A Sanadin Tsaraba Book One Complete Hausa Novel
A Sanadin Tsaraba Book One Complete Hausa Novel continues the emotional story of Hanny, a young girl whose desire for gifts leads her into danger, regret, and a painful life lesson. This English translation is prepared in clean WordPress HTML format for Hausa novel readers.
A Sanadin Tsaraba Book One Complete Hausa Novel English Translation
Hassy kept staring at the clock, checking the time again and again. To her, time was not moving at all.
She stood and went to the entrance area of their house. She opened her elder brother Jafar’s room and began cleaning it. Within a few minutes, she finished arranging the room.
After that, she went to their neighbor’s house and collected charcoal. She lit incense and perfumed the room properly, then came out and closed the door.
When she returned inside, she called Hassy and the others again to ask where they were. When they did not answer, she hissed and said, “By Allah, sometimes these girls behave as if they are unserious. Where have they been all this while?”
Just then, she heard their greeting and quickly stood up to meet them outside.
She said, “By Allah, you people have no respect. Do you know how many hours remain before Babson arrives? We have not even cooked yet, fisabilillah.”
Meena replied, “We had to pass through the market to buy foodstuffs.”
Hanny said, “Please move. Let us start what we need to do. Time is going.”
Preparing for Babson
She brought out a mat, and they sat down. Immediately, they brought out the foodstuffs they had bought, including chicken.
Hanny had collected fifteen thousand naira from another young man and given it to Hassy and the others so they could cook for Babson. According to her, the gifts Babson was bringing were not a small matter.
Within one hour, they finished cooking different kinds of food. They borrowed food flasks, packed the food inside, and took everything to the room Hanny had prepared.
Hanny bathed again and came out to start dressing up.
Hassy and the others began teasing her, saying, “What if after all this preparation, Babson is lying and did not bring any gift?”
Hanny stopped tying her scarf and said, “By Allah, if he lies, I will deal with him. Do you know that I dream about those clothes every day? Please do not bring bad luck. Otherwise, I will not give you even the one I said I would give you.”
They burst into laughter and told her they were only joking. They said they would remain there until the bag of gifts was opened.
Hanny smiled and sprayed perfume. Only one hour remained before Babson would arrive.
She looked very beautiful in the red lace outfit she wore. The dress fitted her body tightly, and she kept taking pictures with her Tecno W4 phone. She uploaded the selfies on Facebook and WhatsApp. Her Brazilian hairstyle rested on her shoulders because her natural hair was not very long.
Meena and Hassy kept praising her, telling her Babson would lose his mind when he saw her.
Hanny shouted happily and said, “So apart from the gifts he will give me today, he will also give me extra special attention.”
“Of course,” Hassy replied.
They continued chatting and laughing. Hanny tried calling Babson to know if he had landed, but the line was not going through. She concluded that they had not arrived yet.
Babson Calls From Kano
Around 4:30 p.m., Babson called Hanny and told her he had arrived. He said she should come and meet him at the hotel where he would stay.
Immediately, the smile on Hanny’s face disappeared. Hassy and the others also stopped celebrating and stared at her.
Hanny put the phone on hands-free, and they quickly gathered around her.
She said, “I thought you were coming to our house.”
Babson laughed and said, “Haba, baby. How can I stay in your house? I am tired, and I need a private place so you can treat me with the care you promised me. Or was everything you said only empty talk?”
Hanny became quiet and looked at Hassy and the others.
Despite her boldness, she had never gone to a hotel before. Most of what she had been telling Babson was not true. Her boldness only reached careless romance, but she had exaggerated just so he would bring her gifts.
Babson asked, “Why are you quiet? Are you not coming?”
His words brought her back from her thoughts.
She said, “It is not that I will not come. I just think there is no need for us to go to a hotel. You can come to our house. No one is at home, so do not worry.”
Babson became quiet for a moment before saying, “Honestly, baby, I cannot risk coming to your house. Do not forget that I came to Kano because of you and because of the gifts I brought. I am supposed to continue to Abuja, and I have not even gone to see my family yet. But now you are telling me you cannot come to the hotel to meet me?”
