tifel bla tort, kien ghadu mohh ir-rih,
sakemm sab min tradih,
u tah rigali sbieh,
bla ma nduna li ried jidhak bih.
Ceda dat-tfajjel, garru il-kurrent,
pprova w ghalih kien biss esperiment.
�Ikkalma, tibza� xejn,
jien irridlek il-gid.
Se nghallmek il-loghba kif tqis ruhek mal-kbar.�
REF: Bhal fjura misruqa,
zerriegha mahnuqa,
karattru midfun mit-twelid.
Il-mostru qerried
illi jharbat l-ulied,
bla kuxjenza go qalb tal-hadid.
Tifla grazzjuza kibret bla tfixkil,
sabet qarib li hadha biz-zeghil:
�Ar� qis ma tghid lil hadd,
din biss bejnietna t-tnejn,
jekk tikxifni, jien mal-hbieb nixlik.
Tad-dar cert li jgiddbuk,
jghidu: hlieqa tat-tfal,
ghax lili jemmnuni, zgur jehduha kontrik.�
REF: Bhal fjura misruqa ecc...
� Joe Julian Farrugia 2004
