Ain-fatin iha rai-henek

Hosi Yohanes Manhitu

Bainhira ita la’o dook ona iha tasi-ibun ho rai-henek mutin
no soe matan ba tasi nia luan be liman-fuan la sukat,
ita laran-moris kona-ba ita-nia an ki’ik no lotuk,
iha lalehan nia okos be kakutak la kona loos.

Rai-henek musan be ita sama metru ba metru,
dala ruma bokon, dala ruma maran, nonook.
Loron no kalan liu, tuir Na’i Nia futar ukun,
maibé sira, nafatin, sei hafutar tasi-ibun.

Dadeer ida ó liu ho hamnasa no ain todan,
ain-fatin sira marka kle’an iha rai-henek.
Lokraik, ho serteza, ó mai buka tuir,
ó sei hakfodak hanesan ema foun.

Yogyakarta, 12 fulan-Jullu 2007