Wọn Yoo Ṣe 'Ranti / Only Remembered

  Author: Horatius Bonar

A o kọja lọ bi àwọn 'rawọ òórọ̀ T' ìmọ́lẹ̀ wọn n ran n'nu oorun ogo,  Bẹ́ẹ̀ l' a o lọ kúrò l' aye ati 'ṣẹ rẹ̀,  A o maa ranti wa nip' on t' a ti ṣe.  ÈGBÈ:  Wọn yoo ṣe 'ranti, wọn yoo ṣe 'ranti, A o maa ranti wa nip' on t' a ti ṣe,  Bẹ́ẹ̀ l' a o lọ kúrò l' aye ati 'ṣẹ rẹ̀,  A o maa ranti wa nip' on t' a ti ṣe.  A o ha kuro k' àwọn miran rọ́pò wa, Lati maa kore oko t' a ti gbìn?,  Bẹ́ẹ̀ l' àwọn òṣìṣẹ́ yoo fi 'ṣẹ́ sílẹ̀,   A o maa ranti wa nip' on t' a ti ṣe.  Kìkì òótọ́ ti a ba ti sọ láyé,  Pẹ̀lú 'rúgbìn t' a ti gbìn laye yii,  Yoo tẹ̀síwájú t' a ba ti gbàgbé wa,  Eso ikore at' on t' a ti ṣe.  'Gbà t' Olúwa yoo k' àwọn ayanfẹ Rẹ̀,  T'ao jere adé aláyọ̀ t' ó ntàn,  'Gba naa l' ao ranti àwọn olootọ Rẹ̀,  T' àárẹ̀ ti mu nip' on ti wọ́n ti ṣe. Source: Facebook

Fading away like the stars of the morning, Losing their light in the glorious sun— Thus would we pass from the earth and its toiling, Only remembered by what we have done. Refrain Only remembered, only remembered, Only remembered by what we have done; Thus would we pass from the earth and its toiling, Only remembered by what we have done. Shall we be missed though by others succeeded, Reaping the fields we in springtime have sown? No, for the sowers may pass from their labors, Only remembered by what they have done. Only the truth that in life we have spoken, Only the seed that on earth we have sown; These shall pass onward when we are forgotten, Fruits of the harvest and what we have done. Source: Hallowed Hymns, New and Old #185