Wena unguBongwe wekhethelo

uBongwe obelethwa Makhosi

Ubelethwa boNdabezitha Iingwenya ezingathuswa zizitha

unguMdumiseni owaduma ephasini ungakafiki nephasini abanye bathabela ukuthi iyeza iKosana

Abanye babuthana bahlanganisa amabutho ngoba batjhejile ukuthi nawufikako uyokubutha koke okungekwakwenu

Wena unguBongwe wamambala, kungakho neskhumba owathukwa ngaso simabalabala

Nakuvela wena iinhliziyo zabo ngawe zihlala zibalabala

Ukufika kwakho hlangana nabo ngamunye ngamunye bayanyamalala

Abangani unabo kodwana awunabo

Ngoba nalabo ebegade uthi bangani, ngak’sasa nivuka ungasazi ukuthi nibangani

Abangani unabo, bakho ukhethelwe

Bakho bazak’lethwa keyakho ipilo ngesikhathi esifaneleko

Kungakho ebegade uzikhethele bona boke bangasekho

Angitjho labo beza kuwe ngokuhlomula

Nalapho ebafika khona bathi bangabiza lakho igama ivuleke iminyango

Okuhle kufanele bona bodwa

Nababodwa bayazi ukuthi okuhle kutholakala kuwe, kutholakala ngawe

Bathi bangakuthola, omumbi kube nguwe

Wena ulikonyana lakoBaphathele Iye, kungakho nanamhlanje ithabo, ipumelelo nomnotho ubaphathele

Nemizila nasele iminengi irareja umkhumbulo, benyula bonyana kube nguwe ozak’fika ukhombe okungiwo – ubakhethele

Wena uyiNgwenya, ubelethwa ziiNgwenya

Yoke ipi uyithumba usonge imikhono

Barareke bonyana urhona njani umncani kangaka

Baliyeke ukulemuka bonyana ukhamba namabutho angabonwako

Olwa nawe ubethwa yinto angayiboniko

Idlozi lakho liyabanyenya abakhohlisi nabazensizi

Izitha zakho libahlaba basahlela ukukuhlasela

Uvikeleke mahlangothi woke, emkhanyweni nemnyameni uliLanga neNyanga – into ebangasoze bayifinyelela

Kwakho kubakhanyisela ubalethele nokufuthumela

Wena uyikakha yakoSoNtabakazi

Boke abasongela wena bayokusongana njengenyoka iphezu kwabovu amalahle