Story of Tin Mya
tà háo tâe tī nāi nâi mern
nàng hérn háo yáo
háo yùu tī nāi mí táng tsō táng yâo
nâi pen laan yíng xâet xâet sûu
lûk àwn nai nà nāw pài hûu sang
hûu wā kyàw kóei
lón wā lón yâo
pà tìn myà mí kón phàak xawng má
ūu xao tâe kàam àm lāe
lāi luu kwà pāet yâo
māe xao tâe kwà hét
kaan mí yùu tī tā kūng pûn nē
mán xāu hāu lūk mán lāi xern hén lāe
mēr tàe mán háo kāw
àm xāu hāu mán kwà
pen māe lūk àwn lò lāi
yùu tsáwm lūk àwn ēr
wáai má kāw háo kāw
pàwng tsau má
nàng her tà li tàw lūk
àwn lò lāi hén nai yâo
páw te kwà ha hét kaan tâe tâe
kāw lò lāi hét hāu
mán sàang thùk
thùk li maw hawm maw tsàai ēr
nī nī xàwt xàwt kāw sâm lò táen yùu tík tík
māe thāo māe thāo
māe thāo hét sang yùu là nân
tāem wâi kā tsâu tsàai háo ēr lūk
nērng lern nērng lern nâi xāo
saan sēng kā her nâm mán sēng kā her
nàng her te sàai nī pè nân
lāi nâp wâi se kéu hawm tsáwm yâo
pâp līk kāw wâi háng kóei
mán pâp nērng tà maai sēn saai maai
ngérn an mán sòng má kāw àm pāw
nam kā her nàng kào
xáen tâe xáen se hét ha yùu tī nāi nân yerng
mēr yùu tī nāi nân lūk àwn kāw lāi kwà
ha hét kaan tsáwm
te hét her lāi kwà xērn hén
áe lūk yíng sèr phóng má ēr nâi
lūk yíng xèu sìn
māe thāo māe thāo māe háo sèr
phón má hâ lūk kāw xāu lāat tàw
lūk yíng lūk kao hāu lāat tàw wà nâi lāat tàw mán kàwn nā
xâet xâet sûu lāi yùu kai kan
táng māe mán àm li nang kào
tī nāi nâi kón an kâk mán mī táng nam yâo
tà lūk yíng xèu sìn àm xāu hāu
mán naeng tsau tsáwm táang an mán lērk
xâet xâet sûu kāw lāat yùu tà sè
xāu pen maw sawn nai wā
páw kâw yàu má kāw
tsāang lāek lāai kwà yùu lúu
an lāwng yàu se pērn
tê pen táang hûu yâo
xā tâe maw
táng lāi sawn ao tī mán xérn kàwn
kyâ xàen līk nai nà mán kāw
pen táang mūng máing háo nân yerng
xâet xâet sûu se xèu sìn se
xao kāw te li ler má yùu kwà kūu kāw kāw
kâm thaem xao yù nân nà
တႃႇႁဝ်းတႄႉ တီႈၼႆႈၼႆႉ မိူၼ်ၼင်ႇႁိူၼ်းႁဝ်းယဝ်း
For us, this place is like my home.
ႁဝ်းယူႇတီႈၼႆႈ မီးတင်းၸူဝ်ႈတင်းယဝ်ႉ
I have lived here for a very long time.
ၼႆႉပဵၼ်လၢၼ်ယိင်းၶႅတ်ႉၶႅတ်ႉသူႉ
This is our granddaughter, Khet Khet Su.
လုၵ်ႉဢွၼ်ႇၼႆၼႃႇၼေႃႈပႆႇႁူႉသင်ႁူႉဝႃႈၵျေႃႇၵူၺ်း
She is still very young and doesn’t understand much yet, only knows how to be happy.
