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-Daddy, May you live long, -Daddy,
Your Highness, Your Highness,
Enjoy your life, Enjoy life, sir, Ah!
What are you ladies doing to me?
What? What?
Surprise me, ladies,
He says "surprise me,''
How is market today? How is market today? Greetings, Today is good,
Hey, Elesin,
Where are you going in such a hurry, like a cockerel without its adorned tail?
Going to where my cockerel doesn’t need its adornment,
Such is life,
Get a new bride, forget the older wife,
It’s not like that, Olohun Iyo,
My spirit lives in this market,
enduring both sadness and joy,
You see these women, they are packing their wares to
go home, Today will be the last time I see them,
I’m ready to come with you,
Just tell me, "Olohun Iyo, you’ll accompany me on this journey"
And I’ll follow you!
Hmm, Thank you for your loyalty,
But it can’t be beyond this world,
This market is home,
I feel at home whenever I’m among these women,
I feel so much comfort here,
-The king's horseman, greetings, -Father, father, we greet you,
-How is the market? -Father, we greet you,
-Well done! -Thank you,
Tonight, I will lay my head upon their laps,
-Father, -Won’t that be nice,
And then I will go to sleep,
-That sounds like you, -Mmmm,
-Their sweat, -Hmm,
their scent,
-the smell of indigo on their clothes, -Hmm,
will be the last breath I breathe
before I go
to my forefathers, Before I go to the afterlife,
-Palm wine tapper, Greetings, Greetings, -Greetings to you,
Well wishes,
-Greetings, Greetings, father, -Greetings, father,
-Well done young one, -Well wishes,
When the time is right…
you will see me dancing on the narrow path
that was taken by my forefathers,
-Look, my mind is made up, -Hmm,
And nothing will stop me,
Are you sure that nothing will stop you?
Nothing can stop the King's Horseman,
-Father, we hail you! -You will not let us down,
-I want to go and meet my king, -Hmm,
I'm on a journey to visit my master,
-Hmm, -We know you as a man of honor,
Thank you,
The world as we know it has an end,
Life is honor…
and it ends where honor ends,
-That's right, -That's true,
Do you understand?
Your teeth
-Tell me, friends… -Mm-hm?
-Am I still on this earth? -Yes, You are still on this earth,
-Greetings, my dear, -Am I still in my market
that I loved so much when I was still in my youth?
Yes!
Or am I in the afterlife?
No! You're still on this earth,
Have I already gone to meet my departed ancestors?
No!
-I'm still in the market? -Yes! You are still in the market,
Why these questions, Elesin?
Really,
You’re still here on earth,
Really?
This voice you hear, it's me, Olohun Iyo,
Not heaven's attendant,
Aah! Alright, if that is so…
Who is that beautiful goddess over there?
Oh no, Iyaloja,
I know all your ladies very well,
Who is she?
Elesin, Elesin Oba,
-Am I still among the living? -Yes!
You're still amongst the living,
That beautiful lady suddenly entered the market,
and she lit up everywhere,
Uh, she’s already engaged to be married,
She has a man,
She'll be getting married soon,
Why are you telling me this?
Elesin,
this is not to offend you,
Today is your day,
and the world is yours,
Eh, but we know everything we do has consequences,
Who doesn’t want to be remembered?
Don’t you want me… don't you want me to enjoy my last moments on earth?
Mm? I don't want to travel with luggage when I leave,
I would like to travel light,
I would like to travel light when I leave,
I don't really understand what you're saying,
Allow me to travel light, Iyaloja, I want to travel light,
Let me enjoy my last moments on earth,
And to leave
my seed behind before I go,
Eh, Elesin is on his way to the afterlife,
I cannot refuse his last request,
-Ah! But, Iyaloja! -Iyaloja!
Look, we have too much at stake, I will let him have his wish,
Ah-ah, Iyaloja, this girl is engaged to your son,
-Didn’t you tell him? -Iyaloja,
He is my son, He will listen to my wishes,
Am I not his mother? His loss can be fixed,
Our father!
