IFA AND ORISA PRAYERS BOOK BY BABALAWO OBANIFA VOLUME 3

CHAPTER FIFTY -TWO

PRAYER OF WORSHIP IN IFA AND ORISA SPIRITUALITY

By this we are referring to prayer that can be use to adore or worship Olodumare and each Irunmole or Orisa to hearken to Our request or need or we can also show appreciation  with it. Below are set of prayer that can be used for such purpose:

Ifa Prayer for paying Homage & Reverence To  Olodumare And Ancestor(ijuba)

Paying homage and reverence is an indispensable aspects of Ifa and orisa spirituality. Paying home and reverence is essential step use by a Babalawo and any orisa devotee to seek seek spiritual guidance and acceptability of their prayer, sacrifice etc. The first step in iwure (prayer) or idafa (divination) or ibo (Propitiation)  is ijuba (paying homage or reverence). The essence of paying homage before anything is to submit our self to OLODUMARE and all the force of the universe and nature both the visible and invisible forces of nature that they are above us and let our prayers and requests be granted. And that any errors, mistake or omissions on our part during the divination or sacrifice should be overlooked . So in this work babalawo Obanifa will explain in detail how a practicing babalawo or Orisa devotee can pay homage before prayer or divination. And any individual who have his or her orisa  elements can use it as well to pay homage before praying to their orisa.

The first step during paying homage or reverence is to pay homage to OLODUMARE (God) the next step is to pay homage to all the invisible spiritual entity. These will entail igba irumonle ojukotun, igba irumonle ojukosi, Ile ogere a fi oko yeri (Mother Earth) iyami osoronga (the witches) the name of your god father whether alive or late. The late and living babalawo. Any name of orisa that can be mentioned as well as your ancestors. Then you will then recite any ifa versa verse for paying Homage and reverence. The leading ifa scriptural authority for paying Homage is odu ifa Oturupon meji tabi Ologbon meji. The ifa verse that can be recited for this purpose goes thus :

Ekun ti di Ekun anu

Iyere ti di Iyere aro

Oro ti o ba duni de okan

Ori Eni ni a n ba so

Ki a kunle ki a ki ara iwaju

Ki a kunle ki a ki ero eyin

Ara iwaju ni Egungun

Ero eyin ni orisa

Ti a ba kunle ki won

E wo yiye ti ye ni

MO kunle kunle

MO ki won ki won

Eyo owo eyo kan ko ro sekeseke ni Awo

Ese eyo kan o se ona ni girigiri

Eniyan atata se n be ni Loran ti a o ni je?

Ti oju ba se meji a woran kedere

Ti Ese ba se meji a rin na

Ti ibadi ba se meji ajoko le Eni

Pele ni Awo won ninu Ile

Otita gegere ohun ni Awo ode

Ogunna ko dun Ede bara ko fohun alakeji

Alapaandede lo ko Ile tie tan

O koju re si odoodo

Ko mu kan omi

Ko mu kan oke

Ko ya ruru re si olorun

Ko fi  ipile re tile Nile

O n we OLODUMARE loju loju

O would omo araye lenulenu

Akitan gegere

Omo Ade agbale ki ilu mon

Lo difa fun Oyepolu

Omo isoro lotu Ife

Obi re fisile ku ni lenjelenje

Oyepolu ko mon Dida owo

Ko mon ote Ile

Ko mon okara ebo ni hiha

Ko bawon de otu Ife se odun ri

A bosi bosi pe elebo n se ebo

Won ko ohun oro sile

Oyepolu but si Ekun purupu

Won ni ori baba re ni yi o ma ran se

O ni ha bi  omi ni won n koko ta sile nibi

Ohun o mo mon

Eyin isoro Orun

E wa bani tu oro yi se

Bi epo ni won koko n ta sile ni

Ohun o mon mon

Eyin isoro Orun e wa tu oro yii se

Bi otin ni won koko ta sile nibi

Ohun o mon

Eyin isoro Orun

E wa bani tu oro yi se

Translation:

The weeping has become the weeping of mercy

Iyere (ifa song) has become Iyere (ifa song) of lamentations

One's ordeal that pain one to heart you only report it to your ori

Let us kneel down and greet the elders before us

Let us us kneel down and greet the younger ones

The elder been refer to are Egungun

They younger one been refer to are Orisa

If we kneel down and greet them

See how pleasurerable life will be

A single cowries can not make multiple sounds inside a plate

A single leg can't trek a path quick quick

How will a person refuse errands for an important personality?

If eye ball are two it see clearly

If leg are two, they trek path comfortably

If buttock are two, it  sit comfortably on the mat

Pepe(pavement)  is the practicing preist of Home

Otita gegere (sitting box) is the practicing practice visiting preist

The pod of melon burnt by fire don't give sounds of lamentations

When Alapaandede make his nest

The nest face neither horizontal or vertical it doesn't made it beside river so it doesn't touch water

It doesn't touch the roof

It doesn't touch the sky

It lack support and foundation on the ground

The nest faces OLODUMARE

It mouth faces the earthly being

Akitan gegere (high refuse dumping ground)

Cast ifa divination for Oyepolu

The son of isoro of Ife city

His parents dead while he was still a little child

Oyepolu doesn't know how to cast ifa divination

Neither did he knows how  to imprint odu

He didn't even know how to carry out rituals

He had never for once follow his father to any festival event at Ife city

Not to talk of conducting ebo

All the ritual items was arrange before him to conduct rituals

He begin to crying

The implore him that his father spirit will assist him to succees

He said if it is water they usually pour down

I don't know

My ancestors should aid me to succees

If it is palm that I ought to pour down first

I don't know

My ancestors should aid me to success

If it is gin I need to pour down first

I don't know

My ancestors should aid me to success.

After this has been done then you can proceed to other part of the divination, prayer, or sacrifice etc.

PRAYERS TO AROUSE ORUNMILA TO HEARKEN TO OUR REQUEST.BY BABALAWO OBANIFA

This work will make available Ifa stanza that can be used to arouse Orunmila to hearken to our request. This prayer can be used during Ifa veneration to arouse Orunmila to hearken to our request. The prayer can also be chanted during ebo . It can also be used on daily basis to arouse Orunmila to do our bidding for us.  This powerful Ifa prayer is derive from holy Odu Ejiogbe. The prayer goes thus:

Otoroo

Otaraa

Aja koro gbele

Agba didi- kiridi

Apenla

Apenla

Won pin Ide fun Olu Ido

Omo Aga ti sowo

Won pin Okun fun lode Irada

Orunmila sebi eti lo pin bo wale

Won ni ki lo de to fi je pe Eti lo pin bo wale

Orunmila ni nitori awa omo ohun ni

O nit i oun ba  n be ni Iko Awusi

Ti a ba ndanu sunrahun aje surusuru

Oun a seti were , oun a gbo

Oun wale, w aba wa se

A o o lowo werewere lowo

O nit i oonun ba be ni Idoro Mawuse

Ti a ba danu un surahun omo

 Oun a seti were, oun  a gbo

Oun a wale oun a w aba wa se

 Ao bi om rere sile

O nit i ohun ba n be nife Ooodaye

Ni iworan ibi Ojure gbe ti mon wa

Ti a ba danu sunrahun Ire gbogbo

Ohun a seti were, oun a gbo

Oun  a wale, w aba wa se

A o ni ire gbogbo

Ifa ti o ba n be ni Iko Awusi

Ki o w aba se ki a ni  owo werewere lowo

Ifa ti o ba n be ni Idoro mawuse

Ki o w aba wa se ki  a bimon rere sile

Ifa ti o ba n be  nife Oodaye Ni Iwonran

Ibi ojumon rere ti n mon wa

Ki o wa ba wa se ki ani ire gbogbo nile aye

Ase!