He continued, “Do you know how much I spent buying your gifts? Even the iPhone I brought for you cost four hundred thousand naira. But if you cannot come, then let me just turn back and take the road to Abuja.”
Hanny stood up sharply. Hassy and the others also stood up in surprise when they heard the price of the phone.
Teema Gives a Final Warning
Hanny said, “What do you think? By Allah, I am afraid. I have never gone to a hotel before. And from the way Babson is speaking, he may want something serious from me. Honestly, he looks like a very dangerous type. I do not think anyone can easily control him.”
Hassy said, “Please close your mouth. What are you afraid of? Did you hear what he said? He bought a phone of four hundred thousand naira for you. In this time when every girl wants to hold an iPhone? And what about the expensive long dresses? I wish I had this kind of chance.”
Meena shook her head and said, “Honestly, I do not advise her to go to the hotel. Anything can happen. She should just forget it.”
Hanny remained silent for a moment. Then she quickly said, “Why do you not follow me? If you are there, I know he will not be able to do anything to me.”
Hassy said, “No, you should go alone. There is no need for us to follow you. If you see that he wants to go too far, just refuse.”
Teema, who had been quiet since the discussion began, finally spoke.
She said, “The truth is one, and I must tell you. Hanny, you heard what this man said. You know indirectly what he wants. Do not allow greed for worldly things to push you into something you will regret for the rest of your life. I am going home. My father will soon return.”
She walked toward the exit.
They glared at her, and Hassy said, “Jealous girl.”
Hanny called Babson again. The call rang several times before he answered, and he began scolding her, saying he had already turned back because she refused to trust him.
Hanny began apologizing and asked him to describe the hotel. He described the place for her, feeling secretly pleased because he had already planned what he wanted.
Quickly, Hanny packed the food flasks into baskets and went to her mother’s room. She lied that they were going for a visit. Then she came out with Hassy and the others.
Hassy kept encouraging her, while Meena’s heart became heavy. Meena could not hold herself and advised Hanny again to forget the journey, but Hanny did not listen.
She stopped a tricycle and headed to Green Palace, thinking only of the gifts Babson had brought for her.
At the Hotel
Since Babson had already given her the room number, she did not struggle to find the room.
Her heart began beating fast when she knocked on the door.
Babson had just come out of the bathroom. Happily, he went and opened the door.
They stared at each other. Babson admired her beauty, while Hanny realized that he looked better in pictures than in real life.
He gave her way to enter. She entered and placed the basket down, trying to smile, though her heart was unsettled.
He sat beside her and asked, “Will you not even give me a hug?”
Hanny said nothing. She kept looking around, trying to find where her box of gifts was.
He hugged her and kissed her, but she pulled away because she noticed an unpleasant body smell.
Babson only smiled. He sat down, opened the food flasks, and began serving himself food while praising the meal.
He turned on his laptop, and an immoral film appeared on the screen.
Hanny quickly turned her face away, shocked by his behavior. But Babson increased the volume and continued looking at her in a way that made her uncomfortable.
After eating, he cleaned his mouth and moved closer to her. What began as playful touching soon became frightening. Hanny tried to stop him when he started crossing boundaries, but he overpowered her.
In the end, Babson forced himself on her and violated her trust.
Hanny was too weak and shocked to even cry properly. When Babson finally returned to his senses, he realized the harm he had caused.
Babson Pretends to Comfort Her
“Hanny, Hanny, please wake up,” Babson said.
He quickly picked up water near him and sprinkled it on her. She woke up, crying.
She said, “Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un. Babson, you have destroyed me. I have kept myself all this while, but in one moment you ruined everything. You made me commit something I never wanted.”
Babson said, “I am very sorry, my dear. I did not want it to happen like this. Please be patient. There is nothing to worry about since I will marry you. No one will know about this except us. Smile for me, my baby.”
He tried to comfort her, but his words only increased her pain.
He entered the bathroom and prepared warm water for her. When he came out, she was still crying.
He said, “Please get ready, Hanny. I am the one who will marry you. Be patient. Stand up and bathe, or should I help you?”
