Mariga a a tsididi a fetile.
Dikgakologo di ne di tla mo motseng wa gaabo
Nkanyezi.
Batho ba motse ba tla tloga ga kopana go keteka
moletlo wa paka e ntšha. Nkanyezi o ne a lebile
pele kwa moletlong wa Dikgakologo go feta
letsatsi lepe le lengwe la ngwaga
Mo mosong mongwe o o bothitho, Nkanyezi
a utlwa bagolo ba babedi ba motse ba bua ka
moletlo.
“Batho ba ga Ndlovu ga ba tlhole ba na le mowa
wa go keteka moletlo,” mongwe wa bone a bua
jalo a hutsafetse.
“Re tla tshwara jang moletlo wa Dikgakologo mo
motseng batho ba sa tlhole ba itse go o keteka?”
yo mongwe a botsa jalo.
Nkanyezi o ne a tshwenyegile.
“Letsatsi le tla tsoga jang fa re sa le tsose mo
marigeng a lone ka go opela?” a ipotsa jalo.
Nkanyezi a akanya lobaka lo lo leele.
“Ke tshwanetse go batla se se re latlhegetseng,” a
swetsa jalo.
“Ke tshwanetse go ya go batla dilo tse di tla
busang mowa wa go keteka moletlo mo motseng.”
Bagolo ba tsamaisa Nkanyezi sentle. Ba mo naya
beke ya go tsenya dilo tse a tla di bonang.
Nkanyezi o ne a tshogile, mme o ne a dumela gore o
tla atlega.
Nkanyezi a tsamaya letsatsi lotlhe. A palama
thota a bo a fologela mo teng ga mokgatšha. A
tsamaya ke seketswana go kgabaganya noka e
kgolo, a bo a palama a feta fa gare ga mafika a
a bogale. A tsamaya go kgabaganya mabala go
fitlha a goroga kwa meriting ya dithaba tse di
khibidu
E ne ya re fa go nna bosigo, Nkanyezi a goroga
kwa motseng wa mebalabala e a iseng a ke a e
bone. A bolelela bagolo ba motse se a se tletseng,
gore o tlile go batla mowa wa go keteka paka ya
dikgakologo.
Mme wa morafe ono a naya Nkanyezi mpho.
A mo raya a re, “Re go naya pente eno ka lerato
gore o tsosolose mmala o o timpetseng wa
motse.”
Nkanyezi a leboga bagolo mme a tsenya pente mo
bekeng.
Mo mosong o o latelang a tsena mo tseleng gape,
a itumeletse mpho eno ya mmala.
Nkanyezi a tsamaya letsatsi lotlhe, a kgabaganya
sekgwa se segolo sa ditlhare tse di boitshegang.
Fa loapi le ntse le fifala a sa kgone go bona,
a utlwa modumo wa go itewa ga meropa. A
itlhaganelela kwa meropeng eo, a utlwa dinao tsa
gagwe tse di lapileng di tsenwa ke mowa wa go
batla go bina.
Nkanyezi a iphitlhela a le mo motseng wa
Bhubezi. Batho ba ne ba ntse mo isong, ba letsa
meropa e bile ba opela. O ne a ise a ke a utlwe
mmino o o monate jaana.
A bolelela bagolo ba motse ka gore o tlile go leka
go busa mowa wa go keteka moletlo kwa bathong
ba gaabo. Batho ba motse wa Bhubezi ba ne ba
mo laletsa gore a ikhutse le go robala le bone
Mo mosong kgosi ya bitsa Nkanyezi.
“Ngwanaka,” ya mo raya jalo, “moropa o o
kgethegileng ke o. O letsa pina e nšha nako le
nako fa o o itaya.”
Nkanyezi a leboga bagolo mme a tsenya moropa
mo bekeng. A tsena mo tseleng, a itumetse a
tshotse mpho ya mmino le tantshe.
Mo letsatsing le boraro la loeto lwa gagwe, fa a
feta polasi ya dikgomo tse di nonneng, nko ya
gagwe ya dupa sengwe. Monko o o monate wa mo
rokotsa mathe. A sala monko ono morago, mme a
goroga mo motseng o a neng a fitlhela batho ba
eme fa thoko ga dipitsa tsa dikgobe.
Morafe ono o ne o itsege ka meletlo mme
Nkanyezi o ne a ise a ke a latswe tatso e e monate
jaana. Fa a sena go ja le go kgora, a bolelela
bagolo ba motse gore o ne a tlile go leka go busa
mowa wa go keteka moletlo wa batho ba gaabo.
Mo letsatsing le le latelang, lekgotla la baapei la
mo naya ditswaiso tse di natetshang dijo.
“Morwadiarona,” ba mo raya jalo, “ka ditswaiso
tse, batho ba tlile go itoma fa ba ja! Re go naya
mpho ya dijo tse di monate.”
Nkanyezi a leboga bagolo mme a tsenya ditswaiso
mo bekeng.
O ne a itse gore o na le tsotlhe tse a di tlhokang.
A simolola loeto lwa gagwe lwa go boela kwa
motseng wa Ndlovu a tiile mooko.
Fa a goroga kwa gae a
dikaganyediwa ke batho ba
motse wa gaabo go utlwa gore o
tsamaile jang. A ba bolelela sotlhe se a
se boneng, se a se utlwileng, le se a se
jeleng. A bula beke go aba dimpho tse
a tlileng ka tsone. Batho ba itumelela
dimpho tseno.
Ka ntlha ya bopelotshweu jwa ba
bangwe le bopelokgale jwa ga Nkanyezi,
batho ba motse ba kgona gape go
tshasa mebala, go opela le go tantsha
mo botshelong jwa bone. Ka jalo mowa
wa go keteka moletlo o ne o buseditswe
mo motseng wa Ndlovu.
Searching For The Spirit Of Spring Setswana
Go busa mowa wa go keteka dikgakologo
Illustrator: Selina Masego Morulane
Author: Mosa Mahlaba
Designer: Sibusiso Mkhwanazi & Translated into Setswana by Peter Mekgwe
Licence: a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Licence
Website: https://bookdash.org/