KK1-0766 - Tanghpre mare na sara a lam (A story of a teacher of the Tang Hpre village) with English translation

Translation (Rita Seng Mai) I would like to tell you about the confluence of Mali Hka and Nmai Hka in Tang Hpre village. It is really popular. Now, there is a Catholic church in the Confluence area. It was the place where many Japanese soldiers were buried during the war. One day in the past, there was a female teacher whose posting was in Tang Hpre. She had been teaching at the nursery school. She also taught primary and secondary students in the mornings and evenings. One day, she cooked lunch for her students before she dismissed the class. She cooked it in the wooden kitchen. While she was in the wooden kitchen, a person walked past it. She heard that this place was haunted. Many people were haunted by ghosts. The ghosts even carried people out of the house while they were sleeping. However, she didn't totally believe in it. She was not scared of ghosts. On that day, she heard a footstep near her. She just thought a Catholic nun was walking outside the kitchen. But there was no one around it when she checked. All the nuns were just praying in their dorms at that time. Then she believed that there were ghosts. Even so, she didn't tell her students about it. She was worried that her students might get scared. One day, there was a big celebration. There was a classroom downstair, and there were bedrooms upstair. At the corner, there was a bedroom for the teachers next to the kitchen upstairs. It was a full moon night. That night, they were haunted. They heard loud noises from the kitchen. The noises were out after the pots and plates were falling. However, the teachers thought, "There might be cows in the kitchen!" Then they went there to check. They were holding knives and axes and went to the kitchen to check. But there was nothing! The door was close, and every kitchenware was just still there. They understood that they were haunted that day. One day, a male student told her about what he experienced while she was working at night. He told her, "Teacher, I was touched from head to toe last night. I thought my friend touched me because he wanted to go to the toilet. So I woke up and checked on him. But he was just sleeping soundly. Then I knew that I was haunted." Then the teacher, who didn't believe in ghosts, felt scared. She decided, "I shouldn't live here anymore. One day, when I am weak in religion, something bad might happen to me." She didn't work there anymore, and she left that place. Later, she applied for the position of government teacher and became a teacher. Transcription (Lu Awng) Ya tsun dan na lam gaw moi ndai ya anhte jinghpaw mung kaw nga yang gaw mazup mazup nga na mali hka hte nmai hka zup ai shara tanghpre mare nga na grai mying kaba, grai gumhkawng ai, ya du hkra mying gumhkawng ai shara langai mi nga ai. Shara langai mi kaw gaw dai ni gaw ndai catholic hpung ni na nawku jawng gap da ai shara re da. Dai retim mung moi moi prat hta japan prat hta e japan ni majan byin na ndai zawn re gasat gala, nbungli hte hpa hte re na si ai ni grai lup da ai shara re ai da. Dai she lani mi na gaw dai kaw jawng sa na she sarama langai mi gaw da dai kaw she bungli wa ang re na bungli galaw na nga ai da. Bungli galaw na nga re na she shi gaw dai kaw ndai ma shalet jawng kaw ma galaw ai, re na she ndai jawng lung nga ai lapran tsang, lawu tsang, jawng ma ni hpe ma shi gaw jahpawt shana laika ni sharin ya ai, laika ni woi hti re na nga ai da. Re na dai hku nga nga she lani mi hta gaw dai jawng ma ni garai nwa yang shanhte a matu lu sha ni hpe lajang ya na matu shani kaang shat gawk kaw shi gaw dai ni hpe lajang taw nga ai shaloi da dai shat gawk kaw gaw hpun pyen hte gap da ai re. Dai hpun pyen hte nep da re yang she shani kaang dai sarama gaw shat gawk kata de rawng nga ai shaloi da lam hkawm wa ai masha langai nga ai da. Shawng de ma grai jahkrit ga ai nga moi moi nga lai wa ai ni hpe ma da grai jahkrit ga ai nga na tsun da ai, shana yup ai shaloi ma masha ni hpe hpai na shinggan de tawn da ai nga na grai jahkrit ga ai nga na gaw tsun ai da. Retim dai hpe nau n kam ai. Dai hku sha shi gaw dai hku sha nga na she nau nhkrit na nga ai da. Dai shani kaang gaw kaja wa sha dai hku hkawk hkawk nga na sa wa she, aw masha rai ang ai, re na she ndai kaw na hto ra mama ni re kun nga na she kaja wa yu dat yang gaw kadai mung nnga ai da. Mama ni yawng gaw shanhte na nta ntsa kaw sha kyuhpyi taw re nga ai da. Dai re yang gaw aw kaja wa re kun ngu na she dai sara ma gaw dai sha ni loi mi myit sumru yu ai da. Retim mung jawng ma ni hpe ma hkrit ai majaw ntsun dan ai. Hkrit na shanhte jawng ma ni hkrit na ra ai nga na jawng ma ni hpe ma ntsun dan ai sha dai hku sha shi hkrai sha nga kau ai da. Dai kaw na dai hku nga kau re yang gaw lani mi na gaw dai hte kaw bai poi bai galaw ga nga na she yawng sa hkrum wa re shaloi she da dai num kasha ni nga ai jawng gawk yup gawk a npu de gaw jawng gawk laika hti ai shara jawng gawk rai re yang she ntsa htap de na yup gawk yawng a jahtum shat gawk ngu na maga de gaw dai sarama 2,3 yup ai da. Dai yup ai shana gaw da hpa majaw nga ndai shata hpung ang ngu ai shana rai yang she shata jan mung gaw grai mai re shaloi she dai shat gawk de bai jahkrit sha wa ai da. Sa wa yang gaw grawng e grang e, grung e grang e nga na di kaba ni dai kaw shat shadu jaw, shat mai shadu jaw ai jawng ma ni hpe shadu jaw ai di kaba ni grung e grang e rung e rang e nga dat, dai hku nga re yang gaw, reng gaw dai na gaw dai jahkrit sha ai nat ni jahkrit sha ai ma nshadu ai da, reng gaw dai na gaw shat gawk de gaw dumsu ni shang di na di ni yawng kabye ah nyawk kau ya na sai ngu na she sara ma ni marai 4 gaw kalang ta dai de sa wa ai da. Nhtu ningwa ni hpa ni lang na sa wa yu yang gaw dai kaw gaw hpa mung nnga taw ai, chyinghka mung kadai ma n hpaw da ya ai, di ni ma yawng nan nan nga ai da. Dai shani kaw na gaw dai hku jahkit sha ai ngu re hpe bai chye mat ai da. Lani mi na gaw da bai shana de bungli gaw taw nga shaloi she la kasha langai mi gaw bai tsun wa ai da. E sarama e mana wa she nrai i da ngai hpe wa da ndai baw kaw na lagaw du hkra ndai hku ndai hku masawp dat ya ai da, masawp dat ya she manang wa gaw da ngai hpe shinggan pru saw sam ai ngu na rawt di na yu dat yu yang gaw da manang wa gaw yup ku ntsa kaw sha sut kata kaw sha atsawm sha yup taw ai mu ai da. Deng gaw jahkrit sha ai re sa ngu na tsun ai da, dai kaw na gaw dai grai nchye hkrit ai sarama dai gaw da ndai kaw chyu sha ngai nga taw yang gaw n byin ai, lani mi makam masham nnga wa ai shaloi gaw tinang hpe amyu myu mung rai wa chye ai ngu na she dai shani kaw na gaw shi dai myi rawng ai re na, dai shara kaw na ma da, dai nawku jawng kaw ma bungli matut na ma n galaw sai da, dai shani kaw na shi asoya bungli de shang mat di na jawng sarama tai mat ai da, dai ni du hkra shi jawng sarama tai mat ai re ai da. . Language as given: Jinghpaw