He said it while laughing, making her feel even more humiliated.
Hanny painfully stood up and entered the bathroom. While bathing, she cried and cursed Babson for deceiving her.
When she came out, she dressed quietly. Babson also bathed.
By the time he came out, she had finished dressing and was sitting on the edge of the large bed, hissing in pain and anger.
When she raised her head and saw that it was already 7:30 p.m., she jumped up and began searching for her phone.
She found thirty missed calls from her mother, her father, Hassy, and Meena.
Then she looked at Babson coldly and began searching the room because she had still not seen her gifts.
She went to him with a twisted face and asked, “Where are my gifts?”
With the confidence of someone used to deception, Babson said, “Please forgive me, baby. I gave the gifts to my driver to bring. Let me call him and find out why he has not arrived.”
He brought out his phone and pretended to make a call.
He said loudly, “Hello, Falalu, where are you? I do not want to hear sorry, Sir. What do you mean your car developed a fault? Why did you not inform me? Make sure you finish fixing it by tomorrow morning and come to Kano.”
He ended the fake call and turned to Hanny, who was filled with pain and anger because she had lost her dignity and still had not received any gift.
Babson moved closer and touched her shoulder.
He said, “Sorry, my baby. The car broke down. Let me take you home now. Insha Allah, when the gifts arrive tomorrow, I will bring them to your house myself.”
Hanny said nothing. She was overwhelmed by sadness. She only nodded, carried her basket, and went out.
Babson followed her, laughing quietly and licking his lips in satisfaction.
Hanny Returns Home
He opened the car door for her, and she entered. He also entered, and they began driving.
They had not gone far when he picked up his phone and pretended to receive an urgent call.
When he ended the call, he looked at Hanny and said, “Please forgive me. I just received an urgent call. I will drop you here so you can complete the journey home. Insha Allah, tomorrow you will see me.”
He parked the car. Hanny came out like someone without strength.
Babson brought out an old two-hundred-naira note and handed it to her.
He said, “Please, baby, take a tricycle and go home. We will meet tomorrow.”
Hanny collected the money helplessly.
Babson drove away, smiling like someone who had won.
Hanny limped slowly and stopped a tricycle. When she reached home, she gave the rider the two hundred naira Babson had given her and went inside without even collecting change.
When she entered the house, the first thing she looked at was the clock. It was already 8:39 p.m.
She said, “I am finished.”
Her father, who was standing there, heard her and said, “You are not finished yet until you tell me whose house you went to.”
Before Hanny could speak, he began punishing her while asking where she had gone until after Isha prayer.
Her mother came out when she heard his voice, but she did not plead for Hanny. She only stood there until he finished.
Her father warned that if he saw Hanny outside again at night, he would be extremely angry with both her and her mother. Then he went inside.
Hanny cried until she became weak. She could barely walk, so she crawled to her room, entered the bathroom, cleaned herself, performed ablution, made up her missed prayers, and prayed for Allah’s forgiveness.
After praying, she climbed onto her bed, picked up her phone, and called Hassy.
Hassy answered the first call.
“Hello, Hanny, where have you been? I called you so many times, but you did not answer. Or is it because you were too happy with your gifts?” Hassy said, laughing.
Hanny, crying, said, “Please come tomorrow. I will tell you what happened.”
Hassy asked, “What happened, Hanny? Your voice sounds like you have been crying.”
Then she noticed the line had ended. She tried calling again, but Hanny’s phone was switched off.
“May Allah make it well,” Hassy said worriedly.
The Next Morning
Hanny did not wake up until the call for Fajr prayer. When she woke, her eyes were swollen from how much she had cried the previous night.
She entered the bathroom, performed ablution, prayed, and spent a long time asking Allah for forgiveness.
After that, she came out to the sitting room but did not find anyone. She checked the kitchen and found her mother there.
She entered and said, “Umma, good morning.”
Umma raised her head and gave her a sharp look before answering, “Good morning.”
Hanny kept quiet for a moment, then said, “Umma, please forgive…”
Before she could finish, Umma interrupted her.
