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88¹Simakadze,

Nkulunkulu wensindziso yami.

Ngikhala kuwe imini nebusuku.

²Shangatsi umkhuleko wami ungefikela kuwe,

beka indlebe yakho,

uve kukhala kwami.

³Ngobe umphefumulo wami ugcwele tinsizi,

nekuphila kwami sekusondzele ethuneni.

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nginjengendvodza lete emandla.

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lese balala emathuneni,

bona labo longasabakhumbuli,

yebo, lese bancunywa kuwe.

⁶Ungifake emgodzini lojule kunayo yonkhe,

etindzaweni letimnyama nasetingungwini.

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Emagagasi akho ayangicindzetela. Cabanga.

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wangenta ngaba sinengiso kubo.

Ngivalelekile, angikhoni kuphuma.

⁹Liso lami liyafa ngenca yelusizi,

ngikhala kuwe, Simakadze,

imini nebusuku

ngiphakamisa tandla tami,

ngikhuleka kuwe.

¹⁰Labafile uyabentela yini timanga?

Bayavuka yini emathuneni bakudvumise? Cabanga.

¹¹Umusa wakho

kungakhulunywa yini ngawo ethuneni?

Kwetsembeka kwakho

kungakhulunywa yini ngako ekubhujisweni?

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tingatiwa yini ebumnyameni?

Kulunga kwakho

kuyatiwa yini eveni

lalabo labangasakhumbuli?

¹³Kodvwa mine, Simakadze,

ngikhala kuwe, ngicela lusito,

kutsi kusa

ube uhlangabetana nemkhuleko wami.

¹⁴Awu, Simakadze!

Ungilahlelani?

Ungifihlelelani buso bakho?

¹⁵Ngihlupheke kakhulu ngabasengotini yekufa,

kwasebusheni bami;

ngashaywa luvalo, ngasangana.

¹⁶Lulaka lwakho loluvutsako lungehlele,

kwesabisa kwakho kungicedzile.

¹⁷Kungitungeleta njengemanti onkhe emalanga,

kungitungeleta kanyekanye.

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ubacoshile, bakhashane nami;

bumnyama sebungumngani wami.