{"id":2110,"date":"2015-04-23T14:45:31","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T19:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=2110"},"modified":"2015-04-23T14:45:31","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T19:45:31","slug":"yoruba-poetry-in-praise-of-olodumare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2015\/04\/23\/yoruba-poetry-in-praise-of-olodumare\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoruba poetry in praise of Olodumare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The remarkable Mayowa Adeyemo performs a powerful poem in praise of Olodumare, the Supreme Deity.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rpnPkZDA0I8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Original:<\/p>\n<p>Od\u00edder\u00e9 ay\u00e9k\u00f2\u00f3t\u00e1 m\u00e1a wol\u00e8 m\u00e1r\u00e0ba<br \/>\nOd\u00e9der\u00e9 ay\u00e9b\u00f2\u00fat\u00f3 m\u00e1a wol\u00e8 m\u00e1r\u00e0ba<br \/>\no\u00f2 ri&#8217; b\u00e1y\u00e9 nw\u00e1 dor\u00edto d\u00f2 t\u00f3 dob\u00fa\u00e9po<br \/>\n\u1ecdm\u1ecd \u00f2 gb\u1ecd\u0301 t\u00ed baba mo, baba \u00f2 gb\u00f3 dim\u1ecd m\u00e1, aya \u00f2 gb\u1ecd\u0301 l\u1ecdk\u1ecd mo<br \/>\ngbogbo r\u00e8 w\u00e1 pol\u00fak\u00far\u00e1musu n\u00edl\u00e9 ay\u00e9 o<br \/>\nEl\u00e9d\u00f9mar\u00e8 e, Ol\u00f3d\u00f9 s\u00f3 m\u00e0re<br \/>\n\u00d2b\u00e1 w\u00e1 b\u00e1 wa t\u00fanl\u00e9 ay\u00e9 se<br \/>\nK\u00e1y\u00e9 \u00f3 m\u00e1se d\u00e0r\u00fa m\u00e1<br \/>\nK\u00e1y\u00e9 \u00f3 r\u00f3j\u00fa, k\u00e1y\u00e9 \u00f3 r\u00e1\u00e0y\u00e8<br 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wa<br \/>\nMose t\u00f3t\u00f3, mo se s\u00e1k\u00ec ol\u00fa<br \/>\nGbogbo \u00e8y\u00ed n\u00e1\u00e0, ko ba l\u00e8 gb\u00f3h\u00f9n \u00e8b\u00e8 mi ni<br \/>\n\u1ecc\u0300b\u00e1 d\u00e1kun w\u00e1 gb\u1ecd\u0301 o o o<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/04\/enso-799284-1280x768.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2111\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2015\/04\/23\/yoruba-poetry-in-praise-of-olodumare\/enso-799284-1280x768\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/04\/enso-799284-1280x768.jpg?fit=1280%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,768\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"enso-799284-1280&amp;#215;768\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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