Okwan Atware Asuo

[Olùkọ́ Ọbádélé]

¡kwan Atware Asuo

¡kwan atware asuo, [the path crosses the river]
asuo atware ¡kwan, [the river crosses the path]
¡panin ne hwan? [who is the elder?]
¡kwan atware asuo, [the path crosses the river]
asuo atware ¡kwan, [the river crosses the path]
¡panin ne hwan? [who is the elder?]
y¢b¡¡ kwan yi k¡too asuo no. [we created the path, encountering the river]
asuo yi firi tete. [this river is from ancient times]
asuo yi firi ¡domankoma ¡b¡ade¢ [this river is from The Beneficent Creator]
¡domankoma b¡¡ ade¢ [The Beneficent One created a thing]
B¡reb¡re b¡¡ ade¢, [The Excavator created a thing]
¡b¡¡ de¢b¢n? [S/he created which thing]
¡domankoma b¡¡ ade¢; [The Beneficent One created a thing]
B¡reb¡re b¡¡ ade¢, [The Excavator created a thing]
¡b¡¡ ¢s¢n. [S/he created the court crier]
¡b¡¡ kyer¢ma. [S/he created the drummer]
¡b¡¡ ¡kyere kwao awua ba brafo titire [S/he created the chief executioner]
¡brafo titire maakye oo, [chief executioner good morning]
maakye, ¡k¢se¢. [good morning, great one]
akok¡ b¡n an¡pa, [the rooster crows in the morning]
akok¡ tua b¡n an¡pa nhemanhema. [the rooster crows early in the morning]
meresua; momma menhu. [I am learning, you (pl.) should allow me to see]
meresua; momma menhu. [I am learning, you (pl.) should allow me to see]