Folklore Poem: When dad was shaving me (Translated from dholuo)

When dad was shaving me,

I bowed my head down-down,

I saw something dangling,

Something like a cut worm,

It’s sweet at dawn when it grinds,

The thing plaits matuta,

The thing is red like ombulo’s seed.

Original version:

Kane baba liela,

Akulo wiya piny-piny,

Aneno gi maliero,

Machalo mana ofunyu,

Mit ko gwen ko rego

Gino suko matuta

Gino kwar ko ombulu

*matuta- cornrow hair style

Ombulu- a red hot African seed from wild legume  

© 2011 Manuel Odeny

A poem called A sheng poem by Manuel Odeny

Yeah man (mic is on)

mimi ni da best
riding the wave kwa crest
ku-land mtaani ni East wala sio West (lands)
shika biaf na da-best to join the rest
ni-siense da best to waive the rest
themes kwa heart ku-nest
kuangusha ki-biro ki-viagra na ease bila test
mistari mikali bila rest
nikichill ki-ndom bila vest
chupa na glass ndani ni Krest,

Yeah

(Written at 02:46 am yesterday in insomniac night to lull back to sleep)