Olokun, the goddess,
The duchess,
Mother of all mothers.
Your milk, earthlings crave;
Your care, sucklings rave.
Olokun, the goddess,
Like the stalk of plantain,
Your offspring cluster,
To the barren, you gift children
as rain gifts rivers.
Olokun, the duchess,
Their fears you drown,
Their doubts you doom.
Olokun, the goddess
of the river,
Olokun, the duchess
of the gods.
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