Je was op zoek naar: au hautopenda kuja karibu nami (Swahili - Engels)

nanyi bila ya shaka mtakuwa katika wa karibu nami.
and indeed you shall be among those near [to me].’

akasema: naam! nanyi bila ya shaka mtakuwa katika wa karibu nami.
"yes," said he, "you will be among the honoured."

yeye alikuja kuniona, akasimama karibu nami, akasema: ndugu saulo! ona tena. papo hapo nikaona tena, nikamwangalia.
came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, brother saul, receive thy sight. and the same hour i looked up upon him.

wakati usiku umefika na nchi iw giza, na mwezi ni mwanga tu tutaweza kuona, hakuna i si kuwa na hofu. ah, usiogope, maadamu unasimama karibu nami.
when the night has come and the land is dark, and the moon is the only light we'll see, no i won't be afraid. oh, iwon't be afraid, just as long as you stand by me.

ilikuwa inaudhi na kuumiza, na sikuanza kuandika kuhusu korea kwa namna ya maana mpaka nilipojifunza kuisogeza jamii hiyo ya wageni (marafiki na wafanyakazi wenzangu) karibu nami ili kuniwezesha kujifunza jiji hili, kwa mtazamo wa kikorea.
it was all very bitter and petty and self-defeating, and i didn’t begin to write about korea in a meaningful away until i learned to keep that expat crowd (friends and coworkers included) at arm’s-length and experience the city on quieter, more korean terms.