[1] Yaatu hakiim ? Wa yaatu al-yagdar yifassir // al-kalaam da ? Al-hikma tidawwi wijh al-insaan wa khalaas, yatlig wijhah al-karabah.
[2] Kan leyi ana, nuguul : Asmaʼ kalaam al-malik fi chaan al-haliife al-inta sawweetha // giddaam al-Rabb.
[3] Ma tissaʼjal wa taaba sultitah wa la tagiif didd kalaamah hatta kan hawaan kula. Achaan al-malik yisawwi kulla cheyy al-hu yidoorah.
[4] Kan hu yuguul chunu kula, hu bas al-malik ! Wa kan misil da, yaatu yagdar yuguul leyah : «Inta tisawwi chunu ?»
[5] Al-yitabbig amur al-malik ma yichiif minnah ayyi fasaala. Wa l-hakiim yaʼarif al-wakit al-munaasib wa kikkeef tukuun al-chariiʼa.
[6] Achaan le kulla cheyy fi wakit munaasib wa fi wakit le l-chariiʼa. Aywa, fasaalit al-insaan tabga khatiire leyah hu.
[7] Achaan hu ma yaʼarif al-cheyy al-yukuun. Wa yaatu yagdar yuguul leyah yabga misil da walla da ?
[8] Ma fi ayyi insaan yagdar yakrub ruuhah wa la insaan al-indah gudra // fi yoom mootah. Ma fi insaan indah hagg yamrug // min al-harib wa l-fasaala ma yinajji siidha.
[9] Wa kulla l-cheyy da, ana chiftah wakit fakkart fi kulla l-khidme al-gaaʼide tukuun fi l-ard. Fi wakit al-foogah al-insaan yamluk // fi l-insaan le yisawwi leyah al-fasaala.
[10] Wa misil da, ana chift al-fasliin dafanoohum fi l-khubuur be charaf. Wa awwal humman yamchu wa yaju min al-bakaan al-mukhaddas. Laakin fi l-madiina di, al-naas nisoohum. Wa da kula zaayil saakit.
[11] Al-ikhaab ma yinnaffaz ajala fi l-amal al-fasil. Wa be da, galb al-insaan fi daakhilah malaan be niiye hana sawwiyiin al-fasaala.
[12] Al-muznib yagdar yisawwi al-amal al-fasil alif marra wa yiʼiich yitawwil. Wa laakin be da kula, ana naʼarif kadar al-insaan al-yakhaaf // min al-Rabb yalga al-kheer achaan hu khaayif giddaamah.
[13] Laakin al-fasil ma yalga kheer wa ayyaam hayaatah yufuutu misil al-dull achaan hu ma khaayif // giddaam al-Rabb.
[14] Fi l-ard, fiyah cheyy al-zaayil saakit wa daahu al-cheyy da. Fi naas saalihiin, yiʼaamuluuhum misil yiʼaamulu al-fasliin. Wa fi naas fasliin, yiʼaamuluuhum misil yiʼaamulu al-saalihiin. Wa ana gult battaan : «Da kula zaayil saakit.»
[15] Khalli al-naas yiʼiichu be farah achaan akheer le l-insaan yalga al-akil wa l-charaab wa l-farah. Wa da yukuun maʼaayah fi khidimtah fi kulla ayyaam hayaatah fi l-ard al-antaaha leyah al-Rabb.
[16] Ana chilt niiye le naʼarif al-hikma wa nichiif al-chakhala al-gaaʼide tukuun fi l-ard. Achaan een al-insaan ma tunuum wa la leel wa la nahaar.
[17] Wa ana chift kulla amal al-Rabb. Wa l-insaan ma yagdar yaʼarif al-amal al-gaaʼid yukuun fi l-ard. Wa kan al-insaan yifattichah // be taʼab kula, ma yalgaah. Hatta kan al-hakiim yuguul yaʼarfah kula, hu ma yagdar yaʼarif cheyy !