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The Son Of The Soil. OMO ILÉ_ Tribute to the Òra Yorùbá
<p><em>Omo ilè,🧑🦱🪹</em></p><p><strong>The son of the soil.</strong></p><p><em>Omo ilé,🛖🚶</em></p><p><strong>You emanate from home.</strong></p><p><em>Omo Òra Igbómìnà,</em></p><p><strong>The son of Ora.🧑🦱</strong></p><p><em>Bóoni…</em></p><p><em><br/></em></p><p><em><strong>Omo ilè,(soil)</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Omo ilé,(home)</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Omo olókè mérin,🧑🦱⛰️⛰️⛰️⛰️</strong></em></p><p>The son of the four hills.</p><p>Strength like the immovable mountains,</p><p>From whose heights</p><p>You look down upon your adversaries</p><p>From a place of advantage.</p><p><em><strong>Omo Ajagunla,🗡️🛡️</strong></em></p><p><strong>The victorious warrior.</strong></p><p><strong><em>Kí òkè rẹ ga ju t’ótá lọ,🪨⛰️</em></strong></p><p><strong>May your mountain rise higher than your enemies’.</strong></p><p>May the mountain of your success</p><p>Stand as tall</p><p>As the four hills of Ora —</p><p>The fore hills of triumph....</p><p><strong><br/></strong></p><p><em><strong>Omo ilẹ̀,</strong></em></p><p>The son of the soil that first held your form.</p><p><strong><em>Omo Olú ìwé,📝</em></strong></p><p><strong>Cradled carefully in the soft cot of education.</strong></p><p><em><strong>Omo asó 'wé dowò,📝💸</strong></em></p><p><strong>Education has clothed you in affluence.</strong></p><p>Now you wear a fabric of consciousness</p><p>That transcends mere existence.</p><p>You speak in polished tongues,</p><p>Yet still…</p><p><em>Omo ilé —</em></p><p><em>Your tongue should remember the taste of the soil.</em></p><p><em><br/></em></p><p><strong><em>Omo ilè,</em></strong></p><p><em><strong>Omo Òra,</strong></em></p><p>Remember.</p><p><strong><em>Ilè ni ilé,🛖=🪹</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Ilé ni ilè,🪹=🛖</em></strong></p><p><em><strong>Rántí ilé.🧏🛖</strong></em></p><p>Have in remembrance</p><p>That you bear the mark of ancestral birth.</p><p>Your breath smells of the earth,</p><p>So let it remind you of its breadth.</p><p><strong><em>The soil is home.</em></strong></p><p>The blood of the dual crown runs in you:</p><p><strong><em>Omo Akésin,👑</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Omo Àsáòní.👑</em></strong></p><p>The royal duo of Ora remains with you.</p><p>Let your heart dance to the rhythm of</p><p>The Bata drumming,</p><p>And let it honor the sacred pride of Ora.</p><p><strong><em>Egúngún Eléwé🦹(Masquerade of Eléwé)</em></strong></p><p>Is still being celebrated.</p><p><em><br/></em></p><p><strong><em>Omo ilè,🧑🦱🪹</em></strong></p><p>The soil is not beneath you —</p><p>It is within you.</p><p>That is why you remain grounded.</p><p><br/></p><p><strong>YOU ARE</strong></p><p><em><strong>Omo ilègbemi —🪹🏃</strong></em></p><p><strong>The earth will continue to back you.</strong></p><p><strong>YOU ARE</strong></p><p><em><strong>Omo onílètútù —🙇🪹</strong></em></p><p><strong><em>The child of the soothing, nurturing earth.</em></strong></p><p><strong><em><br/></em></strong></p><p><em><strong>Omo ilè,🪹🧑🦱</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Omo Òra Igbómìnà,🫅</strong></em></p><p>My son of the soil —</p><p>The earth remembers you. </p><p><br/></p>
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