1Me ba, yɛ aso ma me nyansa;
2sɛdeɛ ɛbɛma woahwɛ yie,
3Ɛfiri sɛ ɔbaa dwamanfoɔ ano sosɔ ɛwoɔ,
4nanso, awieeɛ no ɛyɛ nwono sene bɔnwoma,
5Ne nan kɔ owuo mu;
6Ɔnnwene ɛkwan a ɛkɔ nkwa mu ho;
7Enti, afei, me mma, montie me;
8Ɛkwan a ɛmmɛn noɔ no na momfa so
9anyɛ saa a, mode mo ahoɔden bɛma afoforɔ
10anyɛ saa a, ahɔhoɔ bɛfom mo ahonyadeɛ
11Mo nkwanna akyi, mobɛsi apinie
12Na moaka sɛ, “Na mekyiri ahohyɛsoɔ!
13Manyɛ ɔsetie amma mʼakyerɛkyerɛfoɔ
14Maduru ɔsɛeɛ ntɛntɛnoa
15Nom nsuo firi wʼankasa ankorɛ mu,
16Ɛsɛ sɛ wo nsutire yiri fa mmɔntene so
17Ma ɛnyɛ wo nko ara dea,
18Nhyira nka wʼasubura
19Ɔte sɛ ɔtwe bereɛ dɔfoɔ, ɔwansane animuonyamfoɔ.
20Me ba, adɛn enti na woma ɔbaa dwamanfoɔ kyekyere wo?
21Awurade* hunu onipa akwan nyinaa,
22Omumuyɛfoɔ nnebɔne sum no afidie;