Inkhosi yehlulwa buhlungu. Yasukuma yakhuphukela ekamelweni lelalingetulu kwelisango yayawukhala khona. Isakhuphuka, yayihambe ikhala itsi: “Awu, ndvodzana yami, Absalomu! Ndvodzana yami, ndvodzana yami, Absalomu! Kube kufane kwafa mine esikhundleni sakho! Awu, Absalomu, ndvodzana yami, ndvodzana yami!”