Mama nieleke. (KITANDA) Mother! Carry me on your back. (BEDSTEAD)
Parr! Hata Makka. (UTELEZI) Prr! straight to Mecca. (SLIPPERINESS
Nende huko na nikirudi nimshike Ngombe wa mama mkia. (KATA YA MAJI) Let me go far away and when I come back let me catch hold of the tail of my mother’s cow. (LADLE for DRINKING WATER)
Nyumba yangu haina milango.(YAI) My house has no door. (EGG)
Kitendawili changu cha ajabu kina matone ya dhahabu. (QURANI TAKATIFU) My wonderful riddle is adorned with spots of gold. (THE HOLY QURAN )
Ubwabwa wa mwana mtamu. (USINGIZI) A child's porridge is delicious. (SLEEP)
Kipo lakini hukioni(KISOGO) It is here but you cannot see it(THE NAPE OF THE NECK)
Nilikuwa nikienda njiani nilipomsikia mtu akinita Wifi! Wifi!” lakini nilipogeuka sikumwona mtu. (MBAAZI KAVU) I was going along the road when I heard a person calling me, Sister -in-law!’but when l turned round there was no one in sight. (DRY PIGEON-PEAS in THEIR PODS)
Nzi hatui juu ya damu ya simba. (MOTO)The fly cannot settle on the lion’s blood. (FIRE)
Bibi mweupe ametupwa mibani. (MACHICHA YA NAZI)The white lady has been thrown upon the thorns. (THE SHREDS OF THE MEAT OF THE COCONUT AFTER THE MiLK HAS BEEN SQUEEZED OUT OF IT)
Pana visu vingi lakini mpini mmoja tu. (CHANA YA NDIZI)There are many knives but only one handle.(A BUNCH OF BANANAS)
Ukiona Njigi’ utadhani ‘Njege’; na unapoona Njege’ utafikiri ‘Njigi’. (MAZIWA NA TUI LA NAZI)If you see ‘Njigi’ you will take it be Njege’;and should you see Njege’ you will ihink it Njigi (COW-MILK AND COCONUT-MILK)
Popoo mbili zavuka mto. (MACHO)Two areca-nuts cross a river. (EYES)
Nyumba yangu ndogo ina madirisha mengi.(DEMA)My house is small but it has many windows. (A FISH- TRAP)
Kombe Ia Mungu Ii wazi (KISIMA)God’s cup is open. (A WELL)
Nimewafungia milango wanangu huku wakipigana(BISI ZIKIKAANGWA) I have shut the door on my children and theyare now fighting. (MAIZE-SEEDS BEINGROASTED)
Nyumba yang kuu ina mlango mdogo.(CHUPA) My house is large but its door is small. (BOTTLE)
Wanangu wote wamevaa vizibao, wasiovaa siWanangu. (KUNGURU WENYE MABAKA MEUPE) My sons wear Waistcoats: those who do not arenot my Sons. (WHITE-BREASTED CR0WS)
Nimeanika mpunga wangu juani lakin, kulipopambazuka sikuuona. (NYOTA) I have put my paddy rice in the sun to dry butwhen day dawned I couldn’t see it. (STARS)
Watoto wangu wote wamevaa kofia, wasiovaa siwanangu. (FUU) All my children have caps on. those withoutare not my children. (FRUIT OF VITEX CUNEATA )
Nina watoto wanne, lakini akiondoka mmojawaliosalia hawafanyi kazi. (MATENDEGU YAKITANDA) My children are four in number but, when onegoes away, the rest cannot work. (THE LEGS OF A BED)
Vizuri unakumbuka nyumbani. Pata usingizi mnono uote na uwakumbuke rafiki zako wa nyumbani.
Kesho nitakukumbusha kale ka nyimbo cha utotoni, lakini usicheke sana.