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In old times there was a lioness

Stina van den Idsert Haldorsen er 48 år. Født i Nairobi Kenya, oppvokst i Kenya, Nederland og Tanzania. Er tekstilkunstner og bor på Konnerud. Stina er styremedlem i Drammen Sacred (Foto: David Been)

Stina sier dette om teksten:
Teksten er en av mine favorittekster: Som barn leste mamma den engang til meg. Jeg tolker det slik: Mennesker forstår at vi alle egentlig er en stor familie selv om vi er forskjellige.

In old times there was a lioness and she was with young, and bore a cub. And when she had bore her cub, she was seized with hunger seven days. And she said , “ I will go outside and look for food.” And when she went outside she saw an antelope feeding. And she crept up to it. And the antelope turned its head and saw the lioness, and said to her, “ welcome, cousin! “ And the lioness was ashamed, so that she did not seize it; it had turned her by making her its cousin.
Original tekst (kishwali)

Hapo kale palikuwa na Simba, akachukua mimba, akavayaa mtoto. Alipokwisha vyaa mtoto, akashikwa ni na njaa siku saba. Akasema, nitatoka kwa nje nitafute chakula. Alipotoka nje akamwona kulungu alisha. Akamnyatia. Yule kulungu akazungusha shingo, akamwona Simba, akamwambia, Hachi, mjomba! Huyu Simba akafanya haya, saipate kumkamata; amemgeua kumfanyiza mjombawe

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