The Wizard and the Womanጠንቋይዋ እና አንዲት ሴት
Omo Zoneኦሞ ዞን
Narrated by Iyasu Origo
A wizard told a man, “When you reach a river you will marry the first woman you meet. She will have a k’ib (gourd) and scoop water with it. Don’t greet her. But simply ask her to give you the gourd and drink a little from it.”
A woman came and he asked for a draught of water. He drank and went on. He went to her house and said, “I’ve come to marry you.”
“How? Why?”
“Because the wizard told me.”
And so they married each other.
ጠንቋይዋ እና አንዲት ሴት
በእያሱ ኦሪጎ የተተረከ
አንዲት ጠንቋይ ለአንድ ሰው “ከአንድ ወንዝ አጠገብ ስትደርስ በመጀመሪያ የምታገኛትን ሴት ታገባለህ፡፡ ሴትየዋም በቂብ (ቅል) ውሃ ስትቀዳ ታገኛታለህ፡፡ ሰላምታ ሳትሰጣት ቅሉን ብቻ እንድትሰጥህ ጠይቃትና ከቅሉ ትንሽ ውሃ ጠጣ፡፡” አለው፡፡
አንዲት ሴት በመጣች ጊዜ የሚጠጣ ውሃ ጠየቃት፡፡ ውሃውንም ከጠጣ በኋላ ወደቤቷ በመሄድ “ላገባሽ ነው የመጣሁት፡፡” ብሎ ነገራት፡፡
እርሷም ግራ በመጋባት “እንዴት? ለምን?” ብላ ስትጠይቀው “ምክንያቱም ጠንቋዩዋ ነግራኛለች፡፡” አላት፡፡ በዚህም ዓይነት ተጋብተው መኖር ጀመሩ፡፡
In the original voice — hear tales from Omo Zoneኦሞ ዞን, told in an Omo Valley language. Listen ›