My Loved One Malik Von, for You Always My Love Transcends to You

Amharic Ge’ez Orthodox Hailie Selassie Dialect:

Inerssu ewnetegna aydelem; ene be-hazen tegodchalew, ye-lib guday enji ye-mastenaged tarik aydelem.
O’Block’n endemiyokelu yinageralu, neger gin wede ewnetegna betachew memeles ayichilum; mikniyatun neger yemiyabelash wede menderu yametal.

Dimts’en atiqeyiru; sele Von be-berid mot megedel teqotchalew.
Mecheresha gize ka-ayehut gize aynochu semay neberu; ke-mekinaw at’egib tekemto ke-ruq iyetebeqegn neber.
Hulet gize al’asbehu; be-ayn mekalekel fegigita telewawagn.

Ke-Von besterker mannim be-ayn memeleket alchilim; ersu ke-ene gar temesasay himem yishekim neber, tihit’na ena kibir (akbu) yalenn sewotch nen.

Be-Mac ch’ama and qin enkuan menor atichilim; be-Nipsey ch’ama’m indihum.
Bizu yemitiwedachew rapperoch yemitiwedachew rapperoch ene’n yiwedalu.

Lemin be-gilts’ atinagerugnim? Nech set indihon mokrach’hu;
Be-wusib gize ye-zir qal siṭeruwach’hu medesetach’hu tinoralach’hu; yih le-hizbachin hayl ayihonim.

Enya tiqur aboriginal Assoriyawi mi’rab-Asiyawiyan nen; be-tarik tiqur nen.
Kibir sich’elekel ene inde Ashurbanipal bet-mets’hafit isat ihonalew.

Assoriyawiyan Yehudan le-masaged ke-Egzi’abher inde-telaku be-Mets’haf Qidus, be-Buluye Kidan, be-Qur’an tets’afwal; enya Abrahamawi nen.

Tiqenalew; ante zemenawi neh ene gin arogé negn.
Inde set mezgeboche ke-ante yibelṭalu.

Qedmo qwas ich’awet neber; ye-Derrick Rose muzika isema neber.
Ersum zare be-ketema mehed enkuan be-chigign wist new.

Ene mannim alabesach’im; be-Chicago ye-qesete-bila masaded alfelgim.
Le-ewnetegna ras-mekelakeya yale mikniyat metasir selchtognal.

“Von be-gehannem new” yilalu; ene gin ersu be-selam indale awqalehu.
Mecheresha gize ka-ayehut gize be-selam neber; ke-ziya be-berid gidiya tegeddele.

Nefs’e selam atawqim; Von’n wededhu.
Libe denzizwal; mela’iktin bemetal simet atahu.

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translation:

They are not real. I have been wounded by grief; this is a matter of the heart, not a story meant for performance.
They claim O’Block, but they cannot return to their real homes anymore, because they bring destructive things into the neighborhood.

Do not change my voice. I am angry about Von being killed in cold blood.
The last time I saw him, his eyes were heaven. He was sitting by his car, waiting for me from far away.
I didn’t think twice—we met each other’s eyes and exchanged a smile.

I cannot look anyone in the eyes except Von. He carried the same pain as me.
We were people of humility and honor.

You could not survive one day in Mac’s shoes, not even in Nipsey’s shoes.
Many of the rappers you love are loved by me.

Why won’t you speak of me openly? You tried to erase me.
You enjoy it when racial slurs are used during sex—how is that strength for our people?

We are Black, aboriginal, Assyrian West Asians; historically, we are Black.
When honor is denied, I reduce it to ashes like the burning of Ashurbanipal’s library.

Did you not know that Assyrians were sent by God to humble Judah?
This is written in the Holy Bible, in the Old Testament, and in the Qur’an—we are Abrahamic.

You are jealous—you are modern, while I am ancient.
As a woman, my records surpass yours.

I used to play basketball; I listened to Derrick Rose’s music.
Even today, he struggles just to walk through the city.

I do not bother anyone. I do not want another knife chase in Chicago.
Being imprisoned without cause, even when acting in real self-defense, has exhausted me.

They say, “Von is in hell.” I know he is at peace.
The last time I saw him, he was at peace—and then he was killed in cold murder.

My soul does not know peace. I loved Von.
My heart has gone numb; after losing angels, I can no longer feel emotion.

The Last Time I Saw Von, this is what he felt like and what I saw with him at peace before they murdered him and I can’t feel emotions anymore. I miss my friend. I love my friend. Malik Von, always and forever I mourn you.