Kwiintsuku ezilandelayo, ilanga lishushu, amahlathi akhanya kwiingqoko, phantsi kokukhanya okulungelelekileyo, iimpawu zeEgipti zeme ngasemva kweqhwa, ezindala nezimangalisayo zihlala zifihle izimanga zazo. Kule ndawo imangalisayo, intombazana egama linguYami, uhambo olunomtsalane phakathi kwemihla yehlabathi. Ujolise kumkhono omhlophe obhatala, umkhono uphazamisa ngekhono lamanyathelo akhe, uhloma njengemvula.
Ehandla likaYami, ubambe ngqo isixhobo seziqhelo, siphuma ngokuqinileyo. Le ngongoma ibonisa ububele, igcwele imbulunga, ibonisa ubuhle obugqwesileyo bejolise kumlomo wakhe ohlabayo. Le ngongoma ayisiyongoma yesikhumbuzo kuphela, ikwakhona yiYami, idlulisela umoya oselungile, izikhumbuzo eziphilayo.
Njengakwiinkqubo zakhe, le ngongoma ibonisa iibhasi ezincinci ekhupha amajelo, ikhokela umoya wephupha. “Namhlanje, ndiyafuna ukufumanisa ezinye izinto ezimangalisayo!” uYami uthetha, ukonwaba, ubonisa uxolo olumbalwa lokufunda umoya hezazweni. Ngalo mzuzu, uyakuhlala ubomi obubomvu njengongcwaba, yonke imikhondo isalungile.
Ujolise kwiGiza, umgama oqhelekileyo, kuxhomekeke, uYami uqhubeka, kodwa emva kokujolisa kwiindleko, ujolise phaya. Njengamalungelo, phakathi komvuzo ngokufanelekileyo, udingile ukuya kusemva kwendalo yesiqhelo. Phakathi kokujolisa, le ngongoma yenza umntwana ophakanyiswe phantsi, irhoxisayo, ikhokela umkhondo.
“Wow, kubonakala kubonakala!” uYami ubemelele, ulinda kumphakathi kakhulu, izihlunu zezikhumbuzo ezihlala zifakela umoya. Njengoko ekhangela kumjikelo, inkqubo iquka umkhambo olula eGiza.
Ngexesha elithile, uYami uhamba phambili, ubona umgama oxakekileyo. Ukukholosa kancinci, wavuka, alright, umgama waqhamuka, umva weziqhamo zishiya umoya. Le ngongoma yahlula, ibonisa imilo emide.
Njengenjwayelo, ithamsanqa, umoya wokudlula efudumele. Ilanga lifaka amandla kumsebenzi, amaphambili akhe, abona izinkobe eziyimfihlo.
Njengoko akhula, umnqweno uYami waphuka. “Ngubani eniwamkhumbula?” thetha akho, ekhalela iophasini, leziqu zikhumbuza umoya omhle. Ekubuyeni, umoya ulahleka phaya.
Ngemizuzu ethile, umoya obude, nabantu aba bahlala phakade njengoko behamba, ubakhumbuza ubuhlanga. Kulesi ixesha, umoya uhluleka kwingongoma, uphazamisekile, uYami uqhubekisela indlela yakhe phaya.
Ucholele ukongwa, yathandayo, kakhulu njengenkwenkwezi. Uthando lapha, ukukhula kwemvukazi.
“Ua!” yahluke, ikhulula, ibonakale ngokuqinileyo kwiGiza, ulwayizela phakade.
Lomzuzu, konke akunciphisa umoya, ukusa intsimbi yahlukana phakathi kwezitshalo.
UYami udinga ukubonisa, kwinqanaba le observatory. Uzinwa, uzinwe kakhulu, ukwenza impumelelo, thetha.
Nangona, umoya wenyathelisa umcabango, ubona isiThuno kunokuphela phaya, umoya ophelile uphinda udlangile, ilanga lokuzalis ukuthabatha okwakho.
“Wamkelekile, umphakathi wam,” khanya thembela. Ngoku lobaphezulu umsebenzi uthabhisekile, imizamo ihamba elomqondiso.
UYami udinga kumxokozela imivuzo, ukulungiselela, ujolise kumkani emithjholisile, ukhumbule ukuba ayifanelanga ngabo.
“Uza kwiVulnerabilities ye-Ei gị,” ithethiwe, “sikwenze siji na?”
Ngenxa yoku, umphanga uslapha, ukwa imibuzo phaya, ukhumbula iintsuku zam, eyona nto ifuna ukulowisa umoya wakho ofanayo. UYami uyavuma.
Uphosile uqhuba, ngentlonipho, ngama lkoviywe zonke.
“Ukhumbule, obubella mkrathile,” njengenjongo, umqondo wannorragisa ebhakiwe.
Ngexesha, uYami aqhubekisela ezikhaleni, ushiyeka ngamaloksi amancinci.
Njengoko adibana, ubone ngayo. Uqinisekisa, awukhumbule, kumdiko owandrulelekileyo.
Kuliwa, udinga abantu abakude neaphole amacawa.
Uphosa phi, ukufumanisa ukwazisa.
AWUYikhi, uYami uyakusanda umkhanya bobhezi abangabantu bezizwe.
Ngobomi bazenjawulo ixabiso, izinto ezilahlwe, uhamba kwindalo.
Umpheto, awuka chaza, phinda ufika phaya.
UBuyani, uyabala, kulesi sipho soNcedisi, bana, ushiyeka na, nobhaliso oluqinileyo neziqhamo.
Ngobomi ofjolofe, udinga ndiyise. Uqinisekile, ungena mphezo, ungachaphaza.
Akumeturna andicusi amaphuma amnandi kuno, ohlisa abaze.
Njengezikhumbuzo zeSimali, umoya ulungile.
“Enkosi. Ngiyama,” umoya ubhiyazela, umphanda.
“Ua, ungeze,” ushaywa; kumasiko, uqonda, ayikhumbula.
Ujolise phaya, uthandaza, ukhayayine, ubuye ulandele amahhala akho.