Thank you, thank you, I'm grateful,
Oh yes, That's right,
-Whatever she says becomes law, -That's fine,
Do you want to question her?
What do my mothers say?
Will you grant my heart's desire?
Right, It's good to empty your loins on earth into a home we know and love,
So that you can plant the remaining life you have within
into the family you came through,
Iyaloja,
the mother of all the children of the market,
Your intelligence surpasses all of ours!
Right! Right! Great mother!
Elesin Oba,
Iyaloja,
You have always had eyes on women,
Alright, I give my blessing to your request,
Hm, alright, Take the good news to our maiden,
and get her ready for her wedding,
Wedding?
Alright go on,
Dress her up nicely,
You didn’t want me to marry her at first,
Why? You’re the one who wants to "travel light",
That's good,
Be warned, the seed you want to plant,
does not come with a curse for our community,
Ah-ah! What do you mean by that?
Alright, I refuse to be offended,
Aah! Why be offended?
I will ask them to prepare your bridal suite,
But these same hands will prepare your burial clothes,
Come on,
-Iyaloja, -What is it?
What you said is too much,
Why must you be so blunt?
Alright, Go and prepare my burial clothes,
But, the fingers of my new bride must caress my body,
Until I go to meet my ancestors in the afterlife,
Elesin Oba!
Huh?
-You’re such a rascal, -You understand,
-Okay, Just go and prepare yourself, -I am prepared,
That's alright, That's good, That's good,
Shh,
What was that?
Oh, it's you Amusa,
Huh?
Why didn't you just knock instead of knocking things over?
Ah,
Mr, Pilkings,Mr, Pilkings,
What is the matter with you?
Ah… ah,
Ah-ah!
Madam,
What the hell is the matter with you man! Speak!
It's our costume darling, Our fancy dress,
Ah! Yeah, forgot all about that,
I think you've shocked his pagan heart, bless him,
Nonsense, he's a Moslem,
Come on Amusa, you don't believe in all that nonsense, Do you?
I thought you were a good Moslem,
Mr, Pilkings, please, sir,
What do you think you are… doing in that outfit? Eh?
It belongs to the dead, not the living,
Oh Amusa, what a letdown you are,
I swear by you at the club you know,
"Thank God for Amusa, he doesn't believe in any mumbo jumbo",
Now look at you!
Uh, uh… Sir, I beg you,
take it off,
Eh? It’s not appropriate for a man like you to touch that… cloth,
Mm-mm,
And Jane and I have bet that we're taking first prize at the ball,
So, let's have some sense,
You seem to forget that you are a police officer
in the service of His Majesty's government,
Now pull yourself together, report your business or face disciplinary action,
Uh, it’s a matter of death, It's a matter of life and death,
Ah-ah! I cannot uh, relate to someone wearing the costume of the dead,
It's like speaking against the government to someone in a police uniform,
I’ll go now, I'll come back later,
Now!
Oh Amusa,
what is there to be scared of in the costume?
We took these from those troublesome egungun cult leaders
who were arrested last month,
If the juju didn't harm you then,
why would it harm you now, just merely by looking at it?
Madam,
eh, I arrested the troublemakers
who were causing trouble,
But me, I didn't touch the egungun, I don't abuse it,
I treat the egungun with respect,
Write your report or whatever it is Amusa, on that pad,
And take yourself out of here,
Come on, Jane!
Hm,
Jane!
I'm coming, darling, I'm nearly ready,
Never mind being ready, just listen to this,
-What is it? -Amusa's report,
"I have to report that it come to my information
that one prominent chief,
namely, the Elesin Oba,
is to commit death tonight as a result of native custom,"
"Because this is criminal offence,
I await further instruction at charge office, Sergeant Amusa,"
Did I hear you say commit death?
Obviously, he means murder,
Do you mean a ritual murder?
Must be,
Does it mean we won't go to the ball at all?
No!