 Translation:

Otooro

Otaraa

Ajakoro gbele

And the old sturdy elders

Apenla

Apenla

They share the brass to those in Olu Odo

And share Okun beads to them at Irada land

Orunmila , you only share the listening ears

They asked Orunmila , why did you share the listening ears

Orunmila answer that, it is because of all his children

He said that, if he were to go to Iko Awusi

And his children were lamenting because of their inability to make money.

He would listen carefully

He would heard their plea

He would return home quickly

He would help them to secure money

And they would be blessed with abundant wealth

And they would be blessed with abundant wealth

He said that, if he were to go to Idoro Mawuse

And his children were crying because of their inability to secure spouses

He would listen carefully

He would their plea

He would then return home quickly

He would help them to secure spouses

And they would be bless with good children

He said that, if he were to go to Ife Ooodaye in Iwonran

Where the dawn rises from

And his children were crying because of their inability to secure all the good things of life

He would listen carefully

He would hear their pleas

He would then return home quickly

He would help them to secure all the good things of life

Ifa if you are at Iko  Awusi

Please come and bless us with financial abundance

Ifa if you are at Idoro  Mawuse

Please come and bless us with good spouse and children

Ifa if you are at Ife Oodaye

In Iwonran Where the dawn rises

Please come hearken to us and bless us with all the good things of life

Ase.

Prayer To Orisa Osun (Iwure Nidi Orisa osun) by babalawo

In this work babalawo Obanifa will explain extensively how to pray to orisa osun, either by osun devotee or babalawo who won't to do prayer on behalf of clients to osun or individual who have osun elements who want to pray with it. The steps of the prayer is essential too during adimu.

Osun area of specialisation is is purely in the aspects of fertility healing. Children healing, she is a female deity who can be regarded as spiritual paediatric. She only allow the use of cold water for healing with ritual. The use of Medicine and herbs and soap by some people who claim to be osun devotee or iya osun today for healing is an aberration from normal standard of worshiping orisa osun. Osun only allow the use omi tutu (cold water in ritualise way for healing and praying). If you are a women or man if you want to pray to osun you must be pure and not hypocritical in your sexual or relationship life. So person who have extra marital sexual affairs especially women can not pray to osun, because such prayer will go unanswered.

If you want to pray to osun, one or more of the following items can be use depending on your capabilities or instructions given. Efo yanrin (wind lettuce with scientific name Lactuca taraxacifolia)  Omuluku (cooked beans) obi oloju merin (kolanut with four lobes) asaro (mashed cook yam with palm oil) obidiye (hen) abo ewure (she - goat). One or more of the following items can be use to pray to orisa Osun.

After homage has been pay as necessary. The the osun devotee or babalawo in question or individual who want to pray to the Osun Elements will proceed to say the following

Iba re Osun Oyeeyee nimon

Awede  ko to we omo

Yeye mi olowo aro

Yeye mi elese osun

Yeye mi ajimo roro

Yeye mi abimon ma yan ku

Yeye mi alagbo awoye

Eleti gbaroye

Ogbagba ti n gba omo re lojo ija

Ari bani gbo nipa ti omo

Oore yeye,ooo

Omi ooo

Osun oooo

Kabiyesi omi arin m sun

Oyeeyee nimon, abideremon

Adupe oro ateyiin wa titi doni yii

Abideremon obi re ree o

Ki o bi iku sehin

Ki o bi Arun sehin

Ki o bi ofo sehin fun wa oo

Kile wa ko ma gboona

Ki ona wa ki o ma gbo na

Ki oko wa ma gboona

Ki aaya wa ma gboona

Ki omo wa ma gboona

Yeye abideremon

Yeye Oso Pele o

Je ki gbogbo ona wa tutu, ko toro

Ki a ma teri gba aso lojo aipe

Kabiyesi omi arin ma sun

Adun re ree oo

Je ki aye wa dun di ojo ale

Fi Adun si aye wa

Ina ki ba omi se ota

Kina ma jo wa

Ki aye tutu bi omi ajipon lowuro

Epo ati iyo re ree oo

Epo lero ki aye wa di ero

Yeye olomi tutu maje ki a je aye ele

Abideremon owo ero oo

Je ki aye wa derun

Ko si ni iyo

Ki a ma se ri ija ota ati ogun Aisan oo

Omi arin ma sun

Ero, owo ero oo

Yeye abideremon

Ma je ki ara ni wa oo

Je ki a Segun ota

Ewure re oo

Ko mu iku kuro lona

Ki o mu Arun kuro lona

Je ki a sowo, ki a jere, ki a ba ode pade

Ki Aboyun Ile bi tibi tire

Ki agan ti owo ala bo osun

Ki ajinde ara ki o Je ti gbogbo wa

Kabiyesi, omi arin ma sun

Mo rire, mo rire ni akere n keep leti odo

Ko si Eni ti o mo ohun ti akere fi n pe ojo

A ki ri Idi okun

A ki ri Idi osa

A ki ri Idi omonigelegele

Ki omo araye ma ri Idi wa oo

Ki Oso ma ri Idi wa

Ki aje ma ri Idi wa

Keleebo logun ma ti okere wo omo re

Ki  omo araye o ma le mu wa

Oore Yeye oo, Kabiyesi omi arin ma sun

Ire omo la wu, ire alafia la n so

Eyin olubi e deyin

Eyin eleye e peyinda

Ere omo la n se

Oso Ile e peyinda

Oke omo la n re

Elebologun e deyin

Ile olomo yoyo la n lo

Eyin eleye e peyinda

Abinu Eni e Bila sehin

Abideremon

Oyeeyee nimon

Omi arin ma sun

Gba ire oni oo

Ta ala sori mi

Ki o Ta ala sori ebi ati ara

Osun a ti bo e loni oo

Ki o Je ki ire gbogbo Je tiwa

Nitro ifa ni

Siyin keke, Siyin keke

Ti Afinju ba ji

A si eyin keke si oko

Awon obun ni won ji ni kutukutu yonfa

Ise apon o lori

Ti abiyamon lo San die

Awon lodifa fun Onijumu inaki

Omo Aroodo ide gun iyan Je

Nijo ti o n sunkun alaini ire gbogbo

Won ni a ni ire lopo lopo

Osun ni ki o ma bo

Oni ase ti o ba bini

Yeye wa otoro Efon

Osun Ewuji ni won n bo nibe

Ti won ba ni

Onijumu inaki se be o bo osun

O di onire gbogbo

Emi babalawo Obanifa ke pe iwo osun loni Je ki emi naa di onire gbogbo.

 Ase

Translation

 I pay homage to you Osun who is vast in wisdom

You that wash brass, before bathing for the child

My mother whose hand is coloured by dye

My mother whose leg is beautiful with camwood

My extremely neat and tidy mother

My mother whose child neve die prematurely

My mother with great healing decoction

One with listening hear

One who always deliver her children in the day of trouble

One who show care for one, in children related issues

Oore Yeye o

Omi ooo

Ota ooo

Osun ooo

Unchallengeable ever flowing water without sleep

Abideremon, one with vast wisdom

We thanks you for everything you have done in the past up till today

Abideremon, this is your obi (kolanut)

Please push death away from us

Help us push away sickness

Push loss away from us

Let our house be peaceful

Let our path be peaceful

Don't let sickness befall our husbands

Don't let sickness befall our wives

Don't let our children suffer ill health

My mother Abideremon

Oso's mother I greet you

Let all our way be peaceful and successful

Don't let us die untimely death

Unchallengeable ever flowing water without sleep

This is your Adun

Let our life be sweet and prosperous till the end of our live

Bless our lives with happiness

Fire never engage in enimity  with water

Let our life be immune against dangerous or harmful fire

Let our life be cool and clear from trouble like a water fetch early in the morning

