[1] Wa Ayyuub chaal al-kalaam wa gaal :
[2] Le mata tiʼazzubuuni wa tarhakooni be kalaamku ?
[3] Daahu achara marraat hintuuni. Wakit titaʼʼubuuni, al-eeb ma yisawwiiku walla ?
[4] Wa kan sahiih ana sawweet khata kula, khataayi da yagaʼ foogi ana bas.
[5] Wa kan sahiih intu tugummu diddi wa tuluumuuni fi eebi kula,
[6] aʼarfu kadar al-Rabb bas sawwa leyi al-fasaala di wa dassaani fi charakah.
[7] Daayman nasrakh min al-unuf al-foogi, wa ma ligiit radd. Wa ninaadiih le l-fazaʼ kula, wa ma ligiit hagg.
[8] Al-Rabb sadda leyi al-tariig le ma niʼaddi wa khatta derbi be l-dalaam.
[9] Hu marag minni charafi wa salla taaj raasi.
[10] Hu haddamaani min kulli jiihe wa ana mutt. Wa misil yamurgu chadara, hu marag achami.
[11] Zaʼalah gamma misil naar diddi wa hu sawwaani misil aduuh.
[12] Wa hu rassal askarah be katara wa fattacho derib le yawsalooni wa haasaro kheemti min kulli jiihe.
[13] Al-Rabb baʼʼad akhwaani minni wa l-yaʼarfuuni antooni duhuurhum.
[14] Ahali bigo ma fiihum wa l-yaʼarfuuni kula nisooni.
[15] Wa diifaani wa khaddaamaati sawwooni misil ajnabi. Wa bigiit deef giddaamhum, ma yihtarumuuni.
[16] Wa kan naadeet khaddaami kula, // ma yurudd leyi hatta kan nachhadah kula.
[17] Riihit khachmi tizaawil galib marti wa ana bigiit afin le iyaal musraani.
[18] Hatta iyaal dugaag fi l-chaariʼ yahguruuni wa kan chaafooni maachi, yichchammato foogi.
[19] Wa kulla rufgaani jaʼalooni // misil muharram wa l-niriidhum kula gabbalo diddi.
[20] Wa faddal foogi illa l-adum wa l-farwa wa nijiit illa be nakham sunuuni.
[21] Hinnu foogi ! Hinnu foogi, intu rufgaani ! Achaan iid al-Rabb darabatni.
[22] Maala titaʼʼubuuni misil taʼab al-Rabb leyi ? Ma chibiʼtu min akil lahami walla ?
[23] Yaareet kalaami da yinkatib wa yarsumuuh fi kitaab.
[24] Wa yaktubuuh be khalam hana hadiid wa yagood manguuch daayman // fi hajar.
[25] Wa laakin ana naʼarif kadar al-yafdaani, hu hayy wa fi l-akhiir, hu yachhad leyi.
[26] Wa baʼad farwiti addammarat, ana zaati nichiif al-Rabb.
[27] Wa hu bas al-ana nichiifah wa uyuuni kula yichiifuuh // ma khariib leyi. Galbi fi daakhili muchtaag leyah.
[28] Wa tuguulu : «Kikkeef nitaʼʼubuuh ? Le nalgo sabab nichaaruʼu beyah.»
[29] Wa be da khalaas, akhaafo le nufuusku min al-seef achaan kalaamku yijiib leeku al-ikhaab be l-seef wa be da, taʼarfu kadar fiyah ikhaab.