Emeti,
Loyal and beautiful
Were you
Never have I seen
A maiden so fair
A gazelle, a pearl
My friend, my sister
My everything.
Oh!
Ufan mi
My twin
From another mother
Never had I thought
That by death’s
bullet
Would you be shot
Ufan mi
My arms are heavy
You I asked
To stay with us
Yet, into death’s ice
Have you been frozen
And your beauty
I behold
No more
Ufan mi
Who will I gossip
with?
Who will I call ufan?
Who will I call eyen
eka?
Come back to us
Come back to me
You were
I told you to stay
Now
You are gone
Never to return
Come back to us
Come back to me
For your memories
Are never enough
Ufan mi
Di o
Di o
Glossary:
Ufan mi
– My friend
Eyen eka – Sibling
Di o – Oh! Come
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