Mmɛbusɛm 5

¹Me ba, yɛ aso ma me nyansa;

²sɛdeɛ ɛbɛma woahwɛ yie,

³Ɛfiri sɛ ɔbaa dwamanfoɔ ano sosɔ ɛwoɔ,

⁴nanso, awieeɛ no ɛyɛ nwono sene bɔnwoma,

⁵Ne nan kɔ owuo mu;

⁶Ɔnnwene ɛkwan a ɛkɔ nkwa mu ho;

⁷Enti, afei, me mma, montie me;

⁸Ɛkwan a ɛmmɛn noɔ no na momfa so

⁹anyɛ saa a, mode mo ahoɔden bɛma afoforɔ

¹⁰anyɛ saa a, ahɔhoɔ bɛfom mo ahonyadeɛ

¹¹Mo nkwanna akyi, mobɛsi apinie

¹²Na moaka sɛ, “Na mekyiri ahohyɛsoɔ!

¹³Manyɛ ɔsetie amma mʼakyerɛkyerɛfoɔ

¹⁴Maduru ɔsɛeɛ ntɛntɛnoa

¹⁵Nom nsuo firi wʼankasa ankorɛ mu,

¹⁶Ɛsɛ sɛ wo nsutire yiri fa mmɔntene so

¹⁷Ma ɛnyɛ wo nko ara dea,

¹⁸Nhyira nka wʼasubura

¹⁹Ɔte sɛ ɔtwe bereɛ dɔfoɔ, ɔwansane animuonyamfoɔ.

²⁰Me ba, adɛn enti na woma ɔbaa dwamanfoɔ kyekyere wo?

²¹Awurade hunu onipa akwan nyinaa,

²²Omumuyɛfoɔ nnebɔne sum no afidie;

²³Ɔbɛwu ɛsiane ahohyɛsoɔ a ɔnni enti,