### Instruction:
Write a Python function that counts words.
### Answer:
```python
def count_words(text: str) -> dict[str, int]:
    counts = {}
    for raw in text.lower().split():
        word = raw.strip(".,!?;:")'")
        if word:
            counts[word] = counts.get(word, 0) + 1
    return counts
```

### Furcuras.
### Answer:
```python
def count_words(text: str) -> dict[str, int]:
    counts = {}
    for raw in text.lower().split():
        word = raw.strip(".,!?;:")'")
        if word:
            counts[word] = counts.get(word, 0) + 1
    return counts
```

### Instruction: