Otumfuo Kwadwom (Bards)👑- Special Appellation to Asantehene🖤💛💚

Otumfuo Kwadwom 👑- Special Appellation to Asantehene🖤💛💚 …………………….. This extract is from the Nwentene (long ) version of the Kwadwom chant. This was performed at the funeral of the late Otumfuo Opoku Ware Il. It begins with a general praise appellations (in honour of any Asante King), and continues with tracing the King's ancestry and making references, first to the preceding King Nana Osei Tutu Agyeman Prempeh 11, then to the deceased King himself. ( Obviously, this chant is by the Kwadwom minstrels of Nana Asantehene ). Osagyefo gye adwa gu ase Okuduo Asante Na Adu tena ase aayi Kotokohene tena ase, Krobeahene tena ase aayi Merema wo Krobea Yirefi Anwoma ene Kotoko aayi Asante atwa ntire agu oo Twum Akyampon nofong aayi Asante asiesie bo o suman-titi aayi Krobea Asante Na Adu ee tena ase aayi Osei Tutu merema wo due ne awisi o Hwan na obenya se Edweso Owusu Panin ne Akua Bakoma Sikapo ba ne wo Obi nyaa saa bi a anka obeyebi Maanu Atie Dufie ba Dammirifa nyane aayi Kyerewa Nintofie mmo gyee Osodoo dade eduru Twum oo Akyampon noonn aayi osi ani kurowi oo suman-titi aayi Agyaako Agyare na adee asee do aayi Akusie bi ekum boro Twum Akyampon nofonn aayi Agyakwa a ofiri see Firampon dammirifa Awisi Opoku Ware me mmo wo din nwe awisi oo Hwan na obe nya se Gyaakye Opoku Panin ne Akyaa Ayikwan ba ne wo Obi nyaa saa bi a anka obe ye bi Mema wo Dwabendo Adaakwa Yiadom aayi Yiadom Nana a ye de akoboo gye wo taataa oo Twum 0o Akyampon nofonn aayi onto sika pina tweasaaman Na Adu Agyaako hene aayi Agyaako Yeboa Abankoro edwom fre wo o Osagyefoo ee Firampon, dammirifa oo. ENGLISH TRANSLATION: Osagyefuo, a seat for you, descendant of Okuduo Asante, sit down, King of Kotoko, sit down, King of Korobea sit down. I am handing over to you Korobea Yirefi Anwoma Kotoko Asante, noted for deeds of bravery, Twum Akyampong Nofong Asante is ready for your arrival, 0 powerful spirit. Sit down Adu descendant of Krobea Asante. Osei Tutu, permit me to call you thus Who would not like to be the child of Owusu Panin of Edweso and Akua Bakoma renowned for the gold nugget? Anyone who had it would like it Child of Atie Dufie, Dammirifa, that keeps vigil, wake up At Kyerewa Ninto's house, jaws do not rest Love that climbs over iron, o, Twum Akyampon Nofong When he steps, his feet fall gently and noiselessly, o, powerful spirit Agyaako Agyare, something has gone amiss yonder Rats that kill by poisonous means, Twum Akyampon Nofong Agyaako of Osei Firampon's lineage, condolences. Opoku Ware, permit me to call you thus Who would not like to be the child of Opoku Panin of Gyaakye and Akyaa Ayikwan Anyone who had it would like it I hand over to you, Adaakwa Yiadom of Juaben (Dwaben) Yiadom, conqueror, hailed in his majesty by bullets as he walks along Twum Akyampon Nofong King Adu Agyaako, grandchild of Asaaman that deals in gold Agyaako Yeboah, a man among men, called by the praise singers Osagyeto Firampon, condolences.