A Swahili Experience

So I was going about my daily routine, being the writer that I am, I am always submitting something somewhere, trying out in every area on every available publisher or agent I can get my hands on and this week I got a bit of a challenge, The agent dude Who I was talking to asked me something that no one ever has, Do You write in Swahili? This guy doesnt even know Swahili but he was interested to see my Swahili Poems, Sadly enough I have never written in Swahili, the closest I have come to writing anystory or so in Swahili is an Insha about 7 if not 6 years ago, Swahili is a hard language to write in, at least for me, no excuse in particular.. So I said to myself, why not accept the challenge and write in Swahili instead of telling this guy that i have never written anything in my mamatongue.. So here it is..the Swahili poem. Writing it was quite an experience, it took me about 2 hours compared to the 10 minutes i usually take to write English poems, but Im amazed with how much flow I had in Swahil though this was really tough Guys, No joke! I tried writing Swahili before but I failed since I wrote the poem in English and then tried to translate it to Swahili, that is 10 times harder because in process you will find out that there are not enough Swahili Words to accommodate all the English words out there... Im quite new at this so correct me if u may plus there little if not few Misamiati only the ones I hear everyday, Confession,I read a few  Swahili poems before writing this ....
by the way, its Very Long!!!

Maisha yako kama matembezi

mbele unaenda kukaa hauwezi

Somo unapata lakini hufundiki

na hukumbuki

wala huandiki

Matendo yako ni kama  sinema ya kutisha

tunaficha macho yetu lakini bado unatusikitisha

Makucha ni marefu tukisogea unaficha

Kesho si mbali naamini tutafika

lakini fikiria hili

weka kwenya akili

utafikaje mbele ukipiga hatua ya pili

unarudi zingine mbili

Ina maana huwazi?

Ndugu hufikiri?

Au ukituona sisi

unaona kama ni siri?

Hamna siri ya watatu wala wawili…

Siri ambayo waweza kuienzi

ni kati yako na Mwenyezi

 Maneno yako ni ya mdomo

unaongea bila somo

Waongeaji tunaongea kwa moyo

si kwa ulimi

si kwamba kuonesha Ati mimi

Ati mimi zaidi ya wewe

Nimekubalika Zaidi ya wewe

Umekabilika na nyani?Umekubalika na Mwewe?

Nani kakubali?

Nani kaamka usiku kukutakia hali

Asubuhi akakuongoza safari?

akakusindikiza mpaka huko mbali?

Ni nani kakukubali?

Tatizo ni binadamu sisi

hatutosheki kama fisi

Sio kama sisimizi

wakipata hawaulizi

wataitana wote kama simulizi

beba, safari,  tukagawane mbili hizi

Sawa ati na Tushikamane

tukikosewa na tuandamane

lakini lazima Fulani atatoka

atasimulia ataenda kufoka

ni maisha gani bila ushikamano

bila ufikiriaji mapambano

si mapambano ya ushambuliaji

mapambano yale  ya ufikiriaji

Kwanini ufanye maamuzi kwa mawazo ya wengine

wakati akili tumepewa kila mmoja, pengine,

labda unahitaji mshauri

unahitaji haya mawazo, unahitaji Kauli

unahitaji chakula lakini kikiletwa hauli.

Sasa ni nini unaomba chakula basi?

Uandaaji ni wa kazi

Lakini wewe unaona sawa

unaona  eti..wapumbavu hawa.

Ndio wapumbavu sisi, jina umetupa

Tusioridhika mabaki, mifupa

lakini kumbuka kwamba sisi wanyama

tukikosa chakula wenyewe kwa wenyewe tulana.

ukitembea basi, ukifika huko basi angalia nyuma

haya matoroli tunayoyasukuma

Nyumbani mama ana homa

Mtoto shule anataka kusoma

mali tunayo

lakini kama ya kwao

kuenda haiendeki

tukitenda halipendeki

na tufanye nini utufurahie

utafanyie utufikirie?

Umekaa kwenye kochi,

nne yako haitoshi

piga basi na tano

kwasababu sisi hatuwezi maandamano

Lakini kumbuka kila mwisho wa mwezi

Maisha yako kama matembezi

Mbele unaenda kuendelea huwezi.