| _sage |
Posted
on 01-Mar-04 12:58 PM
Hi Sajha folks,
I was given a manuscript of a novel that my friend wrote. It is in Nepali and it's about 80 pages long. It's a whole handwritten copy by her - one of two copies that exist. (There is not photocopier because she lives in a mountain village in Myagdi district.)
My Nepali is not so good that I can translate it well. I have been trying but it is hard for me. But I though maybe some people on Sajha would find it interesting to read, and can help me translate it piece by piece.
When it's completed, then I want to publish it - at first I will publish it online and maybe later as a book, if it's good. I will submit it to publishers in Kathmandu.
Here is the first page. (Maybe later I will type in Devanagari but for now only English letters). Please forgive if I have mistakes in the Nepali spelling. I cannot read all of her handwriting.
Anu, Nangi-2, Myagdi, Dhaulagiri
Upanyas banauna ta khoje tara lekhaha prakuya milna sakeko chaina. Tyasaile kahaasamma saphala hun sakchu yo ta ma bhanna sakdina yo euta kahaali laagdi jindagiko serophero matrai.
Sage yo upanyaas timro hatma choddai chu je garnu parcha.
Jindagika Panaharu
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Jasto sukai paristhitiharu-sanga pani saamanaa gardai baachnu panai mancheko jivan anauthoko hudo rahecha. Tyasaile jivan jahile pani vaahayatama hidi raheko huncha vivighakaran vash tyaskaran aaphule soche jasto kahaa hudo rahecha.
Tyasaile Asma na aatmahatyaa gadi mane nai sakyo na jiun nai. Yasati shuru bhae Asma-ko jivan kathaharu. Asma-ko sapanako tithaa yarthaathaharu [ or yathothaharu? ] . Asma-ko jivanko eutaa vastavik kathako panaharu yasari paltdai paltdai gae.
Asma-ko janma ek mahayam bagriya parivarma bhaeko huncha. Tyasaile Asma-lai khana launa ra kunai pani kaamharuma tyasto kunai prakaarko dukhaharu jelna parena.
I hope this is readable. If anyone likes this idea I will post more each day.
-Sage
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