kodayaushe
dandalin wasa
tsit yake
tsit
kamar yadda
in kasuwa ta ci ta watse
a daidai lokacin da fatalwa
ke bayyana
kamar ka taba, ta yi magana
kai ka ce
muryar zabiya ce
a dandali.
tsit irin wannan
sai ko kogi
in ya ci kasuwa bayan makauniyar iska.
Sai ko in dare
sadaukin nan
ya ci dununmu da yaki
tamkar yadda ruwa ke lamusa
after
the playhouse
goes
quiet
in a similar way
a market does
a ghost
comes out
of its resonance
of the utmost
note
in the opera
only a
lake is quiet
as bare souk
& darkness
conquers
in a similar way
as water.
Translated from English into Hausa by Ibrahim Malumfashi