1 “Obenu lẹ nta-a;
2 Ike ta dụhedu ẹphe;
3 Ụkpa-mkpẹre;
4 Ẹphe etsojeru ẹgbudu
5 Ndu-a bụ ndu
6 E yebutaru ẹphe;
7 Ẹphe anọduje l'ime ẹgbudu
8 Ẹphe bụ ndu mmanu,
9 Ọ bụ ndu dụ ẹge ono;
10 Mu dụ ẹphe oyi;
11 Ishi iya abụru lẹ
12 Ẹphe anọduje abya ọgu l'ẹke mu nọ.
13 Ẹphe egudeje iphe
14 Ẹphe shiru l'owere bata;
15 Egvu gudewaru mu;
16 Nta-a bẹ iphe-ẹhuka
17 O -rua l'ẹnyashi;
18 Nchileke gudewa ike iya,
19 Ọ patawaru mu tụa l'ẹpoto;
20 Mu ara l'araku nggụbe
21 Ị byaru bya aghachiru mu ifu;
22 Ị paliru mu oreke-imeli;
23 Mu mawaru l'ị kpụwa mu ala maa.
24 Ẹ tọ dụdu onye aphụje
25 ?Mu te shidunua arajẹru
26 Obenu lẹ mu leru ẹnya iphe-ọma;
27 Iphe, anọduje atapyashị
28 Mu tsowaru ghaphee;
29 Olu mu adawa l'ọ bụ olu nkụta-ọswa;
30 Akpọ, nọ mu l'ẹhu
31 Ogumogu, mu shi