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ÓNÓGBÓ ÒBIÉBI by Okoro Yvonne

Okoro Yvonne OshevweMarch 23, 2016July 15, 2017

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Mè é ónógbó òbiébi
Òmègbé óvi é ásó.
Èkwè gbè rèdè ewiè mè
è unè érosé
Kó ótó è riè.
Àkpómè è èkakó ó ka kpènu
Ò ka wiè bèdè bédé
Ifìkídiè mè èmamómó èrósè
Kúgbí údú mè
á tání à kà día.

*** Dialect: Urhobo

First Prize Winner, Poetry Competition for #WorldPoetryDay 2016

Translation:
BLACK CAT
I am the black cat
Ready to cry at night.
The history behind my birth
Is the song of the gods
That only the gods understands.
My life is a seed planted to grow
To flourish and never die
Because I am the eyes of the gods
And my heart is where they have chosen to live.

ÓNÓGBÓ ÒBIÉBI by Okoro Yvonne
ÓNÓGBÓ ÒBIÉBI by Okoro Yvonne

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Okoro Yvonne Oshevwe

yvonneoshevwe@gmail.com

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