Patching his patches

Mache Mwali

Where is he

The man of your house?

Behind the door he roosts

Patching his patches.

Mache Mwali, listen

Fetch the grass!

Light the torch!

Show him the path

To his mother’s hut!

When he vanishes

Behind the anthill he roosts

Fetching more patches.

Behind the door he roosts

Patching his patches.