Al-haya ma indaha maʼana
1 Daahu kalaam al-Muʼallim, ibn Dawuud, malik Madiinat al-Khudus. 2 Al-Muʼallim gaal :
Al-haya zaayle ! Zaayle saakit !
Kulla cheyy zaayil !
3 Chunu al-faayde al-yalgaaha al-insaan
min kulla khidimtah
al-gaaʼid yatʼab foogha fi l-ard ?
4 Zurriiye tufuut wa zurriiye taji baʼadha
laakin al-ard daayman mawjuuda.
5 Al-harraay tatlaʼ wa l-harraay tagaʼ
wa battaan tajri le bakaanha
al-awwal talaʼat minnah.
6 Al-riih tamchi ale wati
wa tigabbil ale munchaakh.
Al-riih tuduur wa tuduur
wa battaan tigabbil
le dawaraanha al-awwal.
7 Kulla l-buhuur yusubbu
fi l-bahar al-muhiit
laakin al-bahar al-muhiit
ma yinmali.
Wa battaan ayyi bahar yigabbil
ale l-bakaan al-saal minnah.
8 Da gaaʼid yukuun daayman
wa faayit fikir al-insaan.
Al-een ma tarwa min al-choof
wa l-adaan ma taʼaya min al-samaʼ.
9 Al-kaan, battaan yukuun
wa l-sawwooh, battaan yisawwuuh.
Ma fi cheyy jadiid fi l-ard !
10 Hal nagdaro nuguulu :
«Chiifu ! Daahu cheyy jadiid.»
La ! Da kula gaaʼid min zamaan,
gubbaalna aniina.
11 Al-naas hana hassaʼ ma yizzakkaro
al-naas al-aacho gubbaalhum.
Wa l-naas al-lissaaʼ ma wildoohum,
al-naas al-yaju baʼadhum kula
ma yizzakkaroohum.
Fattichiin al-hikma jari wara l-riih
12 Ana Muʼallim
wa hakamt fi Bani Israaʼiil
fi Madiinat al-Khudus.
13 Ana chilt niiye
wa fattacht wa kachaft be hikma
fi ayyi cheyy al-gaaʼid yukuun tihit al-sama.
Wa di chakhala tagiile
al-antaaha al-Rabb le Bani Adam le yisawwiiha.
14 Wa ana chift kulla l-khidme
al-gaaʼidiin yisawwuuha fi l-ard.
Wa da kula zaayil saakit
misil al-jari wara l-riih.
15 Al-aʼwaj ma binʼadil
wa l-ma fi, ma binlagi.
16 Wa ana gult fi nafsi :
«Ana kibirt wa indi hikma ziyaada
min kulla l-hakamo gubbaali
fi Madiinat al-Khudus.
Wa hafadt fi galbi
hikma wa maʼrafa be ziyaada.»
17 Ana chilt niiye le naʼarif al-hikma
wa le naʼarif al-jahal wa l-tamaasa.
Wa baʼad da, ana irift
kadar da kula jari wara l-riih.
18 Achaan katarat al-hikma, tikattir al-hizin
wa ziyaadat al-ilim, tiziid al-taʼab.
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