Nihi ma ya laa a he ngɛ tɛ puɔhi a mi ngɛ yo ɔmɛ a nɔ, aloo a maa tsua muɔhi, konɛ a laa a he ngɛ mi kɛ je Yawɛ we abofu nɛ he wa a, kɛ e hɛ mi nyami ɔ nya, ke e ba nɛ e ba mimiɛ zugba a.
Wo o yi nɔ nɛ o hyɛ o he kɛ kpe. O nɛ, mɛ tsuo a ngɛ a he nya buae; a ngɛ a he nya buae kɛ ma o ngɔ! O binyumu ɔmɛ maa je ma se tsitsaa kɛ ba, nɛ o biyi ɔmɛ lɛɛ a maa hɛɛ mɛ kaa bimwɔwi kɛ ba.
A ma bua Kedar tohi tsuo a nya kɛ ba ha mo, konɛ o kɛ sã bɔ. A kɛ Nebayot agbosuhi ma ba sã bɔ nɛ maa sa Yawɛ hɛ mi ngɛ bɔ sami la tɛ ɔ nɔ. Kɛkɛ ɔ, Yawɛ maa wo e we klɔuklɔu ɔ hɛ mi nyami babauu pe daa a.
Ma doku, ma doku oo, ma doku! Ma pee ma a ma doku! Se nɔ́ nɛ ɔ be mi bae kɛ yaa si nɔ nɛ e sa kaa e tsuɔ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ maa ba; nɛ ma ngɔ ma a kɛ wo e dɛ mi.
Ma ha e maa nɔ si haa bum kɛ maa ya gbeje; nɛ je ma amɛ ma mimiɛ, ke a nu e si nɔmi ɔ. Eden ngmɔ ɔ mi tso ɔmɛ tsuo, kɛ Lebanon tsohi nɛ a je blɔ ha mɛ nyu saminya, nɛ mɛɛ lɛɛ a ho gbeje ya momo ɔ, a bua maa jɔ wawɛɛ kaa tso nɛ ɔ nɔ si.
Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ ke, “Ma tsɔ ye tsɔlɔ ɔ, nɛ e ma ya dla blɔ ngɔ to mi. Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ nɛ nyɛ ngɛ blɔ hyɛe ɔ maa ba e we ɔ tlukaa. Tsɔlɔ ɔ nɛ nyɛ hla kaa nyɛ maa na a maa ba, nɛ e ma ba fiɛ ye somi ɔ.”