Kala wa tomhwa
Tapa:
1. O-wa ka-lau li
O-mu-dii-ni-ni
Mo-kwii-li-ka-na no-kuu-di-fa.
No-na-nde o-to pi-ti mo-ma-sho-ngo,
Je-ho-v’o-ku ku we-tea-lu-she.
(OKATETEKELI KOKOOR)
Ha-no nge u li ko-me-sho yo-mha-ngu,
Ku lio-va-u-ke.
O-shi-ho-pa-e-ne-nwa sho-ye
O-shi we-ti-ke.
(KOOR)
‘A-m’o-nda to-mhwa
Ku-tya o-mwe-nyo i-l’e-fyo, Ka-lu-nga o-ku tu ho-le.’
‘A-m’o-nda to-mhwa;
Ka-pe ne-pa-nge-lo ta-li mui-mbia ka-lee tu ho-le.’
Ka-la wa to-mhwa;
Ye o-ku ku ho-le.
2. O-wa twi-ki-la;
I-no sho-lo-la,
No-we-li-nee-ke-la
Mu-Je-ho-va.
O-va-to-ndi na-nde o-ve tu she-ke,
A-va ve twaa-ma o-va-ha-pu.
(OKATETEKELI KOKOOR)
Ha-no nge u li ko-me-sho yo-mha-ngu,
Ku lio-va-u-ke.
O-shi-ho-pa-e-ne-nwa sho-ye
O-shi we-ti-ke.
(KOOR)
‘A-m’o-nda to-mhwa
Ku-tya o-mwe-nyo i-l’e-fyo, Ka-lu-nga o-ku tu ho-le.’
‘A-m’o-nda to-mhwa;
Ka-pe ne-pa-nge-lo ta-li mui-mbia ka-lee tu ho-le.’
Ka-la wa to-mhwa;
Ye o-ku ku ho-le.
Ou ho-li-ke.
(OKAWEDELWAKO)
O-pa sha-ngwa: ‘O-mo-lwo-ye ha-tu he-pe-kwa’ —
Ha-tu he-pe-kwa.
‘Nde-le na-nd’o-nga-ho, o-ha-tu du-l’o-ku-fi-nda-na’ —
O-ku-fi-nda-na.
(KOOR)
‘A-m’o-nda to-mhwa
Ku-tya o-mwe-nyo i-l’e-fyo, Ka-lu-nga o-ku tu ho-le.’
‘A-m’o-nda to-mhwa;
Ka-pe ne-pa-nge-lo ta-li mui-mbia ka-lee tu ho-le.’
‘A-m’o-nda to-mhwa
Ku-tya o-mwe-nyo i-l’e-fyo, Ka-lu-nga o-ku tu ho-le.’
‘A-m’o-nda to-mhwa;
Ka-pe ne-pa-nge-lo ta-li mui-mbia ka-lee tu ho-le.’
Ka-la wa to-mhwa;
Ye o-ku ku ho-le.