[Opening]

Weno.

Bueno. [OK]

[Background]

Komo ha’ t’ay pekatax

Once upon a time

ay jun winh icham chi’. [ay juntsanh . . .]

there was an old man. [He had some . . .]

Ay juntsanh yuninal winh.

He had some sons.

Tsijtum yuninal winh chi’.

He had many sons.

Hab’ xo yalan winh, [ay jun winh . . .]

They say he said . . . [there was a man . . .]

ay jun winh yunin winh chi’ ix jali.

. . . that a new son came.

[First Event: Dialogue]

Entonse, xit’ k’ana’ jun . . . jun sb’ehal winh.

Then he went to ask his destiny.

“Ha tik ne’ik, olam k’ib’ winh wuninal tik?

“Now, will my son grow up?

Wach’am ol aj winh t’ayin?”

Will he be good to me?”

xchi hab’ winh.

they say he said.

“B’at hin k’an to ne’ik’ schumal winh.”

“I will go now to ask his future.”

Sb’at winh b’i’an t’a winh ja’at winh chi’.

He then went to the prayermaker.

Sk’anan xchumum chi’.

He asked that diviner.

[Closing]

Yalan winh b’i’an,

One asks, then,

ha xo winh xchumum chi’ yelta,

that diviner to cast

t’a xchumal winh chi’.

the fortune of that person.

Ay tonam b’aj

Perhaps there are times when

ts’el k’och si’an jab’ok heb’ winh.

some truth comes out in what they say.

[Background]

Entonse, sk’och winh b’i’an,

Well, then, the man arrived,

yalan winh,

and he asked,

[Second Event: Dialogue]

“Ha jun wunin tik, olam k’ib’ winh,

“Will this son of mine grow up?

Wach’am winh?”

Will he be a good person?”

“Ha jun winh hunin tik, ha winh [olach . . .]

“Ah, this son of yours, he [will . . .]

olach julan chamok.

he is going to shoot you to death.

Kon el tiempo sk’ib’i winh,

In time he is going to grow up,

entonse ke kab’al winh olach chamok,”

then he is going to shoot you to death.”

xab’ winh.

they say he said.

“Wal yel?”

“Is that true? [the father asked]

“Toton yel.”

“Yes, it’s true.” [the diviner answered]

[Closing]

Ha’ la yune to winh chi’.

And he was still an infant,

Jantakam de . . . de . . . de un año,

He was one year old

si más . . . [mas . . . mas] manto [manto manto . . .]

if more [. . . more . . .] not yet [not yet . . .]

toman nene to winh chi’.

but he was still an infant.

(Dos años, dos años)

(Two years, two years.)

[Background]

Yo, yalan winh ix yistsil winh b’i’an.

So then, the man talked to his wife.

[Third Event: Dialogue]

“Ha tikne’ik, tas skutik

“Now what are we going to do

winh junin tik?

with the child?

Icha tik b’aj yelta t’ahin to

It has come to me that

ha winh olin julan chamok.

he is going to shoot me to death.

Mero manh ol yallaj

Let’s not say

ko mak’an cham winh.

that we’ll beat him to death.

Mejor to b’at k’ap kam b’at,

Better yet go leave him in a pit.

aj b’at kam winh yol junok olan,

leave him in some hole.

mato aj b’at pak’ kam winh?’

Or where else can I leave him?”

xchab’ winh

they say he said.

(winh smam winh unin)

(the father of that child)

Winh smam winh unin chi’.

The father of that child.

(Ha’.)

(Ha!)

“Totom ipanam sb’at ni’o,”

“Then he has to go!,”

xchab’ ix chichim,

they say the wife said.

“yikan ha b’at winh [winh], b’i’an.”

“So you have to go.”

[Closing]

Sb’at winh.

He left.

[Background]

Sb’at winh icham chi’,

The old man went out.

Xit’ yak’an winh t’a jun montaña,

He went to leave him in the rain forest.

Ha ta’ xit’ yak’an winh.

It was there he went to leave the child.

Pero jun montaña chi’,

But that wilderness,

manh yojtakok laj winh icham chi’

the old man didn’t know

tato slak’anil xo chi’

that nearby it

ay jun chonhab’, xchi.

there was a village, they say.

Ha xo yak’ jun winh icham

Then, an old man

walek’ winh icham chi’ k’atsits,

was passing by gathering firewood,

o pasyal

or wandering around,

o t’asam walek’ say . . .

or who knows what he was looking for . . .

say winh t’a jun montaña

looking for on that mountain

ha xo yab’an winh walok jun unin chi’.

when he heard the child crying.

