Z it fr fir t wet a wido’z î,
Ɖt ɖǎ cnsymst ɖîslf in sngl lîf?
Ā! f ɖǎ iśūlis ślt hap t dî,
Ɖ wrld wl weil ɖi lîc a meclis wîf;
Ɖ wrld wl b ɖî wido n stl wīp
Ɖt ɖǎ no form v ɖi hst left bhnd,
Ẃn evri prîṿt wido wel me cīp
Bî ćildṛn’z îz,

hr huzbnd’z śep in mînd:

Lc ẃt an unʈrift in ɖ wrld dʈ spend
Śifts bt hiz ples,

fr stl ɖ wrld injôz it;

Bt byti’z west hʈ in ɖ wrld an end,
N cept unyzd ɖ yzr so dstrôz it.
No luv twd uɖrz in ɖt bŭzm sits
Ɖt on himslf sć mrdṛs śem cmits.