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Orin fun Àgbẹ̀: Yoruba song encouraging farming:
Iṣẹ́ Àgbẹ̀ ni iṣẹ́ ilẹ̀ wa a, Farming is the job of our land
Ẹni kò ṣiṣẹ́, á mà jalè, He who fails to work, will steal
Ìwé kí kọ́, lai si ọkọ́ àti àdá Education without the hoe and cutlass (farm tools)
Kò ì pé o, kò ì pé o. Is incomplete, it is incomplete

Orin yi fi bi Yorùbá ti ka iṣẹ abínibí àkọ́kọ́ si hàn. Olùkọ́, a má kọ àwọn ọmọ ilé-iwé alakọbẹrẹ ni orin yi lati kọ wọn bi iṣẹ́-àgbẹ̀ ti ṣe kókó tó, nitori eyi, bi wọn ti nkọ́ iwé, ki wọn kọ́ iṣẹ́-àgbẹ̀ pẹ̀lú. “Olùpàṣẹ, ọ̀gá ninú Olórin Olóyè Ebenezer Obey” fi òwe Yorùbá ti ó sọ pé “Bi ebi bá kúrò ninú ìṣẹ́, ìṣẹ́ bùṣe” kọrin. Àgbẹ̀ ni ó npèsè oúnjẹ ti ará ilú njẹ àti ohun ọ̀gbin fún tità ni ilé àti si Òkè-òkun.

Àgbẹ̀ – Local African Farmer

Owó Àgbẹ ni Nàíjíríà fi ja ogun-abẹ́lé fún ọdún mẹta lai yá owó ni bi ọdún mẹta-din-laadọta titi di ọdún mẹrin-le-logoji sẹhin. Lẹhin ogun-abẹ́le yi, Naijiria ri epo-rọ̀bì ni rẹpẹtẹ fún tita si Òkè-òkun. Dipò ki wọn fi owó epo-rọ̀bì yi pèsè ẹ̀rọ oko-igbálódé fún àwọn Àgbẹ̀ lati rọ́pò ọkọ́ àti àdá, ṣe ni wọn fi owó epo-rọ̀bì ra irà-kurà ẹrù àti oúnjẹ lati Ò̀kè-òkun wọ ilú. Eyi ló fa ifẹ́-kufẹ si oúnjẹ àti ohun ti ó bá ti Oke-okun bọ̀ titi di òni.

Gẹ́gẹ́ bi Ọba-olórin Sunny Ade ti kọ́ lórin pé “Kò si Àgbẹ̀ mọ́ lóko, ará oko ti dari wálé”. Gbogbo ará oko ti kúrò lóko wá si ilú nlá lati ṣe “iṣẹ́-oṣù tàbi iṣẹ́-Ìjọba” dipò iṣẹ́-àgbẹ̀. Owó iná-kuna yi sọ ọ̀pọ̀ di ọ̀lẹ nitori ó rọrùn lati ṣe iṣẹ́ oṣù ni ibòji ilé-iṣẹ́, lẹhin iwé-mẹfa tàbi iwé-mẹwa ju ki wọn ṣe iṣẹ́-àgbẹ̀ lọ.

Òwe Yorùbá ti ó ni “Iṣẹ́ loògùn ìṣẹ́” kò bá ohun ti o nṣẹ lẹ̀ ni ayé òde òni lọ. Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ òṣìṣẹ́-Ijọba tàbi oniṣẹ́-oṣù wà ninú ìṣẹ́, nitori wọn kò ri owó gbà déédé mọ, bẹni àwọn ti ó fẹhinti lẹ́nu iṣẹ́ kò ri owó-ifẹhinti gbà nitori Ìjọba Ológun, Òṣèlú àti Ọ̀gá ilé-iṣẹ́ ngba àbẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀ wọn nja ilé-iṣẹ́ àti ilú ló olè nipa ki kó owó jẹ.

Oriṣiriṣi iṣẹ́-ọwọ́ àti òwò ló wà yàtọ̀ si iṣẹ́-àgbẹ̀. Ọ̀rọ̀ Yorùbá sọ pé, “Ọ̀nà kan kò wọ ọjà, ló mú telọ (aránṣọ) tó nta ẹ̀kọ”. Ohun ti oniṣẹ́-oṣù àti òṣiṣẹ́-Ìjọba lè ṣe lati lo iṣẹ́ fún oògùn ìṣẹ́ ni, ki wọn ni oko lẹgbẹ pẹ̀lú iṣẹ́-oṣù tàbi ki wọn kọ́ iṣẹ́-ọwọ́ miran ti wọn lè ṣe lẹhin ifẹhinti.

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Originally posted 2014-12-16 22:22:59. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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