Ni komɛ maa wo lalaalo ngɛ zugba a nɔ; hwɔ maa ye mɛ, nɛ a ní maa pee mɔbɔ. Mi mi fumi, kɛ hwɔ nɛ ngɛ mɛ yee he je ɔ, a maa gbiɛ a matsɛ ɔ, kɛ a mawu ɔmɛ. A ma wo a yi nɔ kɛ hyɛ hiɔwe,
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!’
Tsaatsɛ ngɔ tlomi nɛ jiɔ ngɔ tloo nyɛ; imi lɛɛ i kɛ tlomi ɔ eko ma pa piɛ he ha nyɛ. Tsaatsɛ ngɔ kpa gu kɛ fia nyɛ; imi lɛɛ i kɛ okpɔngɔ kpa maa fia nyɛ!’ ”
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.”