1. Ta-te O-ve u tji-w’a-vi-he,

Tji mba ra-ra na tji me pe-ndu-ka.

O-mu-ti-ma no-me-ri-pu-ra wa-ndje,

Na-vi-he mbi me hu-ngi-re,

U vi tji-wa.

Tji mba ri me-zu-mo ra-ma-ma,

Ka-pe-na mbya ho-re-ke-rwe ko-ve.

O-u-ṋe-po wa-ndj’O-ve we u mu-na.

Me ta-nga o-u-ne-ne

no-ma-sa wo-ye.

O-u-no-ngo wo-ye ka-u va-ze-wa.

Mo-mui-nyo wa-ndje mbi tji-wa na-wa.

Na-ndi mba ko-ve-rwa i o-nḓo-re-ra,

O-nḓo-re-ra ko-ve o-ndje-re-ra.

Me ṱa-ra pi ko-ve, Je-ho-va?

Me he-ne-ne ku tji-ṋe Mu-ho-na?

Na-nd’e i ke-yu-ru poo mo-ma-ye-ndo,

Mo-nḓo-re-ra, mo-ku-va-re,

mo ndji mu-nu.