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Koveti-19 (Covid-19)
Koe ta‘anga hiva fakamamahi (Poetry of tragedy) fakafatu, fakafa‘u ‘e Havelulahi & Hufanga He Ako Moe Lotu, Ma‘asi, 2020
Kupu, veesi 1
Kuo ofongaki ‘ihe vahaope
Pavaki ‘ene fakatu‘upake
Talaki toki me‘a fakavale
Nofoilelenga pea fakatupuhe
‘Ene faka‘aufua ‘ae kolope
Koe vailasi ‘oku angakehe
‘Ae kolona kalauni tamate
Kupu, veesi 2
He ongoongo fakaleleloto
Tu‘ia ‘ae ongo moe loto
Vale ‘atamai ke fakafuo
Faka‘auha mahaki ‘ene to
Ta ‘oku ongo ta ‘oku o‘o
Vaetu‘ua si‘etau nonofo
Taufetuku kihe fakangalo
Kupu, veesi 3
Koe ‘epitemika ‘ene pipihi
Koveti-19 fakamamanilahi
Penitemika matatau malohi
Kapa pea kapu faka‘aufuli
‘Ene tutui mo fakavilivili
Tu‘unga ia ‘oe nofotailiili
Tatau ‘ae iiki moe lalahi
Tau, kolesi
Hota fatongia e ke fuesia
Hota ngafa e ke ha‘amoa
‘Ilo moe poto ke kumia
‘Ofa moe melino ke lotua
‘O tapuni malu pea loka
He feilaulau faimatekina
Fale hufanga he faingata‘a
Koe ki‘i fakamatala moe huluhulu nounou
Na‘e fakafatu, fakafa‘u ‘ae ta‘anga hiva fakamamahi “Koveti-19” ‘e Havelulahi mo Hufanga He Ako Moe Lotu kihe mahaki faka‘auha (mahaki tamate, mahaki pipihi) ‘oku lotolotonga to ‘i mamani he ngaahi ‘aho ni, ‘aia kuo ne kapa mo kapu ‘ae ngaahi fonua lahi, ‘o kau ai ‘a Nu‘usila (mo Tonga). ‘Oku lotolotonga tu‘u ‘a mamani he tu‘unga faingatamaki (state of emergency) ‘oku tupu ai ‘ae tu‘utu‘uni ke nofo fakataautaha mo fakamavahevahe ‘ae kakai (state of social, physical, isolation, exclusion), ‘o taumu‘a kene holoki ‘ae vave moe lahi ‘ene pipihi moe mafola. ‘Oku fiema‘u moe faka‘amu ke toe foki ‘a mamani kihe tu‘unga faingamalie (state of normality) moe nofo fakatokolahi mo fakatahataha (state of social, physical inclusion).
‘Oku ngaue‘aki lelei ‘ehe ongo punake ‘ae heliaki fakafetongiaki, fakafekauaki, moe fakafefonuaki, ‘o ‘uhinga ‘ae heliaki koe ‘lea kihe me‘a ‘e taha kae ‘uhinga kihe me‘a ‘e taha.’ ‘Oku lave ‘ae kupu, veesi 1 ki hono ofongi, pavaki, mo talaki ‘ae tala fakamamahi ‘oe to ‘ae mahaki faka‘auha, ‘aia kuo ne kapa mo kapu ‘a mamani he‘ene pipihi moe mafola. ‘Oku talanoa ‘ae kupu, veesi 2 ki hono uesia ‘ehe ongoongo fakamamahi ni ‘ae fonua moe kakai, ‘o tumutumu he taufetuku ‘ae mo‘ui kihe mate kae lave ‘ae kupu, veesi 3 kihe anga ‘oe mahaki faka‘auha. ‘Oku talanoa ‘ae tau, kolesi kihe fiema‘u moe faka‘amu ke liliu ‘ae tu‘unga faingatamaki (state of emergency) kihe tukunga faingamalie (state of normality) he funga ‘oe ako, lotu, moe feilaulau.
‘Oku ngaue‘aki lelei ‘ehe ongo punake ‘ae ngaahi lea Tonga koe ohi mei he lea ‘Ingilisi koe heliaki he‘ena ta‘anga hiva fakamamahi, ‘o hange koe ‘kolope,’ ‘vailasi,’ ‘kolona,’ moe ‘kalauni,’ mei he ‘globe,’ ‘virus,’ ‘corona,’ moe ‘crown’ (kupu, veesi 1, kohi, laini 5, 6 & 7) pea moe ‘epitemika,’ ‘koveti-19,’ moe ‘penitemika’ mei he ‘epidemic,’ ‘covid-19,’ moe ‘pandemic’ (kupu, veesi 3, kohi, laini 1, 2 & 3). ‘Oku ‘uhinga tatau ‘ae ongo lea Tonga koe ‘kolona’ moe “kalauni’ kihe lea ‘Ingilisi koe ‘crown,’ ‘o hange ‘ae ‘ata lahi ‘oe ‘vailasi’ he me‘afaka‘ataofi, maikolosikope, koe ‘kalauni,’ ‘crown.’ ‘Oku ui fakaTonga ‘ae ‘coronation’ koe ‘hilifaki kalauni’ (pe ‘hilifaki kolona’). ‘Oku fakanounou ‘ae ‘coronavirus’ koe ‘covid-19’ he‘ene to he 2019.