Wakar Abinda

Ita dai wannan wakar, malam Umaru Salga ne ya baiwa Mischlich, wani baturen mulki na kasar Jamus, a yayin da yake kokarin tattara bayanai akan tarihin kasar Hausa, domin manazarta dake can kasar Jamus. A cewarsa, "wani almajiri ne ya auri wata mata maisuna Abinda, amma kuma ita Abinda kazama ce ta kin karawa, to a saboda haka sai ya shirya mata wannan waka. Ka nemi kasidar M. B. Dufill domin samun karin bayani.


1 Abinda kazama ce kwarai, ba kadan na ba.

2 Ina son k i bar halin da duk, bai kamata ba.

3 K i zam yin fa shara, kuma kina dumke farkuwa.

4 Iya t a mutane, duk ba ta bar abin ga ba.

5 Tuwonki k i zam gyara, kisa 'yan ruwa kadan.

6 Tuwon j iya kin bata , shi mu ba mu c i shi ba.

7 Idan kin y i min damun fura , saita yamutse.

8 Fa ko na ji yunwa, ba ni iya shan furalkiba.

9 Abin ga da kumya kuma da haushi ga zuciya.

10 Abinda k i bar halin ga, duka bai kamata ba.

Wakar Madugu Yahaya; 18th Century

Ita dai wannan wakar wani marokine yayita, shi wannan mawaki da ake kira Yahaya, ba zama yake a gida yana waka ba. A zamanin da ake tafiya fatauci a kasar zuwa, zuwa kasashen ketare, shi sai ya bi ayari, inda duk aka sauka a zango, ya jawo kayan kidansa, yanawa madugai waka. Ba dai takamaiman lokacin da aka yi wannan waka, to amma wanio manazarci da ake kira M. B. Duffill, yayi hasashen cewa, an rubutatane a karshen karni na 18, ko kuma a farkon karni na 19. Ga mai neman cikakken bayani ga wannan waka, sai ya nemi kasidar da M. B. Dufill ya buga a mujallar SOAS, Vol 13, (1986).

Allah ya k aimu Hausa, ba don iya magana ba.

Madugu Yahaya shi bai iya magana ba .

In an tambaya, ya kan ce: Shiga! debi!

Shiga! debi! Borgu, ba zance ne ba.

Yanzu ga Waru zamne, ga washagari.

Ga waga banye, a ce: Shiga! debi!

Madugu Yahaya, shi bai iya tafiya ba.

Zangon azuhur shi kan ce masa hantsi .

Rana faduwa shi kan ce, la'asar ne.

Mai-baki da garatse ' ' kaman bakin gwando.

Kuma baki da garatse namij in yauni.

Ana tashi, ko ana yankan damna?

Miji da kurkunu, ga jak i da alafa .

Ga mata da guragu, '' kuma babu ruwan gora.

Ana yin salla Sayi, ko salon mussar wofi ?

Gurin salla Sayi aka dauke mini wando.

Malam Iyal yana gyaran sage, dada ya ga k irarra .

18 Wanga hannu da gargaza, wancan kuwa ga yauni.

19 Yana ciza gargaza, yana ciza yauni .

20 Yana cewa: Tudun nan muka jida , ko muna kai ga tudun can?

21 Sani dan Muhamman, baban gwani na Jega.