i nʼe̩ne̩ du ki tʼumi le ef unyi-i n; i la dʼo̩wo̩ bʼe̩wñ du ma ugbo mi n, chai uwe̩, todabu kʼuwe̩ chʼo̩ya-wñ. Ab u nale kʼu nachʼe̩wñ bie̩ne̩ inaina-i, kʼu dʼO̩jo̩re?
Unyi ekeji-we̩ ki nyo̩ we̩ eju kʼe̩ ne̩ n; o̩ya ekeji-we̩ ki nyo̩ we̩ eju kʼe̩ ne̩ n, abe̩k adu-wñ e̩ne̩ke̩le̩ n, abe̩k adu-wñ onobule̩ n, abe̩k o̩kokuno̩-wñ n abe̩k o̩ke̩ke̩te̩-wñ n, abe̩k e̩wñ du kʼekeji-we̩ ne̩ n.
U fʼe̩wñ ihie̩ne̩-we̩ li me̩, owñ chʼo̩ko̩ eje̩-we̩, kpʼebe kʼe̩ be, kpʼe̩wñtuñ e-e̩wñ abutabu-we̩, o̩ko̩ eje̩-we̩, kpʼebe̩, we̩, oj otete otete oko. Atogwo ñw e̩, O Je̩rusale̩m! ab i akpo̩kpe̩ kade tak uwe̩ aje̩ ñw ma fʼe̩ gwe̩ hiolo?
Todu ane̩-i che̩ko̩ ñw o̩ya one̩ etene; todu ama ku ma na le̩ oñ ane̩-i adaido̩, ije̩ aje̩tachi gbe̩ rinyo̩. O̩na-ma bie̩ne̩, ugbiti-ma la chʼeju-wñ n.
todabu ku ma fʼe̩wñ ibe̩te̩ che Israe̩l, ku ma bʼamo̩ya amekeji-ma dachi, ma laño̩ ka o̩la olemi ef odu-mi e-kʼomi ma ñwa ñwu ma n. Omi chʼe̩ne̩ ki ma, u laño̩ chʼe̩nibenu-wñ, Jihofa ka-i.
Todabu kʼe̩do̩-me̩ bo̩, todabu ku me̩ gwoye, O ame̩ ku me̩ dinya e̩wñ ogu-mi, todabu ku me̩ ñwugu dab agbadufu ole okuno̩ kʼi dʼokije̩, ku me̩ jʼabe dab amagbiti;
O, omi ma nʼuru abelo̩na ef aje̩tachi, kʼomi ki tʼabo-mi no̩ kʼu kwo bʼuma te̩! Todu amache̩ño̩ya ma che chaka, ma chʼujeju aboke̩le̩ ku ma dʼo̩wo̩ tef ukpo arʼo̩kpo̩.
I nʼe̩ne̩ kʼi chʼe̩wñ ihie̩ne̩ kpʼo̩ya ekeji-wñ; i la nʼe̩nomune̩ kʼi fʼe̩wñ tuñ che kpʼo̩ya o̩ma-wñ, e̩nomune̩ la fʼo̩maye-wñ onobule̩ chʼukata, owñ chʼo̩ma onobule̩ ata-wñ.