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3‘𝑮ħ𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒙 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒏𝒂 𝒖 𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒂 ħ𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒙,
𝒈ħ𝒂𝒌𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒏𝒂 𝒓𝒖ħ𝒏𝒂 𝒖 𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒂 𝒏𝒕𝒃𝒂ħ𝒕𝒙?’
𝐴𝑟𝑎𝑤, 𝑓’𝑗𝑢𝑚 𝑖𝑠-𝑠𝑎𝑤𝑚 𝑡𝑎𝑔ħ𝑘𝑜𝑚 𝑡𝑎𝑔ħ𝑚𝑙𝑢 𝑙𝑖 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑢,
𝑢 𝑡𝑔ħ𝑎𝑘𝑘𝑠𝑢 𝑙𝑖𝑙𝑙-ħ𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑚 𝑡𝑎𝑔ħ𝑘𝑜𝑚.
⠀⠀4 𝐴𝑟𝑎𝑤, 𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑢 𝑏𝑖𝑙-𝑘𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑗𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑗𝑖𝑒𝑡 𝑢 𝑙-𝑔̇𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑
⠀ 𝑢 𝑡𝑖𝑑𝑜𝑟𝑏𝑢 𝑏𝑖𝑙-𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑛 𝑏𝑙𝑎 ħ𝑎𝑞𝑞.
⠀ ⠀𝐽𝑒𝑘𝑘 𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑢 𝑘𝑖𝑓 𝑞𝑒𝑔ħ𝑑𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑢 𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑎,
⠀ ⠀𝑙𝑒ħ𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑜𝑚 𝑚𝑎 𝑗𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑥 𝑓𝑙-𝑔ħ𝑜𝑙𝑖.
5𝐽𝑎𝑞𝑎𝑤 𝑗𝑖𝑒𝑛 𝑗𝑜𝑔ħ𝑔̇𝑜𝑏𝑛𝑖 𝑠𝑎𝑤𝑚 𝑏ħ𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑎𝑛..?..
6𝐽𝑎𝑞𝑎𝑤 𝑚ℎ𝑢𝑥 𝑑𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑠-𝑠𝑎𝑤𝑚 𝑙𝑖 𝑗𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑎 𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑑,
𝑗𝑖𝑔̇𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑖, 𝑙𝑖 𝑡ħ𝑜𝑙𝑙 𝑙-𝑖𝑟𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑙-ħ𝑎𝑧̇𝑒𝑛..
𝑙𝑖 𝑡𝑖𝑏𝑔ħ𝑎𝑡 ħ𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑎 𝑙-𝑚𝑎ħ𝑞𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛,
𝑢 𝑡𝑘𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝑘𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑎𝑑 (oppressjoni, sfruttament, inġustizzja mposta fuq oħrajn)?
⠀ 7𝑀ℎ𝑢𝑥 𝑙𝑖 𝑡𝑎𝑞𝑠𝑎𝑚 ħ𝑜𝑏𝑧̇𝑜𝑘 𝑚𝑎’ 𝑚𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑢 𝑏𝑖𝑙-𝑔̇𝑢ħ,
⠀𝑢 𝑑𝑑𝑎ħħ𝑎𝑙 𝑓’𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑘 𝑙𝑖𝑙𝑙-𝑖𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑗𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑙𝑎 𝑠𝑎𝑞𝑎𝑓?
⠀ 𝑀ℎ𝑢𝑥 𝑙𝑖 𝑡𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑏𝑒𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑙 𝑚𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝑔ħ𝑎𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑒𝑛,
⠀ 𝑢 𝑛-𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑎’ 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑘 𝑚𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑥?
8𝐼𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑔ħ𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑔̇𝑔̇ 𝑏ħ𝑎𝑧̇-𝑧̇𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑞 𝑖𝑑-𝑑𝑎𝑤𝑙 𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑔ħ𝑒𝑘,
𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑗𝑟 𝑡𝑎𝑔ħ𝑙𝑎𝑞𝑙𝑒𝑘 𝑖𝑙-𝑔̇𝑒𝑟ħ𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑔ħ𝑒𝑘.
𝑄𝑢𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑘 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑥𝑖 𝑙-𝑔̇𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑧𝑗𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑔ħ𝑒𝑘,
𝑢 𝑙-𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑗𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑙-𝑀𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑗 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑥𝑖 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑗𝑘.
⠀ ⠀9𝐽𝑒𝑘𝑘 𝑏𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑗𝑗𝑎ħ𝑙𝑢, 𝑖𝑤𝑖𝑒𝑔̇𝑒𝑏 𝑖𝑙-𝑀𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑗;
⠀ ⠀𝑗𝑒𝑘𝑘 𝑡𝑔ħ𝑎𝑗𝑗𝑎𝑡𝑙𝑢, 𝑗𝑔ħ𝑖𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑘 ‘𝐻𝑎𝑤𝑛 𝑗𝑖𝑒𝑛’.
⠀ ⠀𝐽𝑒𝑘𝑘 𝑡𝑛𝑒ħħ𝑖 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑛 𝑛𝑜𝑓𝑠𝑜𝑘 𝑖𝑙-𝑚𝑜ħ𝑞𝑟𝑖𝑗𝑎,
⠀ ⠀𝑚𝑎 𝑡𝑚𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑥 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑔ħ𝑒𝑘 𝑢 𝑚𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑔ħ𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑥 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑖 𝑏’𝑖𝑙𝑠𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑘,
10𝑗𝑒𝑘𝑘 𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑞𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑒𝑘 𝑡𝑜ħ𝑟𝑜𝑔̇ 𝑔ħ𝑎𝑙𝑙-𝑖𝑚𝑔̇𝑒𝑤𝑤𝑎ħ,
𝑢 𝑥𝑥𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑎’ 𝑞𝑎𝑙𝑏 𝑙-𝑖𝑚𝑛𝑖𝑘𝑘𝑒𝑡,
𝑖𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑔ħ𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑑-𝑑𝑎𝑤𝑙 𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑔ħ𝑒𝑘 𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑔̇𝑔̇ 𝑓𝑖𝑑-𝑑𝑙𝑎𝑚,
𝑢 𝑠-𝑠𝑤𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑔ħ𝑒𝑘 𝑖𝑘𝑢𝑛 𝑏ħ𝑎𝑛-𝑛𝑜𝑓𝑠𝑖𝑛ℎ𝑎𝑟.
⠀⠀11𝑈 𝑙-𝑀𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑗 𝑗𝑖𝑏𝑞𝑎’ 𝑗𝑚𝑒𝑥𝑥𝑖𝑘 𝑔ħ𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑗𝑗𝑒𝑚,
⠀ ⠀𝑢 𝑗𝑥𝑒𝑏𝑏𝑎𝑔ħ𝑙𝑒𝑘 𝑞𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑒𝑘 𝑓𝑙-𝑖𝑚𝑘𝑒𝑗𝑗𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑥𝑓𝑎,
⠀ ⠀𝑢 𝑗𝑠𝑎ħħ𝑎ħ𝑙𝑒𝑘 𝑔ħ𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑒𝑘.”
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