avo mahatazana Ambohijanahary

ketrak'ila misasaka Imahamasina

mandrosoa Rabodofiharatana

sa hianao menatra ny efa nisaraka?

aoka fa hitsanga-miankina ihany Randriamatoa

fa menatra ny efa nisaraka

aza menatra ny efa nisaraka Ramatoa

fa raha tsy afa-po mifamerina.
 
 

Leonard Fox, "Hainteny, The Traditional Poetry of Madagascar", 1990