Deñ eánti aâ nnäpa nhunu owuáoKaneá teáte noá, naá anka Owuáo nnä hõá. Sñ onäpa nyinä aâ, õwõ hõá aára aâ, naá õadaáne abõfraá bäem. Saaá beárñ yä muá noá, naá Owuáo te akyärikyiri baabä wõ wuáram too aâ obä nhaá no na õnoá náso nhaá obä.Ñbaáaà sñâ daá bä õbõmmõfoáõ bä kõõ ahaáyõ. Ïnaám, naám no, õkõfäriì Owuáo akuraáa. Ïduáruuà hõá noá, naá anomaáa koáraa nnä hõá, eánti õwuraáa daán muá kõfaáaà Owuáo aáhüdeñ muá deñ õbñátuàmä kyekyeáreeà de baáaà fäe. Ïbñáduruuà fäe noá, ankyñá koáraa na Owuáo neá ne yeáre náso firi afuáom baáaàeñá. Wõbñáduru akuraáa aákõàwuára wõán daán muá aâ, wõán aáhüdeñ muá fæé kñseáñ noá aára nnä hõá. Eénti Owuáo see ne yeáre sñâ: "Fa asaaseá yä fæé na meá náso meámfa fæé na yñánhwñ sñâ yñbñáhunu yñán nnoáõma yä anaáa." Eénti wõn baáaànuá nyinaáa de hwee soá. Owuáo aánkasa naám fæé na ne yeáre náso naám fæé. Owuáo naám, naám noá, õkõfäriì kuroá kñseáñ bä soá. N'anä bõõ soá pñ, õsomaá kõõ ñhõá heáne nkyñán sñâ: "Meá nnoáõma bä ayeára na mo muá deñ õafaá no, máfa máma me." Asñám yä yññ kuroá noá muáfoõ noá aboáfuo sñâ õabñáto wõn soá. Eénti wõsomaá kõkæé kyerñáñà no sñâ, neá hwee nnä wõn nkyñán, eánti õányñ ntñám máfiri kuroá noá muá hõá nákõ. Owuáo seá õretwentwñán ne naán aseá kakraá noá, na mmaaá guá no soá. Ñénna Owuáo seá: "Deñ moayñá me yi náti, merebñtwøé õmaán yä nyinaáa asüé." Prñákü pñá na õfäriì aseáñ toáoà
dwoám yä sñâ:
N'anoá siiñ pñ, na kuroá noá muáfoõ nyinaáa awuáwu. Ïde no saaá aára kõsäì sñâ õkõtoáoà kuroá aâ ñtwaá toáõ wõ õmaán noá muá soá. (Ayñ, 1978: 49-50) |
Why people didn't know deathIn the olden days, there was no Death. When someone grew old, he stayed there, and he was turned into a child again. In those times, Death lived far away somewhere in the deep bush and nobody disturbed him and he, too, he didn't disturb anybody.One day, it happened that a hunter went hunting.
When he walked and walked, he came to the village of Death. When he arrived
there, no bird was there (= the place looked deserted), so he got into
the house and took from Death's property what he could get hold of and
returned home. When he arrived there, soon after Death and his wife also
returned from their farm. As they arrived in the village and entered their
house, a huge part of their property wasn't there anymore. So Death told
his wife: "Pass here to search and me, too, I'll pass there and we'll see
whether we'll find our belongings." So both of them hastened to find their
property again. Death himself searched an area and his wife, too, another
one.
When Death walked and walked, he started with a big town. Straightaway he sent someone to the king: "Some of my belongings are lost and one of you has taken it, give it to me!" This matter made the town people angry that he turned on them like this. Therefore, they sent for him and told him that his property wasn't with them, so he should quickly go out of town. When Death said that he'd linger a bit, they flogged him. Then Death said: "Because of what you did to me, I'm going to punish the whole country." All of a sudden he began to sing this song:
He had hardly stopped singing, and all town people were dead. He continued doing the same until he reached the last town in the country. |