Nyɛ Yerusalem yihewi! I yuɔ, nɛ ye he ngɛ fɛu saminyayoo. I ngɛ kaa bo tsu nɛ ngɛ Kedar a. Ye he fɛu ɔ, Matsɛ Salomo mɔ ɔ mi tsu mi pomi bo ɔmɛ a he fɛu ɔ pɛ a kɛ maa to he.
Zion, nyá oo, nyá! Yerusalem, mo he ose! Hyɛ, o matsɛ ɔ ma! E ma kɛ agbo jemi kɛ kunimi yemi. E ba e he si, nɛ e hi teji okpɔngɔ nɔ; ee, e hi teji okpɔngɔ bi nɔ.
Je ma amɛ tsuo, kɛ je pu site he kɛ ya si pu sinɔ he ɔ, woɔ ye hɛ mi nyami. A sãã tsopa kɛ e he via kɛ haa mi ngɛ he tsuaa he, nɛ a kɛ nike ní nɛ he tsɔ hu baa. Mɛ tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ a woɔ ye hɛ mi nyami.
Nyɔmtsɛ, nihi tsuo maa wo o hɛ mi nyami! Nihi tsuo ma de ke o kle; ejakaa mo pɛ ji nɔ klɔuklɔu. Nihi tsuo nɛ ngɛ je ɔ mi ɔ maa ba nɛ a ma ba ja mo; ejakaa dami sane nɛ o ngɛ yee ɔ, nɔ tsuaa nɔ na paa!”
Yawɛ, ha o he nyɛli ɔmɛ tsuo a hɛ mi nɛ kpata kaa kikɛ nɛ ɔ. Se o huɛmɛ ɔmɛ lɛɛ ha nɛ a pee kaa pu nɛ ngɛ si tee kɛ he wami! Nɛ zugba a nɔ jɔ jeha nyingmi eywiɛ.