Dagomba – Wɔhu min Buŋa (The donkey and the horse)

written by: Late Philip Baako Adam Malshegu

Editted by: Adam Carlos A.          special thanks to Mohammed-Muniru Cosmos

 N silinli yaa zɔri ka zɔri ŋɔ. Ka di daa niŋ lala ka niŋ lala. Ka wɔhu mini buŋa daa yaa laɣi taba zɔri. Bɛ niriba ayi ŋɔ daa kuli be mi ka siɣa ni tahama ka ba.

       Di daa be niŋ daba ayi ka Wɔhu madɔɣiro kpi ka Buŋa zo kuli maa ka ti nya ka Wɔhu kuli kuhirimi ka di ka soochi. Dini n daa nye Buŋa gbaai Wɔhu balimbu ka yɛri o ni o pahimi suɣlo.

      Wɔhu daa wum o zo Buŋa saɣisigu maa ka kuli ʒiya nti sɔɣi kum  “nhihihi, nhihihi “.  Ka Buŋa daa pahi wɔhu zuɣu  ka bɛ daa sɔɣi o ma maa.

      Di daa kuli lan be, mbe ka Buŋa gba ba daa ti kpi ka wɔhu zo kuli maa. Wɔhu daa nya ka Buŋa gba kuli kuhirimi ka bi chera. Din daa nye Wɔhu gba daa  gbaai Buŋa balimbu ka yeri o ni o cheli shelikam nti Naawuni. Buŋa daa kuli yuuni la Wɔhu ka ti yeli “nyini Wɔhu, a ma daa kpiya ka n kana nti yeli a ni a chela, ka dii kaa dii, kaa dii kaa dii “. 

     Dindali ha ni zuŋɔ ka Wɔhu na ʒi o kpaani  n niŋda “nhihihi, nhihihi ka Buŋa ni kumdi kaa dii, kaa dii ŋɔ”.

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