“Àdèwalé ọlọ́rẹ
Ọkọ Múìbátù
Ìwà rẹ wù mí o
Káàbọ̀ ṣé dáda lo dé
Adewálé ọlọ́rẹ.”
Even, before I came to be:
I had known her:
Sweet, caring, tender,
and winsome to behold!
My paternal family knew her through songs!
Her song was always sung to me!
She never nagged
Neither was she ever jealous!
Her family never asked for bride price
Since I never met them!
In fact, I’m yet to see her
Great day it will be when I do
When she ceases to exist in my late Grandpa’s
Sakara songs and becomes a reality!
“Adewale the giver
Muibatu’s husband
I love your countenance
Welcome, hope you had smooth a ride
Adewale, the giver.”
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