Ndiboleke ilihlo ndikulobele

Nantsi indaba “kwa Xhosa”.

Intombi engekazekwa iyashosha

Esithathiwe iyarhulisa.

Ethathiwe ibonakala ngeqhiya

Entloko ekhomb’ ukuba ulotyoliwe.

Izijalumani namapinifa

Kuba umswenkowakhe okhombuzekiwe.

Uyatshazelwa okukhombukuthi

Ungumlobokazi.

Unxibijezi abophe neskhafu

Ukuhlonipha iinkomo zomyeni.

Kwa Xhosa sithetha ngekhaza

Udelinkonu uyokwenda.