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የሳኪማ መዝሙር Sakima's song Sakiima Sang

Ursula Nafula

Peris Wachuka

Dawit Girma

Abenezer Chane

Amharic

Level 3

ሳኪማ ከቤተሰቦቹና ከ4 ዓመት ታላቅ እህቱ ጋር ይኖራል። የሚኖሩት ባንድ ሃብታም ሰውዬ መሬት ላይ ነው። ባለሳር ክዳን ጎጇቸው በመደዳ ከበቀሉ ዛፎች ማዶ ትገኛለች።

Sakima lived with his parents and his four year old sister. They lived on a rich man’s land. Their grass-thatched hut was at the end of a row of trees.

Sakiima did liv wid im pierens dem an im fuor iez uol sista. Dem did liv pan wahn rich man lan. Dem tach ous did de a di en a wahn lain a chrii.

ሳኪማ 3 ዓመት ሲሆነው ታመመና የዓይን ብርሃኑን አጣ። ሳኪማ ባለተሰጥኦ ልጅ ነበር።

When Sakima was three years old, he fell sick and lost his sight. Sakima was a talented boy.

Wen Sakiima a did chrii iez uol, im get sik an im get blain. Sakiima a did wahn talentid bwaai pikni.

ሳኪማ የ6 ዓመት ልጆች እንኳ የማይሰሯቸውን በርካታ ነገሮችን ማድረግ ይችላል። ለምሳሌ ከመንደሩ ትልልቅ ሴቶች ጋ ቁጭ ብሎ ጠቃሚ ቁምነገሮችን ይወያያል።

Sakima did many things that other six year old boys did not do. For example, he could sit with older members of the village and discuss important matters.

Sakiima du uoliip a tingz we ada siks iez uol bwaai pikni kudn du. Far instans, im kuda siddong wid di uol piipl dem fram di vilij an taak bout impuotant mattaz.

የሳኪማ ቤተሰቦች በሃብታሙ ሰው ቤት ውስጥ ይሰራሉ። ጠዋት በማለዳ ከቤታቸው ይወጡና ማታ ወደቤታቸው ይመለሳሉ። ሳኪማ ደግሞ ከትንሽ እህቱ ጋር ይቆያል።

The parents of Sakima worked at the rich man’s house. They left home early in the morning and returned late in the evening. Sakima was left with his little sister.

Sakiima pierens dem did wok a di rich man yaad. Dem lef out orli inna di maanin an kom bak liet inna di iivlin. Sakiima stie wid im likl sista.

ሳኪማ መዝሙር መዘመር ይወዳል። አንድ ቀን እናቱ ጠየቀችው፣ ‹‹ከየት ነው እነዚህን መዝሙሮች የተማርካቸው ሳኪማ?››

Sakima loved to sing songs. One day his mother asked him, “Where do you learn these songs from, Sakima?”

Sakiima did lov fi sing sang. Wan die im mada aks im se, “A we yu lorn dem song de fram, Sakiima?”

ሳኪማም መለሰ ‹‹ራሳቸው ይመጣሉ እማዬ። በጭንቅላቴ እሰማቸዋለሁ ከዚያም እዘምራለሁ።››

Sakima answered, “They just come, mother. I hear them in my head and then I sing.”

Sakiima ansa se, “Dem jos kom tu mi, mama. Mi ier dem inna mi ed an den mi sing dem.”

ሳኪማ ለእህቱ ይዘምርላታል በተለይ ሲርባት ሲርባት። ተወዳጅ ዜማዎቹን ሲያዜም እህቱ ትሰማዋለች። ወዲያ ወዲህ እየተወዛወዘች በዜማው ትመሰጣለች።

Sakima liked to sing for his little sister, especially, if she felt hungry. His sister would listen to him singing his favourite song. She would sway to the soothing tune.

Sakiima laik wen im sing fi im likl sista, espeshali, ef shi did fiil onggri. Im sista uda lisn tu im a sing im fievarit sang. Shi wuda tek taim rak tu di myuuzik an it wuda mek shi kaam dong.

‹‹ደግመህ ደጋግመህ ልታዜምልኝ ትችላለህ ሳኪማ›› እህቱ ለመነችው። ሳኪማም ጥያቄዋን ተቀብሎ እስኪበቃት ደጋግሞ አዜመላት።

“Can you sing it again and again, Sakima,” his sister would beg him. Sakima would accept and sing it over and over again.

“Sing it agen an agen, Sakiima,” im sista wuda beg im se. Sakiima wuda du it an sing it uova an uova agen.

አንድ ምሽት ቤተሰቦቹ ወደቤት ሲመለሱ በጣም ተክዘው ነበር። ሳኪማ የሆነ ነገር እንደተፈጠረ አወቀ።

One evening when his parents returned home, they were very quiet. Sakima knew that there was something wrong.

Wan iivlin wen im pierens dem kom bak uom, dem did kwaiyat-kwaiyat. Sakiima did nuo se sopm did rang.

‹‹እማዬ፣ አባዬ ምንድነው? ምን ችግር አለ?›› ሳኪማ ጠየቀ። የሃብታሙ ሰው ልጅ መጥፋቱን ሳኪማ ተረዳ። ሰውዬው በጣም አዘነ፣ ብቸኝነትም ተሰማው።

“What is wrong, mother, father?” Sakima asked. Sakima learned that the rich man’s son was missing. The man was very sad and lonely.

