Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 65 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Ugwa egwʼO̩jo̩ kʼi aje̩ ñw ane̩ ki rʼo̩je̩

Tugbo Agboji Amakeli. Eli ki Defid ko̩ dʼO̩jo̩. Eli de̩.

¹ Uñwulo̩ chechi jo̩ Zayo̩n ñw e̩, O O̩jo̩; uwe̩, ma ache e̩wñ ku ma doji ñw u,

² O uwe̩ kʼe̩ gbʼadua le̩! O̩re̩la du awʼugbo we̩.

³ Udu e̩fe̩ tʼumi le̩. Uwe̩ akʼe̩wñ bʼada kʼa je̩ ma.

⁴ E̩ne̩ kʼuwe̩ achi kʼi te̩wa kʼi gugu ef ologbo-we̩, gbede! E̩nyo̩ unyi-we̩ abʼuwa jo̩, owñ chʼunyi-we̩ kiafo̩ le̩!

⁵ Uwe̩ anʼe̩wñ ubailo dʼohi o̩kpakpa ñw a, O O̩jo̩ e-ujadu-wa, kʼuwe̩ chʼudachi no ukpoji ukpoji ane̩ ile̩-i du, kpʼugbo ohimini abadi kʼi dʼo̩najiji;

⁶ kʼuwe̩ nʼukpahiu fʼe̩re̩ uwo uwo lonyane̩, abu kʼugbiti lʼuwe̩ de;

⁷ uwe̩ ki aba uwe̩do̩ ohimini abadi, owñ chʼuwe̩do̩ akpoli-wñ, kpai ekuku o̩wo̩ amone̩ ge̩;

⁸ oñ abo ku ma dodo ukpoji otitala arailo tod ujiwe-we̩ ku ma li; uwe̩ aje̩ ñw o̩jo̩ ki añwa kpʼo̩jo̩ ki adu ki kʼeli uyo̩.

⁹ Uwe̩ lewa afejudʼane̩ ile̩-i me̩, e̩ la chʼomio̩fo rʼu, uwe̩ aje̩ ñw ane̩ nʼo̩fu nana; o̩cha ohimini O̩jo̩ chʼeko̩ ñw omi-o̩fo̩; e̩ fʼile̩ ñwo̩che abe̩le̩, oñ e̩ ñwʼe̩wñ e̩yo̩ che jo̩ ñw ma.

¹⁰ Uwe̩ atʼomiofo rʼe̩be̩-wñ kʼi wo̩ ane̩, uwe̩ aje̩ ñw inata inata e̩be̩-wñ ki lo̩la mʼane̩, uwe̩ aje̩ ñw omi ki lo̩ nyʼu kʼi fʼu lo̩la, uwe̩ ade̩nyo̩ ñw iga-wñ kʼi fu.

¹¹ Uwe̩ adʼe̩nyo̩-we̩ chʼike̩be̩ o̩do̩ o̩do̩ ki da; oñ ugbo kʼe̩re̩-we̩ ale e̩wñ ara o̩mo̩.

¹² Ura-wñ akito̩ jʼojije̩ ki dʼaje̩tachi, uwo uwo la akʼuyo̩ lʼago de,

¹³ okije̩ okije̩ akʼame̩wño̩re̩ egini bʼo̩la-ma, e̩wñ e̩yo̩ abʼo̩go̩ o̩go̩-wñ ma, ma jʼakpʼogu uyo̩; ma ño̩ keli ge̩.