1 O Saate, nu faatuna fatɛɛ,

diekye dipii nkle mi diefĩ mi kafɔɔ.

2 Nyu nkpa nii, diekye lɛyɔ nwu ole di suoto lɛfɔ.

Yaa nii fale; diki kpɛmblatɛ lɛfɔ

wɔ nietika fɔ ni disi.

3 O Saate, nyɛɛ nyaami,

diekye nlɛɛ fɔ di dii kufĩ kumu.

4 Ta kpɛmblatɛ lɛfɔ awɛ suoto lɛyɔɔ,

O Saate, diekye afɔ

lɛtakatɛsa ɔkla nii lɛkyɔɔ.

5 O Saate, fale ɔyɔ ɔkyɛ, falɛ kafɔɔ,

fakpe lɛbɔmbɔ kpinwu fɛɛta bamuu ba ninlɛɛ fɔ nii.

6 O Saate, nu ɔlaa ɔpɛ nii;

kyɔɔ kaku nii atoko diɛta ni nyaami ɔnya.

7 Di dii le di ɔlaa letũ mi nii, kamalɛɛ fɔ,

diekye fabatuna fantɛɛ.

8 O Saate, di afiɔ nwu kamɛ, kuanwii nnaa fɛle afɔ;

ɔsaabla kuonwii nnaa kuakaatɛɛ ni ku ole fɔ.

9 O Saate, nnle be mmuu fɛɛbla ni,

mawa mamasumu di anu lɛfɔ;

man-yɔ dibu manta leyooto lɛfɔ.

10 Diekye feemuɔ, fɔɔbla kafɔɔ sɛsaabla se nimbla ni ɔkpɛ.

11 O Saate, tuo mi sisuku lɛfɔ,

ni kamakyɛ di onukwale lɛfɔ kamɛ;

tɛɛ otu wɔ ninansɛ ni,

alɛ kayɛkɛ leyooto lɛfɔ.

12 O Saate Yaa nii, kamatansa fɔ, ku otu nii omuu;

kamatansa leyooto lɛfɔ dinaa ni kaloo.

13 Diekye lɛbɔmbɔ lɛfɔ lemuɔ di suoto nii;

feediki mi feekyeko ɔkya kyofole kamɛ.

14 O Yaa, mba nintakatɛsa ni suoto katoo kodieko mi;

amumu bablatɛ dikudi komiɛ alɛ badiki nkpa nii-

batii ba ninaa ni dibu bɛɛta fɔ nii.

15 O Saate, kafɔɔ afɔ Yaa wɔ ninya ni nyaami fakpe ni sibualɛ fale,

ɔblɔ lɛfɔ nte buɛɛ, lɛbɔmbɔ mpɔ fɔ fakpe onukwale kafɔɔ.

16 Munikĩi fanyu mi faanyɛɛ nyaami kafɔɔ;

ta kpɛmblatɛ lɛfɔ osie lɛfɔ nwu

faadiki kpɛmblatɛ-sanko lɛfɔ obisuɔtɔbi.

17 Tɛɛ dibiene lɛfɔ nsũ lɛtɛsaa,

alɛ balo nii kanya ni, sinunsɔ nkpɛ ma,

O Saate, diekye afɔ niakyakaako mi feekpee mi kɔnɛɛ kaafutu.