Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 49 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

O̩ko̩ agbʼone̩ bʼo̩wo̩ uku te̩ n

Tugbo Agboji Amakeli.

¹ Me̩ gbʼe-i, ame̩ amone̩ du! Neti, ame̩ ku ma jo̩ o̩kpanachi-i chaka,

² tʼabo ki chʼo̩wo̩ wane̩, tʼabo ki dago, tʼanana tʼe̩nale chʼokujo̩!

³ Alu-mi aka e̩wñ ibe; aye kʼu naye ef e̩do̩-mi achʼoji e̩wñ ema.

⁴ Nahi eti-mi wane̩ ñw ita ku ma kpa; nanʼumolo dʼoji ita-mi dufu.

⁵ E̩wñ chi kʼu narailo adiko e̩bie̩ne̩ ta? E̩gba kʼudu abo ku ma neku edʼo̩wo̩ dʼomi agbe̩re̩ alʼumi daka?

⁶ Ma ke̩do̩no e̩wñ anana ku ma ne̩ ma la je̩nyu ñw o̩la-ma tod e̩wñ anana-ma ki chʼololo.

⁷ I nʼe̩ne̩ du ki neke la o̩maye-wñ tane̩ n, ma la neke dʼe̩wñ e̩boma ñw O̩jo̩ tod uwñ n,

⁸ todu alaja onugo-ma ela tane̩ chʼekpuna, i la anoji ogbegbele̩ n,

⁹ todu kʼowñ kʼi deju o̩pioo, kʼowñ ki we eli e̩che̩.

¹⁰ Todu i ali ka kʼamanibe aku, ake̩do̩nʼo̩la-wñ kpai e̩nukpe̩do̩ alenyo̩ okujo̩ ma la atʼe̩wñ anana-ma no̩ jʼane̩ ñw abo omune̩.

¹¹ Ibe ki dʼef uma ka kʼunyi-ma ado̩mo̩ ogbegbele̩, ka kʼuña ugbo ku ma dodo le̩ ado̩mo̩ ñw abo o̩gba o̩gba du, ma dʼodu ane̩-ma rʼodu e-ma onugo.

¹² I chaka chʼone̩ ki nʼojima i la akpo̩kpe̩ n, i dab ame̩la abe̩re̩me̩le̩ ku ma lenyo̩ ofo.

¹³ O̩na ku ma le-i chʼidada-ma, abo ubi-ma muda ayo̩ ñw o̩la ku ma ka egbo̩. Sila.

¹⁴ Ma ko ma jo̩ ñw o̩jegu dab ame̩wño̩re̩ egini; uku achʼadejute̩-ma; ame̩ne̩do̩ kpoko anʼo̩da ma odudu, alifia-ma la ado̩mo̩ kʼo̩jegu ki fʼu lie̩; ki we e nʼugbo kʼi adodo.

¹⁵ O̩jo̩ muda ala onugo-mi tane̩ kwef o̩wo̩ o̩jegu, todu i agba mi. Sila.

¹⁶ One̩ mud anana, kʼojima unyi-wñ ki nana nyʼo̩gba, e̩ ki railo n.

¹⁷ Todu i leku i ako e̩wñ du alo n; ojima-wñ agwo̩ru tʼo̩ ubi n.

¹⁸ Dagba kʼi chaka kʼaduwa ñw onugo o̩la-wñ e̩gba kʼi deju, abe̩le̩ ochochi, e̩ fʼe̩wñ e̩nyo̩ che ñw o̩la-we̩, amone̩ agogbo̩dʼe̩.

¹⁹ I alo tef o̩gbo̩gba amata-wñ, ma ñʼali ugane̩ ge̩ n.

²⁰ One̩ kʼi nʼojima, kʼi ma muda mʼoji e̩wñ n, dab ame̩la abe̩re̩me̩le̩ ku ma lenyo̩.