Oluwa Mi, Mo Njade Lo

Representative Text

1 Oluwa mi, mo njade lo,
Lati se ise ojo mi;
Iwo nikan l’emi o mo
L’oro l’ero, ati n’ise.

2 Ise t’o yan mi, l’anu Re
Je ki nle se tayotayo;
Ki nr’oju Re ni ise mi,
K’emi si le f’ife Re han.

3 Dabobo mi lowo ’danwo,
K’o pa okan mimo kuro
L’owo aniyan aiye yi,
Ati gbogbo ifekufe.

4 Iwo t’oju Re r’okan mi,
Ma wa low’otun mi titi,
Ki mm sise lo l’ase Re,
Ki nf’ise mi gbogbo fun O.

5 Je ki nreru Re t’o fuye
Ki mma sora nigbagbogbo;
Ki mma f’oju si nkan t’orun,
Ki nsi mura d’ojo ogo.

6 Ohunkohun t’o fi fun mi
Je ki nle lo fun ogo Re
Ki nfayo sure ije mi
Ki mba O rin titi d’orun.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15905

Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

Translator: Anonymous

In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries. Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Oluwa mi, mo njade lo
Title: Oluwa Mi, Mo Njade Lo
Author: Charles Wesley
Translator: Anonymous
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

WARRINGTON

WARRINGTON was composed by Ralph Harrison (b. Chinley, Derbyshire, England, 1748; d. Manchester, Lancashire, England, 1810) and published in his collection of psalm tunes, Sacred Harmony (1784). The tune's rising inflections help to accent words such as erotic (probably the only time this word has b…

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