Short passage in Ewe:

Nukae dze be mawɔ?
(What should I do?)

Gbe ɖeka, esi menɔ alɔ̃ dɔm la, meku drɔ̃e aɖe.  Menɔ tsa ɖim va ɖo to aɖe ƒe
(One day whe I was sleeping, I had a dream.  I was walking, and my walk took me to

balime.  Le afima la, mege ɖe dzatawo dome.  Wonɔ ɣedzeƒe lɔƒo, afisi yim menɔ
a mountain valley.  There, I walked into a pack of lions.  They were to the east of where

la.  Metɔ enumake, dze ŋgɔ ɣetoɖoƒe, eye mede asi du sesẽ aɖe ƒuƒu me.  Dzatawo
I was going.  I stopped immediately, turned to the west, and then started running very very

kplɔm ɖo kple ŋusẽ, be yewoavuvum.  Nyemeƒu du de afi aɖeke hafi ke ɖe tɔsisi
fast.  The pack of lions chased me with all their hearts.  I didn't go far before I ran into a

ga aɖe, si ƒe tsiwo le bibim vlavlavla kple ŋusẽ la to o.
large river whose waters were moving "vlavlavla.")