Chipatso Chachilendo
Nditamvetsera kwa Strange Fruit yolembedwa ndi Nina Simon kwa nthawi yoyamba, thupi langa lidayankha podziphimba ndekha ndi ziboda pomwe maso anga adatseka ndi kulemera kwachisoni nyimbo zomwe zili m'nyimbozo zidamveka bwino m'maganizo mwanga. Patadutsa masiku angapo nditamaliza maphunzirowa, ndidafufuza mbiri yakale ndikumva zoyambilira za Billy Holiday. Uthengawo unazama kwambiri m'thupi mwanga ndipo ndinazindikira kuti chilengedwe chidzayamba posachedwa. Ndinafunika kumvetsetsa momwe nyimboyi inakhalira ndikupeza kuti inalembedwa ndi Abel Meeropol poyamba yotchedwa "Bitter Fruit", mphunzitsi wa sukulu yemwe analemba ndakatulo. Abele analemba ndakatulo (1937) atatha kuona chithunzi cha lynching. Kenako anawonjezera nyimbo ndi dzina ndi "Chipatso Chachilendo". Iye adayisewera kwa mwini kalabu ku New York City yemwe adapereka kwa Billie Holiday ndipo anayimba mu 1939, ena onse monga amanenera ndi mbiri.
Ine ndinali ndi masomphenya kuti chilengedwe ichi zikanakhala ku chosema osati chojambula. Pambuyo pokonza malingaliro angapo pojambula, zotsatirazi zinapangidwa.
Abele Meeropol Billy Holiday Ndine Simon
Billy Holiday
Nina Simon
Mitengo yakumwera imabala zipatso zachilendo.
Magazi pamasamba ndi magazi pamizu,
Thupi lakuda likugwedezeka ndi mphepo yakumwera,
Zipatso zachilendo zolendewera pamitengo ya popula.
Chiwonetsero cha ubusa cha ku South wolimba,
Maso otukumuka ndi mkamwa wopotoka;
Fungo la magnolia lokoma komanso labwino,
Ndipo fungo ladzidzidzi la nyama yoyaka!
Nachi chipatso cha khwangwala;
Kuti mvula isonkhe, kuti mphepo iyamwe;
Kuti dzuwa liwole, mtengo ugwe;
Apa pali mbewu yodabwitsa komanso yowawa.
Abel adatchula chithunzi ichi cha lynching ya Thomas Shipp ndi Abram Smith , August 7, 1930, kulimbikitsa ndakatulo yake, "Strange Fruit".