Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim’rous beastie, O, what a panic’s in thy breastie! Thou need na start awa sae hasty, Wi’ bickerin brattle! I wad be laith to rin an’ chase thee Wi’ murd’ring pattle!

o soweli lili

sina pilin ike

weka ala

I’m truly sorry Man’s dominion Has broken Nature’s social union, An’ justifies that ill opinion, Which makes thee startle, At me, thy poor, earth-born companion, An’ fellow-mortal!

mi pilin ike

jan pali pakala e tomo sina

sina pilin ike e mi

mi soweli

>! I doubt na, whyles, but thou may thieve; What then? poor beastie, thou maun live! A daimen-icker in a thrave ’S a sma’ request: I’ll get a blessin wi’ the lave, An’ never miss ’t! !<

mi pilin e ni

sina moku

la sina lanpan e kili lili

kili sina li lili

>! Thy wee-bit housie, too, in ruin! It’s silly wa’s the win’s are strewin! An’ naething, now, to big a new ane, O’ foggage green! An’ bleak December’s winds ensuin, Baith snell an’ keen! !<

mi pakala sina tomo lili

sina ijo palisa ala

sina ijo kili ala

tenpo ni li tenpo pimeja

>! Thou saw the fields laid bare an’ waste, An’ weary Winter comin fast, An’ cozie here, beneath the blast, Thou thought to dwell, Till crash! the cruel coulter past Out thro’ thy cell. !<

sina lukin e ma pimeja

sina wilen seli

mi pakala tomo sina

jan pakala

>! That wee-bit heap o’ leaves an’ stibble Has cost thee monie a weary nibble! Now thou’s turn’d out, for a’ thy trouble, But house or hald, To thole the Winter’s sleety dribble, An’ cranreuch cauld! !<

sina pali tomo sina

sina pali e kili lili

sina soweli wawa lili

>! But Mousie, thou art no thy-lane, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men Gang aft agley, An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain, For promis’d joy! !<

o soweli lili

sina luken tenpo ni taso

wilen soweli pali e pona ala

wilen jan pali e pona ala

>! Still, thou art blest, compar’d wi’ me! The present only toucheth thee: But Och! I backward cast my e’e, On prospects drear! An’ forward tho’ I canna see, I guess an’ fear! !<

sina pona

sina luken tenpo ni taso

mi luken e tenpo tawa

mi pilin ike