Ɔdɔfoɔ no ahoɔfɛ
1 Hwɛ, wo ho yɛ fɛ, me dɔfoɔ,
hwɛ, wo ho yɛ fɛ,
na w’aniwa yɛ aborɔnoma ani,
w’anim nkatanim mu.
Wo nwi te sɛ mmirekyikuo
a wɔsiane wɔ Gilead bepɔ ho.
2 Wo se te sɛ nnwanten bereɛ
a wɔatwitwa wɔn nwi a wɔfiri adwareeɛ
a wɔn nyinaa awowo ntanta,
na deɛ wabu kyene nni wɔn mu.
3 W’anofafa te sɛ koogyan homa,
na w’anomu kasa yɛ dɛ.
W’asontorɔ mu te sɛ atoaa aba fa,
w’anim nkatanimu mu.
4 Wo kɔn si so teateawa
sɛ Dawid abantenten
a akyɛm nketenkete apem sensɛne ho,
ne nyinaa yɛ nnɔmmarima akyɛm.
5 Wo nufo mmienu
te sɛ atweburuwa nta
a wɔdidi sukooko mu.
6 Mɛkɔ kurobo bepɔ
ne ohwamfufuo kokoɔ no so
akɔsi sɛ onwunu bɛdwoɔ,
na sunsum bɛyera.
7 Wo ho nyinaa yɛ fɛ, me dɔfoɔ,
na ɛdɛm biara nni wo ho.
8 M’ayeforɔ, ɛne me mfiri Lebanon,
ɛne me mfiri Lebanon nkɔ,
na yɛmfiri Amana atifi,
Senir ne Hermon atifi,
agyata tenabea, asebɔ mmepɔ so, nhwɛ fam.
9 Woafa m’akoma, me nuabaa, m’ayeforɔ,
wode w’aniwa a wode hwɛɛ me no afa m’akoma
ne wo kɔn mu ntweaban baako.
10 Sɛdeɛ wo dɔ si yɛ dɛ, me nuabaa, m’ayeforɔ,
sɛdeɛ wo dɔ si yɛ dɛ sene nsa,
na wo sradehwam hwa sene duhwam biara.
11 W’ano sosɔ ɛwomono, m’ayeforɔ,
ɛwoɔ ne nufosuo wɔ wo tɛkyerɛma ase,
na wo ntadeɛ mu hwa te sɛ Lebanon hwa.
12 Me nuabaa, m’ayeforɔ yɛ turo a woato ano pono mu,
nsuo aniwa a wɔasi ano kwan, ne asubura a wɔasɔ ano.
13 Wo mman yɛ atoaa aba
ne nnuaba a ɛwɔ boɔ turo,
ahuahaa ne nnuannua ahodoɔ,
14 nnuannua ne nkuto, bɛwewonua ne pɛprɛ
ne ohwamfufuo nnua nyinaa,
kurobo ne dupapo
ne nnuhwam atitire nyinaa;
15 nturo mu asubura, mmasuo aniwa
ne nsuwansuwa a ɛfiri Lebanon so sene.
16 Atifi fam mframa, sɔre,
na anafoɔ mframa nso,
bra bɛbɔ me turo mu,
ma ne nnuhwam nsosɔ.
Ma me dɔfoɔ mmra ne turo mu,
na ɔnni mu nnuaba a ɛwɔ boɔ no.