1 Al-miizaan al-makhchuuch,
Allah harramah
wa l-mikyaal al-aadil,
Allah yarda beyah.
2 Al-fachaar yijiib al-eeb
wa l-tawaaduʼ yijiib al-hikma.
3 Kamaal al-adiiliin,
fi l-derib al-adiil yiwaddiihum
wa laakin khachch al-khaddaariin
yidammirhum.
4 Al-maal ma yanfaʼ fi yoom khadab Allah
wa laakin al-adaala tinajji min al-moot.
5 Adaalit al-naadum al-tamaam tiʼaddil derbah
wa laakin al-aasi yagaʼ fi isyaanah.
6 Adaalit al-adiiliin tinajjiihum,
wa tamaʼ al-khaddaariin yarmiihum.
7 Wakit yumuut al-aasi, achamah yumuut
wa l-muna al-indah fi maalah kula yiwaddir.
8 Al-diige al-yanja minha al-saalih
taji tagaʼ fi raas al-aasi.
9 Be khachmah,
al-kaafir yidammir jiiraanah
wa laakin be maʼrafathum,
al-saalihiin yanjo.
10 Wakit yaji al-kheer le l-saalihiin,
al-hille tafrah
wa wakit yumuutu al-aasiyiin,
hi tizakhrit.
11 Be barakat al-adiiliin,
al-hille tittawwar
wa be kalaam al-aasiyiin,
al-hille tiddammar.
12 Al-naadum al-yiʼayyir jiiraanah
galiil fihim
wa laakin al-yalzam lisaanah
indah ilim.
13 Al-yangul al-kalaam yakchif al-achiir
wa laakin al-amiin yahfadah fi galbah.
14 Kan ma fi khiyaada, al-chaʼab yagaʼ
wa katarat al-mustachaariin tijiib al-naja.
15 Al-yadman al-ma maʼruufiin yilbachtan
wa laakin al-yaaba al-damaan yiʼiich be amaan.
16 Al-mara al-tarham talga charaf
wa siid al-unuf yalga al-maal.
17 Al-yisawwi al-kheer
yijiib al-jamiil le nafsah
wa l-yisawwi al-unuf
yijiib al-damaar fi raasah.
18 Al-aasi yalga maahiiye ma tanfaʼ
wa l-yazraʼ al-adaala, maahiiytah muʼakkada.
19 Aywa, al-adaala tiwaddi le l-haya
wa laakin al-yitaabiʼ al-fasaala yamchi le l-moot.
20 Allah harram le l-naas al-galib al-azrag
wa laakin ridi be l-derib al-adiil.
21 Akiid al-chariir ma yajʼalooh bari
wa laakin zurriiyit al-saalihiin tanja.
22 Mara jamiile wa ma indaha achiir
misil chinif dahab fi munkhar khinziir.
23 Muna al-saalihiin illa sawwiyiin al-kheer
wa chahwat al-aasiyiin jeebiin al-khadab.
24 Al-ijwaadi yanti
wa be da kula, maalah yiziid
wa l-hariis ma yanti
wa be da kula, yafgar.
25 Al-naadum al-ijwaadi yakhna
wa l-yazgi al-naas, hu kula yazguuh.
26 Al-naas yalʼano al-yakhzin al-khalla fi wakt al-juuʼ
wa laakin al-yamrugha fi l-suug, mubaarak.
27 Al-yisawwi al-kheer, yalga rida
wa l-yifattich al-charr, yalgaah.
28 Al-yintakil fi maalah, yarmi nafsah
wa laakin al-saalihiin yugummu misil gechch al-khariif.
29 Al-yijiib al-barjaal fi beetah yawris al-zoobaʼaane
wa l-munaafikh yabga abid le l-hakiim.
30 Khidmit al-saalih
misil chadara al-tanti al-haya
wa l-indah al-hikma
yajbid aleyah al-naas.
31 Aywa, al-saalih yalga ujurtah
fi l-dunya di.
Wa ziyaada min da, al-aasi wa l-muznib kula
yalgo jazaahum.
1 Puwa̰l ŋgay kaŋ ge ne na viya̰ go to,
a kaŋ ge seŋgre kakatak Bage ɗiŋnedin ta,
Na laar wa̰ kaŋ ŋgayya ge ne na viya̰ go .
