Mu-sa-pi-bva ta-ni

mu-nga-ci-ta pyo-nse-ne

To-e-ra ku-sa-ka na

ku-pfu-ndzi-sa a-nthu?

Mu-nga-wa-ngi-si-ra,

Mu-lu-ngu a-na-phe-dza,

I-ye a-sa-dzi-wa-di

a-le a-na-nfu-na.

Mu-sa-pi-bva ta-ni

i-mwe mu-nga-bve-se-rwa

Na a-nthu a-na-fu-na

kha-la n’dzi-ko i-pswa?

Nee a-nthu o-nse-ne

a-na-dza-ti-bve-se-ra.

Mbwe-nye ti-pi-ti-ri-ze

dzi-wi-sa dzi-na-ce.

  Mu-sa-pi-bva ta-ni

ku-dzi-wa ku-ti M’lu-ngu

A-sa-ti-phe-dza m’ba-sa

i-na-ci-ta i-fe?

Ti-sa-mwa-za mpha-ngwa

kwa a-nthu mwa-ci-pa-po,

Mba-ti-a-fu-na tha-ngwi

ndzi-dzi u-ku-ma-la.