Ese Iwori-Meji

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Let us all sing now for Iwori-Meji,
in order to be able next year, this time,
to come together again, Orunmila,
to celebrate having survived a whole year.
"It is the ant hill I saw,
changed into a sticky image,
who stuck his foot into the mud?
It has been divided through the middle;
efun powder, once inhaled,
sticks to the hairs in both nostrils;
muck from the throat
touches the ground,
starts rolling forward,
bouncing like balls".
Those were the ones who cast
Ifa for "Sperm,
also Vitality", becoming a child
of heaven, not ours, yes indeed.
Child, you've got color, you've got spiritual
force of life; why don't you become then
a human being?
"Prospective Parents", parents of Abiku,
received the message
that they should offer
four bush rats, four hens,
four times 20.000 cowries together.
They listened and made the sacrifice,
good ewe was duly prepared then for them,
and energy coming down from Heaven
stopped being absorbed into the Earth,
making pregnancy possible.
That is how the act becomes a child.
It won't be long now, it's not far away,
before you'll rejoice with us,
dancing and praising
our splendid son.
Gratefully sung:
"Ashe now no longer
flows right into Earth,
when I make love
I will have a baby,
blood will not come again,
her hands an her feet
will be white like efun,
when I make love to her
the results will be mighty."
Greetings to offerings,
salute to the sacrifice,
made and accepted,
and fully effective.
Greetings to all.