Greeting God at Sowing Time
Oh God! Receive the morning greetings!
Ancestors! Receive the morning greetings!
We are here on the chosen day,
We are going to sow the seed,
We are going out to cultivate.
Oh God! Cause the millet to germinate,
Make the eight seeds sprout,
And the ninth calabash.
Givea wife to him who has none!
And to him who has a wife without children
Give a child!
Protect the men against thorns,
Against snakebites!
Pour out the rain,
As we pour water from a pot!
Millet! Come!
Source: Afriprov.org