Goḷu Bayiyæ Kathāwa
Reading edition
Eka raṭaka siṭiya ḷu Gonaka Bokkā kiyalā minihek. E Gōna Bokkage malayo dasa denek siṭiya ḷu. Malayo dasa dena kathā-karalā “Apaṭa Gona Bokkā ayiyagen apaṭa kisi prayojanak næta. Apaṭa wæḍapala karana apaṭa amāruyi. Ēkaṭa api dasa denāṭama eka magulak genamu” kīyā hiṭa “Oṭannāpahuwa kiyana gamaṭa yan̥” kiyā gamaṭa bāla malayā giyā ḷu. Ē Oṭannāpahuwaṭa magulak ahanṭa giyāya. Īṭa passe anik nawa dena kathā-karanawa ḷu “Ape ayyāṭa ‘Gōna Bokkā’ kiyanakoṭa apaṭa gēna gæni kiyayi bola Gōna Bokkā ki[ya]na nama wan̥sa næti ewunṭayi kiyā. Apaṭa gēna gæni yayi. Ekaṭa Goḷu Bayiyā kiyamu” kiyā. “Apē Goḷu Bayi ayaṭat apē [na]m makanṭa demu” kiyā kathā-karagana innawa ḷu. Etakoṭa kīpa dawasak maga gewāgena hæmaṭama bāla malayā æwit hiṭa kīwa ḷu “Ayiyanela Oṭannāpahuwe mama ahanṭa giyā Gænī nan̥ wan̥śe ho[n̆]dayi. ‘Bāla pæṭiyakuṭa magul denne kawudæ. Wæḍimal sahodarayinṭa ekkenakunṭa enṭa kiyāpan̥’ kiyā-ewwāya.” Īṭa passē e daha dena kathā-karaṇawa ḷu “Api dasa denāṭa wæḍimal Goḷu Bayi ayiyā magul ahanṭa arimu” kiyalā kathā-karanawāya. Itin̥ ē Goḷu Bayiyā kiyana ættā maha moḍayek ḷu. Īṭa passē ara dasa dena “Ayye api kiyana dēṭa obat enawā nam api ekolohama eka magulak kændāgana inṭa obat warenna” kiyalā katā-karaṇawā ḷu. Īta passē Goḷu Bayyā kīwa ḷu “Ho[n̆]dayi mama yaññan̥” kiyā. Bat geḍi[ya]k uyawāgana piṭat-welā giyā ḷu. Yanawā yanawā. Pāra no-dannā nisā gihun̥ galak uḍa wanantare i[n̆]dagana bat geḍiya kæwāya. Kālā innakoṭa wenin̥ raṭaka gæniyak duppat welā enṭa enawā ḷu pāra diga. Æwit e Goḷu Bayiyā inna gala gāwā i[n̆]da-gattāya. In pasu gæni ahanawa ḷu “Oba koyi raṭeda koyi gameda” kiyā gæeni miniyagen æsuwāya. In pasu miniyā kīwā ḷu “Mama magulak ahanṭa Oṭannāpahuwaṭa yanawāya” kiyā kīwāya. Īṭa pasu gæni kiyanawā ḷu “Anicchan̥ dukkhan̥ e game æsū gæni mamayi. Mama māge de-mawu-piyo wæræddak-welā pænnuwāya. E nisā mama kanṭa bonḍa dena tænakaṭa yanawaȳa” kiwuwāya. In pasu Goḷu Bayiyā “Gæni ho[n̆]da nisāt palamu ahalā tiyena nisāt mama Oṭannāpahuwaṭa no-gohinma kændāgana yanḍa ōnæya” hitā e pa̱rēdi ham̆ba-wunu gæni kændāgana gamaṭa āwāya. Æwit malayalāṭa kiyanawā “Mama Oṭannāpahuwaṭa giyāya. Malawāli onna gæni” kiyā “siyallaṭama kændāgamu” kiyalā kīwāya. Īṭa pasu anik dasa dena nu-duṭu nisā edā paṭan gæni pāwāgana hiṭiyāya. Pawāgana kīpa dawasak inna atara ē bāla dasa denā kathā-karanawā ḷu “Ape magul ayiyā tanikarēma kisi kenekma nætuwa kændāgana āwāya. Apē ayiyā kalē ho[n̆]da hapan̥kamayi. Ē nisā api siyaḷu wæḍapala karamu. Apē gǣni nilantarayen apē Goḷu Bayi ayiyāṭa rakinṭa bāradī api wæḍapala karamu. Ayiyā gæni rækapan̥” kīwāya. “Ho[n̆]dayi mama rakimi” kiyā gæni yana ena tænaṭa ādī hǣma tænakaṭa gǣni yā nan̥ ē Goḷu Bayiyāt yanawāya. Ē atara ek dawasak wela[n̆]dāmaṭa ek miniyek ē gamaṭa āwāya. Ē miniyāge nama Gæṭapadayayā. Ē Gæṭapadayā kīpa dawasak ema gedara wela[n̆]dām kara kara ema gedara maḍuwe siṭiyāya. Siṭina ataradī ema Gæṭapadayā kiyana miniyāṭa me Goḷu Bayiyage gæni ek-unāya. Ē inna atara palamū kī dasa dena wæḍaṭa giya dawasakadī pera kī Goḷu Bayiyaṭa Gætapadayā kiyannē “Mama ada hīnayak duṭuwāya. Mokada. Asawal tæna pāre gōnek mærilā innawā duṭuwāya.” Ēka balalā enṭa Goḷu Bayiyāṭa Gæṭapadayā kīwāya. Goḷu Bayiyā e gōnā balan̥ḍa gi atara Gæṭapadayā gǣnit ænna gedara tibū baḍut æna dennama palā-giyāya. Goḷu Bayyae katāwa.
Tom-tom Beater, Hiriyāla Hat-Pattu District, North-Western Province.