Stanzas from Shehu Shagari's Waka Bature (Ingilishi) i.e. Song of the European - the British written in 1947
5. Ban sonsa ban kaunarsa ban komi da shi,
Ba don rashin karfi ba sai in kar shi.
(I neither like nor admire him and got nothing to do with him,
I would have finished him if not because of my weakness).
Ba don rashin karfi ba sai in kar shi.
(I neither like nor admire him and got nothing to do with him,
I would have finished him if not because of my weakness).
6. Donja'irina, kafiri kuma makiri
Ga ha/in sa kowas san shi bai kaunar shi.
(Because he is stupid, infidel and malicious,
For his habit anyone who knows him will hate him).
Ga ha/in sa kowas san shi bai kaunar shi.
(Because he is stupid, infidel and malicious,
For his habit anyone who knows him will hate him).
24. Inyamurai sunfarajifar marmara,
Sauran mutanen Hausa in mu tankara.
(The Igbos have started the agitations against colonial rule,
It remains for the Hausas to rise up.
Sauran mutanen Hausa in mu tankara.
(The Igbos have started the agitations against colonial rule,
It remains for the Hausas to rise up.
25. Game kai muke yi don nufin korar su,
Jama 'a mu tashi mu dubi sa 'a ta zaka.
(We must cooperate to chase them out
Oh, people let us be awake for the signs of the hour.
Jama 'a mu tashi mu dubi sa 'a ta zaka.
(We must cooperate to chase them out
Oh, people let us be awake for the signs of the hour.
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