Re: The Philosophies of Ayi Kwei Armah
Translation of Ayi Kwei Armah's Two Thousand Seasons into Akan (Twi)
Translation of Ayi Kwei Armah's Two Thousand Seasons into Akan (Twi)
Nnianim (Prologue)
Mmasuo a [ch949]rek[ch596] anweatam h[ch596], koransan a worek[ch596] yi de[ch949] owunyane biara nni h[ch596]. Anweatam no di fadie. Anhweatam nnim adiama. W’ayamyesuo a [ch949]sen h[ch596] de[ch949], [ch949]ny[ch949] anweatam [ch596]brasu mu s[ch949] [ch949]tumi san ma wo biribi gye ad[ch596]kum mu ades[ch949]e. Asuwa mu nsuo a [ch949]resen k[ch596] anweatam h[ch596] no, ogyam’, nt[ch596]rease[ch949] da w’anim.
Ao! Nnipa a [ch949]rek[ch596] owia at[ch596]e[ch949] h[ch596], saa kwan so na owus[ch596]re ho anidaso[ch596] biara asa na [ch949]ntumi mma da. [ch400]h[ch596] na owusomfo[ch596] hwim nkwa, hwere koraa na yiyi nkwa firi ahihi ne ahaha nyinaa. Afei na s[ch949][ch949]fo[ch596] tu k[ch596] baabi fofor[ch596] hwehw[ch949] ahye[ch949] fofor[ch596] bi da biara daa. Baabiara a nkwa nkae bi da h[ch596] a w[ch596]annya nnw[ch949]re no a, dwuma bi da h[ch596] ma w[ch596]n. Biribiara a anka [ch949]rek[ch596] owia at[ch596]e[ch949] h[ch596] de[ch949], owusini nsonso retw[ch949]n w[ch596]n. Nnipa biara a w[ch596]ma saa at[ch596]e[ch949] h[ch596] ogya y[ch949] w[ch596]n botae[ch949] no, nt[ch596]rease[ch949] retw[ch949]n w[ch596]n w[ch596] as[ch949]efo[ch596] ntamu w[ch596] h[ch596].
Dammirifua! Wo, ansuaniwa a adiama hia wo, wo a wo nsuo yiri k[ch596] anweatam h[ch596]. Due! Ntamu-sen-suo a [ch949]regye nsuaniwa mmasuo de ama asuten a apem k[ch596] [ch596]s[ch949]e[ch949] h[ch596], de[ch949] [ch949]rehwehw[ch949] nt[ch596]rease[ch949].
Mo a mo w[ch949]n mo aso, mo a mohunu ade[ch949], mo a mosusu biribi ho, mo a modwene biribi ho, mo a mokae as[ch949]m, mo a mo hy[ch949] nk[ch596]m a y[ch949]afr[ch949] mo s[ch949] montu[ch949] nnipa a owuo y[ch949] w[ch596]n nwantanwanta aso w[ch596] nkwa-kwan ho nokor[ch949]s[ch949]m, mo a y[ch949]afr[ch949] mo s[ch949] monka nkae ne atiekan bom, s[ch949] momfa mmer[ch949] nkyeky[ch949]mu a [ch949]ny[ch949] ano-bi-ni toatoa [ch596]kyena dodo[ch596] a obi nnim mus[ch949]m no so, adawurub[ch596]fo[ch596] a y[ch949]adome mo s[ch949] monka y[ch949]n fibea[ch949] ho nokor[ch949]s[ch949]m nkyer[ch949] nnipa a [ch949]reb[ch596] kirididi ak[ch596] owuo h[ch596], w[ch596]n a s[ch949]nea w[ch596]ab[ch596]n afa y[ch949]n ab[ch596]se[ch949] ho ama y[ch949]ab[ch596] kwasiare, ama y[ch949]n akyeade[ch949] ay[ch949] y[ch949]n akyiwade[ch949], na obi b[ch949]tie wo dwuma mu kaase[ch949]b[ch596] no s[ch949]n?
Abrab[ch596] akansie nie, nanso y[ch949]b[ch949]kaekae nnipa a owusunsum asi w[ch596]n so[ch596] s[ch949]n? Y[ch949]ataa at[ch596]e[ch949] h[ch596] owia aky[ch949], a [ch949]resen ak[ch596] anweatam h[ch596], a y[ch949]rekanyane y[ch949]n ho ak[ch596] y[ch949]n sie[ch949] no.
Nkwa mu anadwo a y[ch949]n nne reba afiri y[ch949]n ab[ch596]se[ch949] no mu. Y[ch949]k[ch596]hwehw[ch949] y[ch949]n tiefo[ch596] bue y[ch949]n ano ak[ch596]ka as[ch949]m a y[ch949]ate. Nanso woowoo k[ch949]se[ch949] to y[ch949]n so[ch596]. Dede a w[ch596]n a owusunsum asi w[ch596]n so y[ch949] no na aboro so [ch949]nam abodan biara mu akwakoraa nnyeso[ch596] w[ch596] y[ch949]n afiasep[ch596]n a y[ch949]n w[ch596] mu yi ntira, saa nnyegyee[ch949] ano y[ch949] den mp[ch949]n apem sen nnyegyee[ch949] a y[ch949]de ba.
Y[ch949]n nne afa, y[ch949]tu asu b[ch596] y[ch949]n kaase[ch949] a [ch949]fa [ch596]kwan no ho. Atwetwesi mu na kirididib[ch596] d[ch596]m te[ch949]m moma owuo. Wiase anom adutoduru fitaa ama owuo anigyetraso aba mu ber[ch949] a aho[ch596]demfidie y[ch949] dede basabasa kwan so de b[ch596] gyegyeegye fofor[ch596] no ho w[ch596] at[ch596]e[ch949] h[ch596] owia ase[ch949]. Dwabum sakasaka yi akyi, biribiara a y[ch949]de tu asu nsi hwee, y[ch949]ka as[ch949]m a, [ch949]nka. W[ch596] nokor[ch949] mu, w[ch596][ch596]w[ch596][ch596] yi gye oniiko a anka [ch596]b[ch949]b[ch596] mu pae ne k[ch596]n so ntini. Ne nkra at[ch596] ansa na y[ch949]awo no, [ch596]te[ch949]mfo[ch596] boa saa sakasakay[ch949] no.
Amankwa, mmasuo a wo nsuo hwie gu [ch596]s[ch949]e[ch949] kwan so s[ch949] asub[ch596]nten a [ch949]repem k[ch596], wo daakye y[ch949] [ch596]s[ch949]e[ch949], wo mprempren y[ch949] [ch596]ma, [ch596]ma a [ch949]k[ch596] ohunu mu a asangye nni h[ch596] Wo sen nnim awus[ch596]re.
Kaanse [ch949]y[ch949] asuwa suban ne s[ch949] [ch949]ma ade[ch949]; [ch949]y[ch949] anweatam anwea suban s[ch949] [ch949]fa ade[ch949]. Kaanse senee na [ch949]y[ch949] w’ayamyesuo suban no; saa na [ch949]mem y[ch949] anweatam suban.
Mmom, wo ay[ch949]su nso di gye[ch949]. [ch390]ma, ogye[ch949], ogye[ch949], [ch596]ma, atoaso, abrab[ch596]. [ch390]ma mfra nhwea-so [ch596]brasuo no mu bi. [ch390]fa, [ch596]fa, [ch596]fa, [ch596]fa, anweatam de ne s[ch949]e[ch949] s[ch949]es[ch949]es[ch949]es[ch949]e biribiara a [ch949]ka no ho. De[ch949] [ch949]tu ne ho ky[ch949] anweatam biara agyae awunyane.
Asuwa s[ch949] ma. Asuwa s[ch949] sen. Nanso, s[ch949] asuwa toa ne nsuma ne ne nsusen no so a, anka anweatam h[ch596] kwan ny[ch949] [ch596]kwan pa bi.Anweatam h[ch596] kwan so na mmauo mu nsu y[ch949] duamono mu asonsuaa a [ch949]rete abunu hyehye framframfram, a anka akita nkwa dwoodwoo, afiri ntini tiri de rek[ch596] nkor[ch596]batawa tiri w[ch596] esum mu a adafitwa apia ak[ch596] amemeneban hann bi mu ama adane mogya-su-fene hyehyeehye a [ch949]rehinam akyer[ch949] [ch949]no ara ne duabans[ch949]e. Anweatam h[ch596] kwan na mmasuo mu nsuo y[ch949] [ch596]baa kuntunsini ho mogya w[ch596] ber[ch949] bi a [ch596]maanam de ne ho ka ha ama onwunu atom’.
Mmasuo nni h[ch596] a [ch949]tumi dane anweatam ani. Anweatam ka h[ch596] daa; mmasuo na [ch949]b[ch949]wo. [ch400]ny[ch949] asuten baako, [ch949]ny[ch949] aduasa, [ch949]ny[ch949] apem na [ch949]b[ch949]tumi adane anweatam ani. Nsakrae bi b[ch949]ba mu saa a, anka nsuyiri, ab[ch596]de[ch949] mu asu-santen a aka bom’ nyinaa a [ch949]rensen nk[ch596]sr[ch949] anweatam, a [ch949]resen s[ch949] [ch949]b[ch949]bunkam koraa. [ch400]no na [ch949]hia mmom, na [ch949]ny[ch949] asuwa-ko a [ch949]tumi dane asuwo(w).
