COVID BUKANA

Manuela Molina Cruz

Halo! Lau na gorere eiava nao gadoai egwaumu ‘vairus’ tama. Lau bogatamogu na kurukuru ranu eiava kuru gorerena. Baboirigu korona vairus.

Lau na loaloa taugu…egu uramase ima abi bona hahenamo hereva ‘Hi’. Ima ahenigu.

Mai dibamui lau be daika? Lo? Lasi? Umui lalomui be edebamona, ladagu eboiriamu neganai?

Kopi mamano?

Dara dara?

Helalo mase?

Helalo parara?

Helalo garigari?

Hebogaisi?

Oi emu helalo, lau eguai be edebamona, launa koronavairus? Lau maidibagu. Lau danu oi bamomu. (Mai emu pepa ta neganai, piksamu pepaai atorea bena ahaitalaigu.)

Taumamomo sivaraigu eduahiamu, bona tv aidanu eitagumu neganai lalodia ehekwarahimu.

Una dainai, hereva momokani bona maorona be heina.

Egu vadivadi neganai, lagatuna, kopi siahu, bona huahua namai laiamu.

To lau egu noho na dia daudau. Tauma momo namo eabimu. Hetomana toto maragina ta, aemuai, to ma haraga enamomu. Bamahuta!

Basio helalo momo! Oi emu badadia ese, benarimumu femili bona oi emu komuniti lalonai, idia ese gwaumu baiekara.

Oi danu, baheduru diba:

Imamu bahuria, ranu bona sopu ida. Ma ouramu neganai, ane ta baladaia. Emu uramase anena, emu varadina anena, o maragidia edia hahediba anena baladaia.

Imamu bahuria bena bahenari baine kaukau. Bahenari taina da numere bahereva; tamona, rua, toi, hani, ima, tauratoi, hitu, taurahani, taurahani ta bona gwauta. Bahenari, imamu baine kaukau guna, bena ouramu neganai bagadara lou!

Hereva bakamonai neganai, korona ese basine abimu. Bema dokta ese baine hanamomu neganai, lau da basina hagoreremu lou.

Dokona. Download this PDF at: www.mindheart.co/descargables Author: Manuela Molina Cruz Instagram: @mindheart.kids manuela_825@hotmail.com

This Hiri Motu version for Papua New Guinea has been translated from the original story by Andrew Solien. Editorial review by Roseanne Sarea. Translation and review commissioned by Bilum Books.

Ina Covid buka na heduru badaherea bona sapot eme abia All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development (ACR GCD) Founding Partners (the United States Agency for International Development [USAID], World Vision, bona Australian Government) eme gaukara hebou Global Book Alliance ida. Ina buka na The Asia Foundation ese eme torea idia edia ita itaiai ma dia ACR GCD Founding Partners eiava Global Book Alliance edia ita itaiai. Hahediba hereva badana ina buka enai be ini bamona, ina buka ena hereva hanai vaitani motu gado bona gado haidia edia hereva hanai na dia ACR GCD edia kerere, bona ACR GCD na asi edia hereve eina buka ena hereva hanai enai.

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Contributing translators: Andrew Solien and Roseanne Sarea