Vakadzi veKhamu vane nyere yemhino muNan, Thailand (topten22photo / Shutterstock.com)
Kare paive nemurombo wemuKhamu aive nenzara. Nzara chaizvo. Akanga asina kana sendi. Musi uyu akasvikomira pamba pemumwe mukadzi ane mari. Ndakamumhoresa norudo ndokumubvunza kuti 'Ndapota mungandipawo here chokudya?'
Uye iye: 'Nei ndichifanira? Hapana chandiri kukupa. Unofanira kuchitenga. Uye kana ukasazvibhadharira, nei uchitarisira kuti ndidye chimwe chinhu?’ ‘Zvakanaka. Ipapo ini ndichakuudza nyaya yeGolden Lotus Lady. "
"Inyaya yakanaka here?" "Yakanaka?" Chokwadi, hausati wambonzwa zvakadaro.’ ‘Zvakanaka, huya ipapo.’ ‘Aiwa, chokutanga chokudya. Handigoni kutaura nyaya ndisina chinhu!’ akadaro. Uye mukadzi wacho akamugadzirira chokudya, kunyange muto wehuku! Akaimedza nokukara! Akabva aunganidza zvinhu zvake.
'Pamusoroi? Uri kuenda kupi? Hausati wataura nyaya yacho!’ ‘Imbomirai zvishoma, regai nditange ndarongedza zvinhu zvangu.’ Uye nyaya yacho yakabva yauya. "Rimwe zuva rakanaka, Mukadzi weGolden Lotus naPrince Suwat vaifamba musango. Vakabva vasangana neBrahmin ndokuvapfura vakafa.
“Zvino?” “Zvakanaka, vakafa. Ndizvo chete.’ ‘Aiwa, handizvo zvoga?’ ‘Hungu! Kana vanhu vafa, vanenge vafa. Vakafa zvekuti hapana kwavanoenda. Uye ndipo pazvinoperera.’ ‘Patse! Wandinyengedza handiti?'
Hongu, akawana chokudya nokunyengedza vanhu. Asi anga ari right, handiti? Kana vanhu vafa, vanenge vafa uye nyaya yacho inopera!
Kunobva:
Titillating ngano kubva kuNorthern Thailand. White Lotus Books, Thailand. Musoro weChirungu 'A story about fate'. Yakaturikirwa nekupepetwa naErik Kuijpers. Munyori ndiViggo Brun (1943); ona zvimwe tsananguro: https://www.thailandblog.nl/cultuur/twee-verliefde-schedels-uit-prikkelende-verhalen-uit-noord-thailand-nr-1/
The Khamu rudzi runogara kuchamhembe kweLaos (500.000 kusvika 700.000 vanhu) uye muVietnam (70.000-100.000). Kunewo mapoka anogara kuChina, Myanmar neThailand.
(*) Brahmin muprista ari weboka repamusoro-soro reIndia. Iyo nyaya yeGolden Lotus Lady uye mumwe Muchinda Suwat haisati yawanikwa ...