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