First Rain Poem by Babatunde Aremu

Come down rain
We thirst for you
Let the misty cloud weep
Open the floodgates
Let waters drop into our sanctuaries
We need comfort
Let the skies burst into tears

Weep upon the land
Showers from up
Come, let the heat recede
Descend down on earth
Empower the canaries
To sing once, again
Come down, revive,
Refresh the trees, again

Drop rain, drop rain
Let earth ooze out
Her fascinating scents
Let grasses become greenish again
Let flowers become rosy
Come, give husbandman hope
Come, let little creatures
Aerate motherland with fertility

Come with your tiny drops
We longed for you
Come gently
Come moderately
Come down, bless the earth
We wait for you
Come, revive our souls
Come, refresh us

Come down again
Make the earth pleasant, again
Let the furrows be filled
Let waters run down atop mountains
Let fish swim in fresh waters
Come, soak the arid land
We wait for you, rain
Burst out now and fill the earth