Kala kene, kwajinga kisemi kimo kyaikajilenga bingi na lusekelo.
Once upon a time,
there lived a happy
family.
Abe bantu kechi balwanga ne. Bakwashishenga bansemi yabo pa nzubo ne kumajimi.
They never fought with
each other. They helped
their parents at home
and in the fields.
Pano mino kechi bebaswishishe kuya pabwipi na mujilo ne.
But they were not
allowed to go near a
fire.
Baingijilenga nkito yabo yonse kimye kya bufuku mambo babumbilwe na bupula.
They had to do all their
work during the night.
Because they were made of wax!
Bino nsongwalume umo wakebeshenga bingi kuya mumute.
But one of the boys
longed to go out in the
sunlight.
Juuba jimo, lusako lwanji lwakoselako. Bakolojanji babalume baesekele kumukanya…
One day the longing
was too strong. His
brothers warned him…
Bino babanjile kumukanya! Wasungulukile namute.
But it was too late!
He melted in the hot
sun.
Bano baana babupula baumvwine bingi kutama pa kumona mulongo wabo wasunguluka.
The wax children were
so sad to see their
brother melting away.
Balangulukilepo maana akubumba abwa bupula bwasungulukile mukañonyi.
But they made a plan.
They shaped the lump
of melted wax into a
bird.
Basendele nkasabo kañonyi ne kumutwala kumutumba.
They took their bird
brother up to a high
mountain.
Mute pakusama, aye watumbukile akwe saka enda nakwimba.
And as the sun rose, he
flew away singing into
the morning light.
