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Asubuhi moja ya mwezi Oktoba yenye joto,

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nilishuka kutoka kwenye treni ya usiku

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Mandalay,

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mji mkuu wa kifalme wa zamani wa Burma,

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sasa Myanmar.

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Kwenye mtaa, nikakutana na kundi la[br]wanaume ambao ni wakorofi

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wakiwa wamesimama pembeni ya baiskeli zao.

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Mmoja kati yao akanifuata

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na kujitolea kunionesha maeneo.

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Bei aliyoitaja ilikuwa ni ya kushangaza.

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Ilikuwa ni kidogo kuliko ambayo ningetumia[br]kununua chokoleti nyumbani.

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Nikapanda kwenye baiskeli yake,

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na akaanza kutuendesha polepole[br]kwenye makasri na mahekalu.

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Wakati anaendesha, akaniambia jinsi[br]alivyokuja mjini kutoka kijijini kwake.

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Alikuwa na digrii ya hisabati.

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Ndoto yake ilikuwa awe mwalimu.

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Hakika maisha ni magumu kwenye[br]udikteta wa kijeshi,

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kwa sasa, hii ilikuwa ni namna[br]pekee ya kujipatia kipato.

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Mara nyingi usiku, aliniambia,[br]alilala kwenye guta yake

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ili kusudi apate wateja wa kwanza[br]wa treni ya usiku.

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Punde si punde, tukagundua kwamba[br]kwa namna fulani

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tuna mengi ya kufanana --

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wote tulikuwa kwenye miaka ya 20,

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sote tulikuwa tunavutiwa na[br]tamaduni za kigeni --

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mpaka akanikaribisha nyumbani.

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Tukatoka kwenye mtaa wenye watu wengi,

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na tukaanza kupita kwenye njia zenye[br]mabonde na kona nyingi

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Kulikuwa na nyumba zilizo bomoka[br]kila sehemu.

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Kwakweli sikujua nilipokuwepo,

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na nikagundua kua chochote[br]kinaweza kunitokea sasa.

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Ninaweza ibiwa au leweshwa

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au kibaya zaidi.

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Hamna ambaye angejua.

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Mwishowe, akasimama na akanipeleka[br]kwenye kibanda,

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ambacho kilikuwa na chumba kimoja[br]tu kidogo.

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Kisha akainama chini,

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kwenye kitanda chake.

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Kitu ndani yangu kikaganda.

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Nikawa nasubiri nione atavuta nini.

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Mwishowe akatoa boksi.

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Ndani yake kulikuwa na barua zote[br]alizowahi kupokea

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kutoka kwa wageni wa nchi za nje,

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na baadhi zao alikuwa amebandika

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picha ndogo zisizo na rangi zilizochoka

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za marafiki zake wapya wa kigeni.

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Hivyo tulivyoagana usiku ule,

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nikagundua kua amenionyesha pia

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siri ya kwenye kusafiri,

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ambayo ni kufanya kitu bila uwoga,

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kusafiri ndani vile vile na nje,

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kwenda sehemu ambazo usingeenda[br]vinginevyo,

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kufanya usiyoyafahamu,

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usichokielewa,

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hata uwoga.

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Nyumbani, ni hatari kirahisi

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kujiona tupo juu ya mambo.

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Nje kwenye dunia, unakumbushwa[br]kila saa kwamba haupo

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na hauwezi kufikia kwenye[br]mwisho wa mambo pia.

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Kila sehemu, "Watu wanatamani kutulia,"

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Ralph Waldo Emerson alitukumbusha,

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"lakini mara nyingi tunapokuwa[br]hatujatulia

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ndipo kuna tumaini kwetu."

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Kwenye hili kongamano,[br]tumebahatika sana

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kusikia mawazo mapya ya[br]kustaajabisha na vumbuzi

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na kweli, kuhusu njia zote

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ambazo maarife yanasukumwa[br]mbele sana.

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Lakini kuna hatua, maarifa yanaondoka.

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Na huo ndio muda

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ambao maisha yako yanaamua kweli:

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unapata upendo;

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unapoteza rafiki;

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taa zinazimika.

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Na ni hapo, ambapo ukiwa umepotea,[br]au huelewi au umepoteza matumaini,

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ndipo unapogundua wewe ni nani.

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Siamini kama ujinga ni starehe.

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Sayansi imefanya maisha yetu

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yang'ae zaidi, marefu zaidi na yenye[br]afya zaidi.

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Na ninawashukuru sana walimu[br]walionifundisha kanuni za fizikia,

0:04:17.676,0:04:21.189
na kunielekeza kwamba[br]tatu mara tatu ni tisa.

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Naweza kuhesabu hiyo kwa vidole vyangu.

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muda wowote wa usiku au mchana.

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Lakini mwanahisabati akiniambia

0:04:30.438,0:04:33.961
hio ukitoa mara tatu[br]ukitoa tatu ni tisa,

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hiyo ni aina ya mantiki inayoonekana[br]kama uaminifu.

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Tofauti ya maarifa, kwa maneno mengine,[br]sio lazima iwe ujinga.

0:04:44.948,0:04:46.098
Inaweza ikawa mshangao.

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Au maajabu.

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Uwezekano.

