Exiled writer and literary translator Daniel Semere Tesfai has won the PEN Eritrea Freedom of Expression Award 2024. Daniel has been selected as a winner for his outstanding contributions to Tigrinya Literature, for the magnum opus, ‘Halaw Eta Werqawit Ghereb’ and other insightful books including ‘Debdabetat Seitan’, ‘ Eti Enchquilit Leul’, ‘Inanna’ and ‘Qireqhre’, where
Category: literature and poetry
በረኸት ዕቝባጽዮን ካልኣይ/መወዳእታ ክፋል መቕድም ብዙሕ ጽሒፎም ክፋሎ ዝተባህለሎም ኣሎዉ። ክፋሎ ዝኣክል ጽሒፎም ገበታ ዝተዘርበሎም’ውን እንተዘይበዚሖም ኣይውሕዱን። እቶም ብዙሕ ዝጸሓፉ ይኹኑ ውሑድ ዝጸሓፉ እንብሎም፡ ብዝሒ ይኹን ዋሕዲ ጽሑፋቶም ብብዝሒ ገጻት ደኣ እምበር፣ ብርዝነቱ፡ ብዕምቈቱ፡ ብዘለዓለማውነቱ፡ ኣድማስነቱ፡ ብፈጠራውነቱ፡ ሃብቱ ኣይዓቀንናዮምን። እቶም ነዚ ዘማልኡ ውሑዳት ጸሓፍቲ ግና፡ ይትረፍ ክዝመረሎም ስሞምን ዕዮኦምን ዝፈልጦምውን ውሑድ’ዩ። ክብ-ታ ጽሑፋቶም፡ ንደረጃ ብልሂ
በረኸት ዕቝባጽዮን ቀዳማይ ክፋል መቕድም ብዙሕ ጽሒፎም ክፋሎ ዝተባህለሎም ኣሎዉ። ክፋሎ ዝኣክል ጽሒፎም ገበታ ዝተዘርበሎም’ውን እንተዘይበዚሖም ኣይውሕዱን። እቶም ብዙሕ ዝጸሓፉ ይኹኑ ውሑድ ዝጸሓፉ እንብሎም፡ ብዝሒ ይኹን ዋሕዲ ጽሑፋቶም ብብዝሒ ገጻት ደኣ እምበር፣ ብርዝነቱ፡ ብዕምቈቱ፡ ብዘለዓለማውነቱ፡ ኣድማስነቱ፡ ብፈጠራውነቱ፡ ሃብቱ ኣይዓቀንናዮምን። እቶም ነዚ ዘማልኡ ውሑዳት ጸሓፍቲ ግና፡ ይትረፍ ክዝመረሎም ስሞምን ዕዮኦምን ዝፈልጦምውን ውሑድ’ዩ። ክብ-ታ ጽሑፋቶም፡ ንደረጃ ብልሂ
ሰቲት ዝሞሰብና፡ ጽጌናይ ዝመዓርና፡ መቓልሕ-ዘመን ኣድማስ ቀስተ-ደበና ሰላም ምስ ዊንታና ምተጠልቅዐት ዶ ከርሲ፡ ምሰኣንና ዶ ፈውሲ፡ ቃዕ-ቃዕ ዶ ምበለት ጐረሮ ዝቕመስ ስኢንናስ፡ ወኻዕኻዕ እንብለላ እኳ ቡን ሓረሮ፧! ኡይ እንዶ በሊ፡ ኡይ በሊ ጀበና ኣገንፊልና፡ ኣሽረቕሪቕና እክብ-ዕምር ኢልና ወጃዕጃዕ እንብለላ እታ ቡን ሓረሮ’ኳ፡ ሎምስ ተሳኢና! ቀሺ ዮናስ ወልደሩፋኤል
(To confined Eritrean journalists and writers) You are there, where No word, no light, no hope comes from, Jailed by cursed men Who are enjoying Your incessant pain. You are there, where, Your vintage-young photos in mind, We try to envisage about Your interminable pain, Caused by your gallant pen. And you
Friends, have you ever played With the head of the coin in your palm Either you lose or you get away with it Lo, I did play one today Two things, just two only Saw him blindfold me After knocking me down, I was overjoyed, thanks to PRA Behold to the saga
መናእስተይ ናይ ብርዒ መቑርሰይ እንካ ሰላም ካብ’ዚ ጸላም። ካብ ዘይትኣስረ መንፈስ፡ ዝተኾርመየ ብርኪ ካብ ዝጠልቀዐ ከብዲ ፡ ዘይደረቐ ልቢ ካብ ዝጎለበ ሕቖ፡ ዘይቀነነ ብርዒ ካብዚ .. ፍረ ሓሳባት ኣብ ዝዕጸደሉ ቀውዒ፡ ብርኩት ምህርቱ ዝተሰርቆ ጸሓፊ.. ዝቓደረ ልብታት ብዝበለሐ ብርዒ ፡ብጸግኢ ብኣይሚ ስምዒታት ዝዘርአ ህርኩት ገጣሚ እንካ ሰላምታ፡ ሰላምታይ ዘይተጨዋዪ፡ ሰላምታይ ዘይተቐያዲ፡ ዘይተሰራቒ ።
Is it a choice? One window for the twelve imprisoned we peep in, and we see a poet, and three writers, and two playwrights an actor, a songwriter, a comedian a lawyer, an art critic, a translator a Journalist a Journalist a Journalist a Journalist a Journalist a Journalist a Journalist a Journalist a Journalist
ክላ! ጥውይ-ጥውይ-ኣይትበል_ ቍልዕጽዕጽታ ይትረፍካ፤ ጽሞና! ዝነበረን-ዘሎን’ምበር፡ ኣብ መንጎና ሓድሽ-ነገር ኣምበይ ኰይኑ፤ እዚ ናይ ክልተና … ሎም’ስ ኣፍ-ደገ ብርሕዉ፤ እሕሕ-ምባል ከኣ ተራእዩካ፧ ኢዶእ! ማዕጾ ብርግጡ፡መስኰት፡ ብልኵቱ’ስ፤ በየናዮም’ዩ ጸጊሙካ፧ እቶ፥ ግባእ’ንዶ ግዳ ኣብ ሕጂ በጺሕካ፤ ወግዓዊነት’ውን ደሊኻሉ፧ ወረ ንስኻ! ንበር። ኣርሕብ’ሞ፤ ኣጣጥሕ ኣስተርሒኻ። እንታይ ዝኸውን’ዩ፧ ኣይትሰከፍ እንዲ’የ ዝብለካ! ‘ታይ ግዲኻ!! ግንብው’ስ-ዘይትብል፡ ሓደ ኣባሉ። ምልጋስካ መዓስ