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E Nwere Ugwu Dị n’Ebe Dị Anya
E Nwere Ugwu Dị n’Ebe Dị Anya
1. Enwer’ugwu dị n’eb’anya,
N’ezi’mgbidi’obodo,
Ebe’akpọgbur’ ezi’Onyenw’ayị,
Nke nwur’ịzọt’ayị.
2. Anyi’amaghị, nweghị’ke’ịkọ
Mgbu’Ọ nagidere,
M’ayị kwere n’ọbụ n’ihi’anyị
O koro n’elu’obe.
3. Onweghị’onye dị mma zuru
Ị kw’ụgwọ nke mmehie.
Nanị ya g’akpọgh’ụzọ’ahụ
Nk’igwe ma kpọbat’ayị.
4. Ọ hụr’ayị n’anya n’ezi’okwu!
M’ayị g’ahụ ya n’anya,
Tụkwas’obin’ọbar’a ya
Jisi ’ke lụ’ọlụya.
Isi-okwu:Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818–1895
Egwu:John H. Gower, 1855–1922