Category: literature and poetry

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

  Picture, if you will, walking into a literary world crafted by Abraham T. Zere. In 2020, he ushered readers into such a realm with his debut book “KALIE SLE ZEYELO”, a phrase in Eritrean that resonates with the sentiment “That is all there is” or “There’s nothing else”. This work seized my attention completely,

  ተጋሕሸረት ዕንባባ፡ ስዕመት እትጽበ ጐርዞ ከናፍራ ዘውተረት፡ መቐረታ ዝገልሀት፣ እቲ ዝግታ ዝጸዓነ ጽምብላሊዕ፡ ርግበት መንገብገቡ በብሓደ ዝፍቀድ፣ ማለት ዝያዳ ክትጕህር ዘንበድብድ። ቀስስስ ኣቢሉ፡ ኣእጋሩ’ውን ብዝግግታ ዘርጊሑ፡ ኣብቲ ዝተገልሀ መዓሙቛ ኣብ መንጎ ሰዅዑ፡ ዓሊቡ ተጠንቒቑ።   ድሕሪ ነዊሕ ጠለስታ፡ መስለኒ ከምታ ኣተዓላልብኡ እግሩ ጠራኒፉ፡ ድምጺ መንገብገቡ ከይርብሻ መስለኒ ቀስስ’ሉ ተሲኡ ተዓዚሩ።   ኣነ ከኣ ካብታ

 እስከ ሓንሳብ እስከ ሓንሳብ … እስከ ስቕታ እስከ ሓንሳብ … እወ ዝግታ እ… ሽ… ታ!! ምስ ናጽነት ምስ’ዛ መነን ክንደይ ኢና ንመጣጠን ንንእሳ’ዶ ንመዛዘን፧ ማዕረ ስማ ማዕረ ቃላ ማዕረ ዋጋ ማዕረ ገድላ እንተ ደኣ ነቢርናላ ከይንኣስና ከይዓንደፍና ክዳንና እያ… እወ… ማዕቀንና! እሞ ከምኡ… እንተዄንና ንቤት ልሄም ንታቦታ ጥዑም-ፈተ ኣይብሕታ ጸላኤ-ሰናይ ኣይጥምታ ከመይ ኢሉ’ሞ ከመይ’ሉ’ታ ረሃጽ-ደምና