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Tefa Maninete

ቃል በላሁ ዘንድሮ ስሜቴም ተጎዳ
ምገባበት ጠፋኝ መንፈሴን ብረዳ
እንደ ደራሽ ውሀ ምስቅልቅል ህይወቴ
የያዝኩትን ስጥል ጠፋ ማንነቴ
ስንት አዋቂ አባቶች በገነቧት ሀገር
ማንነቴን ጥዬ ባህር ማዶ ሳማትር
እንደዛሬ ሳልሆን ስልጣኔ እያልኩኝ
ያኔማ የኔታ ነበር ያስተማሩኝ
ባላየው እኔስ አስተውዬ ፍሬውን ከገከባ
ትንሽ አውቀቴ ዛሬ አጠፋኝ በቃ ይዞኝ ገደል ገባ
ኋላ ቀር እያልኩኝ ሳጣጥል ስንቀው የበፊቱን
የህይውቴን መሰረት ምሶሶዬን አጣሁት ድጋፉን
ባዛውንቶች ራስ በጠሊቅ እውቀታቸው
መንገድ በሚያቀና ምክር ግሳጼያቸው
ስንት ለፍተው ደክመው ሀገር ሰጥተውኛል
እኔ ግን የሌላ ሀገር ጠረን ይስበኛል
ቋንቋዬም ተዛባ ጉራማይሌ ሆነ
ይሀው ጉብዝናዬ በከንቱ ባከነ
እስክስታዬን ትቼ በጥሱ ታጥኜ
ቅጠል እበላለሁ አልኖርም መጥኜ
ባላየው እኔስ አስተውዬ ፍሬውን ከገከባ
ትንሽ አውቀቴ ዛሬ አጠፋኝ በቃ ይዞኝ ገደል ገባ
ኋላ ቀር እያልኩኝ ሳጣጥል ስንቀው የበፊቱን
የህይውቴን መሰረት ምሶሶዬን አጣሁት ድጋፉን
የህይወት ዙረቱ የሰው መጨረሻ
ለስሙ ማስታወሻ ትቶ ማለፉን
ባህሌን ታሪኬን ካላልኩኝ በስተቅር
ሌላውማ የ ሰው ሰው ሆኖ መች ሊቀር
ዛሬ ቆመው ሲያዩት ባህር ማዶ ያስቀናል
ያ የሩቅ ሰው ግን ስንት ለፍቶበታል
ስለራሴ ሳላውቅ የሰው ፈትፍቻለው
ማነህ አንት ቢሉኝ ቆይ እኔ ምን ልል ነው
ባላየው እኔስ አስተውዬ ፍሬውን ከገከባ
ትንሽ አውቀቴ ዛሬ አጠፋኝ በቃ ይዞኝ ገደል ገባ
ኋላ ቀር እያልኩኝ ሳጣጥል ስንቀው የበፊቱን
የህይውቴን መሰረት ምሶሶዬን አጣሁት ድጋፉን
ባላየው እኔስ አስተውዬ ፍሬውን ከገከባ
ትንሽ አውቀቴ ዛሬ አጠፋኝ በቃ ይዞኝ ገደል ገባ
ኋላ ቀር እያልኩኝ ሳጣጥል ስንቀው የበፊቱን
የህይውቴን መሰረት ምሶሶዬን አጣሁት ድጋፉን

Tefa Maninete

I swore, my feelings were hurt
I lost my way, my soul is broken
My life is like muddy water, a mess
I lost my identity, the one I held so dear
How many wise fathers in my plundered country
I left my identity, I traveled overseas
Like today, I didn't exist, I said I would be in power
She was mine, that's what they taught me
I took it and tasted the fruit of my labor
My little knowledge has destroyed me today, imprisoning me and killing me
Falling behind, trying to grab the past
My life's foundation, my support, I lost it
The scholars, deep in their knowledge
Their advice guiding the way, their wisdom
How many have suffered, toiling, giving their country
But I'm content with the wealth of another country
My language is forgotten, I've become a stranger
Here is my krar, crying in the corner
I left my dignity, I'm drowning in tears
I eat leaves, I can't live anymore
I took it and tasted the fruit of my labor
My little knowledge has destroyed me today, imprisoning me and killing me
Falling behind, trying to grab the past
My life's foundation, my support, I lost it
The circle of life, the end of man
Leaving a legacy, passing away
If I don't pass on my culture, my history
Another man can become a man
Today, when they see it standing, it will dry up overseas
That distant man, but how many have he left behind
Not knowing myself, a man's creation
Who are you, if they ask me, wait, what should I say?
I took it and tasted the fruit of my labor
My little knowledge has destroyed me today, imprisoning me and killing me
Falling behind, trying to grab the past
My life's foundation, my support, I lost it
I took it and tasted the fruit of my labor
My little knowledge has destroyed me today, imprisoning me and killing me
Falling behind, trying to grab the past
My life's foundation, my support, I lost it