Suriname folk-lore

144.

Wą' mą' bɛ̨' wak' na leti na nei̯ti. Na wą' nei̯ti, a mit' wą' mąn. 'A mąn aksi ɛ̨ŋ taki, ‘Są' yu suku so?’ A tai̯gi, ‘Mi wan' si fa yɔrka op' 'a grebi.’ 'A yɔrka tak', ‘A bǫ', waka kɔ̨' nąŋga mi.’ A kyar' 'a mą' go leti na bɛr-pe. A sɔri ɛ̨ŋ den tu dɛdɛ-'ɛdɛ. A tak', ‘Luku den. Na so dɛm bɛn dɛ lek' mi, ma luk' fa den kɔ̨n tą'. A so i sɛrɛp' kɔ̨' tu.’

144. Yorka Rise from Graves.⁴

A man was in the habit of going about late at night. One night he met a man. The man asked him, he said, ‘What are you looking for so?’ He said, ‘I want to see how the ghosts rise from their graves.’ The ghost said, ‘All right, follow me.’ He brought the man right to the cemetery. He showed him two skulls. He said, ‘Look at them. They were like I am, but look how they have become. So you yourself will become, too.’

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