This is your Epo and iyo

Epo is an antidote

Let our life  be protected from trouble

My mother owner of Cold water

Don't let our life be difficult

Abideremon, stretch your peaceful hand to us

Let our live be purposeful and useful like salt

Don't let our life be afflicted by enemies and sickness

Ever flowing water without sleep

Peace, stretch your peaceful hand to us

My mother, Abideremon

Let our life to be free difficulties

Let us to be Victorious over the enemies

This is your goat

Let it removes death from our path

Let it removes sickness from our path

Let us make profit and be successful in our business adventures

Let the pregnant women in the household deliver safely

Let the barren women conceive and give birth to babies

Let sound health be the portion of everyone of us

Kabiyesi, the ever flowing water without sleep

I am blessed, I am blessed is the sound of Akere at the stream

No one no what akere do use to invoke rain

No one can unravel the mystery of the olokun

No one can unravel the mystery of Olosa

No one can unravel the mystery of omonigelegele

Don't let anyone know the secret that can lead to my success

No witches should be able to unravel my secret

No wizards should be able to unravel my secret

No evil person with evil intention should be able to unravel my secret

Protect us from the trap or snare of the enemies

Oore Yeye, Kabiyesi th ever flowing water

We are praying for children, we are praying for sounds health

All people with evil intention should turn back from us

All the witches should depart from us

We are praying for children

All the wizards in the household should departed from us

We are climbing the mountains of children

Wicked people should depart from us

We are going to the household with plenty children

Witches and ill will individual should depart from us

Abideremon

One with vast wisdom

The ever flowing water that never sleeps

Let our prayer today be accepted

Protect me and my love ones with your white garment.

Osun we have appease you today

Let all lucks and blessings be our portion

Because ifa said

The incessant beaming of teeth

When a responsible neat and tidy woman wake up

She will beam her teeth to her husband

An irresponsible unneat and untidy only wake up to cause strife

The bachelor lackness conditions is unreasonable

That of a parent is still reasonable to hear

Cast ifa divination reading for Onijumu Inaki

One who is privileged to use Brass mortal to pound pounded yam for eating

On the day he was crying of not having all the good things of life

He was advise to appease osun

He obliged

He said if the odu appear to one

Our mother Otoro Efon

It is Osun Ewuji that one should appease

If the odu appear to one

I babalawo Obanifa call upon you osun today

Let me have all the blessing of life

Ase

The orisa Esu which is also known as Elegbara is a very strong orisa that can be pray to by ifa and orisa devotee. Especially those who are esu devotee. In this work babalawo Obanifa will explain in detail how Esu can be pray to.In the prayer can be done with necessary items like :igba omi tutu (a bowl of cold water) epo pupa (palm oil) eja gbigbe (dry fish) iyan tabi amala (pounded yam or yam flour food),obi abata (kolanut) Ako Ewure tabi obuko Esu (He - goat) some people use Dog as well. After the libations has been done and homage pay as necessary. The prayer can be offered in the following way with one or more of the material needed depending on capacity or divination instructions. You can offer prayer to Esu in the following way.

Esu onile orita

Esu laalu

Areyinju le ogun lo

Bakere Odada

Egbe leyin elebo

Enini leyin Eni ti o n ko oro Olodumare

Bakere ko lorokun ejo

Esu odara ko lori a gbe eru ka

A fi sonso Abe

Esu Beleke Oku Igbona

Bakere Olowo eyo

Esu iwo lo n sowo

Esu iwo ni se omo

Ayingbin Oba ebora nile Ketu

Asana

Ayena

Ogirigiri a tu ona se

Orisa ti n pon omo re ilu ilaje

Orisa ti n pon omo re ilu iloro

Esu ni ko ire wale

Elegbera ni gbe ebo re okun

Elegbara ni gbe ebo re osa

Elegbara ni ko gbogbo ibi rokun

Onibode ti n de ona ibi

Toto o Esu

Esu ti ko ja ijakadi

Sugbon to mu opolopo ja ijakadi

Epo lo n fe

Epo re ni mo muwa i oo

Obi lo n fe

Obi re ni mo mu wa iooi

Eja lo fe eja re ree oo

Gbogbo ohunje ti o ku fun o ree oo

Emi babalawo Obanifa ni mo wa fun o ni ohunje re loni

Esu dakun dabo ma ba tiwa je oo

Maje ka subu danu

Maje ki Ile wa o daru

Esu iwo lo ni owo Maje ki owo tan ni owo wa

Esu Eni ti o ba te

Iru Eni be in aye n te

Esu Bakere Odada ma je ki a te laye

Esu iwo loni ni gbogbo ise lodo

Je ki a se asejere lenu ise wa

Je ki a pa apamowo aje

Ka se owo, ka ba ode pade

Esu tari aje ati owo fun wa

Maje ki a pa odun je

Ki odun ma pa awa na je

 Maje ka ku iku ojiji

Ki ku ma pa awon eleye wa

Ki iku ma pa egbon niwaju

Ki iku ma pa Aburo ti be leyin

Esu baba orisa

Je ka to baba se fun awon omo ati aya wa

Fun wa ni aje ati iyi lati se egbon awon Aburo wa

Maje ki a ri ogun ajakale Orun

Maje ki a ri ija awon eleye ati awon orisa to ku

MA je ka ri ija ologun abilu ibi

Ki Ile wa o ma gbona

Ki Ile ma le wa

Ki ona ki o ma na wa

Ki ona wa ko rorun

Ki a ma ri ode ire yun

Ki a rile de si

Elegbara ko so lilo ati bibo wa

Ki a le ma lo alobo bi ileke abiyamo

Esu ola ilu

Onile orita

A da giri giri re ibi ija

Gbengbeleku da ibi o wu

Okunrin Buruku

Eleyin oro

Seni Seni, a ba ni dena ire

O gbe koto fun omo araye se ebo si

Dakun dabo

Ma je ki a ri ija re oo

Ire re re ni ki o fi ba wa lo

Maje ki a rogun ejo ati akoba

Seni Seni

Dakun dabo ma se wa

Alega le kuru,

Ale kuru le ga

Dakun dabo oju ire ni ki o ko si wa

Ma ko oju ibi si wa

A bani dina ire

ma di ona ire mon wa

Oju ire ni ki o ko si wa

Ajigbekoto ebo fun araye

Dakun dabo ma je ki a di ohun ebo

Je  ki a gbo, je ki a to

Gbogbo Ota ti o ba ko oju ibi si wa

Awon ni won sigun fun o

Dindin ni ko din won gbe loro

Esu, Bakere Odada

Mase wa, omo elomi ni ko se

Ati wi ti wa na

Esu Dakun dabo

Tori Ewure abori kege

Tori epo pupa ero

Tori iyo ohun iyan funfun lele

Tori omi tutu ero

Dakun dabo

Fi ase si iwure wa

Kori bi a ti fe Kori

Ko gba bi a ti fe ko gba

Ki oro wa di ayo

Translation

Esu  the orisa of the cross road

Esu the immense wealth of the city

One with strong eye ball to  wade off evil

Bakere, the initiator, the instigator

A pillar of support for those who offer sacrifice

You are the devil behind those who disregard the instructions of Olodumare

Bakere you have no kneel for litigation

Esu you have no head where load can be place on

You only have a pointed knife - edge like one

Esu Beleke, the dead man of igbona city

Bakere, you are the owner of money

Esu, you are the provider of money

Esu, you provide children

Ayingbin

You are the arch diety of Ketu city

You are the path clearer, the pathfinder

The path weeder

The path maintainance

You are the orisa that carry his child on your back to Ilaje city (city wealth making)

