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Babilɔnɩ‑kwlɔ blu'
1 'Bo ‑mɛ 'de ɛ, 'ɩn 'jeeɛ Kea 'a "soai jrɔ' "jriɛ‑ ‑ɔɔ ‑wlʋ 'e jaʋn 'di ‑ɔɔ ‑si" ii, ɔ 'bleɛ "ikmaa' ‑tuu"‑tuu ‑wɛe ɔɔ' ‑sɔn' ‑sɩn' 'nɔ 'blʋa‑ "kpei. 'Sʋ 'nɔ ‑wee' nɩɛ "i "puu'‑.
2 Ɔ kpa wlu "jɛi ɔ 'na : Ɛ blu' ‑wɛ‑, ɛ blu' ‑wɛ‑, Babilɔnɩ‑kwlɔ klaa" blu' ‑wɛ‑ ! Ɛ 'kpa ‑siɔn' 'ɔ "soa 'a "ti ‑ta, ɛ 'kpa ‑siisaɩn o, nʋʋɩ saɩn nyʋ a pleea 'a ‑kwlɔ,
3 dɛ‑nʋɛ' 'bo ɛɛ' ‑kwlɔ tu 'di ɛ, 'blʋa‑ ‑wee' "klein 'a nyʋ nʋ kao'bledɛsaʋn 'mɛ, ʋʋ se ʋʋa' ‑cɛ" "ikpʋan' 'bɛɛ‑. Ɛɛ nʋ ʋʋpʋ 'mɛ, ka nmɔ ɔ nʋa nyʋ ɛ. 'Blʋa‑ ‑wee' "klein 'a 'beɔ nʋ jɛi" 'jedɛsaʋn 'mɛ 'bo ɛɛ' ‑kwlɔ tu 'di. Ɛɛ' ‑kwlɔ tu 'a 'kmʋ "kpeidɩ 'a "dia 'jea' cɛn ‑je "kpei ‑tie", ɛ nʋɛ' mamaʋ 'sʋ 'blʋa‑ ‑wee' "klein 'a 'dɔɔpoʋn je "wliiɛjeʋn 'kpa.
4 'Sʋ 'ɩn 'wɔn wlu jrɛ' ‑ɛ ‑wlʋ 'e jaʋn 'di ‑ɛ ‑na : Ao ‑nɩa 'ma 'cɛ, ao 'wlʋ 'o ɛɛ' ‑kwlɔ tu 'di ‑wɛe dɩsaɩn ‑a nʋʋa 'bo muɛ, ao jɩ nʋ, 'de 'kle ‑ɛɛ mua ɛɛ' ‑kwlɔ tu "kpei jia' a, ao je ɛ 'je.
5 Dɩsaɩn ‑nʋʋa 'bo ɛɛ' ‑kwlɔ tu 'di ɛ, Kea sɩ o "mae i, dɛ‑nʋɛ' ɩ ‑tu" ɛ "kpei mamaʋ 'sʋ ɩ je 'e jaʋn 'di nyni.
6 Dɩsaɩn ɛɛ' ‑kwlɔ tu nʋa nyʋ "jrii ɛ, ɩmɩ nyʋ 'je ɛ "jrii nʋ. Nyʋ a muɛ ɩa' kpan ‑saa' kpɛ 'sɔɔn. Nmɔ nyʋ 'je ɛ "nyɩ ‑wɛe ɛ 'jea 'na a, ɛ "kae' kpɛ 'sɔɔn ɛ je ɛɛ' ‑nɛ nmɔ ɛ "nyɩa nyʋ tɛin" ‑sii.
7 Ka ɛ 'bɛɛa ɛɛ' ‑cɛi" tɛin" ‑wɛe ɛ ‑sia 'nynɩ‑san nʋa' ke "wliiɛ‑ 'blea' "ni 'di ɛ, 'kamɔ 'kle ke ‑fɩn" wlu ‑ɛɛ mua 'jea' ɩa mu ‑jei" ‑sia' ‑ke, dɛ‑nʋɛ' ɛɛ' ‑kwlɔ tu a naa tɔ' i ɛ, ɛ 'na : Ɛ nɩɛ 'o dɩ ‑wee' "klein "jru kpɔ', ka tʋ"bo nynɔkpao' nɩa. Ɛ 'na : Ka ‑tiɔn" 'nynɔ nɩa 'ɩn se kan' nɩi 'nɔ 'kmʋ, ‑fɩn" wlu se 'o 'ma ‑kwlɔ ‑tu 'di jii.
8 'De ɩa' wlu tu 'a ‑tɩ' 'ʋn ɛ, ɛɛ' ‑nɛ 'kle ‑tea ɛ 'dei ɛ, ɛɛ muɛ jia' 'de 'wɩ due' koʋn ‑gbai' 'di : 'mɛa' o, "nmia‑ o, 'kwɛ‑ paa' o, 'mɩɩɛ‑ ɛ muɛ ɛɛ' ‑kwlɔ tu "kpei jia' ‑wɛe nɛ 'je ɛ di, 'de ɛ 'je isɔn‑, dɛ‑nʋɛ' Tʋ"bo Kea ‑ɛ ‑jea ɛɛ' 'pee ɛ, ɛ kmai".
