Ija D’ Opin, Ogun Si Tan / THE STRIFE IS O’ER, Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Yoruba

A beautiful Easter Hymn, based on Johanu 2:19 "Jesu dahùn o si wi fun wọn pe, Ẹ wó tẹmpili yi palẹ̀, ni ijọ mẹta Emi o si gbé e ró." (John2:19). Although author is un­known, pos­si­bly 12th Cen­tu­ry (Fi­ni­ta jam sunt prae­lia). Trans­lat­ed from La­tin to Eng­lish by Fran­cis Pott, Hymns Fit­ted to the Or­der of Com­mon Pray­er, 1861.