Ogbómoṣọ́ ni ọ
(You are Ogbómoṣọ́, [Of Ọyọ Empire])
Ogbó mon 'júgún, Ogbó sẹgi
(Ogbó is nitty-gritty transformation)
Ogbó iṣu nii dì ìyàn,
(Because, when yam transforms, it becomes pounded yam)
Ogbó eere* a d'ọlẹlẹ.
(That of beans become moulded-beans food)
Ogbó lógbo àgbàdo; òun lo yí padà tó di ẹ̀kọ́.
(Corn itself transforms, and becomes pap)
Òun láàfi sọpe Ogbómoṣọ́ làá tíì j'iyán;
La tíì j'ẹ̀ka ka tó fi ẹkọ yangàn lè,
(That's why it is said: in Ogbómoṣọ́ eating both pounded yam and ọkà [solid food made out of yam flour] are prelude to pap)
Nílé Akintola ọkọ Faderera,
(In the hometown of [Chief Samuel Ladoke] Akintọla; Faderera's husband)
Ajala ìjì ọmọ ọkọ loogun ọmọ àlè.
(Ajala, the wirlwind; bonafide children are superior/antidote of the illegitimate)
Nlẹ, ọmọ 'Laayanku oo..
(Greetings, descendants of 'Laayanku)
Ọmọ ari Gangan pé ìlú rẹ jọ,
(Ancestry of those that used the talking drum to call populace of the town and its neighborhood)
Ará Ìbàrù [Ìbàrùbá]*, ọmọ ó jọ'lù j'apẹ̀
(Neigbours of Ìbàrùbá, dancers to both drum beats and its cadence)
Ero Ìbàrù níwọ̀n ó... nlẹ ọmọ ó jo' lù gbe'rin
(Neigbours to Ìbàrùbá they are, they dance and chorus songs simultaneously)
Baba Ìbàrù kú, Ìbàrù lòun ó man ẹkùn sun
(Ìbàrù Ancestry don't grieve at fathers' death)
Ìyá Ìbàrù kú, Ìbàrù sọ pé òun kóléé gb'aawẹ
(Not even Mothers' death will make them grieve)
Ìkookò gbẹgiri lo tí fọ l'étí ni Ìbàrù Ilé, ní wón n sunkún ASUU ndakẹ;
(But their beans-soup pots get dinted a bit on the rear; they cry uncontrollably)
Aṣọ tán ni wọn bá ri aṣọ mú bora.
(When rectified, they clothe themselves in regalia of joy)
Ọtun Ìbàrù, a mú ọfà o pá eeje;
(Ìbàrù's amazing archery skills fall enemies in their seven fold on the right)
Òsì Ìbàrù, a mú ọfà a pá ẹfa,
(Ìbàrù's archery skills fall enemies in their six fold on the left)
Agbedengbede Ìbàrù tíì mú ọfà ó pá endilogun
(In-between, Ìbàrù people do kill enemies in their 16 fold)
Ẹranko tí Ìbàrù bá tá lọfà tio bá kú
(Whichever animal Ìbàrù shot arrow at, but didn't die)
To bá di ojú ọdún, wọn a m'ori wọ'we lọ bíi ìṣù.
(Such have its hairs fall off on the shoot' a universal)
Ará Ìbàrù, ọmọ ó jọ'lù j'apẹ....
(Neighborhood of Ìbàrùbá, dancers to both drum beats and its cadence)....

Olú Oje ni wọ́n, ọmọ ar'ọti wẹ bí òjò.....

Fully Translated By: Jimson Jaat Taofik
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