Question not thy integrity, might or power.
Be not doubtful thy effectiveness, might or power,
Proudly pound thy chest, thy probity, thy image uphold
O! thou, the ethnic nationalist,
thy country’s unity, the essence of nationhood
thou have championed, nurtured and bore upon thy back
Proudly thou hast labored to build up thy crumbling Nation
Holding the estranging pieces, healing and bandaging
In spite of depravity, the consensus to deprive, and to dominate thee
O! thou embattled Igbo,
thou that no battlement tends
Thou art Igbo; thou art the noblest of the nobles of men
Igbo, we hail thee; Igbo we hail thee; Bravo Igbo bravo
Imponderable nationalism trails thy spirit-heroism
Thy wings unconditionally spread that all be sheltered
Thy sweat tends and irrigates the land that all be nurtured
Thy blood, the bloodshed in martyrdom, a sacrifice for nation’s unity
Your own people, sons of Igbo- Bakashi
sold, land and souls into serfdom in modern day
In the world court of French glory
where veto, glories in flexing the whip of Neo-colonialism
upholding the uneducated and unholy action,
the seed of perpetual unrest sown
That which, perpetually wills to remind, of the pogrom-
The Hausa -Fulani-Yoruba ethnic cleansing;
The blood of innocence that still cry to heaven
The fiendish, conscienceless massacres
of thirty thousand plus Igbo people
Brothers, sisters, wives, pregnant women and babies
The Emirate glory in the so claimed "Allah-approved killings"
The evils that engendered, Biafra/.
O! Igbo, O! Tanker-spirit, the shock absorber
to whom no terrain is impossible
no, obstacles impassable
Thou art Igbo; thou art the noblest of the nobles of men
Igbo, we hail thee.
Igbo, we hail thee; Bravo Igbo bravo
O! Igbo, O! Consequential spirit,
thou the ordination of Allah/God Most High
To the north-most, the children of Ama Nwaekpi
And of Ahia Shiokoto-Chimole, Zangazi,
And Umø Unkaneme Umbra-Unu (Bornu),
Umadø-Ugiri and Ungwuru (Unguru), Kaduru-Unna Kataff,
Atei Marauwa, Ada Ummawa, Umba-Awuchi,
Ama øzaria(grassland Field)
and Ama Akorji (Makuruji>Makordi the yam field)
Aba-Uja (The Two River Union), Mina Igbo, and Illorini Igbo
To all, you are at home, investing your blood for unity
Thou art Igbo; thou art the noblest of the nobles of men
Igbo, we hail thee; Igbo we hail thee; Bravo Igbo bravo
O! Igbo, O! Compliant spirit,
you are the Covenant of God, Allah/God Most High
To the south-most, the deluded Igbo offspring
Igbo Fishermen Settlements and Cities and Towns
thou art at home investing thy blood for unity
Thou art Igbo; thou art the noblest of the nobles of men
Igbo, we hail thee; Igbo we hail thee; Bravo Igbo bravo
O! Egalitarian spirit, the Father of Bantustan Africa
thou art the handiwork of God, Allah Most High
To the west-most the children of
Okere Ije-gbu-Ode and wife Ogbo-m Oshɔr
The father of Ɔyo-Umu hailing Ife Igbo,
Igbo Wawa, Illorin Igbo, Oshɔr-Igbo (Oshogbo)
and their brother Aba-Okwute thou
thou art home, investing thy blood for unity
Thou art Igbo; thou art the noblest of the nobles of men
Igbo, we hail thee; Igbo we hail thee; Bravo Igbo bravo
No differing tribe or tongue dissuades,
the Igbo extended hands of goodwill
No differing religion inhibits,
the Igbo extended hands of goodwill
No concerted effort,
strikes down the Igbo extended hands of brotherhood/
No covert political alliances dislodge,
the Igbo extended hands of goodwill
No targeted political policies strike down
the Igbo extended hands of brotherhood/
You are Igbo; thou art the noblest of the nobles of men
Igbo, we hail thee; Igbo we hail thee; Bravo Igbo bravo.
Bravo exiled Igbos,
the Igbo-people in Diaspora,bravo!
From the ends of the earth,
thou at thy brother’s keeper
To a people seen as vanquished, and denied,
you are salvation
Bravo thou the torpedo, the anti-blockade,
thou art savior
The clipper on thy brother’s education and employment
you have expunged
you art a blessing.
The forced retardation, the imposition on aspirations
the deceleration of emancipation you still battle.
Thou art Igbo; thou art the noblest of the nobles of men
Igbo, we hail thee;
Igbo we hail thee; Bravo Igbo bravo.
Half the One hundred and fifty penitential years
the Yoruba-Hausa dream and glory
A mistake that stinks the rottenness
the putrefaction of shortsightedness
You have cautioned and lifted the pressure hands.
Bravo!Thou art Igbo;
thou art the noble of the noblest of men
Igbo, we hail thee;
Igbo we hail thee; Bravo Igbo bravo.
Remind thyself of thy ancient father’s glory
The planting of the man of means,
and of worth upon the earth. Thou art the Bantu, the Igbo.
Thy tongue banqueted, and civilization communicated
gb, sh, ny, gw, kp bh. dh, gh, nw,ø, ɔ, un, um
and others still confirms upon the tongues
of the World,
The inherent Igbo Seafaring polished and placed on
the Ice Age Warm-Waters
Pyramids built wherever, Igbo people and tongue had presence
You bore the (Ala Engele Ukwu Chi), Enge-land
Panya (Potokiri, Poto-Panya and Furenchi)
of Arya Iberi (light-complexioned wavy-haired Igbo)
and Umanna Ike's (Germanik's) enslavement
The enslavement of their own ancestral Origin and home
and the in-prudence of denying their ancestors true origin,
Thou art Igbo; thou art the noble of the noblest of men
Igbo, we hail thee; Igbo we hail thee; Bravo Igbo bravo.
Thou art Igbo; thou art the
noble of the noblest of men
Igbo, we hail thee; Igbo we
hail thee; Bravo Igbo bravo.
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