Can anyone remember this poem from primary school?

              

EVER-GREEN MESSAGES FOR A LASTING LEGACY!

Check this Odunjo ageless Discovery:

ISÉ NI ÒÒGÙN ÌSÉ

Work is the antidote for poverty.

MÚRA SÍ ISÉ RE, ÒRÉ MI

Work hard, my friend.

ISÉ NI A FI Í DI ENI GIGA

Work/Labour is a major tool for elevation.

(Aspiring to higher height is fully dependent on hard work).

BÍ A KÒ BÁ RÉNI FÈYÌN TÌ, BÍ ÒLE LÀ Á RÍ

If we do not have anyone to lean on, we appear indolent.

BÍ A KO RÉNI GBÉKÈLÉ

if we do not have anyone to trust (or can depend on).

À A TERA MÓ ISÉ ENI

we simply work harder.

ÌYÁ RE LÈ LÓWÓ LÓWÓ

Your mother may be wealthy.

BÀBÁ SÌ LÈ LÉSIN LÉÈKÀN

Your father may have a ranch full of horses.

BÍ O BÁ GBÓJÚ LÉ WON

if you depend on their riches alone,

O TÉ TÁN NI MO SO FÚN O

you may end up in shame and disgrace, I tell you.

OHUN TÍ A KÒ BA JÌYÀ FÚN

whatever gain one does not work hard to earn.

KÌ Í LÈ TÓJÓ

usually does not last.

OHUN TÍ A BÁ FARA SISÉ FÚN

whatever gain one seriously Laboured for,

NÍ Í PÉ LÓWÓ ENI

is the one that lasts in one's hands (while in one's

possession).

APÁ LARÁ

the arm is a relative

ÌGÙNPÁ NÌYEKAN

the elbow is a sibling.

BÍ AYÉ N FÉ O LÓNÌÍ

YOU may be loved by all today.

BÍ O BÁ LÓWÓ LÓWÓ

It is when you have money,

NI WON Á MÁA FÉ O LÓLA

that they will love you again tomorrow.

TÀBÍ TÍ O BÁ WÀ NÍ IPÒ ÀTÀTÀ

or when you are in a high or respectable position,

AYÉ Á YÉ O SÍ TÈRÍN-TÈRÍN

All will honour you with cheers and smiles.

JÉ KÍ O DI ENI TI N RÁÁGÓ

wait till you become poor or a struggler,

KÍ O RÍ BÁYÉ TI Í YINMÚ SINI

and you will see how all grimace at you as they pass you by.

ÈKÓ SÌ TÚN N SONI Í DÒGÁ

Education also elevates/promotes to higher positions. 

MÚRA KÍ O KÓ O DÁRADÁRA

work hard to acquire good education.

BÍ O SÌ RÍ ÒPÒ ÈNÌYÀN

and if you see a lot of people,

TÍ WÓN N FI ÈKÓ SE ÈRÍN RÍN

making Education a laughing stock.

DÁKUN MÁ SE FARA WÉ WON

please do not emulate or keep their company.

ÌYÀ N BÒ FÓMO TÍ KÒ GBÓN

suffering is lying in wait for an unserious kid.

EKÚN N BE FÓMO TÓ N SÁ KIRI

sorrow is in the reserve for a truant kid.

MÁ FÒWÚRÒ SERÉ, ÒRÉ MI

Never toy with your early years, my friend.

MÚRA SÍSÉ, OJÓ N LO

Work harder; time and tide wait for no one.

Let’s pass it on to our children and friends.

Original work by J.F Odunjo