1 Ao Awurade, kae deɛ aba yɛn so;
2 Wɔadane yɛn agyapadeɛ ama ahɔhoɔ,
3 Yɛayɛ nwisiaa na yɛnni agyanom,
4 Ɛsɛ sɛ yɛtɔ nsuo a yɛnom;
5 Wɔn a wɔtaa yɛn no abɛn yɛn pɛɛ;
6 Yɛde yɛn ho maa Misraim ne Asiria
7 Yɛn agyanom yɛɛ bɔne, na wɔnni hɔ bio,
8 Nkoa di yɛn so,
9 Yɛde yɛn nkwa bɔ afɔdeɛ de pɛ yɛn anoduane,
10 Yɛn honam adɔ sɛ fononoo.
11 Wɔato mmaa monnaa wɔ Sion,
12 Wɔkyekyere mmapɔmma nsa na wɔasɛn wɔn;
13 Mmeranteɛ yɛ adwuma den wɔ ayuoyammoɔ so;
14 Mpanimfoɔ ntena kuropɔn apono ano bio;
15 Ahosɛpɛ afiri yɛn akoma mu;
16 Ahenkyɛ afiri yɛn tiri so.
17 Yei enti yɛn akoma atɔ piti,
18 wɔ Sion bepɔ a ada mpan
19 Wo, Ao Awurade, di ɔhene afebɔɔ;
20 Adɛn enti na wo werɛ firi yɛn daa yi?
21 Ka yɛn bata wo ho bio, Ao, Awurade, na yɛatumi aba wo nkyɛn;
22 agye sɛ wapo yɛn koraa