ap_cs_saraputu

Kapisitu toneo.

Kapis(i)tu toneo.

Keredongau.

Keredongau.

At one place.

Pa magnigha la.

Two brothers, they were staying with their mother.

Edo tonetoe, / tova mama kaka te, / pale sualo.

Their father had already died.

To mau na ka avei.

One day while they were staying there, the big brother went up to the bush.

Pa manga la to patu / lo duzi tone, / na / ghoghoana la boi.

The name of the big brother was Dukiputu.

Lo duzi tone lo ninie, / Dukiputu.

The name of the small one was Saraputu

Lo / gnari lova ninie, / Saraputu.

While the small one stayed at home, bonito splashed around.

Kelo gnari na, / magnigha la patu, / melo na ghoghoi.

He saw it and had a strong desire.

Telo leghea telo aghozu.

And he lifted the canoe belonging to him and his brother and put it seawards, and he draws his brother's bamboo on which he had put a tabu, and he went and fished bonito with it.

Telo lova / tone tova m- mola / sakeli kulo soloa telo; / lova tone lova; / tabuali sua lova / ghau / bo roilia telo; / melo bo lo la ghavilighue.

Going from bushwards coming out seawards ten fall into the canoe.

Kaotu / kulo avua lo, / atalegha na / pale / mola la, / taui.

Then from seawards coming out bushwards ten fall.

Telo kulotu / kao avua lo atalegha na taui.

Then he came and turned around and from the middle coming out along the coast ten fell inside.

Telo ba piliza telo n- / ghobu latu mala; / avua lo, / atalegha na pale taui.

Then he turned around and also coming out on the upward side ten fell.

Telo bo / piliza telo ghoi tagha papale la bo avua lo atalegha na taui.

Then his thoughts said: "It's enough now."

Te lo ghanaghana na teizu: / Ka mananae, lo na.

I'll go ashore.

Tegne ka ka.

Spoke and then he went ashore.

Tei tulola lo ka kaghue lo na.

Went ashore and he divided and gave the bonito to the people of his village, and he took his mother's share and went and put it in their kitchen.

Ka te lova / magnigha lo lo(va) mapagha / lo melo nogholi lamemi telo / lo mama kova nogho laua telo; / bo zeva / kuro sua tuvi la / bo lovughue.

Then the fishing bamboo, he took his brothers fishing bamboo, and put it properly at its place again.

Telo gha- lova tone lo ghau laua telo; lova lavu la ghoi lovu seralizu.

But he had broken it, he had cracked it.

Zu / qololi zelo; / bozalili zelo.

And he was frightened because of the breaking of his father's, ei, his brother's bamboo.

Zu dada zelo, / lova m- mau lova / ei lova tone lova / e / ghau lova / qololighu la.

And his thoughts said: "When my brother comes back he will chide me" said.

Telo lo ghanaghana na tei: Elakati ai(va) tone lo ba kialo ka gnakaghaze tai tei.

Then he went (and) put it back at its place and as he stayed his brother came back.

Telo bo n- / lova lavu la, / lovua telo / patulo / lo(va) tone na, / zabazu.

Then he looked around, his father, e, his brother, Dukiputu saw that his bamboo was wet.

Telo qele keva lo mau e lo to- lova tone na / Dukiputu na lova ghau leghealo te bonazu.

Then he said: "And who's bamboo did you take to paddle with, mine or who's?" said.

Telo tei: Saraputu; / zu ai lova ghau no na te lau lo la ghavi; / agni bo ai tei.

"Your bamboo, and I am guilty, brother.

Ka lo no no ghau; z- zu kibo zegne tone.

I broke it.

Qololi zegne.

The bonito took it and took it and it broke."

Melo na laua telo lau telo, / bozalizazu.

"Man,

Pio.

And who ordered you to take it?

Zu lo ai lo(va) naqighu lano te laui.

That is why I forbid for anyone to touch it." said.

Lo la tegne te / zovealizu sikalo pa na taboliale tei.

"You see, you are guilty now.

Leghei no kiboghue.

Go now today.

Bua kama ailo ivaghu la.

Any place you know you go and cut and bring the exact replacement of this bamboo.

Alalia no lolomi sua lo mavutu la no bo aiko ghau kova; / tugha toa no bo dukuli lau ba.

Then Saraputu doesn't know what to do.

Telo, / Saraputu na, / ghanali lau sasi.

Then Dukiputu said: "Go.

Telo Dukiputu n(a) tei: Bua.

If you don't bring my bamboo's replacement I will kill you today" he said.

