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HOMAGE.

Iba o,

OLÓDÙMARÈ aba ajiki,

ÈDÙMÀRÈÈ oba a ji ge,

Ògègé Oba tiin gbele aye gun,

Ògbàgbà nla Oba tolode-Orun.

Homage to:

OLODUMARE, God of inertial,

EDUMARE, The most respected with adulation,

The pivot of life equilibrium,

The grand commander of the cosmic zone.

Ìbà o:

Ati yo ojo,

Ati wo oorun,

Iba kùtùkútú awo owuro,

Ganrín ganrìn Awo osan gaangan,

Winríín winrìn Awo oru,

Ati òkùkù-sú-wì, Awo oganjo.

Homage to:

The rising of the sun,

The setting of the sun,

Kutukutu, Priest of the Dawn,

Ganrin ganrin, Priest of the Noon,

winrin winrin, Priest of the Night, and

Okuku-su-wi, Priest of the mid-night.

Ìbà elewu ide,

Ìbà elewu ala,

Ìbà irawo sasa n be lehin f’supa.

Homage to:

Elewu-ide, Orisa of the sun,

Elewu-Ala, Orisa of the Moon,

Irawo-sasa, Orisa of the cosmic stars.

Afefelegelege Awo isalu aye,

Efuufulegelege Awo isalu orun,

Afefelegelege, Priest of the earth,

Efuufulegelege, Priest of the universe

Ìbà Àjàgùnmòlè oluwo ode Orun,

Ìbà Àròmògànyìn onibode aye oun orun,

Ìbà Àwònàmàjà babalawo tii n komo nIFA oju orun.

Homage to:

Ajagunmole, Priest of the great beyond,

Aromoganyin, Gateman of the great beyond,

Awonamaja, Ifa Priest that teaches Ifa in dreams.

Ìbà Èsù láàlú-òkiri-òkò, Kiri-ògo,

Ìbà Eyin Ìyàmi,

Afínjú ęyę tii n je loju oloko,

Afínjú ęyę tii n fìyé sapa tii n fiko sehin,

Afínjú ęyę tii n fìyé sapa tii n f’eekun sehin’

Afínjú ęyę tii n fìyé sapa tii n fehin sehin,

Afínjú ęyę tii n fegungun sapa tii n fegungun sehin,

Afínjú ęyę tii n firin n sapa tii n firin sehin,

Afínjú ęyę tii n fina sapa tii n fina sehin.

Homage to:

Esu Laalu okiri-oko, kiri-ogo, the police of the whole universe.

Eyin Iyami,

The skillful bird that feeds in the presence of the owner,

The skillful bird with feathers and beak,

The skillful bird with feathers and teeth,

The skillful bird with bones as feathers and bones as teeth,

The skillful bird with iron feathers and iron teeth,

The skillful bird with feathers of fire and teeth of fire

Ìbà ILÈ,òtèté, langbua,

Aterere kari aye,

A gbohun maa fo, abiyamo tooto.

Homage to:

Ile, otete, langbua, the mother earth,

The special carpet of the universe,

The mute listener, Mother of all.

Ìbà IFA ohun OLÓDÙMARÈ,        

Ìbà Orunmila, eleri ipin,

Atori eni tio sunwon se,

Ìbà aboru, Aboye, Abosise.

Homage to:

IFA the voice of almighty God,

Homage to:

Orunmila, the witness of destiny,

The one that changes misfortune to fortune

Homage to:

Aboru, Aboye and Abosise.

Ìbà Ogun,yankan bi ogbe,

Ìbà Otarigidi-tii n se yeye Ogun,

Ìbà omobowu oun ewiri-maje,

Ìbà Ìja, Ìbà Osoosi,

Ìbà Olútasín tokoko bo Ogun,

Ìbà Òpè ti a n tidi n be tii n tori gbe ni,

Ìbà Òpè to fidi sekan to fori se pupo.

Homage to:

Ogun, the bleeding of the flesh’s wound,

Homage to:

Otarigidi, Ogun's God mother,

Omobowu and Ewiri-maje, Ogun's wives,

Homage to:  Osoosi,

Olutasin, the first to appease Ogun,

The Palm-tree that is appeased at the base, that bring forth benefiting fruits at the top,

The Palm-tree with one trunk but many branches.

Ìbà Egbé oga-Ogo

Ìbà Ogba,

Ìbà Kórìkóto-Orisa ewe.

