“Àṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀yọ màrìwò, ó ní òun ó kan ọ̀run; àwọn aṣáájúu rẹ̀-ẹ́ ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ rí?”
English
The newly emerged palm frond says it will touch the sky; did those that came before it do so?
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