Oyigiyigi ota omi
The eternal rock of creation in the waters of being
The eternal rock of creation in the waters of genesis
The eternal rock of creation in the waters of becoming
The mighty, immovable rock in the waters of being
The immense power in the depths of being
The mighty rock emerging from the depths of being
The great stone in the waters of being
Awa di oyigiyigi. A ki o ku wa.
We become the eternal, immovable rock. We do not die.
Image credit
Detail from Tokai-an garden,Myoshinji temple,Kyoto,Japan from Reading Zen in the Rocks: The Japanese Dry Landscape Garden.Francois Berthier. Trans by Graham Parkes. Chicago: University of Chicago Press,2000.75.
Text credit
Yoruba text from "Awo Training Part 1" by Awo Falokun Fatumnbi at Scribd.
Translation assisted by Falokun's translation,Bolaji Idowu Olodumare: God in Yoruba Belief and "The Yoruba names of God" thread on Nairaland at
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