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Nyimbo ya Sakima
Tapiwa K. Sibanda
Peris Wachuka
ChiTonga
Sakima wakali kukkala a bazyali bakwe
a munyina musimbi wakali a myaka ili yone. Bakali kukkala munyika yamuvwubi.
Nganda yabo yabwizyu yakali kumamanino a zyisamu.
Naakali a myaka yotatwe, Sakima
wakaciswa akuleka kubona. Sikama wakali musakwa wakajisi cipego.
Sakima wakalikucita zyintu zyinji,
balo beenzyina zyobakali kwaalilwa kucita. Mbuli kukkala abapati-pati
bamumizyi akulanganya twaambo atumbi twaambo twabapati.
Bazyali ba Sakima bakali kubeleka mu
nganda yamuvwubi. Bakali kufyuma kuzwa a nganda a kupiluka kumangolezya
manigi. Sakima waksli kucaala a nganda a musyooto waakwe musimbi.
Sakima wakali, kukuyanda kwiimba
nyimbo. Buzuba bumwi banyina bakamubuzya ati, “hene uzyiila kuli nyimbo ezyi,
Sakima?”
Sakima wakaingula, “ndizyi buyo baama.
Ndizyinvwa buyo mumutwe, kwamana ndatalika kwiimba.”
Sakima wakali kuyanda kwiimbila
musyoonto wakwe musimbi, kapati kuti kanvwide nzala. Musyoonto wakwe wakali
kuswiilila kaimba lwiimbo ndwaa kali kuyandisya. Wakali kuvwa kabotu lwiimbo.
“koimba alimwi; Sakima” musyoonto
wakwe musimbi wakali kulomba Sakima wakali kuzumina Sakima wakali kuzumina
akwiinduluka kwiimda.
Mzngolezya aamwi bazyali bakwe noba
kapiluka kunganda bakali kumwinye maningi. Sakima wakazyiba kuti kuli
cilubide.
“Ino ncizi calubila baama a bataata?”
wakabuzya Sakima. Sakima wakazyiba kuti kuti mwaana wamuvwubi wakasweeka.
Aboobo muvwubi wakalendelelwa akuusa.
“Inga ndamwiimbila mebo. Ndiza inga
wakomana alimwi,”Sakima wakabaambila bazyali bakwe. Pesi bazyali bakwe
bakamukasya. “ulya ulivubinde aboobo yebo ulimusakwa ubayinde. Uyeea kuti
nyimbo zyako inga zyangwasya zi kulinguwe?”
Nokuba boobo, Sakima taakaleka pe.
Musyoonto wakwe wakamugwasilizya. Wakati, “nyimbo zyaSakima zyilauumbulizya
kuti ndila anzala. Aboobo amuvwibi zyilakonzya kumuumbuli.
Buzuba bwakatobela, Sakima wakaambila
musyoonto wakwe kuti amusindikile kunganda ya muvwubi.
Wakaima ansi ampulungwido akutalika
kwiimba lwiimbo ndwaakali kuyandisya. Asyooto-soonto, mutwe wamuvwubi
wakatalika kulibonya a mpulungwido.
Bamabelesyi bakaleka zyobakali kucita.
Bakatalika kuswiilila lwiimbo lwa Sakima lubotu. Umwi musakwa wakati,
“kunyina waakonzya kumuumbulizya uutulela. Ino mwana ooyu uubayide uyeeya
kuti inga wacikonzya?”
Sakima wakamanizya kwiimba nyimbo
yakwe akunyo na kuti aunke. Pesi muvwubi wakabalikila anze akwaaamba kuti
“ndakomba, koyimba alimwi.”
Acindi nchemunya ciya, kwakayinda
basankwa bobilo kabanyamwunde muntu. Bakamunjana mwana wamuvwubi kulumwesyi
kwanzila kaumidwe.
Muvwubi wakakomana kubona bwana wakwe
musankwa. Wakalumbula Sakima nkambo wakamuumbulizya. Wakabwezya mwana wakwe
musankwa alimwi a Sakima, akuunka kuciibbadela, kuya unziba na Sakima inga
waboona alimwi.
You are free to download, copy, translate or adapt this story and use the illustrations as long as you attribute in the following way:
Nyimbo ya Sakima
Author - Ursula Nafula
Translation - Tapiwa K. Sibanda
Illustration - Peris Wachuka
Language - ChiTonga
Level - First paragraphs
© Africa Storybook Initiative 2015
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Source www.africanstorybook.org
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  • Translations and adaptations
    • أغنية سكيما
      Arabic (Translation)
    • Sakima's song
      English (Translation)
    • Sakima's song (Colour-in)
      English (Adaptation)
    • Ulwimbo lwakwa Sakima
      IciBemba (Translation)
    • Indirimbo ya Gahima
      Kinyarwanda (Translation)
    • Olwemba lwa Sakima
      Lusoga (Translation)
    • Sakimas song
      SiLozi (Translation)
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