¹Naftaydu noloshadayday la daallan tahay, Oo joojinla'aan waan ku sii caban doonaa, Oo qadhaadhka naftayda waan ku hadli doonaa.

¹My soul is weary of my life: I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

²Waxaan Ilaah ku odhan doonaa, Ha i xukumine. Bal waxaad i tustaa waxa aad aawadood iila diriraysid.

²I will say unto +God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou strivest with me.

³Bal miyey kuu wanaagsan tahay inaad cidhiidhisid Oo aad quudhsatid shuqulkii gacantaada, Oo haddana aad iftiimisid kuwa sharka ah taladooda?

³Doth it please thee to oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

⁴Ma waxaad leedahay indho binu-aadmi, Mase sida dadkaad wax u aragtaa?

⁴Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?

⁵Wakhtigaagu ma sida wakhtiga dadkoo kalaa? Cimrigaaguse ma sida cimriga dadkoo kalaa?

⁵Are thy days as the days of a mortal? are thy years as a man's days,

⁶Oo bal ma sidaas daraaddeed baad xumaantayda u daba joogtaa, Oo aad dembigayga u baadhaysaa,

⁶That thou searchest after mine iniquity, and inquirest into my sin;

⁷In kastoo aad ogtahay inaanan sharrow ahayn, Oo uusan jirin mid gacantaada iga samatabbixinaya?

⁷Since thou knowest that I am not wicked, and that there is none that delivereth out of thy hand?

⁸Gacmahaaga ayaa i qabanqaabiyey oo i dhisay dhammaantay, Laakiin haddana intaad igu soo jeesato ayaad i duminaysaa.

⁸Thy hands have bound me together and made me as one, round about; yet dost thou swallow me up!

⁹Bal xusuuso waan ku baryayaaye inaad ii dhoobtay sidii wax dhoobo laga sameeyey, Haddaba ma boodhkaad dib iigu celinaysaa?

⁹Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as clay, and wilt bring me into dust again.

¹⁰War sow sidii caano iima aadan daadin, Oo sidii gadhoodh oo kale sow iigama aadan dhigin?

¹⁰Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

¹¹Waxaad i huwisay harag iyo hilib, Oo waxaad dhammaantay igu dhistay lafo iyo seedo.

¹¹Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews;

¹²Waxaad i siisay nolol iyo raallinimo, Oo booqashadaadiina waxay xannaanaysay ruuxayga.

¹²Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy care hath preserved my spirit;

¹³Laakiin waxyaalahaas qalbigaaga waad ku qarisay; Oo waan ogahay in taasu ay kugu jirto.

¹³And these things didst thou hide in thy heart; I know that this was with thee.

¹⁴Haddaan dembaabo waad iska kay fiirsataa, Oo ma aad caddaysid inaan dembi la'ahay.

¹⁴If I sinned, thou wouldest mark me, and thou wouldest not acquit me of mine iniquity.

¹⁵Haddaan sharrow ahay, anaa iska hoogay, Oo haddaan xaq ahayna, innaba madaxayga kor u qaadi maayo Anigoo ceeb ka buuxa Oo dhibaatadayda fiirinaya.

¹⁵If I were wicked, woe unto me! and righteous, I will not lift up my head, being [so] full of shame, and beholding mine affliction; --

¹⁶Oo haddii madaxaygu kor isu qaadona, waxaad ii ugaadhsataa sida libaax oo kale, Oo haddana wax laga yaabo ayaad igu samaysaa.

¹⁶And it increaseth: thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and ever again thou shewest thy marvellous power upon me.

¹⁷Waxaad ii keensataa markhaatiyaal cusub, Oo dhirifkaagana waad igu sii kordhisaa, Oo hadba waxaad igu soo daysaa col iyo belaayo isu kay bedbeddela.

¹⁷Thou renewest thy witnesses before me and increasest thy displeasure against me; successions [of evil] and a time of toil are with me.

¹⁸Bal maxaad iiga soo bixisay uurkii hooyaday? Waxaa wanaagsanaan lahayd in naftu iga baxdo iyadoo aan iluna i arag!

¹⁸And wherefore didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? I had expired, and no eye had seen me.

¹⁹Waxaa igu habboonaan lahayd inaan ahaado sidii wax aan jirin, Oo waxaa ii roonaan lahayd in qabriga la ii qaado isla markii aan uurka hooyaday ka soo baxay.

¹⁹I should be as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

²⁰War cimriga noloshaydu sow wax yar ma aha? Haddaba iska kay daa Oo i dhaaf, aan in yar nastee,

²⁰Are not my days few? cease then and let me alone, that I may revive a little,

²¹Intaanan tegin meesha aanan ka soo noqonayn, Oo ah dalka gudcur iyo hooska dhimashada,Kaasoo ah gudcur qaro weyn oo ah sida mugdi dam ah, Dalkaas oo ah hooska dhimashada, oo aan innaba nidaam lahayn, Halkaas oo iftiinku yahay sida mugdi oo kale.

²¹Before I go, and never to return, -- to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

²²Kaasoo ah gudcur qaro weyn oo ah sida mugdi dam ah, Dalkaas oo ah hooska dhimashada, oo aan innaba nidaam lahayn, Halkaas oo iftiinku yahay sida mugdi oo kale.

²²A land of gloom, as darkness itself; of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as thick darkness.