Phantsi kwesibhakabhaka kube kokwakho, mthwali wokukhanya;
Uwe emthunzini wephupha elilahlekileyo.
“Wawulitywina lemfezeko,” wasebeza uHezekile.
“Uzele bubulumko, yaye ngobuhle bugqibelele.”
Wawuhamba e-Eden, phakathi kwamatye anqabileyo,
Ngaphantsi kweenyawo zakho bekubengezela iirubhilidi negolide
Isithunywa sezulu esinamaphiko sichazwa kwisithethe sebhayibhile njengokuya kuThixo, enamaphiko omlilo, edalwe ngokuzukileyo,
Entabeni engcwele yoMdali, wahamba, uhlonelwa.
Kodwa ubugwenxa busentliziyweni yakho,
Kwaye ngayo, ubonakalisile ubulumko bakho nozuko lwakho.
“Uya kuwa emazulwini, uyihlo wakulumkisa, ngenxa yobubi bakho obubi,
Uya kuba luthuthu, Phantsi kweenkwenkwezi ezikuvuthuzayo.
UIsaya wakubona ukwehla kwakho esililweni sakhe,
“Hayi indlela owawa ngayo ezulwini, Khwezi lokusa!
Entabeni yendibano waphupha unyuka.
Emhadini bakubona ukuphela kwakho.
Isikhulu sabathetheli, ngoku iphupha lathi shwaka;
Ingoma elityelweyo, kwii-echoes ezilahlekileyo.
Umhlaba uphumle, isibhakabhaka siyakhazimla,
Yaye umsedare waseLebhanon ekudluleni kwakho awusayi kuba sanyikima.
Ookumkani bezizwe bakhangele kuwe, bemangalisiwe;
Nguye na lo owalishukumisa ihlabathi ngomsindo?
Kungoku, ulala phantsi, ungumthunzi phakathi kwethunzi;
Ugqunywe ziimpethu, engcwabeni lakho ulilolo.
Ukhe waphakama phakathi kweenkwenkwezi, ngoku ulala phantsi,
Ukukhanya kwakho, inkumbulo efileyo, ekuhambeni kwexesha yalahleka.
“Mthwali wokukhanya, aphi amaphiko akho ngoku?”
Buza ihlabathi, ngokuzola kwakho, Phantsi kweenkwenkwezi ezolileyo.