10th of January 2022
Alliiwo sons and daughters in Diaspora press release
Updated: Jan 31, 2022
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Aliiwo Eulogy (3rd stanza)
Ali Onibudo (the Camp Commandant)
Grandmaster over his household
The war Generalissimo in the battlefield
When the snake goes hungry and the tortoise yawns
Little did they know that both the snake and the tortoise are as good as meat
From the heritage of he that digs out Ostrich from garbage
Wanabori – the man beclouded with smoke and fire
The gourd (Ado) refuses to spill or crack at Osogbo
Our ancestors smack the delinquent with sun-dried okro powder
Ali Balogun drags enemies to the outskirts of Ajagaase –
Hence Ajagaase is saved from the hands of the Fulanis
He says, who are those weaklings and voiceless that do not know my worth?
Without reinforcement, no…
Oriki Aliiwo (continued)
Ali Onibudo – baba n’le baba l’oju ogun!
Ebi n p’ejo, ahun n yan,
At’ahun at’ejo eran jije
O wa ogongo l’oju Alaatan
Wanabori Ado ma tu l’Osogbo
O fi’ilasa k’omo alaigboran l’ogbon
O gba Ajagaase sile lowo Fulani
O ni taani alakisa l’enu n f’oju di?
Okunrin ti ko l’eyin agbara eni
Ani ko ma di ti n gbaaro
Onibudo gba ile l’owo on’ile
Ali gb’oke l’owo ol’oke
Ebe la n be Dudu pari ola
Ko to ma gba’le lowo ojo kofo
Baba nle baba loju ogun
Oyedemi, adungbe loju ogun.
(Source: Family archives)
Aliiwo Eulogy (2nd stanza)
Descendant of he that stones chaos so that the voice of residents will be heard.
You are the stump that stands still and remains ever unshakable.
It is he that shakes the stump that will always be shaken.
Whoever dares Wanibori will only have himself to blame.
From the heritage of Ali Onibudo -
Grand Master over his household
The war Generallisimo in the battlefield.
You are the stream that fights to conquer the domain of others.
From the heritage of Orara, that spikes fresh wounds only for the fly to perch.
Descendant of Ali, he who erects mansions with the showers of the rain.
As your fathers return from the marketplace, they draw okro on…
Aliiwo Eulogy
Descendant of Jogioro – the man of strength and valour
Who wears an armoury made of bronze
From the royal ancestry of Soun (king) of Ogbomoso
You are the real charm that stings like the bee
The fierce Hyena that threatens youth in the plantation
Your ancestors are Okiinakiina
That throngs the fowl of others into the fire
You are Obiripiri, the elephant that wields it’s strength on the highway
Dadakiki - the friend of the Egbas
You are the true offspring of the clan (-head)
Your royal household is of three peculiar entries
One for the maids and servants
One for the neighbours in the house
The owner of the house owns the central pathway
The descendant…
Oriki Aliiwo
Awa lomo Soun l’Ogbomoso
Omo Jogioro akandehunso
Omo pitiefon tii l’omode ode ka’ko
Omo obiripiri Erin f’agbara Dana
Dadakiki ore Egba
Baale naa lo ni o sokansokan
Awa lomo elenu ona meta
Eru Ile a rinkan
Abani gbele a rinkan
Awon omo ile a run taarin gbungbun
Omo otoro obe toro Abe
Baare ni boo robe o mabe wa
Se b’abe dun j’obe lo
Abe ni gbe ni obe ki gbeyan
Omo ajoko tolowu maran
To fesoeso mowo loo idi e
Igba tolowu osoro
O no ki Loko re o se
Olowu o kuku soro
Oko e lo n kun
Omo omi nla tii Teri igbe Lele
Mo ti duro mo wa mo o omo Eesigi
Awa lomo…