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Na kwenye maisha yangu, nimegundua[br]ni vile nisivyovijua

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ndivyo ambavyo vimeninyanyua[br]na kunisukuma mbele zaidi

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kushinda vile ninavyovijua.

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Ni pia vile nisivyovijua

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vilivyonileta karibu na kila mtu[br]anaenizunguka.

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Kwa Novemba nane mfululizo, hivi karibuni,

0:05:08.573,0:05:13.001
nimesafiri kila mwaka kupitia[br]Japan na Dalai Lama.

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Na kitu ambacho alikuwa anasema kila siku

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ambacho kilionekana kuwapa watu[br]suluhisho na tumaini

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ilikuwa ni "sijui."

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"Nini kitatokea Tibet?"

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"Lini tutapata amani duniani?"

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"Ipi ni njia sahihi ya kulea watoto?"

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"Kiukweli," anasema huyu mtu mwenye[br]busara,

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"Sijui."

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Mshindi wa tuzo ya Nobeli,[br]mwanauchumi Daniel Kahneman

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ametumia zaidi ya miaka 60 sasa[br]akichunguza tabia za binadamu,

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na muafaka wake ni

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kua huwa tunajiamini sana na kile[br]tunachodhani tunakijua

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kuliko tunavyotakiwa kuwa.

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Tunakuwa, kama anavyosema,

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na "uwezo usio na kikomo wa[br]kupuuzia ujinga wetu."

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Tunajua -- nanukuu -- timu yetu[br]itaenda kushinda wikiendi hii,

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na tunakumbuka tu hayo maarifa

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mara chache tukiwa sahihi.

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Mara nyingi, tunakuwa gizani.

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Na hapo ndipo hisia za kweli zipo.

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Unajua mpenzi wako[br]atakachokua anafanya kesho?

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Je unataka kujua?

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Wazazi wetu sote[br]kama watu wanavyowaita,

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Adam na Hawa,

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wasigeweza kufa, alimradi waliendelea kula[br]kutoka kwenye mti wa uzima.

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Ila punde walivyoanza kula

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kutoka kwenye mti wa maarifa,[br]ya mema na mabaya,

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wakaanguka kutoka kwenye weupe wao.

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Wakajawa na aibu na uwoga,

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wakajitambua.

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Na wakajifunza,[br]kwa kuchelewa, pengine,

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kwamba kwa kweli kuna vitu[br]tunahitaji kuvijua,

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lakini kuna vingi, vingi zaidi[br]ambavyo ni bora visichunguzwe.

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Sasa, nilivyokuwa mtoto,

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nilijua vyote, bila shaka.

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Nilitumia miaka 20 darasani[br]nikikusanya mawazo,

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na nilikuwa kweli[br]kwenye biashara ya habari,

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nikiandika makala ya gazeti la Time.

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Nikasafiri kwenda Japan kwa mara ya kwanza[br]kwa muda wa wiki mbili na nusu,

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na nikarudi na insha ya karatasi 40

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ikielezea kila kitu kuhusu[br]nyumba za ibada za Japan,

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mitindo yake, michezo yake ya besiboli,

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nafsi yake.

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Lakini chini ya hayo yote,

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kitu ambacho sikuweza elewa

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kiliniongoza kwa sababu[br]nisizoweza kuwaelezea bado,

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mpaka nikaamua kwenda kuishi Japan.

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Na sasa ambapo nimekuwa kule kwa miaka 28,

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siwezi kuwaelezea mengi kabisa

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kuhusu nyumbani kwangu.

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Ambayo ni nzuri,

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sababu inamaanisha kila siku[br]ninagundua kitu kipya.

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na kwenye hiyo harakati,

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kuangalia pembeni na kuona[br]mamia na maelfu ya vitu

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nisingeweza kujua.

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Maarifa ni zawadi kubwa sana.

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Lakini maarifa ya uwongo[br]yanaweza kua hatari kuliko ujinga.

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Kuwaza kwamba unamjua mpenzi wako

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au adui yako

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inaweza kua ya hila zaidi

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kuliko kukubali kwamba hautowajua.

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Kila asubuhi Japan, ua likiwaka kwenye[br]nyumba yetu ndogo,

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inanichukua maumivu mengi [br]kutokuangalia utabiri wa hali ya hewa,

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sababu nikiangalia,

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akili yangu itajawa na mawazo,[br]na itasumbuka

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hata kama siku ikiwa angavu.

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Nimekuwa mwandishi kwa miaka 34 sasa.

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Na kitu kimoja ambacho nimejifunza

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ni kua mabadiliko huja pale[br]nisipoyapangilia,

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pale ambapo sijui nini kinafuata,

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pale ambapo siwezi kuwaza kua ni mkubwa[br]kuliko kila kitu kinachonizunguka.

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Na hio ni kweli pia kwenye upendo

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au kwenye wakati wa majanga.

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Ghafla, tumerudi kwenye ile guta tena

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na tunaruka mitaa mikubwa yenye taa;

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na tunakumbushwa, kweli,[br]kwenye kanuni ya kwanza ya safari

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na hivyo, ya maisha:

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una nguvu tu kama uwezo[br]wako wa kujisalimisha.

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Mwishowe, pengine,

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kuwa binadamu

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ni muhimu zaidi

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kuliko kuwa kwenye kujua kikamilifu.

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Asanteni.

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(Makofi)