Vanhu vakawanda vakashanyira muzinda wekare uyu.
Karavhani ine chiuru chemakore uye haina magumo.
Kuchemerera kwese kunonhuwa marwadzo ekuzvara.
Muchengeti weimba yevaeni iyi kandilli inn ndiani?
Iyi inn igungwa, mvura yaro ndeyemunhu.
Harina mavambo kana magumo, tsime harina magumo.
Masvingo! Masvingo! Muurayi masvingo!
Makamuri! Makamuri! Makamuri akaoma!
Pirate chitsuwa chevacheche vakadzingwa!
Dzinza reshumba richifura makwayana!
Mumusika wehupenyu, nzvimbo ino ichitoro.
Ndiani ari kutengesa uye ndiani ari kutenga, hapana.
Munzvimbo ino isina nyadzi; mufaro usingaenzaniswi!
Kuparadza kwakadini kworudo, kutsvaka kuvimbika kwakadini!
Madonhwe emvura, vasingazivi nezvedenga.
Anowira mudota asina zvaanogona kuita, kuita rozi.
Nightingale nemoyo unopisa; mavise akadonha.
Uyo akatongerwa upenyu hwake hwose akawira mujeri.
Mariro asina mucheka, mufaro wokuchema.
Mubhedha usina jira hauna hope.
Ndiani anotenderedza chinyoreso pakambasi?
Kushuva kwavo kunopfachukira kubva pamazamu!
Pavanoungana, bope rinotiza pane ane nyota.
Kana aiona aifunga kuti imvura yemugungwa newaini.
Rattlesnake; mukadzi asina murume!
Nechipembere, ndiani anovhenekerwa?
Mhou yakadhonzwa pahuma netambo.
Nhunzi yaifunga kuti huchi makomborero ikabva yanamira.
Kubikwa nemisodzi; mushonga uzere nekusuwa.
Ani naani anochidya nomufaro, anochitakura nevhu.
Muchipfuva chaamai, kushuva rudo;
Maoko ake haana kumboona; rudo rwababa.
Kana chinyavada chakachibata nembariro yacho, kudai;
Ndiudze, mutengi anofanira kunyara here kana mutengesi?
Endai kuna Mwari, yerera serwizi!
Mukuomerwa kwedare, nyaradzo ichetura!
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