လူၼ်းဝႃႈလူၼ်းယဝ်ႉ
She talks non-stop
ပႃႇတိၼ်ႇမျႃႇ ။ မီးၵူၼ်းၽၢၵ်ႇၶွင်မႃး
Aunt Tin Mya, you have a parcel
ဢူႈၶဝ်တႄႉၵၢမ်ႇဢမ်ႇလႄႈလႆႈလူၵႂႃႇပႅတ်ႈယဝ်ႉ
Unfortunately her father passed away when she was very little
မႄႈၶဝ်တႄႉ ၵႂႃႇႁဵတ်းၵၢၼ် မီးယူႇတီႈတႃႈၵုင်ႈပုၼ်ႉၼေႈ
Her mother moved to Yangon to pay for her education
မၼ်းၶႂ်ႈႁႂ်ႈလုၵ်ႈမၼ်း လႆႈၶိုၼ်ႁဵၼ်းလႄႈ
She wants her child to get education
မိူဝ်ႈတႄႇမၼ်း ႁဝ်းၵေႃႈဢမ်ႇၶႂ်ႈႁႂ်ႈမၼ်းၵႂႃႇ
At first I didn't want her to go
ပဵၼ်မႄႈလုၵ်ႈဢွၼ်ႇ လူဝ်ႇလႆႈယူႇၸွမ်းလုၵ်ႈဢွၼ်ႇဢိူဝ်ႈ
A mother of little child should stay with her child
ဝၢႆး မႃးၵေႃႈ ႁဝ်းၵေႃႈပွင်ႇၸႂ်မႃး
But later I came to understand
ၼင်ႇႁိူဝ်တႃႇလီတေႃႇလုၵ်ႈဢွၼ်ႇလူဝ်ႇလႆႈႁဵၼ်းၼႆယဝ်ႉ
for better future, a child needs to study.
ပေႃးတေၵႂႃႇႁႃႁဵတ်းၵၢၼ်တႄႉတႄႉၵေႃႈ လူဝ်ႇလႆႈႁဵတ်းႁႂ်ႈမၼ်း သၢင်ႇထုၵ်ႇ
If she has to go and work, then she must do it properly.
ထုၵ်ႇလီ မေႃႁွမ် မေႃၸၢႆႇဢိူဝ်ႈ
She should know how to save money
ၼီႈၼီႈၶွတ်ႇၶွတ်ႇၵေႃႈ သမ်ႉလူဝ်ႇတႅၼ်းယူႇတိၵ်းတိၵ်း
Even if you have taken debt, it should be paid on time
မႄႈထဝ်ႈ မႄႈထဝ်ႈ မႄႈထဝ်ႈ ႁဵတ်းသင်ယူႇလႃႇၼၼ်ႉ
Grandma, grandma what are you doing?
တႅမ်ႈဝႆႉၵႃႈၸႂ်ႉၸၢႆႇႁဝ်းဢိူဝ်ႈ လုၵ်ႈ
I'm keeping track of our expenses child
ၼိုင်ႈလိူၼ် ၼိုင်ႈလိူၼ်ၼႆႉ ၶဝ်ႈသၢၼ်သဵင်ႈၵႃႈႁိူဝ် ၼမ်ႉမၼ်းသဵင်ႈၵႃႈႁိူဝ်
How much does it cost for rice and water each month?
ၼင်ႇႁိူဝ်တေသၢႆႇၼီႈပေႇၼၼ်ႉလႆႈၼပ်ႉဝႆႉသေ ၵဵဝ်းႁွမ်ၸွမ်း ယဝ်ႉ
To budget our debts, we have to calculate carefully
ပပ်ႉလိၵ်ႈၵေႃႈ ဝႆႉႁင်းၵွၺ်းမၼ်း ပပ်ႉၼိုင်ႈတႃႇမၢႆသဵၼ်ႈသၢႆမၢႆ
Making a note of all records in a book
ငိုၼ်းဢၼ်မၼ်းသူင်ႇမႃးၵေႃႈဢမ်ႇပေႃႈၼမ်ၵႃႈႁိူဝ်ၼင်ႇၵဝ်ႇ
The money she sends isn’t much.
