Asεm yi di ka, edi ka
hena bεka?
Me ara o, me ara,
εnnyε obiara o, me ara!

This talk has got to be spoken.*
Who will speak it?
I, myself
It is nobody else, I myself. 

Adwuma yi di yε, edi yε,
hena bεyε? Me ara...

This work has got to be done.
Who will do it? I myself…

Ɔbra yi di bɔ, edi bɔ,

This life has got to be lived,**

hena bεbɔ? Me ara...

Who will live this life? I myself…

Asεm yi be si ne
kwan mua me ara.
Adwuma yi be si ne
kwan mua me ara.
Ɔbra yi be si ne
kwan mua me ara.

For this talk to be spoken
rightly, I myself.
For this work to be done
the right way, I myself.
For this life to be lived
the right way, I myself.

Hena bεka? Hena bεyε?
Hena bεbɔ? Me ara ... 

This talk, this work,
This life, I myself…

*As in truth.
**As in living an exemplary life.