Amaro Yin
Daughter of Okello
Bright like a lather of the unknown in the forest
Her sound thunders in my heart like cannon
My hands are dark with charcoal like the tire of mkokoteni
Amaro yin
Anyaka amiero yin
I have baked charcoal depriving the forest of trees
Charcoal has dirtied my hand that you no longer love
My palms are dark because of you; I wash them but remain darker than soot
My palms are dull for struggling to marry you
Amaro yin
Anyaka amiero yin
I am crooked like that shapeless mahogany
In the Tigli desert
I have travelled to Madupe and Agoro with katha katha
Pushing mkokoteni to marry you
Amaro yin
Anyaka amiero yin
Here I come with many heads of cattle
I come with grounded groundnuts
For the marriage feast
You see me and run to your house crying as if am a man-eater
Amaro yin
Anyaka amiero yin
Yesterday, I chased a calf that your father wanted
It ran into the thicket where I accidentally lost my left eye
Thank God my right eye is left for me to see you only with
Here is the calf with me today
Amaro yin
Anyaka amiero yin
I get down on my knees today
Asking you to pardon me for the longer I have spent
Looking for wealth to clear my marriage debts
May I have a kiss or a hug today which I have struggled for all these years?
Amaro yin
Anyaka amiero yin
I love you
I want you girl
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