[1] Wa khalaas, Alifaaz al-min balad Teemaan chaal al-kalaam wa gaal :
[2] Hal al-hakiim yurudd be ilim al-jaayi min al-riih walla ? Wa yanfukh batnah be riih al-sabaah walla ?
[3] Hu yidaafiʼ le nafsah be kalaam // ma mufiid wa be hije al-ma indah faayde.
[4] Inta zaatak battalt makhaafat al-Rabb wa tallaft al-ibaada giddaamah.
[5] Achaan khataak lazza khachmak yikallim wa inta hajjeet be lisaan al-najaada.
[6] Wa khachmak bas sawwaak khaati, // ma ana ! Wa lisaanak bas chahad foogak !
[7] Inta awwal naadum wildook walla ? Inta jiit fi l-dunya gabul al-jibaal walla ?
[8] Hal simiʼt sirr al-Rabb walla ? Hal chilt al-hikma leek inta wiheedak walla ?
[9] Chunu al-inta taʼarfah wa aniina ma naʼarfuuh ? Chunu al-inta fihimtah wa aniina ma fihimnaah ?
[10] Fi usutna, fiyah naas suufhum abyad wa chiyyaab wa siniinhum ziyaada // min siniin abuuk !
[11] Sabbiriin al-Rabb chiyya leek walla ? Wa hannisiinna chiyya leek walla ?
[12] Maala galbak yiwaddirak wa l-zaʼal yinchaaf fi uyuunak ?
[13] Maala tiwajjih khadabak le l-Rabb wa tamrug al-kalaam da // min khachmak ?
[14] Chunu Bani Adam, lahaddi yuguul hu saafi ? Hu al-wildatah mara, lahaddi yuguul hu saalih ?
[15] Al-Rabb ma yiʼaamin malaaʼikatah wa l-samaawaat kula giddaamah // ma saafiyiin.
[16] Kan misil da, kikkeef al-insaan al-yisawwi al-haraam wa l-rachwa yabga saafi, hu al-yichiif al-fasaala hayne leyah misil charaab almi ?
[17] Ana nikhabbirak, asmaʼni ! Wa l-ana chiftah, niʼooriik beyah.
[18] Al-hakiimiin kallamo wa ma labbado al-cheyy al-jaayi // min juduudhum.
[19] Leehum humman bas, antaahum al-balad wa abadan ajnabi ma dakhal fi usuthum.
[20] Daahu al-aasi yilʼazzab fi kulla muddit hayaatah. Aywa, siniin siid al-unuf mahsuubiin.
[21] Udneeyah yasmaʼo hiss mukhiif wa fi wakt al-salaam bas, al-mukharrib yaji leyah.
[22] Al-aasi ma yisaddig kadar yamrug // min al-dalaam, wa l-seef gaaʼid yiraakhibah.
[23] Hu yabga maʼaach le l-suguura wa yaʼarif kharaabah muʼakkad // fi yoom al-dalaam.
[24] Al-diige wa l-taʼab yabhatooh // wa yakhlubuuh misil malik yakhlib udwaanah.
[25] Achaan hu dagga sadrah le l-Rabb. Aywa ! Gamma didd al-Gaadir.
[26] Hu gawwa raasah wa jara aleyah, be daragatah al-takhiine.
[27] Achaan chuduugah waarmiin // min al-chaham wa sulbah bigi ariid wa samiin.
[28] Hu sakan fi mudun al-mudammariin aywa, fi buyuut al-kharbaaniin al-gariib yabgo koom hana turaab.
[29] Wa laakin hu ma yakhna wa khunaayah ma yitawwil wa maalah ma yiziid fi l-ard.
[30] Hu ma yamrug min al-dalaam wa ambalbaala tiyabbis bizirtah wa riih al-Rabb tichiilah.
[31] Khalli ma yiʼaamin be l-kidib, hu al-yukhuchch nafsah, achaan al-kidib yabga maahiiytah.
[32] Wa da yilhaggag gabul ma yikammulu ayyaamah. Hu misil chadara al-firiʼha abadan ma yikhaddir.
[33] Wa hu misil chadarat inab al-yidaffugu iyaalha khudur wa misil chadarat zaytuun al-nuwwaarha yidaffig.
[34] Aywa, mujtamaʼ al-kuffaar ma yijiibu iyaal wa l-naar taakul khiyam siyaad al-rachwa.
[35] Al-yakhlab be l-taʼab yijiib al-charr wa yalda al-khachch.