UBUHLE

OKUKAMDALI

Ubuhle nguwe ntombi wen' ongelant'embi,

kuyin' okungaba kubi kuwe

wen'ubuhle bulawe

wen' omuhle

obuhl'obugcotshw'umzimba wonke

lenyawo zonke,

wen'ohamba ngoluhle

ufike ngokuhle.

Wazalwa lobuhle ntombi

Wakhula ngobuhle

uqhela kakuhle

ekumeni ebuhleni.

Ngobuhl'uvundile

kungela zengezo

kuyini ph'okungakukhulul'obakh'obemvelo?

Wen' ubuka bani ntombi

wen' obukwa ngamehl' omhlaba?

Vevane lentomb

elikhany'okombane

umuhle wena mathumba 

othumb'inhliziyo yami

ngokubunjwa kwakho  

langejwabu lakho.