WE MPYANI YA BUFUMU

[1]
We mpyani ya bufumu walalila nshi?
Wa-lalila nshi pepi no mushi?
Ala endesha imo fwale nkwela,
We mpyani ya bufumu wa celwa.

[2]
Ku shumfwana pakati ka mishobo,
Nabatina mwenso wabekata,
Umfwa uku-luluma kwe celeta,
We mpyani yabufumu endesha.

[3]
Leko kukonko lunkumbwa lwa calo!
Muno lulumbi lwaluko lwapwa;
Fuma mufikakilo fya mu calo,
We mpyani ya bufumu fumako.

[4]
Sansula menso lolesha pantanshi;
Ululumbi lwa mfumu lwaisa,
Ala-alifye pepi nokufika;
We mpyani ya bufum' anga wimbe.