Long Oba Poems

MURI A KAPAGODAS

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Magodas ako Gadong,
a igagador ko Alam,
na Sagayanan onSnang,
ko Gapa a Simalawn,
a Dayamonthaya ragat,
ko alabat sa Slangan,
a inikarantangadat,
na Piyaladkho Marinaw,
so inambar o Pakato,
sa bapya pha-paroman,
ka oba mBolanaw Mobar,
na Kabayomboran Maog ,
So Lombay a Mitatandp…
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Sarmpangn...

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Once upon a time in Erin land,
the sun smiled on the people 
the rains communed peacefully with thunderstorms
Erin flowed with palm wine and palm oil, 
And her children drank to their fill  
Oba Adeniran,...

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EKO @50
TIME OF THOUGHT:LOSS
DATE OF THOUGHT:2015
A damsel was born decades ago
Her name is EKO
Eko Ile Ogbon
She is the most sought after amongst other
The eyes of the Southwest states
The favourite of her mother...

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EKO AKETE @50
TIME OF THOUGHT:LOST
DATE OF THOUGHT:2015

A damsel was born decades ago
Her name is EKO
Eko Ile Ogbon
She is the most sought after amongst other
The eyes of the Southwest states
The favourite of her...

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MARANAO HISTORICal POEM
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~ Linimpang a Pilimpinas |
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Pilimpinas go(w)Ane
ko masá o Mericano
na ini zámaiya iran
na othángen so kadatu
a minindatu ko Moro(d)
ko lupa a Minsupala
Na paka Thâgombasayen
so kadatu ko Sulot(a)n
go so kalipa datu ...
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Pilimpinas miyareg
na somiyorong sa...

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Upon lovers
it dawned
that Love
turns on
everything
and it comes
in all forms
fit for
everyone
there is not
“just one”
but rather
many
for in the land
of Love is Plenty
and simply put
it’s fit
quite right

“one love”
was written
and many
were smitten
with a light
but then….

a misquote happened
in the land...

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I am Africa, I am man
Hear my drums, know my heart beat
My sorrow is not metered in iambic lines
Life does not speak that way
So artificial this enumeration of joy
So false this constant rise and fall...

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Ajoke
  ...... to my Ajoke,  to your ajoke
 
It was at oja ale I first saw you
Your smile that day ajoke 
Robbed me of my timidity
And I forgot of my reticence 

When I...

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As they leave,
They leave in the illusion of paraphernalia of office
Indeed they lived in the last five years as if not
To leave again, forgetting that time waits for no man 
Nobody has ever lived and...

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On my death bed, 
I will shake the warm hands of death
Like a revered ofo-title holder. 
Clutch him in warm embrace. 
For his cold hands are for the 
Lovers of his hate: life. 

On my...

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THE MAUSOLEUM OF ALL

Africa is the burial chamber of many,
Millions of men and women rested in peace,
The deepest hole full of important bones,
The bones of Homo sapiens are in the graves.
 It is the cradle...

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| Friday | 01 | July | 2016 | 05:12 AM
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~ KaWa saTig o Digong
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Ayday dingkadn kharaw?
A pangitk aya ingd
Na aya daging o Digong
Ko Kiyapangadap iyan
Ko myarangcom a ingd
Na Ayday kiyatabowan!
A kalalalongan iyo.
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Kna a bolong...

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~OBAR OBAR~
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Obar-obar a lombay
a p'phamag ombos-ombos
sa ginawang ka rombosan
na olin ingka di mathay
sa ba kolapt tomabid
na 'bakobo maka mbkaw
ko balin'tad o rupaan ... 
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Na pangali ingka rakz
a nayaw angka manugon
a lomombay so raon ko
ka obabo...

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O great people in a great forest land
From the land of the Igodomigodo to the kukuruku
I know you and the tragedy of your heroic tale
You are the pulse of a great nation
The heartbeat of many...

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~ BaL Bgan dn aBL ~

Inikarasay a dar,
Na inim Boko a inam,
So lagaday o Panamar,
Na tiyamanan Ta Sangan,
Na Muri miyaka Ndamar,
Na Phi-pharo Paromanan,
Ka badi maSamporna...

Na ika pera Milakit ,
A akolan si Magayaw, 
Na ipon-ipon ta...

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AMOKE MI

Amoke omo Iya Eleko,
When Maami re return at dusk,
From the rustic hustle of life
Tell her, tell her, I say tell her,

Tell her you have stolen it,
That golden Agbada your father,
Inherited from his father's lineage
And...

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Èmi rábàbà níwájú Oba  ñlá
Adàgbà  má  tè'pá olórúko ñlá
Àìkú àìsá àìpa'pòdà
Ògbóùn tarìgì okùnrín Ogun
Oba mímó
Tó n gbé'bi mímó
Tó n so mímó
Tó n te  mímó
Tó n je mímó
Tó n mu  mímó
Tó...

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| Sunday | 30 | April | 2017 | 21:02 |
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~ inged akn daa rowar ~
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" Inged akn daa rowar
-- a ina waan ko ska
na popodokan akongka
na dita séka khâbaraw
ka matanao ka ladan ko
na kén...

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~ Ndau itogalin ta Pman
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Ndao rasai ranoni
a phnayaung ko ini
a maka tangki tangkiri
a diko mipn diri diri
a paraman ngko manari
ka oba sangka trangi

Ndao mapanga nganon
a badn maph phranon
na tamanan ta manganon
i da thaman sa ranon
a...

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~ Sndita ko Muslim ~
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Badn khalalayami
a Biyaloy a sndita
o bala tano sa ingd
a ophoon ana mbto
na sndita so Muslim...
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Na ba ini babago pn
a oman pha paromanan
i andang dn ko ingd
a lagid a Pilimpinas
a kilidn so...

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| Thursday | 04 | August | 2016 | 12:28 AM |
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~ Aynaw Kanogoniyan ~
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Aynaw Kanogoniyan
ka obo o katawangco
na bacodn phiyapiya
ka baco ini katawi
i kapagipos o masa...
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Aynaw Kanogoniyan
ka Miyadaramba akn
So kalawanda i lalag
na di khindod...

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From the far-flung reaches of the Sahel,
Where the sun kisses the earth and sets,
The land of Zulu, Opobo, Musa, and Mandela,
Home to Cleopatra and Ramses,

I bathe in the dunes of the Sahara,
Walking the path of...

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