,
"Tete Wo Mma" ji lalawiemɔ ko.
Lalawiemɔ lɛ yɛ wiemɔ lɛ ji Akan.
Shishinumɔ
"Tete Wo Mmma" tsɔɔ tsɔse o bii tɛŋŋ.
Tsɔse o bii dzogbaa.
Tsɔse o bii tamɔ asrafonyo ko.
Gbele mɛ akɛ mɔfiamɔ.
Tsɔɔ o binuui kɛ biyooi nutsumɔi wa.
E baawa amɛ yɛ hishilɛɛ kpapa ko.
Tsɔse amɛ dzogbaa mli teemɔŋnii.
Hishilɛɛ yɛ ŋmɛlɛtswaai kpapa kɛ ŋmɛlɛtswaai gbonyo.
Gbɔmɛi oti nyɛ gbeeshi trukaa.
Nnyɛn wɔn te sɛ ahenfie abosom
Efirisɛ onipa biara wɔ owuo buo mu
…ɛɛtwɛn ɛda owuo bɛyi no akɔto ne pono so
…adwedwa
b
Ma wo ba barima nhunu sɛ efie adwuma hia
Ma wo ba baa nhunu sɛ sika adwuma hia
…ɛma no mpiri mɔdenmɔ wɔ n’adaeso mu
Nhyɛ wɔn babee
Efirisɛ onipa biara wɔ owuo buo mu
…ɛɛtwɛn ɛda a owuo bɛyi no akɔto ne pono so
…adwedwa
d
Ɛsan nni nyiyimuu
Ɛsan ani sa onipa biara
Enti tete wo ba yie, sie
Na ontumi nhwɛ fie
Sɛ ɛsan bɔ no kɔto amaniɛ mu a
Abrabɔ yɛ afrosaniɛ
Wɔn a wɔwɔ soro no tumi pa hwe fɔm
…mpatupru
Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © June 19, 2020