MMRE Wↄ NTABAN

Menyἐ osuo abruboↄ

Nanso madi nna kakra wↄ asaase yi so

Agyinamoa ba, mani ti yἐ no,

Na afei na nhwin kuhaa a mmaa de siesie wↄn ho aba abibiman mu

Wↄn a wↄn nhuu bi da kaa sἐ, ἐyἐ Maame Wↄta tiriho nhwi na amanfo retↄn

Asↄfo mpanyinfo kasa tia wↄn a wↄhyἐ

Nnipa bebree kyiran wↄ a wↄhyἐ

Na amanfo bi nso daa Nyame ase sἐ wↄn annya mmaa ahoↄfefo

Nanso ἐnἐ yi, mmarima koraa na agye Maame Wↄta nhwi yi abↄ so

Yἐ nnka ho asἐm bio

Wei kyerἐ sἐ mmre wↄ ntaban

 

Afei, ade a yἐde ka y’ano so baa yἐ

Asↄfo sↄre kasa tia yἐ

Siniyifo de twa sini akἐse

Kyerἐ sἐnea ano ka yἐ abonsam nnyuma

Maame Wↄta a ↄda ne nsuo mu nyaa ne de

Mpaebↄfo bↄↄ mpayἐ tiatia ↄbonsam nnyuma so

Abrἐbiara a wↄn hunu mmaa a wↄn aka wↄn ano

Akununombi gyae wↄn yerenom

Ayerenom bi kaa se wↄn kununom yἐ kolo

Akununombi buroo wↄn yerenom

Nanso ἐnἐ yi, mmarima koraa ka wↄn ano wↄ ↄpἐ anamon so

 

Mmaa a wↄ hyἐ mmarima trↄsase baa yἐ

Mmarima nyina kↄↄ bἐn koro mu kaa se

Mmea pἐ sἐ wↄ gye wↄn tumi

Asↄfo kaa nsἐmpa a ἐkyerἐsἐ mmea mmrἐ wↄn ho ase mma wↄn kunu nom

Wↄka sii so se, trↄsase hyἐ yἐ abonsam de

Afei mmarima bi kaa se, mmea bi hyἐ trↄsase a

ἐyἐ nsↄhwἐ kἐse ma wↄn

Efirisἐ wↄn ahaamu nnipa sↄre sↄre gyina gyina hↄ pitii a wↄn mma wↄn kwan koraa

Aane, ebi de kata wↄn mmunaatoↄ so faa wↄn ho dii yἐ

Nanso mmea kↄↄso hyἐἐ yἐ,

Ano brἐἐ kasa,

Abἐ yἐ afἐfἐde wↄabibimanmu ἐnἐ yi

 

Enti mmre wↄ ntaban

Nea wo hunu no bↄne nnἐ yi

Bἐtumi ayἐ ade pa ↄkyena bi

Ntaade asene-asene baa yἐ

Abἐgye nhini.

Cigrἐtti hyeἐ baa yἐ

Abἐgyἐ nhini.

Nnↄmma bebree baa yἐ a abἐgye nhini

Efirisἐ mmrἐ wↄ ntaban

Etu kↄ ha, na atu aba ha

Engina faako da.

   Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © 2014.

 

 

This piece means time has wings. The persona goes on to tell her audience that many things were unacceptable in times past but have become so acceptable to a point of importance in modern times.

(Picture taken from The St Ignatius site.)