I'll have the man arrested, Everyone remotely involved,
As the parents of the maiden that is supposed to marry my son,
hmm… I’d like you to take heart,
The ancestors have spoken tonight,
And we have decided to give Elesin his last earthly wishes,
He’s getting ready to go and meet his ancestors,
Your daughter will be the one to receive the seed
that comes with the strength and power of his lineage,
I would like us to honor it,
Mother, prepare your daughter to receive Elesin,
Father,
hmm…
let us rejoice
that the will of the ancestors is done to your daughter,
My Akanni,
you are my firstborn and I am your mother,
I want you to look around you,
all that I have is yours, even more than you can think,
I want you to honor me,
And let us do the will of our ancestors, Let us do it,
Tonight, a man of honor rides to greet them,
Sir?
Come in, Joseph,
I don't know where you pick up all these elephantine notions of tact,
Come over here,
Sir?
What is supposed to be going on in town tonight?
Tonight, Sir? Oh,
You mean the chief who is going to kill himself?
What do you mean kill himself?
You mean he's going to kill somebody, don't you?
He's not going to kill anybody,
and no one will kill him, He will simply die,
Die? Nobody just dies,
It is native law and custom,
The King died last month, tonight is his burial,
But before they bury him, the Elesin must die
so as to accompany him to heaven,
I seem to be fated to clash more often with
that man than with any of the other chiefs,
The so called King's Chief Horseman,
Simon, what's the matter?
He's that chief with whom I had a scrap some three or four years ago,
I offered to get his son to medical school in England, remember?
Yes, now I remember, The most sensitive young man, what was his name again?
Olunde,
The old pagan wanted him to stay and carry on some
family tradition or the other,
And then I couldn't understand the fuss he made, I literally had to
help the boy escape from closed confinement
and load him onto the next boat,
Most intelligent boy, really bright,
The most sensitive young boy, you know,
Well now, he's going to be a first-class doctor,
His mind is set on that,
And as long as he wants my help, he is welcome to it,
Who is the one bold enough
to take me away from the fun of the night?
It’s me, your friend,
-I just arrived, -Olunde,
How come the man who left us for England is already back right on time,
without forewarning? Ah-ah,
-Or are you a clairvoyant? -Oh, no,
I am just a medical doctor,
Dr, Olunde, mind you,
Olunde,
I heard that our King died last month,
There's a wedding going on tonight?
Olunde, you know your father better,
He's getting married?
Tonight?
Joseph!
Yes, master,
What's the drumming about?
-I don't know, master, -What do you mean you don't know?
It's only two years since your conversion,
Don't tell me all that holy water nonsense also
wiped out your tribal memory,
Master!
-Now you've done it, -What have I done now?
Listen Joseph, just tell me this,
Is that drumming connected to dying or anything of that nature?
Madam, that's what I am trying to say,
I'm not sure,
It sounds like the death of a great chief,
then it sounds like the wedding of a great chief,
It's really mixed me up,
Ah, Simon, it's obvious we have to miss this ball,
Nonsense,
It's the first bit of real fun the European Club
has managed to organize for over a year,
I'm damned if I'm going to miss it,
And it is a rather special occasion,
More special than the usual gaudy club affair?
Oh, but you didn't know that the Prince is in town, did you?
He's going to grace the ball later with his presence, And we
my dear lady of the dead, are gonna take the prize,
Eye on the prize as they say, better get ready,
I need you to take this note directly to Sergeant Amusa,
You'll find him at the charge office, Get on your bicycle and race there with it,
I expect you back in 20 minutes exactly,
-Clear? -Yes master,
Jane darling, we better be going, to put in a proper appearance,
The other provincials are going to be damn envious!
Amusa, eh, greetings to you,
-Welcome, -Eh-eh, Don't greet me, Ah-ah,
-Move and let me pass, -Ah-ah,
Look, I am here for official business oh,
Where are you going, Amusa?
Inside there, Because I know he's there,
Who?
The one that calls himself Elesin Oba,
Amusa, you don’t understand,
He's not the one who calls himself "Elesin Oba", Look,
his pedigree that calls him so,
Just as his father was so-called, that's how his child after him
would be called, Listen, your white man can't do anything about it,
Wait a minute,
isn’t it the same ocean that touches our land here that reaches
the white man’s land?
