la, tshyuguq maeh bah-i. kEh dzOh-laq, kEh dzamma ngahq-DO mareq ta-di, bread bake-past bread all five-class only be-past tsa-d.f bi-ba, kihba-d bi-ma, 'kih nglhq tsa-duq, nga sOq tsa-m.! bi-ba, tshaa bi-na bi-n, Ti-na Ti-n, ngi toq ta-baqe thaa ah-yO //.*'
Glosses: some father-agt ask-purp go-pres then talk be-pres you-of daughter I-of son-to give-imp say-ptc daughter mother-agt OK-pres Jewelry so-much so-much rupee-necklace necklace bring-imp gold-bracelet six-class bring-imp say-past daughter-of mother-agt f, then son-of father-agt OK-pres I-agt bring-pres say-past that-pl-agt give-past daughter-to give-agt son-of father house-to come-past Jewelry pi be-past jewelry be-past after day look-past day look-past after wedding day look-past wedding particular day-on be-past say-past there-at self-of (child1s father-in-law)-with talk be-past talk be-past after OK OK-pres emp say-past after Jewelry pi arrangements do-past clothes pi get-bring-past Pokhara-from then wedding do-past feast do-pres some some feast not-do bread bake-imp now next after ve(incl) divide-past after eat-ger-be say-past (old woman)-agt (after that) fire blov-paet bread bake-of container tripod on place-past (after that) (old woman)-agt bread bake-purp begin-past (old man) bed upon strength rest-past rest do-past (after that) moment one later (old woman)-agt bread bak^-past finish-past (after that) (old woman)-agt say-past 0 (old man) arise-imp bread bake-past finish-past now bread eat-imp say-past bread all five-class only is-past (old-woman)-agt divide-agt three (old-woman)-for two (old man)-for do-past then (old man)-agt say-past not-be I-agt butter search-past bring-past-? you-agt bread bake-past I-agt (how many) man with request do-ptop do-past butter ask-bring-past then you-agt bread bake-past two you eat-imp three I eat-pres say-pas* (old woman)-agt say-past not-be I-agt (rice fragments) search-bring-past (rice fragments) grind-past fire light-pa%t bread bake-past I-for much difficulty be-past three I eat-pres two you eat-imp say-oont say-cont say-cont say-cont eay-cont say-cont dispute do-ptcp that-pl (old man)-with (old woman)-of conversation any not-be then (old man)-agt say-past (old man)-of thought tomorrow morning-in (old woman) early arise-inf must-pres that-agt thought do-ptcp (old man) clever be-ger do-ptcp (old man)-agt say-past we thus-adv stay-ptcp not-be now sleep-hort tomorrow morning-In who first arise-pres that-agt two eat-ger who later arise-pres that-agt three eat-ger say-past then (old woman)-agt say-past OK-pres emp say-past after two-group two-group sleep-past then tomorrow morning-in (old man)-of mind-in (old woman) early arise-lf (old woman) two eat-? I three eat-? say-ger (old woman)-of mind-in (old man) early arise-if (old man) two eat-? I three eat-? say-past thus say-past after stay-cont stay-cont stay-cont stay-cont sleep-pres sleep-pres (old man) (old woman) hunger be-ptcp die-go-past then three-days-in village-in of people come-past today that (old man) and (old woman) today thr#e-days be-past outside not-emerge what happen-dub say-past after look-go-past do-ptc (old man)-emp die-go-past (old woman)~emp die-go-past vessei-in bread fire-class be-past then village-in of people-pl-agt that (old man) and (old woman) do-past oemfetery-to take-go-past cemetery-to take-past after burt-purp begin-past wood pi place-past after stone-of wall place-past after that (old man) and (old woman) do-past (old man)-to below (old woman)-to above put-past after burn-purp begin-past (old times)-in dle-go-of corpse fire Ignite-Nep-ptc ouch say-past after up go-past (old woman) then (old man)-to ignite-Nep-p*ast (old man)-also ouch say-past after up go-past early age-in of people be-past die-go-adv if again live-past then village-in of people-agt ask-past you-pl what be-past thus be-ger say-ptc we (old man) and (old woman)-agt village-from thus-adv (rice fragments) search bring-past butter search bring-past (old woman)-agt say-ptc I three eat-pres you two eat-imp say-ger (old man)-agt say-ptc you two eat-imp,fam I three eat-pres say-ger thus say-cont say-cont atay-cont stay-cont we what be-of knowledge not-available
Translation: Free Translation; The Old Man and the Old Woman 1. Once upon a time, in Nepal, there lived an old man and an old woman in such and such a village, 2. They didnft have any children. 3. The old man and the old woman were extremely poor. 4. They did not have any fields. 5. They did not have any brothers, 6. Only by going around the village begging could they have food to eat. 7. One day they brought some small rice grain chips which they had begged for round the village, 8, Then the old woman began to grind the rice. 9. The old man went round the village begging for butter, 10. In just a little while the old woman had finished grinding the rice. 11. At the moment she finished grinding the rice the old man arrived at their house. 12. He said, "Listen old woman, I, from the village have sought and brought the butter. You therefore must bake some bread. Then we can share the bread and eat it." 13. So the old woman blew the fire into life and put the bread-baking pan on the tripod. 14. Then the old woman set about to bake the bread. 15. The old man rested on the bed. 16. In a little while the old woman had finished baking the bread. 17. Then the old woman said "OhI old man; get up. The bread is finished baking, so now eat it!" 18, In all there were only five rolls. 19, The old woman divided three for herself and two for the old man, but then the old man said, "This shouldn't be. I brought the butter after searching for it. You only baked the bread. How many men did I have to greet begging for that butter. You (only) baked the bread. 20. You eat two, I will eat three." 21. The old woman replied, H0h no! I sought for the rice chippings; I ground the rice; I blew the fire into life; I baked the bread; I had all the difficult work to do, therefore three I will eat, two you can eat. 22. In this way they continued arguing, but nothing was solved. But then the old man had a thought - tomorrow morning the old woman shall rise first. Thus thinking he became cunning and said, M¥e shouldn't stay this way. Let us sleep, and the one who rises later can eat three." 24. M0K,W said the old woman, and so they both went to sleep. 25. The next morning the old man said to himself, "If the old wom^tn rises first, three I will eat, two the old woman will eat." The old woman was saying to herself, "if the old man riaes first, he will have two and I'll have three." So saying they stayed (neither getting up) . With such hunger in them, they died. 26. In three days the people of the village came. 27· "it's now three days since the old man and the old woman have come outside; what's happened?" So asking, they looked in. 28. And so they found the old man dead and the old woman dead, and five rolls in the pan. 29 · The people of the village took the old man and the old woman to the cremation place. 30. At the cremation place, having laid some wood and kindling on a stone platform, they set about to burn them. The old man they placed below and the old woman on top. Then they set the pyre alight. 31. In forme; times, when a dead body caught alight, it said, "OuchJ" and sat up. 32. (Thus) the old woman (did). Then the old man caught alight, and he too said, "Ouch, and sat up. 33. In the early days there were people cremated who came back to life. 34. Then the people of the village asked, "What happened to you?" They said, "It happened like this. We, an old man and an old woman, begged rice fragments and butter around the village. The old woman made bread--it was only five rolls--and said, 'I will eat three, you eat two.1 The old maa said, 'You eat two; I will eat three.' We went on and on, arguing and sitting, and we didn't know what was happening.