1 “Abrabɔ afono me;
2 Mɛka akyerɛ Onyankopɔn se: Mmu me kumfɔ,
3 Ɛyɛ wo fɛ sɛ wohyɛ me so,
4 Wowɔ ɔhonam mu ani ana?
5 Wo nkwanna te sɛ ɔdesani
6 a enti ɛsɛ sɛ wohwehwɛ me mfomso
7 Ɛwɔ mu, wunim sɛ minni fɔ,
8 “Wo nsa na ɛnwenee me na ɛbɔɔ me.
9 Kae sɛ wonwen me sɛ dɔte.
10 So woanhwie me sɛ nufusu
11 amfa were ne honam ankata me ho
12 Womaa me nkwa, yii ayamye kyerɛɛ me,
13 “Nanso eyi na wode siee wo koma mu,
14 Sɛ meyɛɛ bɔne a anka wobɛhwɛ me
15 Na sɛ midi fɔ a, nnome nka me!
16 Na sɛ mema me ti so a, wodɛɛdɛɛ me sɛ gyata,
17 Wode nnansefo foforo betia me
18 “Adɛn nti na woma wɔwoo me?
19 Sɛ anka mamma nkwa yi mu,
20 So ɛnkaa kakraa bi na me nna kakraa no to ntwaa ana?
21 ansa na makɔ koransan
22 asase a ɛyɛ anadwo sum kabii,