It’s the same one,
Amusa, tell your white man,
tell him that he may hide our son
for as long as he wishes,
but when the time is right,
the same ocean that took him there will bring him back to us,
The British government says "enough!" You can't take laws into your hands,
An end must come to all these illegal activities,
So, who is going to stop it, Amusa?
Is it you that want to stop it?
You just don’t understand, Tonight, our father…
Our father,
-Our husband… -Our husband,
Will show himself as being above all strange laws in this land,
That's right!
Look, nothing will happen tonight, or at any other time,
Look, it is ignorant and uh, criminal for anyone to pull
-this kind of a stunt, -You’d better not bite your tongue
with all the English you are speaking tonight,
-Welcome, -Welcome,
Amusa,
Why are you here to destroy other people’s joy?
He can’t even destroy our joy,
-Iyaloja, I am glad to see you, -Hmm?
You know me oh, you know I'm not a troublemaker, right? Aah-ah,
But duty is duty oh,
I am here to arrest Elesin Oba,
Who is planning to kill himself, which contravenes the law,
Tell these women to get out of my way and let me get through,
Ah! What about you?
What gives you the right to prevent our leader from doing his duty?
-Duty? -Yes,
What kind of duty is that, Iyaloja?
What kind duty, duty, Ah!
What else is the duty of a man to his new bride?
-Ah-ah, -Uh, Iyaloja,
is this supposed to be a wedding?
Ahh! Amusa,
whatever the white man has turned you to,
did he also prevent you from getting yourself a bride?
Doesn’t your master have his own?
Go ask him, he will tell you,
-Iyaloja, this is not a wedding, -Ah-ah,
Yes, It may not look like a wedding to you,
but, go ask your master
what he would do if he was prevented
from his right on his wedding night,
Iyaloja, I said this is not a wedding!
Ah! Amusa, I now understand you,
You want to be a witness?
You want to see how a maiden is deflowered,
Maybe, maybe his wives are still waiting for him to learn,
Iyaloja,
That’s right!
Please tell your women not to insult me,
-They shouldn't insult me, If they do… -What will you do?
-I will cause trouble for them, -Oh come off it please, Amusa,
-Constables! -Please, Amusa, You are a joker,
-Ah-ah! Beat him! -Beat him! Beat him very well!
-Our mother, -Beat him! Deal with him!
Chase him!
-Beat? -Come back, Come here!
Chase him! Pursue them! Deal with him! Look at him!
You mother of beautiful maidens,
have this,
This is not just virgin blood,
It is the union of life and the seeds of my passage,
It is my spirit,
the last that came out from my body,
and the promise of a future life that I Ieave behind,
Mm-hmm,
The bride is worthy!
The time is almost near,
The King’s dog is dead,
And the King’s horse has followed its master,
Our wedding ceremony is not over yet,
Not until I'm dead… will it be complete,
Stay with me… until then,
My praise singers, please do me the last honors,
Here is where I've chosen
to leave this world full of bondage,
This is where I’ve known love
and laughter, not in the palace,
Do me the honors,
My spirit is ready…
to become the king’s messenger,
Your Highness, His majesty's Government welcomes you,
May I introduce my wife? Alice,
-Good evening, -Please,
Introducing Madam Taiwo Abioye,
and her sister Madam Bola Adegoke,
Thanks,
Greetings, Your Royal Highness,
Nigeria welcomes you,
Thank you very much,
Good evening,
Madam,
Evening, it's a pleasure,
Evening,
Good evening,
Good evening, Sir, Good evening, Yes,
It's a pleasure,
Gentlemen,
How terrible that it's come to this,
Are these the very people we bow to?
District officer and his wife,
How very provincial,
Elesin of Alaafin, do you hear me?
Elesin of Alaafin, do you hear my call?