Ghomano / ai ghau tugha lau / tai tei kia, / ailo ivaghu lagne nali sone tai tei.

Then he went to his mother and told her: "Mama I am guilty."

Tulola, / Saraputu lova / lo mama bo / kaka savuli: / Mama kibo zegne.

My brother's, I broke my elder brother's bamboo.

Ai tone lova ai duzi tone lova / ghaugne / qololizu.

It cracked.

Bozaliza zelo.

Then he demands that I go and cut the change of this bamboo.

Telo kekeagnizu tegne ailo lova / a / ghau lo tugha m- / bo / dukuli tei.

And he told me that the bamboo was not from behind (bushwards of) our place, but it was a bamboo that floated ashore, and he saw it, liked it and took it, he said.

Zu gnakalo savuli; / ghoma / ata / mai magnigha la kao / lau sua te vejie; zu lo sara sua veji lo te / lo na leghe matali te laui tei.

That is what he told me, I have to go, the change, where the bamboo came from.

Teighu lalo / tei gnaka savuli tegne ka bo lo tugha alalia lo m- / veji lo batu otagne bo.

Take the exact replacement he said.

Lo tugha toa lau tei.

If not my brother will kill me he said.

Ghoma tei kia, / ai tone na ekati gnali sogne tai tei.

And his mother said: "OK my child.

Te lo mama kon(a) tei: / Daisa patulo m- / ai zuba.

Go prepare your belongings and then you come take your provisions.

Bo nova ghanaghana manamanalia zeno ba ailo no laghaso / lau.

Then you try to follow your brothers thought.

Zeno / tovoalighue nova tone lova / ghanaghana salaghu.

Said and then the small, the small boy went already.

Tei tulola lo / gnari / lo gnari koko lova ka boghue.

Saraputu.

Saraputu.

Went to the canoe house and he prepared the canoe and he prepared the sail and the paddle, all things.

Mola tuvi la bua telo / mola / manamanalia telo selo manamanalia telo kajia; / dulo kapisi.

Prepared it and then he said to his mother: "Mama, I'm already about to go." said.

Manamanali tulolalo mama kaka savulighu(e): Mama / aiva kama / bo teighue lo na tei.

And then she take and gave him his bag of taro, his drinking water, and then he went and put it in the bow.

Tulolagho / lova / paraka kake; / lova pizo sua tosu; / lo / lau lameli tulola, / lo(va) ka bo / ghuba l(a) lovughue.

And they lifted the canoe and then he boarded (it) and then he went.

Teze lo mola sakeli (tu)lola, / lo koi tulola, / lo(va) ka boghue.

Went and he reached an island.

Bua telo po- pa molumolu la sarai.

And as he paddeled along the island he reached a river, the mouth of a river.

Telo molumolu lo- lova / ghavili, / molumolu sala lau bua, lo te pa piva la / nap- / piva napu la ba sarai.

Then he said: "Ei, the sun is too hot. I will go ashore here" said.

Telo tei: Ei; / kuli na kagnika paraparai; tegne ata kaiata tei.

And he went ashore at the mouth of a big river and he washed and he rested.

Telo ngai jai lova / napu la bo kaia telo; / pugnea telo; / ghuas(a) toghoghue.

As he was sitting (there) resting he saw another bamboo from the river, the river carried it seawards (towards him).

Lo na epiatu ghuas(a) toghoa lo, / ghoi pame veji leghea lo te, / lo jai latu / jai na salili loma kuli bai.

He saw it and he said: "What is that coming seawards?" said.

Lo(va) leghea telo teighue: / Lapoie kuli batu la na tei.

"It looks like that bamboo" said.

Pozogho lo vejie tei.

Then as he stood up to see it properly, it was really a bamboo.

Telo / alu leghe seralia, / ite sua lo vejie.

It was already whittled.

Sasalili sue kama.

And he took it and he said: "Ei, but this, this is one good bonito fishing bamboo."

Telo, / lova / laua telo; / Ei zu aikoke pa dai toma melo ghaue ka na tei.

And he didn't take it and he just stood it upright.

Telo oma / laua telo / laghalughu pono palai.

"Oh, I will try to follow this river bushwards." said.

O; / elakatigne ailo jai sala kaghu tovoali tai tei.

And then he stayed there, it became night and then he slept there, at the river mouth.

Tulola, / lova / ota taungatu; / muzi mal(i) tulola, lo(va) kama ota izighue / jai napu la.

