ILE IWOSAN ORUNMILA MIMO

IBA ORIKI MORNING

MORNING PRAYER TO OLODUMARE, IFA, IRUNMALE,
EGUNGUN ILE

IBA
HOMAGE

Iba O
Homage to Olodumare
Olodumare Oba ajiki
Olodumare, Divine Ruler who must be reverently
praised every morning (unmovable, unchanging)
Edumare Oba a ji ge
Edumare (Orunmila), the most respected with
adoration,
Ogege Oba tiin gbele aye gun
The pivot of life equilibrium
Ogbagba nla Oba tolode-Orun
The grand commander of the cosmic zone

Iba O
Homage to
Ati yo ojo
The rising of the Sun
Ati wo oorun
The setting of the Sun
Iba kutukutu awo owuro
Kutukutu, the priest of the early Dawn
Ganrin Ganrin Awo osan gangan
Ganrin Ganrin , priest of the Noon
Winrin winrin Awo Oru
Winrin winrin, priest of the Night

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Ati okuku-su-wii, Awo Oganjo
Okuku-su-wi, priest of the mid-night

Iba Oriki Morning Prayer

Iba Elewu ide,

Homage to Elewu Ide, Orisa of the Sun
Iba Elewu Ala,
Homage to Elewu Ala, Orisa of the Moon
Iba Irawo-sasa n be lehin f osupa
Homage to Irawo-sasa, Orisa of the cosmic stars,
Afefelegelege Awo Isalu aye
Afefelegelege, priest of the Earth
Efuufulegelege Awo isalu orun
Efuufulegelege, priest of the Universe
Iba Ajagunmole Oluwo ode Orun
Homage to Ajagunmole, priest of the great beyond
Iba Aromoganyin Onibode aye oun orun
Homage to Aromoganyin, the gateman of the great
beyond
Iba Awonamaja Babalawo tii n komo nifa oju orun
Homage to Awonamaja, Ifa priest that teaches Ifa in
our dreams

Iba Esu lalu-okiri-oko, Kiri-ogo

Homage to Esu lalu-okiri-oko, Kiri-ogo

Iba Eyin Iyami

Homage to Eyin (It is you I am calling please) Iyami
Afinju eye tii n je loju oloko
The skillful bird that feed in the presence of the
owner
Afinju eye tii ni fiye sap tii n fiko sehin
The skillful bird with feathers and beak
Afinju eye tii n fiye sapa tii n f'eekun sehin
The skillful bird with feathers and teeth
Afinju eye tii n fiye sapa tii n fehin sehin

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The skillful bird with bones as feathers and bones as
teeth
Afinju eye tii n fegungun sapa tii n fegungun sehin
The skillful bird with iron feathers and iron teeth
Afinju eye tii n firin n sapa tii n firin sehin
The skillful bird with feathers of fire and teeth of fire

Iba Oriki Morning Prayer

Iba Ile, Otete, lanbua,

Homage to The Mother Earth
Aterere kari aye
The special carpet of the Universe
Agbohun, maa for, abiyamo tooto
The Mute listener, Mother of All

Iba Ifa on Olodumare

Homage to Ifa the voice of the Almighty God
Iba Orunmila Eleri Ipin
Homage to Orunmila witness of destiny
Atori eni tio sunwon se,
The one that changes misfortune to fortune
Iba Aboru, Aboye, Abosise
Homage to the sacrifice that is given, the sacrifice
that is accepted, the sacrifice that has manifested

Iba Ogun, yankan bi ogbe,

Homage to Ogun the bleeding of the flesh wound
Iba otarigidi-tii n se yeye Ogun
Homage to Otarigidi-tii Ogun's God-mother
Iba omobowu oun ewiri-maje
Homage to Omobowu and Ewiri-maje, Ogun's wives
Iba Ija Iba Osoosi
Homage to Osoosi
Iba Olutasin tokotoko bo Ogun
Olutasin, the first to appease Ogun
Iba Ope ti a n tidi n be tii n tori gbe ni

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Homage to the Palm Tree that is appease at the base,
that bring forth benefiting fruits at the top
Iba Ope to fidi sekan to fori se pupo
Homage to the Palm tree with one trunk but many
branches
Iba Egbe Oga-Ogo
Homage to Egbe the cosmic companions

Iba Oriki Morning Prayer

Iba Ogba
Homage to Ogba, the astral friends
Iba Olunkori-Orisa ewe
Homage to Olunkori, The Orisa of children astral
mates