Softly, softly, Your Majesty,
Softly, softly,
If you cannot come, tell my dog,
I can't wait too long at the gate,
Leave your cloth behind in the forest,
The dog does not outrun the hand that feeds it meat,
When the horse throws it's rider, its owner stops running,
Alaafin's horseman will not trust any animal
for his message between a king and his companion,
I say if you get lost, my dog will find you,
The King's Horseman will never get lost!
Elesin knows the way to his destination,
I have freed myself from worldly desires,
The night is almost here,
As you can see it says "emergency" on the outside,
I took the liberty of opening it because His Highness was obviously
enjoying the entertainment,
Yes, Yes, of course, sir,
Is it really as bad as it says? What's it all about?
Some strange custom they have, sir, It seems because the King is dead,
some important chief has to commit suicide,
I sent Amusa to prevent this catastrophe,
Clearly he did not,
Meanwhile my person in charge is parading
in a native costume, a winner no doubt,
Now I have to inform His Royal Highness
there is a riot erupting not two miles from here,
Sergeant Amusa is sometimes prone to exaggerations,
He sounds desperate enough, You should've kept me informed, Pilkings,
I wasn't aware of the whole business until tonight, sir,
Nose to the ground Pilkings, Nose to the ground,
If we let all of these little things slip past us where would the Empire be, eh?
Tell me that, Where would we all be?
Sleeping peacefully at home I bet,
What did you say, Pilkings?
It won't happen again, sir,
It mustn't, Pilkings, It mustn't,
We're supposed to be a secure colony of His Majesty, Pilkings,
No, these can't be our native police,
Are these the ringleaders of the riot?
Sir, these are my police officers,
Oh, I do beg your pardon, officers,
You do look a little…
I say, they're missing something from their uniform,
I think they used to have some rather colorful sashes,
A bit of color always appeals to the natives, yes?
Well, where are we? Make your report man,
Let's have no more superstitious nonsense from you Amusa,
Or I'll throw you in the guardroom for a month and feed you pork,
Alright, Well, you handle things, Pilkings,
Whatever you do, don't let things get out of control,
Keep a cool head and…
nose to the ground, Pilkings,
Yes, sir,
Is that midnight? I had no idea it was that late,
Alright, you two, let's go, Let's go!
Goodnight Madam,
Oh… Amusa,
Poor Simon,
Who is that?
I didn't mean to startle you Madam,
I'm looking for the District Officer,
Wait a minute, don't I know you?
Oh, yes!
You are Olunde, the young man who went--
Mrs, Pilkings!
How fortunate, I came here to look for your husband,
Olunde! Let's look at you,
What a fine young man you've become,
Grand, but solemn,
Good God, when did you return?
We just spoke about you earlier, How did you even get in?
I came on the same voyage as the Prince,
You are…
You look quite well Mrs, Pilkings,
From what little I can see of you,
Yes, this, It's caused quite a stir I can assure you that,
and not all of it very pleasant,
You're not shocked, I hope?
Why should I be?
But don't you find it rather hot in there?
Well, it's all for a good cause,
What's good cause Mrs, Pilkings?
Well all this, the ball, And His Highness being here in person and all that,
And that is the good cause for which you desecrate an ancestral mask?
Oh, I see you are shocked after all, how disappointing,
No, I am not shocked,
You forget that I have now spent four years among your people,
I discovered that you have no respect for what you do not understand,
Oh so, you've returned with a chip on your shoulder,
What a pity Olunde, I'm sorry,
The horseman's son I believe,
Wears a suit quite well,
Coveting youth doesn't become you sister,
Please Mrs, Pilkings, do you think you could find your husband for me?
I have to talk to him,
Simon…
There is a little problem in town that he was sent for,
Why are you here?
I was sent a cable that the King had died,
I came to bury my father,
Well, thank God you don't have to go through that agony,
Simon is going to stop it,
That's why I want to see him,
He's wasting his time,
And since he has been so helpful to me,
I do not want him to incur the enmity of our people,
Especially for nothing,
You… Olunde it's not nothing,
It makes no sense,
Yet another error into which your people fall,
You believe that everything that appears to make sense was learned from you,
Not so fast Olunde, You've learnt to argue I can tell that,
But your father's death is still a barbaric custom,
The King dies and a chieftain must be buried with him?
