UYOBHI 17 - isiXhosa 1975

1Umoya wam wonakele, imihla yam icinyiwe,

Into yam ngamangcwaba.

2Inene ndiyinto abadlala ngayo,

Neliso lam lilibéle ziinkani zabo.

3Khawubeke into, undimele;

Ngubani na yena oya kubambana nam ngesandla?

4Ngokuba intliziyo yabo ùyifihlele ukuqiqa;

Ngenxa yoko akuyi kubaphakamisa.

5Unikela abahlobo ukuba babe ngamaxhoba,

Amehlo abantwana bakhe aze aphelelwe.

6Undimise ndaba ngumzekeliso ezizweni;

Ndaba ngotshicelwa ebusweni.

7Laza lanorhatyazo iliso lam kukukhathazeka;

Amalungu am aba njengesithunzi onke ephela.

8Bamangaliswa abathe tye yile nto;

Omsulwa uyazixhokonxa ngenxa yentshembenxa.

9Ke olilungisa ubambe indlela yakhe,

Ozandla zihlambulukileyo uya ekhalipha.

10Kodwa nina nonke, buyani, khanize;

Andiyi kufumana silumko phakathi kwenu.

11Imihla yam idlule, zijaciwe izigqibo zam,

Amafa entliziyo yam.

12 Bathi ubusuku yimini;

Ukukhanya kusondele, xa kuza kuba mnyama.

13Ukuba ndithe ndathemba, ndithembé elabafielyo, indlu yam;

Ndandlala umandlalo wam emnyameni;

14Ukuba ndithe kukubola, Ùngubawo;

Ndathi kwimpethu, Ùnguma, ùngudade wethu:

15Liphi na ke ngoku ithemba lam?

Ithemba lam, ngubani na owolibona?

16Liya kuhla liye emivalweni yelabafileyo,

Xa siphumla kunye eluthulini.