Thein Pe Myint's "Oil" (9/13)

This post presents page 9 of 13 of Thein Pe Myint's 1938 short story "Oil". This copy has been downloaded from the "Burmese Classic" website, which has an excellent collection of Myanmar books in PDF format.

Vocabulary:

ခွေးမျိုး ။ derogatory term used as a swear word
ခါး ။ bitter
ငိုက်စိုက် ။ hanging down
ညဉ့်နက် ။ to be late in the night
လု၌လာသွားလာ ။ ???
ယုတ်မာ ။ mean; base; despicable
မိုက် ။ stupid, foolish, unruly
အသာထား ။ to leave sth alone; let sth alone; let sth be
ကုဋေကုဋာ ။ millions and millions
စောင်း ။ aslant, side
တလက်လက် ။ sparkling
ဝင်း ။ bright

Translation:

[This] is a bitch."

Ko Lu Dote stood up. Although he could not settle his heart he was happy and the bitterness was gone.

He let his head hand down and he descended.

"Ko Lu Dote, where are you going? It's already late in the night," Ma Sint set down a cigarette and asked.

Saying "Right here," he walked back and forth [?] in front of the row of homes with a sense of heaviness.

"I've been foolish. I've never before stole anything like this. I've never been despicable before. Oh, because I'm despicable another person has gotten into trouble. I'm a dog. I'm not a person. I'm not fit for this human world. As for these employers, they can't let a small disappearance just be. They still persecute a person who isn't related with the matter. They're getting loads and loads of oil. Why do they have to give a person a punishment for the disappearance of a 10 kyat cup of oil? Don't you have pity? This oil is our oil. Why are you able to met out a punishment for the disappearance of our oil? Tell me!"

He looked into the room. Ma Sint was sleeping on her side. The little lamp was giving light to the whole room. He went back into the room.

"Ko Mone has been punished. Because of me he has been punished. I'll set it up for him. I'll look for money."

He strategised about how to be able to get money for the fine. He considered this way and that way to be able to get the money for the fine. Mya Nyunt was lying on her back and sleeping and her small left hand was placed on her chest. In the fire light the gold-copper ring [on Mya Nyunt's hand] was bright and sparkling.