Characters

Yesake (side bf)

Elias: prospect

Tsion

Hermella: Girlfriend

Lydia

Tibebe: friend who give her advice

Arsema

Tigist: Angry Mom

Naomi

Mita: Younger sibling who snitches

Bereket

Tesfa: Dad

Anni

Biruk: Tutor

Selam

Narrator

Script

English

አማርኛ (Amharic)

Scene 1: Hermella and Biruk holding hands and studying.

ትዕይንት አንድ: ሄርሜላ እና ብሩክ እጅ ለእጅ ተያይዘው የጠኑው።

Selam (Narrator): There was a rich family that lived in the Bole, a high-end neighborhood in Addis Ababa. Tigist and Tesfa, the parents, lived a privileged life and lived with their two daughters. Even though they seemed to have everything, everything was not perfect. When the academic report cards came back, they found out that one of their daughters, Hermella, was failing math. Her failure would have been a shame on their family, so they decided to get her a tutor. They found Biruk, a young boy who takes care of cattle but was really gifted with math. After two months of tutoring with Biruk, Hermella’s grades improved but she began to become fond of Biruk.

Anni (Biruk): So when you multiply this, the answer becomes 15.

Tsion (Hermella): You are so smart.

Anni (Biruk): (Looks deep into Tsion’s eyes) I would be nothing without you. My love, I would do anything for you.

Naomi (): Oh my, are they holding hands? I have to tell mom and dad.

ስላም፡ በአዲስ አበባ ውስጥ ቦሌ ከፍተኛ ደረጃ ላይ ባለ ሰፈር ውስጥ የሚኖሩ ሀብታም ቤተሰብ ነበሩ። ትግስት እና ተስፋ የተባሉት ወላጆች ጥሩ ኑሮ ኖረው ከሁለት ሴት ልጆቻቸው ጋር አብረው ኖረዋል። ምንም እንኳን ሁሉም ነገር ያላቸው ቢመስሉም, ሁሉም ነገር ፍጹም አልነበረም. የአካዳሚክ ሪፖርቶች ካርዶች ሲመለሱ፣ አንዷ ሴት ልጃቸው ሄርሜላ በሒሳብ እየወደቀች እንደሆነ አወቁ። የእሷ ውድቀት ለቤተሰቦቻቸው አሳፋሪ ይሆን ነበር, ስለዚህ ሞግዚት ሊያደርጉላት ወሰኑ. ከብቶችን የሚንከባከብ ነገር ግን የሂሳብ ችሎታ ያለው ወጣት ብሩክን አገኙት። ከሁለት ወር ብሩክ ጋር ስታስተምር ሄርሜላ ውጤቷ ተሻሽሏል ግን የቢሩክን መውደድ ጀመረች።

አኒ (ብሩክ): ስለዚህ ይህንን ሲባዛ፣አስራ አምስት ይሆናል።

ጽዮን (ሄርሜላ)፥ አንተህ በጣም ግበዝ ነህ

አኒ (ብሩክ): ያለ አንቺ ምንም አይደለሁም። ፍቅሬ ፣ ላንቺ ሁሉ ነገር አደርግልሃለሁ።

ናኦሚ፡ ወይኔ እጅ ለእጅ ተያይዘው ነበር ወይ? ለእናቴና አባቴ መናገር አለብኝ።

Scene 2: Hermella’s parents yelling at her

ትዕይንት ሁለት

(Hermella’s parents storm into the room)

Arsema (Tigist): Hmph! We did not spend our hard-warned money for you to act like this, but rather for you to improve your grades!

Bereket (Tesfa): Oh dear! Oh dear! We did not raise a daughter like this! I don’t know where you brought this behavior from but I want our daughter back. Bring her back!

አርሴማ፡ ድካማችንን ገንዘባችንን ለዚህ አላወጣንም! ውጤቶቻችሁ እየቀነሱ ሳለ ጊዜህን በሳቅ ታጠፋለህ።

በረከት፡ ወይ ጉድ ኧረ ወይ ጉድ! እንደዚ አላሳደግንሽም። ይህን ባህሪ ከየት እንዳመጣሽ ፈጣሪ ይወቀው። የድሮ ልጄን መልሸልኝ! ወዲያውኑ መልሺልን!

Scene three: Hermella talks to her Friend

ትዕይንት ሶስት፡ ሄርሜላ ከጓደኛዋ ጋር ትናገራለች።

Tsion (Hermella): Tibebe, my parents found out about Biruk and they told me they found another husband for me.

Lydia (Tibebe): Your parents just want the best for you, they don’t want to hurt you.

Tsion (Hermella): If they loved me, they would let me marry Biruk.

Lydia (Tibebe): You know what they say, if you mourn from the heart, the tears will not stop.

Tsion (Hermella): You’re right, so I must run away to another country if I want to be with Biruk. Thank you for your advice.

[Tsion (Hermella) leaves.]

Lydia (Tibebe): Advise him, advise him. If he refuses, let trouble advise him.

ጽዮን (ሄርሜላ)፥ ጥበበ፣ ወላጆቼ ስለ ብሩክ አወቁና ሌላ ባል እንዳገኙልኝ ነገሩኝ።

ሊዲያ (ቲቤቤ)፥ ወላጆችሽ ዪወዱሻል እና ደስ እንዲልሽ ነው ሚፈልጉት፤ እንጂ ሊጎዱሽ ሊዲያ (ቲቤቤ)፥ አይደለም።

ጽዮን (ሄርሜላ)፥ የእውነት ከወደዱኝ፣ ብሩክን እንዳገባ ይፈቅዱልኛል።

ሊዲያ (ቲቤቤ)፥ የሚሉትን ታውቃለሽ፣ ከልብ ካዘኁ ዕንባ አይገድም።

ጽዮን (ሄርሜላ)፥ ልክ ነሽ ስለዚህ ከብሩክ ጋር መሆን ከፈለግኩ፣ ሌላ አገር መሄድ አለብን።

ብሩክ፡ ስላማከርሺን አመሰግናለው።

[ሄርሜላ ወጣች።]

ሊዲያ (ቲቤቤ)፥ ምከረው ምከረው እምቢ ካለ መከራ ይምከረው።

Scene 4: Hermella’s Family and Hermella eating dinner with her prospective husband.

ትዕይንት አራት: ወላጆቹ እና ሄርሜላ ከየወደፊትዋ ባል እራት ሲበሉ።

Bereket (Tefsa): Elias, what do you do for a living?

Yesake (Elias): I am the lead neurosurgeon at Black Lion Hospital. As for my second job, I am the director of Astronomy and defense for Ethiopia.

Bereket (Tefsa): wow, Hermella do you hear that, what do you think? Cool guy right?

Tsion (Hermella): So what?

Yesake (Elias): Biruk what do you do?

Tsion (Hermella): Don’t worry about it

Anni (Biruk): My occupation doesn’t define me as a person. My love for Hermella is all that matters.

Dad mom (have angry reaction about her responses) (small fight with Tsion in front of Elias)

Bereket (Tesfa): Do you hear that! How do you plan to make a living with that nonsense! I have a fool for a daughter; I had thought she was a bright girl. How wrong I am!

Arsema (Tigist): Hermella, behave! What is wrong with you? I did not raise you to be like this!

Yesake (Elias): Hermella, you are very beautiful, but I can see now is not a great time, so I am going to excuse myself.

Arsema (Tigist): Elias, please stay! I promise you she is not like this. I don't understand why she is being so rude!

Yesake (Elias): I am sorry, farewell…

በረከት (ተፍሳ)፥ ኤሊያስ፣ ምን አይነት ስራ ነው ምትሰራው፧

ኤልያስ: እኔ በጥቁር አንበሳ ሆስፒታል ዋና የነርቭ ቀዶ ጥገና ሐኪም ነኝ። ሁለተኛ ሥራዬን በተመለከተ የኢትዮጵያ የሥነ ፈለክ ጥናትና መከላከያ ዳይሬክተር ነኝ።

በረከት: ሄርሜላ: ስለ እሱ ምን ታስብያለሽ?

ጽዮን (ሄርሜላ)፥ እሺ: እና? ለምን ያስጨንቀኛል?

ኤልያስ: ብሩክ ምን ታደርጋለህ?

ጽዮን (ሄርሜላ)፥ ስለ እኔ አትጨነቅ

አኒ (ብሩክ)፥ ስራዬ ማን እንደሆንኩ አይገልጽም። ዋናው ነገሩ ለሄርሜላ ያለኝ ፍቅር ነው።

በረከት፡ ትሰሚያለሽ የዚን ልጅ ጉድ! በምን ልመየዳደር ነው ይሄን ስራ ፈት የወደድሽው። አይ ሞኝነት። ልጄ ጎበዝ ናት እላለው ለካ ሞኝ ናት፣ ጂሎች!

ትግስት: ሄርሜላ ፣ ምግባር! አንት ግን ምንድነው ችግርህ? እንደዚህ እንድትሆኝ አላደረግሁሽም።

ኤልያስ: ሄርሜላ፣ በጣም ቆንጆ ነሽ፣ ግን አሁን አይቻለሁ ትክክለኛው ጊዜ ስላልሆነ ልሄድ ነው።

ትግስት: ኤልያስ እባክህ ቆይ! እሷ እንደዚህ አይደለችም ብዬ ቃል እገባልሃለሁ። ለምንድነዉ እንደዚህ ባለ ጨዋነት እንዳለባት አይገባኝም።

ኤልያስ: ይቅርታ፣ ደህና ሁኚ

Scene 5: Hermella and Biruk decide to run away together

ትዕይንት አራት

Tsion (Hermella): I can’t be here anymore. I need to do what my heart is telling me to do. I can’t live without you Biruk.

Anni (Biruk): So what are we going to do? Your parents will never accept me.

Tsion (Hermella): Let’s run away together?

(Hold hands (tentatively) and run off stage)

The End!!!

ጽዮን (ሄርሜላ)፥ እዚ መኖር አልፈልግም: ደሞ ካለ አንተ መኖር አልችልም::

አኒ (ብሩክ)፥ ታዲያ ምን እናድርግ፧ ወላጆችሽን በፍጹም አይቀበሉኝም።

ፂዮን (ሄርሜላ)፥ ስለዚ አብረን እንጥፋ?

ተፈጸመ!!!