YBH 225

Eredi irokeke yi

1. Eredi irokeke yi
Ti enia ti nwo koja?
‘Jojumo n’ iwojopo na,
Eredi re tin won nse be?
Nwon dahun l’ ohun jeje pe,
“Jesu ti Nasaret’ l’ O nkoja.”
2. Tani Jesu? Ese ti On
Fi nmi gbogbo ilu bayi?
Ajeji Ologbon ni bi,
Ti gbogb’enia nto lehin?
Nwon si tun dahun jeje pe,
“Jesu ti Nasaret’ l’ O nkoja.”
3. Jesu, On na l’ o ti koja
Ona irora wa l’ aiye,
‘Bikibi t’ O ba de, nwon nko
Orisi arun wa ‘do Re:
Afoju yo, lati gbo pe
“Jesu ti Nasaret’ l’ O nkoja.”
4. On si tun de! Nibikibi
Ni awa si nri ‘pase Re;
O nrekoja lojude wa -
O wole lati ba wa gbe.
Ko ha ye k’ a ayo ke pe,
“Jesu ti Nasaret’ l’ O nkoja.”
5. Ha! e wa enyin t’ orun nwo,
Gba ‘dariji at’ itunu:
Enyin ti e ti sako lo,
Pada, gba ore-ofe Baba;
Enyin t’ a danwo, abo mbe,
“Jesu ti Nasaret’ l’ O nkoja.”
6. Sugbon b’ iwo ko ipe yi,
Ti o si gan ife nla Re:
On yio kehinda si o,
Yio si ko adura re;
“O pe ju” n’ igbe na y’o je: -
“Jesu ti Nasaret’ l’ O nkoja.”

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