Can anyone remember this poem from primary school?
*EVER-GREEN MESSAGES FOR A LASTING LEGACY!*
Check this Odunjo ageless Discovery:
*ISÉ NI ÒÒGÙN ÌSÉ* Work is the antidote for poverty.
*MÚRA SÍ ISÉ RE, ÒRÉ MI* Work hard, my friend.
*ISÉ NI A FI Í DI ENI GIGA* Work/Labour is a major tool for elevation. (Aspiring to higher height is fully dependent on hard work).
*BÍ A KÒ BÁ RÉNI FÈYÌN TÌ, BÍ ÒLE LÀ Á RÍ* If we do not have anyone to lean on, we appear indolent.
*BÍ A KO RÉNI GBÉKÈLÉ* if we do not have anyone to trust (or can depend on).
*À A TERA MÓ ISÉ ENI* we simply work harder.
*ÌYÁ RE LÈ LÓWÓ LÓWÓ* Your mother may be wealthy.
*BÀBÁ SÌ LÈ LÉSIN LÉÈKÀN* Your father may have a ranch full of horses.
*BÍ O BÁ GBÓJÚ LÉ WON* if you depend on their riches alone,
*O TÉ TÁN NI MO SO FÚN O* you may end up in shame and disgrace, I tell you.
*OHUN TÍ A KÒ BA JÌYÀ FÚN* whatever gain one does not work hard to earn.
*KÌ Í LÈ TÓJÓ* usually does not last.
*OHUN TÍ A BÁ FARA SISÉ FÚN* whatever gain one seriously Laboured for,
*NÍ Í PÉ LÓWÓ ENI* is the one that lasts in one's hands (while in one's possession).
*APÁ LARÁ* the arm is a relative
*ÌGÙNPÁ NÌYEKAN* the elbow is a sibling.
*BÍ AYÉ N FÉ O LÓNÌÍ* YOU may be loved by *all* today.
*BÍ O BÁ LÓWÓ LÓWÓ* It is when you have money,
*NI WON Á MÁA FÉ O LÓLA* that they will love you again tomorrow.
*TÀBÍ TÍ O BÁ WÀ NÍ IPÒ ÀTÀTÀ* or when you are in a high or respectable position,
AYÉ Á YÉ O SÍ TÈRÍN-TÈRÍN All will honour you with cheerful laughter
JÉ KÍ O DI ENI TI N RÁÁGÓ wait till you become poor or a struggler,
KÍ O RÍ BÁYÉ TI Í YINMÚ SINI and you will see how all grimace at you as they pass you by.
ÈKÓ SÌ TÚN N SONI Í DÒGÁ Education also elevates/promotes to higher positions.
MÚRA KÍ O KÓ O DARADARA work hard to acquire good education.
BÍ O SÌ RÍ ÒPÒ ÈNÌYÀN and if you see a lot of people,
TÍ WÓN N FI ÈKÓ SE ÈRÍN RÍN making Education a laughing stock.
DÁKUN MÁ SE FARA WÉ WON please do not emulate or keep their company.
*ÌYÀ N BÒ FÓMO TÍ KO GBON suffering is lying in wait for an unserious kid.
EKÚN N BE FÓMO TÓ N SÁ KIRI sorrow is in the reserve for a truant kid.
MÁ FÒWÚRÒ SERÉ, ÒRÉ MI Never toy with your early years, my friend.
MÚRA SÍSÉ, OJÓ N LO Work harder; time and tide wait for no one.
Let’s pass it on to our children and friends.
Original work by J.F Odunjo

I read ham pass national anthem

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