1 Ao Awurade, me nkwagyeɛ Onyankopɔn
2 Ma me mpaeɛbɔ nnuru wʼanim;
3 Ɔhaw ahyɛ me kra ma
4 Wɔkan me fra wɔn a wɔrekɔ damena mu;
5 Wɔayi me asi nkyɛn wɔ awufoɔ mu,
6 Woato me atwene damena ase tɔnn,
7 Wʼabofuhyeɛ ayɛ duru wɔ me so;
8 Woafa me nnamfonom a wɔbɛn me afiri me nkyɛn
9 awerɛhoɔ ama mʼani so ayɛ kusuu.
10 Woyɛ anwanwadeɛ kyerɛ awufoɔ anaa?
11 Wɔka wʼadɔeɛ ho asɛm wɔ ɛda mu anaa,
12 Wɔhunu wʼanwanwadeɛ wɔ beaeɛ a ɛhɔ aduru sum,
13 Nanso Ao Awurade, mesu frɛ wo sɛ boa me;
14 Ao Awurade, adɛn nti na wopo me
15 Mahunu amane firi me mmɔfraase na mabɛn owuo;
16 Wʼabofuhyeɛ abu afa me so;
17 Daa nyinaa wɔtwa me ho hyia sɛ nsuyire,
18 Woafa mʼayɔnkofoɔ ne mʼadɔfoɔ afiri me nkyɛn kɔ;