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Ree: AM and DA1; tr: AM; perf. IK2 (Kikatsi, Ankole, 16 July 2005).
By permission of Isirairi Katuka
1. Ahi enkyerere ihisize ziri hariho encweera - Omugurusi oshweire omukazi muto
Where there are ripe berries there is a cobra - An old man married to a young girl
2. Ka wabaire ori omutonzi notonda, ori omuhangi nohanga, akati k'omunyanja kakoomeraki? - Omwaana w'omufiimu kufa
You were a carver who carves things, a creator who creates things; then why did the tree in the middle of the lake dry up? - The death of a healer's child
3. Footoora ab 'orikufootoora nyowe torinfootoora! - Enjojo neribata eibaare Crush whomever you want to crush but you will never crush me! - An elephant stepping on a stone
Ree: AM; tr: AM; perf. AR3 (Rushere, Ankole, 1 Aug. 2005).
By permission of Aida Rubabinda.
4. Enkwanzi za muka Ishaza ku ishoba tishoboroka - Eshagama omu mate
Once the beads for Ishaza's wife they are entangled they can never be disentangled - Blood mixed with milk
5. Akainika omukama
- Akashekye omu maarwa
- Akabaare omu nkaito
- Akasyo omu ishokye
-Ekisasiky'enju
- That which makes a king stoop
- A straw in beer
- A stone in a shoe
- A shaving blade in the hair
- The door shade of a hut
6. Nyekoreire ensi ntahatsi eiguru - Enjara n'eiriho
I am carrying the earth while holding heaven in my palm - Hunger and thirst
7. Tanga orwondo, rwataaha kyeeri - Omugurusi naaza kuteera ekiro
Stop the mud, it has moved across the land - An old man looking for sex in the night
8. Rugaba ashendekyereize Nyamuhanga - Omukazi w'enda oshendekereize ondijo
The Provider is escorting the Creator - A pregnant woman escorting another
9. Rugaba abumbatiire Nyamuhanga - Omukazi oine enda
The Provider is hugging the Creator - A pregnant woman
10. Kuri zabaire enjoka zikaaturiire - Embazi z'enju
Had they been snakes they would have eaten us - The rafters of a house
11. Amaarwa gahiire owa rwata! - Enkoni mingi omu mahwa
Beer has been brewed at the idiot's home! - A nice stick growing in a thorny bush
Ree: AM; tr. AM; perf. PRM (Wakiso, Buganda, 10 May 2005).
By permission of...