9 'Blʋa‑ ‑wee' "klein 'a 'beɔ ‑ʋʋ nʋa jɛi" 'jedɛsaʋn 'bo ɛɛ' ‑kwlɔ tu 'di ‑wɛe ‑ʋʋ nʋa ʋʋa' 'tʋn nʋdɩ ‑saɩn ‑bo ɛ 'kpa "jri ‑wɛe ʋʋ 'je ɛɛ' dao' "jriɛ‑ 'jee ‑ɛ, ʋʋa muɛ ‑fɩn" 'a ‑wɛe ʋʋ 'je kple 'de ɛɛ' ‑tɩ' 'ʋn.
10 'Kle ‑jea ɛ "kpei ji ɛɛ' faʋn a muɛ ʋʋpʋ nʋa' ‑wɛe ʋʋ 'je ɛ o tɛɛn‑, 'de ʋʋ 'je wlu ka : ‑A ‑blu" ‑aa ! Ʋa' dɩ 'je crɛ ! Babilɔnɩ ‑kwlɔ klaa" ‑ɛ ‑kmai" ka 'sʋ ɛ 'de "jri 'a ‑tɛ due' 'di 'pee 'a ‑ma kpʋn sʋn ‑naoo ?
11 'Blʋa‑ ‑wee' "klein 'a 'dɔɔpoʋn a ‑fɩɩn" ‑ke ‑wɛe ʋʋ pa 'kwɛ‑ 'de ɛɛ' ‑tɩ' 'ʋn, dɛ‑nʋɛ' nyɔ jrɔ' 'ɔ ‑tɩn' ʋʋa' pleedɩ 'bode. Dɩ ʋʋ plea 'bo ɛɛ' ‑kwlɔ tu 'di 'de ɛ, ɩ ka :
12 dɩ 'dɔe o, 'sani o, 'wɛi ‑tiɛn o, "sei ‑kɩɩ 'dɔe 'dɔe ke ‑srɔ 'ɔ kpɛ ‑wee' nʋa o, ‑pʋn" ‑tu" dɩ ke "jii‑pae' 'dɔe 'dɔe o, tae' ‑saan 'a kpɛ ‑wee' o, tae' jree" jree 'a kpɛ ‑wee' o, ɩ ke ‑paadɩ ti 'dɔe nʋa o, doɛ 'ɛ 'nynɩ o, ‑tiɛn o, nɩɩɛ ‑jɩ "sou nʋa ke‑.
13 Dɩ 'a kpɛ ‑ɩa 'nʋ nmɔa 'e nyʋ 'mlai o, jrɩ' nɩ 'cna, ‑wɛe jrɩ' nɩ ‑dai'klɔ 'de jrɩ' nɩ sii" wɩn, jrɩ' nɩ tu 'a 'kwɩn nyʋ a 'dɩɩ Kanɛlɩ ke mii‑ ke tu jrɛ' ɛ tɛn' nyʋ a poa "jri ke‑. Ʋʋ ple dɩ nyʋ a ‑sa 'e ‑kle' ɛ : nmɔ o, 'cna o, fai'pʋ o, "ple ke. Ʋʋ ple nmi : bli' o, 'blae o, soe" o, ɩ ke kamiɔ ke‑. Ʋʋa' 'dɔɔ poa' nʋɛ' mamaʋ 'sʋ ʋʋa jea nyiɔ ple.
14 ‑Wɛe ʋʋa' 'dɔɔpoʋn tu wlu ‑kwlɔ ‑nɛ ‑pee ka, ʋʋ 'na : Dɩ "klein ‑ma pɛe poa "i ɛ, ɩ ‑wee' tɛɛn ‑ʋn o ‑wɛ‑. ‑Ma dɩ 'dɔe 'dɔe o, ‑ma "wlii‑ ‑ɩa fan o, ɩ ‑wee' "maa ‑wɛ‑ la. Ka "o ka ɩ 'je ɩ nɩ ɛ, nyʋ sɩ 'jei 'bode.
15 'Dɔɔpoʋn ‑ʋʋa plea dɩ ‑nɩa 'mʋa‑ 'de ɛ, ‑wɛe ‑ʋʋ ‑kpa "wliiɛjeʋn 'bo ɛɛ' ‑kwlɔ tu 'di ɛ, ʋʋa muɛ 'kle ‑ɛ ‑ji' ɛ "kpei pleea' ‑wɛe ʋʋ 'je ɛ o tɛɛn‑. 'De ʋʋ 'je ‑fɩn", ‑wɛe ʋʋ 'je 'kwɛ‑ pa,
16 ʋʋ 'je nʋ : Wɛe‑tɩ oo ! Wɛe‑tɩ oo ! ‑A ‑blu" ‑aa, nyʋ ‑nɩa ɛɛ' ‑kwlɔ klaa" tu 'di ‑paa dɩ 'dɔe 'dɔe ke tae' ‑saan 'a kpɛ ‑wee' 'ʋn, ‑wɛe dɛ ‑nɩa 'sani o, "sei 'dɔe 'a kpɛ ‑wee' o, ‑srɔ 'ɔ "kwli ‑wee' 'a 'sʋ ɛ,
17 ɛmɛ 'de nɔ" dɛ‑saan" 'di 'sʋ ‑ɛɛ "wlii‑ ‑tuu" ‑nɩ sɔn i.
