U tshina
Tessa Welch
Catherine Groenewald

Musi ndo takala ndi a tshina,
Musi ndo ṱungufhala ndi a tshina,
Musi ndi na vhuludu ndi a tshina,
Na musi ndo sinyuwa ndi a tshina.

1

Mudededzi wanga vha ri, "Dzulani fhasi! Ni songo sokou tshina ḓuvha ḽoṱhe."

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Fhedzi mme anga vha ri:
"U tshina zwi ita uri ni vhe na mutakalo wavhuḓi,
U tshina zwi ita uri ni vhe mulapfu, Ḽiṅwe ḓuvha ni ḓo vha mutshini-makone,
Na vha mangadza vhoṱhe!"

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Nṋe ndi ri, "Ḽiṅwe ḓuvha ndi ḓo tshina, nahone vhathu vha ḓo badela uri vha mmbone musi ndi tshi thamuwa na u mona-mona."

Vha ḓo ri, "U a kona u tshina NGA maanḓa."

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U tshina
Author - Tessa Welch
Translation - Doris Manyamalala, Tshedza Tlhako
Illustration - Catherine Groenewald
Language - Tshivenḓa
Level - First paragraphs