Bathi ake siphawule
Kuthiwa isimo sitshekile
Enzansi kuyantula nabantu baxakekile
Izizwe zikhemile nabahlakaniphileyo badidekile
Bathi ake siphawule
Thina abangasibheki nakusibona kasibonwa
Engani bona bachemile bafundile bagogodile
Kepha bebhekile imiphefumulo ichithekile
Okwetiye emasosweni eminikelo ezinkonzweni
Bathi ake sibeke amabili noma amathathu
Ulimi lwethu balwazi lusokile lucolekile
Namazwi ethu enothile
Kepha nxa siphefumula basihleka usulu
Kulalelwa abadumile nabaculile ngisho noma becwilile
Ezinkanukweni nasegazini lemizimba yezimpofana
Bathi ke ake siphawule ngobhubhane nemihelo yezingane ezizithwele
Kepha uma siphawula bathi siyahlambalaza
Namagama esiwaphimisayo kawaziwa umsuka
Asisibo yini abengabade nabasemandulweni?
Amanzi esiphethu angalifundisani idwala?
Amanzi asempophomeni alufundisani uthingo?
Isiwula singatholani emgodleni wabakhaliphileyo?

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Mtakababa, amazwi akho ajule kakhulu: “Amanzi esiphethu angalifundisani idwala?
Amanzi asempophomeni alufundisani uthingo?”
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