Ansoor
1. Tar jee 'neenyn, cha jean shen (jannoo), dooyrt Ealisaid.
2. Jean pash dy hey Homaase, chouds yiow Moirrey as my hene eeast.
3. Ta agh tey dy liooar ayn cour un cappan y pheesh, dooyrt Thomaase.
4. Cha vowmayd tooilley erbee kyndagh rish geearree er, dooyrt Ealisaid.
5. Prowmayd jannoo feeyn ass corranyn bweey.
6. Cha nel monney corranyn bweey faagit ain noadyr, dooyrt Thomaase.
7. Nagh immee jee ass shilley, jean oo? dooyrt Thomaase chouds v'ad
gleashaghey ersooyl
8. Cha neemayd son shickyrys, cha beemayd foddey.
9. Ta mee geearree dy vel caghlaa reddyn ain Vess, dooyrt Moirrey.
10. Choud's v'ad jannoo siyr dys y chlag eeastee oc.
11. Rieau ayns my vea, ta mee er cheau my fo eaddeeyn cho foddey, S'agglagh
eh.
12. Cre'n fa nagh lhisagh shin cummal laa niaghyn? dooyrt Ealisaid.
13. Bee eh red noa as ver eh dooin red ennagh smooinaghtyn er.
14. Veagh eh gamman neesht, gyn sheeabin.
15. Ta mee er lhiah boayl ennagh dy vel mraane 'sy nair foddey -
16. nieeaghyn nyn goamraghyn oc, sladdaney ad lesh claghyn ayns strooan.
17. Ta strooanyn as claghyn ain, lhig dooin prowal yn eie shen.
18. Nagh vel ny claghyn jannoo tuill ayndoo.
19. Er lhiams dy vel ad jannoo ymmyd jeh leacyn rea lesh oirryn cruinn.
20. S'treisht lhiam nagh jig ny dewilee (fir oaldey) Vess.
21. Cha row my lene shickey myr va shen cowrey coshey jeh apag ny dyn.
22. Cha smooinneeym er.
23. Share lhien goll er as ta shin cliaghtit gyn imnea.
24. Agh cha jemmayd foddey er coontey Thomaase.
25. aink ad er ash lesh daa eeast feer vie.
26. Dinsh Ealisaid da Thomaase mychione nyn n'eie son laa niaghyn.
27. Lurg jinnair ghow ad nyn goamraghyn sollagh dys yn awin.
28. Dymsee ad ry-cheilley bwaagyn vooarey ennagh.
29. Hug ad ny coamraghyn er y chlag smoo as ghow ad toshiaght er sladdaney.
30. Eisht hug adsyn ad magh dy hirmaghey fo'n grian.
Ansoor
1. Live in safety and happiness in the Isle of Man.
2. You can make your new home in the land of superb natural beauty.
3. You could see the sea every day striking the majestic cliffs.
4. Go for walks on lofty hills golden with gorse.
5. Perhaps you will wish to become part of our community.
6. No other island can give you so much in just 227 square miles.
7. Your retirement should be a well deserved rest,
8. with better flowers to be grown and a golf shot to be practised,
9. a boat to be sailed, a book to be written.
10. In Mann the choice is yours
11. Everything you need is close at hand.
12. We have our own Parliament, customs, laws and taxes.
13. You will want to learn Manx of course.
14. Good classes are to be found in every town.
15. We have had 1000 years of free, strong and stable government.
16. You will not find political, industrial or sectarian strife.
17. Taxes are kept as low as possible,
18. and there are no death duties at all!
19. It is less costly to drive a car too.
20. You can drive to 500 miles of well maintained roads.
21. You can drive here in safety, when you would be too old in England.
22. We enjoy health and education services as good as any other place.
23. Perhaps you will come here to escape English taxes,
24. but you will be kept here by your love for the beautiful places,
25. friendly people, and 1001 indefinable but real charms,
26. that make the Isle of Man so wonderful.
27. Paraphrased from the forward to "Living in the Isle of Man"
28. written by Charles Kerruish, when he was the Speaker of the House
of Keys
29. In this week's competition, please tell me,
30. which lines were not written by President Kerruish himself.