Kyawon tafiya dawowa, komin dare
rai makare da bakin ciki
tamkar salkar ruwa
dare. ya kasance mafarki
(na) farin wata
ruwan da ke sauka. a dunkule yake
a dunkule
cuccure a kahon zuciyata
ga tabarau
a idanuna
sai dai mutuwa
ba a tafiya
don dawowa
I return from a night
with sadness the size
of water
the night is the dream
(of) a moon
leaving the sky. even water has a piece
a piece
of my heart
a glass in
my eyes
where death
is not a pilgrim
pictures fade
Translated from English into Hausa by Ibrahim Malumfashi