lipu Pona la: kasi nanpa 70 pi lipu Nasin Pona
| 吾言甚易知 | toki mi la: jan ale li ken sona e ni, | My words are easy to understand |
| 甚易行 | …li ken pali e ni. | And easy to practice. |
| 天下莫能知 | taso jan ala li sona e ni, | Yet nobody understands them |
| 莫能行 | …li pali e ni. | [O]r practices them. |
| 言有宗 | toki li jo e tan. | My words have an origin; |
| 事有君 | pali li jo e kon. | My actions have a principle. |
| 夫唯无知 | It is only because of your not understanding this | |
| 是以不我知 | That you do not understand me. | |
| 知我者希 | Since there are few who understand me | |
| 则我者贵 | I am valued. | |
| 是以 |
Therefore the sage wears coarse clothes. | |
| 怀玉 | Yet hides a jewel in his bosom. |