Farming

00:00:02doo' malem
good evening

00:00:07uih pian mala sesuut cerita
I would like to tell a short story

00:00:10ratnan kudeng apeh lun merar maun
about our elders in the past

00:00:15puun-puun deh nganau' naru' lati' baa'
when they first began wet paddy farming

00:00:22bang laak, le-le bang meribu liwa' ratu limeh pulu' melaa, kudeng neh
In the year, roughly in the 1950s

00:00:36lun merar maun nganau' lati'
our elders practiced hill farming

00:00:44na ideh makai sakul
they didn't use spades

00:00:47ideh makai kayuh
they used sticks

00:00:52ataupun kinangan uen deh nupa
or they would split the wild palm

00:00:57idih ideh nadem keneh
and they sharpened it

00:01:00mepaad kudeng sekup
like a spade

00:01:03ineh inan deh ngukat tana'
that's what they use to dig the ground

00:01:08ngukat lati' baa' deh
and dig their wet paddy fields

00:01:13bang masa sineh memang pelaba mikat
during that time, it really hard

00:01:18keli' lun merar maun kudeng apeh ideh mulun
to think of our elders and how they used to live

00:01:22nganau' kerja
doing their work

00:01:25nganau' lati'
and farming

00:01:27dengan ngaceku na inan alat luk pelaba doo'
because they didn't have good tools

00:01:33pakai deh nganau' kerja
to do their work

00:01:35jadi bang tuda'-tuda' laak sepengeh ineh peh
so after a few years

00:01:43inan ileh sesuut luk keli' deh
they had some knowledge

00:01:48inan perkakas luk miek pakai deh peh
they had tools that they could use

00:01:54mepaad kudeng sekup dan sakol
like spades

00:02:02ineh miek ku pakai deh
that's what they used

00:02:06pele deh ngukat tana' lati' baa' deh
so that they could start their wet paddy farms

00:02:09dengan daripada deh makai alat luk ratnan kayuh
more easily than with the tools made from sticks

00:02:17dan batang kinangan nai ruen deh ku sekup
and the wild palm logs that they make into spades

00:02:21jadi peh mecing nekinih doo' senang ideh naru' kerja
so until this day it is easier for them to do their work

00:02:30ngaceku inan alat luk doo' sesuut ku pakai deh
because they have better tools

00:02:37jadi mecing nekinih peh lati' baa' deh cukup doo'
so today their wet paddy farms are good

00:02:46cukup doo'
good

00:02:47ngaceku hasil usaha deh
good because of the benefits

00:02:51luk nemakai alat-alat luk doo' sesuut ku pakai deh nganau' kerja
of using good tools to do their work

00:02:58mecing ku inul-inul anak-anak deh nikinih peh
so that the future generations today

00:03:06inan isu' luk doo' kuan pupuh tau Lun Bawang
can enjoy a positive change for our Lun Bawang people

00:03:17idih nganau' usaha deh luk sebagai lun ngekem lati'
and be of benefit for farmers

00:03:25paad mecing ideh miek ngalap hasil ratnan usaha
so that they can have reap the benefits

00:03:37tepun-tepun, lun merar-lun merar deh maun
our grandparents and our elders

00:03:43mecing ku inul anak-anak deh, mupun-mupun deh luk nekinih
up to our children and grandchildren today

00:03:50mecing bang kereb luk nekinih peh
and today

00:03:56kerjaan luk mula' tolong ke lun luk ngekem bang lati'
the government has really helped farmers

00:04:06kudeng petanian, kerjaan petanian
like the agriculture department

00:04:10ideh nolong kedeh
they help them

00:04:12mare alat-alat luk pakai deh
by providing them with tools that they use

00:04:16bang ideh nganau' lati' deh
when farming

00:04:18ngaju lemulun luk sebagai ngekem bang lati'
to increase the number of farmers

00:04:28paad miek ngeruet hasil luk pelaba doo'
so that they have a good yield

00:04:35jadi peh ineh sesuut luk tau miek nier
so that's a little that we can see

00:04:41kudeng apeh keadaan lun merar, tepun-tepun tau luk atun
about the lives of our elders and grandparents before us

00:04:50dengan ulun-ulun luk nekinih
compared to the lifestyle today

00:04:55memang mado erang deh
they have come a long way

00:04:59beken neh
there is a big difference

00:05:00ratnan usaha lun merar maun
between the effort of our elders

00:05:04dengan usaha inul-inul anak deh mupun deh luk nekinih
and the effort of our children and grandchildren today

00:05:13jadi peh pelaba mawang niat tau
so we are very happy

00:05:17ngaceku ratnan kudeng apeh doo' perinta
with how the government

00:05:24petanian luk rayeh nolong ke lun luk ngekem bang lati'
and the agriculture department has helped farmers

00:05:35ataupun luk sebagai petani luk ngekem bang lati'
or people who work on farms

00:05:42luk mare kemajuan kuan lun sebagai luk ngekem bang lati' baa'
and improved the yields of farmers

00:05:51pele miek ngikit ulun deh
so that they can improve their lives

00:05:59muit eceh isu' luk doo', isu' luk rayeh
and bring about a positive change, a big change

00:06:04kuan tetek-tetek ruma' ideh sendiri
and bring about a positive change, a big change for each household