【讲述者：丽塔·森·迈（Rita Seng Mai）】
今我欲向诸位讲述唐普雷村（Tang Hpre）内马里卡河（Mali Hka）与恩迈卡河（Nmai Hka）的汇流之处。此地素来声名远播。如今汇流区域内建有一座天主教堂，战时曾为诸多日军士兵的安葬之所。
往昔某日，有一位女教师赴唐普雷村任教，她不仅在幼儿园授课，早晚还会为中小学学生授课。一日，她在下课前为学生们烹制午餐，后厨为一间木屋。当她身处木厨之时，有一人途经此处。此前她曾听闻此地常有灵异之事，不少村民都曾遭遇鬼祟侵扰，甚至有睡梦中被鬼拖离居所的怪事。但她起初并未全然相信，亦未曾惧怕鬼怪。
当日，她听见身旁传来脚步声，只当是有天主教修女在厨外行走，可起身查看时却空无一人——彼时所有修女都在宿舍内祈祷。至此她方才确信此地确有灵异。即便如此，她并未将此事告知学生，唯恐孩子们受惊。
一日，村中举办盛大庆典。校舍楼下为教室，楼上为宿舍，厨房旁的转角处设有一间教师寝室。时值满月之夜，当晚众人皆遭遇灵异事件：厨房内传来巨响，声响过后是锅碗瓢盆摔落的动静。教师们起初以为是有牛闯入厨房，遂持刀斧前往查看，却空无所得：厨房房门紧闭，所有厨具皆原封不动摆放妥当。众人这才明白，当日确是撞了邪。
又一日，一名男学生向她提及自己夜间的遭遇：“老师，昨夜我浑身被触碰了一遍，原以为是友人想上厕所才碰我，便起身查看，却见他睡得正沉，这才知晓自己是撞了鬼。” 此前不信鬼怪的教师闻言竟心生惧意，她暗自思忖：“我已不宜再在此处居住，倘若日后我宗教信仰动摇，恐会遭遇不测。” 于是她辞去教职，离开了此地。后来她报考了公办教师岗位，如愿成为了一名教师。

【转录者：卢昂（Lu Awng）】
雅村丹那拉莫莫，恩代扬安特京泡蒙卡瓦，恩加扬马祖普马祖普恩加那马里卡河与恩迈卡河交汇之处，唐普雷村，此地声名远扬，天主教堂林立，昔日亦有教堂坐落于此。此地曾为日军士兵安葬之所，往昔有女教师赴唐普雷任教，于幼儿园、中小学授课，一日为学生烹制午餐于木厨，途经之人言此地常有灵异，众人皆遭鬼扰，甚至睡梦中被拖出屋外，然女教师初不信，亦不惧鬼。当日她闻脚步声，以为修女路过，查看却空无一人，彼时修女皆在宿舍祈祷，遂信有鬼，然未告知学生，恐其受惊。

原数据集标注语言为景颇语（Jinghpaw）