ategbe ( iwure ifa )

Ategbe ( Iwure Ifa )

Awon kan ko ra won jo

Won ni awon fe ba oke sota

Oke oje

Oke omu

Oke ni ori eyin enin tin rin

Some converged

With the notion of conspiring against the mountain

Mountain did not eat

Mountain did not drink

Mountain will win its assailants

Aire patiko l’an gbo ohun eja lomi

Ifa ya fa l’an mo ibi ejo gbegba

The mellowing sound of fishes is heard gently under water

A snake’s track is known by its track

Ile ti mo te yi

Ategbe!

Iba ate bi owo

Iba atete ese

Iba atelese to tele tiko hu run

Iba ona se woroko wo’fe

Awon kan ko ra won jo

Won ni awon fe ba oke sota

Oke oje

Oke omu

Oke ni ori eyin enin tin rin

Some converged

With the notion of conspiring against the mountain

Mountain did not eat

Mountain did not drink

Mountain will win its assailants

Aire patiko l’an gbo ohun eja lomi

Ifa ya fa l’an mo ibi ejo gbegba

The mellowing sound of fishes is heard gently under water

A snake’s track is known by its track

Ile ti mo te yi

Ategbe!

Iba ate bi owo

Iba atete ese

Iba atelese to tele tiko hu run

Iba ona se woroko wo’fe

The ground I stand is a solid one

I stand unshakable

Hail the palm

Hail sole of the feet

Hail the sole that walks the ground without bringing furs

Hail the road that leads to the ancestral city of Ile-ife

We move through the Mountain

We sail the River

We gait the Jungle

On the Mountain the animals could not hold us down cos our hands are joined

In the River the whale could not drag our feet cos they are interlocked

Through the Jungle,games could not charge at us cos we have leaves in our mouths

And now we shall walk through the fire with our skins unscaled

We shall not only hold hands nor interlock feet

We shall hold minds FOREVER!

We stand unshakable