Ita, Ita 9 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Ibe hi uje̩wñ uyo̩ te̩; i adʼone̩ ki lewa

¹ Ibe fʼunyi-wñ ko̩ me̩, i fʼoli ugbo̩gaga-wñ mebie gbe̩ te̩.

² I fʼame̩la-wñ kpa me̩, i fʼomi-wñ pe̩gwa, i laño̩ fʼitebulu-wñ ñwo̩che te̩ me̩.

³ I fʼabigbe̩le̩-wñ kpe̩ nyʼadago otete otete ki gbo̩gba ewo le̩ adudo̩,

⁴ E̩ne̩ du kʼi chʼe̩nemo̩ kʼi namuna wʼemi! I chʼe-e̩ne̩ kʼi ma mʼoji e̩wñ n, i aka ñw u kakini,

⁵ Lewa, kʼe̩ jʼuje̩wñ e-mi kʼe̩ fʼomi kʼu pe̩gwa-i ñmo̩.

⁶ Hi e̩wñ imo̩ tinyo̩ kʼe̩ deju, kʼe̩ lule̩ ej o̩na oji e̩wñ ema.

⁷ E̩ne̩ kʼi ako̩ e̩ne̩ ki ake o̩la, anyo̩ i agba bʼo̩la-wñ ma, e̩ne̩ ki adʼo̩la bi e̩ne̩bibi, mak iwa ada mʼo̩ o̩la.

⁸ E̩ ki dʼo̩la bi e̩ne̩ ki ake̩ n tode̩gba kʼi achʼulaka-we̩; e̩ dʼo̩la bi anibe tak i afe̩do̩-we̩.

⁹ E̩ ko̩ anibe tak i anʼibe tule; e̩ ko̩ e̩no̩kpakpa e̩wñ oñ eju-wñ ane̩ nyo̩gba.

¹⁰ Ebʼe̩gahi Jihofa chʼuchane̩ ibe e̩ne̩, efʼE̩ne̩ Kiafo̩ ma chʼoji e̩wñ ema.

¹¹ Todu lʼugbo mi oñ olugbo-we̩ akpo̩kpe̩ tule, oñ o̩do̩ udeju-we̩ awewe nyo̩gba.

¹² Iche̩wñ kʼe̩ chʼanibe̩, mak o̩la-we̩ e̩ nʼibe ñw u; i la che̩wñ kʼuwe̩ ake, mak uwe̩ anʼudu-wñ.

E̩wñ idada adʼone̩ udo̩ ge̩

¹³ Onobule̩ ki ake̩do̩nʼo̩la-wñ chʼake-kale̩; e-wñ tʼo̩to̩ tʼohi chʼokate ñw u, i ma e̩wñ du n.

¹⁴ I la gugu atugbo̩na unyi-wñ, i awa gugu oj otete otete ewo le̩,

¹⁵ kʼi do̩ abo ilo̩na ku ma alale, ku ma tʼeju o̩na-ma alo kpaala,

¹⁶ E̩ne̩ du kʼi chʼe̩nemo̩, kʼi namuna wʼemi! I la chʼe-e̩ne̩ ki ma mʼoji e̩wñ n, onobule̩ le̩ aka ñw u kakini,

¹⁷ Omi ku ma ji ñmo̩ arinyo̩, uje̩wñ ku ma je̩ maja abʼe̩do̩.

¹⁸ E̩ne̩ le̩ la ma ka kʼabegu jʼo̩mo̩ le̩ n, i la ma kʼabononojo-wñ jʼef unefu o̩jegu n.