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Hanaaru mu enge; Chileke;
jiko gbanaaru mu
ọdzori;
nafụtanu mu l'ẹka ndu ono,
te eyeduru ngu obu ono!
Gbafụta mu l'ẹka ndu ụgho;
waa ndu apfụbeduru-ẹka-ọto.
Eshinu ọ bụ gụbedua,
bụ Chileke bụ agbarike mu;
?dẹnu g'ọ nwụru ị gbadoru
mu?
?Bụ gụnu kparụ iphe,
ndu ọhogu mu akpa
mu ẹhu;
mu nọdu eje ogbee-ogbee?
Menaa g'ọ bụru ìphóró
nkengu; yẹe ire-lanụ ngu
l'a-nọdu edu mu.
G'ẹphe dua mu durwua úbvú
nkengu ono, dụ nsọ ono;
mbụ g'ẹphe durwua mu
ẹka i bu gẹdegede.
Noo teke mu a-byarwuta
ọru-ngwẹja gụbe Chileke;
mbụ byapfutakpọ Chileke
ono, bụ ẹhu-ụtso mu;
bya abụru onye mu ete
ẹswa iya ono.
Mu a-kpọ une gude kele
ngu ekele gụbe Chileke,
bụ Chileke mu.
Gụbe obu mu; ?dẹnu g'o gude
ị nọdu kpọyoo?
?Dẹnu g'o gude ị nọdu etsu
mu ophe?
G'ẹnya ngu dụ l'ẹka Chileke
nọ;
kẹle mu e-mechaa kele
iya ekele;
mbụ onye bụ iya bụ onye
adzọje mu nụ;
bya abụru Chileke mu.