ሓደ እዋን፡ ሓንቲ ሕጕስቲ ስድራ ነበረት።
Once upon a time,
there lived a happy
family.
ንሓድሕዶም ብፍጹም ተባኢሶም ኣይፈልጡን። ኣብ ቤት ኮነ ኣብ በረኻ ንወለዶም ይሕግዝዎም ነበሩ።
They never fought with
each other. They helped
their parents at home
and in the fields.
ጥቓ ሓዊ ክቐርቡ ግን ኣይፍቀደሎምን ነበረ።
But they were not
allowed to go near a
fire.
ኵሉ ስርሓቶም ኣብ ግዜ ምሸት የካይድዎ ነበሩ። ምኽንያቱ ብስምዒ እዮም ተሰሪሖም።
They had to do all their
work during the night.
Because they were made of wax!
ሓደ ካብቶም ኣወዳት ግን ብግዜ ብርሃን ጸሓይ ክወጽእ ባሃገ።
But one of the boys
longed to go out in the
sunlight.
ሓደ መዓልቲ ባህጉ ምሒር ሓየሎ። ኣሕዋቱ ኣጠንቀቕዎ…
One day the longing
was too strong. His
brothers warned him…
ግን እንታይ ይዓብስ! በታ መራር ጸሓይ መኺኹ።
But it was too late!
He melted in the hot
sun.
እቶም ብስምዒ ዝተሰርሑ ቆልዑት ሓዎም ክመክኽ ከሎ ርእዮም ኣመና ጐሃዩ።
The wax children were
so sad to see their
brother melting away.
ሓደ መደብ ግን ገበሩ። ነቲ ዝመኸኸ ስምዒ ቀሪጾሞ ሓደ ዑፍ ሰርሑ።
But they made a plan.
They shaped the lump
of melted wax into a
bird.
ነቲ ዝቐረጽዎ ዑፍ ሓዎም ናብ’ቲ በሪኽ ጎቦ ወሰድዎ።
They took their bird
brother up to a high
mountain.
እታ ጸሓይ ምስበረቐት ድማ፡ ናብ’ቲ ናይ ወጋሕታ ብርሃን እናዘመረ ነፊሩ ከደ።
And as the sun rose, he
flew away singing into
the morning light.
