Omolewa, Omodara Odejo by Adebayo Smartfingers

Omolewa, omodara odejo

Thou beauteous of beauties

Thy gait of feline grace

and spotless charming face

hath enough to get man drunken

Drunkenness above Oguro’s doing

Such drunkenness, folks tag, madness

Verily, Madness doth seems profane

But madness for thy love poses sane

Eyinju-ege's eyes glow in blinding brilliance

And Ibadi-aran’s waist sways charmingly

but thy beauty robs theirs off meaning

Truly, it shames them all!

In every step thou take

Others doth imitate

And whatsoever thou doest

Every maiden taketh interest

Thy smile…

Oh thy smile!

The morning sun doth envy

Even the new moon won’t boast of such glow

Let the night come with its darkness

I will lit no lamp, the rays of thy eye will do

Let winter come with its chilliness

Thy bodily warmth hath good a cover

Thy father call me lazy, thy mother too,

Maybe, maybe I say, maybe it’s true

But even the lazy do have some pride

My father is a productive farmer,

Me, your unrepentant lover!

Thou art my profession, my day and night busyness

A bag of cowries for dowry, I have not

My lady, vain spoils doth rot

I’d kept all treasures in a chest

Tucked away in my heart, they rest

Fleeing treasures of life are weaklings

They stand frailty to the monster, time

Though, thousands of suitors swamp thy hut

I won’t waver; Nay, I won’t bother

In the market square of life

thousand buyers doth hover on a good

But only one buyer doth take it home

I stand the one, the very sweetness in thy honeycomb!