Nabʼudu ñw abʼile̩ ugbo du kʼone̩ te̩ kade tod e̩bie̩ne̩-ma, kpai ame̩nugbite̩re̩ tod udu ku ma fe̩; nache kʼabo ejina ki we eke, nadʼego̩ kʼame̩nubailo ago̩ jʼamane̩.
Mugwo̩ru wa kʼe̩ gugu ef ebutu, O o̩ma igbe̩le̩ Babilo̩n ki ma mʼe̩ne̩ke̩le̩ n le̩; gugu ane̩pe̩te̩, ede ki de̩ n, O o̩migbe̩le̩ abo Kaldia! Ma ñʼadʼuwe̩ kʼe̩ne̩ abaño̩la bo̩lo̩bo̩lo̩ kpai e̩nudachi yo̩o̩ ge̩ n.
Ondu mʼodo Je̩ko̩b du ko mi, i la lʼejumomi n; i fʼugbo ki gbiti kʼo̩ma onobule̩ Juda ke̩do̩no le̩ gulo̩ ef e̩do̩fulu-wñ; i fʼu gulo̩ wʼane̩pe̩te̩; i fʼo̩da ojane̩-wñ kpai amagboji-wñ kpabie̩ te̩.
E̩do̩-we̩ hi o̩la-wñ ne noj alifia-we̩; uwe̩ fʼibe-we̩ kpabie̩ te̩ tod ufane̩-we̩. Omi mʼuwe̩ du rikpolo tʼane̩pe̩te̩; u mʼe̩ du dachi o̩gba amonu, kʼama ki gʼe̩.
Oñ i nʼomu ki gbo̩ka kwa kakini, I lewane̩! Babilo̩n lile le̩ lewane̩ me̩, oñ i mud ugbo kʼamebili adodo, kpʼile̩ amafu du ku ma ma de̩ hiolo n, kpʼile̩ ame̩we̩ du ku ma ma de̩ hiolo n kʼulaka-ma achʼone̩;