Teardrops fill mine eyes, sweetheart,
Whene'er I think of you,
Your loving lips, your sparkling eyes,
Your tender heart and true!
Your gentle voice still thrills my soul,
As in the days gone by;
As when we wandered side by side
Together, you and I.

I see you dressed in white, sweetheart,
A rosebud in your hair
That glistens like an aureole
Above your brow so fair.
You hold your bonnet by a string;
A smile lights up your eye;
As side by side in merry May,
We wandered, you and I.

Long years have come and gone, sweetheart,
But still I mourn for you;
The world of men has all proved false,
And you alone are true;
Mine eyes are dimming to the world,
But sparkling to the sky,
And soon we'll wander once again
Together,—you and I.

Ukutshona kukamendi

Ewe, le nto kakade yinto yaloo nto-
Thina, nto zaziyo, asothukanga nto!
Sibona kamhlophe, sithi bekumelwe;
Sitheth'engqondweni, sithi kufanelwe.

Xa bekungenjalo bekungayi kulinga,
Ngoko ke, SoTase! Kwaqal'ukulunga!
Le nqanaw'uMendi namhla yendisile,
Nal'igazi lethu lisikhonzisile!
Asinithumanga ngazo izicengo;

Asinithenganga ngayo imibengo.
Bekungenganzuzo zimakhwezi-khwezi;
Bekungengandyebo zingangeenkwenkwezi-
Sikwatsho nakuni, bafel'eAfrika,
KwelaseJamani yaseMpuma-langa-bekungembek'eninayo kuKumkani,
bekungentobeko yenu kwiBritani.

Mhla nashiy'ikhaya sithethille nani,
Mhla nashiy'intsapho salathile kuni,
Mhla sabamb'izandla, mhla kwamanz'amehlo;
Mhla balil'onyoko, bangqukrelek'oyihlo;
Mhla nashiy'ikhaya sithethile nani,
Mhla nashiy'intsapho salathile kuni,
Mhla sabamb'izandla, mhla kwamanz'amehlo;

Mhla balil'onyoko, bangqukrelek'oyihlo;
Mhla nazishiy'ezi ntaba zakowenu,
Nayininikel'imiva imilamb'ezwe lenu,
Asitshongo na kuni, midak'akowethu,
Ukuthi, "Kwelo zwe nilidini lethu!?

Ngesibinge ngantoni na ka kade?
Idini lomzi liyintoni na kade?
Asingamathol'amaduna omzi na?
Asizizithandwa zesizwe kade na?
Ngoku kuthetha ke siyendelisela,
Sibhekis'ezantsi, sihlahla indlela.
AsinguHabheli n'elomhlaba idini?
AsinguMesiya n' elaseZulwini?
Thuthuzelekani ngoko, zinkedama;
Kuf'pmnye kakade, mini kwakhiw'omnye;
Kukhonza mnye kade, zekuphil'omnye.

Ngokwenjenje kwethu sithi, yakhekani;
Lithabatheni eli qhalo labadala:
Kuba bathi, "Akuhlanga lungehlanga!"
Awu! Zaf'iint'ezinkulu zeAfrika!

Isindiwe le nqanawa 'de yazika,
Kwaf'amakhalipha, amafa-nankosi.
Ukufa kwawo kunomvuzo nomvuka.
Ndinga ndingema nawo ngoMhla woKuvuka,
Ndingqambe njengomnye osebenzileyo,
Ndikhanye njengoMso oqaqambileyo.

Makube njalo.