A f'ope f'Olorun

by Yoruba Hymn

A fope f'Olorun lokan ati lohun wa: [Now thank we all our God, with heart and hands and voices,] Eni sohun 'yanu, n'nu Eni taraye n yo. [Who wondrous things has done, in whom this world rejoices;] Gba ta wa lomo'wo, Oun na lo n toju wa, [Who from our mothers’ arms has blessed us on our way] O si febun ife se'toju wa sibe. [With countless gifts of love, and still is ours today.] Oba Onibuore, ma fi wa sile lailai, [O may this bounteous God through all our life be near us,] Ayo ti ko lopin oun 'bukun yoo je tiwa. [With ever joyful hearts and blessèd peace to cheer us;] Pa wa mo ninu ore, to wa 'gba ba damu, [And keep us in His grace, and guide us when perplexed;] Yo wa ninu ibi laye ati lorun. [And free us from all ills, in this world and the next!] Ka fiyin oun ope f'Olorun Baba, Omo [All praise and thanks to God the Father now be given;] Ati Emi Mimo ti O ga julo lorun [The Son and Him who reigns with Them in highest Heaven;] Olorun kan lailai taye atorun n bo [The one eternal God, whom earth and Heaven adore;] Bee l'O wa d'isinyi, beeni y'O wa lailai. [For thus it was, is now, and shall be evermore.]