Caqligii Wanaagsan (hees)

Gorayadu ilmaheeda                                         

Aroorin bay dhigtaayoo

Aboodigu ku laayaa

Shimbirtuna aroosay

Ilaxidhoo ammaana bay

Ubadkeeda seexisaa

Kala awdan labaduye

Edebtiyo aqoontiyo

Asluubtay isku dhaafeen

Caqligii wanaagsani

Itaal in uu ka roon yahay

Bal eegoo u fiirsada

The ostrich places

Her young in the open

Where the hawk kills

But the small bird marries

And beds her young

In a nest that's safe

Different in size, the two

In manners, wisdom

And sense are opposite

See how good sense

Is superior to strength

And think on it.

Ilka weynow maroodigu

Araddaduu mirtaa buu

Cadawgu ku ugaadhaa

Aboorkuna duddumadaan

Aragnay buu dhistaayoo

Naftiisa ku ilaashaa

Kala awdan labaduye

Edebtiyo aqoontiyo

Asluubtay isku dhaafeen.

Caqligii wanaagsani

Itaal in uu ka roon yahay

Bal eegoo u fiirsada

The elephant with large tusks

Grazes at night in land

Where the enemy hunts him

But the termite builds

The mound we see

Protects himself within it.

Different in size, the two

In manners, wisdom

And sense are opposite

See how good sense

Is superior to strength

And think on it.

Ma og tihiin sagaaradu

Awaarahay qoddaayoo

Saaladeeda ku aastaa

Libaaxuna ma asturee

hilimaduu ka arooruu

Digadiisa ku aslaa

Kala awdan labaduye

Edebtiyo aqoontiyo

Asluubtay isku dhaafeen

Caqligii wanaagsani

Itaal in uu ka roon yahay

Bal eegoo u fiirsada.

Do you know the dikdik?

She digs at the dust

Buries her droppings

But does the lion conceal his?

The path to the watering hole

He stains with his dung.

Different in size, the two

In manners, wisdom

And sense are opposite

See how good sense

Is superior to strength

And think on it.