Obara-Osa

"When the sorcerer saw me, he asked who I was,
and I said: 'I am the son of Obara-Osa'.
When the Witch, Death, Ilness and Eshu
saw me and asked who I was, I said
to all of them: 'I am the son of Obara-Osa'.
The son of Obara-Osa does not run;
the son of Obara-Osa does not die;
he is never ill; Obara-Osa's son
never gets a bad name".
Grind jasoke-leaves together with black soap.
Put the mixture into a clean calabash and throw
the powder of the dried bark of the erun-plant
or the obo-plant on top of it.
Write Obara-Osa in the powder and chant:
"When the sorcerer saw me, he asked who I was,
and I said: 'I am the son of Obara-Osa'.
When the Witch, Death, Ilness and Eshu
saw me and asked who I was, I said
to all of them: 'I am the son of Obara-Osa'.
The son of Obara-Osa does not run;
the son of Obara-Osa does not die;
he is never ill; Obara-Osa's son
never gets a bad name".
Put the kalabash in a big of white cloth
and hang this, if you wish, from the ceiling.
The contents are to be used for bathing,
to be good.