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734 MALEKULA
lili ,‘ iweri “ AMbi tzMah nisul. M'116rï¬Ås in
and again; he said. “ P He planted the ghost (of) the path. I will
vï¬Åkh.â€ù
clear (it) (so that) it is good."
4. TEXTS IN THE DIALECI‘ OP LAGALAG
THE ORIGIN o1= DEATH
HaMlMt ilï¬Ång Muhhut iM, hhaMzM Mwnturu, hhaMan nuMin.
HaMbllt put down two Men, the one a woMan, the other a Man.
var hhï¬Ån raM : “ gï¬Åravar, ' iMis Mis M6u1,'
He said unto theM two: " You two say ‘Die, die, live,
gï¬Årsauarsi ' {Mix Mis nsar ’." ralingk
do not you two say ‘Die, die, for good '." They two reMained.
tuM var: “iMis Mis Mï¬Åur.â€ù tuM var.’ “iMis Mis nsar.â€ù
One he said, “ Die, die, live." The other he said, " Die, die, for good."
H aMlMt vale, Mu : “ tat Mawzrsi gï¬Ånwar
HaMbut caMe, he said: "I did not say you two were to say
Mbusat ,' hiiravar let is, Mbas te Mzvar
thus; you two said that which is bad, although I said
gc'iravar.' '1'Mis Mi: Mï¬Åur.’ â€ù Mbavarsi (arM)
you two were to say ‘Die, die, 1ive'." If they two
Mbiirauar: “iM/is ' Mis M<‘iur," Mbas tzthnis,
should have said: “Die, die, live," although we died,
tetMï¬Åur his, site arM Mfar: "iMis Mis nsar,â€ù
we would live again, but they two said: " Die, die, for good,"
tetiMis tetiMis nsar.
we shall die we shall die for good.
THE STORY or AN ATTEMPT 1-0 CuM; up TO THE SKY
NiMugh GlMghur air ainggolo, atlis nirMl-gh,
The Men of Ghughur (they) they looked, they saw a Mountain,
Mus nirin file tsï¬Åghén lile. A11/ar .' " Us Mus nirin
the clouds caMe up to it close. They said: "? the clouds
lsiMbir M'Mugh.â€ù Air taMbagh atipfl atrhï¬Ål bï¬Ånal
touch the Mountain." They all, they went, they dug a pit
atMbï¬Ål M'M'M', atMgh viM, N onggo ath'¢
they cut a palM-tree, they planted ï¬Årst. Then they took
niMbu ,' atMlnlngk twMbwï¬ÅntsuMbwbnden ;
baMboos; they bound (theM), joined (theM) together:
atisigh ghï¬Ån. T uM atipf Mghz, Men atitï¬År ragh¢Mtin,'
they cliMbed up theM. SoMe went on top ; soMe stood on the ground ;
atlivlip M'Mbu ,' atipf Mghe. NciM ius ;
they kept on giving baMboos ; they went on top. The rain it rained ;
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