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.
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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.