1 “Beae a wotu dwetɛ wɔ hɔ
2 Wotu dade fi fam,
3 Onipa ma sum ba awiei;
4 Wɔde fagudetu afiri hyɛ beae a ɛmmɛn ɔdesani atenae,
5 Asase a ɛbɔ aduan no,
6 hoabo fi nʼabotan mu
7 Ɔkɔre biara nnim saa kwan a ahintaw no,
8 Mmoa ahantanfo nsi hɔ
9 Onipa nsa paapae abotan dennen
10 Otwa aka fa abotan mu,
11 Ɔhwehwɛ baabi a nsubɔnten ti wɔ
12 “Nanso ɛhe na yebehu nea nyansa hyɛ?
13 Onipa renhu ne bo a ɛsom;
14 Na ebun ka se, ‘Enni me mu’;
15 Wɔrentumi mfa sikakɔkɔɔ ankasa ntɔ,
16 Wɔrentumi mfa Ofir sikakɔkɔɔ ntɔ
17 Wɔrentumi mfa ahwehwɛ anaa sikakɔkɔɔ ntoto ho,
18 Ɛnsɛ sɛ yɛbɔ ahene panyin ne ahwehwɛbo din;
19 Etiopia akraatebo ne no nsɛ;
20 “Ɛno de, na ɛhe na nyansa fi?
21 Wɔde asie abɔde biara ani,
22 Ɔsɛe ne Owu ka se,
23 Onyankopɔn te ɔkwan a ɛkɔ hɔ ase,
24 efisɛ ɔhwɛ kodu nsase ano
25 Bere a ɔhyɛɛ mframa ano den too hɔ
26 bere a ɔkaa no ɔhyɛ so kyerɛɛ osutɔ
27 afei ɔhwɛɛ nyansa na ɔkarii no hwɛe;
28 Na ɔka kyerɛɛ onipa se,