Ukusa Kwengelosi Ehlawulelweyo
Kwinzonzobila emnyama apho kungekho nto isebeza khona,
Ingelosi iyakhala, ubomi bayo ngoku bungasekho.
Amaphiko aphukile, ekuthuleni, umkhondo obuhlungu,
Intliziyo eyondliwe kukuzisola, ngobusuku obungenasiphelo.
Kodwa apha, ebumnyameni, umoya, ukukhanya kubamba,
Umthunywa wothando, kwikhuselo langokuhlwa.
Ngokwangiwa okufunyanwa kubusika obubandayo,
Kwaye ifaka ithemba, kwisiphango esinamandla.
Ukusuka kwesi senzo, ubomi bokuzalwa kwakhona buhamba,
Kwimithanjeni enqabileyo, ukufudumala kusasazeka.
Ubumnyama buyavuleka, kungene ukukhanya;
Ukubhengeza ukuqala kwengomso elimangalisayo.
Uxolo luhlala kamnandi kumanxeba abuhlungu;
Ekwamkeleni okungcwele, umphefumlo uzifumana ugutyungelwe.
Ukusuka kwiinyembezi, umlambo wovuyo uqala ukuhamba;
Kolu kwamkelwa, kwabanjwa ubomi obutsha.
Ingelosi ewileyo, ivuswa ekulibaleni,
Ngenceba yasezulwini, ekugqibeleni basindiswe.
Ngamaphiko okuzalwa ngokutsha kunye nomoya omtsha,
Ikamva eliguqukileyo linyukela kwihlabathi.
Apho ithemba lokuphelelwa lithemba lidubula khona, ukungoyiki,
Kwaye ekuxolelweni, yonke impazamo ifumana ukuhlangulwa kwayo,
Ingelosi ewileyo, umbanjwa wayo ekufeni;
Uphinde azalwe ebomini, eluthandweni, kwinceba engapheliyo.