Okanran-Odi

Okanran first, and then Odi,
Ifa says of those that this is the vessel
wherein the soul is kept and protected.
Ifa says that a blessing is coming
from the Big Spirit that lives inside the client.
But of course: we aren't always aware,
but every answer is waiting inside ourselves,
waiting till we let them out!
Ifa says we should not curse the unborn.
Ife says we should not curse the dead.
After all: in the end we all are one.
After all: in the end everything
is related to everything.
Ifa says that we should avoid
egotism and selfishness, because
we are not the center of the universe;
it only seems that way, and everybodye else
sees these things quite differently!
Oh yes, the remedy against what's bothering you
is in the honoring of the living and the dead.
Oh yes, and then there is that shivering and shaking,
like if we were a rattle that rattles continuously.
Ifa says that our nerves are kind of shaky,
that something inside makes us insecure.
We have a fear that returns and returns.
Ifa tells us to sacrifice, in order
not to become utterly paranoid, sacrifice,
so that our existence becomes pleasureable.
After reciting the above text, the Awo can go on reciting the following addition:
Now whaddayasay! That would be nice!
So let's figure out to whom to sacrifice,
so that the right offering will bring
the scales into balance again,
the balance between the living, the dead
and the unborn, the balance also
between ourselves and the inner
and outer universe.
Hello? Are we still there? Good!
Nothing's the matter, except and old score
that finally must be settled, an old bill
that we must finally pay, for far too long
have we been living on credit. Bloody hell!
Will you start listening to your own Egun, for they
are beginning to be quite irritated with you!"