Kpogu, O alaku; ewo le̩ ki kwa taa; uwe̩ muya rinyo̩ me̩, o̩chaka we̩, O Filistia! Todu odudu kwo o̩pata ate̩ awa me̩, e̩ne̩ ki adʼe̩re̩ ma ubi dʼef abudala udala-wñ n.
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.
Tak u kakini, Ondu gbogbo nyʼe̩gba ta? I kakini: Gbogbo tak ewo ewo ki mud alache̩ kʼe̩ne̩ du ma ñʼadodo ef uwñ ge̩ n, kʼunyi unyi ma ñʼanʼone̩ ge̩ n, kʼane̩-i mud alache̩ hioko,
Omi je̩ ñw amo̩ya ukuo̩ko̩-ma ku ma wewe tʼe̩lanyi o̩lʼohimini le; omi mʼakpe̩wñ bie̩ du wa abʼamiye abokolobia-ma ma o̩ro̩ka gbaa; achigili omi je̩ ñw iwo̩ kpai ailo ki lewa bʼo ma.
Aiyaa, abʼewo ki te̩tako̩ ñw amone̩ le̩ mud e̩ne̩ kate gugu! Owñ ki te̩te̩chenana ef abo uche̩ichi mud o̩yaukuo̩ko̩ te̩! Owñ ki chʼonobule̩ aguchi ef ewo ewo mud e̩ne̩ ki arʼare̩ me̩!
O̩na o̩na Zayo̩n du adeku, todabu kʼe̩ne̩ du ma wʼujeju ku ma da le̩ ge̩ n; alaku-wñ du dago o̩mo̩ ofo, amatama-wñ jʼafifi; abobule̩-wñ ku ma ma mʼe̩ne̩ke̩le̩ n achʼo̩bata, owñ onugo la do̩mo̩ alañu.
Abogijo o̩ma onobule̩ Zayo̩n chechi jʼane̩pe̩te̩; ma mʼebutu gba nyʼo̩la-ma oji ma ño̩ kʼe̩gbanukpo lʼago-ma de; abigbe̩le̩ Je̩rusale̩m ku ma ma mʼe̩ne̩ke̩le̩ n dʼoji-ma lo̩ kad ane̩.
Jihofa fʼibe ñwate̩ ka kʼi akpʼo̩do̩ o̩ma onobule̩ Zayo̩n fo̩; i fʼiku-wñ fa te̩, i la fʼo̩wo̩-wñ wʼubi bʼekʼo mi te̩ n; i la je̩ ñw o̩kpe̩ kpʼaku-wñ dinaku, e̩do̩-ma ada alukate.
E̩gbale̩ amidachi ohimini abadi chaka agwo̩ru kwʼoj ede-ma tane̩; ma la akʼotogbo-ma jʼane̩, ma la agwʼukpo-ma ku ma chiya nyʼu bʼo̩la te̩; ma ako o̩la ega bʼo̩la ma; ma aguane̩pe̩te̩, o̩la-ma agagogodo e̩gba du, oñ ugoju-we̩ amu ma da.