Èjìòdí/Òdí méjì
EJIODI
1.
Orunmila ni ka fani mora
Ifa ni ka fani mora aworo ee sota
O ni Akapo oun mu aja lowo
O ni ire a maa ja mo on lowo
O ni akapo oun mu aguntan lowo
O ni ire a maa tan an ni
O ni akapo oun mu ewure lowo
O ni ire gbogbo a ba a re
Orunmila says we should make friends
Ifa says we should make friends for priests don’t make enemy
He said he saw his Akapo holding a dog
He said good things will be getting loose from him
He saw he saw his akapo holding a sheep
He said good things will be deceiving him
He said he saw his Akapo holding a goat
He said good things will make friends with him
(2)
Birikoto la n pile awon
To ba fo soke tan
A gbodo
A gbolo
A gba koko Orisa pelu e
A difa fun Akesan
To n se Baale oja
A bu fun aya re
Akesan de ade
Aya re da oja
E wa wo olori rere eniyan to n daja
Making of a net is with a small rounded start
When it is developed
It is spacious enough to house a mortar
It is spacious enough to house a grinding stone
It is spacious enough to house a pot of orisa
Ifa revelation to Akesan
Who was a chief marketer?
Ifa revelation to his wife also
Akesan wore crown
His wife founded a market
Come and see lucky people who established market
(3)
Adindi odi
Adindi odi
A difa fun Ejiodi
Ti won yoo maa gboju oorun di
Ti yoo maa gboju aye tu u
Won ni won se n gboju oorun di o
To o fi n gboju aye tu u
O ni iyan esuru ki i wodo
Aya emina ki i wolo
Aya papadipa ki i wo elubo
Epo ti a fi din akar ki i wo akara ninu
Ebo ti a ru ti iroko ara ni Oluwere fi san
Pataki ni tose
Ko si ohun ti a oo fi ose se
Ose o se e gbedo
Ose o se e gbelo
Kin ni Ejiodi fi tumo
Asinrin Oko!
Ni Ejiodi fi tumo
Asinrin oko!
Adindi odi
Adindi odi
Cast Ifa for Ejiodi
Who was being bedeviled from Heaven?
Who was delivering himself on Earth?
They said how come, that he was harmed during sleep
That you were delivering himself when awake
He said poundin of esuru yam does not take place in the mortar
Grounding of emina is not an easy task on the grounding stone
Papadipa yam does never surrender itself for flour
The palm oil we use to fry bean cake does not penetrate inside it
The sacrifice we put beside iroko tree only makes oluwere fatter
Ose tree is very great
There is nothing we can do to
Ose tree cannot be used to make mortar
Ose tree cannot be used to carve grounding stone
What does Ejiodi use to
It is the smelling rat from the farm
That Ejiodi uses to
It is the smelling rat from the farm
(4)
Ikokoro pana pi
A difa fun Ejiodi ti won bi ni Iresaadu
To n gbe ile onile kiri
Ifa tedi awo mole nigba yii o
Iware jeje oko!
Ela se ni o tedi mi mole
Ikokoro pana pi
Cast ifa for Ejiodi, whose original home was Iresaadu,
Who was living itinerant residence?
Here is iwarejeje, a leaf from the farm!
Ifa, settle down your devotee comfortably
Ela, please, settle me down comfortably
5.
A wa oko lapa otun
A pagba emo
Igba emo ni won fi bo Eleju ile
Ifa iwo si leleju ile
A wa oko lapa osi
A pagba ago
Igba ago ni won fi bo eleju oko
Esu odara iwo leleju oko
Awa oko ni marinrinrin ona kooro pongba
Ahegba igbin
Igba igbin ni won fi bo Orisa kan jigijigi ti n be lode Eju
A difa fun Eleju ni pere
Omo owo kunle
Owo ya soko
Kini o ni je iru Eleju o ra?
Orisa Eju! Ko ni jeru Eleju o ra
We entered the bush from the right hand side
We killed two hundred Kullberg rat
It si tullberg rat we use to appease the Eleju of the city
Ifa, you are the Eleju of the city
We entered the bush from the left hand side
We killed two hundred stripped rats
It is stripped rat we use to appease the Eleju of the farm
Esu Odara, you are the Eleju of the farm
We picked two hundred snails
It is snail we use to appease one important Orisa at Eju
Declaration of Ifa to Eleju-ni-Pere
The one with wealth at home and in the farm
What will not let Eleju perish?
The Orisa of Eju
Is the one that will not let Eleju perish