Al‑naadum al‑ma yafrah be kheerah
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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 ?