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.
Ní leli a munyuhi ngɛ kaa tso kɛ e nya piɔpiɔ nɛ lohwe hyɛli kɛ tsɔ́ɔ́ a lohwehi. Abɛhi nɛ a bua nya a, a he ngɛ se nami wawɛɛ kaa plɛɛkohi nɛ a je blɔ ka kɛ wo tso mi. Wɔ tsuo wa hyɛlɔ kake too nɛ ji Mawu ɔ, lɛ nɛ e ha wɔ kikɛmɛ a abɛ nɛ ɔmɛ.
Jehanɛ Yawɛ, wa Mawu, pee se ɔ, o na wɔ mɔbɔ, nɛ wa ti ni komɛ kɛ̃ ngɛ je mi, nɛ o ha wa ba ngɛ o ma klɔuklɔu ɔ mi, konɛ wa hɛ mi nɛ tsɔ wɔ nɛ waa ye wa he kɛ je nyɔguɛ yemi mi.
kue ɔ nɛ bɔle si ɔ mi tso ɔmɛ, a nɔ dami ní ɔmɛ, kɛ plɛɛko ɔmɛ kɛ a he tangme kpa amɛ, kɛ a he ní ɔmɛ tsuo. Moo dla tlomihi nɛ a maa tloo ɔ ngɔ ha mɛ kakaaka.
bo ɔmɛ nɛ kplaa si ngɛ kpe he bo tsu ɔ piɛ ɔ he ɔ, e titima amɛ kɛ e nɔ dami ní ɔmɛ, piɛ ɔ nya bo ɔ, e he tangme ɔmɛ kɛ e he plɛɛko ɔmɛ, kɛ níhi tsuo nɛ a ngɔ kɛ tsu ní ngɛ kpe he bo tsu ɔ mi ɔ;
nɔ dami ní ɔmɛ nɛ bɔle piɛ ɔ kɛ piɛ ɔ we agbo ɔ nɔ dami ní ɔmɛ, kpe he bo tsu ɔ he plɛɛko ɔmɛ tsuo, kɛ piɛ nɛ bɔle kpe he bo tsu ɔ hu he plɛɛko ɔmɛ tsuo.
Piɛ ɔ kami nɛ pee nine mi blimi lafa enyɔ, e blimi nine mi blimi lafa, kɛ e si temi nine mi blimi nyɔngma. Bo ɔmɛ nɛ a pee bo kpakpahi; nɔ dami ní ɔmɛ hu a kɛ akɔblee nɛ pee.