18 Kute likhambi kulolusizi lwami, inhlitiyo yami iselusizini.
Sheshisa, Simakadze, ungiphendvule; umoya wami ushona phansi. Ungangifihleli buso bakho, funa ngibe njengalabashona emgodzini.
Ngako-ke ngatsi: “Sukani lapha kimi, ase ngikhale kabuhlungu. Ningacali netame kungidvudvuta ngekubhujiswa kwesive sakitsi.”
Macondzana nebaphrofethi: Inhlitiyo yami yephukile ngekhatsi kwami; onkhe ematsambo ami ayatfutfumela. Ngifanana nemuntfu lodzakiwe, yebo, umuntfu lowehlulwe liwayini, ngenca yaSimakadze nemavi akhe langcwele.
Maye, tinhlungu tami, tinhlungu tami! Ngiyashumpha etinhlungwini tami. Maye, kuqaqamba kwenhlitiyo yami! Inhlitiyo yami iyaqaqamba ngekhatsi kwami, ngehluleka nekubindzisa. Ngobe ngikuvile kukhala kwelicilongo, ngikuvile kuhlatjwa kwemkhosi wemphi.
Siyivile imibiko ngabo, saphela emandla, imikhono yetfu iyalenga nje kitsi, sibanjwe kudzabuka nekwesaba lokukhulu, tinhlungu letifanana netemfati lobelekako.
Kube mane inhloko yami beyisiyalu semanti nemehlo ami abe ngumtfombo wetinyembeti, bengitawukhala busuku nemini, ngenca yekubulawa ngesihluku kwesive sami!
Ngenca yako konkhe loku tinhlitiyo tetfu tidzabukile, nangenca yato tonkhe letintfo emehlo etfu ayadvumba,
Ngeva, nenhlitiyo yami yabhakuta, netindzebe temlomo wami tavevetela ngalomsindvo, kubola kwakhasabela ematsanjeni ami, imilente yami yachachatela. Noko ngiyakulilindzela ngekubeketela lilanga lesehlakalo leliyawusifikela sive lesisihlasele.