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bibi yangu
my grandmother

wewe ni bibi yangu sasa
you are my grandmother

na bibi wangu mpole
and my gentle mistress

leo ni siku yako ya kupumzishwa kaburini bibi yangu kipenzi, daima tutakukumbuka
i pray for you abundant joy on your birthday

hata shangazi zangu na bibi yangu hawakutaka kuwasiliana nami tena kwa kuwa waliogopa sana kuwa kama serikali ingegundua kuwa walikuwa wanawasiliana nami, wangewadhuru.
even my aunts and my grandma didn’t call me because they were so afraid that if the government found out they were in touch with me, they would harm them.

tufurahi na kushangilia; tumtukuze, kwani wakati wa arusi ya mwanakondoo umefika, na bibi arusi yuko tayari.
let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

tulilazimika kuondoa mapambo yote tuliyopamba na ilikuwa ya kusikitisha sana kwa sababu tulitarajia babu na bibi zetu kuja kila mtu alikuwa na huzuni kweli na ilikuwa ndio ndio kwani tuliwaona kitu pekee ninachotamani kuonyesha sasa ni kuwaona.
we had to remove all the decorations we had decorated and it was very sad because we expected our grandparents to come everyone was really sad and it was oh yeah since we saw them the only thing i wish show now is to see them

hali hii haisababishwi na siasa, kwa sasa inasababishwa na binadamu…haya ni mapinduzi kwa ajili yetu, kwa ajili ya watoto wetu, kwa ajili ya babu na bibi zetu.
it’s not a political cause, it’s now a human cause…this is a revolution for us, for our children, for our grandchildren.

mwanga wa taa hautaonekana tena ndani yako; sauti za bwana arusi na bibi arusi hazitasikika tena ndani yako. wafanyabiashara wako walikuwa wakuu duniani, na kwa uchawi wako mataifa yote yalipotoshwa!"
and the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

tukio hili limegusa hisia baada ya maandamano ya usawa kitaifa mwishoni mwa wiki ambapo nilifanya mahojiano mafupi na wanandoa wa rangi tofauti, bwana na bibi newman (pichani) kuhusu kwa nini wanaandamana.
this particular instance hits home after this weekends national equality march wherein i briefly interviewed an straight, interracial couple, the newmans (pictured) about why they are marching.

hala anamtafuta mtu wa kumwambia, "karibu kwenye nchi yako", na anamtafuta mtu wa kumsaidia kupata kukumbatiwa kwa upendo mkubwa na bibi yake, ambaye hupokea kila picha au kipande cha picha ya video inayomwonyesha binti huyu mdogo kwa shauku kubwa kupindukia.
hala is searching for someone to say, "welcome to your country", and is searching for someone to put her in reach of the affectionate embrace of her grandmother, who adores any picture of her or any video clip in which she appears.