ÀDÍÒ SÒGÍGÙN (THUNDER BOLT) by Jamiu Ahmed

ÀDÍÒ SÒGÍGÙN

(THUNDER BOLT)

 Àdíò Sògigùn

His eyes is the grasping dark sky,

Which swallows different bright stars,

That crawl amidst its massive chest.

His mind is the temple of eroticism,

Where striptease dance naked at night,

To the rhythm of amorous & lustful lines.

Àdíò is a gripple butterfly,

That flies from red roses to yellow liles,

Suckling their nectar & juices.

Momma cried;

"Àdíò, Làbàlàbà rè tí ñ fò Lábálàbá
Lóò séwè Ágbèjé mówò
Kì ó màbá fò lù màjélè."

Àdíò is a blind bat with color blindness,

Every black and fair mountain is an haven.

His router knows no boundary,

Browses all free-available wi-fi.

Àdíò Is a monkey that jump from tree to tree

In awe, without considering the thorns on them.

Father called;

"Àdíò Sògigùn
Kì ìjímérè rè màbá gùngì àládì."

The sacrificial dog for the god of iron,

Hunker never listen to father's birdcalls.

Àdíò

A man is liable to die the day he's born,

Why do you choose to die like a "woe-man"

Inside the river of l(o)(u)st in between the thigh

of a "who-man".

Àdíò Élébùrù ìbòn

Àjòkè, Àdùkè, Àbèfè, are hostage of the bullet

from your firing gun,

But Àlàdè will never forgive you for shooting Àníké.

"Bì bátà bà n rò pànlápànlá òsètàn àtí fàyà"

He placed the rope at the door step,

Adio, If Àníké crosses that tiny rope,

So shall you cross the bridge of death.

What a man loves can sometime kills him,

Àdíò groped for Àníké's hands in the darkness,

"Coo-a-doodle" He crowed for the third time.

©® Jamiu Ahmed

Glossary:

Sògigùn : "Beware of trees"

Òlòju kómóòló : "A covetous being"

Làbàlàbà rè tí ñ fò Lábálàbá : (Your butterfly flying awkwardly)

Lóò séwè Ágbèjé mówò : "Beware"

Kì ó màbá fò lù màjélè. : "For you not to encounter poison"

Àdíò Sògigùn : "Adio Beware of trees"

Kì ìjímérè rè màbá gùngì àládì.: "For your monkey not to climb thorny trees"

Àdíò Élébùrù ìbòn : "Adio the shooting hunter"

Àjòkè, Àdùkè, Àbèfè, Àlàdè, Àníké : "Yoruba names"

Bì bátà bà n rò pànlápànlá òsètàn àtí fàyà : "Bata drum sounds loudest

when it's about to tear apart".