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and I started in the middle, Saksak

rō nam stat kore ōr nga ru bur Saksak

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something, it's beginning is still there

atiri , bwiriri en mweran ru bwe

start it

gob statne

then I will restart it right

rō enab stat sene mōn bwe

this child, oh I am starting it again now

lobungbung gole , ah eru nam stat liline mōn bwe ngele

this child, the two of them lived like that (father and son), he went tot the coast and caught a fish

lobungbung gole go lom so mwiir la rō mean mean leree rō mean se myaalo hol

it was running and coming, and that fish is called pink squirrelfish (holocentrinae spp.)

ru muko me rō myaalo gola isan nge hulmal

and he saw a victory leaf (cordyline terminalis) stuck on that fish's head.

rō mwesee li ale hol mōtōb ru lan barin myaalo gola

He just reached out and snapped that victory leaf, then took (it) and went and planted (it) at the side of their house

mwikii nga van rō towe li ale gola rō muuri rō van bya muru lan siem ne gelalō

The two of them lived now and his father was looking for pigs for a ceremony

Ale lom bwiri so siir van ō teman ru mōbyōsol

he was looking for pigs for a while and that victory leaf was already growing at the side of their house like that

ru mōbyōsol van a li ale gola mu ru myumyul bur lan siem ne gelalō mwiir la

he tried to find a pig but did not get one

mōbyōbyōsol se van fono tolo tu buuri fwerfaar rō hol

the he said

ngarō mwigile

"father you go and go and take

" tita ego an rō van uri

go and pull out one leaf of my victory leaf, then put it in your bark belt"

van sake sok lo ale rō hol ngarō suolne butu "

then you go and ask for pigs with it by your side

rō go an byōsol lan

his father did not hear well, then he went and went and snapped the victory leaf tree

an taata molongto tebai ngarō mean rō van towe li ale nga

he broke (it) and he took (it)

towe bur rō uri

he put it in his bark belt and went and was asking for pigs like this, and he went and took

suolne muru mean ru mōbyōsol mwiir le rō van uri

went and took a pig

van uri fwerfaar

he came and asked "father, did you take a pig?"

meme o meme usi " taata om uri fwerfaar hol ?"

"yes, I took a pig"

" i-i nam uri fwerfaar hol "

he ran to the side of their house, and to his surprise he went and saw that

muko van siem ne gelalō fono van se go

he had destroyed his victory leaf, he broke it

mwebamne san li ale ru bur , mo motowe

"father, I did not say to break this victory leaf tree"

" tita natlo gile go gile go towe li ale gole "

"I said you should pull off just one leaf"

" nam gile go gile gon sake lore rō hol nga "

"you have spoiled me"

" om bamne nō "

he went and stood by that victory leaf and was singing

mean rō van sob nga ru lon bon li ale gola rō ru mokolier

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lelembo taringko lemboare

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o van ru van ru nga lemboar

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tina tina tina ee nima sele kona ee

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weane mōlōne romindom

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taur te malingi awewe aiee sere ni ee

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we natin we natin boare taran gonggo aweye

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roror mwesale nga endu nga oo

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leng koro o leni ee

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hmm

then like that, he was sinking there, sinking into the ground

nga mwingar la ru mosorol la , mosorol van fan

he went and held that pig

mwigile mean rokone fwerfaar gola

came and said "child, you take this boar, it is for your victory leaf"

me mwile " lobungbung go uri niri bo gole bwee ten sam li ale "

"no, father this is your piglet here for the namangki ceremony"

" meei tita am niri bo ngela be ten sa mage "

he sang again

mokolier mōn

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lelembo taringko lemboare

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o van ru van ru nga lemboar

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tina tina tina ee nima sele kona ee

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weane mōlōne romindom

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taur te malingi awewe aiee

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sere ni ee we natin we natin

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boare taran gonggo aweye

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roror mwesale nga endu nga oo leng koro

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leni ee

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hmm

he sunk and moved again

mosorol loloō mōn

he did like that for some time, this child sank down

mwiyene mwiir la van van van , lobungbung gole mosorol van

down and up to his neck here

fan mean nok ru ne miren le

he said "father, look over there, see the fruit birds there, they are swarming"

gile " tita ob kulō van i rō se bail ne woye gola bwe ru lam rumro "

he just looked and to his surprise

mwibwiri kulōne fono

he had drowned, he was just lost

toron fono van selaal nga

then it is finished now

ngarō monok nga ngela

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mwibwiri ak

he just, he tried to spear a sharp stick, but it just hit stone

mwibwiri ak , bwiri aken van fyaase , mōōsa vyor nga

he cried and cried and cried then he cried himself to death

nga mwirang rang rang ngarō bweba ne meran mōtōb ngarō mimier