1Maye, tinhle tinyawo takho kuleto tincabule tato,
awu, ndvodzakati yemntfwanenkhosi!
Ematsanga akho atindingilizi njengemachuzu,
umsebenti wesandla sachwephesha.
2Inkhaba yakho isiyingiliti
injengenkomishi lengenasibambo
lengahlali ingenalo liwayini leliphiswe kahle.
Sisu sakho siyindvundvuma yakolo
letungeletwe ngiminduze.
3Emabele akho anjengemazinyane lamabili,
yebo, emaphahla emphala.
4Intsamo yakho injengembhoshongo
lowakhiwe ngematinyo endlovu.
Emehlo akho angemachibi aseHeshboni
ngasesangweni laseBhathi Rabhimu.
Likhala lakho linjengembhoshongo waseLebanoni
lobuke ngaseDamaseko.
5Inhloko yakho iyakuchelisa njengeNtsaba iKhameli.
Tinwele takho tinjengendvwangu
lebukhwebeletane yebukhosi,
inkhosi ibanjwe njengesigcili,
ikhangwa ngimichino yato.
6Maye, umuhle,
kantsi futsi uyajabulisa,
awu, sitsandvwa, ngebuhle bakho!
7Lutsi lwemtimba wakho
lunjengesihlahla selisundvu,
nemabele akho anjengetitfungo tetitselo.
8Ngatsi: “Ngitasekhwela lesihlahla selisundvu,
ngitatikha titselo taso.”
Shangatsi emabele akho
angaba njengetikhehle temavini,
kutsaphuka kwemakha ekuphefumula kwakho
kube njengemahhabhula,
9nemlomo wakho ube njengeliwayini
lelendlula tonkhe tinhlobo.
Makoti:
Shangatsi liwayini lingacondza ngco
kulongitsandzako wami,
lishelele kamnandzi etindzebeni takhe temlomo
nasematinyweni akhe.
10Mine ngiwalongitsandzako,
naye uyangilangatelela.
11Wota, wena longitsandzako,
sambe siye esigangeni,
busuku asibucitsele emitini.
12Asivuke ekuseni siye etivinini siyewubona
kutsi tihlahla temivini atikadvumbi yini,
nekutsi imidvumba yato seyichakazile yini,
nekutsi emahananandza asabhahele yini wona,
ngulapho-ke ngitakunikela khona
lutsandvo lwami.
13Emamandraki asatsaphuka emakha awo,
nangasemnyango wetfu kunabo bonkhe bunandzi,
lobusha nalobudzala,
lengisolo ngabulondvolotela wena, sitsandvwa sami.
