1 “Buumi bwangu ndabucimwa, cakwaamba ayi ndanootongooka abuumbi. Ndanokwaambabo ceebo cakucisa kwa moyo wangu.
akweenda mushinso wa bushiku bomwi muluyanga. Mpeeke wakeemikana akwikala mucimfule ca cisamu, lyalo wakayeeya ayi ncibotu akufwabo. Wakapaila ayi, “Ndatentuka noBaami baLesa. Ono amutolebo buumi bwangu. Nebo nshiindi bamashali bangu bakulukulu!”
“Ono nicabota abuumbi nimwanshisa mumusena wa bafu, kunshisa kushikila bukali bwanu bukeende, lyalo inga mwabamba ciindi cakunjibaluka.
Ono nabi cilaamba ayi ndakabisha, ino mwebo ico inga camupensha buyani?
Munsala ulaakukufuna kwaamba ayi utafwi, amwalo munkondo ulaakukufuna kwaamba ayi utayaswi mupeeni.
Sa mutooyeeya ayi inga mwandulika kumaswi anu? Sa mutooyeeya ayi maswi a muntu upengete taaku mbwaabete?
“Paceebo ceeco inga nshicileeki kwaamba, sobwe. Ndanokwaambabo ceebo moyo wangu wacisa, ee, ndanootongooka ceebo ca bukali buli mumoyo wangu.
Buumi bwangu ndabucimwa abuumbi cakwaamba ayi nshisuni akunoocili muumi. Amundekebo nemwiine mfwe ceebo buumi bwangu tabucite mpindu.
Nabi nshicite mulandu, taaku ncentooyeeya. Ncakwiila buumi bwangu ndabucimwa abuumbi.
Ono nebo inga ndaambanshi? Mwaami Lesa mwiine waamba anebo alimwi ngwaacita bobulya. Anu nebo ndanokweenda cakulibombya kwabuumi bwangu boonse ceebo ca mapensho aya ali mumoyo wangu.
Ndushinisho kupenga nkondeendaamo kwandetela mpindu. Kwiinda mulusuno lwanu mwakamfuna ayi ntayi mucilindi cakunyonyooka. Kuswawaawo mwalekelela shibiibi shangu shoonse akushiluba.
Ono noBaami baLesa, amuncayebo. Ceebo ncibotu kwaamba ayi mfwe kwiinda kunooli muumi.”
Ono lisuba ndilyakatanta, Lesa wakatuma muuwo wakwicwe ulungula, alimwi lisuba lyakabalila pamutwi wakwe Jona, kaasuni kuwisuka. Aboobo wakalinga kuyanda kufwa. Mpeeke wakaamba ayi, “Ncibotu kwaamba ayi mfwe, kwiinda kunooli muumi!”
Na mbweshi munooncita bulya, munyumfwile nkumbu akuncaya, kwaamba ayi ntakapengiwo lyobilo kubukali bwanu.”