Bdáát G|ʰaa Ngáád-rų qoo to-mbááŋ
Bdáát G|ʰaa emperor-cVI.PL family up-push
Glory to the family of the Emperor Bdáát G|ʰaa

battse baabʰelʰ dò bdʰá ʃaŋ
glorious 12 year sash put_on
In the twelfth year of his glorious reign

báálʰ ŋa loŋ-hạạ btoŋ m!áá ptám
world and part=cIII investigate EXH begin
I begin my investigation of the world and its parts

Pság t!óó n|úúŋ bzá lę-ŋŋáá-gʰum
lo sky sea once_upon_a_time up_to=teeth=bring
Lo! The sky wooed the sea

ʃò-tta-zųų tʰó sóŋŋa dʰò
down=baby=spit get_up 5 brother
And she bore five brothers

ʃoo dʰò-rǫǫ kà ʃóó yàdʰ rų
grow brother-cVI.PL man yellow feel cVI.PL
The brothers grew to men and began to feel jealous

ptá-n' ŋa dzoo-n' lų pság ma-maaŋ
father-3 with mother-3 inheritance lo INT-ask
And asked of their father and mother their birthright

n|úúŋ t!óó dááŋŋú dʰò-r' k|ʰagąą
sea sky property brother-BEN give_each
The sea and the sky gave to each a property

Gąą Dbé tbáálʰé dááŋŋú q!ʰąą
Gąą Dbé eldest property cII.SPEC
The eldest, Gąą Dbé

dʰạạ go báárʰ dzo hunnạ-r' lʰáá-ç
take then hot give self-BEN make-DEP
Made himself a hot land

naa ro ktááq yeŋąą lę-ptịị-ç
Sun GEN enjoy because up_to-love-DEP
For he loved the sunshine

bráád go dʰạạ-ç k!oo ɢááppʰ-ax ŋóódʰ
dust then take-DEP dog make-DEP companion
And he made from dust the first dog to be his companion

Pság Sri Takʰ ro brellʰé tʰó
Lo! Sri Takʰ cVI.SPEC second get_up
Lo! Sri Takʰ, the second

kǂạ̀ạ̀mmọ ptịị go dááŋŋú q!ʰąą
Darkness love then property cII.SPEC
Loved the darkness

dʰạạ-ni bʰọ́ọ́ qǀʰum ɢááppʰ-ax dʰą̀ą̀
Take-3 shady jungle make-DEP stand
And made himself a shady jungle

quuŋ go dʰạạ-ç tʰạ ɢááppʰ-ax ŋóódʰ
mud then take-DEP leopard make-DEP companion
And he made from mud the first leopard to be his companion

De Lu liiyé onta g|íí-ç
De Lu third clever be-DEP
The third, De Lu, cleverst of them all

báárʰ kǃọt kǂạ̀ạ̀m kǃọt ptịị-ç go içç
Hot fruit dark fruit love-DEP then REL
Who loved the fruits of both

gondà oqqà dʰạạ-ç go içç
hence land take-DEP then REL
Thus took his inheritance

mussʰùù ax'bʰii ɢááppʰ-ax dʰą̀ą̀
fertile temperate make-DEP stand
And made of it a land, fertile and temperate

Tsi 'ndà ɢááppʰ-ax ŋóódʰ nri g|íín
Tsi hence make-DEP companion cVI.POSS be
And he made the first Tsi to be his companion

T|ąą Pʰò bʰaaqé sʰị́ị́ç nǃòd ptịị-ç
T|ąą Pʰò fourth wind cold love-DEP
T|ąą Pʰò, the fourth, loved the wind and the cold

dááŋŋú q!ʰąą go dʰạạ-ç to-mbááŋ
Property cII.SPEC then take-DEP up-push
So he raised his land to a great height

Pság Sri Takʰ ŋa Gąą Dbé tʰó
Lo! Sri Takʰ with Gąą Dbé get_up
But lo! Sri Takʰ and Gąą Dbé were jealous

ʃóó yàdʰ tʃagʰ tʰó lę-ŋŋǃee go
Yellow feel night get_up up_to-go then
So they came upon him by night

T|ąą Pʰò-r' qa-ŋŋǃè cuu-hą-x dʰą̀ą̀
T|ąą Pʰò-BEN apart-head smash-DEROG-DEP stand
And crushed T|ąą Pʰò’s skull with a stone

dááŋŋú-r' T|ąą Pʰò gondà q!ʰąą
property-GEN T|ąą Pʰò hence cII.SPEC
They split his land into many pieces

ɢǃònù-x Sri Takʰ cʰẹẹ ed qʰòlʰ
split-DEP Sri Takʰ corpse eat sit
And Sri Takʰ devoured his corpse

Rą́ą́ Yop rwààbʰé fʰììrkǂę ro
Rą́ą́ Yop youngest quarreling GEN
Rą́ą́ Yop, the youngest

andà kdékk-eç mrạạ 'nnạ ro
Come_from sad-DEP be_strong self BEN
Felt great sadness at his brothers’ quarreling

wuun 'ndà qǃóŋŋ-ox n|úúŋ bʰị-ç go
Far come_from flee-DEP sea pass-DEP then
Far away he hence fled, beyond the sea

oqqà-r' ạnni aŋŋ' hą lʰáá-qǃʰ
land-GEN 3 in thing make-NEG
And he made nothing in his land

gǂụ̀ụ̀ka fị́ị́ rų tʰiil ọxad
Mourner all cVI.PL chest do
But embraced all the mourners

kdékmo gonn' dzo hunn' d|ʰa mbąą
Sadness hence give self with share
To share their sadness with him