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6 Ye bi, ke o ya da nɔ ko se,
Ke o ya sa nubwɔ ko dɛ,*
2 Ke o wo si nɛ si womi ɔ du mo kaa klama,
Ke o nya mi munyu fĩ mo ɔ,
3 Ye bi, moo pee nɔ́ nɛ ɔ konɛ o ye o he,
Ejakaa o nyɛmi ɔ nine su o nɔ:
Yaa nɛ o ya ba o he si, nɛ o kpa lɛ pɛɛ esɔesɔ.
4 Ko ha nɛ o hɛngmɛ nɛ hwɔ mahe,
Nɛ koo de kɔnɛɛ hulɔ.
5 Kpɔ̃ o he nɛ o je e dɛ kaa bɔ nɛ odabɔ jeɔ detsɛ dɛ ɔ,
Kaa bɔ nɛ lohwe pɛlitsɛ jeɔ lohwe pɛlitsɛ nulɔ dɛ ɔ.
6 Hejɔtsɛ, yaa tatu ngɔ nɛ o ya kase lɛ;
Moo to bɔ nɛ e peeɔ e ni ha a he hɛ konɛ o le ní.
7 E ngɛ mi kaa e be hɛ mi nyɛɛlɔ, loo nɔkɔtɔma, loo nɔ yelɔ ko mohu lɛɛ,
8 Se e hlaa e niye ní ngɛ mawulɛ be mi,
Nɛ e buaa e niye ní nya ngɛ ní kpami be mi.
9 Mo hejɔtsɛ, o maa hwɔ si kɛ ya si mɛni be?
Mɛni be nɛ o maa te si kɛ je o mahe ɔ mi?
10 Oo, ma hwɔ mahe bɔɔ, ma de kɔnɛɛ bɔɔ,
Ma bua ye nine nya nɛ ma jɔɔ ye he bɔɔ,
11 O hɛɛ mi jã nɛ ohia ma ba ná mo tlukaa kaa julɔ,
Nɛ o he maa fĩ mo kaa nɔ́ nɛ awi yelɔ ba tua mo.
12 Yaka nɔmlɔ kɛ yiwutsotsɛ nyɛɛɔ kɛ yaa kɛ baa kɛ sisimi munyu;
13 E kɛ e hɛngmɛ, kɛ e nane, kɛ e nine nguɛhi peeɔ okadi.
14 E kɛ tsui yaya
Toɔ ga yaya, nɛ e gbɛɛ pɛ munyuhi kɛ fĩaa be fɛɛ be.
15 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, e haomi ɔ maa ba tlukaa;
Ngɛ be kpiti mi ɔ, a maa kũɔ lɛ nɛ e be hie tsami.
17 He nɔ womi, lakpa yemi, nɔ nɛ pee we nɔ́ ko muɔ si puemi,
18 Ga yaya tomi, he sɔmi kɛ nɔ́ yayami peemi,
19 Lakpa odase yemi,
Kɛ nyɛmimɛ a kpɛti pɛ womi.
20 Ye bi, moo ye o tsɛ mlaa nɔ,
Nɛ ko kua o nyɛ blɔ tsɔɔmi.*
21 Moo fĩ mɛ kɛ wo o tsui he be fɛɛ be;
Moo fĩ mɛ kɛ wo o kuɛ.
22 Ngɛ o yami kɛ o bami mi ɔ, e maa tsɔɔ mo blɔ;
Ke o hwɔ si ɔ, e maa bu o he;
Nɛ ke o hɛ tsɛ̃ ɔ, e maa tsɔɔ mo ní.*
23 Ejakaa kita a ji kane,
Nɛ mlaa a ji la,
Nɛ hɛ mi kamihi nɛ tsɔseɔ nɔ ɔ ji wami blɔ.
24 A maa bu o he ngɛ yo yaya a he,
Ngɛ yo nɛ e je mi bami puɛ* ɔ nɔ sisimi lilɛ ɔ he.
25 Ko ha nɛ e he nɛ pee mo fɛu ngɛ o tsui mi,
Nɛ ko ha nɛ e ngɔ e hɛngmɛ dɔkɔɔ ɔ kɛ gbla mo,
26 Ejakaa tuutuu polɔ haa nɛ nyumu yeɔ ohia nɛ abolo kake pɛ lɛ e nyɛɔ heɔ,
Se nɔ kpa yo ngɔmi kpataa wami* nɛ he jua wa hɛ mi.
27 Anɛ nɔ ko ma nyɛ maa je la kɛ pue e gugue mi nɛ e tade be sãe lo?
28 Aloo nɔ ko ma nyɛ maa naa la ngu nɔ nɛ e nane si be sãe lo?
29 Jã pɛpɛɛpɛ nɛ e ji ngɛ nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ e kɛ nɔ kpa yo náa bɔmi ɔ blɔ fa mi;
Nɔ ko be nɛ e maa ta yo kaa jã a he nɛ a be e tue gblae.
30 Ke hwɔ ngɛ nɔ ko yee nɛ e ya ju konɛ e kɛ gbe e hwɔ ɔ,*
Nihi gbi e he guɛ.
31 Se kɛ̃ ɔ, ke a nu lɛ ɔ, e maa to nane mi kɛ bɔ he si kpaago;
E maa ngɔ e we mi níhi tsuo nɛ a he jua wa a kɛ ha.
32 Nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ e kɛ yo puɛɔ gba a, e be juɛmi;*
Nɔ nɛ peeɔ jã a ngɔɔ hɛ mi kpatami kɛ baa lɛ nitsɛ e nɔ.*
33 Haomi kɛ hɛ mi si puemi pɛ lɛ e ma ná,
Nɛ zo nɛ gbe lɛ ɔ be jee gblegbleegble.
34 Ejakaa hunga jemi haa nɛ huno mi mi fuɔ wawɛɛ;
Ke e ngɛ lue yee ɔ, e be mi mi sami kpo jee.
35 E be kpatami* nɔ́ ko nɔ kplɛɛe;
Ke o ke lɛ ní babauu po, e tsui be jɔe.