Mlatho wamagetsi kumapeto kwa mapeto m'mphepete mwake pamwamba pa mtengo wa maula tiyeni tiwonekere munthu wamkulu chovala chovala chakuda nkhope yakuda ndi masaya apamwamba chinyezimiro mphaka akutsika pamakwerero kukwera ngalawa zosokera kuchokera m'ngalande zosakhalapo munali malo pansi pa denga la nkhandwe imvi kubwerera kunkhalango osalimba ndikunjenjemera mvula yabwino yosalekeza tili patebulo la blonde dulani ndiwo zamasamba m'mabwalo ang'onoang'ono popanda mpeni kumenya bolodi tinali mithunzi yoponyedwa pamakoma a phanga okonzekakudumphira mumtsinje bata kukumbukira maluwa omwe anamwazikana ndi kuyandama pang'ono maso ake akulu obiriwira kuyeretsa kwake kukhazikitsa njira zopezera pansi pa denga labuluu pogawira mwambowu zala zisanu pachipongwe kulingalira chimphepo m'mphepete mwa mwalawo sitepe ya august opanda nsapato pansi dothi kutsagana ndi caravanserai okonzeka kuwoloka zipata za mzinda popanda mwanayo kuwonekera pamene dzuwa limaphimba mitambo kutali ndi mapiri panthawi yake thanthwe lowawa ndi zipatso zakupsa kuposa nyonga za akavalo zidawakweza kutsogolo kwa agalu pokumbukira maulendo ena mchenga wosanyalanyazidwa udakwera paulendo wamatsenga kutsatira kuwuluka kwa miimba pamwamba pamunda nsapato zomangidwa zolimba m'matope a dzenje lothirira kuposa kukulira kwa lawi la nyali kuvina ndi dzanja limodzi zosautsa popanda kachilomboka kugwa chagada kusuntha ndikumveka kokha kwa ma gut mantha mbalame sanadzuke kuzizira kwa m'mawa kumene kuthambo kunatsekedwa ndi nkhungu talingalirani magulu ankhalango kuchokera kutsidya kwa chipululu ndi kuwononga chilichonse chomwe chili m'njira zawo mpaka kugwetsa makola kuposa maso achimwemwe a nkhope za ana woganiza wopanda munthu wovala chovala chachikopa kuchokera pakati pa bwaloli osaponyerana tambala kutupa ndi mawu owopsa yemwe m'bwalo lodzaza nthenga ndi fumbi ankavala madontho angapo amwazi ngati chithumwa ngale kuchokera pano kupitirira pansi pa chingaka zomwe zinkakwera kwambiri pamalire a nyumba kutupa kusaka mosafulumira cholemba choyenera kusakanikirana ndi kuphulika kuzizira kwakanthawi ulusi bulangeti kwa kugona kotsiriza kuti tsiku likanafika lodzula moto usanagwire log pambuyo pa chipika ndikuti banja lidavomera kumapeto kwa mgwirizano ndi mawonekedwe ovulidwa sikumapereka phokoso la ziwalo zazikulu pansi pa zipilala zowoneka bwino mpaka pansi pa thambo malawi oyimba popanda chovala chowonekera ndi kulira kosakanikirana mu bwalo la choko cha Circassian pomwe adasonkhanitsira choperekacho sungani mchere kukhala mame kuti ziume ma trousseau akale kamodzi pachaka pa Saint John padambo lachigawo wopanda malaya akusowa kukwera m'madzi kuphompho pansi pa kuseka kwa ma lazzi nyimbo zabwino za dzombe sitepe ndi sitepe yotayidwa pokwera mlatho wachisomo Chipilala pambuyo pake magetsi akayamba kukondana ndi maloto kuvutika ndi zikwangwani zamapemphero ndipo akugundana ndi mphepo pamodzi kudzutsa anthu aanthu patsogolo pa m'bandakucha.
( tsatanetsatane wa chosema cha Martine Cuenat )
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