Na Geraldine Sinyuy, World BEYOND War, Nowemapa 25, 2020
ʻO Elegy no koʻu Hoahānau
Lele, pehea e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hana i kēia iaʻu?
ʻO Emma, e ke kaikaina, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike iaʻu?
Uē pū ʻoe i kēia hoʻokaʻawale hōʻeha?
Emmanuel, ka mea aʻu i mālama ai nāu,
ʻO kēlā ʻāpana aʻu i makemake nui ai e hoʻomākaukau i loko o koʻu noʻonoʻo,
ʻO kāu kuleana ponoʻī o nā hua o
ʻO kaʻu hana i ka honua o ka ʻike,
Ua moe wale ia akā he moeʻuhane.
E Emma, ua hoʻomāʻewaʻewa ʻoe iaʻu.
ʻO kaʻu mau hoʻolālā, e ka hoahānau, ua paʻa i ka hau,
Paʻahau e ka hopu hikiwawe
No kēlā hanu i hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ke ola.
E ke kaikaina, ua hele mālie ʻoe me he malihini lā.
ʻAʻole ʻoe i waiho i kahi ʻōlelo naʻu.
Lele, paʻi kou alo ʻole iaʻu.
Ua heleleʻi koʻu mau poʻohiwi,
no ka mea, ʻaʻohe oʻu haʻaheo i koʻu hoahānau.
ʻO Emma, i kēia manawa ke ʻōlelo nei wau i nā retrospectives:
"ʻO mākou…"
ʻAe, ʻo ia ka manawa kou haʻalele i haʻalele ai iaʻu.
ʻO Geraldine Sinyuy (PhD), no Cameroon. I ka 2016, ua hoʻokani ʻo ia i kekahi o kāna mau mele i kapa ʻia ʻo "On a Lone and Silent Hill" i ka wā o ka International Conference on World Environment Day ma ke Kulanui Imo State, Nigeria.
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Pūkino kaumaha loa. Mahalo, e Geraldine.
Mahalo nui iā Bill. He mea weliweli ia.