Sumayah… <br /> <br />Wayo sumayah <br /> <br />Sweet song of the nightingale <br /> <br />Music from across the savannah <br /> <br />Like the gentle prayer of angels <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Sumayah na <br /> <br />Soyaya ruwan zuma <br /> <br />Sumayah O Sumayah <br /> <br />Sumayah rabin rai na <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Why give power to my feet <br /> <br />And steal away its brilliance <br /> <br />Why teach me the beats <br /> <br />And leave me alone to dance <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />I cannot stand alone <br /> <br />Cos I’ve lost my balustrade <br /> <br />My wings are gone <br /> <br />But I can still fly to your aid. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />I’m in a room filled with light <br /> <br />But darkness still prevails <br /> <br />I can’t tell my left from my right <br /> <br />And I wonder where I failed. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Sumayah O Sumayah <br /> <br />Radiance in peaches and cream <br /> <br />Ni daya ke daya <br /> <br />….my lifelong dream. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Sumayah…colossal beauty <br /> <br />Bright as the northern star <br /> <br />Cat walking on the chests of the high and mighty <br /> <br />And shutting them out of her heart’s altar. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />I’ve learnt two new words since you left <br /> <br />Emptiness and misery <br /> <br />My life is unkempt <br /> <br />And your leaving is still a mystery. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Return Sumayah, I pray thee <br /> <br />To relish once more with you, a love so true <br /> <br />For without you, there is no me <br /> <br />Cos all I want and ever will need is you.<br /><br />muideen olawale jimoh<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sumayah/
