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L'owuro Ojo Ajinde

Representative Text

1 L’owuro ojo ajinde,
T’ara t’okan y’o pade,
Ekun, ’kanu on irora
Y’o dopin.

2 Nihin won ko le sai pinya
Ki ara ba le sinmi,
K’o si fi idakeroro
Sun fonfon.

3 Fun ’gba die ara are yi
L’a gbe s’ibi ’simi re;
Titi di imole oro
Ajinde.

4 Okan to kanu nisisiyi
To si ngbadura kikan,
Y’o bu s’orin ayo l’ojo
Ajinde.

5 Ara at’okan y’o dapo
Ipinya ko ni si mo
Nwon o ji l’aworan Kristi
Ni’Telorun.

6 A! ewa na at’ayo na
Y’o ti po to l’Ajinde!
Y’o duro, b’orun at’aiye
Ba fo lo.

7 L’oro ojo ajinde wa
’Boji y’o m’ oku re wa;
Baba, iya, omo, ara
Yo pade.

8 Si’dapo ti ofun bayi
Jesu masai ka wa ye
N’nu ku, dajo ka le ro
M’Agbelebu.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15892

Author: S. Baring-Gould

Baring-Gould, Sabine, M.A., eldest son of Mr. Edward Baring-Gould, of Lew Trenchard, Devon, b. at Exeter, Jan. 28, 1834, and educated at Clare College, Cambridge, B.A. 1857, M.A. 1860. Taking Holy Orders in 1864, he held the curacy of Horbury, near Wakefield, until 1867, when he was preferred to the incumbency of Dalton, Yorks. In 1871 he became rector of East Mersea, Essex, and in 1881 rector of Lew Trenchard, Devon. His works are numerous, the most important of which are, Lives of the Saints, 15 vols., 1872-77; Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, 2 series, 1866-68; The Origin and Development of Religious Belief, 2 vols., 1869-1870; and various volumes of sermons. His hymns, original and translated, appeared in the Church Times; Hymns Ancien… Go to person page >

Translator: Anonymous

In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries. Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: L'owuro ojo ajinde
Title: L'owuro Ojo Ajinde
English Title: On the resurrection morning
Author: S. Baring-Gould
Translator: Anonymous
Language: Yoruba
Copyright: Public Domain

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