Xaqxo toowanq

Rikʼin kawilal

1. Saʼ Sion ma tooluktaaq saʼ xkolbʼal tzʼaqal li yaal?
Naq xwankil laj tza xaqxo chiqu, ma taalajq li qapaabʼaal?
Inkʼaʼ!

[Chorus]

Saʼ li paabʼaal li keʼxra qayuwaʼ junxil,

Saʼ li paabʼaal keʼkamsiik wiʼ laj paabʼanel,

Xaqxo toowanq, tiik toopaabʼanq,

Joʼ xmoos li Dios junelik toowanq.

2. Re xsachbʼal xkʼanjel li Dios, lix wankil qʼojyin xaqxo;
Joʼ ralal xkʼajol li yeechiʼinbʼil, ma koqʼbʼil li chʼiichʼ bʼarbʼo?
Inkʼaʼ!

[Chorus]

Saʼ li paabʼaal li keʼxra qayuwaʼ junxil,

Saʼ li paabʼaal keʼkamsiik wiʼ laj paabʼanel,

Xaqxo toowanq, tiik toopaabʼanq,

Joʼ xmoos li Dios junelik toowanq.

3. Taqasikʼ li qakolbʼal, toojiloq rikʼin li yaal,
Tootijoq, tookʼanjelaq chiru, saʼ xmetzʼew qasaajilal.
Joʼkan!

[Chorus]

Saʼ li paabʼaal li keʼxra qayuwaʼ junxil,

Saʼ li paabʼaal keʼkamsiik wiʼ laj paabʼanel,

Xaqxo toowanq, tiik toopaabʼanq,

Joʼ xmoos li Dios junelik toowanq.

4. Taqasikʼ li tiikilal re tooruuq chi ok rikʼin,
Joʼ laj paabʼanel junxil chiqu li najter keʼxpaabʼ raatin.
Joʼkan!

[Chorus]

Saʼ li paabʼaal li keʼxra qayuwaʼ junxil,

Saʼ li paabʼaal keʼkamsiik wiʼ laj paabʼanel,

Xaqxo toowanq, tiik toopaabʼanq,

Joʼ xmoos li Dios junelik toowanq.

Raatinul ut xyaabʼal: Evan Stephens, 1854–1930