Emi, Mo wuwo!
Me, I am heavy!
***
My children, where have you?
They have removed you from home.
Iya abandoned her search.
***
The Watchmen are sleeping.
***
Awon omo mi sonu!
My Children are missing, O!
***
My loneliness travels along
the dusty veins.
Emotions scramble to find shelter.
***
Peace, in pieces,
I am a broken dish,
in the corner of the potter's house.
Yemoja, I cry for my children.
***
Emi, Mo wuwo!
Me, I am heavy!
Awon omo mi sonu!
My children are missing, O!
***
Awọn koriko ododo mi ti ku!
My flower pastures have died.
See, my tree, you are born.
***
The buds still wander along the petiole.
***
The roots still reach high,
but the intersections have retreated.
***
Ogún wa ti sọnu!
Our heritage is lost!
***
Emi, Mo wuwo!
Me, I am heavy!
For the land of Ebony is where you belong.
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