Lahi A Mi La
8 “I ná nɛ ye nyɛminyumu ji mo,
Nɔ nɛ e pupɔ ye nyɛ nyɔ ɔ!
Jinɛ ke i na mo ngɛ ma a mi ɔ, ma fĩɔ o nya he,
Nɛ nɔ ko be ye he guɛ gbee.
2 Jinɛ ma nyɛɛ o hɛ mi;
Ma ngɔ mo kɛ ba ye nyɛ we ɔ mi,
Nɔ nɛ e tsɔɔ mi ní ɔ we ɔ mi.
Ma ha mo wai nɛ a wo mi tsopa kɛ e he via nɛ́ o nu,
Pomegranet tso yiblii mi nyu ehe.
3 E muɔ nine maa hi ye yi sisi,
Nɛ e hiɔ nine maa fua mi.
4 Oo Yerusalem biyihi, nyɛ kã mi kita:
Nyɛ ko bɔ mɔde kaa nyɛ ma tle suɔmi si ngɛ ye mi aloo nyɛ maa tsɛ̃ɛ lɛ kɛ ya si be nɛ lɛ nitsɛ e maa te si.”
5 “Mɛnɔ lɛ je nga a nɔ kɛ ngɛ kuɔe kɛ ma
Nɛ́ e kpla e suɔlɔ ɔ he nɛ ɔ?”
“I tsɛ̃ɛ mo ngɛ aplo tso ɔ sisi.
Benɛ o nyɛ hɛɛ o hɔ ɔ, lejɛ ɔ nɛ e nu kɔɔmi ngɛ.
Lejɛ ɔ nɛ nɔ nɛ fɔ mo ɔ nu kɔɔmi ngɛ.
6 Ngɔɔ mi kɛ mɛtɛ o tsui nɔ kaa nɔ́ nya sɔumi nɔ́,
Kaa nɔ́ nya sɔumi nɔ́ ngɛ o kɔni he,
Ejakaa suɔmi ngɛ he wami kaa gbenɔ,
Nɛ ke nɔ ko ngɔ e tsui tsuo kɛ ha nɔ ko ɔ, e nya la hí gbemi kaa bɔ nɛ Yɔkɔ* nya hí kumi ɔ.
E la lilɛ ɔmɛ ji la lilɛ nɛ tsoɔ gegeege, Yah* la lilɛ ɔ.
7 Nyuhi nɛ a pee hamahama be nyɛe maa gbe suɔmi,
Nɛ pahi hu be nyɛe ma fɔ lɛ kɛ ho.
Ke nyumu ko ka kaa e maa ngɔ e we mi níhi tsuo kɛ he suɔmi ɔ,
E maa pee he guɛ gbemi nitsɛnitsɛ.”*
8 “Wa ngɛ nyɛmiyo wayoo ko
Nɛ́ e tui nyɔ lolo.
Mɛni wa maa pee kɛ ha wa nyɛmiyo ɔ
Ngɛ ligbi nɛ a ma ba bi e si ɔ nɔ?”
9 “Ke gbogbo ji lɛ ɔ,
Waa kɛ sika hiɔ maa fia nɔ́ kɛ ma e nɔ,
Se ke sinya ji lɛ ɔ,
Waa kɛ seda tso maa la e se.”
10 “Gbogbo ji mi,
Nɛ ye nyɔ ɔmɛ ngɛ kaa mɔhi.
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ngɛ ye suɔlɔ ɔ hɛ mi ɔ, i ngɛ kaa
Nɔ ko nɛ e tue mi jɔ lɛ.
11 Salomo ngɛ wai ngmɔ ko ngɛ Baal Hamon.
E ngɔ wai ngmɔ ɔ kɛ wo nihi a dɛ konɛ a hyɛ nɔ.
Ke a kpa ní ɔ, a ti nɔ fɛɛ nɔ ngɔɔ sika hiɔ akpe kɛ baa.
12 I ngɛ imi nitsɛ ye wai ngmɔ.
Oo Salomo, o nɔ́ ji sika hiɔ akpe* ɔ nɛ,
Nɛ nihi nɛ a hyɛɛ yiblii ɔ nɔ ɔ a nɔ́ ji lafa enyɔ.”
13 “Oo mo nɛ o hi he ji abɔɔ ɔmɛ a mi,
Huɛmɛ ɔmɛ ngɛ mlɛe nɛ a nu o gbi.
Ha nɛ ma nu o gbi.”
14 “Ye suɔlɔ, moo pee mla,
O he nɛ sɔ kaa odabɔ
Aloo afugbɛ wayoo
Nɛ e ngɛ tsopa kɛ e he via yoku ɔmɛ a nɔ.”