11 “Mandlana mani mine lenginawo, kutsi ngisengachubeka ngetsembe? Tsemba lini lengisenalo kutsi ngisengabeketela?
Lamalanga ami lambalwa asengakapheli yini? Ase umane ungishiye ngedvwa, kumbe ngingamane sengitfole litfutjana lekujabula,
Ungalivisa yini buhlungu licembe leliphephukako? Ungacoshana yini nemakhoba lomile?
“Ngako umuntfu uyadleka njengentfo lebolako, nanjengendvwangu ledliwa ngumvunya.”
“Umoya wami wephukile, emalanga ami ajutjiwe aba mafisha, sengimelwe lithuna.
Kube-ke likhaya lami lebekulitsemba lami lekugcina bekulithuna, kube-ke bengendlele licansi lami ebumnyameni,
“Kusola kwami kucondzene nemuntfu yini? Kwentiwa yini kutsi ngingakhoni kubeketela?
“Maye, wena ulusito kulobutsakatsaka! Maye, wena uwusindzisile lomkhono bewute emandla!
Nginemandla elitje yini kantsi mine? Wona lomtimba wami ulitfusi yini?
Wacedza emandla ami ngisesemkhatsini, wafinyeta emalanga ekuphila kwami.
“Simakadze, ngatise sigcino sami, ungatise nebungako bekuphila kwami, ncono ngati kutsi ngiyendlula lapha emhlabeni.”
Imihla yami ingangemphama yesandla. Kuphila kwami kubukeka kulite kuwe. Impela, kuphila kwemuntfu kunjengenkhungu. Cabanga.