Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i kɛ abofu nɛ nya wa ma kple a nɔ. A be mɔbɔ nami ko kulaa nae ngɛ ye hɛngmɛ mi, nɛ i be a yi bae hulɔ. A maa fa kue boboobo kɛ tsɛ mi, se i be mɛ tue bue.”
Kojomi ligbi ɔ, nihi babauu ma bi mi ke, ‘Nyɔmtsɛ, Nyɔmtsɛ! Pi o biɛ mi nɛ wa fiɛ Mawu munyu ɔ ngɛ lo? Pi o biɛ mi nɛ wa hia mumi yayamihi ngɛ lo? Nɛ pi mo o biɛ mi nɛ wa pee nyakpɛ ní fuu ngɛ lo?’
Be ma nɛ wetsɛ ɔ maa te si, nɛ e ma nga sinya a. Kɛkɛ ɔ, benɛ nyɛ daa si ngɛ we ɔ se ɔ, nyɛ ma bɔni sinya a simi. Nyɛ ma de ke, ‘Nyɔmtsɛ, bli wɔ oo, bli wɔ!’ Se e ma he nɔ ke, ‘I li he nɛ nyɛ je!’
Ke a ha hwɔ tete po, i be a kue fami ɔ tue bue; nɛ ke a sã sami bɔ, kɛ niye ní bɔ ha mi hu, i be hee. Se mohu ɔ, níhi nɛ i kɛ ma kpata a hɛ mi ji ta, hwɔ, kɛ gbenɔ hiɔ.”