Klemen Pisk

poet, writer, translator and musician

Poem in Fulani

Fowru e Kalwoowo

Kalwoowo diidi diidol e ceenal o wii:
“A fotaani taccidde ngol ɗo diidol.”
Refti o diidi kowal o wii:
“Poɗɗaa ko heddadde e nder kowal ngal.
Aɗa waawi taccude kowal ngal kono tawa a yettaaki diidol ngol.”
Doon hendu wutti; diidol ngol majji.
Fowru ina darinoo e nder kowal ngal.
Jaangol e toɓo tampiniimo kono o ummaakiɗoon.
O andaa mbele diidol ngol ina lutti ha jooni,
nde ngol nattii diidaade e ceenal ngal.

Translated into Fulani by Abou D. Dia