How feudalistic can you get!
And this?
Even in the midst of a devastating war,
Look at that,
What name would you give to that?
Therapy, British style,
The preservation of sanity in the midst of chaos,
Others would call it decadence,
However, it doesn't really interest me,
You "whites" know how to survive,
Through this war I have slowly seen that
your greatest art is the art of survival,
But at least have the humility to let others survive their own way,
Through ritual suicide?
Is that worse than mass suicide? War that claims millions of lives?
In your newsreels I've heard defeats,
thorough, murderous defeats described as strategic victories,
I know now how history is made,
I have had enough time to study your people,
I saw nothing, finally, that gives you the right to
pass judgment on other people's ways, Nothing at all,
Oh, please!
Listen,
You can't hear anything over that… music,
What is it?
The drums,
Can you hear the drums?
Listen,
There,
It's all over,
-Do you mean he's… -Yes, Mrs, Pilkings,
My father is dead,
His willpower has always been enormous,
I know he is dead,
How can you… be so callous,
So unfeeling!
You announce your own father's death like you're a surgeon looking on some…
stranger's body!
You're just a savage like all the rest,
My father has been dead in my mind for nearly a month,
Ever since I learnt of the King's death,
I've lived with my bereavement so long I cannot think of him alive,
My mind is on my duties as the one who must perform the rites
over my father's body,
Even as he himself has taught me,
I don't want to do anything wrong,
Something that could jeopardize the welfare of my people,
Let me go!
The clothing of shame you have put on me is enough,
White man! Take your hands off me!
That's my father's voice,
Carry him to the cell in the garden,
Ah!
Give me back my name, which you have stolen from me!
You nameless pale forest ghoul,
We cannot have a disturbance here, Carry him,
Leave me alone!
Olunde,
Ah!
Child, do not let the sight of your father turn you blind,
I do not have a father, unprincipled man,
Ah!
You seem fascinated by the moon,
Yes, albino,
Your twin up there engages my thoughts,
It is a beautiful night,
Is that so?
Light on the leaves, peace of the night,
White man, this night is not peaceful!
I would have said it was, You know…
quiet,
Is silence the same as… peace to you?
Can't you hear me?
This night is not peaceful!
White man, the world is not at peace!
You have shattered what is left of the peace in the land,
Hear me, there is no sleep on earth tonight,
It is still a good bargain,
If the world should lose one night's sleep for the sake of saving a man's life,
You didn't save my life!
You only destroyed my life, white man,
You stole my firstborn son away from me,
You sent him to your land… to turn him into your shadow,
You stole from me the child
that was supposed to follow in my footsteps,
And when it was my turn, you stopped me from fulfilling my destiny,
Did you think well about these things? Ah!
These your plans will only destroy our world,
Ah! It's beyond your understanding,
You don't really believe that,
But listen, white man,
The world is set adrift,
and it's inhabitants are lost,
We’re surrounded by nothing but emptiness,
Ah! Aah! Ah,
You've prevented me from my duty,
But I’m very sure my son is a true firstborn,
My mind was initially telling me and
I've been suspicious of him to be aligning with the enemies of our race,
It is good to learn the secrets of one’s enemies,
But listen,
his spirit will punish you
your offsprings and your generations, I promise you that,
That kind of talk is hardly called for,
If you don't want my consolation,
I don't want it!
Stop trying!
As you wish,
I've lost a father’s place of honor,
My voice is broken,
Ah!
Before I leave you, may I ask just one thing of you?
I'm listening, white man,
I have lived among you long enough to learn a thing or two,
The elder grimly approaches heaven,
you ask him to bear your greetings,
Do you really think he makes the journey willingly?
We're all afraid of death and no one really wants to die,
Simon! Simon!
