1 Obenu lẹ nta-a bẹ ẹphe
2 ?Bụ urwu gụnu bẹ ọkpu ẹka
3 Ẹphe anọduje eje
4 Ẹphe etsojeru ime ẹgbudu
5 Ndu-a bụ ndu a chịru achịchi
6 E kebutaru phẹ;
7 Ẹphe anọduje l'ime ẹgbudu
8 Ndu bụ ndu mmanụ;
9 Ọ bụru ẹgube ndu ono bẹ
10 Mu dụ phẹ ashị;
11 Ọ bụru iphe, kparụ iya nụ bụ
12 Ọ bụru l'ẹkutara mu bẹ
13 Ẹphe tochishia ụzo mu;
14 Ẹphe nọdu asọ kpereree
15 Ndzụ rwuta mu; nwubvu,
16 Nta-a bẹ ndzụ mu eribufuwa.
17 Ẹnyashi anọduje anyapyashị
18 Chileke gude ọkpehu iya
19 Ọ parụ mu chie l'ime ẹpuchi.
20 Mu chiku ngu lẹ mkpu gụbe
21 Ị bya aghaaru mu iphu
22 Ị palia mu ephekerephe
23 Mu makwarụ-a lẹ ị kpụwa
24 Sụ-a; ọ tọ dụkwa onye
25 ?Ọ kwa lẹ mbẹdua shi
26 Obenu lẹ mu leru ẹnya iphe,
27 Iphe, aswọrishi mu ime ẹhu ta
28 Mu tsoru aghaphe;
29 Mu bya bya abụru nwune
30 Akpọ ẹhu mu jihuwaru
31 Ogumogu, mu shi akpọje