Cham hasa bahsa kong Po ho berai derai, yaw nan chuak yerh derai mapiah (rasak) nyo, maknosia kong jak nan orang kong tehaw raksa bahsa, orang kong petak nan yerh maknosia kong di ho tahaw kurn rob nyo oh, dan moh halai oh nyo mai mung dan hagik kong nyo akan hi ngak.-Yakkob Sulaiman

*The list of Dalikan in this page were written by Tien Sanh Canh and does not reflect the ideas of BangsaCham.com. It is presented to show the use of Cham language in Phan Rang, Vietnam region.

DALIKAN M'KAM M'HLOK

Folktale of M'Kam M'Hlok

Part I

M'Kam M'Hlok nan dua adei saai sa amu* karay amek. 
M'Kam M'Hlok are two sisters from the same father but different mothers.
M'Hlok dok sit nan amek M'Hlok mutai. 
When M'Hlok was little, her mother died.

Amu* M'Hlok khing amek hmom pajung hu M'Kam.
M'Hlok's father married her step mother and had M'Kam.
Hrei nan dua adei saai nao yuk ikan.
That day the two siblings went to cultivate fish. 
M'Hlok mu*k hu rilo, M'Kam mu*k takik.
M'Hlok caught a lot, M'Kam caught a little.
Tal mai sang, M'Kam padal M'Hlok lach,
When they came home, M'Kam told M'Hlok,
"Ai Hlok dik pek boh mil ba nao sang tuk ia mu*sam,
"Big sister Hlok you climb to pick tamarind to bring back home to make sour soup,
Loi dahlak dok la khik ikan."
Let me stay below to guard the fish."
M'Hlok pang kadha adei, dik phun mil,
M'Hlok listened to her sister and climbed the tamarind tree,
M'Kam dok di ala tuh abih ikan M'Hlok tamu* neh doch nao sang dahlau,
M'Kam stayed below and poured all M'Hlok's fishes into a basket and went home first,
Dome palek M'Hlok di amek lach,
She complained about M'Hlok to her mother,
"M'Hlok dok mu-in, o mu*k hu ikan."
"M'Hlok was playing and did not catch any fish."

Part II

M'Hlok boh M'Kam tuh abih neh ikan. 
M'Hlok saw M'Kam poured all the fishes into the basket.
Nhu iok dalam chaneh boh dok kadong sa drei anu*k charok (anu*k ikan chaklec).
She looked in the basket and saw one Charok (a fish called Chaklec).  
M'Hlok ba charok nao sang buh rong dalam bingun ia likuk sang. 
M'Hlok brought the fish home to keep in a well behind the house.
Yaup wal nhu klah ka charok mutu*h munhin lithei.
She gave the fish half of the rice in her bowl.
Rimik munhin jaluk bloh nhu ba lithei nao pak bingun eu lach,
After cleaning up the bowls she brought the rice to the well and called out,
Charok loi!  Dong tagok bang lithei. 
Charok loi!  Float up to eat rice.
Nhu boh anuk charok padong drei tagok di ia.
She saw the fish floated up the water.

Rilo bang M'Kam krak boh, nhu khan thong amek. 
Many times M'Kam snuck and saw, she reported to the mother.
Hrei nan amek M'Kam nao pak bingun ia eu charok yau panoch M'Hlok bhian eu,
That day M'Kam's mother went straight to the well and called to the fish like the way M'Hlok used to call it, 
Boh sa drei ikan chaklec do pha dong tagok.
Saw a chaklec fish big as a thigh floated up.
Amek M'Kam jhok ba tagok jan akok ngak bang.
M'Kam's mother grabbed, hit its head and cooked it.  
Tal M'Hlok mai mung glang pabe,
Then M'Hlok came from tending her sheeps,
Huak bang bloh nhu ba lithei noa pak bingun eu charok,
After finished eating, she brought rice to the well to charok,
Oh boh dong tagok yau dahlau. M'Hlok muk ngak rau-ri lo.
The fish did not float up like before. M'Hlok was very worried.