Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 57 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

I ke̩do̩nʼO̩jo̩ oñ i rodubʼo̩ kʼi gbʼo̩ nyi

Tugbo Agboji Amakeli: Al-tash-het, e-Defid. Miktam; e̩gba kʼi ra bi So̩l te̩ ef o̩wo̩ le̩.

¹ Li umi eju, O O̩jo̩, li umi eju, todu onugo-mi achubiyʼuwe̩; ochochi, o̩lubo̩ ika-we̩ nachubiyo̩, gbogbo tak e̩wñ agbajiko-i ki lale.

² Omi akwado̩ O̩jo̩ Chamachala, owñ chʼO̩jo̩ ki akpoji e̩wñ du ñw mi.

³ I akpʼuche̩ kwʼefojale wa kʼi ajadu mi, edejuru kʼi dejurʼe̩ne̩ ki adʼumi mi le̩ bʼe̩ne̩ le̩ ma me̩. Sila. O̩jo̩ akpʼufe̩de̩nyo̩-wñ kpai o̩cho-chi-wñ uche̩!

⁴ Onugo-mi dʼef amidu u dachi ef abo kʼafu ki akwʼef iñmo̩-ma dufu chʼo̩go̩ una; owñ chʼamo̩ma amone̩ kʼenyi-ma chʼo̩kwo̩ kpai o̩fa, kʼukpalu-ma la chʼo̩kwo̩chageli kʼi ale̩.

⁵ O O̩jo̩, uwe̩ ki dʼatate̩ ñw efojale! ojima-we̩ ki dʼatate̩ ñw ane̩ ile̩ chaka!

⁶ Ma fʼiga fa te̩ tod e̩re̩-mi me̩; onugo-mi buke. Ma fʼura gwa te̩ o̩gba-mi me̩, ama onugo la muñwa tʼalumeji-wñ. Sila.

⁷ Edo̩-mi de̩ kpoko, O O̩jo̩, e̩do̩-mi de̩ kpoko! eli nako̩, ochochi, nakʼeli dʼuwe̩!

⁸ Mʼolu ji, ojima-mi! Ubo̩ kpai umolo ki mʼolu ji! omi onugo atakpa takpa jʼolu.

⁹ O Ondu, nagogbodʼuwe̩ ef amone̩; nakʼeli dʼuwe̩ ef abo uche̩ichi.

¹⁰ Todu ufe̩de̩nyo̩-we̩ che̩nana gbogbo kadʼefojale, ochochi-we̩ la kadʼojale.

¹¹ O O̩jo̩, uwe̩ ki dʼatate̩ ñw efojale! ojima-we̩ ki dʼatate̩ ñw ane̩ ile̩ du!