 The most famous Amharic novel is "Fiqir Iske Meqabir" (transliterated various ways) by Haddis Alemayehu (1909–2003), translated into English by Sisay Ayenew with the title "Love unto Crypt", published in 2005 ().The word "Rastafari" comes from "Ras Täfäri", the pre-regnal title of Haile Selassie, composed of the Amharic words "Ras" (literally "Head", an Ethiopian title equivalent to duke) and Haile Selassie's pre-regnal name, Tafari.Many Rastafarians learn Amharic as a second language, as they consider it to be sacred.