EXU

Esu
Esu yeh, Laroye!
(Long live Esu! Or Hail Esu!)

Rhythms
Songs
Drum
01 to 06
Agere
07 to 12
Ilu
13 to 16, 19 and 24
Ego
17, 18, 20 and 23

01
We will meet the Lord of the Paths,
My respects to the messenger,
Let's worship, let's worship, let's worship
My respects to the messenger.

02
The Lord of Strength is beautiful, let's worship him,
The Lord of Strength is beautiful, let's worship him,
Exu of the body, Lord of the Paths, give way.

03
We wake up and greet Exu happily,
And Exu tells how we were born.

04
Exu, the Lord of Strength (of power),
Makes deep and small cuts,
Ekésan Exu of the body, makes deep
And small cuts (gbéré).

05
Lord of Strength, Lord of Power,
Lord of Strength, Lord of Power
We greet the Chief (owner of the world).

06
He stands at the entrance on the hinges of the door.

07
Exu looks at us in worship and recognizes, knowing that the worship is good,
Laroye Exu looks at us in worship and recognizes knowing that the worship
Is beautiful, let's worship Exu.

08
Odara can make the path difficult,
He is the Lord of the paths.

09
The Messenger kills for the house of worship and
Odara kills for the King's house.

10
The Lord of Strength is beautiful, Lord of Power,
Exu looks at us recognizing and knowing that we are worshiping him.

11
May I never see your fight, your fight, Exu Lord of the Paths.

12
He wakes up and sweeps the pieces of his broken calabash,
He is the Exu who is at the top of the mountain.

13
We wake up and greet Barabo,
I present my respects to you,
May you not do harm.

14
Exu, he performs wonderful feats,
Tiriri is the Lord of the Paths, Exu Tiriri.

15
Odara rises, rises (ascension), Odara is the father of ebos,
Odara rises in the fire he himself lit,
Odara is the father of ebos.

16
Exu of Fire, fire, my respects,
To you my respects.

17
May the Lord (Exu) not set them on fire,
And may their heads not see your fight,
And do not allow their heads to see
Your fight.

18
Lord of our paths, Exu of the people of Ketu.

19
Exu speaks from the mountaintop,
Powerful Lord whom we worship.

20
Ketu shouts loud, Ketu, are you Exu the Lord of Ketu (King),
Ketu shouts loud, Ketu, are you the Powerful Lord of Ketu.

21
Yemanja dives quickly into the river,
Exu of fire does not.

22
We ask permission from the Lord of the Paths,
We say we are worshiping you,
With permission, Lord of the Paths.

23
We ask permission worshiping, Laroiê.

24
Sharp knife, sharp knife,
Exu Odara has no head to
Carry load, Laroiê, has sharp knife,
Exu Odara has no head to carry ebó.

25
Supreme Lord of Ketu
Is the Exu of the people of Ketu and
Exu will leave.

26
Bara eats palm oil,
Bara eats palm oil at home.