Wura Mi – ILORI .M. OLUWATOSIN – #MothersDay
Òrìsà bí ìyá òsì l’aiye
Bẹẹni sí ní iwọ nìkan
ní òrùn mí l’aiye
As fowls lay egg, you
laid me to earth; may
my life never be like
that offsprings of bird
I am ignorance of the
tales before my arrival,
all I know you strive
hard for my survival
When you groan in
pain, I still feed on your
breast like grains
Ogbè mí sínú fún osù
mésàn, ọ tún pọn mí
fún ọdún mẹta tí
tóun ogún awọn ọta
Ìwo ní ọ jẹ kín jìn sí
òfin aiyé, bẹẹni ọ jẹ
kín má pé aiyé gángan
ní òun jẹ aiyé
No words can express
my gratitude, for ages
you’ve been my
servitude; why on earth
I won’t appreciate you
Mámi wà pé l’aiye,
bẹẹni wà jẹun ọmọ
l’aiye
You’ll not labour in
vain as you’ll gain
and not be restrain
Happy mother’s day.
Translation
Wura mi (my gold)
First stanza ( no deity like mother in the world, and you’re my heaven on earth)
Fifth stanza ( you took me in for nine months, and backed me for three years despite the enemy war)
Sixths stanza ( it you that does not allow me to fall in subterranean, and you made me realize that people on earth are the one bearing world)
Eighth stanza ( mother you’ll live long and reap the fruit of your labour).
