Oriṣi mẹta ni Yorùbá ka igbà ẹ̀dá si. Gẹ́gẹ́ bi àgbà ninú Olórin ilẹ̀ Aláwọ̀dúdú Olóyè Ebenezer Obey (Fabiyi) ti kọ́ pé “Igbà mẹta ni igbà ẹ̀dá láyé, igbà òwúrọ̀, igbà ọ̀sán, igbà alẹ́, ki alẹ́ san wá ju òwúrọ̀ lọ”. Igbà meji ló wà fún ojú ọjọ́ – igbà òjò àti ẹ̀rùn.
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Òjò ti fẹ́rẹ̀ kásẹ̀ kúrò ni ilẹ̀ ni oṣù kẹsan ọdún nitori àsikò ìkórè sún mọ́lé lẹhin òjò. Gẹgẹ bi ọ̀rọ̀ Yorùbá ti ó sọ pé “Igba …” ó yẹ ki enia kọ lati lo àsikò dáradára, nitori igbà kò dúró de ẹni kan. Kò yẹ ki enia fi àkókò ṣòfò, nitori ẹni kò gbin nkan, kò ni ẹ̀tọ́ àti kórè ni igbà ikórè. Ọ̀rọ̀ yi ṣe rán ẹni ti ó bá nfi àárọ̀ ṣeré leti pé bi igbà bá ti lọ, kò ṣe rà padà.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Yoruba belief groups a human’s time into three groups. One of the songs of the prominent African musician, Chief Ebenezer Obey (Fabiyi) reiterates this belief in his music. Spelling out the times into morning, afternoon and evening, and praying that the evening will be better than the morning. There are however, two seasons namely – rainy and dry Seasons.
The rainy season is almost over in the month of September as the harvest season is near after the rain. According to the Yoruba adage “Time passes bye and it does not wait forever”, people should learn to use time well, because time waits for no one. It is not wise to waste time, because whoever does not sow, does not deserve to reap during harvest season. It is apt to use this adage to remind the lazy one wasting his/her youth that once time is lost it cannot be redeemed.
Originally posted 2015-09-01 20:07:32. Republished by Blog Post Promoter