Èjìọ̀yẹ̀kú/Ọ̀yẹ̀kú méjì/Èjì Ọ̀yẹ̀

 

1.

lgbunwo kannu

Won o se kanya

A difa fun Baba yekuyarun

Ti won npe loyeku sanponna

Ki ni o yeku nu lori awo?

Ejioye!

lfa ni o yeku nu lori awo.

 

Elbow though touches the stomach

Can never touch the chest

Cast Ifa for Baba Yekuyarun

Who people refer to as just Oyeku

What will remove death from Awo

Ejioye?

Ifa will remove death from Awo

 

2.

Opa gbogbo ni siwaju agbonnini

         Ese mejeeji ni n jijadun ona gborogan gborogan

         Eti mejeeji ni n kangun igbe

Apaasa abenu booboo

Kijipa a bita para

A difa fun Enlojo Aso

Lojo ti won n torun bo waye

Ebo ni won ni won o se

Kele nikan ni n be leyin to n sebo

Kele ru o

Kele tu

Aso to sebo ko rorun

O puro tan oku je

O pada seyin

Aso to sebo ko rorun

 

A stick goes in front of one while passing

 through dewy grasses

The two feet are struggling on the path

The two ears stay close to the bush

Uncut dry calabash with its round mouth

Coarse cloth with its thickness

Cast ifa for one hundred and sixty four cloths

When they were coming from Heaven

They were advised to offer sacrifice

It was only kele that made the sacrifice

Kele offered sacrifice

Kele performed the ritual

The cloth that made sacrifice does not die

He lies against the dead

He turns back

The cloth that made sacrifice does not die

 

3.

Oye sese n la bo loke

Omo araye se bi ojumo lo mo

A difa fun Agogo ti somo Onire sanbe

Opa to loun oo pa Agogo

Ko le pa Agogo mo

Opa lo momo ku o

Agogo a si gbele

 

When the twilight surfaces

People think it is dawn

Cast ifa for Agogo (metal gong) the child of Onire sanbe

The stick that says it will kill the metal gong

Cannot kill the metal gong

It is the stick that dies

The metal gong will be left alive