1 We ɓe, mo foo ɓǝ mai me faa ɓo nyi mo, mo yaŋ ɓǝ mai me faa ɓo nyi mo ka joŋ ka. 2 Mo joŋ fan mai me faa ɓǝ ah ɓo nyi mo, ka mo nǝn wo sǝrri. Mo byak ɓǝ cuu ɓe tǝgbana moo byak pãa nahnǝn ɓo ra. 3 Ne cok daŋ mo gbǝ ɓǝ cuu ɓe syee ne ko, mo ŋwǝǝ ge pǝ zahzyil ɓo. 4 Mo gbǝ fatan wo ɓo, mo yea wo ɓo na naa ma ɓo mawinni, mo gbǝ yella tǝgbana bai 'yah ɓo masãh ahe. 5 A ga byakra mo wo ŋwǝǝ za ki mai moo kǝǝra za ne ɓǝ faa zah 'nyahre.
Mawin ma 'yah za wǝǝ lii
6 Comki me uu ɓǝr yaŋ ɓe ẽe cok zahtǝwoo ge lalle, 7 me kwo wee tǝbanna ma tǝgwĩi ah ra ge pǝpãare. 8 Amma me so kwo we tǝbanna ma bai tǝtǝl ah tǝ syee ga syak ah tǝ fahlii tǝgǝǝ yaŋ gwari ne cok mai mawin ki mo kaa ɓo gŋ, ge syee kah yaŋ ah gwari, 9 ne cok ah ka com dan ɓe. 10 Mawin ur ge zyaŋ ne ki, ɓoo mbǝro matǝkoi ɓo, mawin ah pǝ yella. 11 A pǝrol no cam, ka kaa ga sǝŋ kpee ya, sai a yea ma ne kyãh tǝ fahlii, 12 ka gak uu pǝ cok tǝ vaŋno byak ya. Zah vaŋno ta, ka kal ge tǝ fahlii tǝgǝǝ yaŋ ɓe, zah vaŋno laŋ, ka kal ge pǝ cok luma ɓe. 13 Ɓaŋ jol ah gbǝ haŋ nyi we tǝbanna ne ko, zwǝ ne zahe, so ẽe ko ge cok nǝn ŋgelŋgel faa: 14 Me yea tǝ joŋ syiŋ tǝ'nahko, me no ne tǝcoŋ nǝǝ ah yaŋ ɓe. 15 Mor ah me pǝ̃ǝ ge ka kyeɓ mo, me tǝ 'yah ka me lwaa mo, ko me so lwaa ɗah mo sye ɓe. 16 Ame ɓoo faswul ɓe ɓe, me pah zyim sǝr Egiɓ marwãh mai mo ŋwǝǝ ɓo weɗɗeɗee ge gŋ ɓe. 17 Me sah ɓǝrdi ma'nyah ah ra ge tǝl ah ɓe ta. 18 Mo ge na ge joŋ 'yah wo ki ne suŋ maiko, ka na kan tǝtǝl tǝ jol ki na laa pǝ'nyahre. 19 Mor wor ɓe kǝka yaŋ ya, kal ge ɓo gwǝǝ pǝɗǝkki. 20 Ɓaŋ lak kal ɓo ne pǝ'manne, ka pii soo ge yaŋ ya, a joŋ com 'yak gŋ gwa ɗǝ. 21 Mawin kǝǝ ko ne ɓǝ camcam pǝlli, so we tǝbanna nyiŋ ɓǝ faa zah 'nyah ahe. 22 So ne pel sǝ, we tǝbanna ur kal ge mor mawin tǝgbana ŋgǝǝri mai moo syee mor dǝɓ ga pǝ cok ŋgoŋ ahe, a tǝgbana bǝṽao mai moo ga pǝ cok mai za mo yilra guu tǝ kpuu ɓo gŋ. 23 So guu moo ga swan gin tǝsahe. A tǝgbana juu mai moo ga zah mǝmmǝǝ mo ka tan sõone ma wul 'min gŋ ne ya.
24 Zǝzǝ̃ǝko wee ɓe, we laa ɓǝ faa ɓe, we ɓaŋ syiŋ ɓǝ mai me faa ɓo nyi we. 25 We soɓ ŋwǝǝ ma morãi kǝǝ we ka, we zyii syee ge mor ah ka ta. 26 Mor ɓeɓ za ɓo pǝlli, ŋhaa dǝfuu mai mo wuk ɓo mor ah pãa ah ka gak kee ya. 27 We tǝ ga yaŋ ah ɓe, ka we ɓaŋ fahlii wul ɓe ta, we ga pǝ cok mai za wul mo gŋ.
Al-zaaniye wa khachchaha
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.