lɛɛ ma ngɔ amanehlu gbeyegbeye nɛ ɔmɛ kɛ gbla nyɛ tue: hiɔ nɛ be tsa ba, kɛ asla nɛ puɛɔ nɔ hɛngmɛ, nɛ haa nɔ peeɔ hiɔtsɛ kulaa. Nyɛ ma du ní, se nɔ́ kpakpa ko be mi jee; ejakaa nyɛ he nyɛli maa ye nyɛ nɔ, nɛ mɛ mohu a ma ba ye ní ɔmɛ nɛ nyɛ du ɔ.
A maa ye nyɛ we mi lohwe ɔmɛ, kɛ nyɛ ngmɔ niba ní ɔmɛ tsuo; se nyɛɛ lɛɛ nyɛ ma gbo kɛ hwɔ. He nyɛli ɔmɛ be ngma, loo wai, loo nu, loo na, loo to piɛe ha nyɛ; nɛ nyɛ ma gbo.
“Yawɛ, Mawu Ope! Yawɛ Mawu Ope! Lɛ pɛ nɛ e le nɔ́ he je nɛ wa pee enɛ ɔ, nɛ wa suɔ kaa nyɛ hu nyɛɛ le! Ke wa tsɔ atuã, nɛ wa yi Yawɛ anɔkuale ɔ, lɛɛ nyɛɛ gbe wɔ!