Come! has the new year
Good news we hope to hear
Less pains we hope to bear
Poverty we hope to tear
Less rags we hope to wear
Daily meals in a square
Come on forward my dear
Come with me so we cheer
God’s will shall we steer
Luck and success shall be near
All enemy shall we not fear
To the ill-wishers we shall jeer
For they shall be at the rear.
Nura Usman Almajiri
EDITOR’S NOTE
Originally published in Citizen on 10 Jan 1994, p. 38. This diplomatic transcription preserves the wording and lineation visible in the archived page.