‑Bato' tbaʋn o, ‑kwɛɛ" poʋn o, ‑bato' kpaʋn o, nyʋ "klein ‑a nʋa "nidbo 'bo 'tɔniɛ "kpei o, ʋʋ ‑wee' tɛɛn 'kpʋʋ ‑kwlɔ ‑nɛ nɩa "kpei o,
18 ‑wɛe ʋʋa 'je ɛɛ' nɛ 'ɛ dao' i 'de ʋʋa "wɔ, ʋʋ 'na : ‑Kwlɔ klaa" ‑nɛ, ‑ɛ ‑ke ‑kwlɔ jrɛ' sea "i ‑tee'‑ 'sʋ ɛ !
19 'Sʋ ʋʋa bla pɛe, ʋʋa ‑fɩɩn", ‑wɛe ʋʋa kple, ʋʋ 'na : Wɛe‑tɩ oo ! Wɛe‑tɩ oo ! ‑Kwlɔ klaa" ‑nɛ ‑ɛ ‑nɩa "wliiɛ‑kwlɔ ‑wɛe ‑ɛ 'di nyʋ "klein ‑blea ‑bato' 'kpaa' "wliiɛjeʋn ɛ ! Ɛmɛ ‑sɔn i 'de "jriɛ ‑tɛ due' 'di i !
20 Jaʋn, ɛ nʋ 'mʋa‑ 'de ‑kwlɔ ‑nɛ 'ɛ isɔn‑tɩ 'ʋn. Ao ‑nɩa Kea 'a nyʋ o, Sesi 'a dboʋn o, Kea 'a wlu 'kwajaaʋn o, ao nʋ 'mʋa‑ ‑ke ! Dɛ‑nʋɛ' ‑bo Kea 'je ɛɛ' ‑kwlɔ tu 'a 'pee kan' a, ‑mɛ ɛ 'wlʋɛ aopʋ o 'de aoa' "isrɛ ‑tɩ 'ʋn.
21 'Sʋ Kea 'a "soai ‑ɔ ‑kmai" ɛ, ɔ "duɛ "soukpo klaa" due' 'ʋn. Ɛɛ' "sou tu kuɛ kwa, 'de ɔ ‑fii" ɛ 'de 'tɔniɛ wɔn ‑wɛe ɔ 'na : 'Kamɔ nyʋ a mu 'kpɩ 'ʋn "dua' ‑wɛe nyʋ 'je Babilɔnɩ‑kwlɔ klaa" ‑sɔn po, ‑wɛe nyʋ se ɛɛ' ‑kɔ 'jei 'bode ‑bode 'bode.
22 Nyʋ se ɛɛ' ‑siplʋ blaʋn o, "kwi ‑kweɩn blaʋn ke ‑tɩɛn'kɔʋn blaʋn 'a blewlu 'wɔin 'bode. Nyʋ se ɛɛ' dbaʋn o, maʋ o, ti ‑paʋn 'a jrɔ' "jriɛ‑ 'jeei 'bode. Nyʋ se "sun ke ‑toe 'a wlu 'wɔin 'bo ɛ 'di,
23 nyʋ se ‑dam'ba 'a ‑sɔn' "jriɛ‑ 'jeei 'bomu. 'De nyʋ se 'nynɔ ke kʋan 'a wlu 'wɔin 'bo ɛ 'di 'bode, dɛ‑nʋɛ' ɛɛ' 'dɔɔpoʋn mʋ ‑nɩ 'blʋa ‑nɛ 'ɛ "jrujeʋn klae" 'de‑, ‑wɛe ɛɛ' ‑kwlɔ tu 'a "jriinmɔa' ‑ɛ ‑nɩa jrii' ‑sɔn ɛ, ɛ ‑cri' 'blʋa‑ ‑wee' "klein 'a nyʋ 'mɛ ‑wɛe ɛ poo ʋʋpʋ 'srɛ i.
24 Dɛɛ‑tɩ 'pee kpʋn a Babilɔnɩ‑kwlɔ ɛ, ɛmɛ ‑nɩ Kea 'a wlu 'kwajaaʋn o, Kea 'a ‑jei" naaʋn ke nyʋ "klein nyʋ 'dba 'de 'blʋa ‑wee' "kpei 'bo ɛɛ' ‑kwlɔ tu "jru mɔ ʋʋa' nymɔ 'kpa.