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A GHA WU, ARIE

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A khare wẹ, ei mwẹn a ma wu kevbe wẹ, a ma khuọnmwin,

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ai wu. Ọmwan nọ khuọnmwin kpẹ, ọ ma fe, tọ gha wu rhun-

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mwunda, uwu ọ ghi sik' ọre sẹ.

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A gha wu a rie,

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Uwu ma rẹn ọgie;

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A gha wu a rie,

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Ẹko ma-rẹn oya;

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A gha wu a rie,

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Emianmwẹn ma-rẹn egbe nọ riẹe.

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A gha wu a rie,

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Ogiuwu ọ gb' ọmwan rie ase;

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A gha wu a rie,

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Ẹdẹ uwu i họn ẹbo;

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A gha wu a rie,

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Ẹdẹ uwu iro fo.

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Sọkpan, ta nerhunmwun na wu uwu ọmwanta n' iyeke ghe

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khọ ọmwan n' iyeke ọmwan vbe gha ma vberiọ. I yayi gh' imẹ

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gha wu uwu ọmwanta vb' ẹtin Osanobua. Vb' igiẹmwin, vbe

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February 1949, nọwanrẹn E.F. Akpata ke ghi khamamwẹn wẹ,

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'rẹn r' imina vb' asọn ọkpa a ke ghi rhie irẹn y' uko n' urho

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erinmwin ọfumwegbe n' irẹn gha viọ emwan-esi nihuarẹn la

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owa: n' emwan-dan ghẹ la owa. Ọ wẹ, vb' ọwarọkpa ni i ke

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gha de ni do la owa sokpan, 'rẹn na gha y' obọ damwẹn yi ni ghe

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la owa. Ọ wẹ, iran ni r' ariọba erinmwin ni hia ghi deghẹre iran

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na tu kankankan wẹ: Ghẹ dae-yi, ghẹ dae-yi. Giẹe la owa; usun

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emwan kpataki vbe ne Jacob Egharevba ye, ọre a ho nọ la owa.

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Ọ wẹ k'ederiọ gha de, t' irẹn ghi ghemwẹn vb' ọmwan nọhu-

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anrẹn. N' Osa gele giẹe gha ye riọ--isẹ.

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Ọgiuwu n' ukọ ẹmwanta, ẹi gh' ọmwan aro hiehie. Vbe nọ

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tie ogie, erio o tie ọkhaẹmwẹn; vbe nọ tie ọdafẹn, eriọ ọ tie

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ivbiogue, vbe nọ tie ikpia, eriọ ọ tie ikhuo, vbe nọ tie ediọn, eriọ

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ọ tie ibiẹ.

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Banban-na nia, ti ghi khẹ ẹghẹ k' ẹghẹ kevbe wẹ, i gha rẹre

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kie nuẹn vbu gha s' obọ vb' urho do rhiemwẹn gha rie ariọba

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erinmwin ọfunmwegbe ni vbe na tae ya. Ogiuwoun' uko emwa-

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nta nọ r' ọse emwan n' okieke, ọ khin ẹghẹ ni o.

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