2 Swaga ge pala ga̰l ne mbo ya, senna kare pe ya go me,
zwama ya naa ge suul ma tok go.
3 Ɗeŋger ɗame naa ge dosol ma ne,
sone burmi naa ge boge naa ma ne.
4 Dam juliliya ge Dok ne go, Kaŋ ɓolla mbar a̰me to.
A dosol kerra zur ndu ne siya zi ne.
5 Dosol ge ndu ge ɗeŋger ne e na ke kaŋ ge jwap ma,
amma ndu ge sone su na sone zi.
6 Dosol ge naa ge ɗeŋger ma ne má nama má,
ene ge naa ge mbuɗiya ma ne mbo wan nama.
7 Swaga ge ndu ge sone ne su, na jobreya ban uzi,
na jobreya ge ne e na kaŋ ɓolla ma pal burmi uzi.
8 Ndu ge dosol ɓur ne yál zi uzi,
ndu ge sone er ya na byalam go.
9 Ndu ge be kwa Dok to wak vḛne na kon,
amma naa ge dosol ma mbo zur ta ne bama kwarra.
10 Swaga ge naa ge dosol ma ne zam zḛ suwal ke tuli,
swaga ge naa ge sone ma ne su, naa puwale laar saal.
11 Suwal zam zḛ da ne wak busu ge naa ge dosol ma ne pe,
burmi uzi ne fare janna ge naa ge sone ma ne pe.
12 Ndu ge ne sen na kon na pala ne zi to,
ndu ge ɗalla kat wak ɗamal.
13 Ndu ge ne sot na wak se yayak fut fare ma pe zum,
Ndu ge ne mbya tap koy fare ma na zi.
14 Ɓase burmi uzi, kadɗa ndu ge ɗame na kwaɗa to,
naa ge yuwaleya ma gḛ hon halla ne.
15 Ndu ge ne her ndu ge pe dew wul dṵṵl na pal ke tene yál,
Ndu ge ne kuri be her dṵṵl mbe kat halas.
16 Ndu gwale ge wí ɓol hormo,
ndu son ge pool ɓol kaŋ.
17 Ndu ge wi ke kwaɗa tene,
ndu ge laar sone ke yál tene.
18 Ndu ge sone ɓol potɗa ge ne na viya̰ go to,
ndu ge ne zare dosol ɓol potɗa ge fareba.
19 Ndu ge ne ɓyare dosol pe mbo kat ne ndwara,
amma ndu ge na laar ne wa̰ sone kerra mbo su.
20 Bage ɗiŋnedin sen naa ge dulwak sone ma sen,
amma na laar wa̰ naa ge ɗeŋger ma.
21 A ŋgat, ndu ge sone ɓol mḛreya,
amma naa ge dosol ma vya ma ɓur uzi.
22 Gwale ge kale ge bernde,
a kyaɗa ge dinar ge kosoŋ vo̰r zi ne.
23 Ɓyareya ge naa ge dosol ma ne a kwaɗa kerra ɗeŋgo,
jobreya ge naa ge sone ma ne a pore juliliya.
24 Ndu ge ne hon ne tok lwagar hat tene gan,
ndu ge ne hon ne tok ndaar kwakrak gwan tene a̰se.
25 Ndu ge wi mbo ɓol kaŋ njwanjway,
ndu ge ne hon njotɗa, a mbo hon na njotɗa.
26 Wak vḛneya ge ɓase ma ne
ya nama ge ne koy bama swara ma digi pal,
amma nama ge ne yat bama swara ma uzi ma,
wak busu ya nama pal.
27 Ndu ge ne ɓyare kwaɗa kerra pe naa laar wan na wan,
ndu ge ne ɓyare sone kerra, sone ɓol na ɓol.
28 Ndu ge ne é na saareya na kaŋ ɓolla ma pal det uzi,
naa ge dosol ma kat lwarra dimma ne uwara go.
29 Ndu ge ne iigi na yál, mbo ɓol a̰me joo to.
Ndu ge daal mbo gá ndu ge zwama mo̰r.
30 Kaŋ kerra ge naa ge dosol ma ne a uwara ge ne hon ndwara ne,
naa ge zwama ma zwal naa ya bama ta.
31 Kadɗa naa ge dosol ma ɓol bama potɗa suwar zi ɗe,
ba kat gyana ne naa ge sone ma ne ge ya̰l ma ba jyat baŋ ɗaa?