Esu you are the diety that brings fortune home

It is you Elegbara that carry sacrifice to the sea

It is you Elegbara that bear sacrifice to lagoon

It is you Elegbara that carries evil away to the ocean

You the gate keeper who repel evil

Esu I pay homage to you

Esu who don't engage in wrestling himself

But make a lot of people to wrestle

Palm oil is your favorite

We have bring you palm oil

Kola nut is your favorite

we have bring you kolanut

Fish is your favorite

We have bring you fish

All other items that is your favorite food are present here

It is me babalawo Obanifa that brings forth this food to you today

Esu we implore you, don't destroy our life

Don't let us become a failure in our undertakings

Let our home be peaceful

Esu you are the owner of money

Don't let us run short of money in life

Esu any body you subjected to disgrace and humiliation

It is such person that the world disgrace and humiliate

Esu  Bakere  Odada Don't fall us into humiliation in life

Esu you are the master and controller of all work of life

Esu let the our work be profitable

Let us to be able to make purposeful uses of our money

Let us be successful in our business adventure

Direct us to the path of monetary success

Don't let us loss our lives this year

Don't let this year be our last

Don't let us die prematurely

Don't let death take away our relative and children and love ones

The elder one before us should live long

The younger ones behind should not die prematurely

Esu you are father of dieties

Give us strength and mean to be a father to our children and wives

Give us wealth and honor to be elder to the younger ones behind us

Don't let us experience epidemic

Don't let us incure the wrath of the mysterious mother and other orisa

Don't let us incure the wrath of evil people

Let our home be peaceful

Our house should not become inhabitable for us

Don't let road or path turn against us

Let our way be easy

Allow us to travel on peaceful purpose and come back home to a peaceful home

Protect us to and fro

So that we can moving in and out safely

Like abiyamo beads

Esu the wealth of the city

The orisa of cross road

One who rush to a fighting spot

Gbegbenleku who behave the way he want

A wicked man

With poisonous teeth

The devil, who block fortune

One who dig hole for people of this world to to fill up with sacrifice

We implore

Don't let us incure your wrath

It is your positive side you should turn to us don't let us run into litigation and implications

It is your blessings we seek

The one who beseek people with evil

We implore you don't beseech us with evil

One can be tall and at same time be short

One who can be short and at same time be tall

We implore you to turn your eye of goodness to us

Don't turn your worse eye to us

One who can block blessings

We pray the don't block our blessings

Turn your eye of  goodness to us

One who dig pit of sacrifice for people of this world

We implore you don't let us become a sacrificial items

Let us live in longevity

All our enemies that think evil of us

The are the ones who incur your wrath and call for your war on them

Frying them up on standing

Esu Bakere Odada, don't afflict us with evil

But afflict our enemies

We have say our own part of the prayer alas!

Because of he - goat

Because of Palm oil because of salt and white pounded yam

Because of cooling cold water

We implore thee

Let our prayer be accepted

In the way we want it

Let everything results to joy

Ase.

homage to IYAMI AJE OSORONGA.

In this current work, Babalawo Obanifa will document a potent traditional, Ifa prayer that can be used by any practicing Awo in the field of Ifa And Orisa spirituality to pay homage to IYAMI AJE OSORONGA.  One of the spiritual forces that reverence must be made to before spiritual prayers, ritual rites, and( ebo )sacrifice  is  performed ,is IYAMI OSORONGA. It is very crucial for an ardent Babalawo or any ardent Ifa and Orisa devotee to know the right words, names, and praises to use to pay homage to Iyami Aje Osoronga to make them  act in one’s favor and succumbs to  one’s  needs. Below is sample of one of the best way to make reverence to Iyami Osoronga.

Iba eyin Iyami Osoronga

Iya nla

Iya agba

Ogogoniye

Ogogo-rumon-rumon

Aji fi ori Orule se ona

Apani ma waagun

Olokiki Oru

Ajedo eniyan ma bi

Atapa jori

Atedojokan,Atorooro jefun

Osala n solo, Osolo n sala

Afinju eye  a rin ninu Omi salo-salo

Eye abapa we

Eye abese we

Eye abirin asa lese

Aji ginni, Arin ginni

Arin ginni-ginni wo oja

Eye finfin owo mi Otun

Eye finfin owo mi Osi

Mafin Mafin Mafinrongbon

Eleyinju Ege,Olokiki Oru

Oka omo Ilu Iloro

Ere omo Ilabata

Akeeke omo ileepo

Ako ranhun omon didandidan

Eyele omo Laseewo

Afoju ba okete se oyin sesese

Ake karaa

Ake koroo

Eyin le n su si ide ti e n su si  ilele

Ti enikan ki ba yin wi , iba

E je ki iba emi Babalawo Obanifa wo ile Ase

 Translation:

I pay homage to my Mothers the Osonronga

The great mothers

The elderly mothers

You with valuable feathers

Ones with multiple honors

Ones who make the rooftop their road path

Who kills without allowing the vulture to eat the corpse

The noticeable night noise maker

One who eat raw liver of human being, without vomiting

Who eat head from the hand

Who eats the heart from the liver, who  eat intestine from the bile

You who your act of swimming in the river gives strange sounds

You who walk briskly in deep and shallow water

The birds with moderate wings

The bird with moderate legs

The birds with majestic gait

One who wakes neatly, and walk around with dignity

Who walk in staggering manner to the market place?

You are the virile and agile bird in my right hand

You are also the virile and agile birds in my left hand

The immaculate whitish bird with strong countenance

One with sharp eyeballs, the popular noise maker at night

The poisonous cobra

The python in the riverine area

The scorpion under the bark stem of a tree

The sorrowful childless old lady

Eyele (the  pigeon) daughter of Lasewo

You who become extremely delighted at the sight of a big giant rat

You who shout Kooro

You who shout Kaara

You are the one who defecate on both brass and beads

And no  one dare reprimand you on it, I pay homage

Let the homage of I Babalawo Obanifa be accepted

Ase

OBATALA PRAYER AND PRAISES BY BABALAWO OBANIFA

This work shall make available comprehensive information of praises and invocations that can be use by any practicing Babalawo or Obatala devotee can use to praise orisa Obatala during their prayer to this orisa energy either for their self or on behalf of their client. Know the right words or invocation is very important in facilitating Orisa energy. To invoke orisa Obatala to action these are the right panrgyric to use:

This work shall make available comprehensive information of praises and invocations that can be use by any practicing Babalawo or Obatala devotee can use to praise orisa Obatala during their prayer to this orisa energy either for their self or on behalf of their client. Know the right words or invocation is very important in facilitating Orisa energy. To invoke orisa Obatala to action these are the right panrgyric to use:

Obatala

Obatasa

Oba takun takun ti gbe ode iranje
Anire niwa
Aniwa nire
Oko abuke
Oko aro
Oko rara bori rekete
Oro Oko Afin
Afi ojo Gbogbo tobi
O tobi ko se gbe
Banta Banta ninu ala
Oba ala funfun gbo
O sun ninu ala
Oji ninu ala
O tinu ala dude
Babanla Oko yemoo
Ola  se e wo
Arugbo Ile Ifon
Afun  nini  gba  fun aini
O so  enikan  digba  Eni
Alagbede Orun
Monri Monri ti Monri  omo tuntun
Orisa to se oju to  se imu
Orisa alamon rere
Orisa Nla alamon iwa
Orisa Nla Alamo amonpin
Alabalase
Orisa gbingbinikin
Ali ma je nkan to legun
Orisa a  PA igbin  je  leyin ikarahun.

Emo jii re lori itee

Afebojo awon jii re nisa re

Olua o wa jii re e

Agbe won ji taro taro

Aluko ji tosun tosun

Lekelekee; o jii re pelu ala funfun

Odidere toun tekoo

Obaala o jii re

Akuko gagara o jii re pelu agogo

Oosala o ji aboo ji ?

