Isẹ́ Lòògùn ìsẹ́

 Isẹ́ Lòògùn ìsẹ́ [Work is the remedy for poverty]
 Múra si isẹ́ ọrẹ mi [My friend, do your work in haste]
 isẹ́ la fi ndẹni giga [Success only comes through work]
 Bi a ko ba r’ẹni fẹhinti [When there is no one to rely on]
 Bi ọlẹ làá ri [Its like we are lazy]
 Bi a kò ba r’ẹni gbẹkẹle, [When there is no one to trust]
 A tẹra m’ọsẹ ẹni. [We focus more on our works]
 Iya rẹ lè l’ówó l’ọ́wọ́ [Your mother may be rich]
 Baba rẹ lè l’ẹ́sin léèkàn [Your father may own a thousand and one horses tied down]
 Ti o ba gboju le wọn [If you rely on them]
 O tẹ tan ni mo sọ fun ọ [You are sinking fast to your shame.]

 Apá l’ará ìgúpá ni iyèkan [Family are the arms and elbow are your fellows]
 B'aiye ba fẹ o l’oni [If you are loved by the society today]
 Ti o ba l’ówó l’ọ́wọ́, wọn a tun fẹ ọ lọla [If you are still rich, they will love you tomorrow as well.]
 Abi ko wa nipo atata [Imagine you in an esteem position]
 Aiye a yẹ ọ si tẹ̀rín tẹ̀rín [You will be regarded and laugh with you]
 Jẹ ki o d’ẹni ti n rágó [Just wait and become a pauper]
 Ko ri bi wọn ti n yinmu si ọ [And see they goofed you]

 Ìyà nbẹ f’ọmọ ti kò gbọ́n [Punishment dey for pikin wey be mugun]
 Ẹkún nbẹ f’ọ́mọ ti n s’áré kiri [Tear dey for pikin wey run street.]
 Mafowurọ s’eré ọrẹ mi [Dont play with your morning my friend]
 Mura s’isẹ ọjọ nlọ [Make hay while the sun shines.] 



translation by http://www.yoobaroots.wordpress.com/

Eledumare and earth.

Eledumare and the earth began to argue who the greatest is...
You know the earth is powerful too, when I say earth, please put lands in perspective...
Everyone needs the land just as you need Eledumare, some people even say there's no God.
But no one can say he doesn't need the earth, Oni toun a yaa gborun lo. Infact, they'll still bury such person in the land...
So, on this day, Eledumare came to the earth and the earth said, iwo Eledumare, tie n ti poju o...
Last time, you came here, how many times have I given you commands or even visit you in heaven...
Eledumare said, but I formed you, I owned you... the earth said itan ni gbogbo eleyi ni...
Eledumare went to heaven, earth remained. Rain did not fall. Sun did not shine. Moon did not show...
Everyone started cursing the earth... everyone began to beg Eledumare to send down the rain.
You see, no matter how powerful you are, someone or a group of people made you...
Odo to ba gbagbe orisun re, yio gbe ni. Monkeys appears skilful because of the proximity of trees.
No Monkey can jump 100metres distance. Know your boundaries and acknowledge your elders... especially those who made you.