>"se pezli be cida / .i .e'u ko cliva" is not quite good
>lojban. it should be "se pezli cida / .i .e'u do cliva".
"se pezli cida" means "there are three leaves on a plant" - you want "leaflets"
which is "pezypau". Or you could say "cibypau pezli"
How's this?:
le cibypau pezli
nunpencu te kecti
co'omi'e pier.