Arabic Script by Shaihu, a Hausa malam.

Roman transliteration by R. S. Rattray: Babun. Wanan babi ne na sherbachen magana shi akan che, ' habaichi.' Mun fara anan.

English translation by R. S. Rattray: The Beginnings. This is the beginning of words which are taken and jumbled up (that a man may not know their meaning), and such is called a 'habaichi", proverb. We have here begun.

This is the introduction to a collection of proverbs appearing in Rattray, R. S. (1913). Hausa Folklore, Customs, Proverbs, etc. by Malam Shaihu: Volume 2. pp. 252-279.

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