Anatsagana ndi amayi ake paulendo wopita ku Prague; wamasiye ndi wosauka, iye analibe mphatso ya chuma cha dziko kuti apereke kwa mwana wake, koma pamene iwo anayandikira pafupi ndi mzinda waukulu, iye anagwada pansi pafupi ndi ana amasiye, ndipo anapempha iye dalitso la Atate wawo wa Kumwamba. 
He was accompanied on the journey to Prague by his mother; widowed and poor, she had no gifts of worldly wealth to bestow upon her son, but as they drew near to the great city, she kneeled down beside the fatherless youth and invoked for him the blessing of their Father in heaven. 