IRETE OBARA

IRETE-ALAO

1. Ifa says that you shall be blessed with authority and prosperity. Ifa
also assures you that you will be honoured with position of
responsibility in your life. Ifa advises you to offer ebo in order to
ensure that your commands carry the necessary weight. Ifa advises
you to offer ebo with two roosters, two hens, two guinea-fowls, plenty
of finger rings and money. You also need to feed your Ori with one
guinea fowl. On this, Ifa says:

Ka tee baara

Awo oba lo dia f’Oba

Oba n sunkun apa ohun o k’aye

Ebo ni won ni ko waa se
O gb’ebo, o ru’bo
Apa Oba ni yoo ka o
Ayafi b’oruka o ba kawo
Apa oba ni yoo ka o

Translation
Ka tee baara
The Awo of Oba was the one who cast Ifa for the Oba
When the Oba was lamenting his inability to have authority over his
subjects
He was advised to offer ebo
He complied
The authority of the Oba shall contain them all
It is only if the finger ring does not go round the finger
The authority of the oba shall surely contain them all
2. Ifa advises you to consult Ifa and offer ebo before travelling on any
long distance trip. Ifa says that if you are transacting any business
there is the need for you to offer ebo in order to avoid incurring huge
loss in your business. Ifa advises you to offer ebo with one guinea-
fowl, four pigeons and money. You also need to feed Ifa with one
matured she-goat. On this, Ifa says:

Alukuutu omo aja

Areere igi sigo
Dia fun alao
Ti n regbo okun ree gbon’wo wale
Ebo ni won ni ko waa se
O koti ogbonhin sebo
Alao wa regbo okun
Ko rowo gbon wale ooran lo gbon bo

Translation
A well fed puppy
And a shady sigo tree
They cast Ifa for Alao
When going to the sea to bring money
He was advised to offer ebo
He failed to comply
Alao went to the ocean
H did not find money to bring back home
He instead brought looses

3. Ifa says that there is the need for you to regularly feed the elders of
the night in order to avoid their contention. Ifa advises you to offer
ebo so that you will always receive the mercy of the elders of the
night and avoid their confrontation at all times. Ifa advises you to
 offer ebo with one matured he-goat, three bottles of palm-oil, one
black giant pot and money. On this Ifa says:

Amu-sere oja
Ara-gbe-yewo omo okun
Dia fun Orofo
Tii se eye Oduduwa
Ebo ni won ni ko waa se
O gb’ebo, o ru’bo
Orofo o de o
Eye Oduduwa
Ese ire ni koo mu tele nile Akapo

Translation
Amu-sere oja
Ara-gbe-yewo omo okun
Ifa’s message for Orofo
The bird of Oduduwa
She was advised to offer ebo
She complied
Here comes Orofo
The bird of Oduduwa
Please land in the home of the Akapo with the leg of benevolence

4. Ifa says that you shall be blessed with a property of your own. Ifa
says that it is when you have your own property that all the Ire of life
which you are looking for shall come to you. Not only this, Ifa
assures you that you will also be blessed with peace of mind, comfort
and tranquility. Consequent upon this, it is in your best interest to
strive very hard in order to acquire your own personal property before
any other thing. Ifa advises you to offer ebo with four pigeons, four
guinea-fowl and money. You also need to feed Ifa with 16 rats and 16
fish. On this, Ifa says:

Agba Inamu suku wele

 Dia fun Orunmila
Baba ti nsawo
Baba o nile
Ebo ni won ni ko waa se
O gb’ebo, o ru’bo
Agba o de lonii o, awo Inamu
Emi o mo wipe bayii lawo ibugbe dun

Translation
Agba Inamu suku wele
Ifa’s message for Orunmila
When he was practicing Ifa
But he did not have his personal property
He was advised to offer ebo
He complied
Here comes Agba, the Awo of Inamu land
I never realized that having ones personal properties can be this
interesting

5. Ifa says that there is the need for you to take caution and avoid any
form of self deceit. This is because nothing good will ever come out
of it for you. Ifa says that if you are facing any problem that is difficult
for you to resolve amicably it is simply because you are engaging
yourself in self deceit. Ifa says that if this problem begins no
medicine or special device can solve it. You still need to offer ebo
and desist from deceiving yourself. Ifa advises you to offer ebo with
16 rats, 16 fish, 16 hens, 16 she-goat and money. You need to offer
these items one each per day for 16 days. All this items are to be
used to appeal to Ifa for forgiveness. That is when the problem will
be solved. On this aspect, Ifa says:

Agba-Inamu suku wele

Oran o tan nile yii boroboro
Dia fun Alao
Ti kokun borun
 Ti n fenu ke meme bi ewure
Ara a yin lo tan
E o tan’fa je o
Alao lo kokun borun
Ni n fenu ke mem bi ewure
Araa yin le tan je bayen

