ǹ bí ... ń máàmà là ... ìstwárnɛ̀ dò ɲáakàrànnà ì yèn

I will tell you a story about my grandmother

à bààbá ... lé kàá nɛ̀ɛ̀nɛ́ gbàsì ... à déɲɛ́nɛ́n túmà

her father beated her mother, whe she was little

à dènɲɛ́nèn ... à tɛ̀rɛ̀ kárú sàbà

when she was little, whe she was three months old

à bààbà káá nɛ̀ɛ̀nɛ̌ gbàsǐ ... kàà gbén bóɲɛ̀ bûtɔ̀

her father beat her mother and drove her out of the house

dènɲɛ́nèn tòtà ... gbèngbéè tɔ̀ ... à dìtà ɲɔ́ lê hááá

the child was lying there on the bed, and she cried for a long time

à kàà kúdúkúdű ... à bèètá ... táà bùùtɔ̀

she was turning around in the bed and she fell into the fire

táà ꜜkáá kèɲɛ́ɛ̀ ɲànìn

the fire burnt her feet

kà ... à tɛ́ppɛ́rɛ̀ kɛ̀ ká ... kàà tà kàà nára̋ ... à gbɛ̀lɛ́ɲɛ̀ là

and it made her feet this way, it made it bend to the shin

́à bààbá nâtà ... kà à dènɲɛ́nèn kàsì kúlè mɛ̀n bóɲɛ̀ là kàà bòrí ... kà dáà làkà kà trɛ̀n à là déɲɛ̀ bàtì ɲànìn

her father came and heard how the child was crying in the house, he ran there, and saw that the child had burnt itself

à káá tà ... kà tɛ̀rɛ̀n à kèɲɛ́ɛ̀ ... bàtí kóólí ... à gbɛ̀lɛ́ɲɛ̀ là

he took her and saw that her foot was bent to her shin

anu káá ... á màfɛ̀lɛ̀ ... à téé nɔ̀n fòntílà ꜜbùtùn ... à bátí jà

They looked at her, and it could not unbend any more, it had become stiff

áwà, à tótá ɲɔ́ tùgún ... àn bí wò dàndànnà ... háa lɔ́ɔ́kún kélên

they had to treat her for one week

gínnànù kà ꜜbɔ̀ɔbɛ́ɛ̀ tà tùgùn

and then the devils took the child

kà tàgáà lámàrà ... fámmɛ̀ bùùtɔ̀

and they hid her in a cave

àn ká tàɲín' àn ká tàɲìn', àn máà yèn ... àn táta̋ káŕamɔ́kɔ̀nù bátáá ... ànù káá ... sádákànù bɔ́ɔ́ ... àn màà dénɲɛ́nɛ̀ y', ànù kà bólómáfɛ́lɛ́ɲɛ̀ ꜜkɛ́ɛ́

they were looking for her and looking for her, they didn't see her, they went to a marabout, they made sacirfices, but they didn't see the child, they did the divination

ànù màà dèɲɛ́neǹ yèn ... àn máá fàgà díyá yén, fɛ̋nfɛ̀n

they didn't find the child and they didn't find the place where she would be dead

à láándén sőè tɔ̀

when he went to bed one night

jínnànù kàà ꜜkììbóè lánàà mà ... kó à ní sààkà jígín gbɛ́ɛ̀ tà ... à náà wà ... à náà .. kìtí ... fámmɛ̀ kɛ̀ ꜜdáà là

spirits brought him a dream, they told him to take a white ram, to go and to attach at the entrance to that cave

à ká sààgàjígi̋ɲɛ̀ ... tà ... à lá wɔ̀rɛ́ɛ̀ bùùtɔ̀ ... à táátá á káà kìtì

he took one ram from his enclosure went and attached i there

wǒ kìtí â bòlǒ ... à kà dénɲɛ̋nɛ̀ yèn lààndèn ... fámmɛ̀ ꜜdáàlà

the moment he tied it, he saw the child lying in front of the door to the cave

à lá bɔ̀ɔbɛ́ɛ̀ ... à kèń ɲânìnděn̋ ... àn báta̋á kèn dàndǎn ... à bá' kɛ́ndɛ́yá ... kɔ̀nɔ̋ à máà nɔ̀n ꜜfóntíla̋

the burnt foot of his child, they had healed it, she was healed, but still the foot could not unbend

jìnnáànù kà dénɲɛ́nèn kèɲɛ́ɛ̀ tǎ lè ... kà tɛ̀rɛ̀ dénɲɛ̋nèn kèɲɛ́ɛ̀, à máá kɛ́ndɛ́yá

When the devils took child, it was not healed

à fóó mú kɛ̂rɛ̀bɛ́ɛ̀ llà

it all was a wound

án dê lè kà dénɲɛ́nèn kèɲɛ́ɛ̀ dàndán ... lɔ̀ɔ̀kún kéléɲɛ̀ wò kɔ̀tɔ̀

and it was them who healed the wound on the child's foot, in one week

à kàà tà, à nààtá ... à fɛ̀ bóǹ dáà là

he took her and went with her to the house

à tótá ɲɔ̋ɔ̀ lè ... à kòlòyàtà wó lè tɔ̀ ... hááá ... à bààbà náà nɛ̀ɛ̀nɛ̀ ... háá kɛ̀tà súnkútúɲɛ̀ là

she grew up there with her mother and father, and she became a young girl

à bààbà náà nɛ̀ɛ̀nɛ́ fàgàtáá ... à lè tùgún tótá wó ltɔ̀ ... à jɔ́nbáyátá

her father and her mother died, and she was there, she married a

à kà má lé bâàbànú sɔ̀tɔ̀n ... à nín ... mà.. má yààyɛ̀nù

she gave birth to my fathers and my aunt

à là déɲɛ̀ ꜜdóónú fàgàtà mɔ̀ɔ́ fîlà fóo fàgàtà

some of her children died, two children died

a tóóta̋à bòlò bùtúgùn ... mɔ̀gɔ̀ nàànì dénmúsú mɔ̂ɔ̀ fìlà ... à nín dénkáyé ... mɔ̀ɔ̀ fílà

there remained two children with her, two girls and two boys

ń mâàmà là ... kènkéléyáà ... à bɔ́ɔ́ndén.. à sábù bì ꜜwó lè là

this is how my grandmother became one-legged, this is the reason for it

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