E Yekte Manushe
[Rromani – English]
Bute mile bershe pàle, kana o svieto nevo sos, o Bàro Deva haievalias pes kokeres, tha delias pes te kerela e yekte manushe te jivena dre peskro nevo svieto. Kerdias lo akalen manushe chikater, tha pekadias len dre peskri yàg.
O yekto molo, o Deva kerdias yek mursh tha yek juvli chikater, chivdias len dre peskri yàg, tala jàlias avre soske sos les te kerela vaver buti. Bute oria pàloder, reperadias lo akalen manushe, avelias pàle tha lelias len avre e yàgater – mè dikhlias lo te avelie le cheles xacherde tha kàle. Avelie le e yekte Afrikiake.
O duito molo, pàpale kerdias o Deva yek mursh tha yek juvli chikater, tala chivdias len dre peskri yàg. Akana, daradias lo te pàpale ka avena le xacherde, doleske sigo lelias len avre e yàgater, angle te avelie le taches pekade. Akaie manushe cheles pàne sos; avelie le e yekte Gàdje.
Pàlunes, o Deva kerdias trite mursh tha juvli chikater tha chivdias len dre peskri yàg. Ava molo, pekadias len mistes: kana lelias len avre peskri yàgater, dikhlias lo te avelie len shuker, kàlori-sonakani klura… avelie le e yekte Roma, tha avelias o Deva bute loshalo lender!
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The First People
Many thousands of years ago, when the world was newly created, the Great God felt lonely, and decided to create the first people to live on his new world. He created these people out of clay, and baked them in his fire.
The first time, God made one man and one woman out of clay, put them in his fire, then went away to get on with some other work that he needed to do. Many hours later, he remembered these people, came back and took them out of the fire – but he saw that they had become completely burnt and blackened. They became the first Africans.
The second time, once again God made one man and one woman out of clay, then put them in his fire. Now, he was afraid that they would be burnt again, so he very soon took them out of the fire, before they were properly baked. These people were completely white; they became the first Gàdje.
Finally, God made a third man and woman out of clay and put them in his fire. This time, he baked them just right: when he took them out of the fire, he saw that they had a beautiful, dark-golden colour… they became the first Roma, and God was very happy with them!
NATALIA IVEND
(sursa foto: paradoxoftheday.com)
