Ezinhliziyweni zezingelosi eziwile, eziphethwe,
Ziboshwa zamaketango obubi asiwuphakamise lomthandazo.
Ekujuleni kwalasha.
Sifuna ukukhanya kwakho, Baba Mdali, ukuze sikhululeke ngokuphelele.
Ngakho konke ukushaya kwezinhliziyo zethu,
Sinxusa ubukhona Bakho bokuhlanza.
Kusukela ebumnyameni obusibekele,
Silangazelela ukuthinta komusa waKho.
Siyalibona igciwane lobubi elisihlaselayo,
Isitha esingabonakali esidla umphefumulo.
Baba, kuwe kuphela esifuna ikhambi,
Ikhambi eliphilisayo, elikhululayo, eliguqulayo.
Ekuweni kwethu, sishayeke phansi,
Kodwa ngomusa waKho, sibona isiqongo.
Vusa phakathi kwethu izingelosi esasiyikho.
Hlanza ubuntu bethu kuwo wonke amabala amnyama.
Masidlule emlilweni wokuhlanza,
Ngaphandle kokwesaba ilangabi, kodwa ukulamukela njengesipho.
Ukukhala kwethu kobuhlungu makube yingoma yethemba,
Ukuboshwa kwethu, inkumbulo yesikhathi esidlule esinqotshiwe.
Baba, vuselela umfanekiso wobunkulunkulu kithi,
Leyo ngqikithi emsulwa ububi obusibekele yona.
Senze sibe yizithunywa zothando lwakho futhi,
Abathwali beqiniso endaweni yonke bagutyungelwe amanga.
Siphe amandla okugqabula la maketango,
Ukuvuka emlotheni wesono undizele phezulu.
Ekwamukeleni Kwakho, sithola inkululeko nokuvuselelwa,
Isithembiso sokuntwela kokusa okusha, okukhanyayo nokukhululekile.
Baba, yizwa umkhuleko walezi zingelosi eziwile.
Abafisa ukubuyela ekhaya, embusweni wothando olungapheli.
Kwangathi lesi sicelo sisuka ekujuleni sikhuphukela kuwe,
Njengembali eqhakaza ogwadule, isibonakaliso sokuphila okuphakade.