Friday 3 November 2017

Yoruba hymn with English version: A fope f'Olorun (Now thank we all our God)


A fope f'Olorun Now thank we all our God
A fope f'Olorun lokan ati lohun wa:
Eni sohun 'yanu, n'nu Eni taraye n yo.
Gba ta wa lomo'wo, Oun na lo n toju wa,
O si febun ife se'toju wa sibe.

Oba Onibuore, ma fi wa sile lailai,
Ayo ti ko lopin oun 'bukun yoo je tiwa.
Pa wa mo ninu ore, to wa 'gba ba damu,
Yo wa ninu ibi laye ati lorun.

Ka fiyin oun ope f'Olorun Baba, Omo
Ati Emi Mimo ti O ga julo lorun
Olorun kan lailai taye atorun n bo
Bee l'O wa d'isinyi,  beeni y'O wa lailai..

Now thank we all our God, with heart and hands and voices,
Who wondrous things has done, in whom this world rejoices;
Who from our mothers’ arms has blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love, and still is ours today.

O may this bounteous God through all our life be near us,
With ever joyful hearts and blessèd peace to cheer us;
And keep us in His grace, and guide us when perplexed;
And free us from all ills, in this world and the next!

All praise and thanks to God the Father now be given;
The Son and Him who reigns with Them in highest Heaven;
The one eternal God, whom earth and Heaven adore; For thus it was, is now, and shall be evermore..

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