Ngalokho ukhalo lwami lugcwele imihelo ; inkwantshu ingibambile njengenkwantshu yobelethayo ; ngikhonkobele ukuba ngingezwa , ngiphele amandla ukuba ngingaboni.

Bheka, onesimo samadodana abantu wathinta izindebe zami ; ngase ngiwuvula umlomo wami , ngakhuluma, ngathi komi phambi kwami : Nkosi yami, ngenxa yombono imihelo ingehlele, angisenamandla.

Imihelo yobelethayo iyakumehlela; uyindodana engahlakaniphile, ngokuba kuyisikhathi sokuba angemi lapho kuqhamuka abantwana.

Wena ohlala eLebanoni , owakha isidleke sakho kuyo imisedari , uyakuhawukelwa kangakanan i ngokufikelwa kwakho yimihelo , imihelo enjengeyobelethayo!

Sizwile imibiko yalokho : izandla zethu ziyadangala ; usizi lusibambile , imihelo njengeyobelethayo.

Liyize, alisenalutho, lichithekile; inhliziyo iyancibilika , amadolo ayashayana, imihelo isezinkalweni zonke , nobuso babo bonke buphaphathekile.