AKUKU BI
Kaka kin bi Egbaa obun,
(Rather than have 200 slobs?)
Ma kuku bi okan soso Oga.
(I’d just have one top kid)
Ma fi yan araiye loju,
(I would parade him before the world)
Ma ri ohun fi gbe ‘ra ga.
(I would have something worth bragging about)
Se Okan soso Araba,
(As a single (Araba = ) Eagle)
Kii se egbe egb’erun osunsun.
(Is more than a match for a thousand Osusun( = a certain numerous tiny bird))
Omo to ja fafa kan soso,
(So One single well mannered (successful?) child)
Kii s’ogba igba irun bi omo.
(I can’t translate this one well at all)
Aku ku bi san se rada rada,
(Never having had a child is preferable ???)
Ka ku l’omode ko yeni.
(Dying in childhood is more fitting)
San ju k’a dagba toro je lo.
(Is better than growing old to beg for sustinance)
just click the link below to hear how it's pronounced on real yoruba language !
http://myweb.cableone.net/paulbee/akukubi.htm
Big Thanks to Mr."afarikorodo" !!
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ÀKÚKÚ BÍ
Kàkà kin bí Egbàà òbùn,
(Rather than have 200 slobs?)
Ma kúkú bí òkan soso Ògá.
(I’d just have one top kid)
Ma fi yán aráiyé lójú,
(I would parade him before the world)
Ma rí ohun fi gbé ‘ra ga.
(I would have something worth bragging about)
Sé Òkan soso Àràbà,
(As a single (Araba = ) Eagle)
Kìí se egbe ègb’èrún òsúnsún.
(Is more than a match for a thousand Osusun( = a certain numerous tiny bird))
Omo tó já fáfá kan soso,
(So One single well mannered (successful?) child)
Kìí s’ogbà igba irún bí omo.
(Is better than hundreds others)
Àkú kú bí sàn se ràdà ràdà,
(Never having had a child is preferable to having useless ones)
Ká kú l’ómodé kó yeni.
(Dying in childhood is more fitting)
Sàn ju k’á dàgbà toro je lo.
(Is better than growing old to beg for sustinance)
Lovely
Wow! This is a great poem! Takes me back to elementary school days!
I might be wrong but i thought the line you wrote as
"Kìí s’ogbà igba irún bí omo."
is:
"Kìí s’egbe igba arungun omo."
meaning "not in the league of thousands of wealth-wasting children"
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