BY FRANCIS NII
Written during the crowning of Miss Simbu
Oh Simbu Ambai*
Pearl of Paradise
No cosmetic disguise
No vexatious vice
Discreetly modest and wise
Your roseate nose
shines like the petals of rose
Your romantic pose
enthrals my conscience into comatose
Oh Simbu Ambai
Your ebony lips
make my heart leap
The spell of your velvety slips
drives my virility into eclipse
Oh Simbu Ambai
On the wing of pride
in nirvana you glide
with prudence you
preside
Songs of virtue you confide
Oh Simbu Ambai
I wish your bones were made of steel
so that you'd know no aging
I wìsh your heart was made of diamond
so that you'd know no debility
I wish you were an angel
so that you'd know no mortality
But pity - you're just another mortal
* Girl – Kuman dialect of Simbu
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