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TUM KOSSO SOT MANDTAI TUJEA PONNJEAK PAI ASLO MHUNNON?
(How do you believe your great grandfather had father?)
Legend: Mundkar (Tenant) = M; Bhattkar (Landlord) = B
M: Saiba Santa Khursa, tum polong Jezuchea mornancho ani alaxiro
gorjevontancho. Saiba, tuvem mhaka maglolo to adhar dilo dekun hea
fulanim
hanvem tuzo upkar farik kela. Tosoch tum zaitea zannancher upkar
kortai,
punn hea tempar konnuch chintinam, karann sonvsarachi rit kobar zait voita
ani
munxeakull rochnarachi jit khevta. Tum tankam bhogos Saiba, kiteak te
noklllot
soglleank asa mhunnon ti Dev nit. Tum tankam bhogos Saiba; itlench
mojem magnnem.
(Oh Holy Cross, you are Jesus' death bedstead and succor of the needy.
Lord, I am garlanding you in appreciation of the favors you granted me.
Similarly, you grant favors to many but nobody thinks of you these days;
the
custom of the world is slowly vanishing and mankind acts stubborn with
the
Creator. Forgive them Lord, for they know not there's God's justice to
all; forgive
them Lord, that's all I ask of you.)
B: Hem asa tem nennarponn eka goribachem; gorje bhair duddu ogddavn khursak
fulam ghalpachem. Caitan, tuka konn sangta tea khursan Dev asa mhunnon?
(Here it is; the ignorance of a poor person; garlanding a cross with
flowers and
unnecessarily wasting money. Cajetan, who told you there is God in that
cross?)
M: Bhattkara, hem anik sangonk zaem? Zuim bhavart asa thuim Dev asa.
(Landlord, do I need to tell you? Wherever there is faith, there is
God.)
B: Tuvem jivea Devak pollela?
(Did you see live God?)
M: Jivea Devak? Nam.
(Live God? No.)
B: Zalear tujean koxem sot mandunk zata Dev asa mhunnon?
(Then how do you believe that there is God?)
M: Bhattkara, amche voddil tem mandun geleat ani jem amchea voddilanim
xikoilam
tem ami sot mandtanv ani teach bhavartan ami choltanv. Punn bhattkara, tum
he
porim goribak, xikop nasleleak, kiteim borem sangche svater, tum sangonk
sodtai
ki Dev nam mhunnon?
(Landlord, our ancestors have accepted this fact; we believe in what they
taught
us and follow that faith. But landlord, instead of giving a good piece of
advice
to a poor, illiterate, are you trying to tell me that there is no God?)
B: Caitan, hanv tuka tench sangonk sodtam.
(Cajetan, thats exactly what I am trying to tell you.)
M: Punn, tum mhaka ek sang polloviea!
(But, you tell me one thing!)
B: Kitem re tem? Arre, hanvem tujea lagim vincharlam tuvem jivea Devak
pollela
kai mhunn?
(What is it? I asked: Did you see live God?)
M: Nam; hanvem polleunk nam. Punn tum mhaka sang bhattkara, tuvem tujea
ponnjeachea paik pollela?
(No; I did not see. But you tell me landlord, did you see your great
grandfathers
father?)
B: Nam.
(No.)
M: Pollevnk nam! Zalear tum kosso sot mandtai tujea ponnjeak pai also
mhunnon?
(You didnt see! Then how do you believe your great grandfather had
father?
B: Arre pixea! Xapaichea xapaik pai nastannam xapai zavnk nozo; xapai
nastannam pai zavnk nozo, ani pai nastannam hanv zavnk nozo.
(You stupid guy! If my great grandfather didnt have father, my
grandfather
wouldnt be born; without grandfather, my father wouldnt be born, and
without
my father I wouldnt be born.
M: Toxem zalear xannea bhattkara, Dev nastannam sonvsar rocho nozo ani
sonvsar
rochonastannam munis rochonozo.
(In that case my learned landlord, there cannot be world without God and
man
without world.)
B: Tum mhaka kitem sangonk sodtai re? Mhaka podvi asa mhaka zai tednam to
khuris moddunk!
(What are you trying to tell me? I have the power to demolish that cross
any
time I wish!)
M: Hoi bhattkara. Ani Devakui podvi asa zai tednam tuka sonvsarantlo
kaddunk.
(Yes, landlord. And God too has the power to take you away from this
world
whenever He wishes.)
B: Hai, hai, hai, hai, hai! Tum kitem uloitai tem sintidan uloi!
(Hai, hai, hai, hai, hai! Watch out what you say!)
M: Bhattkara, hanv jem poi kitem uloilam tem sintidanuch uloilam.
(Landlord, whatever I said, I have said it while in my senses.)
Bhattkar tiddkin koddsoron voita.
(The landlord gets angry and departs.)
M: He asat te munis je sonvsarachi rit moddun rochnarachi jit khevtat.
Jezun
amchea pasot dukh sonslem, khursar melo ani amchem patok puslem. Munis
aiz piso zala science vachun ani tuvenuch rochun tuka man dinam. Tum
tankam
bhogos Saiba kortat te jit, mat pun chintinastannam ki soglleank asa
mhunnon ti
Dev Nit.
(These are the people who have forgotten the custom of the world and
play
stubborn with the Creator. Jesus suffered for us and died on the cross
in
order to wipe our sins. Today, man has gone mad by studying science and
Your own creation does not respect You. Lord, please forgive their
stubbornness,
for they know not there awaits Gods justice to all.)
Moi-mogan,
Domnic Fernandes
Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA
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