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Omo Sogbanmu Al'oba l'oro Omo irepe l'okunrin Omo Amororo Omo agunloye Omo Agunloye bi Oyinbo Omo Ijaola Omo Koleoso Olufojoye Omo alade meta Omo tu eyi ka m'omiran gbogbo re ni o b'arajo Omo elerin Olosun dun ni ti a fi n're omo Omo ar'ola yan Omo ar'omu mu Omo Atibeji 'Gun-nugun gba guruguru lasan Aisi ekun aja n'gbo Omo-omo pe'nu Esure d'omo Omo Arogede Iseri Omo Oloko T'o s'owo m'oko Eyin oko so gidigba ileke T'owo t'ileke ni siso Osu Akesan Ai gb'owo oko l'owo osu Eni ba gb'owo oko l'owo osu Oniyen a pa kaja A gbode orun gbangba lo Orun are ma bo Omo ka mu ijara lo be oko ole wo B'o ba l'oko ko mu wa'le Bi o si ba, a f'ijara d'isu wa'le Omo ri mu je Omo ri mu ta B'o kanran ka je owe Ka fi sako sako eran di omo l'enu Ara Akesan Omo Olofin l'aiye Omo Olofin ti kii ku	Sogbanmu's child Of royal blood and settled in wealth The heir who is a mannish remnant Amororo's descendant The son majestically enthroned perpetually Lasting, fair and regal as white royalty Ijaola's child Offspring of Koleoso, who gladly embraced chiefdom Descended from, and entitled to, three crowns The one ordained by birth, but another chosen In the end, it makes no difference as well Used to placate children He who struts at the grasp of honour He is well content with his mother's milk The vulture prances and rambles harmlessly Only in the absence of the Tiger do dogs bark He never lacks food to eat He never lacks goods to sell Instead of running undesirable errands One would rather endure an ox's restraint Emerging from the people of Akesan
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