In it has been put the juice of raisins,
And she makes him drink it like a drinker of wine.
And she feeds him, putting morsels in his mouth,
And shows him a good place for lying down.
Giving him to chew betel leaf from Siwi,
Soft and smooth from Ozi.
She folds it and puts it into his mouth,
With cardamoms and almonds.
I have finished praising the girl,
My choice one, Mananazi.
THE STUMBLING FIGURE.
Mother take me that I may see, may see
Beauty and ornaments at Ungama,
That I may see the tower adorned, adorned.
And dressed up for honour.
And those adorned children, children,
They have put on bracelets and collars.
The second figure in common Swahili.
Mama, nipeleke hatazame
Uzuri na pambo Ungama,
Hatazame mnara umepambwa,
Uliotengenezwa kwa heshima.
Na waliopamba watoto,
Wamevaa timbi na vidani,
