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.
Matsɛ ɔ bi lɛ ke, “Jije o kɛ ní nɛ ɔmɛ yaa?” Ziba he nɔ ke, “I ngɔ teji ɔmɛ kɛ ba, konɛ o we bi ɔmɛ nɛ a hi a nɔ. I ngɔ abolo ɔ kɛ tso yiblii ɔmɛ kɛ ba konɛ nihewi ɔmɛ nɛ a ye. Jehanɛ, i kɛ wai hu ba, konɛ ke pɔ tɔ nihewi ɔmɛ ngɛ nga a nɔ nɛ a nu.”
Nɛ mo Yerusalem, he nɛ Mawu hii nɛ e kɛ hyɛɛ e ma a nɔ kaa to hyɛlɔ ɔ, o he wami kɛ o blɔ nya nɛ o hɛɛ kaa matsɛ ma a, o maa kpale na ekohu. Mawu lɛ de.