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 </div><p></p>We shall rise on this day<br>
To dance on this clay<br>
For we shall proceed to Àgbède shed<br>
And stop all ìfonáfonsu
<p>Let the women converge at the square<br>
Let them come with ògidì ògùrò<br>
Let them sing to us beautiful choruses<br>
With a blend of our ancestral dialect</p>
<p>We shall dance to the rhythm of the flame<br>
For we are sons of Alágbède<br>
We shall beat our gongs<br>
As well as our drums</p>
<p>We earn our living with the flame of ewìrì<br>
We are never weary<br>
We replenish our energy with amala and gbégírí<br>
We are never lazy or gbéwiri</p>
<p>We shall burn the game<br>
At the shed with our flame<br>
We shall dance round the game<br>
And forget all the pain</p>
<p>We shall make all the noise<br>
And scream all our voice<br>
We shall share in the spoil<br>
For we are sons of the soil</p>
<p><strong>Àwíyé: </strong></p>
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<li>Àgbède shed: blacksmith shed</li>
<li>Ìfonáfonsu: people go to blacksmith to fetch fire, to gist, to roast yam; ìfonáfonsu simply means activities.</li>
<li>Ògidì ògùrò: fresh, undiluted palm wine.</li>
<li>Alágbède: blacksmith</li>
<li>Ewìrì: major tool used to heat metal to different shapes.</li>
<li>Amala and gbégírí: local food, choice food in Yoruba lands.</li>
<li>Gbéwiri: a thief</li>
</ul>
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SONS OF ALÁGBÈDE by Biodun Alabi
Detail shot of hammer forging hot iron at anvil