If I Die Young

IF I DIE YOUNG If I die young during the rain Bury me inside, lay me down On the bed Of roses, seek the face Of the shining sun to advertise My deeds and worth to mankind Let the ohafians maidens be far from me But bring in the nkporo. Maidens to dance And sweat their hearts out at my funeral The sounds of their beads will appease My spirit in the lonely street of death Let my funeral rites be perform not Among the judge of the jungle Lay me down with no creamination Let no tears fall at my feets But all should be in joy and merriment Because I didn't bring shame to my generations But I left behind them golds that will last Till eternity when roses would be no more Give no ear to the accusers of man We may not see the sweet become the bitter Until the taste fills our mouth and our. Eyes Are watering with the pain of the transformation Yet I go not in vain to the ancestors beyond Your deeds and mine would go along with me If I die before my time do not mourn me Like those without Hope and patient All I. Seek is the sound of the beads From the maidens along River Nkporo's bank If I Die young at noon Bring down the sun from the sky And treasure it in my heart to shine The moon should be kept beside me at night Thousand men and women at my feet They would be like a guide to my soul These are my last wish. (C) John Chizoba vincent