Ekyalekire ekikere ikyathabya kibuya
Mozambican folktale
Hélder de Paz Alexandre
Lhukonzo

Emyaka minene enyuma,
iya kihangalha na wa kikere
babya banywani. Kiro kighuma, mubatwamo erisondya abambesa omwa muyi.

1

Ekikere kyabya kikayighomba
engobi eye’kihangalha kusangwa yikangabasanirye kandi yikamelemeta.

2

Mwabugha," Niki
kwehi ekyalekire iwabya mubuya?" Nyithungerere, ngalimubi kutsibu. Nangakolera engobi yayi yaki?"

3

Kihangalha mwamusubirya ati,”
Hulikirira! Uhire amaghetse omwa liregha ghu tsumbegho.
Neryo nghu”

4

Nikwa ekikere mukyabugha
kiti,"Nyinasi, nganasi, yihunire, mwira waghe. "
N'eryo mwaghenda.

5

Mwahika ewiwe amahira
amaghetse omwaliregha.

6

Amaghetse mwabya akatsuka
eribera, mwayighusamo.

7

Engobi yiwe muyathoghotha
nomukira wuwe mwakuthukalha.

8

Omwamwanya owerikangabasania neribya
mubuya nga kihangalha, mwathasabya mubi kutsibu.

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Ekyalekire ekikere ikyathabya kibuya
Author - Mozambican folktale
Translation - Jenipher Kabugho, Uganda Christian University
Illustration - Hélder de Paz Alexandre
Language - Lhukonzo
Level - First sentences
© Mozambican Writers 2014
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Source www.africanstorybook.org
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