The Two Loversሁለቱ ፍቅረኛሞች
Amharaአማራ · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narrated by Shimelash Bequele
There is one little story being told around Bahar Dar.
There were two lovers. These two lovers went to one of the monasteries in Lake Tana{footnote}The largest lake in Ethiopia and the source of the Blue Nile. It is located in north-west Ethiopia.{/footnote} . The name of the monastery is Dega Stephanos. They went to this monastery by a papyrus boat. A s they arrived at the monastery they left their boat at the edge of the water. And they started enjoying their love in the monastery.
In the meantime, their boat was driven away by a strong wind and people started to hunt for them, thinking that they were missing.
A lot has been said about their absence around the city. In the middle of the city, one person who knows much about them started looking for them. And he went to the same monastery in order to search for them. He saw their clothes from a distance and he got shocked. And he rushed up to them. As he arrived he found them sleeping together but dead.
As a result, that monastery is now named “The Edge of Love”.
ሁለቱ ፍቅረኛሞች
በሺመላሽ በቀለ የተተረከ
በባህር ዳር አካባቢ የሚነገር አንድ ታሪክ አለ፡፡
በአንድ ወቅት ሁለት ፍቅረኛሞች ጣና ሃይቅ{footnote}ጣና በኢትዮጵያ ትልቁ ሃይቅ ሲሆን የአባይ ወንዝ መነሻም ነው፡፡ የሚገኘውም በሰሜን ምዕራብ ኢትዮጵያ ነው፡፡{/footnote} ላይ ወደሚገኙት ገዳማት ይሄዳሉ፡፡ የአንዱ ገዳም ስም ደጋ እስጢፋኖስ ይባላል፡፡
ወደዚህም ገዳም በታንኳ ሄዱ፡፡ ከገዳሙ እንደደረሱም ታንኳቸውን ሃይቁ ዳር ትተው በገዳሙ ውስጥ ጥሩ የፍቅር ጊዜ ማሳለፍ ጀመሩ፡፡
በዚህን ጊዜ ታዲያ ታንኳቸው በማዕበል በመወሰዷ እነርሱም አብረው ጠፍተዋል በሚል ሰዎች ይፈልጓቸው ጀመር፡፡ ስለፍቅረኛሞቹ መጥፋት በከተማው ዙሪያ ብዙ ነገር ተባለ፡፡ አንድ የከተማው ሰው ስለእነርሱ ብዙ ያውቅ ነበርና ይፈልጋቸው ጀመር፡፡ ወደ ተባለውም ገዳም በመሄድ ሊያገኛቸው ሞከረ፡፡ ልብሳቸውንም ከሩቅ አይቶ ደነገጠ፡፡ እየሮጠም ወደእነርሱ ሲደርስ አብረው ተኝተው ግን ሞተው አገኛቸው፡፡
በዚህም ምክንያት ገዳሙ አሁን የፍቅር ጠርዝ እየተባለ ይጠራል፡፡
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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
Where did the two lovers go?
What was the name of the monastery?
How did the two lovers travel to the monastery?
What happened to their boat after they arrived?
Why did people start to hunt for the two lovers?
When the man finally found the two lovers, what had happened to them?
For discussionለውይይት
- The monastery is now called "The Edge of Love." Why do you think people gave it that name?
- How do you think the man felt when he found the two lovers? Describe his feelings.
- What do you think this story is trying to teach us about love?
- If the lovers had not lost their boat, do you think the story would have ended differently? Explain your idea.