Translation
Agba-Inamu suku wele
Oran o tan nile yii boroboro
Ifa’s message for Alao
Who put a rope round his neck
And was bleating like a she-goat
He was advised to offer ebo
You are only deceiving yourself
You are not deceiving Ifa
Alao who put a rope round his neck
And used his mouth to bleat like a she-goat
You are just deceiving yourself

6. Ifa says that you will be blessed with children. Ifa assures you that If
and Osun will bless you with many children. Ifa advises you to offer
ebo with two she-goats and money. You also need to feed Ifa with 8
rats, 8 fish and 8 snails. After this, you need to feed Osun as
appropriate. On this, Ifa says:

Ka tee baara
Dia fun Osunfunleyo
Tii saya Agbonniregun
O feyinti moju ekun sunrahun tomo
Ebo ni won ni ko waa se
O gb’ebo, o ru’bo
Ko pe, ko jinna
E ba ni ba jebutu omo o
 Translation
Ka tee baara
He was the Awo who cast Ifa for Osunfunleyo
The wife of Orunmila
When lamenting her inability to beget her own baby
She was advised to offer ebo
She complied
Before long, not too far
Join us in the midst of many children

7. Ifa says that you will be victorious over your enemies. Sango will
ensure that you overcome all your enemies in life. When you are
coming from heaven, Sango had assured you that he will stand by
you and assist you in overcoming all your enemies. Ifa advises you
to offer ebo with four tortoises, four rooster, four guinea-fowls and
money. You also need to feed Sango with one rooster, one tortoise,
and 200 pebbles. On this, Ifa says:

Agba-Inamu suku wele

Oran o tan nileyi boroboro
Dia fun Olukoso lalu
Jenrola omo arigba ota werewere segun
Igbati nbe laarin ota
Ti nfojoojumo kominu ogun
Ebo ni won ni ko waa se
O gb’ebo, o ru’bo
Ta lo nperi Oba o?
To! Emi o perii re Alado

Translation
Agba-Inamu suku wele
Oran o tan nileyi boroboro
Ifa’s message for Olukoso lalu (Sango)
Jenrola who has 200 pebbles to overcome uprisings
When he was in the midst of suffering
 And in the midst of enemies
When he was leaving everyday in anticipation of uprising
He was advised to offer ebo
He complied
Now who is talking evil of the Oba
Alas! I speak no evil of you Alado

8. Ifa advises you to offer ebo against ailments. Ifa says that any of
your dresses that look like a cobra skin must be removed and offered
as ebo. Those dresses must be gathered and dropped on Esu. Ifa
advises you to offer ebo with two roosters, two hens and money. On
this, Ifa says:

Ka tee baara
Awo oka lo dia f’Oka
Tii somo Elewuu bobo
Won ni ko rubo si laiku omo re
O koti ogbonhin sebo
Gbogbo isowo ope
Eni gbebo nibe ko sebo o

Translation
Ka tee baara
He was the Awo who cast Ifa for Oka the Cobra
The owner of hot coloured dress
He was advised to offer ebo against untimely death
He refused to comply
All Ifa devotees
Let those advised to offer ebo comply accordingly

9. Ifa assures you that you will be blessed with prosperity and honour,
compartible spouse, great children, free gifts and all the good things
of life. Ifa says that you have the blood of honour and prosperity
flowing in your veins. Ifa advise you to offer ebo with two hens, two
 pigeons, two guinea-fowls, two roosters, two duck and money. You
also need to feed Ifa with four rats and four fish. On this, Ifa says:

Asuke ni o bere wo gbonngan

Dia fun Baba Akefon ajifa
Ebo ni won ni ko waa se
O gb’ebo, o ru’bo
Orunmila pele Baba Akefon ajifa
Ona Isokun, iwo ni baba Oba

Translation
Asuke ni o bere wo gbonngan
Ifa’s message for Baba Akefon ajifa (Orunmila)
He was advised to offer ebo
He complied
Gently Orunmila also known as Baba Akefon Ajifa
The way to Isokun, you are the father of the Oba

10. Ifasays that your financial success shall know no bound. Every part
of your body shall bring you money. Ifa advises you to offer ebo with
8 pigeons and money. On this, Ifa says:

Gbogbo oro gbogbo ti a nso loja

Towotowo ni o
Dia fun Ijesa dudu inadena
A dia fun Ijesa dudu inadesun
Ebo ni won ni ko waa se
O gb’ebo, o ru’bo
Ati Ijesa dudu Inadena
Ati Ijesa dudu Inadesun
Ara a mi lokun
Ara a mi laje nso
Translation
All discussion in the market place
They center around money
 Ifa’s message for Ijesa dudu Inadena also known as Sekere
And to Ijesa dudu Inadesun, also known as Sakara
They were advised to offer ebo
Both Ijesa dudu Inadena and Ijesa dudu Inadesun
My body is covered with Okun beads
It’s in my body that money grows

