Pls encourage literature in our native tongues..... dont let the English language invade every sphere of our being and existence....
After all Tiwa n tiwa...


OKUNRIN OGUN


Ori agba re e. O san ju oju agba re e lo.
A difa fun okunrin alagbara kan, Baba agbalagba ti oruko re nje Baba Isale nigba ti o gbo wipe iyawo oun ti oun fe ni isu loka, Egbin, lo n ba Alujoonu kan ti oun gbe ni idi Oro se pansaga. Ti Osupa oju orun sin nse alarena fun won.


Sugbon Babalawo ni ko lo juba Ile nitori wipe Lala to roke, Ile lon bo wa.

Nigba to di asale, Baba Isale dogbon, O gbe ibon re o si dibon bi eni wipe oun lo si igbo ode.

Leyin iseju melo die, O yo gba ona ehin wole sugbon ko ba iyawo re nile mo. O si ti ko gbogbo dukia re paapaa.

Baba isale binu. O fara ya.
Sebi bi obinrin ba fe koni sile. A si gbe ori re kale nitori wipe owo ori naa ni oko lo san si ile baba re ni ojo idana...
Baba Isale ju ataare si enu. O da ogogoro je. O ji enu wuye wuye.
O tu ito soke, o fi oju gba a. O leri, O leka.

Sibe sibe O ko, ko juba Ile.

Osupa n wo o, Oun rerin muse. Oun fi baba naa se awada. Yeye.

Ni Baba Isale ba ran Shango, Jakuta, Orisa oke lati lo kolu igi oro ti Egbin ati ololufe re n reju labe re.

Ina so lara igi naa. Igi faya. O si wo lu awon mejeeji mole.

Inu Baba Isale dun. Ori re wu. O gbe oju soke, O mo Osupa loju. O kapa soke. O fo feere. O doke. O fe towo bo Osupa loju. O fe da seria fún u.

Sugbon nigba ti yoo fi fo de ori oke ti o ga ju lo. Osupa ranju mo o.
Eru ba a.

Aya rẹ já a. Apa rẹ jabo. O takiti. O rebo. O wa fe ja si wipe, Lala to roke, ile lon bo bi oro awon agba.

Sugbon bo tile wù kó rí, Baba Isale da bi ogbon nitori pe ọ ti ku oun nikan.
O wa ranti oun ti Ifa wi, O si tete tu ero ara re pa.
O yo ado ti o so mo idi. O sii, o si da adin inu re mu, ti o si n pe ayajo wipe...

" gudugudu kan kii fi igba kan tura sile...
Ẹnikẹni tabi ohunkohun kole fi eyin ako ologini ba ile nitori wípé lai ku ekiri, awo re ko le ṣe gbedu... abbl"


Lesekese ni Baba yi, Baba Isale yipada ti o sí di efufulele ati iji.
Nigba naa ni Oju orun suu dudu bi aro. Ara san paaraaraaa!!!
Ojo bere si ro katakata si ori Ile...
Bayi ni Baba isale se parada ti o di Ojo di oni oloni yi...

do not mind that I omitted the marks (ami) its not just available on my device, hence why I made the story short.
I must say I was compelled to write this as I noticed that all the stories on this section are always in English.... we shouldnt neglect our mothertongues as well as the coming genearations will soon find it difficult to relate in their natural language soo of this trend continues..... Tiwantiwa...
Abeg help me push this to fp...

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PS
how can I put appropriate marks on the letters, somebody tell me, so that I can make the sequel more inviting and easy to read for readers

More grace to your elbow....I love this

There's only one word for this piece, brilliant! Wish I can help you with the ami stuff but I have no idea too. By the way, I read in the story that a male cat does not land on its back(around that incantation area), is this true illicit?

AryEmber:
There's only one word for this piece, brilliant! Wish I can help you with the ami stuff but I have no idea too. By the way, I read in the story that a male cat does not land on its back(around that incantation area), is this true illicit?

Awwwww thanks. I am impressed that you can read it, and you even love it. Thanks.
Ok about the Tom cat, well I honestly think its superstition. My mum believes it tho.

Btw I wrote an English version too
I will post it below here

Aryember

This is the English version titled Down falls


It suffices that the Elder perished here than the Elder was captured here. That is the name of the Medicine man that divined for the Chief, the chief also known as Down who sleeps in a basket as his leg obstructs the street, he was the patron of the tortoise that cultivates the sky and the son of a bitch.

The medicine man told him to pour libations, to the Earth. Should he not fall. But he didn't.

So It happened that the chief later eavesdropped and learnt that his wife, the one who ties a hundred wrappers and none reaches her knees was seeing the sprite that owns a well but bathes with spittle... The Moon was their witness. Down was irritated but Ifa warned him of limitations.

So he went to consult his alter ego under the river that just flows and to hunt an alibi where neither the Sun nor the Moon penetrates, it was so dark and eerily silent, you could only hear yourself meditate and maybe Oluweri the river goddess would counsel you... Oluweri keeps a pet, Dark Secrets.

Then he goes to the house he built with cotton wool from where his wife had recently absconded. Oh no! She should have left her head behind, after all, he paid for it.
The moon giggled outside where he (Down) ate Cayenne pepper and invokes Sango who sent flames to consume the lovers and veils the sky.
He raised his head and shoulders and levitates, he was going to surprise the lunatic Moon, teach it to mock, kick it around...
He was musing as he rose.
The World and the Earth watched. Just as he peaked the highest mountain, the clouds shifts and he beheld the immensity of the Moon.
He was upset.
The Moon stared him down as he grabbed the clouds futilely and he fell because they were slippery...
He remembered the Oracle and promised not to fall the way he was, he pronounced the mantra for transfiguration and became a Downpour.
So the Chief also known as Down fell on the World and the Earth...

illicit:


Awwwww thanks. I am impressed that you can read it, and you even love it. Thanks.
Ok about the Tom cat, well I honestly think its superstition. My mum believes it tho.

Btw I wrote an English version too
I will post it below here

Did know that I actually understood the Yoruba version than this English version? Nice though.

AryEmber:
Did know that I actually understood the Yoruba version than this English version? Nice though.

Really?
Nice one. Thanks a lot.
You can kindly check out my other stories too and see if you will like them

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illicit:


Awwwww thanks. I am impressed that you can read it, and you even love it. Thanks.
Ok about the Tom cat, well I honestly think its superstition. My mum believes it tho.

Btw I wrote an English version too
I will post it below here

If you have a cat as a pet, then you will know that the statement is true.

Throw a cat up with its back facing the ground and it will land on its fours.

AgainstIslam:

If you have a cat as a pet, then you will know that the statement is true.
Throw a cat up with its back facing the ground and it will land on its fours.

I will try it

Nice