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there is a woman

ǀaeki ke

there is a woman, she walked

ǀaeki ke, ha xng dyaqnn,

she goes to visit her people

ha nǃuu ǁʼaa ha nǁngǂee,

then she turns around, she sees "eqe eqe eqe eqe", someone [the ogre] comes

nǁae ǁaaǁʼng nǀaa "eqe eqe eqe eqe", ǂi saa

comes towards the woman ...

saa ǀaeki,

the woman opens (her legs)

ǀaeki nǁae ǂʼoqla,

he (the ogre) comes

ha saa,

(ogre) "hey

"ai

?, you ...

a

stink

ǂqxʼoake,

if I now, if I had now my axe

as ek nou, ng gǂusi ǃoon ki ng ǃʼoo

and my knife

nǀa ng na nǂona,

then I would take the axe, then I would chop here, I would chop there, I would chop here, I would take the knife

a nau ǀai ǃʼoo, a nau ǁkxʼoo ki a, a nau ǁkxʼoo ki a, a nau ǁkxʼoo ki a, a nau ǀai nǂona,

I (?would) cut off this rotten piece

ng ǀaa ǁhuu ǂkxʼoakesi a,

I (?would) throw (it) away

ng ǂaqbe ǁʼaa,

but I don't have them (the axe and the knife) (here with me), I must first go (back home)

maar ng ǁu ki hngke, ng ǁhaa ǂao ǁʼaa",

there (he) goes

ǁʼannʼa,

ther he stands again ? and looks around

daar staan hy weer (van en kyk hier rond,

as he looks, then (?s)he comes

as hy so kyk hier, kom hy,

hy is so stupid that he leaves behind the axe and the knife

hy is so dom, lat hy die byl en die mes agterlaat,

the woman opens (her legs)

ǀaeki nǁae ǂʼoqla,

(the ogre) comes

saa,

(ogre) "hey

"ai,

this meat

ʘoe a

it is fat

ha ǃqhuinya,

but it is rotten

maar ha ǂqxʼoaka

(it is just) a small piece that is rotten

klein stukkie he ǂqxʼoaka,

where it is small it ...

ki he ki ǂʼain nǁaa,

(it) stinks, ? the axe

ǂqxʼoaka ng ki ng (...), ǃʼoo,

chop en chop

ǁkxʼoo, ng ǁkxʼoo,

****

a nau

chop, chop

ǁkxʼoo, ng ǁkxʼoo,

I chop, I take my knife

a nau ǁkxʼoo, a nau ǀai ng nǂona,

I cut (the rotten piece) off

ng ǀaa ǁhuu,

I throw (it) away, then I eat the meat

ng ǂaqbe ǁʼaa, a nau ain ʘoe,

(ogre to woman) "wait, lie

"wag, kiinya,

I must first go and fetch my axe

ng ǁhaa ǁʼng ǀai ng ǃʼoo,

****

(...)

****

(...)

he runs away, [and when] he runs??

ǁʼannʼa, ha ǃaea nou ǃaea, ha

he ?

ha (...)

here she is, then she ...

ku ke a ku, ha nǁae

then she opens (her legs)

ha nǁaa ǁʼae (...) ǂʼoqra,

(ogre to woman:) "hii, that meat

"hii, ʘoe a

that walks

he dyaqnn,

huu, (it) is fat

huu, ǃqhuinya,

hey, fat

ai, sunn,

if I (only) had my knife

ng gǂusi ǃoon ki ng nǂona

and my axe

nǀa ng ǃʼoo,

then I would chop so, then I would chop so, then I would chop so

a nau ng ǁkxʼoo, a nau ng ǁkxʼoo, a nau ng ǁkxʼoo,

then I would cut it off

a nau ǀaa ǁhuu ki

the meat

ʘoe,

I throw (it) away

ng ǂaqbe ǁʼaa,

then I ?take the fat

a nau (...) sunn,

I go home"

ng ǁʼaru nǁang",

when he comes (back) for the third time, she is in the village

die derde maal dat hy kom, toe is hy in die stat,

(ogre) "huu

"huu,

that's indeed the village here

ǀkxʼain ke mos he a,

no

haʼa

here is the village"

ǀkxʼain ki a",

there he goes

ǁʼannʼa ha,

he flees

ha ǃhui,

(he) runs away

ǁhao ǁʼae,

?afraid

ǃaukesi

ogre

mensvreter,

the bird has whistled, my story is over and finished

voëltjie het gefluit, uit en gedaan is my storie,

ogre

mensvreter,

ogre

mensvreter,

you hear how ? say in Afrikaans

gǀa tyuu ke ng ku ng ka op Afrikaans,

yes

ja,

in Afrikaans you say

op Afrikaans sê jy

fat meat

vetvleis,

but what a pitty

maar jammer

a small piece of meat was rotten

ʼn klein stukkie vleis was vrot

its was the vagina

ǁkxʼore xa