Edited by Azizi Powell
This post showcases a video of Beninese vocalist Sis Ruth G Osaro - performing the song "Ghe Mwen Vbigue". English lyrics from sub-titles in the are included this video. Information about Benin, West Africa is also included in this post.
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Thanks to the composer of this song and thanks to Sis Ruth G Osaro for her performance of this song. Thanks also to the the producer and publisher of this video on YouTube.
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INFORMATION ABOUT BENIN
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin
"Benin .... officially the Republic of Benin (French: République du Bénin) and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, by Nigeria to the east and by Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. A majority of the population live on its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin, part of the Gulf of Guinea in the northernmost tropical portion of the Atlantic Ocean.[4] The capital of Benin is Porto-Novo, but the seat of government is in Cotonou, the country's largest city and economic capital...
The official language of Benin is French. However, indigenous languages such as Fon and Yoruba are commonly spoken. The largest religious group in Benin is Roman Catholicism, followed closely by Islam, Vodun and Protestantism...
During the colonial period and at independence, the country was known as Dahomey. It was renamed on November 30, 1975, to Benin,[8] after the body of water on which the country lies – the Bight of Benin – which, in turn, had been named after the Benin Empire. The country of Benin has no connection to Benin City in modern Nigeria, nor to the Benin bronzes....
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SHOWCASE VIDEO:
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LYRICS GHE MWEN VBIGUE
(as sung by Sis Ruth G Osaro)
O, God my father
I’m on my knees
King of Glory
I’m on my knees.
Creator of my soul
The God that answers prayer
I’m on my knees.
It is my heart desire
I bring before You
I’m on my knees
I bring before You.
I’m on my knees
That I wouldn’t wander anymore.
Oh God my father,
I desire wealth
I desire children,
I desire beauty, and wellbeing
It is my heart desire
I bring before You.
Please, grant it for me.
That I wouldn’t wander anymore.
Oh God my father,
I desire wealth
I desire children,
I desire beauty, and wellbeing
It is my heart desire
I bring before You.
Please, grant it for me.
That I wouldn’t wander anymore.
Oh, God my father
You who made the heavens and it did not collapse
You who made the earth and it did not sink.
I’m on my knees.
You who delivered Job from a painful experience.
Grant it for me.
That I wouldn’t wander anymore.
O, God my father.
I’m on my knees
King of Glory
I’m on my knees.
Creator of my soul
I’m on my knees.
The God that answers prayer
I’m on my knees
It is my heart desire
I’m on my knees .
I bring before You.
I’m on my knees.
Please, grant it for me.
I’m on my knees.
That I wouldn’t wander anymore.
This garment of pain
That the world has put on me.
The garment of setback
My Father, take it off of me
This garment of mourning
That the world has put on me.
My Father take them off of me.
O, God my father.
This garment of poverty
That the world has put on me.
My Father, take it off of me.
The garment of setback.
That the world has put on me.
My Father, take them off of me
This tears in my eyes.
Wipe it away for me.
This cry of pain
Turn it into joy.
A born winner cannot be disadvantaged.
Grant it for me.
Please, grant it for me.
That I wouldn’t wander anymore.
I am at a crossroad.
I don’t know which way to go.
Come and show me.
The Saviour who saves.
Grant it for me.
That I wouldn’t suffer.
That I wouldn’t wander anymore.
O, God my father.
I’m on my knees
King of Glory
I’m on my knees.
Creator of my soul
I’m on my knees.
The God that answers prayer
I’m on my knees
It is my heart desire
I’m on my knees .
I bring before You.
I’m on my knees.
Please, grant it for me.
I’m on my knees.
That I wouldn’t wander anymore.
If it is the garment of mourning
The garment of sicknesses.
The garment of poverty
That the world has put on me.
My Father, take it off of me.
The garment of setback.
This garment of poverty.
The garment of sicknesses.
The garment of humiliation
That the world has put on me.
My Father, take it off of me.
My Father, take it off of me.
My Father , take it off of me.
This tears in my eyes
Wipe it away from me.
Wipe it away from me.
Wipe it away from me.
Wipe it away from me.
My Father, take it off of me.
My Father, take it off of me.
My Father, take it off of me.
My Father, take it off of me.
My Father, take it off of me.
My Father, take it off of me.
My Father, take it off of me.
My Father, take it off of me.
Please, please take it off of me.
My Father, take it off of me.
My Father, take it off of me.
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Lyrics from the video's sub-titles. Additions and corrections welcome. I think that the English translation for the title "Ghe Mwen Vbigue" is "Take it off of me". Is that right? What language is this?
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