Syana sya Mũvũa - African Storybook Project

Syana sya Mũvũa - African Storybook Project

Syana sya Mũvũa
Southern African F
Folktale
olktale
Kikamba
Ĩvinda ya tene na tene,
vaĩna musyĩ wekalaa na
ũtanu.
1
Mayaũkitanaa ene kwa
ene. Nimatetheesyaa asyai
moo musyĩ na mĩundani.
2
Ĩndĩ mayanengetwe
mwanya wakũthi vakuvĩ na
mwaki.
3
Maĩlĩte kũthũkũma wĩa woo
w’onthe ũtukũ.
4
Nũndũ mĩĩ yoo yaseovetw’e na mũvũa!
5
Ĩndĩ mwana ũmwe aĩ na
mea ma kũthi nza
kwĩanĩkĩa kyeni kya sua.
6
Mũthenya ũmwe
nĩwethĩiw’e na mea asu ma
kũthi nza muno.
Ĩndĩ aamwanainya
nĩmamũkanisye…
7
Ũũi! Mwana ũsu
ndaatetheka.
Nĩwanyinyũkie nũndũ wa
ũvyuvu wa sua.
8
Syana sya mũvũa
nĩsyakwatiwe ni kyeva
nũndũ wa kwona
mwanaainya ainyinyuka.
9
Ĩndĩ nĩmethĩiw’e na
mũvango. Nĩmosie mũndo
wa mũvũa ula wanyinyukie
maseovya kasũni.
10
Nĩmosie mwanaainya
kasũni mamũlĩsya ĩũlu wa
kĩĩma kĩtũlu.
11
Na sua ĩkuuma nĩwolũkile
athi kũu akwina kyeninĩ kya
kĩoko.
12
Syana sya Mũvũa
Writer: Southern African F
Folktale
olktale
Illustr
Illustration:
ation: Wiehan de Jager
Translated By: Anna K
Kula
ula
Language: Kikamba
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