Loo wiye mɛ nɛ ɖe ŋgʋ́ɖʋ́ mɛnaa,
Mam tam ɖɔkɩ se hɔlɩŋ fɛyʋ kaɖʋ naayɛ taa.
Ɖɔlʋ nɛyɛ kɩɖʋnɩɣ mɛ-ɖomaɣ fɛ fɛ,
Nɛ nɛyɛ nɩlʋ taa lɛ, mɛnɩɩnɩ kʋjɔʋ.
Nɛyɛ, nɛyɛ ɛɛ kɛ kʋjɔʋ kɩfɛyɩ nɔ,
Ɛɛ kɛ mɛ-sɔɔlɩm kɩbɛnʋ kɩlɛkɩŋ.
Ɖooo nɛ nɛyɛ yɔdɩ mɛ-hɩɖɛ kʋɖʋmʋʋ,
Mɛnɩnɩ mɛ-tɔm nɩyɛ nɛ mɛ-tɛwɛtʋ pɩtɩŋa.
Mɩnɩnɩ se alɩwaatʋ tɔŋ,
Mɛ-sɔlɩm nɛyɛ yɔ wɛkɩɣ.
Mɛsɔlɩɩ-ŋ, Alphonsine,
Se lɔlɩŋ sɔlɩɣ ɖɔlʋ kɩfamɩŋ.
Mɛsɔlɩ-ŋ kɩɖɛnɩ tɔm tɩŋa,
Kɩɖɛnɩ heeuu nɛ lɩm yɔ.
Mɛsɔlɩ-ŋ, mɛ-ʋsʋ,
Alɩwaatʋ ndʋ tɩŋa mɛsɔlɩ-ŋ ɖɔɖɔ.
Nɛ kɩsɛm kɩnɛ mɛ-tam naawʋ,
Ɛɛ nɛyɛ hɩɖɛ kɛ yɩ yɔɔdɩɣ.
Ɖooo nɛ nɛyɛ nɛ mɛ calɩɣ,
Ɛjaɖɛ kɛɖɛ fɛyʋ kɩbɛnʋ.
Nɛyɛ ŋgbɛyɛ kɛ kɩfaɖɛ,
Kɩɖʋnɩɣ mɛ-wezuu pɩtɩŋa.
Mɛlɩzɩɣ se mɛna nɛyɛ
Mɛ-tɛ alɩwaatʋ kɩbɛnʋ kɩlɛkɩŋ.
Nɩlɩm taa pɩtɩŋa nɛ pɩtɛzɩɣ,
Mɛnɩzɩɣ se mɛna mɛ-ɖɔlɩm tɔm ŋmaɣ.
Mɩnɩnɩ se lɩm ɛɛ naawʋʋ yaa heeuu wɛɛ,
Nɛyɛ ɛɛ kɛ mɛ-ɖomaɣ kɩbɛnʋ.
Nɛ kɩsɛm kɩnɛ lɩm pɩtɩŋa ɛɛ naawʋ,
Mɛ-sɔlɩm nɛyɛ yɔ ɛɛ tɛ.
Mɛsɔlɩ-ŋ, Alphonsine,
Nɛyɛ, mɛ-wezuu hɖʋ.
Mɛsɔlɩ-ŋ nɛ mɛ-tam ɛɛ yɔdɩɣ,
Nɛyɛ ɛɛ kɛ mɛ-hɩɖɛ kɩbɛnʋ.
Mɛsɔɔlɩ-ŋ kɩsɛm kɩnɛ kɩtɛzɩɣ,
Se alɩwaatʋ ndʋ tɩŋa mɛna nɛyɛ.
Nɛ mɛ-tam taa pɩtɩŋa nɛ pɩtɛzɩɣ,
Nɛyɛ hɩɖɛ ɛɛ cɔ
