1 Ese ingene uri mwiza, mukunzi wanje!

Mbega ukuntu uri mwiza!

Amaso yawe ari mu mwitwikiro ameze nk’ay’inuma yitwa kolombe.

Umushatsi wawe umeze nk’umukuku w’impene

umanuka ku musozi Gileyadi.

2 Amenyo yawe yera nk’umukuku w’intama zamowe ubwoya,

ziduga zivuye kwoga.

Imwe yose yonsa amahasa;

nta n’imwe iri yonyene.

3 Iminwa yawe isa n’umugozi w’agahama;

akanwa kawe ni keza.

Amatama yawe mu mwitwikiro

ni nk’ibimanyu vy’ikomamanga.

4 Izosi ryawe rimeze nk’umunara wa Dawidi,

wubatswe nk’umuzingi;

kuri wo hamanitse inkinzo igihumbi,

zose zari iz’abahizi.

5 Amabere yawe yompi ameze nk’inyana zibiri,

nk’amahasa y’inyana z’ingeregere,

zirisha hagati mu mashurwe.

6 Gushika umutwenzi utambike

ijoro rishize,

nzoguma ku musozi w’ibimota neza vyawe

no ku gasozi k’ibitamirana neza.

7 Uri mwiza hose, mwiza wanje;

nta gatosi kari kuri wewe.

8 Nuze tuve i Libani, mugeni wanje,

nuze tuve i Libani.

Manuka uve ku gatwe ka Amana,

ku gatwe ka Seniri, ku gatwe ka Herumoni,

aho intambwe zifise ibinogo zibamwo

ahari uburyamo bw’ingwe.

9 Wantwaye umutima, mushikanje, mugeni wanje;

wantwaye umutima

ku bwo kuraba kw’amaso yawe,

kubera agatete kamwe ko ku rudede rwawe.

10 Ese ukuntu urukundo rwawe ari rwiza, mushikanje, mugeni wanje!

Urukundo rwawe ruraryoshe kurusha umuvinyu,

n’ukumota kw’amavuta yawe

kuryoshe kurusha ibindi bimota vyose!

11 Iminwa yawe isosa nk’ikigigu c’ubuki, mugeni wanje;

amata n’ubuki biri musi y’ururimi rwawe.

Ukumota kw’impuzu zawe

ni nk’ukw’i Libani.

12 Uri umurima uzitiye, mushikanje, mugeni wanje;

uri iriba rizitiye, isoko rishizeko ikidodo.

13 Imivyaro yawe ni umurima w’amakomamanga

w’ivyamwa vy’indobanurwa,

aho hena na narada biri,

14 narada na safaroni,

kalamusi na kinamoni,

n’ibiti vyose bimota neza,

n’isenga na alowe

n’ibimota birusha ibindi.

15 Uri iriba rivomera umurima,

iriba ry’amazi atemba

atemba ava i Libani.

16 Ikangure wa muyaga wo mu buraruko,

nawe muyaga wo mu bumanuko, nuze!

Muhuhe ku murima wanje,

kugira ngo ubumote bwawo bukwire hose.

Umukunzi wanje naze mu murima wiwe

anezerererwe ivyamwa vyawo vy’indobanurwa.