[Fourth Event: Dialogue]

“Unek’, unek’, unek’,”

“Unek’, unek’, unek’,”

xchab’ jun chi’.

they say he was saying.

“Aj ix k’oti?,”

“Where is that coming from?,”

xchab’ winh icham chi’.

they say the old man said.

Xit’ sayan yilb’at winh b’i’an.

He went and looked around.

Ha xo yilan winh hichanab’ek’

Then he saw lying there was

jun unin chi’.

that child.

Ma chekel aj ix k’oti.

But it was unknown where he came from.

Skal yaxlum ayek’i.

There he was in the middle of the forest.

(Tonhej xit’ yak’an winh icham.)

(The father just went to leave him.)

Tonhej xit’ yak’an winh,

He just went out to leave him there,

spax t’a winh b’i’an.

and then he went home.

To ha winh icham chi’

Then that old man

ix sk’anb’ati.

took him away.

Sk’och t’a spat winh b’i’an.

He arrived at his house.

Yalan winh, “Ay jun portuna ix wik’a,”

He said, “I’ve brought a treasure!,”

xchi winh.

he said.

Pero winh icham, ni junok yuninal winh.

But that man had not a single child.

Malaj, xchi.

None, they say.

[Closing]

Sk’ib’ winh unin chi’ b’i’an.

Well, that child grew up.

Ha xo t’a k’ib’ winh b’i’an.

The child grew up there.

Wenas wal k’ib’ winh unin chi’.

The child grew well.

Icham winak aj winh.

He came to be a man.

[Background]

Entonses, totonam algo lak’anam

Then, maybe not far away

skal jun chonhab’ chi’.

lay another village.

Sb’at winh b’i’an . . .

He went there . . .

pasear winh, pax winh icham chi’.

to wander about, he went again.

[Fifth Event: Action]

Ay jun k’inh ochi,

There was a fiesta starting,

yoch jun juego t’a b’ajtil.

he got into a game over there.

Mato braj, mato tas jun,

Maybe cards, or whatever;

b’aj yak’ juego chi’ heb’ winh.

where they were playing that game.

Entonses wanem heb’ winh chi’ jun.

There they were, playing.

[Closing]

Yo, manh yojtakok laj winh icham chi’ jun

And, that old man didn’t know

tato ha winh yunin winh chi’ yet’i

that it was his child with whom

ol . . . ol ya’an tajnel chi’.

he . . . he would be playing.

Sino ke yojtak winh to,

If he had known,

ix si’um’anel yunin winh chi’,

he would have killed him,

komo malaj sgana winh xcham winh jun.

because he didn’t want to die.

(Manh xo tok’ ayek’ laj winh sna’an winh.)

(He didn’t know he was still alive.)

[Background]

Entonses ya’an winh b’i’an,

So there they were,

yoch juego chi’.

the game started.

[Sixth Event: Action]

Tik ne’ik ha’am winh icham chi’,

Maybe it was the old man

mas ak’an ganar jun.

who won more.

Sk’e’en naj kot k’en pistola.

Pistols were drawn.

Fit! Ya’an winh t’a winh.

And ffft!, he gave it to him.

Fit! Xlajwi winh icham chi’.

Ffft! The old man died.

Ha t’a elk’och si’al jun . . . [jun jun]

Thus it came to pass . . .

jun spreba winh chi’.

what the diviner had predicted.

(T’a b’ajtil xintek’ sk’an te’.)

(Where he went to ask his fate.)

[Closing]

Yo, xcham winh b’i’an.

So, the man died.

Entonse sk’exek’nak winh,

Then the young man took his place.

[Background]

Yo, hijun lajan nhej ham jun,

So, maybe a little later

yilanab’ xi sb’a, ha na [ix ix]

he again came across that . . .

ix snun winh unin chi’ jun.

the mother of that child [him].

T’o te wach’ yilji ix,

She was very pretty,

una mujera muy simpática.

an attractive woman.

Tob’ anheja kob’es ix ix chi’.

They say she was like a maiden.

Anheja wach’ yilji ix, entonse.

She still looked good, then.

[Seventh Event: Dialogue]

Yalanab’ ix jun:

They say she said,

“Ha tik ne’ik to,

“Now,

ol och chok winh wichmil

I’ll start to look for a husband,

komo to ix cham winh wichmil jun.

since my husband has died.

Pero, tato sna’elta jun preba

But, if they can solve a riddle,

heb’ winh anima chi’

those men.

Wach’ tas tsaj yalan heb’,

I don’t care what they say,

pero ay jun hin preba hahintik.

but I have a riddle of mine,

Ta to sna’elta jun hin preba chi’

If they solve my riddle,

heb’ winh,

those men.

entonse olin yik winh chi’,

then I will take that man,

lo que sea chekel to anima winh.

whatever he looks like.

