When a strainer takes in water

Disclaimer: This is a poem I love as I was growing up as a child as it projects the African culture. And it's not written by me......but it's worth the share!
Do enjoy!


When a strainer 🏀 takes in water 💧 
All the water 💧 immediately goes out of it
When a wicker fish 🐠 trap takes in water 💧 
All the water 💧 immediately goes out of it 
The drake cannot, even in a fit of anger 😇 crow.
Òwàwà cannot, even in a fit of anger, howl from dusk to dawn 
On the day brown monkey 🐵 meets the Alapinni, the monkey 🐵 forgets all its anger 
Oriji leaf commands you to forgive me, no matter what I may have done amiss
A blacksmith never knows what to forge with iron-dross 
Let all those who are annoyed 😴😈😴😈with me,
Let all those who have risen 🔗🔪🔫💣against me,
Let them have no power over me.
Let their anger subside. 

- Translated by A.

Olabimtan (Ofo)