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Kʼaʼru peʼ li yaal?
Riklin kawilal
1. Kʼaʼru peʼ li yaal? Jun lemtzʼ qʼol chaabʼil
Naxqʼaxebʼ xbʼihomal chixjunil.
Kʼaʼjoʼaq xnimal xtzʼaq saʼ xqʼehil li chalel
Naq xnimal xbʼihomal ebʼ li rey taqlanel
Taʼilmanq joʼ li tzʼaj yal tzʼeqbʼil.
2. Kʼaʼru ut li yaal? Jun lemtzʼ ru maatan,
Xbʼaan li Dios ut li winq jwal sikʼbʼil.
Leʼ chasikʼ bʼar kʼutkʼu saʼ xchamal li taqʼa,
Joʼ ajwiʼ toj chiru xtaqeʼqil li choxa—
Aʼan xsikʼom li aamej li chaabʼil.
3. Tʼanbʼil chaq lix xuqʼ jun li rey saʼ ruqʼ
Naq li raqbʼa-aatin wan saʼ xbʼeen;
Naq ani taqenaq taaʼosoʼq xwankilal,
Naq xrumeʼ chaq chi chʼochʼ, toj xaqxooq chaq li yaal;
Tixnumsi chaq xrahil li kutan.
4. Kʼaʼru bʼiʼ li yaal? Aʼan li xbʼeen ut xraqik,
Ut naxqʼax xbʼisbʼal ru li kutan.
Us ta sachsooq li chʼochʼ ut li choxa taaxik,
Wanq li yaal, xʼanchalil li kʼaʼru wan xwanjik,
Junelik, chi maajun xjalbʼal wan.
Raatinul: John Jaques, 1827–1900
Xyaabʼal: Ellen Knowles Melling, 1820–1905