ROMANTICISM: "OBIANUJU (A RARE BEAUTY)" BY JUDAISKY

Accompany me to the Odara tree

Where Obianuju will come to pick

Morning cherry. Follow me to sing

Her name and dance her deeds for

She has ensnared my heart aloft.

Obianuju mara mma n'ese okwu.

She's a cynosure and pride of

Her father; beautifully trained

By elders and ordained with

Respects in folds. Adamma-

You are the dream that took

My sleep and kept me addled.

Ugonwa, ịbụ ụtọ nwa amuru

N'uko nwa. Come, come to

The meadow and listen to

My flute. Come, come to

The seashore to listen to

The rhythm of my heart.

I think of you during the day

And dream of you all the night.

You have taken food from me-

With you in my thought, I am

Filled of love and with you in

Sight, I am filled of food aloft.

Obianuju, the rhythm of your

Heart keeps drawing me nigh

And nigh. Anywhere you go, I

Shall also go. If you become a

Song, I shall be a singer and if

You are a drum, me, a drummer.

If you shall be the nightingale,

I shall be your mellifluous melody.

If you shall be the lovely Barbie, I

Shall be your prince charming.

You are loved in love and in my

Love shall love spring forth.

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I stand at the bat watching-

Learning the language of my ink

Learning how to handle my pen 🖋

JUDAISKY CARES

-Nigeria

The poet admires a woman whose beauty is rare to him and promises to shower her love and attention.