[ch390]ma, ogye[ch949], ogye[ch949], [ch596]ma, biribiara a nkwa w[ch596] mu y[ch949] nta. Hwan na anka [ch596]b[ch949]tumi a yi owu-nkonyaa, ma [ch596]yaako ky[ch949] mu mmienu. Biribiara a [ch949]ntumi mma, biribiara a [ch949]nnim adegye[ch949] mpo, a [ch949]nim [ch7885]fa nko ara, saa ade[ch949] no na apa n’ankasa ne wuo. [ch400]y[ch949] owukurafo[ch596]. Dammirifua due, ademafo[ch596] a [ch949]nam saa [ch596]fafo[ch596] ne kwan so, [ch949]siane s[ch949], afei saa t[ch596]fo[ch596] anya ne nkonim mu t[ch596]fowusin.
Monnue, nnipakuo a [ch949]de ad[ch596]esator[ch596] ma ne ho nno[ch596]ma w[ch596] ayamyetraso mu, a afa [ch596]kwantemp[ch596]n bi so a [ch949]ny[ch949] nsiforo kwan na [ch949]y[ch949] n’ankasa ne nt[ch596]rease[ch949] kwan. Dammirifua due, nnipakuo, dammirifua due asuwa. Due asutiri, due adehufo[ch596], due as[ch949]ntefo[ch596], due as[ch949]nkafo[ch596]. Due mmasuo, nnipa a [ch949]reb[ch596] kirididi ak[ch596] Baamoa Owuo h[ch596].
[ch400]de[ch949]n koraa na [ch949]ka h[ch596]? Ahonu nnwonto[ch596], Nananom Nsamanfo[ch596] ho nnome na w[ch596] saa abrab[ch596]-s[ch949]-at[ch949]ky[ch949] abrab[ch596] mu gya akyirimma a y[ch949]annya nwo w[ch596]n saa atoyer[ch949]nky[ch949]m a y[ch949]reka ho as[ch949]m yi? Saa kwadwofo[ch596] asetena y[ch949] mmer[ch949], asabo(w) asetena a y[ch949]de tw[ch949]n owuo. Nsianee kwank[ch596] y[ch949] mmer[ch949] ma adekaefo[ch596] mpo.
Y[ch949]n a y[ch949]tie saa mma-wo-wer[ch949]-mfiri-wo-ay[ch949]su [ch596]fr[ch949] yi koraa, asa y[ch949]antwa ho adafi w[ch596] awudifo[ch596] owiagyinae hyehyeehye a y[ch949] w[ch596] mu yi? Nno[ch596]ma pepeankoma di y[ch949]n ho barehyia a w[ch596] de totoo h[ch596] a [ch949]di y[ch949]n brasu asi, de[ch949] [ch949]toa nk[ch596]nk[ch596]kyenenne[ch949] ma y[ch949]n wer[ch949] afiri y[ch949]n ho, de[ch949] [ch949]to y[ch949]n brad[ch949] s[ch949] y[ch949]b[ch949]k[ch596] [ch596]s[ch949]e[ch949] fitaa no mu. Y[ch949]n nso na y[ch949]anom awer[ch949]firi mmoroso ama y[ch949]afra ahos[ch949]p[ch949] owuo akyiridie yi.
Y[ch949]ntumi ntoa so saa. [ch400]nam s[ch949] akyipa po, saa nnyae[ch949] a y[ch949]de gya [ch596]kwan no, saa brakyea mu aso[ch596]den de[ch949], ase[ch949] pa nni h[ch596], nkontompohunu a [ch949]nt[ch596] aso mu nko ara.
Na adehufo[ch596], as[ch949]ntefo[ch596] ne as[ch949]nkafo[ch596] [ch949]? S[ch949] y[ch949]b[ch949]tumi ate ber[ch949] nkyeky[ch949]mu kitikiti nko ara de[ch949] a, [ch949]b[ch949]so s[ch949]n? S[ch949] y[ch949]b[ch949]tumi ahunu basabasa a [ch949]twa y[ch949]n ho hyia nko ara a y[ch949]kasa te s[ch949] ahwehw[ch949]-kuntun, akokoraa nnyeso[ch596]...
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