Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Photographic Section
- Introduction: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o: Reflections on His Life of Writing
- Ngũgĩ at Work
- Part I Serenades & Beginnings
- Part II Memories, Recollections & Tributes
- Part III Working with Ngũgĩ
- Part IV The Writer, the Critic & the World
- Part V The Other Ngũgĩ
- 31 Kwa Grant Kamenju: Hotuba ya Kuipokea Digrii ya Heshima ya Uzamifu Kutoka Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam
- 32 Wasomi, Lugha za Ulaya na za Kiafrika: Kati ya Kuweza na Kuwezwa
- 33 Asia in My Life
- 34 Ndaĩ ya Wendo (A Riddle of Love)
- Appendixes
- References
- Bibliography of Ngũgĩ's Primary Works
- Works Cited
- Notes on Contributors
- Index
34 - Ndaĩ ya Wendo (A Riddle of Love)
from Part V - The Other Ngũgĩ
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 July 2019
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Photographic Section
- Introduction: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o: Reflections on His Life of Writing
- Ngũgĩ at Work
- Part I Serenades & Beginnings
- Part II Memories, Recollections & Tributes
- Part III Working with Ngũgĩ
- Part IV The Writer, the Critic & the World
- Part V The Other Ngũgĩ
- 31 Kwa Grant Kamenju: Hotuba ya Kuipokea Digrii ya Heshima ya Uzamifu Kutoka Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam
- 32 Wasomi, Lugha za Ulaya na za Kiafrika: Kati ya Kuweza na Kuwezwa
- 33 Asia in My Life
- 34 Ndaĩ ya Wendo (A Riddle of Love)
- Appendixes
- References
- Bibliography of Ngũgĩ's Primary Works
- Works Cited
- Notes on Contributors
- Index
Summary
Gwata ndaĩ
Ĩno ya wendo
Gwata ũgwatĩrĩre
Kana ũhe kĩgacwa
Kũrigwo ti kũrigara
Na mũgĩ nĩ mũtaare
Nderirwo nĩ mũkũrũ atĩ
Mwanake na mũirĩtu
Magĩgatua kwendana
Nĩ ta mũndũ na kĩĩruru gĩake
Teng'eria kĩĩruru
Gĩgakũũrĩra
Kĩũrĩre kĩĩruru
Gĩgakũrũmĩrĩra
No niĩ nawe
Twanaruona
Tũkarũmenya
Twanakanyuĩra
Rĩako rita nĩ tũrĩũĩ
Na tondũ wa kũmenya
Atĩ mũteng'erio
Na mũteng'erenia
Gũtirĩ ũtahũma rĩ
Reke niĩ nawe
Tũhĩmbanĩrie ngoro
Ituĩke kĩĩruru kĩmwe
Twĩyũage mbura na riũa ho
Kana tũtuĩke mũtirima wa ũrĩa ũngĩ
Getha kũrĩ heho kana rũhuho
Tũtirimanagie kahoora
Tũkĩgwatanagia ndaĩ ya wendo.
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- NgugiReflections on his Life of Writing, pp. 200 - 202Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2018