DENG
By DENGDIT Ayok
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DENG is not my nickname,
It’s my name, my real name,
My father is: Ayok DENG Agor
It’s my grandfather’s name,
My father named me DENG;
To keep his father’s name on alive
I am DENG (Maker), (a rain maker!)
My father used to call me DENG Maker,
Most of DENGs in
Nuer-Dinka-Collo-Luo-lands are DENG Makers!
My friend, DENG Malual Leek,
Is DENG Maker.. Have you ever heard of
DENG the great, DENGDIT Abuk?
Have you ever heard NGUN-DENG
Or MONY-DENG?
DENG is a great name!
Human beings bearing name DENG,
Are sometimes deemed as great persons in
DENG communities, I don’t know why,
Sir William DENG Nhial,
Was a great politician..
He proposed Self-rule for South Sudan
at the round table conference of 1965,
with other South Sudanese politicians..
Mr. William DENG DENG of the DDR
Is a great orator.. Hon. DENG Dau Malek DENG
Of the National Assembly is a great applauded
Man for leading our Able War Disabled!
You know what,
My wife must be called NYANDENG
My first born, if it is a (boy); it must be called DENG,
If it is a (girl), it ought be called NYAN-DENG,
(Meaning daughter of DENG)..!!
There, in Lakes state, there is DENG Monydit,
A renowned SPLA Commander in those hot days,
DENG Ajuong and DENG Awai waged wars of liberation
In Gogria.. There, in Bahr el Ghazal,
There in Wau, stand up tall, a man of God,
Bishop DENG Majak, telling the truth of God his flock,
and Bishop DENG Bul, a peacemaker in Jonglei state.
DENG rains and refreshed the face of the earth
DENG is life, if it doesn’t rain, there is
Dehydration and fear! DENG is my name forever
I have no nickname except (DENG)..!!
Should you propose a nickname for me,
It ought to be (DENG).. Should circumstances
coerce me to choose a nickname, it must be (DENG)..!!
Capital LOVE for my friend DENG Belabek,
Capital LOVE for all DENGs,
Here on Facebook and faith book of heaven!
DENG Abuk, is said to be a father of DENG Communities,
Sir Lewis Anei-Madut Kuendit has revealed it
In his volume ‘THE DINKA HISTORY’
DENG, probably, could be the Mohamed of the DENG people.
ABUK is their (EVE), GARANG is their (ADAM)
If you call me DENG ABUK or DENG GARANG,
I wouldn’t hesitate to say, Here I am Sir, or
Here I am Madam, My Lady, My Brother,
My Sister, My Uncle, My Auntie,
My People, My Country, My God!
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On Friday,
In the month of October, the 26th day,
In the year of our Lord, 2012
ATTENTION: Your name is your identity, love it and be proud of it. Never change it, it is meaningful. Changing a name takes people to courts of law.
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