Mawu ha we nyɛ mumi nɛ peeɔ nɔ nyɔguɛ, nɛ nyɛ ma pa hi gbeye yee; se mohu e peeɔ nyɛ Mawu bimɛ. Mumi ɔ lɛ woɔ wɔ he wami, nɛ wa nyɛɔ faa kue kɛ ngmlaa ke, “Tsaatsɛ! Tsaatsɛ!”
Se fɔ̃li, nihi nɛ he we yi, nihi nɛ peeɔ níhi nɛ a hiee, nɔmlɔ gbeli, yaholi, nyuali, wɔ jali, kɛ lakpatsɛmɛ tsuo lɛɛ he nɛ fɔɔ si ha mɛ ji taku kɛ e mi la nɛ ngɛ tsoe gegeege ɔ. Lɔ ɔ ji gbenɔ enyɔne ɔ nɛ.”
Yawɛ ke, “Mɛnɔ gbeye nyɛ ya ye, loko nyɛ ye lakpa, nɛ nyɛ hɛ je ye nɔ pɛsɛɛ kikɛ nɛ ɔ? Akɛnɛ i pee dii kɛ je blema lokoo he je ɔ, nyɛ bui mi, nɛ nyɛ yi mi gbeye hulɔ, pi jã?
“Nɔ nɛ na sika tsu yi akpe ɔ hu ba, nɛ e ba de ke, ‘Nyɔmtsɛ, i le mo kaa o yi mi wa; o kpaa ní ngɛ he nɛ o du we ní ngɛ, nɛ o buaa ní nya ngɛ he nɛ o fĩa we ní ngɛ.
“Se e nyɔmtsɛ ɔ he nɔ nɛ e de ke, ‘Tsɔlɔ yaya kɛ alitsɛ! O le kaa i kpaa ní ngɛ he nɛ i du we ní ngɛ, nɛ i buaa ní nya ngɛ he nɛ i fĩa we ní ngɛ; pi jã?