Abaala o jii re nile ifon

Akii je olodumare

Etu ji toun taaso

Obaala o jii re

Ahun ji tigba tigba

Igbin ji toun ti karahun

Oore o ji toun tipe e

Obaala o jii re e

Eja jii re ninu  ibu

Olua o wa jii re

Oka ji toro toro

Paramole ji toun tika

Oosala o ji tabi o ji

Ojola ji toun tohun

Irore toun teekanna

Asorin ji oloja igi

Olua o wa jii re

Anseke oloja eerun

Oosala o ji abo o ji

Obaala o jii re e

Okun ji oloja omi

Osa o ji oloja odo

 O o ji i re loni alaruwaye mi

Obaala o jii re e

Oni la mosin

Oosala pele alaase ola

Aji da gbedu lu fun

Obaala o jii re

Onile da lagba fun

Oba re tii gbele ifon

Olua o o wa jii re

Iwa oun aye

Ile oun orun

Baba o jii re e

Okunkun modi kanrun

Oosala o ji abo o ji

O sun lala o o bala je

O yi lala o o fara pa

Oosala o ja laja o o dala pa

Olua o o wa jii re e

Okunrin  moga moga ti nbe lode iranje

Ajokoo ma ni pekun

Kiribi lori bi i le oja

O ri rodo rodo bi olu ogan

 O ri gbon gbon ran gbongbonran

Oosala bi eni fi bon ti

Abewure rojo ibe lori

Ekun tii feranje ti kii se

Olowo mi aroo ko yeni

O daso da badii

O ji fuu we dodo

Iwo loba i wo loosa

Eni an ji se ni gbami ojumo mo

Eni an se ni gbami osan

La n se ni gbami ailele

Baba agba lo to se ni gbami oru

Alee i ba ota a

Aba i le se lohun

 N won lee won o baa

Afun ruru bi oye

O lo ni wa o loleyin bi agbara

Olua o wa jii re e

O de kan mop o

 O peepo agba ni yagbe

O bo mo lawo o da oju si

Baba maa roa

Okunrin rodo rodo bi olu ogan

Ogbogboo ilasa ewe gbogbo loje

Oju leyin akan

O yi mo lowo bi omi inu agbada

Aleegun lowo gbake

O fi ake dudu gbomo re kale

O fi emi ewure ra emi eeyan

Ni gba o ba buru

Erinlako ni fira emi mi

Arorun ma rinse lasaan

Tori abuke tori aro

Ni nse lo

Okiri magba toeun lo

Nibi rugudu, nibi regeja

Nifi gun ke onisegun

Ti tin a tun nasi

Baba o jii ree

Lilosun abomo mini jojo

Ite ti awon nte omo ilosun

Arodewogun taa loje te omo dagunro bee?

Ajagbo magbo leye

Ifa ti a n fa ijokun

Ero ijao ema fa keeke

Eni o fa keek’ obaala a tu i loju

A tu sii lenu

Baba nuu ifa t fa aguntan

Ero ijao ema fa ekun ni fon

Oju ekun ina, ina ni

Eyin ekun oorun

Eekanna ekun mewewaa

Igba owo ekun, o le somo logbe ori

Kan-an mo yan

Ogida ile, ijao oloola iju

Arodewogun toba ko dudu

A maa ko fun fun

O nkola lai yabe

Oosala tii kola laiko eje

Olube ikan abija sese

Ija akoni oro eleajewa

Oosala ni a ma jolube ikan

Eni o ba jolube ikan

Ata were lobaala fi ta mo loju

Ta mo lenu

Oro tii fay a ti foonu

O nyi mo nu bii baaka

Koku o je omo re oku

Korun o je omo re o run

Koje awure la o fi se gbe

Baba o ni jawa naa o fosi jeun

Obaala pele abagogo iran lapo

A ri masun masun bo le elenu

O fi agbada na bo owo eke

E we foosala; ko ma fagbaana bo owo iyaa mi

O ngbe nu gba

O nja mo ni ogun

Oporogodo aso ka dile

O so ipin onipin dipin

Obaala tii so olori buru di, olorii re

Ajalaye se benikan laa ko buruburu fun

Abi le loke ta I gbe nilee

Ile nbe lebaa orun

Ile seseefun

Ala lo e ko kaa merindinlogun

Alagbede orun

Iku ti nlu rin o now irin

O n tun irin ro

Abi ewiri ku bi ojo

Ewiri kan ndun huhu loju popo

Onigba nso iwarun

Iku ti I so ori oo titun

Odudu lObatala tii duri Elemere

Kori Elemere o ma ba a fo

Oosala du ri mi demi

Du ri mi demi ipee eye loko

Baba nuu akobale eye oba

Obanja won o sunlemo o dori odo

Lori odo emi iba makin

Ekun oko oyele

Oyele ijao n yele bo

Mo ri oni se e mi

Araa ifon won ni oko ni nro

Igba ti nwa roo

Ki i baa mu oko lowo

I baa moko asole lojo

I baa si moko ari osan lare

I baa si moko ari osan nijao

N won n sare won nka osan lojo

Won a posese ka san lare

Ijagudu lawon nka osan nijao

Sare o kaa osan lojo

Yara poseseka san lare

Mo fi ijagudu ba won ka san nijao

Odo ifon won o lare

Gbogbo won ni nsare yeetu yetu

Oosala lo meni ti o fosan le lowo

Emi ni o osan le lowo

Obaala a fun ni kun towo eni

Baba nuu kengbe sokun dooro deere lare

Kengbe dudu ori ope wonyi

Mo roni se mi

Iku lo mo hun ti nbe nibe

Ekee ifon won o gbodo memu

Ika won o yabe lare

Olomo ijao o nba won jijo le wa ajoopora

Aso pepipe to omo a ro bo ra

Omo Arara o le naro

Oosala ma se bayi nile awa

Merin losooro to se e bo

O fi kan woroko tele lare

Eyi to e gunle ni jao

N ni araa fon n dari jo bo

Okan rogbodo to e gunle lapa

O ya abitula

O ya mini mi, ni

O ya oka ninu oko

O ya ni pamole

Eyi woroko to e gunle niranje

Ti Iranje n lo ya digbin-ngbin

Ti Iranje igi hu igi o ni ewe

Araa fon won  ni igi oko se hewu ori gburu gburu

Oni sewe sewe iranje e

Ki won o ma se gbin-gbin

Baba gbin-gbin leewo be

Eyi o se gbin-gbin o ni wale

Kegi kegi iranje e

Ki won o ma ke gbin-gbin loko

Baba mi gbin-gbin leewo be

Ki lo se ti gbin-gbin o lewe

Araa fon nigi oko fi nhewu gburu gburu

Oku ilu gbin-gbin

Obaala mo ji yan moringbingbin

Mo te okuta moro sinkin

Mo te gbongbo ona mo rin gbingbin lawe

Ero iijao ara ilawe ile

Ni ilawe mo yara we

Mo mo roro bi gba elepo

Mo ji yan mo mori kefun

Baba mi mo deyin mo kosun re boosa

O ku ilu gbin-gbin

Obaala adikale eru apa

Ero ijao eku ilu Owowo

Araa fon a worin woowoo sebo

O ku ilu oyaya

Ti mo yaju ti mo ya enu

Oosala ekunigbin ku January araa fon o janu mo mi

Ti mo janu mo o

Eejanu ile yin san abi osan?

