PRINCE DAN MAJE, THE TOAST OF KANAWA
Prince Dan Maje is the toast of Kano Kano salutes the new Dan Maje Lamido Sunusi, the son of Fulani A cub, the grandson of lion Sunusi, Late Emir Sunusi, Linzami da wuta Maganin Mahaukacin doki And the great grandson of Mai Kano– Bayero, hadari malafar duniya Dan Maje Sunusi, You are the son of […]
Prince Dan Maje is the toast of Kano
Kano salutes the new Dan Maje
Lamido Sunusi, the son of Fulani
A cub, the grandson of lion Sunusi,
Late Emir Sunusi, Linzami da wuta
Maganin Mahaukacin doki
And the great grandson of Mai Kano–
Bayero, hadari malafar duniya
Dan Maje Sunusi,
You are the son of kings,
And the grandson of kings…
A prince not turbaned
Is a bee without its sting!
The Dan Maje of Kano
Bows before the lion in obeisance
Gyara kintsa, ga kyau
Kintsi gyara, dai dai alher
The melodious trumpet sounds:
A gaishe da Sunusi, the son of Ado-
Darzaza Amalen Sarakuna,
Ado, the Emir of Emirs
Lafiya, Mai Kano, Son of Bayero,
Kwankanson Jimina Mai Wuyar Shafawa
Dan Maje, you are not a bull with broken horns
A fearless prince you are, brave son of Ciroma
Sunusi, the grandson of Sunusi–
Emir Sunusi, “hadari ba a yi maka shinge”
Sarki Murabus, the father of Ciroma Aminu
“Na Abashe, barci mai danne mutane”
Amir Sunusi, the pious Imam,
And the saintly king…
Limamin Sarari, Mamman wali na boye
Let us greet prince Sunusi father of Sunusi,
Grandson of Sarki Sunusi,
The powerful Emir of Kano
Sarki Murabus, Burham, na Habu Dan Abdu
Jatau, Kimbar Habe
Dan Maje Lamido, May you rule Kano
Like Mamman, Cikamakin Sarakuna,
Santsi mai kada mutane…”
Remind the delinquent monkeys
That the baby cheetah too, is a cheetah
Warn the ambitious ant
To hide from the feasting hen
Oh yes, warn the ravenous rodents
To play not with the trap planted in the granary
Let us ask the thieving bankers
If Dan Maje is not the snare they fear?