I've got a story to tell about two people searching for connection.
Some say that this world is a place of the lost and separation,
but what they lack is direction.
Mulunda, mwana wa Yuma,
was born when his family was with a friend, an august birth.
He was in love with a girl named Nkoi; he knew all of her worth.
Nkoi, she came from another village, but I don't know that name,
but for this story, crossing great distance,
it shouldn't matter 'cause the villages could all be the same.
Nkoi's family taught her bold and strong; they taught her the healing arts. She had fire in hers eyes; she had fire in her heart.
Mulunda told Nkoi of a reoccuring dream he had peopled by a distant kin. He said, "I don't know who or where they are, but without them I don't feel complete within."
Nkoi says, "With my healing powers, I can take you there to meet your missing family."
So she took them on this quest, certain of what the future would be.
Leka Leka Leka. Basakutwela mu buluo.
Baba ba Mwenge. Mwafwaiko.
Moonset over pyramid, Mulunda says, "I think we landed close."
They heard two voices singin' stories, reminding of the Bards of Manolo... They told the women, Rumsey and Guinda,
of the dream they want to realize.
They said, "we know the one you seek.
Go further west, you'll know him form his eyes.....
So, they pass through a garden of wild spring flowers
Where they here footsteps of someone or some other power
They seek to a sign to their destination,
they hope this someone will point the way.
But It's only water lappin' on rocks, inviting them to stay.
Nkoi ne malunda abafika Ku Jabu.
Along their journey they find themselves in another potent place.
Nkoi says, "He's soaked here too. We'll soon be done with this chase."
So they settle down into the relaxing spring water.
Mulunda looked at Nkoi, said he was lucky to have caught her.
When they began anew, before them flew the wildthing Tim.
They never played as hard as they played with him.
He took them swingin' under trees and rollin' up the stairs
He showed them as extra-kind-of-zuberance to while away their cares.
Nkoi ne Malunda abakaya ne Timo.
Just as they we're about to leave friends of Tim arrived for a game
Mulunda gaped the one before him and his dream-kin were the same.
They introduced themselves around.
"I'm Jellybonz, these are my mates."
Applesauce, 'Jamin, Madeliene, Milo, Zoë were along.
"This meeting was in all of our fates." The circle has been closed;
they thanked Nkoi for the visit.
Well, that the ends of this story, or is it?
Nkoi, Mulunda, Applesauce, 'Jamin, Jelly, Madeliene, Milo,+Zoë together Banenanga'mba: Tudi Bonso Bamo Bonka.