1. Sengingenile ensimini yami,dadewethu, makoti wami;ngiyabutha imure* lami namakha ami,ngiyadla amakhekheba ami kanye nezinyosi zami,ngiyaphuza iwayini lami kanye nobisi lwami.Yidlani, bangane,niphuze, nisuthe ngothando.
2. Bengilele,kepha inhliziyo yami ibiphapheme;kuyizwi lothandiweyo wami elingqongqotha lithi:“Ngivulele, dadewethu,sithandwa sami,juba lami, opheleleyo wami,ngokuba ikhanda lami ligcwele amazolo,nesihluthu sami amaconsi asebusuku.”
3. Ngikhumulile isambatho sami,ngingasifaka kanjani?Ngigezile izinyawo zami,ngingazingcoliselani na?
4. Othandiweyo wayesengenisa isandla sakhe embotsheni,izibilini zami zamhawukela.
5. Ngavuka ukumvulela othandiweyo wami;izandla zami zaconsa imure,*neminwe yami imure elimanziphezu kwezibambo zesihluthulelo.
6. Ngamvulela-ke othandiweyo wami,kepha othandiweyo wami ubephendukile,wamuka;umphefumulo wami wawuphela ngokukhuluma kwakhe,ngamfuna, kepha angamthola;ngambiza,kodwa akaphendula.