Opadotun, Tunji. "Èsù -Pípè." Akojopo Ewi Abalaye ati Ewi Apileko. Edited by Afolabi Olabimtan. Ibadan: Paperback Publishers, 1988. -Translated into ede oyinbo (english) by Kala (Note: Some of the tones and letters such as the 's' with a dot underneath, which reps the [sh] sound, as in the word Esu, were unable to be typed by the poster).
"Èsù-Pípè"
1. Arábándé ayúnlubò lódún méta.
2. Ó ti balùwè gesin wolé,
3. Arábándé olóko idí Òro.
4. Aékeé, Bara, Olówó ní i mebo.
5. Tàbiri gbòngbòn, a-bónjà-wá-kùmò
6. Èsù má se mí, omo elòmíi ni o se.
7. Eni Èsù bá n se ki í mò
8. Bó o f'owó tiè é 'lè
9. Owó olówó ni i máa n wá kiri.
10. Eni t'èsù bá n se ki i mò
11. Bó o f'aso tiè é 'lè
12. Aso aláso ni i máa n wá kiri.
13. Akéindé máa se.
14. Ó rè 'Bàdàn, ó bò lóòjó,
15. Akéindé ayúnlubò lódún méta.
16. Baékeé, Bara, olówó ní i mebo.
17. Ó sepòn lèbèlèbè ó, ó dísàa sèbé,
18. Sèbé fà á, elépòn fà á
19. Lówó elépòn lepòn já sí.
20. Akéindé oko iyáà mi,
21. Baékeé, Bara, olówó ní i mebo.
22. Ó rè 'Bàdàn, ó bò lóòjó,
23. Eléèbó tó o o yúnlu bò;
24. Lódun méta Bákeé
25. Orin:
26. Esù gbè mí o!
27. Esù gbè mí.
28. Eni tá a bá ló,
29. Esù gbè mí.
30. A lówó a bimo
31. Esù gbè mí n lówó o.
32. Esù gbè mi,
33. Esù gbè mí n bímo.
34. Esù gbè mí
35. Ki n yáfà n rerú.
36. Esù gbè mi .
37. Eni sebo lóore
38. Esù gbè mi
39. A lówó a bímo
40. Esù gbèé é
" Èsù Incantation"
1. Arábándé who goes to return in three years
2. He that rides a horse from the bathroom to enter the house
3. Arábándé farmer behind Oro (place)
4. Aékeé, Bara, A rich man will give offerings
5. Tàbiri gbòngbòn, who looks for a club for those who fight
6. Èsù don't influence me wrongly, it is another person you influence
7. A person who Èsù would influence will not know
8. If that person leaves his money untouched
9. The owner of that money will seek it elsewhere
10. A person who Èsù would influence will not know
11. If that person leaves his clothes untouched
12. The owner of those clothes will seek it elsewhere
13. Twin don't influence me wrongly
14. He goes to Ibadan , he returns in a day,
15. Twin, goes to return in three days
16. Baékeé, Bara, A rich man will give offerings
17. His penis hangs lèbèlèbè (onomatopoeia), he goes to the hole of the sèbé (type of snake)
18. The snake pulls, the owner of the penis pulls
19. Part of the snake breaks in the hand of the penis
20. Twin, husband of my mother,
21. Baékeé, Bara, A rich man will give offerings
22. He goes to Ibadan, he returns in a day
23. Eléèbó that goes to return
24. In three years, Praise Name
25. Song:
26. Èsù help me o!
27. Èsù help me.
28. Whomever one befriends,
29. Èsù help me
30. He will be rich and bear children
31. Èsù help me have money o
32. Èsù help me
33. Èsù help me to bear children
34. Èsù help me
35. That I can be the owner of a pawn (servant)
36. Èsù help me
37. The one who sacrifices has done good,
38. Èsù help me
39. He will have money and bear children
40. Èsù will help
O «é fún örö yìí o! Dájúdájú, o gbìyànjú gan an ni!
Thanks for these words! Undoubtedly, you gave much effort!
Obadele Kwame