Baby Yuyu’s Atole

warasadrumschool — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 05:52:08 +0000

Baby Yuyu’s Atole (Latun Yuyu Adulu)

Below is a Garifuna story from Honduras first translated into Spanish, and now translated into English by Warasa Garifuna Drum School.

The Spanish translation is from ASOCIACIÓN MISIONERA GARÍFUNA. Walagante. La Ceiba Atlántida Honduras, Editora Fernando Sabio, 2000. Pág. 31 and was found in a research thesis conducted in Puerto Barrios and Livingston.

Latun Yuyu Adulu	Baby Yuyu’s Atole (Corn Drink)	Yuyu Bebe Atol
Luagu aba weyu aba lidin Yuyu	One day Yuyu went to his girlfriend’s house.	Un día Yuyu fue a casa de su novia,
Tùbiñe ladari, lubàn lebeluru	Before entering, he greeted her and then sat down.	antes de entrar, saludó y luego se sentó,
Aba labusuru furumiñe, àbati lañùrun.	He went to spy into the kitchen, and saw that they were	se Puso a espiar para la cocina, y vio que estaban
Aba laganaridun gusinarugun, Dan larigihin làsarahouña lan awasi Aban lagundaràgun; Lariñaga	roasting corn. He was happy and said to himself:	asando maíz se sintió contento y dijo:
Bulìeina dan natun pinula mal.	“I don’t remember the last time I drank atole.	¡Olvidé el tiempo que tome atole,
Range lumoun nata uguñe do.	I think I’m going to drink some today!”	creo que hoy voy a beber!
Àbati lafamurun kamà ibidiñeti ni kata mon	He pretended he did not know, and he started	Hizo como si no supiera, empezó
Aba lagumeserun aboucha yana, Mon buga	to make conversation so that the time	a sacar conversación para que el tiempo
Furese lan lidin dan. Ìtara liñati lidin dan,	passed until they called	pasara, y así paso hasta que llamaron
Darì lun laguarùn Mon Yuyu lun lañùrun	Yuyu to go to the dining room	a Yuyu para que se fuera al comedor
Luagu dàbula. Àbati tichugùn luniñe Mon,	to drink a plate of atole that they had served.	a beber un plato de atol, se lo sirvieron.
Aba lagumeserun tuagu, gama lumoun Magurabahati tadilirun lasagaruni gulieru	He did not wait for it to cool.	Y él no esperó que se enfriara agarro una
Tìdagiñe, lun liñurahanou adulu lau lùhabu.	He put a spoonful in his mouth	cucharada y se lo llevo a la boca,
Keiti madilirun tan lubà làtunu, aba	but the atole was hot and it burned.	pero como el atol estaba caliente se quemo
Tachuraruni, siñati buga làsuerunu	He could not spit it out because his girlfriend	Y no pudo escupirlo porque su novia
Ladüga nuhabuga ladari luagu dàbula,	was there, and he could not swallow it because it would burn	estaba allí, ni tragarlo porque se quemaría
No lun lahunchunun lugudun	his throat like the sun. He could not stand the burning so	la garganta, y como no aguantaba el ardor
Buga tèfedun.	tears came out of his eyes.	se le salieron las lágrimas.
Dan tarihini tùguchu ladari aba Tariñagun Mon	When his girlfriend’s mother saw him, she said:	Al verlo la mamà de la novia le dijo:
Ka san uagu bayahuaha Yuyu?	Why do you cry Yuyu?	¿Por qué lloras Yuyu?
Aba lariñagun tun:	And he answered:	Y él respondió:
Ladüga nòufuri, da le natun pinula,	Aunt every time I drink atole, I	Tía cada vez que tomo atol,
Naruto wing tuagu finòun mama	think of my late mother.	me acuerdo de mi finada madre

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Baby Yuyu’s Atole

Baby Yuyu’s Atole (Latun Yuyu Adulu)