CATERPILLAR

Caterpillar
What a pillar
With no circle around it.
Oh, with what to cater
Is this pillar?
And to whom to cater?
With the flowers let grow wild
And leaves eaten a bit
With droppings
Lining the floor of the garden.
Oh, it holds up nothing
And holds down as much
A bird may swallow it
As even its blood is green
But yes. the pillar caters to some one still,
Since no being is wasted
On this earth.

CATERPillAR


Pamba
Nguzo gani
Na hakuna duara kuzunguka.
Ah, na nini cha kuhudumia
Je! Nguzo hii?
Na ni nani wa kumhudumia?
Na maua basi yawe ya porini
Na majani yalikula kidogo
Na matone
Taa sakafu ya bustani.
Lo, haishikilia chochote
Na anashikilia chini sana
Ndege anaweza kumeza
Kama hata damu yake ni kijani
Lakini ndio. nguzo inaangazia mtu bado,
Kwa kuwa hakuna upotezaji
Kwenye dunia hii