1“Abrabɔ afono me;
2Mɛka akyerɛ Onyankopɔn se: Mmu me kumfɔ,
3Ɛyɛ wo fɛ sɛ wohyɛ me so,
4Wowɔ ɔhonam mu ani ana?
5Wo nkwanna te sɛ ɔdesani
6a enti ɛsɛ sɛ wohwehwɛ me mfomso
7Ɛwɔ mu, wunim sɛ minni fɔ,
8“Wo nsa na ɛnwenee me na ɛbɔɔ me.
9Kae sɛ wonwen me sɛ dɔte.
10So woanhwie me sɛ nufusu
11amfa were ne honam ankata me ho
12Womaa me nkwa, yii ayamye kyerɛɛ me,
13“Nanso eyi na wode siee wo koma mu,
14Sɛ meyɛɛ bɔne a anka wobɛhwɛ me
15Na sɛ midi fɔ a, nnome nka me!
16Na sɛ mema me ti so a, wodɛɛdɛɛ me sɛ gyata,
17Wode nnansefo foforo betia me
18“Adɛn nti na woma wɔwoo me?
19Sɛ anka mamma nkwa yi mu,
20So ɛnkaa kakraa bi na me nna kakraa no to ntwaa ana?
21ansa na makɔ koransan
22asase a ɛyɛ anadwo sum kabii,