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Ọmu Da A De Wu


This verse can be heard in this youtube video between these timestamps: 3:51 - 4:56


This verse can be heard in this youtube video between these timestamps: 3:59 - 6:22


This verse can be heard in this youtube video between these timestamps: 0:00 - 2:24


CALL:

common spelling common pronunciation
Ọmú dá a dé wú. Ọ mú dá a yè. Ọ mú dá a dé wú.9  
(to have) teats that pour out, we come to be swelled.  
He causes cures, we recover.  
He causes cures; We come here to be swelled.  
Ọ mú dá a yè Olódùmarè. A dé wú Òrìşà Oko.  
He causes cures, we recover, “God.”  
We come here to be swelled, Òrìşà Oko.  

RESPONSE:

Same as call.

RESOURCES:

  • Chapter Orisha Oko, Song 7; Orin Orisa: Songs for Selected Heads by John Mason

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