Ni shairi kutoka kwa Ali Othman Masoud wa Zanzibar

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Hivi hii rangi yangu, weupe wa kusifika,

zawadi ya Bwana Mungu, wahadahu Lasharika,

niwadharau wenzangu, huku siko kupotoka?

Si jambo la kujilabu.

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Hata kama nina kimo, njonjoti la uhakika,

nidharau mbirikimo, kwa kuifanya dhihaka,

niwatiye kwenye shimo, daima wasijetoka,

Si jambo la kujilabu.

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Sababu ya hizi nguvu, nibene ninachotaka,

mnene kwa zangu mbavu, chochote chakamatika,

Niwaone wapumbavu, dhaifu waliochoka?

Si jambo la kujilabu.

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Au kwa wangu usomi, digirii nazishika,

hajifanya ndio mimi, msomi wa kusifika,

hawapiga wao ngumi, skuli wasiofika,

Si jambo la kujilabu.

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Miye hasa nina mali, majumba yalojengeka,

magari kila mahali, tena yanoendesheka,

watu wenye idhilali, hainama hawacheka,

Si jambo la kujilabu.

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Itazame   yangu sura, muili uloumbika,

wenzangu naona vyura, wao si wa kutajika,

miye kwao ndio bora, sababu natizamika,

Si jambo la kujilabu.

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Ni kipi cha kujilabu, maisha yaso hakika,

Mungu anazo adabu, ambazo ameziweka,

kwetu akiziratibu, waja tutamalizika,

Na tena akajilabu.

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Ali Ben Othman, Zanzibar 29/9/2020

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