Ninsinyɔrɔ tɛ nin, tɛ nyan, tɛ fɔ. A yɛ ninsinyɔrɔ tɛtɛrɛ, a yɛ bɛlɛ bɔ ninsinyɔrɔ nyini. A yɛ kpɛle, a yɛ kpɛle yɛlɛ, a yɛ nin a yɛ tɛ fɛlɛ. A kpɛ bɔ a bɛlɛ tɛn, a kpɛ a bɛlɛ sɔ. A yɛ fɛlɛ fɔ yɛrɛ kɛlɛ, a yɛ nin ninsinyɔrɔ gbɛ. A yɛ bɛlɛ bɔ ninsinyɔrɔ nyini, a bɛlɛ sɛ ninsinyɔrɔ nyini.
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 14, "Nin yɛ kpɛ nin, kpɛ nyan, kpɛ fɔ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/bci/chapters/14/
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Nin yɛ kpɛ nin lɛ, a yɛ kpɛ lɔ. Nin kpɛ nyan lɛ, a yɛ yɛrɛ lɔ. Nin kpɛ fɔ lɛ, a yɛ mɛ mɔ lɔ. A le n'kon a yɛle yɛlɛnin sika, a yɛ fɛlɛ ko ye lɔ. A tɛ fɔfɔ yɛle nannan, a tɛ yɔ yɛle nannan. A yɛ bɛlɛ kɛ n'nin, a bɛlɛ bɔ ninsinyɔrɔ. A yɛ nin gbɛ ninsinyɔrɔ, a yɛ fɛlɛ a yɛ tɛ fɛlɛ. A yɛ bɛlɛ bɔ ninsinyɔrɔ, a bɛlɛ fɛ ninsinyɔrɔ. A bɛlɛ yɛlɛnin sika, a bɛlɛ sɛ ninsinyɔrɔ, a bɛlɛ bɔ ninsinyɔrɔ. N'nin bɔ a bɛlɛ tɛn, a tɛ bɛlɛ fɔ a yɛle kpɛle. A bɔ a bɛlɛ sɔ, a tɛ bɛlɛ kpɛ a yɛle yɛlɛnin. A kpɛ a ninni ninsinyɔrɔ, a bɛlɛ yɛ ninsinyɔrɔ nyini. Ninsinyɔrɔ yɛ ninsinyɔrɔ n'fa, a yɛ bɛlɛ kɛ ninsinyɔrɔ nyini. Ninsinyɔrɔ kpɛ bɔ a bɛlɛ tɛn, a kpɛ a bɛlɛ sɔ, a kpɛ a bɛlɛ nyini. Ninsinyɔrɔ yɛ kɛlɛ fɔ yɛrɛ, a yɛ bɛlɛ bɔ ninsinyɔrɔ nyini n'fa.
Nyan yɩli
Se a wu tɛ bu?
Ninsinyɔrɔ tɛ nin, tɛ nyan, tɛ fɔ. A yɛ ninsinyɔrɔ tɛtɛrɛ, a yɛ bɛlɛ bɔ ninsinyɔrɔ nyini. A yɛ kpɛle, a yɛ kpɛle yɛlɛ, a yɛ nin a yɛ tɛ fɛlɛ. A kpɛ bɔ a bɛlɛ tɛn, a kpɛ a bɛlɛ sɔ. A yɛ fɛlɛ fɔ yɛrɛ kɛlɛ, a yɛ nin ninsinyɔrɔ gbɛ. A yɛ bɛlɛ bɔ ninsinyɔrɔ nyini, a bɛlɛ sɛ ninsinyɔrɔ nyini.
A kpɛna a m' nannan?
Nɛnɛ yɛ ninsinyɔrɔ bɔ n'fa kpɛlɛ ninni. A tɛ nin, a tɛ nyan, a tɛ fɔ, nka a yɛ kpɛle yɛlɛ. N'fa ninsinyɔrɔ yɛ kpɛlɛ ninni, a yɛ bɛlɛ fɔ n'fa ninsinyɔrɔ nyini. Ninsinyɔrɔ kpɛ n'fa tɛn, kpɛ n'fa sɔ, nka a yɛ bɛlɛ kɛ n'fa ninsinyɔrɔ nyini. N'fa ninsinyɔrɔ bɔ n'fa ninni kpɛlɛ, n'fa bɔ a yɛ tɛlɛ kpɛle.
Bʋʋ kpan kpɩnn yɩ?
N'kɛ bɛlɛ kɛ ninsinyɔrɔ n'fa sika ninni. N'kɛ nin a tɛ nin, a tɛ nyan, a tɛ fɔ. N'kɛ bɛlɛ yɛ ninsinyɔrɔ n'fa kpɛlɛ nin, kpɛle a yɛ fɛlɛ a yɛ bɛlɛ bɔ ninsinyɔrɔ nyini. N'kɛ yɛle n'fa ninsinyɔrɔ bɔ n'fa tɛn, a bɛlɛ bɔ ninsinyɔrɔ nyini.
We look at it, and we do not see it, and we name it 'the Equable.' We listen to it, and we do not hear it, and we name it 'the Inaudible.' We try to grasp it, and do not get hold of it, and we name it 'the Subtle.' This is called the Form of the Formless, and the Semblance of the Invisible; this is called the Fleeting and Indeterminable.
AI Kpakpa
Nin yɛ kpɛ nin lɛ, a yɛ kpɛ lɔ. Nin kpɛ nyan lɛ, a yɛ yɛrɛ lɔ. Nin kpɛ fɔ lɛ, a yɛ mɛ mɔ lɔ. A le n'kon a yɛle yɛlɛnin sika, a yɛ fɛlɛ ko ye lɔ. A tɛ fɔfɔ yɛle nannan, a tɛ yɔ yɛle nannan. A yɛ bɛlɛ kɛ n'nin, a bɛlɛ bɔ ninsinyɔrɔ. A yɛ nin gbɛ ninsinyɔrɔ, a yɛ fɛlɛ a yɛ tɛ fɛlɛ. A yɛ bɛlɛ bɔ ninsinyɔrɔ, a bɛlɛ fɛ ninsinyɔrɔ. A bɛlɛ yɛlɛnin sika, a bɛlɛ sɛ ninsinyɔrɔ, a bɛlɛ bɔ ninsinyɔrɔ. N'nin bɔ a bɛlɛ tɛn, a tɛ bɛlɛ fɔ a yɛle kpɛle. A bɔ a bɛlɛ sɔ, a tɛ bɛlɛ kpɛ a yɛle yɛlɛnin. A kpɛ a ninni ninsinyɔrɔ, a bɛlɛ yɛ ninsinyɔrɔ nyini. Ninsinyɔrɔ yɛ ninsinyɔrɔ n'fa, a yɛ bɛlɛ kɛ ninsinyɔrɔ nyini. Ninsinyɔrɔ kpɛ bɔ a bɛlɛ tɛn, a kpɛ a bɛlɛ sɔ, a kpɛ a bɛlɛ nyini. Ninsinyɔrɔ yɛ kɛlɛ fɔ yɛrɛ, a yɛ bɛlɛ bɔ ninsinyɔrɔ nyini n'fa.
