ỌMỌ́PARÍỌLÁ

ỌMỌ́PARÍỌLÁ
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Ọmọ́paríọlá,
flirt with me like asẹ́wó flirt with the wealthy one,
seduce me like àgídìgbo seduce the ear drum
and for you I will dare the whippings of alápánsánpá
and soley bear the consequences
like Àfọ̀njá bore the repercussions of daredeviltry.
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Ọmọ́paríọlá,
stay with me like osé stays with arábambí,
care for me like àgbẹ̀roko cares for farm produce
and for you I will ravage the backyard anthill
in the dead of a moonless night
like Ògúnlọlá ransacked the camp of Èlẹ́mọ̀sọ́.
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Ẹlẹ́sẹ̀ osùn please cling onto me
like ìkókó cling onto a lactating breast
Love me unconditionally like palm wine loves kèrègbè
so I can boast in the sequence of gudugudu méje
and brag in the dialectical yàyà mẹfà.
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Ọmọ́paríọlá make me your favourite
like ìkọ́kọrẹ́ and the wealthy people of Ìjẹ̀bú.
Mount me like a traveller mount kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́
till I spit promises I cannot keep
like ìjàpá promised yáníbo a hefty buffalo.
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Ọmọ́paríọlá listen to me
like the dog listen to the hunter's whistle,
let them throw the fan a thousand times,
the earth always will welcome its flat sides
for thick branches are broken one after another
and àjàkólokòlo is plaited accordingly.
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Listen to me
for àjà ló lẹ rù signifies ownership of the roof,
let the shelf forever deceive itself.
For your whole belongs to me Ọmọ́paríọlá,
let contenders forever besooth themselves!
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Ọmọ́paríọlá,
incantations belong to the lineage of ẹ̀gbẹ́jí,
anvils belong to the clan of alágbẹ̀dè,
sálúbàtà belongs to the epoch of alálùmọ́lẹ̀,
you belong to the household of Omípidán.
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Ọmọ́paríọlá,
let me come for you with tubers of yam
and seventy-seven chains of ìwọ̀fà.
Tell the young women of your clan
to welcome me with a calabash of rainwater
for I shall not come in rumpled dànsíkí.
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