Homage to:

Egbe, the cosmic companions,

Ogba, The astral friends,

Olunkori, The Orisa of children soul mates

Ìbà Sàngó, Oluorojo,bambi-arigba ota segun,

Ìbà Haawa, Iba Gambe-olu,

Ìbà sere legelege tii n se gbaju fun Sango,

Ìbà Oya Oriri,obinrin gbongbonran tii n yoko re loko ebu.

Ìbà oke ganga, oke ganga,

Ìbà Aganju, Iba Mojelewu, Iba Okeere,

Ìbà Yemoja, Iba odo Ògùn,

Ìbà Òsààrà,  Ìbà Tòòròsí,

Ìbà Iyalode lode Òró,

Ìbà Moremi lode Òfà.

Ìbà Oba.

Homage to:

Sango, Oluorojo, Bambi- The Orisa of thunder with many thunderbolts,

Homage to: Haawa, Gambe-olu (wives of Sango)

Homage to:

Oya Oriri, the powerful woman that rescued her husband from ridicules,

Homage to:

Aganju,

Mojelewu,

Okeere,

Yemoja and her river- Ogun,Osaara, Toorosi, Sango's God mothers,

Iyalode, the custodian of Oro (Oro=town)

Moremi, the custodian of Ofa (Ofa=town)

Obà, Sango’s faithful and lovely committed wife.

Ìbà o, Obatala, Oba taasa,

Oba patapata lode Iranje,

Ìbà Iranje’le Iba Iranje oko,

Ìbà Ifon-Osun,

Ìbà Igbin, Iba Igbin-Oosa,

Ìbà Alágemo-téérekangé,

Je a gbo Je a to;

Ìbà Abamoda omo Oosa-Agbowujin,

Mo daba ire aje, ire aya/oko, ire omo, ire gbogbo,

Aba ti Alagemo bada lOosa-Oke n gba.

Homage to:

Obatala, Oba taasa,

King of Orisa, the custodian of Iranje (Irange=town)

Homage to:

Iranje-ile, Iranje-oko, Ifon-osun (all towns)

Igbin, the Sail,

Igbin Oosa, the Obatala's drum,

Alagemo-teerekange, the Carmelion,

We 're wishing for longevity

Abamoda The child of Oosa-Agbowujin (plant bryophllum pinnatum)

We 're wishing for all fortunes,

It is the good wishes of Alagemon that Orisa accepts.

Ìbà Gunyan gunyan ile Ido,

Ìbà rokaroka obinrin Ibadan,

Ìbà Aje tii n somo Olu-Ibini,

Ìbà Okun tii n somo Ode-Irada,

Ìbà Orò, òròpòtò pómùpómù,

Tobi ‘mo léweléwe ti kan kan o sofun,

Ìbà Osanyin –mògbòráyè,

To gba opa lowo olókùnrùn sanu.

Homage to:

Gunyan gunyan females of ile Ido (Ido=town),

Rokaroka, the females of  Ibadan (Ibadan=town)

Aje the princess of Ibini (Ibini=town)

Okun the princess of Irada (Irada=town)

 Oro, Oropoto pomupomu,

The Orisa with many surviving children,

Osanyin -mogboraye, the healer of the sick.

Ìbà Olokun Iba Olosa,

Ìbà Odù loogbo-oje,

Ìbà Osun awura-Olu,

 Olóóyà-Iyun, Awede koto wemo,

Ìbà Iyami-Osoroniga lode-Ipokia,

Homage to:

Olokun the ,Orisa of ocean,

 Olosa, the Orisa of lagoon

Odu loogbo-oje,

Osun awura-olu

The owner of beaded comb,

She cleansed her brass and later bath her children,

Homage to:

Iyami-Osoroniga,

The skillful Orisa and custodian of Ipokia,

(Ipokia=town) 

Ìbà Orí-eni,

Ìbà Ikin-eni,

Ìbà Baba,

Ìbà Yeye,

Ìbà Oluwo,
Ìbà Ojùgbònà,

Ìbà Ipárípá adáso-mámùró

Ìbà èyin ìsòrò-Òrun

Ìbà ará Ilè.

Homage to:

One’s destiny,

One’s Ikin (sacred palm kennels)

All ancestral male Orisa,

All ancestral female Orisa,

Oluwo (one’s spiritual teacher),

Odugbona (one’s chief officiating priest),

Iparipa Adaso-mamuro (Insects community),

Isoro-sorun (Astral Ancestral Orisa),

Ile (Houses).

Àwa júbà kee je kíbà wa se, ÀSE!

We sincerely pay our homage,

Accept our homage with understanding,

Wisdom and kindness, ASE!