Ukuba imaski yayinxibile, iyalele ukuba iphile ixesha elide,
Kwaye awuyazi apho uyothenga khona ngokungxamisekileyo
Sukuphelelwa lithemba nzima, iKhabhinethi ivulekile,
Ukuyila ukusombulula ingxaki, ungalahli nto.
Ngaba zikho iisokisi emva kokuba? Kunye nephepha konke kulungile?
Ke unokwenza imaski yakho kunye nabahlobo.
Khumbula, isokisi akufuneki ime!
Ngcono, kunjalo, thatha entsha.
Okanye equlunqwe, ongenasibini
Ukungapheliseki ilungelo lezinto ezilungileyo.
I-toe emfutshane ilungile
I-gum iya kunceda, ngelixa imali eyinkunzi.
Kwi-engile ekufuneka usonge ngoku isithende,
Hlamba isokisi kwisokisi ukuze ulandele.
Emva koko hlula into ekhoyo
Ixhaswe incinci incinci:
Ngokuchaseneyo isithende ukwenza isikizi
Kwaye ibole ilaphu ekugqibeleni.
Imitya ayifuneki kwaphela.
Igoba kufuneka libe ngamaxesha ama-2
Kwaye iindlebe zokusikwa,
Kwaye impumlo nangayiphi na indlela kwisithende iya kulunga.
Ngaphezulu iphepha lithambekele
Kwaye ubeke ezisokisi zakho.
Ewe, ngoku zama izinto ezintsha.
Kukho into yokuqhayisa: yonke into yenziwe ngobuchule.
Yaya emsebenzini kuphela imizuzu emi-5 kuphela.
Imaski inokuthenjwa, ngoku ungaya.
Kwabo bafuna imaski efanayo,
Ividiyo eneenkcukacha iya kuba yingcebiso: