Bere aka gị elu, anyanwụ anaghị echee (Roll up your sleeves, the sun won’t wait)

Were ọchị were ọrụ, mmụọ nke ịdị n’otu (Work as you laugh, that’s the spirit of unity)

Anyị na-akpọkọ, ha na-erite uru (We gather and labor, but they are the ones who profit)

Were ike guzo, n’ihi na ha ga-akụ gị (Stand strong, because they will strike you if you don’t)

Kwe ka ibu (Believe in your strength. Affirm your might)

gba mbọ na-akwalị (hardship builds you up)

Nọ kọwa ike (Stay steady in your power)

Ọnya na-akwalị ọkpụkpụ gị (Pain strengthens your bones)

Anyanwụ daa n’ọdịda, anyị ka na-akụ ala (The sun sets westward, yet we still dig)

Anyị niile n’ahụhụ, ma anyị kụala n’ike nna. (We all suffer, but we dig with the strength of our fathers)

Anyị rụ Ụbọchị (we work the day)

Mmụọ anyị angị-ada (our spirits will not fall)

rụ Ụbọchị (we work the day)

Nkea mee anyị kama (This makes us better)

Ka ha ree anyị, cheta ezinụlọ gị (Though they sell us, remember your lineage)

Ha rụ anyị ruo ọnwụ, ma ezinụlọ ka na-dị (They work us to death, but our clan still remains)

Ejela azụ, ala nkwa ga-abịa n’oge (Do not give up, the promised land will surely come in time)

Ejela azụ, were amamihe dịka agu (Do not give up, be wise like the leopard)

Ku ala (dig the ground)

Ku ala (dig the ground)

Ku ala (dig the ground)

Dịka chi-ala (Like the spirit of the earth.)

Ku ala (dig the ground)

Ku ala (dig the ground)

Ku ala (dig the ground)

Dịka mmiri n’aga (Like flowing water)

Ike duzie anyị n’ọzọ (Strength leads us into freedom)

Ye ye ye ye