Legba in the gate, Legba in the gate,
Legba in the gate, it is you who carry the flag, it is you who shade the sun for the Lwa.

Brav Gede Nibo, all the while they don’t yet see me bad weather bars my way,
(repeat)
The rain falls, the earth is slippery,
The rain falls, the earth is slippery,
Brav Gede Nibo, all the while they don’t yet see me bad weather bars my way,

Elou twins, twins elou, elou e!
Elou twins, twins elou, elou e!
Ewa Ewa twins elou, O elou e!
Ewa Ewa twins elou, O elou e!
Ago, ago e! Ago, ago.

Ogoun o, my house, my house
To mine, Ogoun o, my house, my house

Go Loko, Loko go to God
Go Loko, Loko go to God
Go Loko, Loko go to God
I Yanvalou Loko,
Loko go to God

Ogou O, King of the Angels
I miss my child, my horse
My horse, godfather Ogou, my horse
I miss my child, my horse (X2)

Ogou O, the djab says he'll eat me, is this true?
It's not true
Ogou O, the djab says he'll eat me, is this true?
But we have God, Oh we have the Saints
The djab says he'll eat me, it's not true
It's not true, children, it's not true
That's a game, children, that's a joke

Minocan, Minocan eh!
Greet all the saints, greet all the ancestors,
The hounsis bow.
When we come to the hounfor, we are big, we are big!
Come to the hounfor, we are big, we are big!
Minocan, Minocan eh!
Greet all the saints, greet all the ancestors,
The hounsis bow.

Ogou bèbè o fa o
Ogou bèbè o fa o
Those who do me good
Do them good for me
For those who do me wrong
Let their blood pour down
Ogou bèbè o fa o

Seven stabs of the knife, seven stabs of the dagger,
Lend me the basin, so I can vomit my blood,
(repeat)
My blood is pouring down.

Ezili she is fresh, she is cool, she is Freda (repeat)
Ezili O!She doesn't eat people anymore
God beholds her as innocent
Ezili she is fresh, she is cool, she is a beautiful woman
She is fresh, she is cool, she is a white woman, Ezili O!She doesn't eat people anymore God beholds her as innocent