Iba Sango, Oluorojo, bambi-arigba ota segun

Homage to Sango, Oluorojo, Bambi, the Orisa of
Thunder with many thunderbolts
Iba Haawa, Iba Gambe-Olu,
Homage to Haawo and Gambe-Olu wives of Sango
Iba Oya Oriri, Obinrin gbongbonran tii n yoko re loko
ebu
Homage to Oya Oriri, the powerful woman that
recused her husband from ridicules,
Iba Oke ganga, Oke ganga
Homage to Oke ganga, Oke ganga
Iba Aganju
Homage to Orisa Aganju
Iba Mojelewu
Homage to Orisa Mojelewu
Iba Okeere
Homage to Orisa Okeere
Iba Yemoja, Iba odo Ogun
Homage to Orisa Yemoja and river Ogun
Iba Osaara, Iba Toorosi

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Homage to Osaara and Toorosi, Sango's Godmothers
Iba Iyalode lode oro
Homage to Iyalode, the custodian of Oro (Oro town)
Iba Moremi lode Ofa
Homage to Moremi custodian of Ofa (Ofa town)
Iba Oba
Homage to Orisa Oba the faithful and committed wife
of Sango,
Iba O, Obatala, Oba taasa
Homage to Obatala King of Orisa Oba Taasa

Iba Oriki Morning Prayer

Oba Patapata lode Iranje,

King of Orisa, the custodian of Iranje (Iranje town)
Iba Iranje ile, Iba Iranje Oko, Iba Ifon-Osun
Homage to Iranje ile, Iranje Oko, Ifon Osun (all towns)
Iba Igbin, Iba Igbin-Oosa
Homage to the snail and the Obatala's drum
Iba Alagemo-teerekange
Homage to Alagemo-teerekange, the chameleon
Je a gbo Je a to
We are wishing for longevity
Iba Abomoda omo Oosa-Agbowujin
Homage to Abamoda, the child of Oosa-Agbowujin
(plant bryophillum pinnatum)
Mo daba ire aiku, ire aje, ire aya/oko, ire omo, ire
Isegun, ire gbogbo
We are wishing for all good fortune
Aba ti Alagemo bada l Oosa-Oke n gba
It is the good wishes of Alagemo that Orisa Accepts
Iba gunyan gunyan ile Ido
Homage to the Gunyan gunyan women of Ile Ido (Ido
Town)
Iba rokaroka Obinrin Ibadan
Homage to the Rokaroka women of Ibadan (Ibadan
Town)

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Iba Aje tii n somo Olu-Ibini
Homage to Aje, princess of Ibini
Iba Okun tii n somo Ode Irada
Homage to Okun, the princess of Irada (Irada town)
Iba Oro, Oropoto pomupomu
Homage to Oro Oropoto pomupomu
Tobi omo lewelewe ti kan kan o sofun
The Orisa with many surviving children
Iba Osanyin-mogboraye
Homage to Osanyin-mogboraye
To gba opa lowo Olokunrun sanu
The Healer of the sick
Iba Olokun
Homage to Orisa Olokun of the ocean

Iba Oriki Morning Prayer

Iba Olosa
Homage to Orisa Olosa of the lagoon
Iba Odu loogbo-oje
Homage to Orisa Odu loogbo-oje
Iba Osun Awura-Olu
Homage to Orisa Osun, owner of the beaded comb
Olooya-Iyun, Awede koto wemo
She cleansed her brass and later bathes her children
Iba Iyami Osoronga lode Ipokia
Homage to Iyami Osoronga custodian of Ipokia (Ipokia
town)
Iba Ori-eni
Homage to ones Destiny
Iba Ikin-eni
Homage to one's Ikin (Sacred Palm Kernels), all
ancestral male Orisa and ancestral female Orisa
Iba Yeye
Homage to One's Mother
Iba Baba
Homage to One's Father
Iba Araba Agbaye of Ile Ife Awoyemi Aworeni
Mokanranwale Adisa

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Homage to the Araba of the World located in Ile Ife,
Nigeria Awoyemi Aworeni Mokanranwale Adisa
Iba Oluwo
Homage to One's Spiritual Teacher
Iba Ojugbona
Homage to One's chief officiating priest
Iba Iparipa adaso-mamuro
Homage to the insect communities
Iba Eyin Isoro-Orun
Homage to Isoro-Orun the Astral Ancestral Orisa
Iba ara Ile
Homage to all spiritual houses in the world
Awa juba kee je kiba we se, Ase!
We sincerely pay our homage,
Accept our homage with Understanding, Wisdom, and
Kindness, May it be so