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níŋ ám kà d͡ʒuljos ɡiɾò filip ɗēŋlě k͡páʃàm āsã̀m  
My name is Julius Giroh Philip from the Dengle clan of Kpasham in the sandy region.
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fūb ɗǎm ɓò ɓāwú mõ̌k ɗéòŋ nbāɰā  
This is a story about an Antilope an a hunter
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mók ɗwè bā̃wã́ mɔ̃̀kpē kâm ɓə̀ bẫŋ kùrùmàn  
The antilope moves in the bush looking for something to eat and satisfy his hunger until his stomach becomes big
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ɓèlá mɔ́ŋínā ɓɪ̀áŋ dījègè bīèbè ɗɪ̀ŋ mí: ɓò bwáh  
It feels thirst, it goes moving in order to find water in the bush
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(ɓɔ̀) bwǎ máŋ mí: bèswāŋ ɗə wū mī:  
it finds water and drinks it
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ɓɔ̀ wú mí: bè swāŋ dɪ̄kíé wūmēnà bàmì kjāmɗáŋ ɓàmī  
while it drinks it, it looks at its own head in the water
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ɓɪ̀ kjáŋ máŋ kjám djáŋ, ʔáì bɪ̀ gápká lwǐ ɡ̄irí zwē  
looking at the image it says: ah! god made me good (beautiful).
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?ɔ̀ árɛ́ zwéá zwē  
good, so good!
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kà ɡ͡ba-́é sém (ha!́) kà ɡ͡bá-é páè páé pá nwāɰā mè - mé:l  
saying that its long horns are what make it look so beautiful
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làɰə̄ díé kátã̄ẽ́ zètāé līblīb  
that its only problem is because its little legs are very short
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bóro pèà làɾé  
...that is the problem...
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kā á zēé taé sémé kā ná ɡ͡ba-ə kə mò wāɾè mēnēā tàmɛ̀  
had it been that my legs were long, I would be very happy.
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ɓè swaŋ ɗikie wú men-aŋ [bá] ɗikie kiam djaŋ ɓa mí:  
It stood looking at its image in the water
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ɲa᷄ ɓə má: kà:  
it did not know
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ǹɗweã́ w̃ã́ ɗɪ̀ bésa nene sane noŋ nohàʔ`  
the bush hunter with the dog were approaching, they were coming
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nè sánáŋ màŋ (x5)  
they kept crawling...
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ʔēā kō ɡjáb ā kūbòŋ  
he squat close to it, hiding
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ā táp ɗə̀ k͡pwẽ̀ mē séb mēn-āŋ ā ʃéé bézā nētə̀mə̀ŋ ʃáá  
then he shoots an arrow from his bow and it pearces its body, he sh! (onomatopeic order) for the dog to go after it, shaa!
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beza maŋ ɗo bamlaŋ mok joŋ ɗjaŋ  
Now the dog goes pursuing the antelope
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mā móak dūk k͡pīé má ók  
while the antelope runs trying to escape
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kāŋ ásámà jé bāzā k͡pã̄ŋ  
(like) from Kpasham towards the eastern side
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ók kpjē mé́l  
running good
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nū máŋ dōnājòŋ, nū máŋ dōnājòŋ, nū máŋ dōnājòŋ  
All of them running
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moak je maŋ ɗɪk ɓa wuloŋ si-ə  
The antelope enters inside the forest of trees (oh!)
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ɡ͡baŋʔa kena ɓɪ gap ka wane zwera-a  
with the same horns it said in the past that they were good...
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taŋ o-ʔe, ɓo ɓɪ ja bezare di jale  
its legs run fast, so fast they left the dog behind
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ɓɪ kjebe kwaɾe ɓɪ lie  
it saw itself at rest, safe.
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ka maŋ ɓɪ je-a gbaŋ-a kena bibal, je tabaŋ ɓa wuloŋ si:  
Left alone, it goes on praising its horns, when it gets hooked into a tree of the forest
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tabaŋ ɓawuloŋ si: ɓɪ wuri gbaŋ ke, iʔe wurə ɗe ɓɪ lubi  
hooked into the tree it pulls its horns trying to come out
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alaŋ ɓɪ swe kaj, alaŋ ɓɪ tabaŋ kaj  
turning and struggling it stood hooked between the branches.
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nwe baɰa awa maŋ-ʔe  
The hunter master comes
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ka ɓwa moak ɗe swe ɓa wuloŋ si -o  
he met the antelope standing in the forest
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(ok!) ka moak sie kpe men-aŋ  
(sound!) the antelope is pearced with another arrow through its body
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(zue!) ɓeza...  
(sound) the dog....
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beza ma ɗei moak ma jap sie  
the dog catches the antelope and hits it to the ground
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jip muak ne ɓa wobe tuo sei ɗie  
kill the antelope and they carry its meat home
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fubo-o, apere ɓa habloro?  
this story, what does it teach us?
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ɓo hablo-rok a giro lwi giruŋ-e, ne dalaŋ-a ɗeko ɓaŋ  
it teaches us that god created the world we live in
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ɓaŋ ke: lwi giriuŋ ɓe ta-e lab lab  
don't look at the fact that god has created your legs too short
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n-ga: ii, ɲa ma ze ɓɪ giruŋ, a-sem kana wa ɗo n-kioŋ wa  
and say: yes!, god should have created me tall like that person you are seeing somewhere else
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ko ɓo giruŋ ɗe, ɗeon ma ɲa awa giruŋ  
no matter how he created you, you should know he is the one with the power to create
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n-pauŋ usoko  
say: thank you!
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zwera lwi giroŋ da wona  
the goodness god created in others
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ɓo ne ɗegaŋ mene dalaŋ, ɓo ɓwaŋ swa gele  
sometimes comes to the world and is missused
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ɓə ɗe lablaŋ mene-oŋ ka:m  
it brings many problems
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lwi giru ɗe bi:li  
god created the blacks
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giri ɓe nɗwena kana ɓeswe a ɗo-ʔe  
it created the whites, like this lady who came now
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kwab morok ɲa ɓə elaŋ-a  
our skin does not look the same
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gire ɗe lwi wo kat  
it is all god's creation
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a pea lwi mogorok ɗe [yanda] lwi girorok  
what god gave us is [how] god created us
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ɓawon kwo gap ka (ah!) ka lwi paɗe ma giri kaneaŋ-a  
nobody should say: ah!, why has god created me like that?
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ɓo-o pea fuɓo-o, tabro na menaŋ... fub ɗam gbere-e  
this is what a story like this teaches us. My story is over.
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pane pasihm  
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eɗe nekpei ɗapɗe