f99Dreep

Behold, (here) is a story about a girl who, behold, (here) she is with (her) father and (her) mother.

Ndoe aram na nd'e / k'a ndoe / reep / goefe ni nd'e ndoe nda ndoe nûûn muk.

The girl was truly beautiful.

Reep hok d'ong nye goed'emen.

She has grown up (and) was (now old) enough (to) marry.

Ni f'yer k'e d'ik.

(She) wanted, her people wanted that she should go (for) marriage.

Zem / moegurum muk zem de ni / goe mûaan d'ik yi.

But (she) said, she doesn't want a man who has a scar on his body, only a person who doesn't have a scar on his body, (only) a young man who doesn't have a scar on his body, before she (would) marry him.

Amma / yin doe zem ndoe / gurum goemis / goepe ni goe b'ool nsek muk mou / sai a gurum goepe b'ool wan nsek muk / la swaal goepe b'ool wan nsek muk / nkyem de ni d'ik ni yi.

Okay, they sat (and waited), when this boy came out, (he) had a scar on his body, when that young man came out, (he) had a scar on his body, she wasn't able to--, marry him, because every young man who came to her, he had a scar on his body.

To / mûep t'wot / la goesoe la p'et / goe b'ool nsek muk / la swaal goesoe la p'et / goe b'ool nsek muk / ni b'oot de-goe n-- / d'ik ni ba / nyegoepe / ko-la swaal goefe la doe de muk / ni goe b'ool nsek muk.

Okay, her father said, now, would she not marry anybody?

To / nda muk yin nd'asoenoe pa t'ong d'ik ndoe gurum ba a?

Is she waiting only just for a young man who has no scar on his body?

Pa d'e t'ong k'ang sai a la swaal goepe b'ool wan nsek muk kûût a?

(She) said, only a beautiful young man who doesn't have a scar on his body.

Yin sai a la swaal goed'ong / goepe b'ool wan nsek muk.

They sat (and waited) another day.

Mûep t'wot t'at nde.

Behold, (here) she sat, then she found a snake, a snake had just turned (into a human being) (in) its own way.

Ni nt'ong kûût / sai ni / kat / ndoe wo / ndoe wo / yir bi ji kûût.

(It) had changed (and) turned (into) an adult human being (lit., a person with a black head).

P'iring yir gurum k'a goetep.

(It) stood up here (as) a very beautiful young man.

Yool d'yem b'ak la swaal goed'ong sosai.

(He) arranged (his) clothes, (and he) put (them) on his body.

Nyap le / loe nsûûn ji.

(He) returned back (and) entered here into their compound.

Wa doe ru nlu mûep.

Behold, (here) she is, she had climbed (and) moved around up to collect things on the barn.

Ni nt'ong / ni haan lang goet'eng de-goe nwar le / k'a p'aar.

Then she saw the boy (and he) moved around over there (and) returned back (and) arrived there inside (the compound).

Sai ni na la hok lang pûanang wa wul d'i nd'ûûn.

(She) jumped and came down on the ground.

P'aar goe t'a nyil.

(She) came out (and) sat down (and) rolled.

P'et t'a t'ong b'iring.

Then her mother rose (and) came, (she) said, how terrible, her daughter has died.

Sai nûûn muk / yool doe / yin wayyo reep doe muut.

(The daughter) said, her daughter has not died.

Yin reep doe ba muut ba.

(She) said, her daughter has not died.

Yin reep pa muut ba.

(She) said, her daughter has seen, this very day, her daughter has seen the man she wants.

Yin reep pa na / shini nnoe reep pa na a mis goezem doe.

She has already seen the man that she wants.

Doe na mis goezem doe d'emt'ei.

The man, just let them return home today, this one is the man that she wants.

A mis t'ong du yok kûût shini / goennoe a mis goezem doe toe.

Her father said, hey.

Nda muk yin hai.

Now wait awhile.

D'yem d'em nkyem.

Let him (that he) should come back, so that we discuss the matter.

Poe ni goe wa doe de moe shin k'wal yi.

(She) said, whatever you say, I have already seen the person I want, I (will) marry him, I shall return home with him.

Yin ko la gu k'wal a mmoe / hen riga na gurum goezem noe / hen d'ik ni / hen nwa ndoe ni.

When this friend returned back (and) entered here, they gave him a place (and he) sat down.

Goewa mûai nnoe doe ru / mûep poe ni pe t'a t'ong.

(He) had sat down himself, (and then) her people greeted him.

