Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 66 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Ugwa egwʼO̩jo̩ tod owñ aye kʼi ache

Tugbo Agboji Amakeli. Eli de̩.

¹ Me̩ ki kpogu uyo̩ ñw O̩jo̩, ame̩ abo ile̩ du;

² Me̩ dʼojima odu-wñ kʼeli dʼo̩; me̩ je̩ ñw uñwulo̩-wñ ki nʼojima!

³ Ka ñw O̩jo̩ kakini, Ubailo uko̩lo̩-we̩ gbe̩! Lugbo unana ukpahiu-we̩ oñ ame̩nebi-we̩ afʼo̩la-ma kamu-hite̩ ñw e̩ lef akpaine̩.

⁴ Abo ile̩ du adojikane̩ ñw e̩; ma la akeli dʼe̩, ma akeli dʼodu-we̩. Sila.

⁵ Me̩ lewa ku me̩ gʼuko̩lo̩ O̩jo̩: e̩wñ kʼi ache kpai amone̩ abailo.

⁶ I mʼohimini abadi rida ane̩ e̩gbe̩; e̩re̩ ofo ma du le daba ohimmi le̩. O̩mo̩ a gwoguyo̩ ef uwñ,

⁷ ugbiñmi-wñ i adu nʼo̩da e̩wñ du ogbegbele̩, eju-wñ abʼabo uche̩ichi le— amagbo̩go̩ ki hi o̩la-ma ne n. Sila.

⁸ O ame̩ amone̩, me̩ keli O̩jo̩-wa, me̩ ki la je̩ ñw ma gbʼomu uñwulo̩-wñ,

⁹ owñ ki mʼonugo-wa du gugu ef iñmi, kʼi ma la je̩ ñw e̩re̩-wa ki ñwo̩ n.

¹⁰ Todu uwe̩, O O̩jo̩, e̩ fʼuwa ñwago me̩; e̩ fʼuwa gwe̩ alu ku ma gwe̩ ajifa le̩.

¹¹ Uwe̩ fʼuwa mu ef iga; uwe̩ dʼadu akanya nʼuwa ago;

¹² uwe̩ je̩ ñw amone̩ tanʼanya ale oji-wa; a le gu ef una kpai omi du; e̩ muda ko wa dufu wʼugbo kʼe̩wñ du chʼo̩be̩le̩ke̩te̩ jo̩-i.

¹³ Omi anʼe̩wñ iche̩bo̩ e̩gujo agudu wʼef unyi-we̩; nakʼe̩wñ kʼu dʼoji-wñ wa ñw e̩,

¹⁴ todu uko-mi muchi oñ alu-mi ka e̩gba kʼu dʼef o̩pe̩cha.

¹⁵ Nakʼe̩la ki yoyo wa achʼiche̩bo̩ e̩gu jo ñw e̩, manyʼotulale amokolo; omi akʼamokuno̩ kpai amobuko wa ñw e̩. Sila.

¹⁶ Me̩ lewa ku me̩ gbo̩, ame̩ ku me̩ rʼailo O̩jo̩ chaka, oñ nafʼe̩wñ kʼi che ñw onugo-mi choli jane̩.

¹⁷ Omi nʼalu-mi akwa dʼo̩, ukpalu-mi la dʼowñ nʼoji ago.

¹⁸ Omi ma li ibe̩te̩ ef e̩do̩-mi, Ondu ma gbʼomu-mi n.

¹⁹ O̩jo̩ muda gbʼo̩ me̩, ochochi; owñ la nʼeti rʼomu aduwa-mi.

²⁰ O̩jo̩ ki nʼele, owñ kʼi ma dʼaduwa-mi tʼiba n kʼi ma la rʼufe̩de̩nyo̩-wñ da bʼumi le̩ n!