With a dimension of time things come to pass; with a dimension of time our dreams come true; with a dimension of time man is born, grow and ultimately die. As Einstein expresses it wittingly, we mortals achieve immortality through the permanent things we create in common. Encouraged by this wisdom, generation moves forward despite death is striking every family member without notice. At the dawning of this Millennium and New Year I lost my father, a determined farmer who sent all his children to school. While opened up the opportunity to me and I enjoyed the fruit of civilization throughout Africa, Europe and the United states, he died in the rural part of Ethiopia with no electricity, road or access to primary health care. He did not know the cyberspace and your website exists, but I feel his name deserves some space on your site to let social circles of friends know that an honorable Ethiopian farmer, who used to plough with oxen and feed the nation, rests in peace at the turn of the Millennium.
– Worku from Seattle
አቶ ለገሠ ሙላት (1922-2000)
ቋሚ እንዳይቸገር በወርሃ ክረምቱ
ደግ ሰው ነውና ሲፈጠር ከጥንቱ
ጉሙ ገለጥ ሲል ዝናቡ ሲያባራ
ዮሐንስ ተሾሞ ሲቃረብ ደመራ
መብረቅ ነጎድጓዱ ሰው እንዳይመታበት
የጎርፍ ውሃ ሙላት ለቅሶ እንዳይቆርጥበት
ቆፈንና ብርዱ ቀባሪ እንዳይጎዳ
ብዙ እንዳይቸገር የገብሬሉ አረዳ
በገበሬው መንደር ብዙ እንዳይታማ
እርሻ እንዳይተጓጎል ዘር እንዳይሻማ
የአለቃ ሙላት ልጅ በፅድቅ ህይወት ኖሮ
ዓለም በቃኝ ብሎ ከፈጣሪው መክሮ
መስከረም ሲጥባ ሞተ በቀጠሮ
የሚለው ዜና ዕረፍት ሲደርስ ባህር ማዶ
እኔ አላየሁትም እንደተራ መርዶ
አዝኛለሁ በጣም ይከፋኛል ገና
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