LORD IN THE FULLNESS OF MY MIGHT / OLUWA L' EKUN OKUN MI

1.    HYMN EMHB 396                                       YMHB 711

 

1.    Lord, in the fullness of my might,

I would for Thee be strong:

While runneth o’er each dear delight,

To Thee should soar my song.

 

2.    I would not give the world my heart,

And then profess Thy love;

I would not feel my strength depart,

And then Thy service prove.

 

3.    I would not with swift-winged zeal

On the world’s errands go,

And labour up the heavenly hill

With weary feet and slow.

 

4.    O not for Thee my weak desires,

My poorer, baser part!

O not for Thee my fading fires,

The ashes of my heart!

 

5.    O choose me in my golden time,

In my dear joys have part!

For Thee the glory of my prime,

The fullness of my heart!

 

6.    I cannot, Lord, too early take

The covenant divine;

O ne’er the happy heart may break

Whose earliest love was Thine!

 

YMHB 711

 

1.   Oluwa, l’ ekun okun mi,

Ngo je akin fun O;

Nigbati aiye mi san mi,

Ngo ma korin yin O.

 

2.   Nki o f’ okan mi f’ aiye tan,

Ki nwipe mo fe O;

Nki o jek’ agbara mi ye,

Ki nto josin fun O.

 

3.   Emi ki o fi itara

Sure gbo ti aiye,

Ki nwa fi are tiraka

Lati rin-‘na orun.

 

4.   Nki o f’ ife sisa fun O,

At’ aloku ara!

Itara t’ ina re nku lo,

At’ eru okan mi!

 

5.   Gba mi nigbat’ aiye nye mi,

Ba mi yo ayo mi!

Tire l’ ogo owuro mi,

At’ ekun okan mi!

 

6.   Oluwa, nko kere po ju

Lati da majemu;

Banuje ko le b’ okan na

T’o tete ko fe O!