She said, “Close your mouth before I insult you. Go and take that grain to be ground. From there, continue to Dubiya and come back tomorrow.”
As Umma spoke, she kept glaring at her.
Hanny quietly took the item and left, shedding tears of regret.
Hanny Tells Her Friends
“Assalamu Alaikum,” Hassy and the others greeted.
“Wa alaikum salam,” Umma answered. “Come in. Is that you, Hassana? Why are you standing outside?”
Hassy and the others greeted her properly.
Umma told them, “Go inside. Hannatu is there.”
They entered.
“Hanny, Hanny,” they called.
“Hmm?” Hanny answered suddenly, startled.
“By Allah, I did not hear you enter. Sit down,” she said.
Meena said jokingly, “How would you hear us when you are busy thinking about missing Babson? Maybe you found him very handsome and he confused you.”
Suddenly, Hanny burst into tears.
“Subhanallah,” they all said.
Meena said, “What happened? Hanny, I was only joking. Hassy, help us talk to her.”
They pleaded with Hanny to stop crying and explain what happened.
Teema moved closer and said, “Hanny, please tell us what Babson did to you. You have left us worried.”
With difficulty, they calmed Hanny enough for her to speak.
Still crying, she said, “Friends, by Allah, Babson has ruined me. Allah will judge him.”
Hassy moved closer and asked, “What did he do to you?”
Hanny said, “Hassy, Meena, Teema, Babson deceived me. I tried my best to resist him, but he overpowered me and violated me.”
She burst into a heartbreaking cry.
They all began saying words of shock and sorrow.
Hanny continued telling them everything that happened, including what her father did when she returned home and the new restrictions placed on her.
Teema said, “I warned you. I told you that even if you escaped one person, another might trap you. Now, Hanny, because of gifts, you have lost something precious.”
Hanny cried again and said, “What will I tell my future husband if he marries me? Will I say my parents did not raise me well? Will I say I was wandering around? Or will I say I was forced? But how can I say that when I took myself to Babson’s room? I have destroyed myself. Because of gifts, I lost what money cannot buy. How will I face my husband?”
She continued crying.
Hassy hugged her and comforted her. They spent the whole day calming her and encouraging her until evening before they left.
The Origin of the Story
Hannatu was the daughter of Mallam Ibrahim and her mother, Halima. They were originally from Kano, in Tarauni area.
Her father was a schoolteacher and had a moderate level of comfort. Her parents did not have children for five years before Allah blessed them with Hannatu. They were extremely happy and celebrated her naming ceremony with joy.
From then on, they loved Hannatu deeply and gave her good care until she started school.
As time passed, Hannatu completed primary school. When she entered JSS1, she met Hassy, Teema, and Meena. They became very close friends and were always together until they finished secondary school.
By Allah’s will, they gained admission into BUK Kano. They were now in 300 level, and from there their eyes began to open to many things.
Because many young men nowadays do not spend money on girls without expecting something in return, Hanny and her friends became drawn into a lifestyle of collecting money and gifts from men while engaging in careless romantic behavior.
However, none of them had crossed the final boundary before. Fateema, also known as Teema, was the different one among them. She remained firm where Allah had placed her.
Lesson for Parents and Young Women
Parents, especially mothers, must pay attention to the movements and possessions of their daughters. Sometimes a girl may appear with new clothes, lace, shadda, or expensive items, and no one asks where she got them.
Some mothers may even accept such gifts and wear them without questioning the source. But later, when shameful trouble appears, the same parents may cry and say their daughter has disgraced them.
For Allah’s sake, let us be careful. May Allah protect us and protect all our children. Ameen.
About A Sanadin Tsaraba Book One Complete Hausa Novel
A Sanadin Tsaraba Book One Complete Hausa Novel continues with Hanny preparing excitedly to meet Babson and receive the gifts he promised her. But what begins as excitement turns into regret when Babson deceives her and uses the promise of gifts to trap her.
This part of A Sanadin Tsaraba Book One Complete Hausa Novel teaches a serious lesson about greed, peer pressure, online romance, lies, and the danger of trusting people because of material promises. Hanny’s painful experience becomes a warning to young women and parents alike.