Ah si bufeqqus, cḥal d miẓiḍ !
Wi zzis iseḥḥern ad iẓum ass d yiḍ.
Illa dis ddwa y ṣṣḥiḥ d lemṛiḍ.
Iẓwa-y-ax dd un nessiwel, u-lli cay d lεib d aεuṛiḍ ?
Ddunit kulci yella dis, ixeṣṣ day bnadm ad iṣneε.
Si ljemmaṛ al iẓwṛan, qaε may teεlem tezdayt an nini yella d nnfeε :
Taẓyett, neyy it ukk dlas,
Tiqecbett d tsamess n yimas.
Tada, neyy it ukk ẓeṭṭa,
ṣaṛay, nfeṛḍ i s tṛeṭṭa.
Taqernift ukk herres,
Ccwari d tezgawt, nedr in s leεfeṣ.
Zzenbil, neyy i s lefdam,
atir ineffeε ikk ibbay d yicam n turdam.
Tada, neyyu zzis axḍuṛ,
Neεceq ayniw amenzu, neεceq i d aqbur.
Tiqecbett, nuṛaṛ zzis biṣbul,
ḥḍa mta tneṣl ac, ata temmud εla ṭul.
Nnwi, yebby i wmeẓẓyan, irr as dd lmeṣṛuf,
Iddi ss umeqqṛan, yuc i d lεelf.
S tẓeytt neyyu tifelwin.
ẓẓeṛṛaq islaha lbeẓẓ ad tbeẓẓiwin.
Elmedur d elxerget n tziwayin,
ccecc d rrcem i tiliwin.
Tizedmin, nuss int s uzella
Lεefṣat drent tasejjatt n tẓilla.
Ayniw, numes zzis ineẓla.
Lefḍuṛ dg ul tersi tiyni day nnehḷa.
Mi tella lgaylet, nutf ukk yellu.
Abẓiẓ mikk inḥes, issusm i wcellu.
Tiyni d zembu, neyyu zzisn asllu.
Ammu w dd iqqim yudu, ixleq ya llu.
S yixef n tṛeṭṭa nekks aceṛfa.
S yixef n tṛeṭṭa nessi dd lεafit si ljaṛ.
S yixef n tṛeṭṭa neyyu taneccacc n yiras.
S lεefṣet nezzi timas.
Cemm d lemεac amezwar i ṣṣabi men beεd leḥlib n yemmas.
U cemm iεaf uwessar dg issefṛuṛey hemm zzman maykk iεlem n temas.
Mani tellid ay Iẓeṛ, mani tellid a Tait, mani tellid a Lmelyas ?
I tu ikter lxir, amur tu tεelm i wla d Taḥeṛkaṣṣ,
Assu mani yella wmur ula y bab nnes.
I tu ikter lxir ankeḍ tu ittawy dd ussan d wussan.
Iḥezzm umeẓẓyan, iḥezzm umeqqṛan.
Ṣaṛay itcuṛ s lxir ;
tubeyt εad ikk iyṛan.
Day ibbay n temmin n zman an d ankeḍ n yudu :
Ankeḍ n tcukar mikk faten lemaṛeb am wenn dd illa yesṛewweḥ ṭṛabanḍu.
Neεceq cemm d taqburt,
Nxes cemm d tamenzut.
Nxes cemm d mayal
Sukk ḥlucem l umeṭṭal.
Ya tazdayt, ya tenn dg iḍaε, iẓwa lεerg n njdud.
Cḥal netcu si lxir nnem. Zzim ay zzeg nṛabba fud.
Taṛwa nnem bekri, zzaylet tu tettiḥar as i rrfud.
Assu, mi tuṛwed sent n tsefṛaḍ ; illa yenu cemm ubayuḍ.
Iḥy anax ṛebbi nεic al dd yaweḍ zzman amenkuḍ.
Ha yetnin fṛeqn anax, tawnin yyen lḥudud.
At zman cemm iẓẓan ay kidm iṛwan, tu ḥḍan cemm s lbaṛuḍ.
Nekker dd necni nesmeḥ dim, nεaf cemm.
Ha cemm temmud.
Argaz ittmetta s tmurt nnes waxxa n uḍṛaṛ d cennud.
Mta tu tfat, ayetca san nsemḥ i Bedad, nesmeḥ ukk Buxxud.
Wu d ljil itcen ḍanun : d bnadem un nessin uḍuḍ.
Wu d bnadem un netci timẓin : iwalfen day lemεac alḍuḍ.
Wu d ljil iṛabba tiwdi yili εad ul ikemmel unuḍ.
Bessif wenn iḥlucemn i ssima u cay am wenn iqlulben ukk luḍ.
Weḷḷeh a tiyni yeẓwan, weḥḥeqq ḷḷah lmeεbud.
Day tiṛṛet tella wkk ul. Illa yxeṣṣ it day uṣuḍ.
Nenna mi cemm neqneḍ an naly i sslalem
Mta lana nemmuter cemm wala si ṣṣḍuḥ.
Saεa tzayded ax dd lhemm s lhemm.
Nemmuter cemm tweṛed, tsekfed ṛṛuḥ.
I texleqd i ccbab nnem,
Wenn un netci bezzaff, illa yetcu-y-afuḥ.
Tiyni ybeṛṛeε dis bnadem.
ccecc d rrcem tu ittwaεaf d ubluḥ.
Ya tazdayt n nbur,
Ya taḥnint n wul !
Tṣebṛd i jjriḥt ad lḥeṛṛ n ṣṣif.
Waxxa w cemm nessiw,
Waxxa w cemm nenqic,
Qaε tettfekkeṛd anax si lexrif l lexrif.
Ya tazdayt, s lxirat nnem tessekkred dd ljil tabeε ljil.
Mta texḍid anx amani Miṣṛa yeqḍa xefs Nnil.