¹Wiilkaygiiyow, xigmaddayda dhegayso, Oo waxgarashadaydana dhegta u dhig;

¹My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,

²Si aad digtoonaan u dhawrtid, Oo ay bushimahaaguna aqoon u xejiyaan.

²To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.

³Waayo, naagta qalaad bushimaheedu waxay daadiyaan malab, Oo afkeeduna saliid buu ka sii macaan yahay,

³For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil [is] her mouth,

⁴Laakiinse aakhirkeedu wuxuu u qadhaadh yahay sida geed dacareed oo kale, Wuuna af badan yahay sida seef laba af leh.

⁴And her latter end [is] bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword [with] mouths.

⁵Cagaheedu dhimashay ku dhaadhacaan, Oo tallaabooyinkeeduna waxay u jeedaan xagga She'ool,

⁵Her feet are going down to death, Sheol do her steps take hold of.

⁶Waddada nolosha iyadu aad uguma fiirsato. Jidadkeedu waa leexleexdaan, oo garan kari maysid,

⁶The path of life — lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths — thou knowest not.

⁷Haddaba sidaas daraaddeed, wiilashoy, bal i maqla, Oo erayada afkayga ha ka tegina.

⁷And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.

⁸Jidkaaga ka fogee iyada, Oo albaabka gurigeeda ha u dhowaan,

⁸Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,

⁹Si aanad sharaftaada kuwa kale u siin, Oo aanad sannadahaaga kuwa caloosha adag u siin,

⁹Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,

¹⁰Si aan shisheeyayaal maalkaaga uga dhergin; Oo aanay wixii aad u hawshootay guri ajnabi u gelin,

¹⁰Lest strangers be filled [with] thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,

¹¹Si aanad ugu dambaysta u barooran, Markay hilibkaaga iyo jidhkaaguba baabba'aan,

¹¹And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,

¹²Oo aad tidhaahdaan, Sidee baan edbin u nebcaaday, Oo qalbigayguna canaantii u quudhsaday!

¹²And hast said, `How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,

¹³Codkii macallimiintaydii ma aan addeecin, Oo dhegtana uma aan dhigin kuwii wax i baray!

¹³And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear.

¹⁴Anigu waxaan u dhowaa inaan shar kasta falo Anigoo ku dhex jira shirka iyo ururka.

¹⁴As a little thing I have been all evil, In the midst of an assembly and a company.

¹⁵Berkeddaada biyo ka cab, Oo ceelkaagana biyo qulqulaya ka cab.

¹⁵Drink waters out of thine own cistern, Even flowing ones out of thine own well.

¹⁶Ma hagaag baa in ilahaagu dibadda u daataan. Oo ay durdurraduna dariiqyada maraan?

¹⁶Let thy fountains be scattered abroad, In broad places rivulets of waters.

¹⁷Iyagu ha ahaadeen kuwaaga oo keliya, Oo yaanay u ahaan shisheeyayaal adiga kula jira.

¹⁷Let them be to thee for thyself, And not to strangers with thee.

¹⁸Ishaadu ha barakaysnaato, Oo naagtaadii aad yaraanta ku guursatay ku faraxsanow.

¹⁸Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,

¹⁹Iyadu ha kuu ahaato sida deerada jacaylka badan iyo sida cawsha quruxsan, Goor walbana naasaheedu ha ku deeqeen Oo had iyo goorna jacaylkeeda ku faraxsanow.

¹⁹A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.

²⁰Haddaba wiilkaygiiyow, bal maxaad naag qalaad ugu faraxsanaanaysaa, Maxaadse naag shisheeye ah naasaheeda u qabsanaysaa?

²⁰And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?

²¹Waayo, jidadka dadku waxay hor yaalliin indhaha Rabbiga Oo isagaa fiiriya waddooyinkiisa oo dhan.

²¹For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.

²²Kan sharka leh waxaa qabsan doonta xumaantiisa, Oo waxaa isaga lagu soo xidhi doonaa xadhkaha dembigiisa.Wuxuu u dhiman doonaa edbinla'aanta, Oo isagu wuxuu ku dhex amban doonaa badnaanta nacasnimadiisa.

²²His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.

²³Wuxuu u dhiman doonaa edbinla'aanta, Oo isagu wuxuu ku dhex amban doonaa badnaanta nacasnimadiisa.

²³He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!