Abdallah Mpogole Poems

Tell your sister not to come tomorrow,
because she will be in sorrow,
Tell her to come if she is ready for horror.
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Asalam alekumu, enyi wababe wa vita.
Marisau na mabomu, kizazi mwakipukuta.
Mumejaa udhalimu, w wenzenu shingo kukata.
Hamuwezi jitawala, somali zidi umana.
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Starting my day,
Thats a clear day to walk on'
Still i'm enjoying my day
aint a safari you thought, its a journey.
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Tell who will come,
If then you have gone,
who will sing our loving tone,
I see no one than you alone.
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Sleep that half dead,
sleep the body not the head.

Sleep that bad said,
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I love living in a match box,
no cold in it we live in unity,
the way we lit others they smoke.
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Hapo mwanzo tuliona, nia yake ilikwepo.
Imani tulijazana, hakuachwa mtu hapo.
Pamoja tulipendana, wakanza badili upepo.
Babu kaanza kuchoka, ashindwa shika sukani.
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Its not written in the bumper
They call it a Greater number
From the slums to the high hills.
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Najiuliza mie, ntapata kwa vipi kazi.
Mbinuzo mnigawie, nijaribu panda ngazi.
Niteni nkaribie, wasijutie wazazi.
Ipi njia mulopita, nipitisheni na mie.
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Joseph was his name,
Jamaica is da place he was born,

In August a shock comes as me heard him gone,
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