Бжьыхьэ тхьэмпэхэр полъэлъыр…

Бжьыхьэ тхьэмпэхэр полъэлъыр,
Къуалэбзухэр мэлъэтэж.
Абы щIыгъуу си гухэлъхэр
Жьыбгъэ бзаджэм сIэщIехыж.
Иужь дыдэ утесауэ
ТетIысхьэпIэр закъуэу щытщ.
Си нэр абы тедияуэ,
Гупсысэшхуэм сэ сыхэтщ:
Лейуэ зэ сыпхуэзэжатэм…
Лейуэ зэ сыпIуплъэжам…
Сэ собампIэр, сэ сощатэр,
Сыт блэкIам сыщIэIэбар?
Си псэм хуабжьу сызэрехуэр,
ТIэкIуи сыхузэгуопыж.
ГъащIэ гъуэгум усIэщIехыр,
Ауэ сыхущIемыгъуэж.
Адыгэ псалъэ, 11.08.2023

Vocabulary:

1. ауэ: but, however, on the other hand
2. абы: he, him, she, her, it (ergative case)
3. сыт: what? (questions about everything except people)
4. адыгэ: adyghe (name given to themselves by the adygeans, kabardians, and cherkesses (circassians).
5. бжьыхьэ: autumn, fall (american)
6. жьыбгъэ: variable, fickle, fitful, veering wind
7. иужь: after, subsequent to, when
8. дыдэ: 1. very, too 2. myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves (shows the importance or significance of a person or thing), the very same, precisely
9. хуабжьу: 1. fast, quickly, rapidly, with great speed 2. strongly, heavily (in intensity, degree of manifestation) 3. hard, strenuously, intensely, a lot 4. very, strongly, extremely, deeply, profoundly, to the highest degree