Epa ni sile etun kefun

E fi ototo eeyan soro lare

Ototo eeyan lee fi soro ni jao

Okiti kan baara o nbe nita asorin

Ti araa fon o gbodo gori e

Ero are o gebe

One ii gerebe lojo

Ebon i won mu onile se

Ajeji iii geebe lare

Arodewogun ebo laraa fon fi won se

Ologbon kii gerebe lojo

Ebo ni won mu ologboon se

Asi ere dani dani, ii gerebe ni iranje

Ebo laraa fon fi won se

Omotawede o gerebe lojo

Omotawede o wa gerebe ni ja o

Omotawede o wa gerebe ni Iranje

N won pe Adegbafo ooni

Ero ijao, n won pe adegbafo aborisa

N won pe ejeope oba lode adikun

Araa fon, won Akinnuu, omo afopa legun

N won ni, omotawede o gerebe lojo

Omotawede o wa gerebe ni ijao

Omotawede o wa gerebe ni Iranje

Akinnuu o ni iyan lo se debe

Iyan lo se de be

Ejoo ee je o maa lo

Akii mu omo ore bore

Iyan lo se debe iyaa Adikun un un

Iyan lo se debe, iya Otan leri

Are mi are

Ewaa mumi, dare e re mi

Emu mi defon e fun mi legun mu

Mi de lare mo yara are tete

Mo fi kainkain mo fi we lare

Ni lare mo te okuta moro sinkin

Eru o bami

Ti mo rawo lare

Are oosa, mo te okuta moro owobo

Ode are leeru gba aje

Omo afi wo dosu

Emaa rugba aje lo de baba mi

Oosala nib o ni un o daja si?

Ijao doja ifon wa dile

Ifon wa dile yeeni yeke

Ako eye ndaja ori igi

A gbi gbo o ba won koro de boosa

Oosala oloja tii da ifon

Akoda oni oja baba o un mi

Baba lobi ni tooto

Oja baba re ni

Omotawede oni ema ja soja mo

Oluufe ooni baba lobi

Oba leyo ajori baba lobi

Owarangun aga baba lobi

Ataoja lode o sogbo baba loni

O wa gba oja naa patapata

Oni eka lo  so de Asorin

Konikaluku o mo jot i e

Oosala ni ojo merin idun mu was aye

Omotawede ni a o sele moruko tojo je?

Oosala ni e mojo kan sose oun

Emu ojo kan sogun

Emu oojo kan se jakuta

Ojo kan yoku ni e mu sawo

Lonii ni won naja okun ileke

Ola ni won naja sehgi

Adabo Ireni ni won naja okun ni ifon

Ojo meriin oni won ana ti seseefun

Aja ti oje akesan o lojo

Yoo sele lojo

Onikaluku ni n fojo ti e naa

Lojojo a naja lare

N won n sapa bugaa buga a

Ijao a naja ao pon wo la

Nile oosala ni mo gbe jobe to di ototo mu

Mo le po ni le e

Mo je erinlako ni funfun

Ero ijao mo ko yo jatee

Mo leni nile mo sun leekan

Mo teni eekan sun bi eni n teni

Obaala ari koriko te omo toro finni

Nile oosala mo laso nile mo ro afon rodo

Afon laa ro rodo loganjo

Eegun nii ba ni lo

Eegu wa ni iwaju

Eegun wa leyin

Ori o gbodo wu

Bi ori ba wu ebo ni won fi ni se

Ema fi mi sebo temi o wuu

Ododo laa pakaja todo wale

Araa fon won leegun o ma mu lo

Ero iranje o gbodo lo aso pupa mo

O so araa fon di alaso funfun

Odo kan nbe ni iranje o gbe

Okan nbe ni ranje o gbe

Okan nbe niranje ko san

Okan son o la adikun ja

Okan son o topo lotun

Lonii un o podo baba wa loruko

Pasa tile son o la adikun ja

Odose odo owo

Ajeji adikun se bodo kodo ni

Pasa tile n won abu boju

Araa fon n won fi nweri

N won n sanra

Lo yoo asorin

Loyoo jingin-in bi eni gbowo ijo

Ayaba adikun won ee sese

Awon ero kodose won a ma so ose

Nigbati omotawede n rodo nijao

Pasatilee, aso funfun lo e leri aso funfun

Awon ero ibolo n rodo ni kodose

Kodose o de ni lorun ses mo rara

Pasatile sbi re o nse simi lenu

Ekuuyeeni kun kun

Omi kunkun omo tayaba laso

Opolo mesin adikun

Araa ilawe opa ni won nbu gburugbu loju omi

Obinrin o bopa ni lawe o mura

Omotawede o bopa ni lawa o mura

O mu opa je

O fi aita, o fi aira ta oja lopo

O gbe ologbe lakuko gba se ti e

Akuko adikun won o lee ba

O wa bepo satari osese

Baba nuu, osumore lona ego

Osumare adikun n won torun gbaja

Iku waye

Amule kan lee ogun

Afeyinkule ti le ogun gbongbon

Ero ijao n won kaso funfun won e leri

Aso funfun

Loni are re la nsaa

Osese re la npaa bo lona

Eni o duro n won dodo

Ei o bere won a dolo ilogi

Eni o rinna ijao won a di awurebe

Eni o sare n won dasaa

Obaala, lajo n wa kiri

Ade, ijao ilee

Ade, ife ooni

Oosala mo de ife ooye

Ade ijao adikun

Looto lade ijao aso rere

Oosala baba gberu kale

Abuke leyin aa pon-an si

Abuke ponmo kudu ke

Arara wewu gereje re boosa

Oni kinni mo wa se ni ta Asorin?

Moni baba ni mo wa

Oluufe ooni

Baba ni mo nwa kiri

Aweriba owo oje

Oloba obedu obaala,

Ayin kinni bomo lenu

Akandu sisi

Okan n so poun o mu po

Okan n so poun a mu eje

Okan nso poun a jori

Eyi to so poun amuje

N won a gboto to eeyanlade

Eyi ti nso poun a jori

N ni araa fon n fi erinlako bo

Baba ni mo wa wa

Akanfu sisi ti gbon mo lohun

Gbon-an gbon-an gbon

Baba ni mo wa wa

Oloro kase lenu

Abimo lesu ma ya

Baba ni mo wa wa

Oosala dakun ma bimi lesu

Ajagbo dakun ma besu lumi

Igba o se lede

Baba nu u

Oriri mori tii ba won gbegbo ageeje

Eyi onilu geeje geeje

Baba ni mo wa wa

Onilu geeje geeje

Baba ni mo wa wa

Onilu tai jo o

Onile won o gbodo jo

Ero ona won o yabe

Ayafi iku ti nbe lode orun

Afi oosa lawe

Afi olomo ti o lowo tii ba won jo agba a ii jo

Ilu taa mu awo arara se

Oosala onilu ti oni kokoro

Egigun abuke lafi lu ogidan fun baba

Eni to mu yin lajee oniro

Igba ori la fi mefun

Eje eeyan laa mu sun lare

Egigun eeyan la wa fi tepa osooro

Olua o wa jii re

Oosala o ji abi o jii

Obaala o jii re

Mo gbopi nifon

Mo gbo kara kuru leyin lekun

Bii ba segbe ole lare

Bi kii ba sole lojo

Ba defon taji niba seni

Emi o ni  ba won jole lojo

Un o si ni ba won jole ni jao

Ajini ba se lemi o se

Iku ti nbe lode orun

Ti se bi ojo mu ni lo

Orun mokandinlogun

Abiri nru iwa lapo

Sese ni se leyin aso dodo

Oloore abiyamo

Ekun ako ma ti ka leyin

Koye, kobo leyin

Mo roni se mi

Ara gbogbo ni fi gbo toloore

Egbe ni se leyin mi

A o mo eyi ti o se amodun

Alase faa bi na jo ni

Obatala pelee a to ko ni yungba

O kilo oro kan won o gba lapa

Ka soro fun ni ka mo gba

A maa dun ni titi

Oni sewe sewe ijao

E ma dapa se ewe mo

Bi o fe

Oko alapa ni o sinmi oko ewe sise mo

Segisegi iranje e!

Oni e ma dapa segi mo

Ore ode

Imule ode

Kii bode ja lapa

Arodewogun a re nii ba ode se

Igba ti o nba ode ja lapa

Aso ma ni baba e bora

O gboro kan, o jo muku muke

Okusu tii ba ode jagere lo oja

Mo roni se mi gege bi omo oloode

Olu koti okunrin

Iku tii ba ode pinwo ogboogba

Iku tii sode lofo afa

Ode mefa, o peta ninu won

O de  ji nigbekun lona apa

O ni oyo ku o rele loo wi

O ni o lo le lo ree ro

To ba dele ko wipe olori ode jako

Ija oosala soju mi un o dele wi

O wa boso sile loke apa

Araa le o gbodo ro oko

Ero oko o gbodo wale

Waa woo laja nke e!

