The Mercy of Haile Selassieየኃይለ ሥላሴ ምሕረት
Amharaአማራ
Narrated by Worku Mersha
There was somebody living in a small village called Mota.
He used to say without reason, “I will be king one day! I will be king one day!” time and again.
So he was brought to the Emperor’s court.
His Majesty said, “Why have you brought this man here?”
They replied, “Because he always says he’s going to be a king, without having any royal blood.”
The Emperor replied, “Did he collect a crowd and tell them this? Did he agitate?”
“No,” they said.
“Then release him,” said Haile Selassie. “No one can prevent wishes.”
የኃይለ ሥላሴ ምሕረት
በወርቁ መርሻ የተተረከ
ሞጣ ከምትባል አንዲት መንደር ውስጥ የሚኖር ሰው ነበር። ሰውየውም ያለምንም ምክንያት “አንድ ቀን ንጉሥ እሆናለሁ! አንድ ቀን ንጉሥ እሆናለሁ!” እያለ ደጋግሞ ይናገር ነበር።
በዚህም ምክንያት ወደ ንጉሡ ዘንድ ለፍርድ ቀረበ። ንጉሡም “ይህንን ሰው ለምንድነው ያመጣችሁት?” ብለው በጠየቁ ጊዜ ሰዎቹም “ምንም ንጉሣዊ ደም ሳይኖረው አንድ ቀን ንጉሥ እንደሚሆን ይናገራል።” ብለው ከሰሱት።
ንጉሡም “ሕዝቡን ሰብስቦ ነው ይህንን የተናገረው? ቅስቀሳስ አድርጓል?” ብለው ሲጠይቁ ሰዎቹ “አላደረገም።” ብለው መለሱ። “በሉ ልቀቁት” አሉ ኃይለ ሥላሴ፤ “የሰውን ምኞት መግታት አይቻልም።”
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