Nyia Diedi
Twe:
1. Ɛ-yɛ a-sɔ-ne.
Ɛ-bɔ no-lo ne.
Ɛ-di nɔ-ha-lɛ me-kɛ bia-la.
Ɛ-yia sɔ-nea dɔɔnwo mɔɔ yɛ-nnwu bɛ mua-la,
No-ko Gyi-ho-va nwu bɛ mua-la.
(ALIMOA NLIEZO)
Ɔ-ti saa bɛ-fa wɔ bɛ-kɔ kɔɔ-to a,
A-nrɛɛ mma-su-lo.
Wɔ nea-zo ne ba-boa yɛ mua-la.
Gyi-ho-va nwu ye.
(NLIEZO)
‘Me-die me-di kɛ
E-wu-le a-nzɛɛ a-ra-ne yɛɛ tu-mi ɛ-nrɛ-ho-la ye.’
‘Me-die me-di kɛ
Bɛ-nrɛ-ho-la bɛ-nrɛ-hwe yɛ bɛ-nrɛ-vi Ye ‘lɔ-lɛ nwo.’
Ɔ-ti nyia die-di.
Nya-me-nle ku-lo wɔ.
2. Wɔ-li nɔ-ha-lɛ.
Wɔ-gyi-nla kpu-ndii,
Ɔ-lua-kɛ Gyi-ho-va
Nee wɔ lu-a.
A-gbɔ-vo-lɛ ko ti-a e-dwɛ-kpa ne,
No-ko nwu ye kɛ ɛ-lɛ moa-lɛ.
(ALIMOA NLIEZO)
Ɔ-ti saa bɛ-fa wɔ bɛ-kɔ kɔɔ-to a,
A-nrɛɛ mma-su-lo.
Wɔ nea-zo ne ba-boa yɛ mua-la.
Gyi-ho-va nwu ye.
(NLIEZO)
‘Me-die me-di kɛ
E-wu-le a-nzɛɛ a-ra-ne yɛɛ tu-mi ɛ-nrɛ-ho-la ye.’
‘Me-die me-di kɛ
Bɛ-nrɛ-ho-la bɛ-nrɛ-hwe yɛ bɛ-nrɛ-vi Ye ‘lɔ-lɛ nwo.’
Ɔ-ti nyia die-di.
Nya-me-nle ku-lo wɔ.
Ɔ-ku-lo wɔ.
(NDOAZO)
Bɛ-hɛ-lɛ kɛ: ‘Me ti ɛ-ba-nwu a-ma-ne-ɛ—
Nya-me-nle a-ti.
‘No-ko wɔ ɛ-hye mɔ a-nu bɔ-bɔ ɛ-lɛ-di ko-nim’—
O, ko-nim-li-lɛ.
(NLIEZO)
‘Me-die me-di kɛ
E-wu-le a-nzɛɛ a-ra-ne yɛɛ tu-mi ɛ-nrɛ-ho-la ye.’
‘Me-die me-di kɛ
Bɛ-nrɛ-ho-la bɛ-nrɛ-hwe yɛ bɛ-nrɛ-vi Ye ‘lɔ-lɛ nwo.’
‘Me-die me-di kɛ
E-wu-le a-nzɛɛ a-ra-ne yɛɛ tu-mi ɛ-nrɛ-ho-la ye.’
‘Me-die me-di kɛ
Bɛ-nrɛ-ho-la bɛ-nrɛ-hwe yɛ bɛ-nrɛ-vi Ye ‘lɔ-lɛ nwo.’
Ɔ-ti nyia die-di
Nya-me-nle ku-lo wɔ.
