kaanat bintun ṣaghiiratun tusammaa laylaa wakaanat talbasu wishaaḥan aḥmaraThere was a little girl called Layla who wore a red scarf.
arsalathaa ummuhaa ilaa jaddatihaa bisallati ṭaʿaaminHer mother sent her to her grandmother with a basket of food.
qaalat lahaa laa tatakallamii maʿa al-ghurabaa’i fii aṭ-ṭariiqiShe told her, "Do not talk to strangers on the way."
fii al-ghaabati qaabalahaa dhi’bun wasa’alahaa ilaa ayna tadhhabiinaIn the forest a wolf met her and asked, "Where are you going?"
akhbarathu laylaa bibayti jaddatihaa farakaḍa adh-dhi’bu ilayhiLayla told him about her grandmother's house, and the wolf ran there.
labisa thiyaaba al-jaddati wanaama fii sariirihaaHe put on the grandmother's clothes and lay down in her bed.
dakhalat laylaa waqaalat yaa jaddatii maa akbara udhunaykiLayla came in and said, "Grandma, what big ears you have!"
qaala adh-dhi’bu li’asmaʿaki jayyidanThe wolf said, "The better to hear you."
ṣarakhat laylaa fasamiʿahaa ḥaṭṭaabun fajaa’a wa’akhaafa adh-dhi’ba faharabaLayla screamed; a woodcutter heard her, came and frightened the wolf, and he ran away.
wakaanati al-jaddatu mukhtabi’atan fii al-khizaanati saalimatanThe grandmother had been hiding safely in the wardrobe.
taʿallamat laylaa an tasmaʿa kalaama ummihaaLayla learned to listen to her mother.