Ingoma Yetingoma 5

₁Sengifikile engadzeni yami, dzadzewetfu, mntfwanaketfu,

ngibutse imure yami nemakha ami.

Ngiludlile luhlanga lwami lwetinyosi neluju;

sengilinatsile liwayini lami nelubisi lwami.

Dlanini, bomngami, ninatse;

natsisisani lutsandvo, nine titsandzani.

₂Ngalala, kodvwa inhlitiyo yami

ayizange seyibutsi cutfu butfongo.

Lalela! Longitsandzako uyanconcotsa, utsi:

“Ngivulele, dzadzewetfu, sitsandvwa sami,

tuba lami, wena longenasici wami.

Inhloko yami seyinetfwe ngematolo,

tinwele tami tinemswakama wasebusuku.”

₃Ngiwukhumulile umjiva wami,

ngiphindze ngiwembatse yini?

Ngitigezile tinyawo tami,

ngiphindze ngitingcolise yini?

₄Longitsandzako wami wase ufaka

sandla sakhe esikhaleni semnyango,

inhlitiyo yami yase icala kumhawukela.

₅Ngase ngiyavuka ngayawuvulela longitsandzako wami;

sandla sami sasintfontsa imure,

tingalo tami tigeleta imure,

lapha etibambeni tesivalo.

₆Ngamvulela longitsandzako wami,

kodvwa longitsandzako wami

abesahambile, angasekho.

Inhlitiyo yami yayiphumele kuye

ngesikhatsi akhuluma.

Ngamfuna, kodvwa angizange ngimtfole.

Ngambita, kodvwa akazange asabele.

₇Balindzi basebusuku bangitfola

ngesikhatsi bajikeleta ekhatsi edolobheni.

Bangidzindza ngendvuku, bangilimata;

bangemuka lijazi lami,

labo balindzi betibondza!

₈Ngiyaniyala, madvodzakati aseJerusalema,

nanimtfola longitsandzako,

nitamtjela kutsini?

Nibomtjela kutsi ngiyafa lutsandvo.

₉Unjani yena lona lotsandzekako wakho,

uncono yini kunalabanye,

wena lomuhle kunabo bonkhe besifazane?

Kantsi lomkhwenyane wakho

muhle kwendlula bonkhe yini,

lokwekutsi ungaze usitjele kanjalo?

₁₀Longitsandzako wami uyakhanga ngelibala;

uyabonakala ngisho nome sebahlangene

baba tinkhulungwane letilishumi.

₁₁Inhloko yakhe iyigolide lecengiwe cobo;

tinwele takhe tiyakhephuka njengemagagasi,

kantsi timnyama njengelihhwabayi.

₁₂Emehlo akhe anjengematuba

langasemitfonjeni yemanti,

agezwe ngelubisi,

ahleti ngasemfuleni.

₁₃Tihlatsi takhe tinjengemibhedze

yetitfombo tetinandzisi

letitsaphukisa liphunga lato.

Tindzebe temlomo wakhe tinjengeminduze

lentfontsa emakha emure.

₁₄Imikhono yakhe injengemigcala yegolide

lokufakwe kuyo ematje laligugu.

Umtimba wakhe ushelela njengematinyo endlovu,

uhlotjiswe ngemasafire.

₁₅Imilente yakhe ifanana netinsika

letibatwe ngelitje lelimhlophe,

letibekwe etisekelweni tegolide lecengekile.

Lutsi lwemtimba wakhe lufanana neLebanoni,

likhetselo lemisedari yayo.

₁₆Umlomo wakhe ukunongotela cobo lwako;

yena empeleni muhle ngalokuphelele.

Lowo-ke ngulongitsandzako wami,

ungumngani wami,

nine madvodzakati aseJerusalema.