T'a mmuk t'ong lat / moegurum muk tal tal ndoe ni.

(He) said, he arrived because of the girl, because he wants her. The girl said, don't they talk to him (like this).

Yin ji wul a de reep nyepe ji zem ni. Reep hok yi kede nwa boek'wal a k'wal ndoe ni mou.

She would arrange her things, (and) they shall just return hume with him, because this very day, she has found her husband.

T'ong doe nyap le doe t'ong du nyok ndoe ni kûût / nyepe doe kat mis doe shini nnoe.

Her father said, okay, he does not refuse.

Nda muk yin to ji nyang ba.

The thing that he wants, let him (and he) should lie (down) first.

Bi goezem ji / poe ni goe t'o nkyem.

When the day breaks, she should prepare some gruel, (she should) return and form balls (out of the food).

B'it la lin / pa goe nyap / hura / ba goe b'iling.

When the day breaks, (and) when the gruel has broken (into pieces), okay, she would not return home with the man.

B'it la lin / hura hok la p'yaram / to / pa t'ong wa / ndoe mis hok ba.

But, but, uh, when the gruel is there (in) its own way unspoiled, they would return home together with him.

Amma / amma / uh / hura hok la d'e bi muk daidai / nwa t'ong yok goeshak ndoe ni.

The girl rose now, (she) looked for millet, (she) returned (and) pounded (it) here, (she) arranged everything, (she) made gruel.

Reep hok yool nd'asoenoe / tang maar / ba doe tu / nyap / dip / shin hura.

(She) formed the gruel into balls (and) lay (them) down inside a calabash, many (of them), (she) moved (the calabash) aside (and) set (it) down.

B'iling hura d'ûe nd'ûûn d'a ngam / ter d'u.

(She) rose at the break of dawn, (she) looked here, (she) found here the gruel was here as if (she) hadn't prepared any gruel yesterday.

Yool goek'a goeb'it / doe sh'ang / doe kat hura d'e b'ak goebi / dyen nyap hura ba.

(It) had broken (into pieces), all (of it), (and it) scattered into the calabash.

P'yaram dip fu nd'ûûn d'a.

Immediately, (she) prepared gruel (and) again made (it into) balls, made (it into) balls, made (it into) balls, (she) prepared (it and) lay (it) down.

Nan da nan / nyap hura b'ep b'iling b'iling b'iling / nyap d'ûe.

Her father came out (and) saw (it) here. Her father said, you have prepared this gruel on this very day.

Nda muk p'et doe na. Nda muk yin pa nyap hura nnoe a shini nnoe.

(He) said, she would not return home. She just refused, everything, (she) said, she would just return home with her husband.

Yin pa t'ong wa ba. Ni nyang kûût dip / yin t'ong doe wa ndoe mis hok kûût.

(He) said, okay, she should return home.

Yin / to / pa goe wa.

(She) rose (and) took the road, they returned home with the man.

Yool ya wakaam hok / mûep yok / ndoe mis hok.

The man took her (and) lay (her) down in front (i.e., made her walk ahead).

Mis hok lap ni b'ûet ntyem.

They moved around returning home, they moved around returning home.

Mûep leng t'ong yok yi / mûep leng t'ong yok yi.

Then the man said, let him (so that) he (can) enter into the bush (to urinate).

Sai mis hok yin poe ji ji ru nk'ong lu.

(He) stepped aside (and) entered into the bush.

Nep ru nk'ong lu.

When (he) came out (again), uh, uh, the hat that had hung on his head had come off (and) fallen (down).

La p'et / uh / uh / hula goelang nk'a muk p'et t'a.

(She) said, his hat had come off (and) fallen (down).

Yin / hula gwa p'et t'a b'e.

The friend said, she should leave (it) there.

Mûai yin pa goe nyet d'i.

They passed (and) returned home.

Mûep d'oeleng yok.

(She) said, his robe had come off (and) fallen (down).

Yin riga gwa p'et t'a b'e.

(He) said, she should leave (it) there.

Yin pa goe nyet d'i.

(She) said, his trousers had come off (and) fallen (down), (they) would come off his waist. (He) said, he should leave (them) there. (He) said, she should leave (them) there. Oh no.

Yin wando gwa p'et t'a b'e / t'ong p'ûat mb'uun gwa b'e. Yin gwa goe nyet d'i. Yin pa goe nyet d'i. A'a.

They moved aside (and) went further.

Mûep ter ya nkyem.

