Tafsiri tata ya “haki za binadamu”: Bazazi lupango

[Bazazi]

JamiiForums Message You have been banned for the following reason: Promoting illegal activities (Sequestration and torture). Date the ban will be lifted: 29th July 2012, 00:00 Do you Plead Guilty or Not Guilty?

I Plead Drunkenness,
Am Intoxicated, With Anger,
My Fury, Is Red Hot,
My Brain, Is Melting,
My Throat, Is on Fire,
I Am Dizzy, With Frustration.
I Am Drowning, In the Deep Lake of Hatred,
My Heart is Riddled with Arrows of Despair.
My Head is Bursting ……………………….
Oh!

BUT.....
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He is a Traitor.
A Betrayer,
A Dictator,
A Murderer,
A Racist,
A Tribalist,
A Clannist.

He is Corrupt,
A Reactionary,
A Revisionist,
A Fat Black Capitalist,
An Executioner,
An Extortioner,
An Exploiter.

Do you Plead Guilty or Not Guilty.

I Plead Guilty, To Hatred,
My Jealousy to Fellow People is Darker,
Than the Coming Storm, And Madder than Thunder ……

I Am not Senseless,
I Am not Cowardly,
Not Dastardly,
I Am not a Thug,
I Am not Insane.
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I Am a Normal Human Being,

With Tears of Joy and Tears of Sorrow.

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Yes! I Plead Guilty …………….
………… And Deserved that Ban.

Partly extracted from: O. p'Bitek (1971). Two Songs: Song of Prisoner and Song of Malaya. EAPH, Nairobi. 181p.