Mba

Seen in the folk-tales

• “E! lumuenu luami, e! lumuenu luami; ngauaba inga ngaiba?” — “Kana mba; uauaba muene; ku mundu oku kuenie mutu, uauaba usokela ni eie.”“O my mirror, O my mirror, am I beautiful, or am I ugly?” — “Not at all; you are indeed beautiful; in all this world there is no one as beautiful as you.”I · told by Version A: João Borges Cezar
• O lumuenu inga lu mu tambujila: “Ambula mba, ngana Fenda Madia. Uauaba muene; maji, se eie uauaba kavua, o mona é, uejile maza momo, uauaba kakuinii.”The mirror then answered her: “Let it be, Lady Fenda Maria. You are indeed beautiful; but, if you are beautiful to the ninth degree, your daughter, who came here yesterday, is beautiful to the tenth.”I · told by Version A: João Borges Cezar