Aja fi iboosi omo amotekun bonu

Waa woo ekun lo dara bayii

Ewa wo omo ekun tori minijo minijo

Ka san oke apa ti onigbanso lo ree ja

O nba onigba nso ja tapo torun

Tesin to be to o ti ida

Ase oro onigbanso o  muu

Arodewogun irin wewe nii fi legun

Abeti gbooro gbooro oran gbo

Alaso funfun ti n be lode ijao

O fapo ro sogbomosoo

O faso sile apekop

O fi aaja sile aaje

O binu pabuke je nilee olufon

Oosala o ji aboo ji?

Obaala o ku ojumo

Oosala duri mi de mi

Oko kukute

Oko ko olowo

Oko ko lese

Olua o wa jii re e

Onile aa lagba fun

Onipon gegebi koso irin

Okunrin gegeje bi eni lu iya ilu

Labalaba aboju lagbari.

TRANSLATION

Obatala
Obatasa
The powerful king that reside in the town called Iranje
He that is in possession of blessings and good character
He as good character and at same time have blessings
Husband of hunch back
Husband of the cripple
You are the husband of dwarf woman with big flat head
The gnome the husband of albino
You leave  daily life in gorgeous beuty and greatness.
You mithyness is immense it can not be lifted
So immense in white apparel
One who sleep in white apparel
And wake up inside white apparel
Rises from glory to glory inside white apparel
Respected father husband of Yemoo
It pleasurable to see wealth
The oldest man of Ifon town
He who withdraw wealth from the person who have and give it to have not
he who multiply a single person to many
The heavenly black Smith
The head moulder that mould babies head s
The diety that creates eyes and noses
The arch Divinity the owner of good clay
The arch Divinity the owner of good clay that is use to mould character
The arc Divinity the owner of good clay that is use to mould Destiny.
He has absolute power to make any thing he wants happen
A  very wealthy orisa.
the Divinity that wake up the doesn't eat any thing with bone

The Emon wake in its net

Afebojo woke up good in its hole

My lord I hope you rise up well

The Agbe woke up with indigo dye

Aluko woke up with his camwood

Buffbarcked woke up with his clean white clothe

Parrot with his red feather

Great king , you woke uup well

Cock rose up with his comb of fire on iit head

Oosala did you wake up or not?

Great king , did you wake well at Ifon?

Quinea fowl rose up with horn on its head

He who we greet and did not talk as Olodumare

The great king  did you wake up well?

The tortoise woke up with its shell

The snail rose up with  it shell

Great king did you wake up well?

The fish woke inside the river

My lord did you wake up well?

Oosala did you wake up or not?

Great king did you wake up well?

Ojola (python)wake up with it power

Irore woke with his claws

Asorin woke up ,the king among the trees

My lord you wake up well

The sea rise head of all the rivers

Did you wake up well today?

He who I carry from heaven to earth

Great king you wake woke up well today?

The owner of the house where we beat Agba

The good king who is leaving at Ifon

My lord you wake up well

Thw dead and earth

Soil and heaven

Father you woke up good

Darkness is high at heaven

Oosala did you woke up well?

You slept on white

You wrapped unpin white without injuries

You jump from the roof , you did not hurt your arm

My lord you rise up well

He who hangs white without removing it from heaven

A strong man in the city Iranje

He who sit without limit

All around us as the market square

As tall as strong, Oosala as we hang up the gun

He cursed the goat before beheading it

A leopard that kill animals without deny them

The great king with a gong of war

Obatala please ,he who have powerful bell in his sack

He put sleeplessness at home of liars

Please Oosala don’t put loss on my mother

His calabash worried them

He made some one with bad fate to become prosperious

The great king that makes bad luck to become good luck

He whose house no one can reach

The home near heaven

The house of white beads

He buikds a house with sixteen rooms

The mender of heaven

The death that molds new baby’s head

He-who cares for the head of abiku child

So that their heads may not get sick

Take care of my head for me

Father obanjala did not sleep on the floor

It is on the wood mortal

Leopard, husband of oyele

I saw my assistance

The oyele of ijao spread on the ground

The indigene of ifon said he is a farmer

If he is a farmer, did you find his hoe  in his hand?

Did he dig a ditch at ojo?

We saw orange at Are

We also found orange at Ijao

We ran to catch orange at Ojo

Walk slowly to catch the orange at Are

I fought hard to catch the orange at  Ijao

The youth atIfon have no elders

All of them ran fast

Only oosala knows those he will give orange

It is me, who he will give the orange

Great king, he who add to one  at  your hand

The liars at Ifon must not drink palm wine

The wicked one must not come there

The offsprijngs of Ijao dance an acient dance to vanish

A piece of cloth is enough for the son of cripple to be wrapped in

No way is the hunchback unble to stand up

Oosala please don’t act like this in our home

It is four among osooro that are good to worship

He stuck on one ground at Are

The one he stuck down at Ijao

That wasthe  one thst indigenes of ifon worshipped

The giany one that he stuck down at Apa

That one jad sixteen figures

It has fugures of cobra, viper and snakes

The longest one, he stuck to the soil at Iranje

That was the one that became gbin-in-gbin

Father, gbin-in-gbin is forgiven

The person that cut gbin-in-gbin will not survive it

Why gbin-in-gbin has no leaf?

The indigenes of Ifon say that the tree has grey hairs

Inhabitants of Ijao

Immigrants of Ilawe

At Ilawe, I quickly took a bath

And cleanse with a calabash of palm oil

I ate pounded yam

I painted my head white

My father, I later rubbed my body with camwood at the temple

You took human beings for sacrifice at Are

It is human beingd you took to make sacrifice at Ijao

There is a big heap of earth at outside of Asorin

That is forbiddeb for citizens at Ifon to climb

Inhabitants of Are must not climb it

Owner of the house must not climb

The visitors not climb the heap of earth at Are

Arodewogun, it is a sacrifice they would take him to make

Wise men do not climb the heap of eargh at Ijao

Sluggish and stupid person must not climb the heap of eartgh at Iranje

It is sacrifice they would take him to make

Only omotawede climbed the heap of earth at ojo

She climbed the heap of earth at Are

Omotawede also climbed the heap of earth at Iranje

Citizen of ijao invited adegbala aborisa

They also called ejeope the paramount ruker of adikun

The citizen of ifon called akinnuu

Offspring of he who took a stick to stop the war

They told them, omotawede climbed the heap of earth at ojo

She also climbed the heap of earth at ijao

Omotawede climbed the heap of earth at iranje

Akinnuu said she was just doing an exercise

She was only making  exercise, leave her alone

We should not take offsprings of soil to worship ore

She is only making exercise, mother adikun

Immigrant is my immigrant

You took me to Are

You love me

You took me to ifon

You make me drink egunb

I arrived at Are, I washed my calabash

I took a sponge of Are to bath

At ilare, I stepped on a stone

It sounded “sin kin”

I did noit hesitate

I saw skin at Are

I draw water to the house

It was at the shrine of oosa that I stepped on a stone

It sound “sin kin”

I did not fear

It was outside of are that I beat the calabash of the witch

The offspring of Afiwodosu

Omotawede don’t besat the calabash of the witch in our home

Oosala said, where should I establoish the market?

Ijao became the market

Ifon became home

Ifon is our abode

The male bird that played on a tree

Agbigbo did not follow them to bring wealth to the shrine of orisa

Orisalaa created tge market

Akoda said “it was my father’s market”

True, he is the son of the father

It was  his father’s market

Orisa started tto boast

They said it was my father’s market

They were all correct

They were the son of the father

Omotawede said don’t fight about market anymore

Oluife, he is a son of father

The monarch eleyo ajori

He is the son of the father

Ataoja he is the son of the father

Omotawede said, let us go to Asorin

Let everyone have their  own day

Oosala said, I only brought four days from heaven to the  earth

Omotawede said, how can we identify the names of the day?

Oosala said, take one day as my own week

Make another day jakuta

Take a day for ogun

The remaining day is for Awo

Today is the market day of okun bead

Tomorrow is market day for segi bead

The day after tomorrow is the market day of iyun at the city of ifon

The fourth day is market day of seseefun

The argument did not permit akesan to have a day

Everyone goes to market on his own day

They went to the market at ojo

They make their hard sound “bugabuga”

The day of market at Are

Their hands made a sound of “bugabuga”

At ijao market, we did not lick our palms

At house of ifon we lick our palms

The palm torn

At the home of orisaala

We ate soup with good taste

I have palm oil at home, ate snail in white

Indigene of ijao, I buy salt and I ate withiout salt

I have a mat at home

I slept on the grass

I prepared a mat as I made the mat

The great king that has grass to make bed for his children neatly

At the house of orisaala

I have clothes at home

I wrapped in Afon to go to the river

We wrapped them in Afon to go to the river at midnight

Egungun is following us

Mask informant

Masquerade at the back

One must not hesitate

He who hesitates

It is sacrifice they use them for

Don’t use me to make sacrifice

I did not hesitate

It is coloured clothes that you folded on your arms

From the river to the house

The indigene of ifon gave it to Egungun to carry home

Offspring of iranje; must not use red colour anymore,

That makes indigene of ifon to use white clothes

There is one river at iranje

Unable to dry up

There is one that did not run

There is one that runs all the way to the city of adikun

The one that goes to otun town

Today I will pronounce our father’s rivers name

Pasa was running from home to adikun town

Odose is a river of respect

The visitors of adikun think it was an ordinary river

Pasa river, they wash clothes and calabash

The indigenes of ijao came there to fetch water to drink

The iranje citizens came there to draw water to bath

The inhabitants of ibolo came there to wash their faces

The people of ifon came there and washed their heads

We are now happy at ojo, we dance

The ayaba of adikun did not make trouble

The visitors of kodose did not recognize the close of week

When omotawede went to the river at ijao

She was dressed up all in white

The visitors of ibolo went to the rivers at kodose

They were all dressed up in black

The torrent of rain of adikun must not see black clothes

They were clearing the gutter at Kodose

The river Kodose refused to expand

The river pasatile started running fast

The frog at adikun started to abuse them

The inhabitants of ilawe also abused opa

A woman must not abuse opa at ilawe without regret

Only father was the first experience

Omotawede abused opa at ilawe

She abused it and nothing happened

She did not sell, nor did she buy

She had many goods at the market

The cock at adikun is unable to fly

He had palm oil on his head

That is father

The rainbow at ego road

The rainbow at adikun came down from heaven with arms of death

The great king as fire, bite someone

He built a house near ogun’s shrine

He had a backyard very near ogun’s shrine

The citizens of ijao all dressed in white

Inhabitants of ifon wore a white robe

It is your race that we all started

It is your walk that we all walk on the road

Those who stand became wooden mortar

Those who squatted became grinding stone

Those who came from ifon road became awurebe

Those who ran became eagle

It is the great king that we all seek

We arrived at ijao house

We also went to ife ooni

Truly we at ijao asorere

Oosala we arrived at ife ooye

Oosala put his load down

The hunchback carried it on his own back

The dwarf wore oversized gown to the shrine

The albino did not ask

His eyes did not see clearly

Husband of cripple that mopped the floor and spoilt it with bottom

Old man respect to you

May you live long

Father take it easy

The monarch of Ife

I took straight way at Are

Oosala I arrived at the city of Asorin

Three stones at Asorin

The one knocked my toe

The one said “take it easy”

The one said when I did not know the road

What was my mission to Asorin?

I said, it was father I came to meet

The one who covered his head and hand with pewter

It is father I came to meet

Oloba obedu the greta king that gave little food to the mouth of baby

There is one akandu that said he want to lick palm oil

The one said, he wamted to drink blood

The  one said, he wanted to eat ori

The one said, he wanted palm oil

That was the one they worshipped with goat

The one that said he wanted blood

That was the one to receive human beings at ilawe

That one that said,

He wanted Eri

That was the one that indigenes of ifon worshipped with snails

It is father I came to meet

The one that made the voice of a child

It is father, I came to meet

The one who command in his mouth

It is father I came to meet

The strong one that made one meet esu without giving away

It is father I came to meet

Oosala please don’t push me to esu

Don’t push esu to me either

Celicular beans did not grow at ede

That is father

Orimori, the one that live at the forest of ageeje

He who had drum of geeje geeje

It is father I came to meet

The one who nhad drum that is forbidden for people to dance to

The visitor on the road must not come there

Only the death in heaven

Only orisa at ilawe

Only omotawede, she who danced to the agba that no one must dance to

Only masquerade in heaven

Only orisa at ilawe

Except the one who had no hand

Only the one who had no leg

The drum that we made of dwarf skin

The one who had command of skin of the cripple

Oosala who had the dtum without a key

The bone of abuke is the one we used to beat ogidan for the father

It  is the skull that we used to drink efun

It is human blood that we drank and slept at Are

It is human bone we used as walking stick

My lord did you wake up well?

I heard a noise at ifon

I heard a noise behind the door

If it is not a group of thieves at ojo

When we arrived at ifon

It will be those who come to sleep with a woman

I will not be among thieves at ojo

Also I will not be among the thieves at ijao

I preferred to be among those who come to sleep with a woman

The death at heaven that come to take people away

The sixteen heavens with different kind of deeds in a sack

Never turn his back from a faithful person kindness to the mothers

The leopard that refused to follow wicked people

He never left faithful people at once

My lord, my savior

Took all energy to serve kind people

He only blessed those people they punished

When they punished me

Father, please bless me

We don’t know what he is going to do next year

The instant vital forces as fire bite a person

Oosa olufon please you are the great

My lord, did you wake up well?

He gave a warning to indigenes of Apa

They neglected it

When we warn people and they don’t listen it pains me

He said, those who cut leaf at Ijao

Should not go to apa to cut leaf again

If they disobeyed, it is the grove of apa

That is going to stop it

He said, those who cut lumber at iranje

Should not go to apa to cut the lumber again

If they disobeyed, they are going to stop it at apa grove

Only hunter at apa said, they will always disobey.

The hunters at apa were very disobedient

The friends of hunters

A covenants friend of hunter

He must not fight with hunters of apa

When you fight with hunters of apa

You wore a jumper of fire you heard music to dance to okusu he who danced along with the hunters to the market

I saw my savior

Act as the son of the hunter

The death that shared money equally with hunter

He met six hunters

Killed three of them

He tied two to a pole

He told the last one to inform people

The leader of hunters was at the farm

He tripped at hill of Apa

The people at home must not go to the farm

The farmer was unable to come home

Come and see

The dog barks

The dog announces the spotted leopard

Come and see!

Beautiful leopard

The kasan leaf of apa hill that the calabash mender went to cut

He fought against calabash mender with a bow and arrow

With bow and knife and razor and sharp sword

The calabash mender had no poison

Arodewogun has a small iron to wage war

He who used wide ear to listen to every word!

He who used white robe lived at ijao

He took a bag to ogbomoso

He put his gown at apeko

He put his bell to ring at Aaje’s house

His aggression killed the hunchback at Olufon’s house

Obatala did you wake up or not

The great king, good morning

Oosala take good care of my head for me , husband of the short

Husband he who had no hands, no legs

My lord, did you wake up or not?

Butterfly with eyes on his back.