Abu Nawasአቡ ናዋስ
Hararሐረር · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narrated by Zaineba Abibeker Deremo
A husband and wife were quarrelling and the husband said his wife was stupid.
She said to her friends, “I want to buy cleverness.”
Abu Nawas passed them and overheard.
So Abu Nawas went out in the street and played with a ball in a net and was bouncing it up and down, shouting, “Who will buy cleverness?”
She said, “I will. Do you have any?”
“Yes I can sell it to you, but what will you pay for it?”
She says, “I can give you anything you want.”
Then he said, “Bring your husband’s clothes.”
And she said, “OK.”
Then she brings all her husband’s clothes and gives them to him.
He gave her the ball and said, “This is cleverness.”
When she went home, her husband came and she said, “I bought cleverness!”
“What did you pay for it?”
“I paid all of your clothes.”
The husband was angry.
አቡ ናዋስ
በዘይነባ አቢበከር ደረሞ የተተረከ
ባልና ሚስት ተጣልተው ባልየው ሚስቱን ደደብ እያለ ይሰድባታል፡፡ እሷም ጓደኞቿን “ብልጠት መግዛት እፈልጋለሁ፡፡” አለቻቸው፡፡ በዚህ ጊዜ አቡ ናዋስ ባጠገባቸው ሲያልፍ ይህንን ይሰማና ወደ ጎዳና በመውጣት መረብ ዘርግቶ ኳስ እየተጫወተና ኳሱን ወደ ላይና ወደታች በመምታት “ብልጠት የሚገዛ” እያለ ይጮህ ጀመር፡፡
እሷም “እኔ እገዛለሁ፣ ብልጠት አለህ?” ብላ ስትጠይቀው፡፡
“አዎ ልሸጥልሽ እችላለሁ፤ ነገር ግን ምን ትከፍይኛለሽ?” አላት፡፡
እሷም “የፈለከውን ነገር ልሰጥህ እችላለሁ፡፡” አለችው፡፡›
እሱም “የባልሽን ልብሶች አምጪያቸው::” አላት፡፡
እሺ ብላ የባሏን ልብሶች በሙሉ አምጥታ ሰጠችው፡፡ እሱም ኳሷን ሰጥቷት “ይህ ነው ብልጠት፡፡” አላት፡፡
ወደቤቷ በተመለሰችበትም ጊዜ ባሏ ሲመጣ “ብልጥ ገዛሁ፡፡” አለችው፡፡
“በምን ገዛሽው?” ሲላት
“ያንተን ልብሶች በሙሉ ሰጥቼ” በማለት ባሏን አበሳጨችው፡፡
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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
Why was the husband angry with his wife at the start of the story?
What did the wife say she wanted to buy?
Who was selling cleverness in the street?
What was Abu Nawas doing in the street to get attention?
What did the wife pay Abu Nawas for the cleverness?
What did Abu Nawas give the wife as 'cleverness'?
For discussionለውይይት
- Do you think Abu Nawas was being fair when he sold the ball as 'cleverness'? Why or why not?
- What do you think the wife learned by the end of the story?
- How do you think the husband felt when he found out what his wife had done, and what might he do next?
- Can cleverness really be bought? What do you think the story is trying to teach us?