Chorus:
Chorus:
Bàbá ọ̀run àwa ń bẹ̀ ọ́
Father in heaven, we beseech you,
A wólẹ̀ sẹ́sẹ̀ rẹ
We gather at your feet.
Dákun, jọ̀wọ́ bàba wa yé
Please, our dear father
Ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé àwa ẹ̀dá, ó wa d'ọwọ́ rẹ ò
Our hopes, we mere mortal, are in your hands;
Olọ́run ọ̀run dákun má jẹ́ a pòfo
God in heaven, please don't let us toil in vain.
A wò́lẹ̀ síwájú rẹ dákun bàbá.
We gather at your feet, please dear father.
Stanza:
Stanza:
Èmi á ké pè ọ́ lọ́saǎn,
I will call on you in the afternoon
Màá ké pè (ẹ́) lówuǔrọ̀
I will call on you in the morning
Bàbá jọ̀wọ́ má jẹ́ n ṣìṣe.
Dear father, don't let me make mistakes.
Ìràlọ́wọ́ àwa ẹ̀dá, o wá d'ọwọ́ rẹ baba
Our hopes, we mere mortal, are in your hands, father;
Ọlọ́run ọ̀run dákun má jẹ́ a ṣìṣe
God in heaven, please don't let us make mistakes.
A wólẹ̀ níwájú rẹ, dákun bàbá
We gather at your feet, please dear father.
Chorus:
Chorus:
Bàbá ọ̀run àwa ń bẹ̀ ọ́
Father in heaven, we beseach you,
A wólẹ̀ sẹ́sẹ̀ rẹ
We gather at your feet.
Dákun, jọ̀wọ́ bàba wa yé
Please, our dear father
Ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé àwa ẹ̀dá, ó wa d'ọwọ́ rẹ o
Our hopes, we mere mortal, are in your hands;
Olọ́run ọ̀run dákun má jẹ́ a pòfo
God in heaven, please don't let us toil in vain.
A wólẹ̀ síwájú rẹ dákun bàbá. (2x)
We gather at your feet, please dear father.
Instrumental / Bridge:
Ìgbàlà rẹ mà ni mo fẹ́ o, oníbú ọre.
Your salvation is all I want, Oh, merciful one
Ìgbàlà rẹ mà ni mo fẹ́ o, baba (x2)
Your salvation is all I want, or father (x2).
Call: Omi ayé ń ṣàn
Call: The waters of life is flowing
Response: Ó ń gba'áyé lọ (x2)
Response: And it's sweeping humanity along. (x2)
Call: Ògiri ó ń wó
Call: The walls are collapsing.
Response: Ó ń wó pa ni (x2)
Response: They're falling on us.
Call: Òkùnkùn ń ṣú láyé o
Call: Darkness is falling on the world.
Response: O ń ṣú bo ni. (x2)
Response: It's covering us. (x2)
Call: Ìyàn ń mú sir!
Call: Famine is in the land
Response: Ó ń m'ébi pa ni (x2)
Response: It's making us hungry. (x2)
Call: Ogun ní'wá (lọ́tǔn) ogun lẹ́yìn (lósì)
Call: There's war in front (to the right) and war at the back (to the left).
Response: Wá kó wa yọ! (x2)
Response: Please come save us! (x2)
Call: Odò ayé ń ṣàn
Call: The rivers of life are flowing
Response: Ó ń gba'áyé lọ (x2)
Response: And it's sweeping humanity along. (x2)
Call: Ìwòsàn rẹ mà ni mo fẹ́ o, oníbú ọre.
Call: Your healing is all I want, Oh, merciful one
Response: Ìgbàlà rẹ mà ni mo fẹ́ o, baba
Response: Your healing is all I want, or father.
Call: Omi ayé ń ṣàn
Call: The waters of life is flowing
Response: Ó ń gba'áyé lọ
Response: And it's sweeping humanity along.
Response: Ó ń gba'áyé lọ
Response: And it's sweeping humanity along.
Call: Omi ayé ń ṣàn
Call: The waters of life is flowing
Response: Ó ń gba'áyé lọ
Response: And it's sweeping humanity along.
Response: Ó ń gba'áyé lọ
Response: And it's sweeping humanity along.
Call: Òkùnkùn ń ṣú láyé o
Call: Darkness is falling on the world.
Response: O ń ṣú bo ni. (x2)
Response: It's covering us. (x2)
Call: Odò ayé ń ṣàn
Call: The rivers of life is flowing
Response: Ó ń gba'áyé lọ
Response: And it's sweeping humanity along.
Call: Ogun lọ́tǔn, ogun lósì o
Call: There's war to the right and war to the left.
Response: Wá kó wa yọ! (x2)
Response: Please come save us! (x2)
Call: Ìwòsàn rẹ mà ni mo fẹ́ o, oníbú ọre.
Call: Your healing is all I want, Oh, merciful one
Response: Ìgbàlà rẹ mà ni mo fẹ́ o, bàbá.
Response: Your healing is all I want, or father.