Na mende (Farewell) Nakuve S.M.L Endeley

Farewell Mokpwe’s Prime Elephant

As thou now voyage to join thy ancestors

May thy majestic dowel direct thy path

Up the tedious climb to Epasa moto

Goodbye the beloved Nakuve

As thou vacate Mmokunda’s heights

Higher up Phako thou now belong

To bless thy kinsmen down Phako’s slopes

Hail, hail, the great towering legend

Like a great Njoku thou sheltered thy people

Bouldwin Enow Enohmbi Bouldwin Enow Enohmbi Thou guarded the peace and led the moteo battles

As thou now leave others to take the baton

Journey-on the judicial giant of west –Cameroon

Thy body of work is a living testimony for justice

As thou prevailed at Bakassi and fortified our treasures

As common as the common law system of justice.

Homage to the great states-man

From Buea to Yaounde thou toiled

Through the changing face of the Nation

Thy service was unequivocal through it all

Yondo ereli bamu the Patriarch of the Endeleys

Beyond the skies of Phako and up above the summit

Tremors have begun as an eruption may be in order now

As the gods begin to mourn

So long the great royal besom

You swept often and you swept regally

Keeping the first Capital of Kamerun guarded

Mbando liyo liyo-peace and tranquility prevails

Let all of Bakweri dance chacha and lingombi

Let Nganya and Marlae grace the land

Let Cameroon remember thy name and pay homage

To the great paramount King of Gbea.

Na mende Nakuve Samuel Moka Lifafa Endeley

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Bouldwin Enow Enohmbi lives in Minnesota-USA. He’s a prolific writer and Poet. He also serves as SG of Board of Directors of Minnesota Cameroon Community( MINCAM )