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Oriki y

Iba se y Oluweku
I respect the Spirit of the Wind, Chief of the Ancestors

Iba se Opere Lalaoyan


I respect She Who Walks With Confidence and Pride

Iba se y yeba Iya mesa Oyo


I respect the Spirit of the Wind, The Senior Mother of Oyo.

Aja laiye afefe Iku lele bioke


The Winds of the Earth carry the Ancestors.

Aja lrun afefe Iku lele bioke


The Winds of Heaven carry the Ancestors.

Aja laiye, Aja lrun fun mi nire


May the Winds of Earth and the Winds of Heaven bring me good fortune.

y winiwini
The Spirit of the Wind is wondrous.

Iba se y lo ni Egn
I respect the Spirit of the Wind who guides the Ancestors.

Iya mi, oro bi onu se laiya


My mother, fill me with the wisdom in your breasts

Iba se Omo Yansan


I give respect to the Child of the Mother of Nine

Mbe Mbe Yansan


May the Mother of Nine exist forever.

Ase.
May it be so
Ofo Ase y
Ofo Ase are words of power used to provoke the spirit, used in this case to stir the Orisa y to action,
as in to heed ones prayers.

Afefe jeje
Spirit of the whirlwind

Efufu lege lege


Spirit of the gentle wind

Iyansa
Mother of nine

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