18 Kʋ kpagɛ a laamɛ ta, laamɛ ta mɩ dʋndɔŋŋɔɔ nɩsɩŋ lɛ.
Koo dɩ ma laamɛ ta mɩ dʋndɔŋŋɔɔ nɩsɩŋ lɛ, koo ma time laamɛ tʋɔhɛɛ tɩŋŋaa nɩsɩŋ lɛɛ?
La Tɩɩna, bɛɛ nɛ tɩɩ mɩ dɩŋ pɛgɛ bol? Bɛɛ nɛ tɩɩ ŋ kɛŋ ŋ tɩtɩa faala, bʋa-la lɛ wɩaa sɩ jʋʋla?
Ʋ laa ʋ nɩaa ta nɛ, a bil niiŋ ʋ dɩ ba pɛgɛ a kaa mʋ wuu. Ʋ bɩ disiniŋ kɛnɛ, ʋ maga dɩ ma yɩrɛ ʋ yɩrɩŋ.
Mɩɩ sʋlʋŋ La Tɩɩna, laa mɩ sʋla lɩma, mɩ yɩɛlaa kala dɛrɛ nɛ. Sɩ́ harɩŋ joŋo yɩamɛ, dɩ ŋ nɛ ŋaa ŋɩɩ, mɩ ma jaŋ bɩrɩmɛ lɛlɩɩ.
Mɩ Wɩa, mɩ Wɩa, bɛɛ nɛ tɩɩ ŋ vɩamɛ ta? Bɛɛ nɛ tɩɩ ŋ hɛ dɩ-bolii aŋ vɩa dɩ ŋ laamɛ ta? Bɛɛ nɛ tɩɩ ŋ bɩ mɩ huunoo jegile nɩɩ?
Mɩ dʋndɔŋŋɔɔ yʋga a gollimi a nagɛ Basaŋ tinteeŋ nɛ-bel duoruŋ sɩ werige.
La Tɩɩna, sɩ́ dɩ-bolii hɛ. Ŋ nɛ mɩ doluŋ, ŋaa lɩma a kʋ pɛ mɩ lɛ.
Laamɛ ta mɩ dʋndɔŋŋɔɔ nɩsɩŋ lɛ, ba nagɛ vasɩŋ nɛ, sɩ́ leŋe dɩ ba kpʋmɛ.
Sɩ́ ŋ tɩtɩa kaa faamɛ. Sɩ́ baanɩŋ na a kiri mɩ-na ŋ tɩntɩnna ta. Ŋ nɛ ŋaa Nɩɩ-la sɩɩ pɛ mɩ lɛ. Mɩ Wɩa arɩ mɩ Laataara, sɩ́ mɩ vɩa ta.
Mɩ joŋ mɩ tɩtɩa kala a hɩhɛ ŋ nɩsɩŋ lɛ nɛ. Mɩ Tɩɩna Wɩa, ŋ nɛ kɛŋ wʋtɩtɩɩ, laamɛ ta.
Ama Wɩa nɛ jaŋ laa mɩ-na mɩɩsɩŋ, dɩ sʋʋŋ sɩ́ mɩ wuo, aŋ kɛmmɛ kaa mʋ ʋ tɩtɩa teeŋ.
Ŋ nɛ la Iziral tɩŋŋaa yɩyɩɛlɛ, ŋ nɛ la Laataara, a lɩlɩɩsɛla la wʋjʋʋlaa lɛ. Bɛɛ nɛ tɩɩ ŋ nagɛ nʋhʋɔrʋ tintee-la lɛ a nagɛ wombii-vɛnnʋ sɩ mʋ chʋa leriŋ tapʋl bala?
Mɩ sɩ yɩrɩŋ, ŋ kʋ kpagɛmɛ nɛ, a bʋla pɩmɛ, “Sɩ́ fawʋllʋŋ fá.”
Ama mɩ bɩ jaŋ leŋ dɩ ba dʋndɔŋŋɔɔ na wombiiŋ a bigisi ba tɩtɩa lɛ a bʋl, ‘La-na nɛ yuo dii nɩalɩŋ ŋɩɩ, ba TƖƖNA dee bɩ wɩaa deemba ŋaa.’
Dɩ Kɛnaŋ tɩŋŋaa arɩ nɩaa dɔnsʋŋ nɛ nɩɩ wɩɩŋ deeŋ, ba jaŋ sii a kʋ gollila a kpʋ la kala dɩ la yɩrɩŋ lɛl tinteeŋ lɛ. Bɛɛ nɛ ŋ jaŋ ŋaa dɩ ŋ yɩrɩ-bal-la sɩ́ lɛl?”