“Ma jɔɔ Yerusalem bua; nihi tsuo nɛ ngɛ Yerusalem we doku ɔmɛ a mi ɔ, ma jɔɔ a bua. E zugba a pee nga kplanaa lɛɛ, se ma ha e ma plɛ pee ngmɔ kaa ngmɔ ɔ nɛ i pee ngɛ Eden ɔ. Ma a mi bi ɔmɛ a bua maa jɔ saminya, a ma nya nɛ a ma la yi jemi, kɛ sina lahi.
Zion, nyá oo, nyá! Yerusalem, mo he ose! Hyɛ, o matsɛ ɔ ma! E ma kɛ agbo jemi kɛ kunimi yemi. E ba e he si, nɛ e hi teji okpɔngɔ nɔ; ee, e hi teji okpɔngɔ bi nɔ.
Nyɛ ti mɛnɔ yeɔ Yawɛ gbeye, nɛ e buɔ e tsɔlɔ ɔ gbi tue? E tsɔlɔ nɛ ɔ, ke e nyɛɛ ngɛ diblii kpii mi po, e ngɔɔ e hɛ ngɔ fɔɔ Yawɛ nɔ, nɛ e ngɔɔ e he kɛ kpasaa e Mawu ɔ.
Mohu nyɛɛ ya nyɛ we ɔmɛ a mi, nɛ nyɛ ya ye ní kpakpa, nɛ nyɛɛ nu wai ngɔngɔɛ. Nyɛ nyɛmimɛ ɔmɛ nɛ a be eko ɔ, nyɛ ha mɛ eko. Mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ ji ligbi klɔuklɔu ha Yawɛ nyɛ Mawu ɔ, lɔ ɔ he ɔ, nyɛ ko pee mɔbɔmɔbɔ. Bua jɔmi nɛ Yawɛ ngɛ nyɛ hae ɔ ma ha nɛ nyɛ ma na he wami.”
Bɔfo ɔ de mi hulɔ ke ma fiɛ ke, “Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ ke e ma amɛ ma ná ní kpɔtɔɔ ekohu. Yawɛ maa kpale ba ngɔ Yerusalem ekohu kaa lɛ nitsɛ e ma; nɛ e maa wo Zion bua.”