Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 43 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

O̩jo̩ ki gba mi!

¹ Fʼajo̩-mi ka o̩kpakpa, O O̩jo̩, kʼe̩ gbʼomu-mi ka nyʼabo uche̩ichi ki ma kpe̩do̩rʼO̩jo̩ n; O, mʼumi gba bʼo̩wo̩ e̩nako̩ru kpʼe̩nuji te̩!

² Todu uwe̩ chʼO̩jo̩ ukpahiu-mi; e̩wñ chi kʼe̩ hi umi tinyo̩-i? E̩wñ chi kʼu natachʼe̩do̩dudu ale tod e̩kpama kʼe̩nebi kpa mi ma?

³ O, e̩ fʼugane̩-we̩ kpʼochochi-we̩ kpe̩ dufu; je̩ ñw e-le̩ ki ne̩ mi le, je̩ ñw e-le̩ ki dʼumi wʼugbo uwo-we̩ kiafo̩ kpʼugbo uña ugugu-we̩!

⁴ E̩gba le̩ tak u nanyʼugbo ubo̩ iche̩bo̩ O̩jo̩, ugbo O̩jo̩ kʼi chʼuyo̩ e-uyo̩-mi; i-i, nanʼumolo agogbodʼuwe̩, O O̩jo̩, kʼe̩ chʼO̩jo̩ e-mi.

⁵ E̩wñ chi kʼe̩ dʼoji lo̩, O onugo-mi? E̩wñ chi kʼe̩ la dʼefu-mi akpogu? KibenʼO̩jo̩; todu omi agogbodʼo̩ chuu, owñ chʼujadu eju-mi kpʼO̩jo̩-mi.