1 “Es hott bletz vo silvah gegrawva is,
2 Eisa vatt aus di eaht gnumma,
3 Mennah nemma lichtah in di dunkla bletz;
4 Si grawva lechah veit vekk funn leit,
5 Ovva uf di eaht dutt ess-sach vaxa,
6 Sapphires kumma funn shtay,
7 Da voi in di luft vayst nett vo selli bletz sinn,
8 Shtolsi diahra lawfa nett drivvah,
9 Da mann grawbt da flint-shtay,
10 Eah grawbt lechah deich di felsa,
11 Eah damd di revvahra uf es si nett lawfa,
12 Avvah vo kann veisheit kfunna sei?
13 Da mensh fashtayt nett vass veisheit veaht is,
14 'S deefa sawkt, ‘See is nett in miah,’
15 See kann nett gekawft sei mitt em beshta gold,
16 See kann nett gekawft sei mitt em gold funn Ophir,
17 Gold un sheinich glaws kann ma nett fagleicha mitt iahra,
18 Coral un crystal is nett diveaht shvetza diveyya;
19 Topaz aus em land Kush is di veisheit nett gleich,
20 Dann vo kumd di veisheit bei?
21 See is fashtekkeld funn di awwa funn alles levendiches,
22 Di fadeahvung un's grawb sawwa,
23 Gott fashtayt di veisheit iahra vayk,
24 Eah kann's end funn di eaht sayna,
25 Vo eah em vind sei macht gevva hott,
26 vo eah ausgmacht hott vo da reyyah falla soll,
27 no hott eah di veisheit ksenna un see ivvah-gegukt,
28 Un zumm mensh hott eah ksawt,