-Nonm o! Chante yon chante pou plenn sò farawon an, wa peyi Lejip la. Ba l' mesaj sa a pou mwen: Ou pran pòz lyon ou nan mitan lòt nasyon yo. Men pou di vre, ou tankou yon gwo kayiman k'ap benyen nan larivyè a. Ou leve tout fon dlo a ak pat ou yo, ou sal tout dlo a.
Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.