MAWU MAVƆ ƑE ŊUSẼ

Eʋegbe

Ma'u mavɔ ƒe ŋusẽ lae le Seƒoƒo'o kple ɣleti'o Afii kple gama meli nɛo Ɣeyiɣi meli nɛo. Dzro nyigba ɖeke meli nɛo Amedzrovi me lio. Dɔ mi ɖa 'be nyagblɔɖi la'o Be dukɔ'o nanye tɔ'o.

English

Eternal God, whose power upholds Both flower and flaming star, To whom there is no here nor there, No time, no near nor far, No alien race, no foreign shore, No child unsought, unknown: O send us forth, Your prophets true, To make all lands Your own!

Eʋegbe

Nyateƒe Ma'u si nunyala'o Kple luʋɔwo subɔa. Klẽ ɖe nyateƒe susu'o me L'anyigbawo keŋ dzi Te nuvɔ̃ vivitiwo ɖa Numanya kple vɔvɔ̃ Vase sime dziƒo nunya Na klẽ ɖ'agbe mɔ dzi.

English

O God of truth, whom science seeks And reverent souls adore, Illumine every earnest mind Of every clime and shore: Dispel the gloom of error’s night, Of ignorance and fear, Until true wisdom from above Shall make life’s pathway clear!

Eʋegbe

Mawu si ƒe nyonyo dze ƒãa L'ame'o ƒe susu me Le nuƒoƒo si yɔ kple ha Kpakple dzi kɔkɔe me Fia mi mia gbenu le 'ɖi gbɔ Kple masɔmasɔ hã. Vase mìakpɔ dzidzɔ si le Agbe nyui nɔnɔ me.

English

O God of beauty, oft revealed In dreams of human art, In speech that flows to melody, In holiness of heart: Teach us to ban all ugliness, And all disharmony, Till all shall know the loveliness Of lives made fair and free!

Eʋegbe

Ma'u dzɔdzɔetɔ, 'menuvela Le viwo Kristo me Eƒ'agbe kple ku ɖe Wò fia 'Mesi wɔ'o lɔlɔ̃nu Na mìa keke wò fiaɖuƒe Be fulele na dzo Dɔmenyonyo na nɔ dzi'o me. Miakpɔ ŋutifafa.

English

O God of righteousness and grace, Seen in the Christ, Your Son, Whose life and death reveal Your face, By whom Your will was done; Help us to spread Your gracious reign Till greed and hate shall cease, And kindness dwell in human hearts, And all the earth find peace!