Yemiitan

YÉMIÍTÀN If you would stay do stay Please tease me no longer My body, no more can bear But my heart, yet still craves My womb you make hollow My hopes many times dashed How can you be so heartless With visits that never last Yémiítàn, my precious child This foolery is so much pain Desist your antics my child A mother can no longer bear You prey on my deep desire You tease with your to and fro Why mock me in my despair Àbíkú omo, òdájú ènìyàn I know you, you little trictster I can sense your deep longings Too many a time have visited To visit me yet never stay So with cowries will I bind you And with red dust to earth tie you With deep marks will I brand you And ensure you never again leave.