11. Ifa advises you to go and make a special preparation to wash your
Ori with 200 Akisan leaves and soap. The leaves will be squeeze in
water and be used to wash your Ori. Ifa says that doing this will bring
boundless prosperity for you. Before this however, there is the need
for you to offer ebo with 8 pigeons and money. On this, Ifa says

Onibata igan
Olele ngan
Odi-seere mese awo Ori
Dia fun f’Ori
Ori nsunkun oju oun o kan’re
Ebo ni won ni ko waa se
O gb’ebo, o ru’bo
Ori o to gege ki n laje
Aje laa ni
Igba lewe akinsan
Oro o mi kasai san
Ori o to gege ki n laya
Aya laa ni
Igba lewe akinsan
Oro o mi kasai san
Ori o to gege ki n bimo
Omo laa ni
Igba lewe akinsan
Oro o mi kasai san

Translation
Onibata igan
 Olele ngan
Odi-seere mese, the awo of Ori
They cast Ifa for Ori
When lamenting that he had not be able to site any Ire with his
eye
He was advised to offer ebo
He comply
Ori it is high time for me to have financial success
It is financial success that one needs to possess
Ori it is high time for me to have compatible spouse
It is compatible spouse that one needs to possess
Ori it is high time for me to have good children
It is good children that one needs to possess
Ori it is high time for me to have all Ire of life
It is all Ire of life that one needs to possess
It is through the power of 200 Akisan leaves
All my matter shall not but turn to success

12. Ifaadvises you to offer ebo against unconsummated fortunes. This is

important for you to do in order to avoid a situation where your worth
will be reducing annually. Ifa also advises you to offer ebo so that
you will not be falling ill on an annual basis. The ebo materials are
one matured he-goat and money. On this Ifa says:

Sepolohun abegun sorosoro

Dia fun Awodi Oke
Ti nsawo rele Ibara
Ebo ni won ni ko waa se
O koti ogbonhin sebo
Awodi rele o loo re’ye
Won sebi eye e silo ni
Eye o si lo nile yii
Eye tun de!

Translation
 Sepolohun abegun sorosoro
He cast Ifa for Awodi Oke, the Eagle
When he was going on business mission to Ibara land
He was advised to offer ebo
He failed to comply
The Eagle went home to shed off all its feather
They thought that the bird had run away
The bird had not run away from this land
The bird had returned

13. Ifa assures that your life will be interesting and agreeable. You will
have cause to celebrate your good fortune in life. You will not toll
excessively before you will receive the blessing of financial success
in life. It is all part of your destiny. Ifa assures you that nothing and
nobody can stop you from fulfilling your destiny. Ifa advises you to
offer ebo with four pigeons, four guinea-fowls and money. You also
need to feed your Ori with a giant cat fish and feed Obatala with Eku.
The same Eku will also be used to feed Aje. On this, Ifa says:

Eyi ori wa se
Ko nii sai se e
Dia fun alao
Ti yoo ji ni kutukutu
Ti yoo yan ire gbogbo lodo Orisa gbowuji
Ebo ni won ni ko waa se
O gb’ebo, o ru’bo
Alao o roko
Alao nlaje
Eyi ori waa se
Ko yoo sai see
Alao nlaya
Eyi ori waa se
Ko yoo sai see
Alao bimo
Eyi ori waa se
 Ko yoo sai see
Alao nire gbogbo
Eyi ori waa se
Ko yoo sai see

Translation
What we have chosen as our destiny
We cannot do without implementing it
Ifa’s message for Alao
Who wake up in the dawn of his life
And would chose all great things of life
In the home of Obatala Orisa Gbowuji
He was advised to offer ebo
He complied
Alao did not cultivate any farm
Alao is blessed with wealth
What we have chosen as our destiny
We cannot do without implementing it
Alao did not cultivate any farm
Alao is blessed with spouse
What we have chosen as our destiny
We cannot do without implementing it
Alao did not cultivate any farm
Alao is blessed with children
What we have chosen as our destiny
We cannot do without implementing it
Alao did not cultivate any farm
Alao is blessed with all Ire of life
What we have chosen as our destiny
We cannot do without implementing it

14. Ifa
advises you to offer ebo in order to avoid a disastrous situation
where three of your children will die during your life time. Ifa advises
you to offer ebo with three he-goats and money. On this, Ifa says:
Aya loyun, a bopa loyun aja
Aisi iku la nso aaja morun
Biku ba de, a gbe aaja sonu
A weni rere, a mu lo
Dia fun Iboko-Ade
Omo eni rre po lorun
Omo Alara lo
A o ri won mo
Iboko-Ade, omo eni rere po lorun
Omo Ajero lo
A o ri won mo
Iboko-Ade, omo eni rere po lorun
Omo Owarangun lo
A o ri won mo
Iboko-Ade, omo eni rere po lorun

