Ngaphantsi kwesibhakabhaka esizimvi, kumazwe alityelweyo;
Igorha lixoka, ligobile ixesha,
Owake waba yinjengele, wazambeswe bubuqaqawuli.
Ngoku isithunzi, eludakeni olubotshwe ngamatyathanga.
Wayephethe ibheji yegolide okanye umfuziselo wodidi lomkhosi, phantsi kweebhanile emoyeni;
Elandelwa ngamawaka, ngexesha lakhe lokuzingca.
Kodwa ikratshi laliyi-blade, entliziyweni yakhe,
Elandele elona candelo limnyama kwimbali.
Ikratshi lakhe, njengetyhefu exhaphakileyo,
Utyhefe iingqondo, ikamva elingafunwayo.
Elangazelela okungakumbi, wazifumana edidekile,
Umkhosi olahlekileyo, oginywe kwi-vortex.
Ngoku ulele, ecaleni kwendlela, eshiywe,
Umdala, udiniwe, kwaye usengoyiki.
Ilizwi lakhe, lakha lahlonipha umyalelo,
Ngoku isikhalo, emoyeni, silahlekile kwaye siqalekisiwe.
Andisathandi, ndingalandeli, kushiyeke kuphela,
Ibhedi yakhe, isitrato, ingubo yakhe, iraphu.
Kodwa, emehlweni akhe, umlilo awuzange uthotywe;
Ukukhukhumala nomsindo, wobukumkani obuqhekekileyo.
Ubusuku buyeza, ngqina elibandayo,
Ngomntu ongenakhaya exoka, elityelwe.
Kodwa nasekulibaleni, entolongweni yakhe,
Ikratshi lihlala lihleli, umoya ongagungqiyo.
Ngaloo ndlela iphetha ibali, ukuwa kunye nentlungu,
Ngegorha elaba ngumngqibi.
Obomi busisilumkiso kwabafuna uzuko;
Oko kuthobeka kunamandla, ngaphezu kwegolide eqaqambileyo.