Sumayah…
Wayo sumayah
Sweet song of the nightingale
Music from across the savannah
Like the gentle prayer of angels
Sumayah na
Soyaya ruwan zuma
Sumayah O Sumayah
Sumayah rabin rai na
Why give power to my feet
And steal away its brilliance
Why teach me the beats
And leave me alone to dance
I cannot stand alone
Cos I’ve lost my balustrade
My wings are gone
But I can still fly to your aid.
I’m in a room filled with light
But darkness still prevails
I can’t tell my left from my right
And I wonder where I failed.
Sumayah O Sumayah
Radiance in peaches and cream
Ni daya ke daya
….my lifelong dream.
Sumayah…colossal beauty
Bright as the northern star
Cat walking on the chests of the high and mighty
And shutting them out of her heart’s altar.
I’ve learnt two new words since you left
Emptiness and misery
My life is unkempt
And your leaving is still a mystery.
Return Sumayah, I pray thee
To relish once more with you, a love so true
For without you, there is no me
Cos all I want and ever will need is you.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem