Intermediate Amharic Script

Script Spring 2024

Language: Amharic BB

Semester & Year: Spring 2024
Instructor: Mekonenen SeifuStudents: Bruke Wossenseged, Ethiopia Getachew, Hable Fitsum, Helina Tamiru, Tsion Daniel, Lidya TadessePrécis: This play is based on a popular children’s song in Ethiopia, where a young man is looking for a fiance and finally falls in love with a beautiful girl. The story is one of adventure, love, and grief, teaching a lesson of undying love.


ርዕስ፡ በዚያ በበጋ - TITLE: Beza Be Bega

 

English

SCENE 1 

Narrator - In the summer, in the heat 

Narrator - a fiance he could not find 

Bruke - In this summer, in this heat. I cannot find a fiance 

Narrator - As it dawned, he found somewhere to sleep 

Bruke - It is night. I need somewhere to sleep. 

SCENE 2 

Mother - What is it it my child? Are you okay? 

Bruke - I am okay, but I am very tired and I have nowhere to sleep? 

Mother - Come, get inside.
Narrator - He saw the girl all covered up Bruke - wow that girl is very beatiuful Mother: Where are you coming from? 

 

 

አማርኛ (Amharic)

ትዕይንት 1


Narrator - በዛ በበጋ በዛ በሙቅት
Narrator - እጮኛ ጠፍቶ ፍለጋ
ብሩክ - በዚ በጋ በዚ በጋ። እጮኛ ማግኘት አቃተኝ። 

Narrator - መሸበትና ሰው ቤት ገባ 

ብሩክ - መሸ። መደሪያ ቦታ ማግኘት አለብኝ። 

 

ትዕይንት 2 

እናት - ምን ነው ልጀ? ደና ነህ? 

ብሩክ - ደና ነኝ እማ፣ ግን በጣም ደክሞኛል እና ማደርበት ቦታ የለኝም 

Mother - ና ግባ ቤት፣ አይዞህ
Narrator - ልጅትዋን አያት ተከናንባ Bruke - ዋው ያቺ ልጅ በጣም ቆንጆ ናት Mother: ከየት ነው የተጓዝከው 

 

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Bruke - My father sent me on a journey to find something I need. Thank you all so much for allowing me to stay with you all. 

Sister - You’ve had a long and difficult journey 

Mother - Why don’t you get some rest tonight 

Sister - Yes, good night. We’ll see you tomorrow. 

Bruke - Thank you guys so much for your kindness. 

SCENE 3 

narrator - He liked her - she liked him 

Helina - You are very good looking, handsome. 

Bruke - You think so? 

Helina - Yes, very. And you have strong arms 

Bruke - I also thought you are very beautiful, you would make a good wife. 

Helina - Then do something about it, let’s run away together and start a new life away from here 

Bruke - Are you sure?
Helina - Yes, more than anything Bruke - okay, come come 

ብሩክ: አባቴ የሚያስፈልገኝን ነገር ለማግኘት እንድሄድ ላከኝ። እቤትህ እንድቆይ ስለፈቀድክልኝ አመሰግናለሁ። 

እህት: ረጅም እና አስቸጋሪ ጉዞ አሳልፈሃል Mother: ለምን ዛሬ ማታ ትንሽ እረፍት አታገኝም። Sister: አዎ ደህና እደር
ብሩክ: ስለ ደግነትህ አመሰግናለሁ። 

 

 

ትዕይንት 3 

narrator - ወደዳት ወደደችው፣ 

ሕሊና - በጣም ታምራለህ፣ የኔ ሽበላ 

ብሩክ - ይመስልሻል? 

ሕሊና - አዎ በጣም። እና እጆችህ በጣም ጠንካራ እጆች አሉህ 

ብሩክ - ብሩክ - እኔም በጣም ቆንጆ እንደሆንሽ አስቤ ነበር, ጥሩ ሚስት ትሆኛለሽ 

ሕሊና - እንደዛ ከሆነ የሆነ ነገር አድርግ - እንጥፋ እና አዲስ ህዎት እንጀምር 

ብሩክ - እርግጠኛ ነሽ?
ሕሊና - አዎ, ከምንም ነገር በላይ Bruke - እሺ, ነይ ነይ።

 

SCENE 4

Narrator - And then, and then, they walked very far

 

Helina - Where are we going 

Bruke - Our home 

Helina - Is it far? 

Bruke - Not too far, don’t worry - I will help you 

Narrator - They reached Abay river as it was very full 

Helina - Bruke? 

Bruke - What is it honey? 

Helina - I can’t swim 

Bruke - Oh no, it’s okay I will help you 

SCENE 5

Mother - Oh my, where is my daughter? 

Mother - He took my child!!! 

Sister - Helina! Helina! Where are you?! 

Sister - We looked and looked for her, but we cannot find her 

SCENE 6
Narrator - As they tried to cross the river Helina - ahhhhhhhh helppp
Bruke - ahhhhhhhh comeeee
Narrator - His love drowned 

ትዕይንት 4

Narrator - ደግሞ ደግሞ ብዙ ተግዋዙ Helina: የት ነው የምንሄደው?

ብሩክ: እቤታችን
ሕሊና - እሩክ ነው?
ብሩክ - አይደለም፣ አታስቢ፣ አግዚሻልው Narrator - አባይ ደረሱ በጣም ከሞላ 

ሕሊና - ብሩክ?
ብሩክ - ምነው ማሬ?
ሕሊና - መዋኘት አይሆንልኝም
ብሩክ - አዪ፣ ችግር የለውም አግዝሻለው

 

 

 

 


ትዕይንት 5


እናት - ውይኔ ልጄ ዬት ናት?
እናት - ልጄን ወሰደብኝ
እህት - ሄሊና! ሄሊና! ይት ነሽ?!
እህት- ፈለግናት ፈለግናት ግን ልናገኛት አልቻልንም። 

 

 

ትዕይንት 6
Narrator - ለመሻገር
ሕሊና - አህህህህህህ እግዘኝ Bruke - አህህህህህህ ነይይይይይይ Narrator - ሰምጣ ከረች የሱ ፍቅሩ 

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Bruke (weeps) 

Narrator - His stomach filled with sadness and he sobbed tears of loves 

SCENE 7

Family - Where is she? 

Bruke - With God 

Family - What?? 

Bruke - She died 

Helina - I died 

(everyone sobs) 

Bruke - My love, my love, I will not forget you until the grave 

Bruke - You are gone forever
Bruke - Noone can escape from death Mother - Noone can escape from death Sister - Noone can escape from death Sister - Noone can escape !from death.

The End!!

ብሩክ (አለቀሰ)
Narrator - አዘነና ሆዱ ባባ አለቀሰ የፍቅር እንባ 

ትዕይንት 7

ቤተሰብ - የት ናት 

ብሩክ - ከእግዚአብሔር ጋር 

ቤተሰብ - ምን? 

ብሩክ - ሞተች 

ሕሊና - ሞትኩ

(ሁሉም አለቀሰ) 

ብሩክ - የእኔ ፍቅር የእኔ ፍቅር አልረሳሽም እስከ መቃብር 

ብሩክ - ሄደሻል አንቺ ለዘላለም Bruke - መቼስ ከሞት የሚቀር የለም Mother - መቼስ ከሞት የሚቀር የለም Sister - መቼስ ከሞት የሚቀር የለም Sister - መቼስ ከሞት የሚቀር የለም 

 

ተፈጸመ!!!

 

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