Kwa nyakati hizi, za mwisho wa siku, tungo naiandika
Moyoni simanzi, punde ni usiku, giza litazuka
Uje uduwanzi, niwe zumbukuku, nishindwe kumbuka
Nguvu zinihizi, nifungwe vikuku, na kuporomoka
Kurasa zishafungika!
At this moment of the end of the day, this poem I compose
My heart is so lonely as the night will soon come, so will the darkness
Tiredness will come and demented I will be, who nothing remembers
My strength will be taken away and will be handcuffed and down I will fall
Because my pages have been closed!
Mohammed Ghassani 
Habari ndugu
Salama kaka