Nada más sna’elta jun hin preba chi

All he has to do is solve my riddle,”

heb’ winh,” xchab’ ix.

they say she said.

Sk’och winh anima yak’ karinyar ix.

People came to court her.

“Tsam ha na’elta jun preba chi’?”

“But can you solve this riddle?”

Maj sna’elta laj heb’ winh.

They didn’t answer it.

(“Tas yaj jun ha preba chi’ jun?”)

(“What is your riddle, then?”)

“Ha’ jun hin prewa:

“My riddle is:

Ay jun nok’ nok’

There is an animal

ha sjawi nok’, chanhe’ yok nok’.

who when he comes, he has four feet.

T’a mas sjawi k’uh,

When it is dawn

chanhe’ yok nok’.

he has four feet.

Haxo t’a chim k’uhalil,

At noon,

chab’ nhej yok nok’.

he has only two feet.

Ha xo t’a k’uhalil,

In the afternoon,

oxe’ xo nhej pax yok nok’.

the animal just has three feet again,”

chab’ ix. [Ha . . .]

they say that she said. [. . .]

Entonse max sna’elta laj heb’ winh,

Then they didn’t guess it.

“Ma chekel tas jun chi’!”

“Who knows what this is!”

(“Tas ts’elk’och jun chi’?”)

(“What does it mean?”)

“Tas ts’elk’och jun chi’?”

“What does it mean?”

[Closing]

Entonses sna’elta heb’ winh, b’i’an.

Well, they thought about it.

[Background]

Bueno,

Okay,

to ix k’och winh,

then that man arrived also.

sk’och pax heb’ winh unin chi’, b’i’an.

that child arrived also, then.

[Eighth Event: Dialogue]

“Ma’ay ke keres k’i ko b’ah?

“So, don’t you want us to have each other?

T’a ma’ay, icha wal tik ts’on aji,”

If not, that’s the way we’ll do it,”

xchab’.

they say he said.

“Pero sk’i nhej ko b’ah

“But we will come together

ta to tsa na’elta jun hin preba,

if you solve my riddle,

porke ha’in tik,

because I,

ay jun hin preba icha tik.”

I have a riddle, like this,”

xchab’ ix chichim chi.

they say the woman said.

“Tas jun ha preba chi’ jun?,”

“What is your riddle, then?,”

Yalan ix: “Ichatik.”

The woman said: “It’s like this.”

“Ah, bueno, entonse ha’in tik jun,

“Well, okay, then I

mejor ix hin na’elta,

guess I have solved it.

ke ha’onh tik jun,

that it’s us, then.

Komo ts’on kotoch uninal

As infants crawling,

chanhe’ kok.

we have four feet.

Komo yel ts’on he kotkonok’.

As infants we walk on our four legs.

Ha xo chim k’uhalil chi’ jun,

At mid-day,

chab’ xo kok, wach’ kek’i.

we have two legs and we walk well.

Ha xo t’a yem k’uhalil,

In the afternoon,

icham winak chi’ jun,

as old men,

oxe’ xo pax:

on three legs again:

ayoch ko k’och.”

we use a cane.”

[Closing]

Kawal yik’ani snun winh!

Right there he took his mother!

(Ah.)

(Ah.)

[Background]

Bueno, entonses, ha tik ne’ik, jun,

Well, then, now,

yab’an wal elta winh b’i’an,

he found out how it was,

tis . . . yaj wal . . . tas wal yaj jun

. . . uh . . . it was . . . what it was, then,

tajtil yaj jun ix jun.

how the woman was.

[Ninth Event: Dialogue]

“Tajtil, chaktil aj jun?”

“How, what is your story?

“Ichatik: Yuj chamnak winh wichmil

“Like this: Because my husband died,

komo ha xo winh ek’nak,

so since he was gone,

ichatik yaji, yelta”

it was like this, it’s true.”

“Entonses haton winh hin mam chi’,”

“Then that man was my father!”

xchab’ winh unin chi’.

they say the boy said.

Mismo ha winh yak’ matar sb’a, yo.

Then he killed himself, then.

Slajwi howal chi’, b’i’an.

And the difficulty ended.

[Closing]

(Ix cham winh?)

(He died?)

Ix cham winh smam winh,

His father died,

xcham xi winh.

he died too.

Smil sb’a heb’ winh,

They killed themselves.

ay snun winh yik’laj sb’ah.

It was his mother he mated with.

Ya stá.

That’s it.

Ix lajwi.

It ended.