MORENIKEJI

“ Ọmọbìnrin ẹkùn
Wòlíì obìnrin ti òrìṣà mẹ́ta náà
Eni ti o ni opa ase lati se akoso areonakakafo meji ti orun meje
Ìyá ẹlẹ́sẹ̀ mẹ́jọ ti òrìṣà mẹ́wàá
Ti nṣàn ninu ẹyin ti idì
Ologoṣẹ oloju mẹwa ti o súfèé awọn orin ọdẹ
Ayaba igbo ti gbogbo eda beru
Ẹniti ibusun rẹ jẹ igi dudu
Kọlu egbegberun lori rẹ osi
Ẹgbẹẹgbẹrun mẹwa ni apa ọtun rẹ
Ẹni tí ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀ dàbí kọ̀lọ̀kọ̀lọ̀
Sugbon tun fẹ awọn ijapa
Gbogbo ale lo n korin oriki
Ni ọjọ naa, awọn ilẹkẹ ẹgbẹ-ikun rẹ ti ṣokunkun"

“ The daughter of a tigeress
The prophetess of the three headed python
The one who has the opa ase to rule the two areeonakakafo of the seven skies
The eigh legged mother of the ten deities
Flowing in the egg of an eagle
The ten eyed sparrow that whistle the songs of the hunter
The queen of the forest that all creatures fear
The one whose bed is a black stick
Striking thousands on her left
Ten thousands on her right
The one whose legs are like the fox
But also like the tortoises
Every night she sings the oriki
The day, her waist beads tinkles“
Credit to the owner of the art