NDIMA YA 1

uri sa izwi a tshi kha ḓo ya u tshila kha ḽa vhomakhulu wawe, u ḓo ḓi dovha
a zwi shumisa hanengei. Muhumbulo muhullwane wavho u vha u wa u
shavhisa uri muya wawe u sa vhuye wa dina vho salaho. Zwiṅwe ndi
zwauri a vha funi u dovha hafhu u vhona zwiambaro izwo zwi tshi khou
ambarwa nga muṅwe ngauri zwi ḓo vha humbudza o vha siaho. Zwa ḓo ita
uri mbilu dzavho dzi ṋaṋe u pwashekana.
Musi hu tshi khou fukedzwa, vha lushaka vha a ṋewa tshifhinga tsha u
onesana na mufu lwa u fhedzisela nga nḓila ya u posa mavu. Vhathu vhane
vha lilesa musi ho lovha muthu ndi vhafumakadzi. Musi vhathu vha hone
vha tshila lila, u ya nga ha miatele avho, vha tou ṱavha mikosi. U nga pfa
muthu a tshi khou ṱavha mukosi musi a tshi kha ḓi vha khoroni ya muḓi.
Naho arali vha vha vha khou tou ya u ḓivhadza vhaṅwe, vha afho muḓini
vha ḓo mbo ḓi zwi ḓivha uri vhathu vha no khou dzhena vha khou ḓisa
fhungo ḽa lufu.
Izwo zwo mbo tikedzwa nga Junod (1927:140) musi a tshi ri :
The wailing as soon as he finished praying, those present
commence crying, the wailing begins. The women get on their
feet and shout loudly, throw themselves on the ground. The
wife of the deceased cries more than anyone else; I remain
alone in the lonely plain. Where have you gone? You have left
me.
Izwo zwa mbo khwaṱhisedza tshoṱhe fhungo ḽa uri vhafumakadzi vha mbo lilesa u
fhira vhaṅwe vhoṱhe. Vhaṅwe vhavho vha a ḓiposa na fhasi sa tsumbo ya u
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