AROKO TO MY FRIEND NI ILU ODIKEJI

"Oreemi owon, se alaafia ni aroko mi yi ba o?"
"Mo ni'gbagbo pe awon omo ebi re n she daadaa"
Ever since I crossed the bridge to this other side,
I have been hearing of the 'aisun aiwo'
That has befallen our land.

I met with 'Olori odo',
He explained to me in details how hard it has been.
I won't I forget to mention to you he told me his youths
Has been a great help. I must commend them.

Oremi, 'agba kii wa Loja k'ori omo tuntun WO'
The 'dugbe to n mi loke yi', hope it won't affect the harvest of the land_
Like you know, many farmers will run away,
Many lands will be unused,
Many crops will be unharvested,
Many harvested crops will get rotten.

I even heard the new harvests
That are supposed to be transfered 'oja isinlu' across other neighboring villages
Have remained 'loju kan' because of the uncertainty reigning in the land.
Do you know 'omo iya olobi' who ran to 'llu odikeji'
Because of the money he borrowed from 'omo baba ode' has not returned?
He went in search of that money, this will be double wahala for him.

'Ajani, omo baba onikoko',
Despite his father's wealth,
Found it hard to scale through the charges of Alagbaro
Whom he hired to help clear his own portion of inheritance,
What then becomes of his fate when the 'alagboro'
Decides tripple his wages?

Ore mi, I heard there is a strange 'Olongbo jigolo',
Disturbing our land,
Spreading the message of 'iku baba yeye'
Whom the gods had rejected,
Has the town crier suddenly gone astray?
Didn't you remind him OOSA OKE
Is still on the throne?

'Jowo ore, bami ran leti',
The 'idaru' and 'aibale okan' for
Those who stole from the shrine of OGUN,
Those who bore false witness before AYELALA,
Those who deceived IFA,
Remind him of the misfortune that
Befell 'eni to gbodo mi'

Sugbon ore,
What has suddenly happened
To "Omoluabi"?
The one stands tall among his peers?
What is the case of "Eri okan" who was our 'Oludari?'
Has the spirit of "iso Tito" gone to the grave?
Has "imo ododo" joined his ancestors?

Is it also true,
that "baba oni rugbon yeuke"
The one who came from 'ilu oloun loyo'
Has eaten from the forbidden tree?
I heard 'awon iya mi' are angry with him?
Don't tell me he is the cause of the 'dugbe dugbe'
If it is him, 'oro ni won maa fi le jade' from our land!

Please ore, 'bami duro to Olori odo',
Tell him I am with him.
I asked orunmila yesterday,
I heard he shall 'b'ori ota'
But tell him not to 'sun asun para',
Tell him not to 'sun asun iniye'.
Tell him not to 'beru'

As per the 'olongbo jigolo'
That is threatening the peace of our land.
When I am coming,
I will bring 'iru, ata, ati iyo'
I'm sure you have 'epo' and other 'elo obe',
'Ori e lama fi y'ata'.

I will come in the next 'osupa meji'
I know you will be preparing to go to 'oja isinlu',
But 'b'oya k'oto d'igba yen na',
'Maa yoju so e'.
'Titi di igba yen na',
'Ajinde ara a maa je o'

'Emi ni tire ni too to....'

'SEYIFUNMI FRANCIS ADEOSUN (OMO IRUN)
AROKO TO MY FRIEND NI ILU ODIKEJI

"Oreemi owon, se alaafia ni aroko mi yi ba o?"
"Mo ni'gbagbo pe awon omo ebi re n she daadaa"
Ever since I crossed the bridge to this other side,
I have been hearing of the 'aisun aiwo'
That has befallen our land.

I met with 'Olori odo',
He explained to me in details how hard it has been.
I won't I forget to mention to you he told me his youths
Has been a great help. I must commend them.

Oremi, 'agba kii wa Loja k'ori omo tuntun WO'
The 'dugbe to n mi loke yi', hope it won't affect the harvest of the land_
Like you know, many farmers will run away,
Many lands will be unused,
Many crops will be unharvested,
Many harvested crops will get rotten.

I even heard the new harvests
That are supposed to be transfered 'oja isinlu' across other neighboring villages
Have remained 'loju kan' because of the uncertainty reigning in the land.
Do you know 'omo iya olobi' who ran to 'llu odikeji'
Because of the money he borrowed from 'omo baba ode' has not returned?
He went in search of that money, this will be double wahala for him.

'Ajani, omo baba onikoko',
Despite his father's wealth,
Found it hard to scale through the charges of Alagbaro
Whom he hired to help clear his own portion of inheritance,
What then becomes of his fate when the 'alagboro'
Decides tripple his wages?

Ore mi, I heard there is a strange 'Olongbo jigolo',
Disturbing our land,
Spreading the message of 'iku baba yeye'
Whom the gods had rejected,
Has the town crier suddenly gone astray?
Didn't you remind him OOSA OKE
Is still on the throne?

'Jowo ore, bami ran leti',
The 'idaru' and 'aibale okan' for
Those who stole from the shrine of OGUN,
Those who bore false witness before AYELALA,
Those who deceived IFA,
Remind him of the misfortune that
Befell 'eni to gbodo mi'

Sugbon ore,
What has suddenly happened
To "Omoluabi"?
The one stands tall among his peers?
What is the case of "Eri okan" who was our 'Oludari?'
Has the spirit of "iso Tito" gone to the grave?
Has "imo ododo" joined his ancestors?

Is it also true,
that "baba oni rugbon yeuke"
The one who came from 'ilu oloun loyo'
Has eaten from the forbidden tree?
I heard 'awon iya mi' are angry with him?
Don't tell me he is the cause of the 'dugbe dugbe'
If it is him, 'oro ni won maa fi le jade' from our land!

Please ore, 'bami duro to Olori odo',
Tell him I am with him.
I asked orunmila yesterday,
I heard he shall 'b'ori ota'
But tell him not to 'sun asun para',
Tell him not to 'sun asun iniye'.
Tell him not to 'beru'

As per the 'olongbo jigolo'
That is threatening the peace of our land.
When I am coming,
I will bring 'iru, ata, ati iyo'
I'm sure you have 'epo' and other 'elo obe',
'Ori e lama fi y'ata'.

I will come in the next 'osupa meji'
I know you will be preparing to go to 'oja isinlu',
But 'b'oya k'oto d'igba yen na',
'Maa yoju so e'.
'Titi di igba yen na',
'Ajinde ara a maa je o'

'Emi ni tire ni too to....'