MORENIKEJI

“ Ọmọbìnrin ẹkùn Wòlíì obìnrin ti òrìṣà mẹ́ta náà Eni ti o ni opa ase lati se akoso areonakakafo meji ti orun meje Ìyá ẹlẹ́sẹ̀ mẹ́jọ ti òrìṣà mẹ́wàá Ti nṣàn ninu ẹyin ti idì Ologoṣẹ oloju mẹwa ti o súfèé awọn orin ọdẹ Ayaba igbo ti gbogbo eda beru Ẹniti ibusun rẹ jẹ igi dudu Kọlu egbegberun lori rẹ osi Ẹgbẹẹgbẹrun mẹwa ni apa ọtun rẹ Ẹni tí ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀ dàbí kọ̀lọ̀kọ̀lọ̀ Sugbon tun fẹ awọn ijapa Gbogbo ale lo n korin oriki Ni ọjọ naa, awọn ilẹkẹ ẹgbẹ-ikun rẹ ti ṣokunkun" “ The daughter of a tigeress The prophetess of the three headed python The one who has the opa ase to rule the two areeonakakafo of the seven skies The eigh legged mother of the ten deities Flowing in the egg of an eagle The ten eyed sparrow that whistle the songs of the hunter The queen of the forest that all creatures fear The one whose bed is a black stick Striking thousands on her left Ten thousands on her right The one whose legs are like the fox But also like the tortoises Every night she sings the oriki The day, her waist beads tinkles“ Credit to the owner of the art