East African Folktales by J.K. Jackson

Author:J.K. Jackson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: folklore, myths and legends, short stories, epic tales, African continent, black literature, african literature
Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing
Published: 2022-05-06T18:07:55+00:00

The Singer

‘Nyimba Oluimba, Oluimba Lwange’ (From Uganda)

We march over hills and valleys,

Hundreds of warriors strong,

And I take my harp from my shoulder

And sing them a marching song.

I sing of a distant garden

That looks t’wards the setting sun,

In the cool green shade of the plantains

The shadows are soft and long.

I sing of a beautiful maiden,

Slim and tall, like a forest tree,

With eyes as dark as the forest pools,

And a heart that is true to me.

And when the war is over

And the warriors return to rest,

I will marry my beautiful maiden

In the garden that looks t’wards the west.

And each man marches in silence,

For each is a traveller lone,

And no man asks-what his neighbour thinks,

For the heart of man is his own.

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