Al-naadum al-ma yafrah be kheerah
1 Fiyah fasaala ana chiftaha fi l-ard,
al-titaʼʼib Bani Adam.
2 Al-fasaala di, hi raajil al-Rabb antaah
maal wa khuna wa charaf
wa cheyy gassar leyah ma fiih
min al-yitmannaah.
Laakin al-Rabb ma khallaah
yitmattaʼ be maalah da,
illa l-ajnabi bas yitmattaʼ beyah.
Wa da kula zaayil saakit
wa di fasaala al-tajrah al-galib.
3 Akuun naadum wilid miya iyaal
wa aach umur tawiil
wa siniinah bigo katiiriin
laakin ma firih be kheerah
lahaddi ma ligi dafin adiil.
Khalaas, ana nuguul kadar al-naadum da,
sakhiir al-rumaaye kula akheer minnah !
4 Achaan al-rumaaye taji
fi wakit al-ma wakitha.
Hi zaayle saakit wa tamchi fi l-dalaam
wa ma fi al-yizzakkarha.
5 Al-rumaaye ma chaafat
wa la irfat cheyy fi l-ard.
Wa laakin hi indaha raaha ziyaada
min al-naadum da !
6 Wa kan al-naadum da yiʼiich alif sana
wa battaan alif sana aakhariin kula
wa ma chaaf al-kheer,
khalaas hu wa l-rumaaye di,
bakaanhum yabga waahid.
Nafs al-insaan ma tachbaʼ
7 Ayyi khidme al-yisawwiiha al-insaan,
da le iichtah bas
wa laakin be da kula,
hu ma yachbaʼ.
8 Al-faayde al-yalgaaha al-hakiim ma ziyaada
min al-faayde al-yalgaaha al-matmuus.
Wa l-fagri kula ma yalga faayde
hatta kan yiʼaddil haalah giddaam al-naas.
9 Akheer tafrah be l-indak
min tifakkir fi cheyy al-ma yilhaggag.
Wa da kula zaayil saakit
misil al-jari wara l-riih.
10 Kulla cheyy al-gaaʼid fi l-ard
maʼruuf min zamaan
wa naʼarfu chunu al-insaan.
Hu ma yagdar yihaarij
maʼa l-gaadir minnah.
11 Al-kalaam kan katiir kula,
zaayil saakit.
Wa l-insaan, chunu al-faayde
al-yalgaaha minnah ?
12 Khalaas, yaatu al-yaʼarif al-cheyy al-adiil
le l-insaan fi muddit hayaatah ?
Aywa, chunu adiil fi muddit ayyaam hayaatah
al-zaayle saakit misil al-dull ?
Wa yaatu yikhabbir al-insaan
be l-yukuun baʼadah fi l-ard ?
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