Èjìògúndá/Ògúndá méjì (Èjì òkò)

OGUNDA MEJI

1.

Kanranjangban Awo inu igbo

A difa folomo afeyinti jogbon obi

Ebo ni won ni ko se

O si gbebo nibe o rubo

Ki n to feyin ti jogboon obi mi tan

Igba ire gbogbo a wonu ile de

 

 

Kanranjangban Awo inu igbo

Cast Ifa for he-who-rests-his-back –on-the-wall-to-eat-thirty-kolanuts

He was advised to make ebo

He complied

Before I rest my back on the wall to eat my thirty kola nuts

Plenty fortune will surely come to me

 

 

2.

Igi lgbo ni selegbe leyin igbo

Igi odan ni selegbe leyin odan

A difa fun Oridagogo ti n lo ree naja Oloye

Ebo ni won ni ko se

O si gbebo nibe o rubo

E ma na mi mo legbe leyin

Agogo ma lonigbija Orisa.

 

 

The trees in the forest are the supporters of the forest

The trees in the savannah are the supporters of the savannah

Ifa revelation to Oridagogo when going to the market of Oloye

He was advised to make ebo

He complied

Do not beat me, I have supporters

The gongs are the supporters of Orisa

 

 

3.

Abemole eekan aboju regunregun

A difa fooyi okoko ti n sunkun omo rode Ipo

Ebo ni won ni ko se

O si gbebo nibe o rubo

Ooyi rogun o bogun

Ooyi rogbon o bogbon

Eyin o mo pogun omo o to Ooyi?

 

 

Abemole eekan aboju regunregun

Cast Ifa for Ooyi Okoko when going to the city of Ipo in order to become a parent

He was advised to make ebo

He complied

Ooyi sacrificed twenty and begot twenty children

Ooyi sacrificed thirty and begot thirty children

Do not you know that twenty children are not enough for ooyi?

 

 

   4.

  Omi yinrinyinrin lomi agbada

   Ewe oparun ni sikiti moparun leyin

   A difa fun Kaore ti n lo ree ba won mule lailoko

   Ebo ni won ni ko se

   O si gbebo nibe o rubo

   Igba ti e gbo pe mo la le wa ba mi

   Emi Kaore ti e ti leyin o ni wa ba

   Igba ti e gbo pe mo la le wa ba mi.

 

 The water inside a broken pot is but little

The leaves of the bamboo tree stick tightly to the bamboo’s neck

Ifa revelation to Kaore when going to acquire a portion of land without a hoe

He was advised to make ebo

He complied

It is because you heard of my affluence that you have come to me

I, Kaore, who you have vowed never to come to

It is because you heard of my affluence that you have come to me