1.
Like the beard of Aaron,
the Great River Niger flows from
the Great Triangular Sea
to the Atlantic Ocean,
down again thro’ the Equatorial Guinea,
seeing it again at Lokoja
and beautifully sings through Onitsha
to give birth to the Oguta lake and other lakes;
River Niger, thence Mrs. Luggard labell’d our country!
2.
Like a mad wind,
River Niger toss’d up lives and objects,
for failing to do her wish, as we were told.
Zik came and detain’d the goddess of the river
in a small bottle, sealed;
Julius sacrificed his life to erect a bridge across the river.
River of great potentials,
we adore you!
River of great economic value,
we salute you!
We, your worth, know for the Easterners;
we, your worth, acknowledge for Nigeria!
You who’ll help in passing more goods and persons across
like the Sea of Lagos
if carv’d deep and wide for ships to pass,
we hail you!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem