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Yoruba Baptist Hymns No. 571

OLUWA, iji nfe s’ oke

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Verse 1

OLUWA, iji nfe s’ oke!
Igbi omi nru s’ oke!
Oju orun pelu su dudu,
‘Ranlowo ko si n’ tosi;
‘Wo ko bere bi a segbe?
Ba o n’ Iwo se le sun?
Gbati ‘seju kokan d’ eru ba wa
Pe omi n’ iboji wa.
Afefe at igbi yo se ‘fe Mi; Dake je!
Ibase ibinu riru okun,
Ibase esu tab’ ohunkohun,
Ko si omi t’ o le ri oko na,
Ti Oluwa orun at’ aiye wa,
Nwon yio f’ inudidun se ‘fe Mi, Dake je!
Dake je!
Nwon yio f’ inudidun se ‘fe Mi, Dake je!

Verse 2

Oluwa pel’ edun emi mi,
Mo teriba n’ ironu,
Inu okan mi ko n’ isimi;
A! ji k’ O gba mi, mo be!
Igba ese on ‘banuje,
Ti b’ okan mi mole;
Mo segbe! Oluwa, mo segbe!
A, yara k’ O si gba mi.

Verse 3

luwa, eru ti koja,
Idakeje si ti de,
Orun f’ oju han nin’ adagun,
Orun si wa l’ aiya mi;
Ma duro, Olurapada,
Ma fi mi sile mo;
Pel’ ayo ngo d’ ebute ibukun,
Ngo simi l’ ebute na,

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