Yerusalem, o he nyɛli ɔmɛ nɛ je ma se kɛ ba tua mo ɔ, a maa bɛɛ mɛ tsuo kɛ ho kaa bunyuku, nɛ a ta buli babauu kɛ a he gbeyegbeye ɔ maa pee kaa jakati ngɛ kɔɔhiɔ nya. Tlukaa, ngɛ hɛngmɛfia mi ɔ,
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, nyɛ yeɔ fɔ. Nyɛ ngɛ kaa gbogbo gojoo ko nɛ e mi gba kɛ je e yi mi kɛ ba ma si, nɛ kpa kasa, nɛ miɔ nɛ e ku kɛ pue si; tlukaa ngɛ hɛngmɛfia mi ɔ, e maa ku kɛ pue si bum!
Akɛnɛ o kɛ mi tuɔ munyu basabasa, nɛ i nu o he nɔ womi hu he he je ɔ, ma ngɔ gbowe kɛ wo o gugwɔ mi; ma wo o nya mi dade, nɛ ma kpale mo kɛ gu blɔ nɛ o gu kɛ ba a nɔ.”
Nyɛɛ ba nɛ nyɛ ba gba níhi nɛ maa ba hwɔɔ se, konɛ ke a ba mi ɔ, waa le kaa ja nyɛ de ɔ nɛ. Níhi nɛ ba momo ɔ, nyɛ gba mi kɛ tsɔɔ wɔ, nɛ nyɛɛ tsɔɔ wɔ a sisi.
Tsɛ je ma amɛ tsuo kɛ ba, nɛ a ba bua a he nya. A ti mɛnɔ ma nyɛ maa sɛɛ wɔ blema níhi. Ha nɛ a we odase yeli ɔmɛ nɛ a ba, nɛ a ba nu, konɛ a de ke e ngɛ mi, loo e be mi.
Nyɛɛ kɛ nyɛ sane ɔ nɛ ba nɛ waa hyɛ mi. Nihi nɛ ma je a sane ɔ nya a, nyɛ ha nɛ a ya kpe yi! Nyɛ mawu ɔmɛ a kpɛti mɛnɔ nyɛ́ de nɔ́ ko kɛ to blema lokoo? Nɔ ko nɔ ko be. Anɛ pi imi Yawɛ lo? Anɛ pi imi Mawu nɛ da, nɛ heɔ e ma a yi wami ɔ lo? Ye se ɔ, Mawu kpa ko be hu.