1 Sofari min bɛ bɔ Naama, ale ka kuma ta k’a fɔ Ayuba ye ko:
2 Ayiwa, miiriya minw bɛ ne kɔnɔ,
3 Ne ka jarakikan dɔ mɛn, min kɛra ne fɛ dɔgɔyari ye;
4 O tuma ele m’a lɔn ko kabini fɔlɔfɔlɔ,
5 ko mɔgɔjugu ta ɲagari wagati ka surun,
6 Hali ni a kɔrɔtara ka se fɔ sankolo ma,
7 lon dɔ a bɛ halaki ka ban pewu, k’a kɛ i ko ɲamaɲama.
8 A bɛ tɛmɛ i ko siko; mɔgɔ t’a ye tuun.
9 Mɔgɔ minw tun bɛ to k’a flɛ, olugu ɲa tɛna a ye tuun,
10 A dencɛw bɛna dɛsɛbagatɔw ta borofɛnw sekɔ o ma jagboya ra;
11 A kolow bɛɛ tun ka kɛnɛ i ko a kanbelenman
12 Kojugu tun diyara a da ra,
13 A tun b’a mara, a t’a fɛ k’a to a ye ban;
14 Nka o domuni bɛna yɛlɛma a kɔnɔbara ra;
15 A tun ka naforo min kunu, a bɛna o fɔɔnɔ;
16 A tun bɛ fɔnfɔnninw ta baga le muganna,
17 A tɛna li ni nɔnɔ camanba woyotɔ ye tuun
18 A ka fɛn o fɛn sɔrɔ, a bɛna o sekɔ, a tɛna o si domu;
19 Sabu a tun ka dɛsɛbagatɔw tɔɲɔ fɔ ka o borolakolon to;
20 A tun tɛ wasa ka ye,
21 A ta natabaya kosɔn, a tun tɛ foyi ye k’a to yi;
22 K’a wasaninba to a borofɛn camanw cɛ ra, degu bɛna a sɔrɔ;
23 Wagati min a b’a kɔnɔbara fara,
24 Ni a borira kɛrɛkɛminan nɛgɛramanw ɲa,
25 Ni a ka o biɲɛ sama ka bɔ a kɔ ra,
26 Kojugu dogonin bɛ dibi ra k’a ta naforo kɔnɔ;
27 Sankolo bɛna a ta terenbariya yira,
28 A ta so naforow bɛɛ bɛna taga;
29 Ayiwa, adamaden kojugukɛbaga ninyɔrɔ ye nin le ye Ala fɛ;