What on earth…
Chief Elesin, there's yet another person here who wants to see you,
As she is not your next-of-kin, I don't really feel obliged to let her in,
Your son has sent a message with her, so it's up to you,
I know who it is,
Hmm,
The odor of my shame has gone far and wide,
It needs no hunter’s dog to find it,
She has found the hiding place where you kept me,
If you don't wanna see her, just say so and I'll send her packing,
Why would I not want to see Iyaloja,
There's nothing left to hide,
All my shame is already laid bare,
Let her in, Let her come,
Here she is,
Now,
first I want your word of honor that you will try nothing foolish,
Honor?
White man, do you want my word of honor?
I know you to be a man of honor,
I know that you searched her before she got here,
Searched her as you would never dare touch your mother,
And I shall be sitting out there watching even how you blink,
What else?
Haven’t you already taken all my honor?
Haven’t you locked it up in that desk
where you have written today’s report?
All the honor of my people, you have taken away from them,
Written in those papers of treachery, which made you master over this land,
if you must bring in politics, we'll have to do it the hard way,
Madam, I want you to remain along this line, and move no nearer to the cell door,
Guards, if she moves beyond this point, blow your whistle, Come on Jane,
See how boldly the lizard struts before the pigeon,
Whereas, he’d promised us a fight with the eagle,
I don’t want your pity, Iyaloja,
If you didn't have a message for me, you wouldn't have come, Even if
it is all the curses of the world, I am ready to listen,
I will tell the other chiefs
how you showed bravery in waging war against the white man who took your side
against your death,
You showed bravery indeed, But only with words!
All the scornful words you have, you can say them to me,
I more than deserve them,
Didn't I warn you?
That if you want to leave a seed behind, do not leave the one that is cursed,
But you refused,
Who are you…
to want a self-replacement when you yourself are not really ready to die?
My powers deserted me!
All my charms and spells were ineffective,
And even my voice lacked strength
when I tried to summon the powers to lead me to the other side of the immortals,
You have betrayed us!
We said that you are the hunter that brings all animals down,
We gave you all the honor, including my son's bride,
But no, you answered, "I am the hunter's dog,"
"The hunter's waste is what I feed on,"
Iyaloja, my shame is enough,
You have not seen anything yet!
-I brought luggage with me! -And you have delivered it!
It is what you deserve!
Whosoever breaks precedent,
will face unknown consequences,
I really pity you,
I do not need your pity!
Not even the pity of world,
Even I, I'm intrigued, and… I need to understand,
What a disgraceful sight,
You are now crying foul with your pity party,
"Help me, help me, I'm being pursued by an animal," It does not fool the hunter,
Did I not tell you that I came with luggage?
It’s now on the way,
Elesin Oba, Let me ask you a question,
Didn’t they say when the banana plant dies,
it replaces itself,
Or in your own reasoning, it is…
the banana that replaces the offspring?
Iyaloja,
what is the meaning of all this?
I did not ask you for a translation!
I asked a question,
Is it the banana that replaces the offspring?
Answer me!
The parent,
Aaaah,
So you know,
Some people exist… only to turn the world upside down,
Elesin Oba!
Should I tell you what the gods have taken from you?
-What's happened? -She'd moved across the line,
Ah Elesin, look at you now,
Once upon a time,
no one would have dared to push Iyaloja aside with you present, He must be brave,
Now, look at what you have become,
I think you'd better leave,
White man,
you have a prince here, who came from your Homeland,
Tell me,
when he dies,
would you have left the spirit to roam
the surface of the earth without having peace on earth?
Would you even consider burying him here among us whom you consider subhuman?
Or have you no special ceremonies for the dead in your land where you come from?
But we don't make our chiefs commit suicide to keep him company!