Then she saw a snake, (it) rolled, (it) had become big, (it) shone brightly (and) returned back (and) arrived.

Sai ni na wo / b'iring / f'yer / myalap wa wul.

When (it) rose, (she) said, where is her husband? He should come, (she) said, behold, (there) is a snake. (He) said, she should not cry, (it is) him, her husband.

D'a yool / yin mis doe d'e nnang? Gwa goe doe / yin wo nd'e. Yin kede pa boewal ba / a ji toe mis pa hok.

(It is) him, her husband (****). (It is) him, her husband, they (should) return home.

A ji mis pa hok (???). A ji toe mis pa hok / du yok.

This time (she) moved around trembling in front of the snake.

Lang d'em t'ong d'aar yi nkyem / wo.

They went out (and) returned home (and) came to the bottom of a tree.

Mûep p'ûat yok doe ngoede / t'eng.

The snake took her here under the tree.

Wo doe lap ni / goede t'eng.

(He) coiled (around) her, (he) coiled (around) her, (he) coiled (around) her, (he) put (her) under the tree.

Shyoot ni / shyoot ni / shyoot ni / loe ngoede t'eng.

Death wasn't there.

Muut / d'e d'i ba.

(She) did more than two, three days.

Shin b'it wushe vel k'un.

The snake was waiting so that she should die.

Wo d'e nk'ang de ni goe muut yi.

She didn't die.

Ni muut ba.

Then the person who cuts grass (for) her father's horses, (he) went and did--, into the leaves (for) horses to be harvested.

Sai gurum goeharam goeshing nda muk / mûaan goe shin-- / nyim goeshing goenharam.

(He) went (and) found here, (he) was cutting, cutting grass (for) the horses. Then she saw the person who cuts grass (for) her father's horses.

Mûaan doe kat / d'e t'ong haram / haram yim goeshing. Sai ni na / gurum goeharam goeshing nda muk hok.

The name of the person was Bajeri.

S'em gurum hok a Bajeri.

Then she raised her voice.

Sai ni eep d'ûe muk.

(She) sang.

Mang gya.

(She) said:

Yin:

Bajeri, oh, Bajeri.

Bajeri o Bajeri.

Bajeri, servant of (my) father.

Bajeri bawan baba.

Bajeri, servant of (my) mother.

Bajeri bawan mama.

If you go home, greet (my) father.

In ka je gida ka gai da baba.

If you go home, greet (my) paternal aunt.

In ka je gida ka gai da gaggo.

Here I am together with a snake at the foot of a baobab tree.

Ga ni tare da maciji a gindin kuka.

Then Bajeri, however, answered (to) her:

Sai Bajeri lap zak poe ni:

How (does this) concern Bajeri?

Ina ruwa na Bajeri?

How (does this) concern Bajeri?

Ina ruwa na Bajeri?

You, you wanted men who were beautiful.

Ke kika so maza masu kyau.

You, you rejected men who were ugly.

Ke kika k'i maza masu muni.

Bajeri cut (for) his houses, his leaves, (he) rose (and) returned home.

Bajeri / haram goeshing ji / yim ji / yo wa.

(He) went home and told (it to) the father of the girl.

Wa goe-goe t'em poe / nda / reep hok.

Bajeri returned (and) repeated, the girl, uh, (he) repeated the song that she, the girl tried hard to do for him.

Bajeri ba b'ep / reep / uh / b'ep k'wal gya goepe ni / reep hok goe-goe shin / nji.

(He) said, he stood cutting leaves to give, (to) return with them (to) the horses, then he heard a song (that) started under a tree.

Yin ji d'yem t'ong ji haram / yim yi de-goe npoe / wa nni goeshing / sai ji k'oeleng gya t'a ngoede t'eng.

Bajeri, oh, Bajeri.

Bajeri o Bajeri.

Bajeri, servant of (my) father.

Bajeri bawan baba.

Bajeri, servant of (my) mother.

Bajeri bawan mama.

If you go home, greet (my) father.

In ka je gida ka gai da baba.

If you go home, greet (my) paternal aunt.

In ka je gida ka gai da gaggo.

Here I am together with a snake at the foot of a baobab tree.

Ga ni tare da maciji a gindin kuka.

Bajeri, however, answered again, he answered (to) her.

Bajeri zak lap zak-yit / lap ji poe ni.

How (does this) concern Bajeri?

Ina ruwa na Bajeri?

How (does this) concern Bajeri?

Ina ruwa na Bajeri?