YOMO NKUKU

YOMO NKUKU     The howling broke through the silent night Sending kids of the small settlement to scamper With fear, what peripatetic spirit the dogs have seen The night birds sang along, yomo nkuku ku-ku   You ate my food and laugh with contentment Now you eat yours and shed crocodile tears Because you don’t want to share with me A shadowy capon blubbered, yomo nkuku ku-ku   The hunter’s lamp cast its rays on the leaves And reflected on the eyes of a strange owl Sending cold chill to raise tiny hills on the skin The seeker mimicked, yomo nkuku ku-ku   The night bird wants to share her sorrows Moved its head back and forth, to see through The darkness, what it couldn’t see in the day A lonely bird snivelled, yomo nkuku ku-ku   Daylight blinds the evil eyes of the night Like the light of knowledge to the dim-witted Fear of the unknown cripples their self-control As they whimper a chorus, yomo nkuku ku-ku