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ሳኪማ ከቤተሰቦቹና ከ4 ዓመት ታላቅ እህቱ ጋር ይኖራል። የሚኖሩት ባንድ ሃብታም ሰውዬ መሬት ላይ ነው። ባለሳር ክዳን ጎጇቸው በመደዳ ከበቀሉ ዛፎች ማዶ ትገኛለች።
Sakima lived with his parents and his four year old sister.
They lived on a rich man's land.
Their grass-thatched hut was at the end of a row of trees.
ሳኪማ 3 ዓመት ሲሆነው ታመመና የዓይን ብርሃኑን አጣ። ሳኪማ ባለተሰጥኦ ልጅ ነበር።
When Sakima was three years old, he fell sick and lost his sight.
Sakima was a talented boy.
ሳኪማ የ6 ዓመት ልጆች እንኳ የማይሰሯቸውን በርካታ ነገሮችን ማድረግ ይችላል። ለምሳሌ ከመንደሩ ትልልቅ ሴቶች ጋ ቁጭ ብሎ ጠቃሚ ቁምነገሮችን ይወያያል።
Sakima did many things that other six year old boys did not do.
For example, he could sit with older members of the village and discuss important matters.
የሳኪማ ቤተሰቦች በሃብታሙ ሰው ቤት ውስጥ ይሰራሉ። ጠዋት በማለዳ ከቤታቸው ይወጡና ማታ ወደቤታቸው ይመለሳሉ። ሳኪማ ደግሞ ከትንሽ እህቱ ጋር ይቆያል።
The parents of Sakima worked at the rich man's house.
They left home early in the morning and returned late in the evening.
Sakima was left with his little sister.
ሳኪማ መዝሙር መዘመር ይወዳል። አንድ ቀን እናቱ ጠየቀችው፣ ‹‹ከየት ነው እነዚህን መዝሙሮች የተማርካቸው ሳኪማ?››
Sakima loved to sing songs.
One day his mother asked him, "Where do you learn these songs from, Sakima?"
ሳኪማም መለሰ ‹‹ራሳቸው ይመጣሉ እማዬ። በጭንቅላቴ እሰማቸዋለሁ ከዚያም እዘምራለሁ።››
Sakima answered, "They just come, mother. I hear them in my head and then I sing."
ሳኪማ ለእህቱ ይዘምርላታል በተለይ ሲርባት ሲርባት። ተወዳጅ ዜማዎቹን ሲያዜም እህቱ ትሰማዋለች። ወዲያ ወዲህ እየተወዛወዘች በዜማው ትመሰጣለች።
Sakima liked to sing for his little sister, especially, if she felt hungry.
His sister would listen to him singing his favourite song.
She would sway to the soothing tune.
‹‹ደግመህ ደጋግመህ ልታዜምልኝ ትችላለህ ሳኪማ›› እህቱ ለመነችው። ሳኪማም ጥያቄዋን ተቀብሎ እስኪበቃት ደጋግሞ አዜመላት።
"Can you sing it again and again, Sakima," his sister would beg him.
Sakima would accept and sing it over and over again.
አንድ ምሽት ቤተሰቦቹ ወደቤት ሲመለሱ በጣም ተክዘው ነበር። ሳኪማ የሆነ ነገር እንደተፈጠረ አወቀ።
One evening when his parents returned home, they were very quiet.
Sakima knew that there was something wrong.
‹‹እማዬ፣ አባዬ ምንድነው? ምን ችግር አለ?›› ሳኪማ ጠየቀ። የሃብታሙ ሰው ልጅ መጥፋቱን ሳኪማ
ተረዳ። ሰውዬው በጣም አዘነ፣ ብቸኝነትም ተሰማው።
"What is wrong, mother, father?" Sakima asked.
Sakima learned that the rich man's son was missing.
The man was very sad and lonely.
‹‹አዜምለታለሁ። እንደገናም ደስተኛ ይሆናል›› አለ ሳኪማ ለቤተሰቦቹ። ቤተሰቦቹ ግን ጀሮ ዳባ ልበስ አሉት። ‹‹እሱ በጣም ሃብታም ነው። አንተ ደግሞ ተራ አይነ ስውር ነህ። የአንተ ዜማ የሚረዳው ይመስልሃል?››
"I can sing for him. He might be happy again," Sakima told his parents.
But his parents dismissed him.
"He is very rich. You are only a blind boy. Do you think your song will help him?"
ነገር ግን፣ ሳኪማ ተስፋ አልቆረጠም። ትንሷ እህቱም ትረዳዋለች። ‹‹የሳኪማ ዜማዎች በራበኝ ጊዜ ያረጋጉኛል። ሃብታሙን ሰውዬም እንዲሁ ያረጋጉታል።››
However, Sakima did not give up.
His little sister supported him.
She said, "Sakima's songs soothe me when I am hungry. They will soothe the rich man too."
በቀጣዩ ቀን ወደ ሃብታሙ ቤት መርታ እንድትወስደው ሳኪማ እህቱን ጠየቃት።
The following day, Sakima asked his little sister to lead him to the rich man's house.
ከአንድ ትልቅ መስኮት በታች ቆሞ ተወዳጁን ዜማ አዜመ። ቀስ ብሎ የሃብታሙ ሰው ጭንቅላት በትልቁ መስኮት በኩል መታየት ጀመረ።
He stood below one big window and began to sing his favourite song.
Slowly, the head of the rich man began to show through the big window.
ሰራተኞቹ እየሰሩ የነበረውን አቆሙ። የሳኪማን ቆንጅዬ ዜማ ማዳመጥ ጀመሩ። ነገር ግን አንድ ሰው እንዲህ አለ ‹‹ማንም ሰው ቢሆን አለቃችንን ሊያዝናናው ወይም ሊያጽናናው የሚችል የለም። ይሄ አይነ ስውር ልጅ የሚችል ይመስለዋል እንዴ?››
The workers stopped what they were doing. They listened to Sakima's beautiful song.
But one man said, "Nobody has been able to console the boss. Does this blind boy think he will console him?"
ሳኪማ ማዜሙን ጨረሰና ሊመለስ ሲል ሃብታሙ ሰውዬ ፈጥኖ ወጣና ‹‹እባክህ እንደገና አዚም›› አለው።
Sakima finished singing his song and turned to leave.
But the rich man rushed out and said, "Please sing again."
በዚያው ቅጽበት ሁለት ሰዎች በቃሬዛ አንድ ሰው ይዘው መጡ። የሃብታሙን ሰውዬ ልጅ ተነክሶ ጉዳት ደርሶበት መንገድ ዳር ወድቆ ነው ያገኙት።
At that very moment, two men came carrying someone on a stretcher.
They had found the rich man's son beaten up and left on the side of the road.
ልጁን ደግሞ ስላየው ሃብታሙ ሰውዬ በጣም ተደሰተ። ምቾት ስለሰጠው ሳኪማ ተደሰተ። ከዚያ ልጁንና ሳኪማን ወደ ሃኪም ቤት ወሰዳቸው፤ ሳኪማም እንደገና አይኑ ማዬት ቻለ።
The rich man was so happy to see his son again.
He rewarded Sakima for consoling him.
He took his son and Sakima to hospital so Sakima could regain his sight.
Written by: Ursula Nafula
Illustrated by: Peris Wachuka
Translated by: Dawit Girma
Read by: Abenezer Chane