nɛ a ma de ke, “Nyɛ ha wa ya kuɔ Yawɛ yo ɔ kɛ ya Israel Mawu ɔ sɔlemi we ɔ. E maa tsɔɔ wɔ nɔ́ nɛ e suɔ kaa waa pee; nɛ wa maa pee bɔ nɛ e maa tsɔɔ wɔ ɔ pɛpɛɛpɛ. Ejakaa Yawɛ ní tsɔɔmi ɔ, Yerusalem e jee; e kɛ e ma a tuɔ munyu kɛ jeɔ Zion yo ɔ nɔ.”
Hyɛ, Zion, ma nɛ wa yeɔ wa nyami ligbi ɔmɛ ngɛ mi ɔ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ! Yerusalem, ma nɛ tue mi jɔmi ngɛ mi ɔ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ! Yerusalem ngɛ kaa bo tsu nɛ maa si nɛ be si nɔe gblegbleegble. Tso plɛɛkohi nɛ a ka kɛ wo zu mi ɔ ekoeko be hiae; tangme kpa amɛ hu be tsɔe.