merEt yehulu nec balebEt yelatm."
Iroro (1944 eth)
kebede mikael
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yh meseretawi Iwnet new,
alem ketejemere yalteTase;
yefTur metedaderiya,
wededem alwedede.
Indih tefalso yemayawq hg,
begizE yetefetene;
yesne-fTret hulu meseret new,
yetekebere yetamene.
and Ina and hulet mehonu,
alemeTasu Inj alemefalesu;
kezih yeTeleqe Iwnetnet yelewm,
hulentenawi yehone,
alem stalf yemayalf,
yeneTere yetefeSeme.
slezih lalenbet alem,
yeIwnet melekiyacn,
alemefales alemeTas new,
yeyigbaN maqomiyacn.
lalemacn, lemnawqw, gulbet,
meseretu new yeIwnet;
slewededn yemananegsew,
sleTelan yemanareksew;
Tntm yeneber,ahunm yale,
yalteTase new, yaltegesese.
wb neger mndn new?
yemiwesnew memeriya,
gulbeteNa beamsalu;
wb ybalal, wb yhonal,
kziyam ayalf negeru.
dEmokrasis?
yemiferaru sewoc,
yemiyadergut smmnet,
yemifaq new yemiserez,
mizanu yagadele let.
yegulbet mesferiyaw siyadela,
siyazenebl wedandu,
tefeTrom Ikultawn yiqeyral,
mekeber alebetna hgu;
yemizanu.
Tru meTfo,kfu bego,
yemibal neger yelm,
yemaydeneggew gulbet keto.
slezih,
gulbet yenante sthon,
Iwnetn stSfu,
stacenfu beca sayhon,
stasgebru stgezu,
Cqonaw sikebdachu,
stanebu staleqsu,
yanEm!
yanEm yhnn hg astawsu;
yhnn hg Indatresu.
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Amha Asfaw
8/4/95
Columbia, MO