Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 139 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

O̩jo̩ dʼugbo du, i chema e̩wñ du

Tugbo Agboji Amakeli. Eli Defid de̩.

¹ O Jihofa, uwe̩ fʼejefu-mi tu me̩, e̩ la ma mi!

² Uwe̩ chema uguane̩-mi kpai ukwane̩-mi; e̩ chema ibe ki dʼef umi o̩najiji.

³ Uwe̩ do̩mo̩ afe̩ ikpa kʼu nale kpai edachi-mi, e̩ chemʼo̩na o̩na du kʼu nale.

⁴ O̩la le ki wʼef alu-mi, go, Jihofa, e̩ chema gbogbo nyʼane̩.

⁵ Uwe̩ fʼo̩na kpanyu mi tʼo̩gba tʼubi, e̩ la mʼo̩wo̩-we̩ du no mi me̩.

⁶ E̩wñ ema abe̩le̩ chʼe̩wñ aye tʼumi le; i dʼatate̩, o̩wo̩-mi atʼu n.

⁷ Ugbo nanyi kʼu kwo bʼAfu-we̩ te̩? Abe̩k ugbo nara nyi kʼeju-we̩ ma dʼane̩ o̩mo̩ n?

⁸ Iche̩wñ kʼu nate̩gu nyʼefojale, uwe̩ dʼo̩mo̩! Iche̩wñ kʼu fʼate̩-mi ro̩ ef o̩jegu, go, uwe̩ dʼo̩mo̩!

⁹ Iche̩wñ kʼu mʼika odudu ko kʼu le teke dodo otitala ohimini abadi,

¹⁰ i chaka chʼo̩mo̩, o̩wo̩-we̩ ane̩ mi le, o̩wo̩-we̩ awo̩to̩ la agwo̩nyʼumi.

¹¹ Iche̩wñ kʼu kakini, E̩chubi abʼumi ma chuu, oñ ugane̩ ki lʼumi de-i amud odu,

¹² i chaka chʼe̩chubi onugo i adʼe̩wñ maja ñw e̩ n, ane̩ la mune̩ odu dab o̩ro̩ka; e̩chubi kpai ugane̩ chʼokate ugbo we̩.

¹³ Todu e̩wñ du ki dʼef umi uwe̩ bo̩, uwe̩ fʼumi gamʼomune̩ ef iye-mi.

¹⁴ Nagogbodʼe̩, todu alu kʼe̩ che mi abailo, i chʼe̩wñ aye. Uko̩lo̩-we̩ du chʼawuwu! Onugo-mi la chema e-le̩ nyo̩nyo̩.

¹⁵ Achiku-mi maja ñw e̩ n, e̩gba ku ma chʼo̩na-mi umaja maja le̩ n, ku ma che mi o̩ka o̩ka ugbo ki chʼo̩gane̩ tule ane̩-ile̩.

¹⁶ Eju-we̩ cheli e̩wñ ku ma ne̩ che mi e̩gba ku ma ma cho̩na-wñ ta n; eñini ño̩na-mi okoke du che̩ko̩ nyʼef o̩takada-we̩, e̩gba ku ma ma dʼokate-wñ nyʼane̩ ta n.

¹⁷ O, ibe kʼe̩ kpe̩ le̩ chʼo̩me̩me̩le̩ ñw mi, O O̩jo̩! Aluka-wñ tabale!

¹⁸ Iche̩wñ kʼomi ma kʼaluka-wñ, aluka-wñ wewe tʼe̩lanyi le. E̩gba kʼu mʼolu ji, u dʼugbo we̩ ta.

¹⁹ O, uwe̩ ma fʼame̩ne̩bibi kpa rinyo̩, O O̩jo̩, ame̩ ku me̩ dʼe̩bie̩ dafo, me̩ kwo bʼumi te̩,

²⁰ todu ma nʼo̩la bibi aka nyʼe̩, ame̩nebi ahi o̩la-ma ne ibe̩te̩ ofofo!

²¹ I chʼulaka abo ku ma chʼulaka we̩ oñ omi ache-i n, O Jihofa? I chʼihie̩ne̩ abo ku ma kwane̩ tʼuwe̩ o̩la oñ nahi-i n?

²² Ulaka-ma kʼu nache mufu kpa; ama chʼame̩nebi-mi.

²³ Fʼef e̩do̩-mi tu, O O̩jo̩, kʼuwe̩ ki ma ef e̩do̩-mi! Jʼumi ma kʼe̩ ma ibe kʼu nakpe̩!

²⁴ Kʼe̩ la go, abe̩k o̩na e̩do̩dudu dʼef umi, kʼe̩ la ne̩ mi lʼo̩na e-ogbegbele̩!