Yowel 1

¹Maganar Ubangiji wadda ta zo wurin Yowel ɗan Fetuwel.

²Ku ji wannan, ku dattawa,

³Ku faɗa wa ’ya’yanku,

⁴Abin da ɗango ya bari

⁵Ku farka, ku bugaggu, ku yi kuka!

⁶Wata al’umma ta mamaye ƙasata,

⁷Ta mayar da kuringar inabina kango

⁸Ku yi makoki kamar budurwa1.8 Ko kuwa yarinya

⁹Hadayun hatsi da hadayun sha

¹⁰Filaye sun zama marasa amfani,

¹¹Ku fid da zuciya, ku manoma,

¹²Kuringar inabin ta bushe

¹³Ku sa tsummoki, ya firistoci, ku yi makoki;

¹⁴Ku yi shelar azumi mai tsarki;

¹⁵Kaito saboda wannan rana!

¹⁶Ba a yanke abinci

¹⁷Iri suna ta yanƙwanewa

¹⁸Ji yadda dabbobi suke nishi!

¹⁹A gare ka, ya Ubangiji, nake kira,

²⁰Har ma namun jeji suna haki gare ka;