Goesem

I will again ask a little something, (I) will ask a little something that I will ask a bit.

Hen t'ong / b'ep tal la ndoe bi / t'ong / tal / la ndoe bi / goet'ong tal noe kyoklok.

(About) a mouse and a snake.

Ndoe / goesem / ndoe wo.

The mouse is a stubborn person.

Goesem / a gurum goeb'akpe.

It is a stubborn person, since early (times).

Ni a gurum goeb'akpe / tun d'at.

The snake is a stubborn person since old times.

Wo / a gurum goeb'akpe / tun poedok.

Snakes, the snakes are different.

Wo / wo hok / a k'emk'em.

There are big ones, there are small ones.

Akwai goef'yer / akwai goekyoklok.

There is the puff-adder, the puff-adder is there.

Akwai pang / pang d'e d'i.

The python is there.

Mir d'e d'i.

The "deryil"-snake is there.

Deryil / d'e d'i.

There is the viper, the viper, the snake of the rainy season, the snake of the dry season, (they) are there.

Akwai zwam / falfe / wo p'as / wo luun / d'e d'i.

And others whose names I don't know.

Ndoe d'emde goepe / hen man s'em mûep ba.

The puff-adder is a big snake.

Pang / a wo goef'yer.

The "k'ong" snake is a small snake.

K'ong / a wo goekyoklok.

The viper is a small snake.

Zwam / a wo goekyoklok.

The "tangyim" snake is small snake.

Tangyim / a wo goekyoklok.

Mice, there are small ones, there are big ones.

Goesem / akwai moed'yen akwai moenan.

The mouse, in the past, they were together with the snake in the bush.

Goesem / mûep dok d'e a goeshak ndoe wo / ns'et.

The snake talked to the mouse, what would we do now?

Wo k'wal ndoe goesem / t'ong moe shin a nd'ang / nd'asoenoe?

You, snake?

Goe wo?

You, mouse? I heard (you), snake.

Goe goesem? Inji wo.

The snake spoke, the thing that we should do, rain is falling on our heads.

Wo kut / bi goet'ong shin men / fûaan / d'e nt'aan yi k'ek men.

Rain is finding us, (it) is beating (on) us.

Fûaan d'e nkat men yi d'e ndal men yi.

What would we do?

T'ong moe shin a nd'ang nd'ang?

What would we speak about this?

T'ong moe kut a mmoe / k'a goesek?

The snake talked (and) said, he, he doesn't have claws to dig a hole.

Wo k'wal / yin / ji / ji goe sh'oon / de-goe nhok t'uun ba.

(He) said, he doesn't have a mouth to push away earth.

Yin ji goe pûe / de-goe nt'uun yil ba.

So the mouse spoke (and) said, you, snake, I am having claws, I have a mouth.

Goesem / kut yi yin / goe / wo / hen a ngoe sh'oon / hen goe pûe.

I would--, this one, (it is) plenty (for) us amongst ourselves.

Hen t'ong-- / goennoe / a yen men nk'wak men.

I will dig the hole, (and I) will prepare (things).

Hen t'ong hok t'uun / t'ong nyap.

We, we will lie together with you (in the hole).

T'ong / t'ong moe t'oerep goeshak ndoe goe.

When I dig mine, (I) will dig yours, so that we, so that we lie in the hole, all of us.

Hen la hok mmaan / t'ong hok mmak / de moe de moe t'oerep yi nt'uun / nk'wak men.

The mouse dug dug dug the hole, (he) was removing earth.

Goesem / hok hok hok t'uun / d'e np'en yil yi.

(He) dug (and) would remove the earth, (he) dug (and) would remove the earth.

Hok t'ong p'en yil / hok t'ong p'en yil.

(He) dug, (he) finished removing the earth.

Hok / gama goe p'en yil.

The snake talked (and) said, (he) said, I try to be lying inside.

Wo hok k'wal yin / yin hen k'am goe nt'o nd'ûûn.

The snake entered.

Wo ru.

(He) lay inside.

T'o nd'ûûn.

(He) saw (that) the place was cold.

Na pe hok zoom.

(It) really pleased (him).

Shyang toe.

(It) was really good.

D'ong toe.

When he came out, (he) said, greetings to you snake, greetings for (your good) work.

Goep'et muk / yin ho goe goesem / ho goe goe shit.

The mouse said, mh.

Goesem yin mh.

(The snake) said, I would not be able (to go through) this trouble.

Yin hen t'ong b'oot / wala nnoe ba.

I would not be able (to do) this work.

Hen t'ong b'oot / shit nnoe ba.

(He) said, I thank you.

Yin hen gode poe goe.

God should give you the things that you want.

