Odékomorodé / Orixá Oxóssi (feat. Alcione)

Odékomorodé
Odékomorodé
Odé Arerê
Odékomorodé nímayó
Odékomorodé Oníre!

Odékomorodé
Odékomorodé
Odé Arerê
Odékomorodé nímayó
Odékomorodé Oníre!

Oxóssi, the Lord of the hunt
The Lord of the community
The Lord of silence

The one who is always alert
And always observes everything around him
The one who lets nothing escape

We cannot deny
We are hunters

And one of them, wherever he went he took his mother
And the mother saw, the terror
That other young people were going through
She remembered that her son had only one arrow

She runs and goes to Ifá and says
Lord! Lord! Save my only son

And Ifá said
Then, if you want to save your son
You make an offering at the foot of the Iroko
(Sacred tree) for your son
This offering will make his life
Very different

And the mother ran and made the sacrifice

At the moment she placed the sacrifice
At the foot of the Iroko, her son where he was
Next to the king's court
He shot his only arrow

And the arrow went straight to the heart
Of that great bird and it was decreasing
Decreasing, decreasing, decreasing
Falling at the king's feet, pierced

And everything returned as it was before
The day became clear and everyone was happy
Everyone started to celebrate

Then, the king called Oxotocanxoxô
(The hunter of only one arrow) and said
Oh! You with one arrow
You saved me from that sorceress
I offer what I had said to you
Whoever killed these sorceresses
I would give many cowries, many cowries
Many cowries

Then, the young man said
I would prefer something else
That you forgive
The lives of the other hunters, my brothers

Then the king said
Of course. Then they are all forgiven

And when the community saw that Oxóssi
Had saved the other hunters
They began to say
O-Xó-Ssi!
O-Xó-Ssi!
O-Xó-Ssi!

Odékomorodé
Odékomorodé
Odé Arerê
Odékomorodé nímayó
Odékomorodé Oníre!

Odékomorodé
Odékomorodé
Odé Arerê
Odékomorodé nímayó
Odékomorodé Oníre!

Oxóssi, the Lord of the hunt
The Lord of the community
The Lord of silence

Okê!
Okê!
Okê Arô!