ORIKI IJEBU
Ijebu, Omo Ere N'iwa
(Ijebu, one's attitudinal dispensation stagnant, like statue)
Won o mu eegun wo Igbo Isara ri
(Masquerade was never taken to Isaara Groove)
Iba lomu eegun wo Igbo Remo
(Prior to the time your forefathers took the veiled gnome to Remo Forest)
Omo Onigbo mande-mande, Omo Onigbo manwo-manwo
(You are the owner of one sacred, impregnated groove)
Omo Onigbo manwo-manwo
(Your forebearings are guardians of the forbidden Forest)
Alejo to wo Igbo-Oro yio d'eni Ebora.
(Stranger that go stray into the Forest shall become a sacrificial lamb)
Mefa n'isu Ijebu:
(Yams are consumed in six ways in Ijebu)
Meji jije,
(Two are edible; eaten)
Meji aije,
(Two are inedible; uneatable)
Oosa Eluku Ni baba yin n fi meji toku bo....
(Your fathers used to sacrifice the remaining two to Eluku Deity)
Nle, Omo Ad'oruu m'ade.
(Greetings, descendants of those that kept close tally with crown)
Nle Omo Ad'oruu m'osu p'adiye je
(Your forebearings kept close tally with months, just to monitor when fowls will be matured enough {to be consumed})
Ani, Toba wu Ijebu a hun eni re Ni winni-winni
(They say, if Ijebu want they knot mats chronologically)
Toba wu Ijebu a hun eni re Ni winni-winni
(Or, they may choose to knot mats otherwise)
Toba wu Ijebu a fi eni re toku s'odun Agemo
(Or, if so desired, Ijebu may use the remaining/available mats during Agemo Festival)
Omo Alagemo merindinlogun a biijo winni...
(You are descendants of six Agemo of acrobatic dance)
Omo oun s'eni Oyoyo nyo
(Descendants of the ancient mockers that mocked at one, when I'll befell)
Oyoyo man yo man; oun to ns'eni you kole pa'ni
(Tell the mockers not be laugh much, for this ill would not kill one)
Omo dudu ile o man obe see, pupa to man obe se ko si n'ile
(Descendants of the dark complexioned that don't know how to cook, the light complexioned who can is not home)
Omo mo r'eiye mio r'oko
(I saw a � bird, but didn't see stone)
Mo r'oko tan eiye to fo lo
(But when I did see it, the bird has flown away)
Omo mo r'isu mio r'obe,
(I couldn't find knife when I saw the yam)
Mo ro'obe tan mio r'isu
(When I eventually did, I couldn't see the yam anymore)
Omo adiye gun Ori oke o po leele
(Descendants of a fowl that climbed high on a rope)
Ara o r'okun Ara o r'Adie
(Neither the rope nor the bird � was in discomfort)
Omo Aladie tii fi eyin re ye kingbin-kingbin
(Yours is an ancient bird that laid eggs en masee)
Omo Afinju Ijebu ti nfi oko re je Apena
(The enlightened Ijebu women will rather help raise her husband in cult hierarchy)
Ijebu ni o ti nna owo Dollars ki oyinbo to de
(Ijebu had been spending Dollars before the coming of the White man)
Igba to oyinbo de tan l'owo oun po si, omo abigi owo nso lekule
(The Whiteman coming only made the money become surplus)
"Oosa Jen dabi onile yi,"
({They pray}: "May the Grand deity make me be like the owner of this house, i.e Ijebu)
Ni won fi nso wipe:
(That's why they say
Dudu Ijebu owo
(The Black complexioned Ijebu are moneybags)
Pupa Ijebu owo
(The light complexioned Ijebu are moneybags)
Kukuru Ijebu owo
(Shortish Ijebu people are moneybags)
Giga Ijebu owo
(Tall Ijebu are moneybags)
Ito Ijebu owo
(Their spittle is money)
Kelembe Ijebu owo
(Their phlegm is money)
Ibinu Ijebu owo
(Their anger is money)
Erin Ijebu owo
(Their laughter is money)
Pelebe Ijebu owo
(Slim Ijebu people is moneybags)
Banku Ijebu owo
(Fat Ijebu people are moneybags)
Otun Ijebu owo
Their right is money)
Osi Ijebu owo
(Their left is money)
Iwaju Ijebu owo
(Their front is money)
Eyin Ijebu owo
(Their back is money)
Kekere Ijebu owo
(Young Ijebu people are moneybags)
Agba Ijebu owo
(Likewise the elderly are rich)
Igbe Ijebu owo
(Fieces of Ijebu is money)
Ito Ijebu owo
Their urine is money)....
T'owo t'owo ni Ijebu nji, t'owo t'owo ni Ijebu nsun
(Ijebu sleep and wake up in money)......


Fully Translated By: Jimson Jaat Taofik
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