Mo Ti Seleri Jesu

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1 Mo ti seleri Jesu,
Lati sin O dopin;
Ma wa lodo mi titi,
Baba mi Ore mi.
Emi k’yo beru ogun,
B’Iwo ba sun mo mi,
Emi ki y’o si sina,
B’O ba fona han mi.

2 Je ki n mo p’O sunmo mi,
’Tori’baje aiye;
Aiye fe gba okan mi,
Aiye fe tan mi je,
Ota yi mi ka,kiri,
Lode ati ninu;
Sugbon Jesu, sunmo mi,
Dabobo okan mi.

3 Je ki emi k’ o ma gbo,
Ohun Re, Jesu mi,
Ninu igbi aiye yi,
Titi nigbagbogbo.
So k’ o f’ okan mi bale,
Teri okan mi ba;
So k’ emi le gbo Tire,
’Wo Olutoju mi.

4 ’Wo ti se ’leri Jesu,
F’awon t’ o tele O,
Pe ibikibi t’O wa,
Lawon yio si wa;
Mo ti se ’leri Jesu,
Lati sin O dopin.
Je ki n ma to O lehin,
Baba mi, Ore mi.

5 Je ki n ma ri ’pase Re,
Ki n le ma tele O;
Agbara Re nikan ni,
Ti m’ ba le tele O:
To mi, pe mi, si fa mi
Di mi mu de opin,
Si gba mi si odo Re,
Baba mi, Ore mi.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15893

Author: John Ernest Bode

John E. Bode (b. St. Pancras, England, 1816; d. Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, England, 1874) A fine student at Christ Church, Oxford, England, and a prominent scholar who gave the famous Bampton Lectures ("for the exposition and defense of the Christian faith") at Oxford in 1855, was a rector in Westwell, Oxfordshire, and in Castle Camps. This gifted poet and hymn writer published Hymns for the Gospel of the Day, for Each Sunday and Festivals of Our Lord in 1860. Bert Polman… Go to person page >

Translator: Anonymous

In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries. Go to person page >

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First Line: Mo ti seleri Jesu
Title: Mo Ti Seleri Jesu
English Title: O Jesus, I have promised
Author: John Ernest Bode
Translator: Anonymous
Language: Yoruba
Copyright: Public Domain

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