Water is gentle;
water is fierce.
Water brings laughter,
and also, tears.

Water frightens you
but it calms your fears.
It has kept the earth alive
for many years.

Even if your child gets
swept away in water,
you’d still rinse your weary eyes
and weak thighs with it.

Water is shallow;
water is deep.
Water will wallow;
she may want to keep.
Water is life
but water is death.
Water is knife
but water is breath.

Anyone who falls in love with me
must know that I am water.
I am transparent and formless,
but it’d be pretty tough to know me.

If you can love water,
you can love me.
If you cannot abstain from water,
you cannot abstain from me.

“Iya mi ile odo.
Iya mi ile odo.
Gbogbo aché, y ché mi sa ra ma woo eee.”
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