[1] Ya wileedi, ahfad kalaami wa maʼaak, akrub wasiiyaati.
[2] Kan tidoor tiʼiich, ahfad wasiiyaati. Wa misil wald al-een, ahfad taʼliimi.
[3] Dissuhum misil khatam fi asaabʼak wa aktibhum fi galbak misil taktibhum fi looh.
[4] Guul le l-hikma : «Inti akhti !» Wa naadi al-fihim : «Ya gariibi !»
[5] Wa da yahfadak min al-mara al-zaaniye wa min mart al-raajil // be kilmitha al-haluuwe.
[6] Yoom waahid, ana waagif fi chubbaak beeti wa be faragaatah, gaaʼid nichiif barra.
[7] Ana chift waahid min al-juhhaal wa irift kadar hu sabi // al-ma yaʼarif cheyy.
[8] Hu faayit fi l-chaariʼ jamb bakaan al-zaaniye wa be bicheech, mutawajjih ale beetha.
[9] Wa fi l-yoom da be achiiye, wakt al-harraay wagaʼat // wa l-dalaam khatta,
[10] khalaas, al-mara maragat laagatah wa laabse lubaas hana l-charaamiit wa galibha malaan be l-khachch.
[11] Al-mara di, harkaane wa aasiye wa haffaafa, abadan ma tagood // fi l-beet.
[12] Marraat fi l-chaariʼ wa marraat fi l-nagaʼa wa fi ayyi bakaan hi kaajje charakha.
[13] Hi karabat al-sabi wa habbatah chadiid wa chaafatah fi uyuunah wa gaalat :
[14] «Taʼaal, indi laham fi l-beet achaan al-yoom, dabaht dahiiyat al-salaama al-aahadt beeha Allah.
[15] Wa fi chaan da, ana maragt le nifattichak wa ninaadiik. Wa daahu ligiitak !
[16] Wa farracht sariiri be bawaajo wa hariir mulawwan al-jaabooh min Masir.
[17] Wa attart furaachi be khumra wa dukhkhaan samukh wa sandal.
[18] Taʼaal narugdu sawa lahaddi l-sabaah wa narwu nufuusna be l-hubb.
[19] Achaan al-raajil ma fiih fi l-beet, hu khatar macha baʼiid.
[20] Hu chaal mukhlaatah hana l-fudda wa ma yaji illa fi bidaayit al-chahar.»
[21] Hi be katarat khachchaha, jabbadatah wa be kalaamha al-halu, jaabatah.
[22] Wa tawwaali hu taabaʼha misil kabich al-dahiiye aw misil khazaala al-tamchi // le l-charak
[23] lahaddi al-harba tatʼanha fi kibditha aw misil teeraay al-tagaʼ fi l-charak. Wa hu ma yaʼarif kadar da khatar le hayaatah.
[24] Wa hassaʼ da, asmaʼ ya wileedi wa khutt baalak le kalaami.
[25] Wa khalli galbak ma yitaabiʼ mara misil di wa la turuuh fi duruubha.
[26] Achaan hi ramat naas katiiriin dahaaya wa hatta al-gawiyiin kula, katalathum.
[27] Wa hassaʼ da, angariʼ. Beetha da hu derib al-moot al-yiwaddi le l-khubuur.