Omomura Egesora

NOTE: This poem is written in my native language (Kisii). The Kisii people live in Western Parts of Kenya (former Nyanza Province).

Kae omwana ekebago,

Tacha koba ekeb’ago,

Maambia aimokie obokombe,

Aburugere chinsiaga.

Erio mambia ae chiombe,

Na mogoroba aimokie egekombe,

Kogenda konywa amabere,

Na gokombi amakombi.

Ase engencho ne’yaye,

Igo akonywa atari gosoka,

Erio mambia kagosoka,

Igo akororekana egesora!

Akoiyeria emete,

Obutora boronge,

Orangeria Barongo,

Banyebeka irongo,

Eyende baira Birongo.

Moisonde naira chibao Nyabara Ibere,

Bakamoa emerongo ebere,

Korende tagogetigwe nonya,

Aya onsi nase’enengecho atamaeti amariko!

Ma’iga bono oiranire esukuru,

Nario mambia atanga’ainwe naende,

Na mambia ende agende mache ng’umbu,

Gakoirana abe omorai,

Gose omoraria,

Arete oborabu sobo,

Na gotoa ogosemeria,

Oywo nere omomura egesora!