Ɖ uɖr tū, slît er n prjñ fîr,
R bʈ wɖ ɖi, ẃrvr I abîd;
Ɖ frst mî ʈōt, ɖ uɖr mî dzîr,
Ɖz preznt-absnt

wɖ swift mośn slîd.

Fr ẃn ɖz qcr elimnts r gn
In tndr emḅsi v luv t ɖi,
Mî lîf, biyñ md v for, wɖ tū alon
Sncs dǎn t deʈ, oprest wɖ meḷnc̣li;
Untl lîf’s compziśn b rkrd
Bî ɖoz swift mesinjrz rtrnd fṛm ɖi,
Hu īvn bt nǎ cm bac agn, aśurd
V ɖî fer hlʈ, rcǎntñ it t m:
Ɖs tld, I jô; bt ɖen no longr glad,
I snd ɖm bac agn n stret gro sad.