Ònà Là (Abibitumi Kasa ALI theme song)

[Olùkọ́ Ọbádélé]

Ònà Là

1 Ònà là
Ó já gbaragada
Ayé lù jára
Ònà ti la ààrin odò rèé kọjá
5 Èrù ò bodò
Odò ti sàn, sàn, sàn, sàn,
Èkún omi sàn títí,
Ó já sí ààrin ònà
Odò lóun lègbón
Ònà lóun lègbón
A ti rìn, rìn, rìn,
A kò rí ẹni sọ fún wa
Bóyá odò lègbón
Tàbí ònà ni o,
15 Odò l’ayé
Erù ò bodò
Ọjó ti pé tí Olódùmarè
Ọba á dédàá
T’ó dá òkè
20 T’ó dá ònà
T’ó dá odò sílé ayé
Odò l’ayé
Omi l’ènìyàn
E jé ká se rere o
25 Èrù ò bodò

Jimi Solanke
From Ralph McDonald's "The Path"

The Road is Clear
1 The Road is clear
Long and endless
The road has brought the whole world together
The road cut through the middle of the river
5 The river is unafraid
The river flowed and flowed and flowed and flowed
The floodwaters flowed and over flowed
Thus taking over the road
The river says it is the elder?
10 The road says that it is the elder?
We have walked and walked and walked and walked
We couldn't find anyone to tell us whether the river is the elder or is it the road
15 (But as an old saying of the Yoruba goes,) “The river is the World”
The river is unafraid
Many days have passed since
Olodumare, the ruler who created creation
Who created the hills
20 Who created the road
Who created the river into the World
“The river is the world”
Water is the people
25 Let us do good, the river is unafraid

(Translation by Obadele Kambon)