Young man! I have not come to help your understanding,
This is the man whose weakened understanding holds us in your contempt,
You can ask him if you wish,
He knows the meaning of a King’s passage, because he was not born yesterday,
He also knows the peril, especially to our race
when our King that died,
that serves as our intermediary when he waits, and waits,
knowing that we have betrayed him,
He knows when the narrow gate was opened,
and he does not wait for despicable laggards that keep smelling dogs vomit
including all the remnants from
those that are far below him that is in his mouth,
He knows that he has condemned our King to wander in the void,
For the enemy of our world to mock,
Look, what we have asked of you is little,
Let Elesin
go and set our King free,
so he can rest with his ancestors in peace,
The messenger is nearby, on the back of the women,
This is the least of all his oaths,
and it is the easiest fulfilled,
What is it, Bob?
Sir,
there's a group of women chanting outside,
Give way and let them in,
What do they look like?
They're not many and they seem quite peaceful,
-Any men? -Two or three at the most,
Alright, let them in Bob, Warn them to control themselves,
I hope you understand if anything happens it will be on your head,
My men have orders to shoot at the first sign of trouble,
Huh?
You don't care that to prevent one death, you will actually kill more?
What great logic of the white man,
But have no fear,
Your Prince will sleep peacefully when he dies, and so will ours at last,
Nobody would ask you any question,
White man's slave,
just let Elesin fulfill his oath
and we will go home to pay homage to our own King,
District Officer, do not fear,
I have a message to send to my King,
After that, there’s nothing left to fear,
Olunde would have done it,
The chiefs asked him to speak the words,
but he said no,
not while you are still alive,
Even from the depth to which my spirit has sunk…
I find some joy
that I can still…
perform my duty to my departed King,
What is that?
It is the luggage you packed, white man,
We did not come to fight,
I said what…What is it?
Set me free,
I have a duty to perform,
I most certainly will not,
There lies the courier of my King,
Let me go! So I can perform what is demanded of me!
You'll need to do whatever you do from inside there or not at all,
I've gone as far as
I intend to with this business!
I must speak secretly as my father… as my father whispered it in my ears,
And that is how I want to whisper it to my son's ear,
They are not words I can shout to the wind…
or in the open night sky, Let me go!
Simon--
Don't interfere! Please,
They have slain the favorite horse of the King,
They have slain his dog,
They have carried them from house to house to receive prayers for our King,
But Elesin refused to leave,
Is it too much to ask that he speaks heart to heart with the waiting courier?
Elesin Oba,
See how they have turned their backs on you
to prevent you from your duty?
Elesin Oba,
I call you this for the last time,
Do you remember me telling you that if you cannot come,
you should send my horse to come?
Has your tongue been uprooted from its root?
If there's a hill that you can't climb,
mount my horse so he can bring you,
Once, Elesin,
you had a tongue that moved like a drummer’s stick,
I said if you get lost, my dog will track a path to me; his feet knew the way,
At last, if an evil hand holds you back,
just tell my horse, I cannot wait too long,
Here lies the swiftest messenger of the King,
My companion, if you had followed when you should have,
we won't say the dog has raced and left the master behind,
Indeed,
If you had left at the appointed time,
we wouldn't now say that the horse has preceded its rider,
Had you lifted your spirit,
to cut the thread of life when the priest summoned,
we would not now say it was your shadow that fell
and took its owner’s place at the feast,
What is left?
Talk to your shadow now,
Speak to your shadow which must now serve in your place,
Here lies your messenger, Elesin,
The chosen companion of the King,
I can't approach him now,
Please remove the covering,
I will send my voice in the depth of silence,
Look,
Your glory!
Here lies the glory of our household and of our race,
It's here on the ground,
Your son could not bear to let honor depart from your lineage,
so he sacrificed his life,
Ah, Elesin, the son has proven to be the father,
And there's nothing left
but infant gums in your mouth,
Elesin,
we placed the reins of the world in your hands,
yet you watched it and it spilled away,
You sat with folded hands
as evil strangers tilted the world and crashed it into the abyss of emptiness,
Your heir has now taken your place,
We are not gods to tell the future,
but, this young shoot has now replaced the parent,
And we know that this is not the proper way,
Never!
Our world is tumbling down in the void of strangers, Elesin!
Be quick! Be quick!
Hold him,
Now, let us forget about the dead,
And we should also the living,
Let us turn instead to the unborn,
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