00 ENG - 38 | EDO TEXTS.
01 AGH - uzo ya | ọ wẹ irẹn rọnmwẹn, | ẹrhue(?), | esi, | ede,
01 EDO - uzoya | o͉wine͉no͉me, | e͉rhue, | esi, | ede,
02 ENG - uzo went, | she said she did not marry ; | eruhe, | bush pig, | hartebeest,
03 AGH - ení ; | ọ wẹ irẹn rọnmwẹn, | iran na . a (?) irẹn ;
03 EDO - eni ; | o͉wine͉no͉me | inana . aninye ;
04 ENG - elephant ; | she said she did not marry | they begged her ;
05 AGH - i kue ; | udin | ọ na wẹ mẹ, | i gha yo, | mẹ ọ rhie ẹre ;
05 EDO - i̽kwi ; | udi | o͉nawęme, | iga̯iyo, | me͉morhie͉le ;
06 ENG - I don't agree ; | palm tree | said, I, | I will go, | I take her ;
07 AGH - ohoge u ta ; | ọ na muegbe ; | ọ ke do rhie ukpọn ; | ọ ke zẹ eto ;
07 EDO - ohogota ; | o͉namwegbe ; | o͉ke͉dorhukmo͉ñ ; | o͉ke͉zeto ;
08 ENG - "you lie" ; | he got ready ; | he took cloth ; | he did his hair ;
09 AGH - ọ na . a khian ; | ọ ghi sẹ evba | ọ na wẹ ido ; | wẹ do rhie ;
09 EDO - o͉na . axia ; | o͉giseva | o͉nawido ; | wedorhie ;
10 ENG - he went ; | when he got there he said to Ido ; you, I come take ;
11 AGH - wa ya mẹ ru ? | i+ gha rọnmwẹn (?) ; | mẹ mẹ rọnmwẹn uwẹ ?
11 EDO - wa̯iyame͉lu ? | i͉galo͉mo ; | me͉me͉lo͉muwe ?
12 ENG - What you take me do ? | "I marry you" ; | "You marry me ?"
13 AGH - u ma rọnmwẹn mẹ | ghẹ ghi rri ofigbọn ; | ghẹ ghẹ kpolo owa.
13 EDO - u̽malo͉me͉me͉ | ge͉gi͉riofi͉gmo͉ñ ; | ge͉ge͉kpo͉lowa.
14 ENG - "If you don't marry me ; | don't eat palm oil ; | don't sweep house."
15 AGH - Ọ na wẹ | i gha rọnmwẹn ; | i mwẹẹn ẹtin wua figbọn ; | ne i gha ya owẹe kpolo
15 EDO - O͉nawę̀ | i̽galo͉mo ; | i͉me͉̽tiwafigmo͉ñ ; | niga̯iyowe͉kpolo ;
16 ENG - She said ; | I will marry ; | I can't forbid oil ; | let me take broom,
17 ENG - sweep ;
18 AGH - ọ na rhie ghe rrie ; | ọ ke do sẹ owa ; | ọ na tota ; | ọ na wẹ
18 EDO - o͉narhiegarie ; | o͉ke͉dosowa ; | o͉natota ; | o͉nawę̀
19 ENG - she took it and went ; | she went home ; | she sat down ; | he said
20 AGH - ọ na gha rhie (?) ; | ne a ghẹ rhie ; | ọ na va ẹko ;
20 EDO - o͉nagarhiehi ; | niage͉rhie ; | o͉nava̯iko ;
21 ENG - he would keep her ; | let them not take her ; | he cut his belly
22 AGH - ọ na laọ ; | umaranmwẹn de wu.
22 EDO - o͉nalalǫ ; | umalemedewu.
23 ENG - she went inside ; | my story falls down dead.
24 ENG - XIII.
25 AGH - Emẹ | Ogiso | emẹ na wẹ, | ọtio ne wu ;
25 EDO - Eme͉̽l' | Ogiso | eme͉̽nawę̀, | o͉tionewu ;
26 ENG - Monkey | to Ogiso | monkey said, | his brother was dead ;
27 AGH - ọ na wẹ Ogiso, | lahọ, | i (?) ya ree ; | rhie (?) ;
27 EDO - o͉nawOgiso, | lahǫ, | ihiyale͉le͉ ; | rhiekebeme ;
28 ENG - he said to Ogiso, | I beg you, | I go bury him ; | give me rump ;
29 AGH - ne i rhie (?) | ye otọ ; | bu amwenbọ (Esago) ;
29 EDO - ni͉rhiogo͉lǫ | yotǫ ; | bwamebǫ (Esago) ;
30 ENG - let me put my tail | down ; | "go to servant, to my wife" ;
31 ENG - [i.e., Esago]
