Tsimu ya Makhulutshinna Farouk

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Tsimu ya Makhulutshinna Farouk
(Grandpa Farouk’s Garden)
Illustrated by Sam van Riet
Written by Matthew Kalil
Designed by Nina Lewis
Translated by Alugumi Rathumbu
with the help of the Book Dash participants in Cape Town on 14 April 2018.
ISBN: 978-1-77632-546-7
Typeset in Quicksand
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Sam van Riet     Matthew Kalil     Nina Lewis

Tsimu ya
Makhulutshinna
Farouk

Vhukati ha ḓorobo, yo tingeledzwaho nga dzinnḓu na zwidina na tshigonṱiri, ni ḓo wana tsimu ya Makhulutshinna Farouk.

Amir u dalela Makhulutshinna luthihi nga vhege. U funesa maṱari na maluvha na miri.

Amir u thusa nga u sheledza zwimela.

U thusa nga manyoro, nahone u shuma na Makhulutshinna ḓuvha ḽoṱhe.

Musi vha tshi fhedza, vha ḓikanzwa nga khano ya mitshelo.

Ḽiṅwe ḓuvha, Makhulutshinna a vho ngo  ḽa pwere ḽavho.
“Ho khakhea mini?” hu vhudzisa Amir.

“Tsimu yanga i khou fa,” hu fhindula Makhulutshinna.
“Ndi ngani?” hu vhudzisa Amir.
“Lavhelesani zwavhuḓi,” hu amba Makhulutshinna. “Zwiṅwe zwivhungu zwi khou ḽa zwimela.”

“Ri ṱoḓa zwitemalurere!” hu amba Makhulutshinna. Ndi zwievhe zwine zwa ḽa zwivhungu zwine zwa vhulaya zwimela. Ri si na zwitemalurere,  tsimu i ḓo fa.”

“Ndi ḓo vha ḓela na tshievhe kana zwivhili,”  ha amba Amir.

Vhege yoṱhe, Amir a ṱoḓa na u kuvhanganya.

A wana tshitemalurere tshithihi mudavhini  wa mitambo.

Zwiṅwe hafhu zwivhili vhengeleni.

Zwiraru phakhani.

Zwiṋa murahu ha TV.

Vhege i tevhelaho, Amir a ya u dalela Makhulutshinna Farouk, a vha sumbedza dzhomela ḽawe ḽa zwievhe.
“No shuma zwavhuḓi, mutukana wanga,
No shuma zwavhuḓi,” Hu amba Makhulutshinna, vhe na muṱodzi iṱoni ḽavho.

Makhulutshinna vho vha vho takala.
Zwitemalurere zwo vha zwi na nḓala!

Zwitemalurere zwa ḽa zwivhungu, tsimu ya fhufhuma.

U bva iḽo ḓuvha, tsimu ya  Makhulutshinna Farouk ya ita zwine tsimu dza fanela u ita.
Ya aluwa, ya aluwa, yo aluwa.