Religio-Medicinal Poetry
Traditional Tiv Poetry · 1982
TIV
Mngu sorun we kwagh ne
Nahan yo abeo
Yange won nomsu
wer, wan kwase
Ibyo ben, sho kondu
ENGLISH
I’m treating this ailment
So it finishes
Sun, the male child
Moon, the female child
Guilt, drift down, Good, arise.
EDITOR’S NOTE
First published in Nigeria Magazine, Friday, January 1, 1982.
Source: Archiving.