1. Saʼ raam laj Ilol Karneer
Loqʼ lix ketomq saʼ xkorral;
Loqʼ lix rahom choqʼ rehebʼ
Loqʼ chik chiru bʼihomal.
Ebʼ li karneer sachenaq
Loqʼebʼ saʼ raam li Qaawaʼ,
Ut naxsikʼebʼ chaq chi tzuul
Joʼ 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 Karneer
Loqʼebʼ 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 Karneer
Loqʼ li ani xtaaqenk re;
Loqʼebʼ ajwiʼ li sachso
Li xeʼkana chire bʼe.
Abʼi, aʼan nabʼoqok
Saʼ qʼunalil naxtzʼaama:
“Ma toxeesikʼ lin karneer
Sachenaqebʼ 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 tzakemq
Ut wan li saq ruhil haʼ.
Anchal qachʼool toochaqʼoq,
“Taqabʼaanu, at Qaawaʼ!
Kʼe qakʼanjel joʼ laa moos;
Kʼe saʼ qachʼool laa rahom.
Choohaataqla yalaq bʼar
Re 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
