Translated from French by Luc Sârអបាយភូមិ=នរក តិរច្ឆាន
(អក្ខរានុក្រមខ្មែរ នួនប៊ុត ១៩៥៤)
Pret = Animal born in the “Abayphum”
Abayphum = Hell, beast
(Khmer Dictionary – Nuon Buth, 1954)
Abayphum = Hell, beast
(Khmer Dictionary – Nuon Buth, 1954)
“Pret”
By N. Sihanouk
By N. Sihanouk
Lately, Cambodian newspapers (in Phnom Penh, in particular) published articles about me indicating that, at my death, I would like to become a “ប្រេត” (pret). My Khmer-Khmer dictionary gives the explanation, the meaning, the significance of “ប្រេត” (pret): an animal born in hell; a being which is an animal with an undeniable and authentic savagery.
In reality, in my prayers held in front of the august statue of my great grandfather, H.M. King Norodom, at the Silver Pagoda, I had asked His Majesty who already became a Tevoda (angel) that my ambition was modest: I wish to become a “SPIRIT” at my death.
A “SPIRIT” would be less scary than a “ប្រេត” (pret) which is a monster much worst that those created by “Dr. Frankenstein” in the movie.
If I were to become a “ប្រេត” (pret), watch out you Lonnolian men and women, Republican men and women!!
(Signed) N. Sihanouk
May 2008
In reality, in my prayers held in front of the august statue of my great grandfather, H.M. King Norodom, at the Silver Pagoda, I had asked His Majesty who already became a Tevoda (angel) that my ambition was modest: I wish to become a “SPIRIT” at my death.
A “SPIRIT” would be less scary than a “ប្រេត” (pret) which is a monster much worst that those created by “Dr. Frankenstein” in the movie.
If I were to become a “ប្រេត” (pret), watch out you Lonnolian men and women, Republican men and women!!
(Signed) N. Sihanouk
May 2008
