Gandu
ya tabbata
bayan mun sha
shayi tare
—ba abin da
ruwan sama zai iya yi
sai rarraba hajar zomo
a lokacin da
muke rakube muna saurare
ta daidaita
yizgar
ciyawar farin gani
ta numfasa
iska a tarwatse
malale cikin saura
domin motso
mafarkin
dan tayinmu
da ke bukatar abin wasa
We began a
family
after drinking
tea together
—all that the
rain did
was to listen
to us
eavesdropping on her
as she tuned
a string
of lemon grass
to breath
blasts
going afield
to stir the
dreams
of our only child in need of a toy
Translated from English into Hausa by Ibrahim Malumfashi.