A Prayer for Mercy
1 Lord, I look up to you,
up to heaven, where you rule.
2 As a servant depends on his master,
as a maid depends on her mistress,
so we will keep looking to you, O Lord our God,
until you have mercy on us.
3 Be merciful to us, Lord, be merciful;
we have been treated with so much contempt.
4 We have been mocked too long by the rich
and scorned by proud oppressors.
Alla la balafaa duwaaraŋo
Moolu ka ñiŋ suukuwo le laa, niŋ ì be Alla Batudulaa Buŋo* waliŋ na.
1 Yaawe*, n ñaa be ite le kaŋ santo,
ite meŋ be siiriŋ i la mansabaayaa kono Arijana.
2 Jonkewo jikoo ka tara a maarii kaŋ ñaameŋ,
aniŋ jommusoo fanaa,
ntolu jikoo be ite Yaawe, ǹ na Alla kaŋ wo le ñaama,
fo i si balafaa ǹ ye.
3 Yaawe, balafaa soto ǹ ye,
balafaa ǹ ye,
kaatu m̀ bulata jutunnayaa baa le kono.
4 Ntolu meeta toora la le,
moo kono faariŋolu la ñaawaliroo kaŋ,
aniŋ faŋ wara moolu la jutunnayaa kaŋ.
