Solomon Lala
4 “Naa! Misuɔlɔ, ohe yɛ fɛo.
Naa! Ohe yɛ fɛo oo.
Ohiŋmɛii tamɔ okpo hiŋmɛii yɛ ohiɛhaanɔ lɛ mli.
Oyitsɔi tamɔ too abotiai akuu
Ni miikpeleke shi kɛmiijɛ Gilead gɔji lɛ anɔ.+
2 Onyanyɔji tamɔ gwantɛŋi akuu ni aku amɛhetsɔi etsɛko
Ni ayaju amɛhe ni amɛkwɔ kɛba,
Amɛ fɛɛ amɛhiɛ bii enyɔnyɔɔnyɔ,
Ni amɛteŋ eko eko bi gboko.
3 Onaabu tsuɔ tamɔ kpãa tsuru,
Ni owiemɔ ŋɔɔ.
Bɔ ni pomegranet aduawa ni agba mli enyɔ yɔɔ lɛ,
Nakai okpaii* ji yɛ ohiɛhaanɔ lɛ mli.
Mɔɔ ni akɛ tɛi ni eko kã eko nɔ tswa lɛ,
Ni akɛ tsɛŋi akpe etsotsoro he lɛ,
Hii kãkãlɔi lɛ atsɛŋi koklobii lɛ fɛɛ.+
6 “Maya mire gɔŋ lɛ nɔ,
Kɛ frankinsɛnsi gɔŋkpɔ lɛ nɔ,+
Kɛyashi kɔɔyɔɔ baatswa blɛoo yɛ gbi lɛ mli,* kɛyashi hɔɔŋ baalaaje.”
8 Miyemforo, okɛ mi ashi Lebanon,
Okɛ mi ashi Lebanon.+
Kpelekemɔ shi kɛjɛ Amana* yiteŋ
Kɛjɛ Senir yiteŋ, kɛ Hermon yiteŋ+
Kɛjɛ jatai lɛ ashihilɛhe lɛ, kɛ kootsɛi agɔji lɛ anɔ.
9 Minyɛmi yoo kɛ miyemforo, omɔ mitsui,+
Okɛ kwɛmɔ ni okwɛ mi shi kome lɛ,
Kɛ okuɛnii lɛ mli ashinao kome kɛkɛ emɔ mitsui.
10 Minyɛmi yoo kɛ miyemforo, osuɔmɔ nifeemɔi lɛ yɛ fɛo waa!+
11 Miyemforo, onaabu ŋɔɔ tamɔ wo ni miitsere.*+
Wo kɛ mliki yɛ olilɛi shishi,+
Ni otadei lɛ amli ŋma lɛ tamɔ Lebanon ŋma.
12 Minyɛmi yoo kɛ miyemforo lɛ tamɔ abɔɔ ni aŋmɛ naa,
Abɔɔ ni aŋmɛ naa, kɛ nuhiŋmɛi ni asɔo naa kpɛŋŋ.
13 Ogbeji* lɛ tamɔ paradeiso* ni pomegranet tsei yɔɔ mli,
Ewo aduawai ni hi fe fɛɛ, kɛ kofer fɔfɔi kɛ nardo tsei,
14 Nardo+ kɛ safron, kalamo,*+ kɛ sinamon,+
Kɛ frankinsɛnsi tsei srɔtoi fɛɛ, kɛ mire, kɛ aloe,+
Kɛ ojeŋma kpakpai fɛɛ.+
15 Otamɔ abɔɔ mli nuhiŋmɛi, nubu ni mli nu mli tse,
Kɛ fai ni miiho kɛmiijɛ Lebanon.+
16 Bo, kooyi kɔɔyɔɔ, tee shi;
Bo, wuoyi kɔɔyɔɔ, ba mli.
Muu kɔɔyɔɔ oshwie abɔɔ ni mifee lɛ nɔ.*
Hã efã ŋma.”
“Hã misuɔlɔ lɛ aba abɔɔ ni efee lɛ mli
Koni ebaye emli aduawai ni hi fe fɛɛ lɛ eko.”