Ọkàn, O Ha Ń Ṣàárẹ̀ / O Soul, Are You Weary

Ọkàn, o ha ń ṣàárẹ̀, o ń dààmú

Òkùn ṣú kò sí ìmọ́lẹ̀

'Mọ́lẹ̀ wà t'o bá w'Olùgbàlà

'Yè lọ́pọ̀lọpọ̀ àt' ọ̀fẹ́

Kọ ojú rẹ sí Jésù

Wò ojú ìyanu Rẹ̀

Àwọn nǹkan ayé yóò si di bàìbàì

N'nú 'mọ́lẹ̀ ògo, or' ọ̀fẹ́ Rẹ̀

Láti 'kú lọ s' íyè àínìpẹ̀kun

O kọjá, a sì tẹ̀le lọ

Lórí i wa ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ kò lágbára

Àwá ju aṣẹ́gun lọ

Ọ̀rọ̀ Rẹ̀ k'yo' kùnà, Ó lérí

Gbà á gbọ́, yóò dára fún ọ

Sì lọ sí ayé tí ń kú lọ

Sọ ti ìgbàlà pípé' Rẹ̀

Translated by Ayobami Temitope Kehinde on 12th April, 2024

O soul, are you weary and troubled?
No light in the darkness you see?
There’s light for a look at the Saviour,
And life more abundant and free!
- Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
  Look full in His wonderful face,
  And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
  In the light of His glory and grace.
Through death into life everlasting
He passed, and we follow Him there;
O’er us sin no more hath dominion—
For more than conqu’rors we are!
His Word shall not fail you—He promised;
Believe Him, and all will be well:
Then go to a world that is dying,
His perfect salvation to tell!

Source: Baptist Hymnal 1991 #320

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