My Tango With Barbara Strozzi by Russell Hoban

Author:Russell Hoban [Hoban, Russell]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: U.S.A., 21st Century, Amazon.com, Retail, 20th Century, literature, britain, American Literature, Expatriate Literature, British History
ISBN: 9780747590286
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2007-11-04T15:00:00+00:00

Understanding not a word, I was filled with a great sadness. ‘What language is that?’ I asked.

‘Setswana,’ she said. Her voice on the disc paused. The music came up and she sang with it wordlessly and very low. Then she continued speaking:

Aiyeeah! Kutlobotlhoko ya sona ta se opela

Sona Sepoko sa maloba-le-maabane!

Se a opela, Se a opela sona sa fa loapi le ne le tlhapile,

dithaba di boitshega letsatsi ke bosigo jwa lona

di ya lolololo dinoka di elela!

The music changed, the drums became more urgent. Constanze’s voice went higher and the words came more quickly:

Utlwa fa ke go rao Nao, O itse tsa moloba-le-maabane

Kwa re tswang gona mmogo, fa lorato le ne re aparetse

le tletse mo pelong tsa rona, aiyeeah!

Le kae jaanong, le sietse kae?

Gore loapi le be le thibile jaona, dithaba di sa

ntsikinye, dinoka di kgadile jaana! Aiyeeah ka

iketlo mo tsebeng ya moja kopelo ya sepoko sa

moloba-le-maabane. Mo tsebeng ya molema go utlwala

fela kgakalo ya dikgang tsa sesheng, pherethlano

mo mebileng le modumo wa tse di fetileng.

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