ORIKI OBATALA IBA OBATALA PRAISE TO THE CHIEF OF THE WHITE CLOTH IBA OBA IGBO PRAISE TO THE CHIEF OF THE SACRED GROVE IBA OBA N’LE IFON PRAISE TO THE CHIEF OF HEAVEN O FI KOKO ALA RUMO I SALUTE THE OWNER OF THE WHITE CLOTH ORISA NI MA SIN IT IS THE OWNER OF WHITE LIGHT THAT I SERVE ORISA NI MA SIN IT IS THE OWNER OF WHITE LIGHT THAT I SERVE OBATALA O SU N’NU ALA CHIEF OF THE WHITE CLOTH SLEEPS IN WHITE OBATALA O JI N’NU ALA CHIEF OF THE WHITE CLOTH AWAKES IN WHITE OBATALA O TINU ALA DIDE CHIEF OF THE WHITE CLOTH GETS UP IN WHITE A-DI-NI-BOIT RI, ADUPE HE WHO CREATE AT WILL, I THANK YOU
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ORIKI OBATALA
ONE WHO GIVES SUGGESTIONS AND ALSO GIVES COMMANDS, ONE WHO IS VERY POWERFUL. ORISA MAKE ME AN HONORABLE BEING.
OBATALA DON’T PUT A HUMP ON MY BACK, IT IS A CHILD YOU SHOULD GIVE ME (TO CARRY ON MY BACK). OBATALA, OBATALA, THE FIERCE KING OF THE GODS, WHO LIVES WITH OTHERS IN IRANJE. ORISAALA, THE GREAT ONE WHO OWNS THE WORLD AND TO WHOM THE CONTROL OF THE WORLD MUST BE ASSIGNED. ONE WHO PEELS OFF THE SKIN OF PEOPLE. ONE WHO TWISTS THE HUNCHBACK AND ALSO CREATED THE LAME. OBATALA, OBATARISA, THE ORISA WITH AUTHORITY. WHO IS AS PRECOUS AS PURE HONEY THE GOD WHO GIVES CHILDREN TO THE BARREN. ONE WHO SCATTERS THEM WHO ARE CONSPIRING THE GENTLE ONE WHO BREAKS PEOPLE’S ARMS AND CREATED T HE LAME OGIYAN, THE FEARSOME WARRIOR GOD WITH A BUSHY BEARD THE WARRIOR WHO ENTERS A RIVER IN A FIGHTING MOOD THE WARRIOR WHO ENTERS A RIVER THROWING BATONS THE GOD WITH INEXHAUSTIBLE STRENGHT ONE WHO DRAGS HIS ENEMIES INTO A RIVER WITH A ROPE GOD WHO’S FACE TERRIFIES THE DEBTOR WHO IS AS MASSIVE AS AN ELEPHANT WHO FIGHTS UNTIL HE ENTERS A RIVER CARRY BATONS ON HIS BACK AN INHERITOR OF REPUTATION WHOSE GREAT FAME DOES NOT DETRACT FROM HIS AUTHORITY ONE WHO ALLOWS HIS TROUSERS TO REMAIN IN THE DYE FOR SIX MONTHS
ONE WHO CHALLENGES ANYONE WHO WISHES TO FIGHT TO COME FORWARD
I CANNOT FIGHT, WHY SHOULD I COME FORWARD BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, MAY I HAVE MANY, MANY, MANY CHILDREN IN MY HOUSE LET EVERYONE HOLD HIS ORI. MAY THE HAWK NOT CARRY AWAY MY ORI. ORISA BRING MANY CHILDREN, OBATALA BRING ME MANY CHILDREN
