E kpa ngmlaa wawɛɛ ke, “Babilon hɛ mi kpata! Babilon ma kpetekpleenyɛ ɔ hɛ mi kpata! Piɔ lɛɛ e plɛ mumi yayamihi tsuo a si himi he; e plɛ lohwe pɛlitsɛmɛ, kɛ lohwe awi yeli nɛ a hiee tsuo a si himi he.
Ye ma! Mɛni he je mɔ lɛ nyɛ je ye se, nɛ nyɛ sume kaa nyɛ maa kpale kɛ ba a? Mɛni he je nyɛɛ kɛ nyɛ he ha sisimi ní hi kikɛ nɛ ɔ, nɛ nyɛ sume kaa nyɛ maa kpale kɛ ba ye ngɔ ɔ?
Yawɛ, ke i ke i kɛ mo ma hla níhi a nya a, mo lɛ o nɔ́ da. Se kɛ̃ ɔ, i kɛ sane nɛ ɔ maa fɔ o hɛ mi. Mɛni he je lɛ nimli yayamihi yaa nɔ ɔ? Mɛni he je lɛ yiwutsotsɛmɛ a he mi jɔɔ mɛ ɔ?
Nihi nɛ tuɔ kɛ haneɔ kpoku, kaa bɔ nɛ wɔ jali peeɔ, ni nɛmɛ nɛ juɔ, kɛ ni nɛmɛ nɛ gbeɔ nihi nɛ a kpɔɔ níhi ngɛ a dɛ kɛ ba woɔ a mawu jami he ɔ, ma gbla mɛ tsuo kulaa a tue.
Yawɛ kɛ ma nimeli, kɛ ganɔ ɔmɛ lɛ na sane ɔ nɛ. Munyu nɛ e kɛ ba po a nya ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Nyɛ kpata wai ngmɔ ɔmɛ a hɛ mi, nɛ níhi nɛ nyɛ kpɔ ngɛ ohiatsɛmɛ a dɛ ɔ, nyɛ ngɔ kɛ to nyɛ wehi a mi.
Imi ji Yawɛ, nyɛ Mawu ɔ nɛ. Imi nɛ i je nyɛ kɛ je Egipt zugba a nɔ. Ma ha nyɛ maa hi bo tsuhi a mi ekohu kaa bɔ nɛ nyɛ hi si be ko ngɛ nga kplanaa a nɔ ɔ.