The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. LXIV, Part 1-2, 1976 - Khamkoo

38 Anthony R. Walker
TEXT NINE-WORKING TRANSLATION
[Roman numerals refer to previous working translations.
alone refer to this working translation.]
Numbers
Verse 1
1. a: oh!
2. ya-shaw : this morning
3. aw-hpfuh : glutinous rice cake
4. hti : altar
5, yu: take
6. leh: and
7. no-lo : up there
8. na-pu: eternal (?) (see V /12)
9. hk'aw sheh-hpa : year keeper
10. na-heh : ? (probably only second part of couplet 11a-pu na-heh)
11. ha sheh-hpa : month keeper
12. no-ve : up there
Verse 2
13. a: oh!
14. chi hk'aw : this year
15. te hk'aw mui leh chi hk'aw ca ma peu-ve: one year work in the fields,
ten years eat not finish (see Vll/116}
16. te nyi mui-ve chi nyi ca ma peu-ve : one day work in the fields, ten
days eat not finish
17. chi bo11 : this blessing/boon
18. ji : cover
19. leh ta7a: and put [upon us]
20. chi shi ji leh ta Ia : repeats 17-19 using second part of couplet awbon
aw-shi : blessing, boon
Verse 3
21. k'o·hta : inside [the house]
22. k'o (see VI/17)
23. chaw-haweh na-haweh (couplet) : many people