“A wa rang mama, papa?” Sakiima aks dem se. Sakiima fain out se di rich man son misn. Di man did fiil bad an laik im neva av nobadi.

‹‹አዜምለታለሁ። እንደገናም ደስተኛ ይሆናል›› አለ ሳኪማ ለቤተሰቦቹ። ቤተሰቦቹ ግን ጀሮ ዳባ ልበስ አሉት። ‹‹እሱ በጣም ሃብታም ነው። አንተ ደግሞ ተራ አይነ ስውር ነህ። የአንተ ዜማ የሚረዳው ይመስልሃል?››

“I can sing for him. He might be happy again,” Sakima told his parents. But his parents dismissed him. “He is very rich. You are only a blind boy. Do you think your song will help him?”

“Mi kyan sing fiim. Im mait fiil api agen,” Sakiima tel im pierens dem se. Bot im pierens dem neva pie im no main. “Im a wahn rich-rich man. Yu a jos wahn blain bwaai pikni. Yu tingk se yu sang kyan elp im?”

ነገር ግን፣ ሳኪማ ተስፋ አልቆረጠም። ትንሷ እህቱም ትረዳዋለች። ‹‹የሳኪማ ዜማዎች በራበኝ ጊዜ ያረጋጉኛል። ሃብታሙን ሰውዬም እንዲሁ ያረጋጉታል።››

However, Sakima did not give up. His little sister supported him. She said, “Sakima’s songs soothe me when I am hungry. They will soothe the rich man too.”

Bot Sakiima neva stap. Im likl sista bak im. Shi se, “Sakiima sang dem mek mi fiil beta wen mi onggri. Dem wi mek di rich man fiil beta tu.”

በቀጣዩ ቀን ወደ ሃብታሙ ቤት መርታ እንድትወስደው ሳኪማ እህቱን ጠየቃት።

The following day, Sakima asked his little sister to lead him to the rich man’s house.

Di neks die, Sakiima aks im likl sista fi kyari im go a di rich man yaad.

ከአንድ ትልቅ መስኮት በታች ቆሞ ተወዳጁን ዜማ አዜመ። ቀስ ብሎ የሃብታሙ ሰው ጭንቅላት በትልቁ መስኮት በኩል መታየት ጀመረ።

He stood below one big window and began to sing his favourite song. Slowly, the head of the rich man began to show through the big window.

Im stan op anda wahn big winda an staat fi sing im fievarit sang. Likl bai likl yu kuda si di rich man ed staat shuo chuu di big winda.

ሰራተኞቹ እየሰሩ የነበረውን አቆሙ። የሳኪማን ቆንጅዬ ዜማ ማዳመጥ ጀመሩ። ነገር ግን አንድ ሰው እንዲህ አለ ‹‹ማንም ሰው ቢሆን አለቃችንን ሊያዝናናው ወይም ሊያጽናናው የሚችል የለም። ይሄ አይነ ስውር ልጅ የሚችል ይመስለዋል እንዴ?››

The workers stopped what they were doing. They listened to Sakima’s beautiful song. But one man said, “Nobody has been able to console the boss. Does this blind boy think he will console him?”

Di woka dem stap we dem a du. Dem lisn tu Sakiima nais sang. Bot wan man se, “Nobadi kudn komfat di baas. Da blain bwaai pikni ya tingk se im kyan komfat im?”

ሳኪማ ማዜሙን ጨረሰና ሊመለስ ሲል ሃብታሙ ሰውዬ ፈጥኖ ወጣና ‹‹እባክህ እንደገና አዚም›› አለው።

Sakima finished singing his song and turned to leave. But the rich man rushed out and said, “Please sing again.”

Sakiima di don sing im sang an ton roun fi lef. Bot di rich man ori op an se, “Du sing agen.”

በዚያው ቅጽበት ሁለት ሰዎች በቃሬዛ አንድ ሰው ይዘው መጡ። የሃብታሙን ሰውዬ ልጅ ተነክሶ ጉዳት ደርሶበት መንገድ ዳር ወድቆ ነው ያገኙት።

At that very moment, two men came carrying someone on a stretcher. They had found the rich man’s son beaten up and left on the side of the road.

Siem taim, tuu man kom a kyari sumadi pan wahn schrecha. Dem di fain di rich man son biit op an lef a ruod said.

ልጁን ደግሞ ስላየው ሃብታሙ ሰውዬ በጣም ተደሰተ። ምቾት ስለሰጠው ሳኪማ ተደሰተ። ከዚያ ልጁንና ሳኪማን ወደ ሃኪም ቤት ወሰዳቸው፤ ሳኪማም እንደገና አይኑ ማዬት ቻለ።

The rich man was so happy to see his son again. He rewarded Sakima for consoling him. He took his son and Sakima to hospital so Sakima could regain his sight.

Di rich man did api so til fi siim son agen. Im gi Sakiima a prezent kaaz im did komfat im. Im kyari im son an Sakiima go a aaspital so Sakiima kuda get bak im sait.

Written by: Ursula Nafula

Illustrated by: Peris Wachuka

Translated by: Dawit Girma

Read by: Abenezer Chane

Language: Amharic

Level: Level 3

Source: Sakima's song from African Storybook

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