Sumayah Poem by muideen olawale jimoh

Sumayah…

Wayo sumayah

Sweet song of the nightingale

Music from across the savannah

Like the gentle prayer of angels



Sumayah na

Soyaya ruwan zuma

Sumayah O Sumayah

Sumayah rabin rai na



Why give power to my feet

And steal away its brilliance

Why teach me the beats

And leave me alone to dance



I cannot stand alone

Cos I’ve lost my balustrade

My wings are gone

But I can still fly to your aid.



I’m in a room filled with light

But darkness still prevails

I can’t tell my left from my right

And I wonder where I failed.



Sumayah O Sumayah

Radiance in peaches and cream

Ni daya ke daya

….my lifelong dream.



Sumayah…colossal beauty

Bright as the northern star

Cat walking on the chests of the high and mighty

And shutting them out of her heart’s altar.



I’ve learnt two new words since you left

Emptiness and misery

My life is unkempt

And your leaving is still a mystery.



Return Sumayah, I pray thee

To relish once more with you, a love so true

For without you, there is no me

Cos all I want and ever will need is you.