1 Khumbula uMdali wakho

ngezinsuku zobutsha bakho,

kungakafiki insuku zokuhlupheka

njalo kusondele leminyaka

lapho ozakuthi,

"Angizuzi kuthokoza kuyo"

2 andubana ilanga lokukhanya

kanye lenyanga lezinkanyezi kufiphale,

lamayezi achitheke

ngemva kwezulu;

3 lapho abalindi bendlu

bezathuthumela,

amadoda aqinileyo akhokhobe,

labacholi batshiye umsebenzi

ngoba sebebalutshwana,

kuthi labalunguzayo ngamawindi

sebebona lufifi;