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Inspired by poetry: "Ploughing mountainsides" » English to Yoruba

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Source text in English

The Beginning

All in a moment, years ago,
The boy I was became a man:
Suddenly my life began!
I saw the world before me— So
That ploughman by his horses stands
Sweating on the first hill's brow,
Having left the riverlands
Furrowed in the vale below,
And sees a mountainside to plough,
Barren rock to blunt his share,
Thunder hanging in the air,
And the black peak above him, bare,
Waiting now.
—Let him plough it if he dare!

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Entry #30209 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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Lójijì ni ìgbésí ayé mi bẹ̀rẹ̀!
Good term selection
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Àti pé ténté dúdú tí ó wà l’ókè rẹ̀, ti dán,
Flows well
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