Amaro Yin

Daughter of Okello Bright like a lather of the unknown in the forest Her sound thunders in my heart like cannon My hands are dark with charcoal like the tire of mkokoteni Amaro yin Anyaka amiero yin I have baked charcoal depriving the forest of trees Charcoal has dirtied my hand that you no longer love My palms are dark because of you; I wash them but remain darker than soot My palms are dull for struggling to marry you Amaro yin Anyaka amiero yin I am crooked like that shapeless mahogany In the Tigli desert I have travelled to Madupe and Agoro with katha katha Pushing mkokoteni to marry you Amaro yin Anyaka amiero yin Here I come with many heads of cattle I come with grounded groundnuts For the marriage feast You see me and run to your house crying as if am a man-eater Amaro yin Anyaka amiero yin Yesterday, I chased a calf that your father wanted It ran into the thicket where I accidentally lost my left eye Thank God my right eye is left for me to see you only with Here is the calf with me today Amaro yin Anyaka amiero yin I get down on my knees today Asking you to pardon me for the longer I have spent Looking for wealth to clear my marriage debts May I have a kiss or a hug today which I have struggled for all these years? Amaro yin Anyaka amiero yin I love you I want you girl