1: Ha! ẹgbẹ mi, ẹ w' asia Bi ti nfẹ lẹlẹ! Ogun 'ranwọ sunmọ 'tòsi, A fẹrẹ̀ ṣẹgun!
Refrain:
D' odi mú, Emi fẹrẹ̀ de Bẹẹni Jesu nwí, Rán 'dahun pada s' ọrun pe, Awa o dĩmú!
1. Ho, my comrades! see the signal
Waving in the sky!
Reinforcements now appearing,
Victory is nigh!
Refrain
“Hold the fort, for I am coming
Jesus signals still:
Wave the answer back to heaven,
“By Thy grace we will.”
2: Wò ọpọ ogun ti mbọ̀wa, Eṣu nkó wọn bọ̀; Awọn alagbara nṣubu, A fẹrẹ̀ dãmu.
Refrain:
D' odi mú, Emi fẹrẹ̀ de Bẹẹni Jesu nwí, Rán 'dahun pada s' ọrun pe, Awa o dĩmú!
2. See the mighty host advancing,
Satan leading on:
Mighty men around us falling,
Courage almost gone!
Refrain
“Hold the fort, for I am coming
Jesus signals still:
Wave the answer back to heaven,
“By Thy grace we will.”
3: Ogun ngbona girigiri, Iranwọ wa mbọ̀; Balogun wa mbọ̀wa tété Ẹgbẹ, tujuka.
Refrain:
D' odi mú, Emi fẹrẹ̀ de Bẹẹni Jesu nwí, Rán 'dahun pada s' ọrun pe, Awa o dĩmú!
3. Fierce and long the battle rages
But our help is near:
Onward comes our great Commander,
Cheer, my comrades, cheer!
Refrain
“Hold the fort, for I am coming
Jesus signals still:
Wave the answer back to heaven,
“By Thy grace we will.”
