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.
A Song of degrees.
1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
