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ami tumar bada bailla ka'itam pari na/ Kintu bape tar
/ ' thy son having-ealled to-say can not' But the-father his
tsakar tsakramra-re kail, <k'ub Vain kapar ainna ta-re
servant (and) fe>male-servants-to said, f very good clothes hanng-brought him-to
pind'aiya-dao, ugla angdi £k-jxir binama ginna dao, ar amra
put-cn> a ring a~pair shoes having-brought give, and (let)-us
k'aiya laaya k'nb amud allad kari. Kie-re-ka'i, amar ei pute
having-eaten etcetera much merriment joy make. Because my this son
maira gfisil, baissa aise; 'araiya gisil,
hating'died went, having-survived has-come; having-been-lost had-gone,
pawa-gase.5 H&yar bade tara k'tib rang shuru kariL
has^een-found* Of-this after they much rejoicing beginning made.
Ar tar bara pute pat-re asil. Te barir kase a'iya
And his eldest son the-field-w was. He of*the-house near hamng~come
rang-tamsba gan bazna shuniL Te takhan barir tsakrarar
rejoicing-merriment singing music heard. He then </-h<we of-the-servanfa
maize ak zan-re zingail, *itan kitano?' Te ka'hil, ftumar b'ai
among one person-to osked, 'this what?* He said, 'thy brother
barit aise, Sr tumar bap khaoner ba'tit-tan karsse. Kiye-re
to-the-house has-come* and thy fattier qf-eating much has-made. Because
?e tain ta-re baissS paise/ Kintu te rag a!l, bit-re zaite
that he him surviving ha*-fowd.9 But he angry became, inside-to to-go
tsail-ca. Her bade tar bap gatar igay aishsta, kattha-mate
mshed-not. Of»this after his father of-the house in-front having-come, by-toords
bnz5ail. Tate te tar bap-re ka'il, 'una, "aiz basar d'aira tnmar
remonstrated. Thereon he his father-to said* * here, so-many years during thy
shata karsi, ar tumar shathe 'uizza kata ka'i nai, ata
service I-have-done, and qf-thee with disobedient word I-have-said not> yet
basarer maize am£re ngla padi-6 dao nai, ze amar band' tara-re
of-a-year in me-to a kid*even thou-gavest not, that my friends them
laiyS amud kari; §x tumar ei put natlnira-re tumar
having-taken, merriment I*may-make; and thy this son to-harlots thy
haggal bitti-bashat k'awaise, ar te zakhan ail, tar
whole wealth-goods has-caused-to-be>eaten> and he when he-came, of-him
laigga kat-tan khaonear zugar karsa.1 Kintu tar bap
for-the-saJce how-much qf-eating preparation hast-thou-made.' £ut his father
ka'il, 'Fut-o, tumi hagal din amar k|se asa, amar ze-tan ase
said, * Son*0, thou every day qf-me near art my whatever is
hagal-tan tumar; kintu t6 maira g&sil, baissa aise;
everything thine(is); but he having-died went, having-survived has-come;
'araisil, pawa-gase, Uite ena amud allad kar.9
teas-lost, has-been-found, therefore thus merriment joy lefais make?
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