[1] Wa khalaas, Allah saʼal Ayyuub min lubb al-riih al-chadiide wa gaal :
[2] Yaatu al-ma yikhalli niiyti tabga waadhe be kalaam bala maʼrafa ?
[3] Arbut sulbak misil raajil fahal ! Wa ana nasʼalak wa inta turudd leyi !
[4] Inta gaaʼid ween wakit ana assast al-ard ? Guulah leyi hasab maʼrafatak.
[5] Yaatu khatta magaas al-ard, inta taʼarfah walla ? Wa yaatu madda foogha habil al-magaas ?
[6] Wa amadha dool saabtiin fi chunu ? Wa yaatu khatta al-hajar al-muhimm,
[7] wakit nujuum al-sabaah yikhannu sawa wa kulla malaaʼikat al-Rabb yafraho ?
[8] Wa yaatu khatta huduud le l-bahar wakit marag min batun al-ard ?
[9] Labbastah be sahaab misil khalag wa khatteetah be khamaam adlam.
[10] Wa khatteet huduudah wa sawweet leyah baab wa guful.
[11] Wa ana gult leyah : «Taji hini bas, ma tufuut al-bakaan da ! Hini bas tagiif gudrat moojak !»
[12] Wa inta ! Yoom waahid, amart al-sabaah le yasbih walla ? Aywa, ooreet al-fajur le yatlaʼ
[13] le yamsuk al-ard min tarafha wa yihitt minha al-aasiyiin walla ?
[14] Wa be fajur, al-ard tinchaaf waadhe misil al-tiine al-khatto foogha al-khitim wa loonha yabga misil jammalooha be lubaas.
[15] Laakin al-aasiyiin, nuurhum yiwaddir wa duraaʼhum al-yarfaʼooh, yinkasir.
[16] Wa inta wassalt lahaddi gaʼar al-bahar walla ? Wa rukht fi bakaanaat al-khariigiin hana l-bahar walla ?
[17] Wa biibaan al-moot anfataho leek giddaamak walla ? Wa biibaan al-dalaam al-haalik, chiftuhum walla ?
[18] Wa taʼarif urd al-ard walla ? Khalaas kan taʼarif kulla l-cheyy da, guulah !
[19] Al-nuur, ween maskanah ? Wa l-dalaam, ween bakaanah ?
[20] Tagdar takrubhum fi bakaanhum wa ayyi waahid tiwaddiih // le maskanah walla ?
[21] Khalaas, akiid inta taʼarfah achaan fi l-wakit daak, inta wildook walla ? Wa akiid inta umrak tawiil ziyaada walla ?
[22] Inta wassalt lahaddi makhaazin al-talaj walla ? Wa inta chift makhaazin al-barad walla ?
[23] Ana khatteethum taraf le wakt al-diige, le yoom hana harib wa duwaas.
[24] Ween al-derib al-foogah al-barraaga tingasim ? Wa ween al-derib al-beyah riih al-sabaah tusuug fi l-ard ?
[25] Yaatu yufukk baab al-sama // wa yinazzil al-matar wa yisawwi derib le l-barraaga // wa l-raʼad ?
[26] Yaatu yinazzil matar fi ard // al-bala naas wa fi sahara al-ma indaha insaan ?
[27] Wa da, le yarwi ard jafaaf // wa kharaab achaan al-gechch yabzur wa yugumm foogha.
[28] Al-matara indaha abu walla ? Wa yaatu wilid al-karany ?
[29] Wa batun yaatu jaabat al-barad ? Wa yaatu wilid al-talaj al-yanzil // min al-sama ?
[30] Al-almi yabga misil hajar wa almi al-khariig yajmid.
[31] Wa inta tagdar tarbut nujuum al-Tureyya aw tihill hizaam al-Sabi al-Makhmi walla ?
[32] Hal tagdar titalliʼ al-nujuum // fi wakithum walla ? Wa inta tagdar tuguud najmat al-Zaraafa wa nujuumha walla ?
[33] Inta taʼarif nizaam al-sama walla ? Walla inta bas tinazzim gawaaniin al-ard ?
[34] Inta tagdar taamur al-sahaab // le yinazzil matar chadiid lahaddi almiih yikhattiik walla ?
[35] Wa inta bas tirassil al-barraaga lahaddi hadafah walla ? Wa leek inta, humman yuguulu : «Daahu aniina.»
[36] Yaatu anta hikma le abunkhanam ? Wa yaatu anta fihim le l-diik ?
[37] Yaatu yagdar be hikmatah yahsib al-sahaab ? Wa yaatu yagdar yidangis makhaazin almi al-sama
[38] achaan al-turaab yilimm bakaan waahid wa daraadim al-tiine yillassago ?
[39] Wa yaatu yagnus le yiʼakkil al-duud wa yisill juuʼ iyaalah
[40] wakit humman gaaʼidiin fi nugrithum wa saakniin fi dungurhum ?
[41] Wa yaatu yanti akil le l-khuraab wakit iyaalah yinaadu al-Rabb // le l-fazaʼ wa gaaʼidiin wiheedhum bala akil ?