1. Umfwa we m'tima wandi,
Ni shikulu, aleti:
"Bushe, cine watemwa?"
2 "Nakukakwile kale,
'Filaso napseshe;
'Lubuto nakupele
'Mfifi yobe nalwile.
3 "Bushe, nyina alabe
'Mwana untu afyele?
Nalimo kalaba,
Ine ndamwibukisha.
4 Ine nabo luse
Lwacile fya mu mulu,
Lwacilye fya mu calo,
Lwa cine lwacile mfwa.
5 "Ukamono mucinshi
Luntu Tata ampele;
Ukekala na ine,
Pa ciouna candi pe."
6 Iye ndi no bulanda,
Nshamutemwishe cine
Lelo imwe natemwa,
Nakulamutemwisha.