"Lady"
Yeshiembet/Yeshi Gemaneh 1940 (Harar)
“Lady”
From my memory back
I recall my father tall and slim
Very gentle slow to anger
His advice and comment
a reflection of his truthfulness
never been on someone’s way
Always careful to be out of danger
when people tried to be harsh and rough
Presented self with gentleness
He sat on a chair only meant for him
He loved to whisked when alone
with friends loved to play “gabata”
Ethiopian game
Consisting of a board played
with marbles or beans
Good exercise for hands and mind
Father strict in spending
not wealthy saved quite well
His passionate and good manner
rustling in my brain
of all beauty I remember
Father called mother “Wizero” (Lady)
About this poem
I think I can be the best person to say few things of my father. It cannot be exaggeration if I said, he was one of the finest human being I knew.
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Submitted by yeshigemaneh on February 19, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAB CDX BXD AXCX XXX XXBXBX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 698 |
Words | 148 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 8 |
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