Morning and then, next morning he did like this, he finished his food and he said: "O, I will try to follow this river and choose and cut it at the bottom where the bamboo came floating from" said.

Ropo tulola, / izi iva lo ropo la lo(va) te teighu(e); / lova laghaso lou lajua telo teighue: O / ailo jaigne tovoali tai sala zegne, / lo / veji lo tave batu ota alalia lo tavula telo tei kegne (kiagne) / ota / mane vilivili dukudukughue tei.

And then he went bushwards along the riverbank.

Tulola lova / kama lo jai, / tamaja sala kaghue.

He went, and bushwards he, as he went very far up bushwards, he saw a girl that was sitting at the stream on a big stone.

Bua, telo kao / ngai toa / sughu kao boghu la lo bualo, / pa adaki gnuba te, / kegheagho jai la epialei, / lo ngai kato taghata.

And he crept towards her.

Te lova topaghighue.

"What kind of person?

Apoi vata mapae.

Because there was no village here seawards.

Apoi, / baighoe magnigha na ata kulo.

But a person from where? Maybe some people are here at the mountain.

Zu alatu ba sua mapae / moka ela mapagha na ata tetegha la.

Or maybe bushwards at this stream, at the sides."

Bo tei kia kao ailo jai la, / lo manegha la.

And he saw her properly and he said: "O, a human." said.

Telo keghe seraghia telo tei: O; / ko mapae tei.

He startled her.

Lova / kau ghajeghue.

"Hoi!" he said.

Hoi tei zelo.

And the girl turned around (and) saw him, "From where are you coming?" (she) said.

Te ko a- / adaki gnuba kona / lilighoza leghe / Al(a)tuno te batu tei.

O, me, me, I am living in such-and-such a village.

O agnine ni- agnigne / tei sua magnigha la pale sue agni na.

And I went fishing with the the bamboo that my brother had found and it cracked.

Te / aiva tone lova / loqo sua ghaugne lo la melo gh- / ula telo, / bozalizazu.

And he chided me because of that, wanted to kill me because of that.

Telo lo la gnakaghaze, / lo la gnali sogne tei.

And he said to me that I should get the replacement bamboo from the very place where this bamboo was from.

Telo gnaka savuli / aiko, m- / veji kova / paletu lo mavutu toalagne lo veji tugha ghoi / lau.

The replacement of his fishing bamboo." (he) said.

Lova ghau tugha tei.

That is why I came.

Teighu lagne te bazu.

But I don't know where about it is (the place of the bamboo).

Zu omagne lolomitu, / alaliae.

But as I rested here seawards at the mouth of this river, rested yesterday, another bamboo floated by.

Zu ata kulo ailo jai lo napu lagne ghuasa toghoa / moibi ghuas(a) toghoa lo / pa / veji na ghoi tave boi.

It was already whittled.

Sasalili sua kama.

And I saw that, I said, o, it is quite possible that the bamboo is there bushwards from where this bamboo came floating seawards.

Tegne leghe tei / o / omalo baighoza tai / lo veji na ata kao ai / lo / ghau lova tave kuli batu otatu.

And it is also quite possible that it is from hereabouts that my brother's bamboo also came floating, (I) said.

Zu ghomalo ghoi baighoza tai ataliatu te / ai tone lova ghau na tave boi ghoi tei.

And the girl said: "I, they are ones that I cut and threw away." (she) said.

Te ko adaki gnuba kona tei: / Agni na te, / dukumi neu some soghae ze na tei.

"That one you collected yesterday, I cut it here and threw it away, it was not a good one." she said.

Moibi no loqotu lole agni ata s- / dukuli solo sue om(a) pa daie lo na tei.

And this your brother's bamboo that he is so ungenerous about, I cut it and threw it away, it was not a good one that he should treat you like that because of it.

Zu lo no tone lo lo la vasikakatu lo ghaue, / agni te dukuli neu solo sue oma pa daie lo te lo na / lo la / teinitu.

The girl said.

Tei ko adaki gnuba kona.

When she talked like that, it made the boy, Saraputu, very happy in his heart.

Ko lo vere solo tulol(a), tei sua savulighu pala (tia) lo tada zuba lova / Saraputu lova ngai toa ghaseghue lo tave boli la.

And the girl said: "Go past, let's go up to my house." (she) said.

Te ko adaki gnuba kona tei: / Baboa teme tagha ai tuvi la bo tei.

"My father is there." (she) said.

Aiva mau na ota tei.

But the father was not a human.

Zu lo maue / ghoma lo mapa.

(He was) a giant.

Lo suae.