1. Saʼ raam laj Ilol KarneerLoqʼ lix ketomq saʼ xkorral;Loqʼ lix rahom choqʼ rehebʼLoqʼ chik chiru bʼihomal.Ebʼ li karneer sachenaqLoqʼebʼ saʼ raam li Qaawaʼ,Ut naxsikʼebʼ chaq chi tzuulJoʼ wiʼ chiru chamal haʼ.
Saʼ chaqi chʼochʼ nekeʼbʼeek,Ut teʼtzʼokaq saʼ li ke;Naxseebʼa ribʼ chi kolok,Re xkʼambʼalebʼ saʼ lix bʼe.
2. Saʼ raam laj Ilol KarneerLoqʼebʼ ajwiʼ li kaʼchʼin.Wan teʼtzʼokaaq saʼ li ke,Najt sachsookebʼ chaq rikʼin.Il chaq laj Ilol Karneer—Ebʼ li sachso yoo xsikʼbʼal;Sa saʼ lix chʼool naxokok;Nim li naxtoj re xkolbʼal.
Saʼ chaqi chʼochʼ nekeʼbʼeek,Ut teʼtzʼokaq saʼ li ke;Naxseebʼa ribʼ chi kolok,Re xkʼambʼalebʼ saʼ lix bʼe.
3. Saʼ raam laj Ilol KarneerLoqʼ li ani xtaaqenk re;Loqʼebʼ ajwiʼ li sachsoLi xeʼkana chire bʼe.Abʼi, aʼan nabʼoqokSaʼ qʼunalil naxtzʼaama:“Ma toxeesikʼ lin karneerSachenaqebʼ chaq taqʼa?”
Saʼ chaqi chʼochʼ nekeʼbʼeek,Ut teʼtzʼokaq saʼ li ke;Naxseebʼa ribʼ chi kolok,Re xkʼambʼalebʼ saʼ lix bʼe.
4. Saʼ li korral wan tzakemqUt wan li saq ruhil haʼ.Anchal qachʼool toochaqʼoq,“Taqabʼaanu, at Qaawaʼ!Kʼe qakʼanjel joʼ laa moos;Kʼe saʼ qachʼool laa rahom.Choohaataqla yalaq bʼarRe xsikʼbʼalebʼ laa wilom.”
Saʼ chaqi chʼochʼ nekeʼbʼeek,Ut teʼtzʼokaq saʼ li ke;Taqaseebʼa qibʼ chi xik,Re xkʼambʼalebʼ saʼ lix bʼe.
Raatinul: Mary B. Wingate, 1845–1933
Xyaabʼal: William J. Kirkpatrick, 1838–1921