Nnamfonom no daa nokorɛdie
1 O, sɛ anka woyɛ me nuabarima,
a ɔnom me na nufoɔ ɛ!
Sɛ merehu wo borɔno so a, anka mɛfe w’ano,
nso obiara remmu me animtia.
2 Anka mɛdi w’anim
de wo aba me na fie,
na woakyerɛkyerɛ me ɔdɔ,
na mama woanom nsa a wɔde aduhwam bi agu mu,
m’atoaa nsa no bi.
3 Ne benkum hyɛ me tiri ase,
na ne nifa yɛ me atuu.
4 Meka mo ntam, O Yerusalem mmammaa,
monnnyane ɔdɔ na monnhwanyane no,
gye sɛ ɔno ara pɛ ansa!
5 Hwan ne ɔbaa yi a ɔforo firi ɛserɛ so reba
a ɔtwere ne dɔfoɔ yi?
Menyanee wo aprɛ no ase,
ɛhɔ na wo na woo woɔ,
ɛhɔ na wo wofoɔ kyemeeɛ.
6 Fa me si w’akoma so sɛ nsɔanodeɛ,
fa me si wo basa so sɛ nsɔanodeɛ.
Na ɔdɔ yɛ den sɛ wuo,
ninkuntwe mu yɛ duru sɛ asamando,
ne nsramma yɛ ogya nsramma,
ogyaframa a ano yɛ den pa ara.
7 Nsuo pii ntumi nnum ɔdɔ,
na nsubɔntene ntumi nsram so;
sɛ obi de ne fie adedodoɔ nyinaa ma
de tɔ ɔdɔ mpo a,
wɔremmu no hwee.
8 Yɛwɔ onuabaa kumaa bi
a ɔmmobɔɔ nufoɔ.
Ɛdeɛn na yɛbɛyɛ ama yɛn nuabaa no
da a wɔbɛbisa n’aseɛ no?
9 Sɛ ɔyɛ ɔfasuo a,
yɛbɛto ne so dwetɛ aban,
na sɛ ɔyɛ ɛpono a,
yɛde tweneduro ntaaboɔ bɛbram ne ho.
10 Me deɛ, meyɛ ɔfasuo,
na me nufoɔ te sɛ aban atentene,
ɛno na meyɛɛ n’ani so sɛ
deɛ ɔde asomdwoeɛ ba.
11 Salomo wɔ bobeturo bi Baal-hamon,
ɔde bobeturo no maa ahwɛfoɔ,
sɛ n’aba nti wɔn nyinaa mmema no dwetɛ apem apem.
12 Me bobeturo a ɛyɛ me deɛ no wɔ m’anim;
apem no nyɛ wo deɛ, O Salomo,
na ahanu nyɛ n’aba ahwɛfoɔ deɛ.
13 O wo a wote nturo no mu no,
wo mfɛfoɔ retie wo nne;
ma mentie ɛ!
14 Fa ntɛm dwane, me dɔfoɔ,
na yɛ wo ho sɛ ɔtwe
anaa ɔforoteburuwa,
wɔ nnuhwam mmepɔ so.