Moremi Prayer to Ẹsìnmìrìn

Yorùbá

Yèyélódò Ẹsìnmìrìn ó,
Yeye ọmọ tí ń gb'mọ rẹ lọwọ ọfin ayé,
Àgbàlagbà ogbontarigi,
Yeye mi Ronbi tí ron mi wá,
Ẹsìnmìrìn òòṣà ọlọ́mọ,
Ó fún ní ni ire afi bi á ó bá béèrè,
Mo ji wá bá ọ - gege bi ìyè mi ti fi tó mi lọ́kàn,
Mo tẹ ẹsẹ̀ òsì bọ inú ibú rè,
Èyí ni mo fi júbà rẹ o.

Mọ mú ẹyẹlé fún fún tọ ọ wá,

Mo ti rúbọ àyàlù kín tóó kúró nílé,
Mo ti rúbọ, ẹbọ mi sí ti jẹ ìtẹ́wọ́ gbà,
Ìhan irúnmọlẹ̀ Ilẹ̀ẹfẹ̀ lò mí pè mí,
ìjà òmìnira tí mo fé bẹ̀rẹ̀ ẹ̀jẹ̀ kò jẹ ìtẹ́wọ́ gbà,
A já ṣẹ́gun ni yóò jẹ́ fún mi,
Gbogbo àwọn tó dojú ìjà kọ mí yóò wá túúbá níwájú mí,
Ẹnu tí ìgbín fi bú òrìṣà ni ó ń bọ̀ wá fi ẹnu náà gbolẹ̀ níwájù òrìṣà.

Okè méji ki i binú ẹni, bí a bá n gun okan, a á si máa ro èkeji,

Eyin tó rán mí nisé ké ti mí léyin,
gbogbo won alátakò mí ni yóò gé ika àbámò je,
won o mo pé bi ikú bá n dáná lówó, tí aisàn n fo isaasún, ta lèrù i bá máa bà bi köse àrún,
Èyí ti mo wí yíì, àárọ̀ á ró mọ!

Àṣẹ!

English

Esinmirin the river goddess,

Mother who saves her child from the evil of the world,
Elderly like no other,
My mother Ronbi has sent me here,
Esinmirin the goddess with many children,
You who give goodness except if not asked,
I am here this early morning - as my dead mother has placed in my heart,
I dip my left feet into your water,
This I do as a respect to your mother.

I came not alone but with a white pigeon,

I have made sacrifices against evil calamities before I left home,
I have made sacrifice and it has been accepted,
The gods of Ile-Ife has called me,
This fight of independence I am about to start, let it be accepted,
Let it be a victorious battle,
Whoever faces me shall I defeat,
The mouth the snail used to curse the gods is the same mouth he will use to come back and
praise them.

Two mountains cannot be angry at a person, if we climb one, we shall plead with the second,
You've sent me this message, you shall accompany me,
All my antagonists shall come to regret it later,
They will know that when death begins cooking, and illness washes plates, who shall fear if not
disease, This I have said, shall come to pass!

Ashe!