YIRA NG'OMUGGA.

How sweet is your mother tongue ?

Mufu wabula tegunazaalibwa
omulanga ogusooka ogw’obulamu
omukisa ate era kikolimo
bwe nayiga okuyimba.
Amaloboozi ganneetooloola
ngagagezaako okwekwanya
ngo buwundo obubuukira
mulaala gw’ekiro.
Olulimi lwange �" ekidde ekiri emabega
wa mannyo gange-lwayaayanira amaloboozi aga makulu ameekusifu
lwaleekanira omusana
mukaloboozi akabaalufu, oluyimba olwe’nnaku.
Nganseka, ne ngeegenya oluyimba
munda yange
laba ebigambo amakula ate ebikolimo
ebirowoozo ebizibu okukwanaganya.
Lino ddaala lyambuka
mu kizikiza, okumyansa
kw’eggulu
mu kiro ekikutte bwe zzi zzi zzi.
Amaanyi agazza
obwongo engulu,ekitala ekyoogi
ekkerenda erikaawa, ettondo ly’otuzzi
mu mumiro ogwakirira.
Bwe nayiga okuyira ng’o mugga
okuvulula ng’amazzi
Olwonno ennimi engwira
nezibutikira omutwe gwange.
Engero zino, bwe bugga obuyiwa
mu migga egitamanyiddwa
businsikanira mu liyanja ry’okuteegera
nga zoogera ku by’obujjajja.
Omukisa, ekikolimo
ekikemo, sitaani
okuwuugula kw’ekiwuugulu
akawulula ku lulimi lwo
Omulabe akutulugunya
obumanyi bwebuba bukosa
ow’omukwano atandekulira
obwomu nga bunzinze.
Kye kisumuluzo ekiggulawo buli kye weetaaga mu bulamu bwo
era ekiggalawo
ekkoligo ly’okufa, okuwanjaga, essaala
entandikwa era enkomerero ya buli kimu.
Musoke eyeeyaze
mu kiyiriro.

Author's Note

Yira ng'omugga means sing like a river.

Reviews

[Rene Velez]

your a fraud you steal peoples poetry and say its yours, be careful poets he's a thief, he stole one of my poems and added it to facebook and thought I wouldn' catch him.