mo wo sokona ba bakele

I am sokwana bakele

fub ɗam, tam bini wo koe dae

my story, it was a young man who takes his ram

ma joroŋ deaŋ ka edeŋ noŋ kabaŋ

he is walking with it, looking for someone (who) will wrestle him

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a deg maŋ a ɗengle abwa wonɗe ato alobesje

he enters in Dengle, he becomes undefeatable

a deg ɓanue, alobe woŋ

he enters Banue, he becomes undefeatable

a deg atahamzulum alobe woŋ

he enter taham'zulum, he become undefeatable

a deg bansi alobe woŋ

he enters ɓaŋsi he becomes undefeatable

a deg a ɗem de sui ka ahh, ka mene kale

he enters ɗem then the hare comes out and says he is strong enough

ka a mee dahẽ, ai weŋ e moŋ a lumo ka ɗe a eʔ, ka sai elobeŋ tanaŋ kab-laŋ

that he should give him the ram, if he slaughter it and eat, that he should come the following week he will defeat him

to.. a semaŋ dahẽ ne nwe ne mog, feŋ e gap a ereŋ a sueŋ za-aŋ a elaŋ ɓawã

so he takes the ram, he slaughters it and eats it. when it was time to wrestle, he takes his children and escapes into the bush

lije ma tal ɓəɓərəg, tambini ma jemaŋ giri za ghum ɓa nwa

now the clouds have changed into rain, then the young man built his house in the bush

makode giri la, lije ma nag ma a sujeŋ za-aŋ kpib kpib kpib kpib ɗe e je, a eʔ a bwa tambini a alaŋ tanaŋ-e iʔe

he set a fire, now it is raining, so he takes his kids and rush to the young man's house

ne nue nswe de sujaŋ, amog sujaŋ ne mog de sue tambini, jabe nog deaŋ ne mog

they, he and his wife, cooked food, they eat -wife with her fellow women, while he eats together with him

anog ne kole deaŋ a lue tambini alaŋ tanaŋ kirim igeŋ naŋ

when they sleep together, he dreamt the young man will put his heavy leg on him

ma a ɗi jeaŋ ɓa wu lue-a

then he start singing in that dream

kpag'la, kpag'la ɗo guno ghemdo eʔ pea mdoŋ noŋ ɓafeaŋ de wona eʔ bobara ɗam mpa bobara ziŋ'le

"he said he is in trouble by touching what is not for him..."

ka sue sue sue, a iri ka apere ka kemaŋ se ɲoŋ'wa do ɲoŋ tam kirim

'hare, hare, hare', he wakes up, 'what happened?', he said it was that man with/of heavy legs pressing him with his leg

a paam oŋ msere ɓa wã lije jim, lije jim, lije jim, mam eʔ majam mlue maka wonaŋ too joŋ tanaŋ kirim ma eghen nom

he made (me) ran away to a bush, rain beat me, beat me, beat me, I came to sleep then the person pressed me with his heavy (?)

ka ah, ka woɲa ka a lue, kabare eʔ a barelue

the man said that nobody (was pressing him), that he should go back to sleep, he continued sleeping

kabare a ɗi ɲeaŋ ba wag'la

again he started shouting in the dream

ka eh!, ka kpag'la, kpag'la ɗo gune kiame e? pea mdoŋnoŋ ba feaŋ de wona eʔ bobara ɗam mpa bobara ziŋ'le

singing... "he said he is in trouble by touching what is not for him"

ka sue, sue, sue, a iri ka jauwa ka ɲowa a kaɗa kẽ tẽã ka se amei daẽ ɗije

hare hare hare, he awakes and then the man said here is my leg you must pay me back my ram

to ka a pa maŋ moel, ka a ɲenaŋ kene ka ekoi baye bini e moŋ a

said ok he should be patience, when it was morning he will give him one of his child

ɲenaŋ kene akwai baaŋ a jib ɓo gbere

when it was morning he killed one of his children and gave it to him, that's all.

ka kabare a za-aŋ nakpije ɓo gbere kãd

that again his seven kids were finish all

ma a gaaŋ kaja, ɲoŋ e'ya bini ka a jeɗe jigii

then he tells him that he was the only one left, that if he wanted to kill him

kade a ire akore zuwo

he should raise him up

ka gbere wob kpan ɗe daa-a, too... ka ma awẽ ɲa kaboɲa anegaa ɗe ɲa aga nwẽ-ja

--------? before he slaughter, if not he cannot be slaughter

a eaŋ maŋ de jeghe baziŋ, a kore baaŋ ka agolei wobe

then he proceed to farm, he tells his daugther to cook meat for him

too... a ga baa ka ja awo ajeɗe gole ka ɗe a iri akore zuwo ja

then he tells the man's daugthers that if she wants to kill him she should raise him up

too... baa iri maŋ kore zuwo, gab taŋ -a ma taɓaŋ ba suwo baa, baa ma bei ma kolaŋ

so the girl raised him up, then he kick the girl on her head and the girl dies

a alaŋ aje akolaŋ kja gum, ɗe goje

he turned and slept near the room, waiting...

ne eʔ maŋã ma abwa baa ka eii, ka awe jib ɓa-me-ja, yauwa swa aghe wo koŋ

he came back and saw his daughter was killed, and he said "oh who killed my daughter?', then the hare answer "ok, because it is your who is in pain"

ma aam fa, eh! negjaŋ, eh! nejiɓo, eh!negjaŋ wue,wue wue, aŋ mom baam den moŋ baa e

"how about mine?" he started calling his family's members names, he said "if you gave me my child, i'll give you yours"

a je a swuile kũb ɗe baaŋ a jee ameaŋ

then the man went and took the bones of the children and spoke to them, and gave them to him

aŋ bẽ a i'ri baaŋ ka seŋseŋ ɓa tunfale, ka nwa moŋ tanaŋ tam bini bwa ma kwẽ

then he also raise the daughter of the man, that he that ate his leg, the man should also hold him

fub ɗam gbere

my story has ended

pane pasim wamɗe

bring an egg and break it there

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