[1] Al-insaan wildatah mara wa umrah gisayyir wa chabʼaan // be taʼab.
[2] Hu misil al-zuhuur, yilfattah wa yiʼaffin wa misil al-dull al-yufuut ma yitawwil.
[3] Wa be da kula, inta gaaʼid tiraakhibah ! Wa tiwaddiini nichchaaraʼo maʼaak.
[4] Yaatu yagdar yamrug al-taahir // min al-nijis ? Ma fi !
[5] Al-insaan umrah muhaddad wa inta gattaʼt leyah chuhuur wa anteetah wakit ma yagdar // yufuutah.
[6] Khalaas, ma tiraakhibah ! Khalli yinjamma le yafrah misil farhit al-muʼajjar // fi aakhir khidimtah.
[7] Al-chadara indaha acham. Kan yagtaʼooha, battaan tugumm wa tadrub.
[8] Hatta kan uruugha tawwalo fi l-ard wa dumburha maat fi l-turaab kula,
[9] min hi chammat al-almi, tikhaddir wa tisawwi furuuʼ misil chadara al-gammat dahaabha.
[10] Wa laakin al-insaan yumuut wa yintahi wa kan ruuhah maragat, battaan ma fi cheyy !
[11] Almi yikammil min al-bahar wa l-bahar yaybas wa yijiff.
[12] Al-insaan kan maat, ma yugumm. Lahaddi al-sama yabga ma fiih, hu ma yilharrak wa la yugumm min noomah.
[13] Ana nitmanna tilabbidni fi l-khabur wa tukhuttini lahaddi khadabak yufuut wa tagtaʼ leyi wakit al-foogah tizzakkarni.
[14] Achaan al-insaan kan maat, yaji walla ? Fi kulla wakit taʼabi, ana narja lahaddi khidimti tikammil // wa nufuut.
[15] Khalaas, inta tinaadiini wa ana nurudd leek wa inta tichtaag leyi ana khidmit iideenak.
[16] Hassaʼ, inta gaaʼid tiraakhib khatwaati wa laakin baʼadeen ma tichiif zanbi.
[17] Wa tidiss isyaani fi balʼuum wa tarbutah wa tastur khataayi.
[18] Wa laakin al-jabal yagaʼ wa yilfatfat wa l-hajar yilhawwal min bakaanah.
[19] Almi yigaddim al-hajar wa l-seel yichiil ajaaj al-ard. Wa be misil da, inta tagtaʼ acham al-insaan.
[20] Wa inta takhlibah wa hu yajri le l-abad. Inta tikhayyir wijhah wa baʼad da, taturdah.
[21] Wa kan iyaalah induhum charaf, hu ma yaʼarfah. Wa kan humman aaybiin kula, ma indah khabar.
[22] Le nafsah bas hu yatʼab wa le ruuhah bas hu yahzan.