Ekegusii
Jane Obuchi
'Yaya teri bo' Mandera agateeba, 'Bosibore tibori gento gia koenaria'
Nechingatare chianantigwe igoro y'omonyangongo bw'Egesinga kia Robeni.
'Yaya teri bo' Rea agateeba. 'Bomanyi tibori goanchera goocherera'-
Nare n'ebisambo, korende tairogeti, obosio bw'Omoreeri o Bakisitani.
'Yaya teri bo' Rea agateeba, 'Koegena tikori kebetererio'-
Eriogi ri'omosakorwa, rikanyeku korende rienenu ase Tabuchi,
Etochi ya Rea tekomisigwa ime yerikuruma ri'Abasiroti.
Erio, ase ebiro biensi, eriogi ri'emuma rikoeirora-
Mandera, Marara, Rea Saribu – etochi ya
'Yaya teri bo, Burometiasi agateeba', rigenga n'ogoteera,
Bianyorire ogotiemwa, rigenga ri'obotonu riatekire goetera
Chiboki na Tabuchi, erio komorekera ense naende.
Jane Bosibori Marando Obuchi is a writer, researcher, and teacher. She has translated into Ekegusii language, Prof. Ngugi wa Thiong'o's The Upright Revolution, or Why Human Beings Walk Upright. She has published a novel, a collection of children's short stories in Ekegusii and a dictionary of Ekegusii phrasal verbs. Jane has translated into Ekegusii, Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart; William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Her manuscripts in review for publication include Ekegusii translations of Prof. Ngugi wa Thiongo's I Will Marry When I Want, and The River Between.
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