Mkhatsalele njenge mtali wakhe,

yiba ngumnkhombandlela kuye,

m’yale ngemphilo usaphila,

mnike yonkhe imilayeto latayidzinga.

M’bambe ngesandla nawuhamba naye,

umfundzise kutsi kuyini kubayindvodza,

sabela lapho akubita khona,

mphendvule nakabuta umbuto.

Msite nakacela lusito

ngobe kuwe utibona yena,

mtjele kutsi uyamtsandza,

mvumele ayente imicabango yakhe

umlungise lapho kuneliphutsa khona.

Mfundzise kutiphatsa ebantfwini,

mtjele ngekubaluleka kwemndeni,

umatise nekutsi ngalesinye sikhatsi

umuntfu ulala agucuke,

wonkhe lomtsembile sitsasakho sakusasa.

Umatise kutsi imphilo ingumdvwebo emhlabatsini,

nanobe kunini itawunyamalala,

ngangoke konkhe lesingiko namuhla

ngete sahlala singiko ingunaphakadze.