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Yoruba Baptist Hymns No. 237

JESU oluf’ okan mi

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Verse 1

JESU oluf’ okan mi,
Je ki nsala s’ aiya Re;
Sa t’ irumi sunmo mi,
Sa ti iji fe s’ oke;
Pa mi mo, Olugbala,
Tit’ iji aiye y’o pin,
To mi lo s’ ebute Re,
Nikehin gb’ okan mi la.

Verse 2

Abo mi, emi ko ni,
Iwo l’ okan mi ro mo;
Ma f’ emi nikan sile,
Gba mi, si tu mi ninu.
Iwo ni mo gbekele,
Iwo n’iranlowo mi,
Ma sai f’iye apa Re
D’abo b’ori aibo mi.

Verse 3

Krist’,’wo nikan ni mo fe,
N’nu Re, mo r’ohun gbogbo;
Gb’emi t’o subu dide,
W’alaisan, to afoju;
Ododo l’oruko Re,
Alaisododo l’emi,
Mo kun fun ese pupo,
Iwo kun fun ododo.

Verse 4

‘Wo l’opo ore-ofe
Lati fib o ese mi:
Je ki omi iwosan
We inu okan mi mo;
Iwo l’orisun iye,
Je ki mbu n’nu Re l’ofe,
Ru jade n’nu okan mi,
Si iye ainipekun.

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