ၶႅၼ်းတႄႉၶႅၼ်းသေ ႁဵတ်းႁႃယူႇ တီႈၼႆႈၼၼ်ႉယိုင်
But it's more than she could make here
မိူဝ်ႈယူႇတီႈၼႆႈၼၼ်ႉလုၵ်ႈဢွၼ်ႇၵေႃႈလႆႈၵႂႃႇႁႃႁဵတ်းၵၢၼ်ၸွမ်း
When living here, the children also have to go out to work.
တေႁဵတ်းႁိူဝ် လႆႈၵႂႃႇၶိုၼ်ႈႁဵၼ်း
They have to work and go to school.
ဢႄး လုၵ်ႈယိင်းသိုဝ်ႇၽူင်းမႃးဢိူဝ်ႈၼႆႉ
Oh Daughter it's you
လုၵ်ႈယိင်း ၶဵဝ်ႇသိၼ်ႇ
Cho Zin
မႄႈထဝ်ႈမႄႈထဝ်ႈ မႄႈႁဝ်းသိုဝ်ႇၽူၼ်းမႃးႁႃႉ လုၵ်ႈၵေႃႈၶႂ်ႈလၢတ်ႈတေႃႇ
Your daughter wants to talk to you. Here you go
လုၵ်ႈယိင်းလုၵ်ႈၵဝ်ႁႂ်ႈလၢတ်ႈတေႃႇဝႃႇၼႆႉလၢတ်ႈတေႃႇမၼ်းၵွၼ်ႇၼႃႈ
My child, talk to her - tell her about yourself
ၶႅတ်ႉၶႅတ်ႉသူႉ လႆႈယူႇၵႆၵၼ်တင်းမႄႈမၼ်း ဢမ်ႇလီၼင်ၵဝ်ႇ
Khit Khit Su has lived far from her mother which is not good
တီႈၼႆႈၼႆႉ ၵူၼ်းဢၼ်ၵၵ်ႉမၼ်း မီႈတင်းၼမ်ယဝ်ႉ
Here, there are many people who care for her.
တႃႇလုၵ်ႈယိင်းၶဵဝ်ႇသိၼ်ႇ ဢမ်ႇၶႂ်ႈႁႂ်ႈမၼ်းၼႅင်ၸႂ်ၸွမ်း တၢင်းဢၼ်မၼ်းလိူၵ်ႈ
For Cho Zin, we don’t want her to be sad about the choices she made.
ၶႅတ်ႉၶႅတ်ႉသူႉ ၵေႃႈလၢတ်ႈယူႇတႃႇသေႇ
Khit Khit Su keeps sayin
ၶႂ်ႈပဵၼ်မေႃသွၼ်ၼႆဝႃႈ
she wants to become a teacher
ပေႃးၵေႃႉယႂ်ႇမႃးၵေႃႈ ၸၢင်ႈလႅၵ်ႈလၢႆႈၵႂႃႇယူႇလူး
When she grows up, things might change
ဢၼ်လွင်ႈယႂ်ႇသေပိူၼ်ႈတေႉပဵၼ်တၢင်းႁူႉယဝ်ႉ
The most important thing is knowledge
ၶႃႈတႄႉမေႃ 1 2 3 လႄႈ ၵ ၶ င ဝႃႈ
I myself know 123 and ka kha nga
တင်းလႆႈသွၼ်ဢဝ်တီႈမၼ်း ၶိုၼ်းၵွၼ်ႇ
I will have to learn from her again
ၵျႃႉၶႅၼ်ႇလိၵ်ႈၼႆၼႃႇ မၼ်းၵေႃႈပဵၼ်တၢင်းမုင်ႈမႆင်းႁဝ်းၼၼ်ႉယိုင်
She is so eager to study. That is our hope
ၶႅတ်ႉၶႅတ်ႉသူႉ သေ ၶဵဝ်ႇသိၼ်ႇသေ
Khit Khit Su and Cho Zin
ၶဝ်ၵေႃႈတေလီလိူဝ်မႃးယူႇၵႂႃႇ ၵူႈၵေႃႈၵေႃႈ ၵမ်ႉထႅမ်ၶဝ်ယူႇၼၼ်ႉၼႃႇ
they will keep improving. Everyone is supporting them so much.