1Kamar ƙanƙara a rani ko ruwan sama a lokacin girbi,
2Kamar gwara mai yawo ko alallaka mai firiya,
3Bulala don doki, linzami don jaki,
4Kada ka amsa wa wawa bisa ga wautarsa,
5Ka amsa wa wawa bisa ga wautarsa,
6Kamar datsewar ƙafafun wani ko shan dafi
7Kamar ƙafafun gurgun da suka yi laƙwas
8Kamar ɗaura dutse a majajjawa
9Kamar suƙar ƙaya a hannun wanda ya bugu
10Kamar maharbi wanda yake jin wa kowa rauni
11Kamar yadda kare kan koma ga amansa,
12Gwamma riƙaƙƙen wawa
13Rago yakan ce, “Akwai zaki a kan hanya,
14Kamar yadda ƙofa kan juya a ƙyaurensa,
15Rago kan sa hannunsa a kwano
16Rago yana gani yana da hikima
17Kamar wani da ya kama kare a kunnuwa
18Kamar yadda mahaukaci yake harbin
19haka yake da mutumin da ya ruɗe maƙwabci
20In ba itace wuta takan mutu;
21Kamar yadda gawayi yake ga murhu, itace kuma ga wuta,
22Kalmomin mai gulma suna kama da burodi mai daɗi;
23Kamar kaskon da aka dalaye da azurfar da ba a tace ba
24Mai yin ƙiyayya yakan ɓoye kansa da maganar bakinsa,
25Ko da jawabinsa ya ɗauki hankali, kada ka gaskata shi,
26Wataƙila ya ɓoye ƙiyayyarsa da ƙarya,
27In mutum ya haƙa rami, shi zai fāɗi a ciki;
28Harshe mai faɗin ƙarya yana ƙin waɗanda yake ɓata musu rai,