Naan goe poe goe / bi goezem goe.

The snake, when (he) would lie in the hole, ...

Wo / la t'ong t'o nt'uun...

... the snake would be coiling (himself).

...wo d'e nshyoot yi.

When (he) went (and) lay down here in the hole, (he) coiled so that (he) should lie down his head (for) once.

La mûaan doe t'a t'o nt'uun / shyoot de goe b'ûet k'a muk yi goeme.

The snake lay in the hole.

Wo t'o nt'uun.

The mouse came to enter.

Goesem / doe de-goe nru.

The snake thought (in) his head, as if someone different came to enter here.

Wo b'ûet an muk / goebi a ndoe bi goek'em / doe toe de ndoe ru.

The snake pierced, bit the mouse.

Wo / hes / at / goesem.

The mouse said, (it is) me, snake.

Goesem yi / a hen wo.

The mouse called, no, uh, the snake talked (and) said, no.

Goesem yong / kwai / uh / wo k'wal yin kwai.

(It is) not you.

A goe ba.

Who (are) you?

Goe wuroe toe?

(He) said, (it is) me, the mouse.

Yin a hen / goesem.

He rose (and) left the mouse.

Ni yool nyet goesem.

The mouse rose (and) ran.

Goesem yool su.

The mouse went (and) dug his own here, (he) lay there.

Goesem mûaan doe hok mmûûn / t'o d'i.

The snake gave--, uh, so the mouse returned (and) thought of a precaution here.

Wo / poe l-- / uh / goesem ba yi doe shin ndoe an.

When (he) did (and) prepared the door, (he) collected earth, when he had removed (the earth), (he) covered his door with it.

La shin / nyap pûepin / war yil goep'en mukhoe / hoot pûe muk nni.

The mouse was covering, uh, the snake wasn't covering his door.

Goesem / d'e nhoot / uh / wo d'e nhoot pûe muk yi ba.

The hole (of the snake) stood (in) its own way.

T'uun hok / d'yem bi muk.

There wasn't anything that covered, covered the door.

Ba ndoe bi goepe hoot / hoot pûe hok ba.

The door stood (in) its own way having been opened.

Pûe hok d'yem bi muk a goeneep.

When they would dig a hole, they, quickly, would dig, so that shey should find the snake.

Mûep la t'ong hok t'uun / mûep b'es / t'ong hok / de mûep goe kat ndoe wo yi.

When they find the snake, they, quickly, would kill him.

Mûep la kat wo / mûep b'es t'ong tu ni.

(With) the mouse (it) was the same, so that (when the snakes) saw (the mouse), they killed the mouse.

Goesem d'e kyat / de na / mûep / tu goesem.

They know that the mouse is in the hole, so that they dig (it), so that they should kill him.

Mûep man goepe goesem d'e nt'uun de mûep hok de mûep goe tu ni.

In the past, the mouse had become upset with the snake.

K'yak goesem dok dam toe ndoe wo.

(This is) it (why) they divided.

A ni toe mûep gap.

(That) made them different.

Poe ni k'emk'em.

So others of the mice ran (and) entered into the middle of town.

D'emde goesem hok / swo yi / rwo dakd'ûe lu.

Others of the snakes, because they are not able to dig holes, so they ran, too, (and) followed the mouse into the middle of town.

D'emde wo hok / nyegoepe mûep b'at / de-goe nhok t'uun ba / mûep swo yi zak / bi goesem / dakd'ûe lu.

When the mouse digs his hole, so that the snake should find (it and) enter there inside.

Goesem la hok t'uun muk / de wo goe kat yi goe ru d'i nd'ûûn.

(This is) it, so you see (why) they move around together.

A ni toe yi na yi / mûep leng goeshak.

They move around, but their mouths are not the same.

Mûep leng / amma pûe mûep goeme ba.

They have become upset with each other.

K'yak mûep a goendam ndoe sek mûep.

Because when the mouse digs a hole, the snake would return (and) enter here into the hole.

Nyegoepe goesem la hok t'uun hok / wo / t'ong ba doe ru d'i nd'ûûn t'uun hok.

So that the mouse--, uh, the snake should find the mouse (and) should prepare again (and) should bite (him).

De goes-- / uh / wo goe kat / goesem yi / goe b'ep goe / nyap goe at.

When (he) bit the mouse, when (the mouse) ran again, when (he) went to someplace, the snake would follow him.

La at / goesem la b'ep su / la mûaan ndoe pe / wo t'ong bi ni.

(This is) the thing that makes (it), you see, the mouse and the snake, they are biting people in the middle of town.

A bi goesa toe yi na / ndoe goesem / ndoe wo / mûep d'e narap mutane yi dakd'ûe lu.