Lubukusu
Alexander Opicho
'Mala tawe' Omusakhulu oyo kakania,
'Khukhwiyamia sa khwicha nende bibaki ta'
Naba wanangali ba kulecho bamufwara bikoche,
Bamukhola omwene sialo musiboe ,
Khwikenya lia Robben
Musialo sia bamali sie buvubo.
'Mala tawe' Omulebela ng'oma oyo Kakania,
'Busomi bukhaba nende ekitomboli ta!'-
alomela muchimempa mala soni khumoni twa,
Sakemosia ta! Omukoko wa baPakistani oyo,
'Mala tawe' ' khusava Wele kuli kumwoyo kwo
Sakenyakha vakhuyingilila ta,
Elio liye lie kumwoyo,' Elomo yo omukoko
Alomela mungunyi ye Dapchi mumbo ,
Kanyindalila engunyi,
kakhaba manani sa kasimia bunoro bwe ta!
Bunoro bwa komwoyo kwewe Kumunyidafu ta!
Nio Omutayi Kavola ali;Bololi na boli,
khukhwama Khale-Busoli bulimo siluyo! Na babusoli sa bakosekhananga tawe;-
lola! Omukikwameti Mandela,
lola! Omulebela Ng'oma Malala,
lola! Leah Sharibu omukhana-bunoro wa mumbo
Yakhaba Promotheus Omugreek yesi Kechuva;
Ali 'mala tawe '
'Bunoro ne kumwoyo kwe bunyindafu
Binyolanga embaka na sivanga',
Lola! Bunonro bwa bikenga
Buli mumbo busampa Chibok ne Dapchi.
Bukhosiela likwe na mumbo,
ebuvobo ne bunaswa
nende liloba liosi livone engila ya bung'ali.
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Read the English translation – Mandela Comes to Leah by Prof. Wole Soyinka
Alexander Opicho is a poet, an essayist, a short story writer and cultural critic from Kenya
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