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Translation mash-up: "Dust Bowl" » English to Yoruba

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Source text in English

I'm gonna make my own way,
I'm gonna head downtown,
Walk around, settle down,
Find me a proper drink.
Don't need a helmet
To get me through life,
I walk across the water,
Blame it on foolish pride.

Lifting me up,
Tearing me down,
All you give me is indecision
the classic run-around.
Bringing me higher,
Keeping me whole,
Now I feel like I'm living
Living in a Dust Bowl.

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Dust Bowl
By
Joe Bonamassa
English-Yoruba
Translation:
Awo Eruku
By
Silas Ola-Abayomi.


Àwo Eruku

Èmi yío yẹ’nà fún ra mí,
àárín igun ìlú ni n gó da rí
kọ,
rìn gba fẹ, ti’ n gó sì
tẹ dò sí’bẹ.
èmi yío wá ohun mímu
tí’ó dọ ṣọ.
Láì ní lo àsíborí
fún lí la gbígbé ayé kọ já,
Èmi la agbami odò kọ já,
bá ni wí fún ìwà òmùgọ
oní gbéraga mi.

Kó da a gbé mi lá ru gẹ,
a fí mì ṣẹ sín,
àbá lọ àbá bọ ni ài lé pìn nù
ìwà ayé báyé tí ko ṣà jè jì si wà
kó da a gbé mi só kè,
mo wà ṣọ kan ló dindi,
wà yí ni mó to ní ìmọ lára
ìgbé sí ayé,
ìgbé sí ayé nínú Àwo Eruku.
Entry #24754 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Silas Abayomi
Silas Abayomi
United States
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