Translation
When the dog became pregnant we used special means to
prevent it from losing the pregnancy
When it is not time for death to strike
We cherish using charms
Whenever it is time for death to strike
Death will remove all the strong charms and snatch away the
benevolent ones in the community
Ifa’s message for Iboko-Ade
Offspring of benevolent people are plenty in heaven
He was advised to offer ebo
The child of Alara is gone
We cannot see him anymore
Iboko-Ade, the benevolent people are plenty in heaven
The child of Ajero is gone
We cannot see him anymore
Iboko-Ade, the benevolent people are plenty in heaven
The child of Owarangun is gone
We cannot see him anymore
Iboko-Ade, the benevolent people are plenty in heaven
15. Ifa
warns that you must never engage in animal rearing in your life.
This is because doing so may make it difficult for you to have your
own baby in life. Ifa however says that if you are already engaged in
animal rearing you need to use all the animal as ebo without any
exception. You also need to feed Ifa on a regular basis. Ifa advises
you to offer ebo with one matured she-goat and money. On this, Ifa
says:

Ka mu’nu konu
Ka meyin keyin
Ma megbe kegbee
Dia fun Amori
To ti nfomo re f’ewure bi
Ebo ni won ni ko waa se
O gb’ebo, o ru’bo
Amori o tun fomo re fewure bi mo o
E ma ki mi ku ewu eran mo
Ewu omo ni ki e maa ki mi o

Translation
Let us agree together
And disagree together
And move side by side together
Ifa’s message for Amori
Who had been given her babies to the goat to deliever?
She was advised to offer ebo
She complied
Amori had stop giving her own babies out to goat to give birth to
Do not congratulate me on the birth of any animal again
Please congratulate me on the birth of my own babies

16. Ifasays that there is a serious matter of sadness and agitation that
will occur at a period in your life. Consequent upon this, you need to
 offer ebo to ensure that the problem disappears from your life. Ifa
advises you to offer ebo with three hens and money. You also needs
to feed Ifa with one hen and feed your Ori with another hen. Ifa says
that you must pluck the feathers of the hens all by yourself without
allowing anyone to assist you and you must not use any water to
pluck the feathers. On this, Ifa says:

Ka gbale kan’le
Ka gboode kan’oode
Ka gbata kan’ta
Dia fun Orunmila
Baba yoo soko ibanuje
Ebo ni won ni ko waa se
O gb’ebo, o ru’bo
Atara ile, atara oko
E para po, e ba nile ibanuje lo

Translation
Let us sweep the house to the next house
And sweep the parlour to the next parlour
And sweep the main road to the next main road
Ifa’s message for Orunmila
Who will become the husband of Ibanuje, Agony
He was advised to offer ebo
He complied
Both living in the cities and those living in the country side
Put hands together and help chase agony away/

Aboru Aboye.
AFFILIATED IRUNMOLE/ORISA OF IRETE OBARA

1. Ifa – for prosperity, fortune, success, victory, direction and

accomplishments.

2. Ori – for fulfillment of destiny, elevation, success, self actualization

and contentment.

3. Esu-Odara – for guidance, victory, direction and success.

4. Obatala – for success, child bearing, child rearing, elevation and

leadership

5. Oduduwa – for victory over the Elders of the Night

6. Osun – for child bearing, child childrearing and compatible spouse

7. Sango – for victory over enemies and leadership

8. Egbe- for success, comradeship and direction

9. Egungun – for ancestral support

TABOOS OF IRETE OBARA

1. Must never engage in self deceit – to avoid unconsummated fortunes

and illness

2. Must never tell lies or deceive others – to avoid unconsummated

fortunes and illness

3. Must never rear animals – to avoid the problem of child bearing

4. Must never use an eagle for anything – to avoid unconsummated

fortune

5. Must never rely on charms or other special devices – to avoid

unconsummated fortunes, disappointments and disaster
 6. Must never use Orofo bird for anything – to avoid contention with the
elders of the night

POSSIBLE PROFESSION OF IRETE-OBARA

1. Ifa/Orisa Priest/Priestess

2. Singer, drummer, musical arranger, entertainment Officer

3. Administrator, Engineer, town planner and Architect

POSSIBLE NAMES OF IRETE OBARA

Males

1. Alao – a successful child

2. Ifakorede – Ifa brings all ire of life

3. Olaifa – the grace of Ifa

Females

1. Osunfunleyo – Osun brings me joy

2. Ifasanmi – Ifa rewards me

3. Ifapero – ifa brings comfort and peace

Aboru Aboye

Solagbade Popoola
December, 2011.
Lagos, Nigeria.