PUBLISHED: BEATS-ÌLÚ: POETRY ON JEKPHRASA
BEATS-ÌLÚ English He that beats the drums of garnished sorrow, dares not sing of his crocodile tears, and even if the people kiss their teeth in well-fed anguish the conceited king is still drunken and boozed to stupor with laughter. Yoruba Alubàtá kìi d'árin bi ìjòyè k'ígbe ofò ti ará ìlú sin wo òsé èrín kee ni oba òdájú rin