4 San-kole si tunu yen, iko gbolo-kolonɛ la wa mini. Tele wo, karɛ wo, lolenu wo, wo bɛɛ si bunden. Lolenu si to yalanna iko toro-gbɔɛ anubɛ a yanbɛ si a ma nya min.
“Ile Babilɔn mansɛ, ile min manɛ nun iko banda-ka-da-lole, i wara bɔ san-kole ma ka bui dugi ma. Fɔlɔ nun, i ya sibolenu nɔ kɔnɔ kaka, i wara fili dugi ma gbɛ!
Wo ni san-kole anubɛ dugu-kole mafɛlɛn. Anu si na tunu yen, iko ta-sisi. Dugu-kole la si murun iko kura-kore. Mɔgɛnu si to yalanna ale dugu-kole ma ka faga iko sisɛnu. Kɔnɔ Marila kunka-koe si to a la habadan! Ala nɔlɛ si ma ko-laban la.
Alla wa a fɔ ko, “iko kelen tun,” wo ye a yirala ka a gbɛ ko fan min bɛɛ danta, wonu na si yɛrɛyɛrɛn ka bɔ anu gbɛ rɔ. Kɔnɔ fan minnu ti maga anu gbɛ rɔ, wonu si to anu gbɛ rɔ tolon!
Nba, saga-dan ya a li-kɛɛn wɔrɔ nyɔgɛ bɔ gbole wo ma ka a lafulen. N ya wo yen nkɛkuna, dugu-yɛrɛyɛrɛn-ba kɛra. Tele finta iko birinkan-finyɛ. Karɛ yɛlɛmanta ka wulen pui iko yele.
Wo kɔma, melika nani nyɔgɛ ya ata buri fɛ. Tele faranɛ sigi tina sawa la, wo sigi tina kelan tinyara anubɛ karɛ, a sigi tina sawa nyɔgɛ anubɛ lolenu sigi tina sawa nyɔgɛ. Woletɔ anu ma ke malanna. Tele ma bɔ hawa nani nyɔgɛ kɔrɔ. Karɛ fanan ma gbɛ hawa nani nyɔgɛ kɔrɔ.