1Ndaje mu murimawanjye,
Yewe mushiki wanjye, mugeniwanjye.
Nasoromyeudutitw'ishangi twanjye n'utw'imibavu yanjye,
Nanyoye vino yanjye n'amata yanjye.
Nimurye, yemwe ncuti,
Nimunyweniukurimunywecyane,
Mwa bakunzi banjye mwe.
Umugeni:
2Nari nsinziriye,
Arikoumutimawanjye uba maso,
Numva ijwi ry'umukunzi wanjye akomanga aramutsa ati
“Nkinguriramushiki wanjye,
Mukunzi wanjyeutagira inenge, numa yanjye,
Kukoumutwe wanjye watonzweho n'ikime,
N'umusatsi wanjyeurimoibitonyanga bya nijoro.”
3Nikuyemoumwambaro wanjye,
Nawambara nte?
Nogeje ibirenge byanjye,
Nabyanduza nte?
4Umukunzi wanjye asesekaukubokomu mwenge w'urugi,
Maze mu mutimawanjyeurukundo rwinshi rumwuzuramo.
5Ndabyuka njya kumukingurira,
Ibiganza byanjye bitonyangaho ishangi,
Ishangi iyagirana iva ku ntoki zanjye,
Itonyanga ku byuma bikingishwaurugi.
6Maze nkinguriraumukunzi wanjye,
Ariko nsanga yahavuye yigendeye.
Umutimawanjye wari washigutse ubwo yavugaga,
Ndamushaka ndamubura,
Ndamuhamagara ntiyanyitaba.
7Mpura n'abarinzi bagendaumudugudu,
Barankubitabarankomeretsa,
Abarinzi b'inkike banyamburaumwitero wanjye.
8Mwa bakobwa b'i Yerusalemu mwe, ndabihanangirije,
Nimubonaumukunzi wanjye,
Mumubwire yukourukundo rwansābye.
Abakobwa:
9Umukunzi wawe mbese arusha abandi iki,
Yewe wa mugorewe, w'indatwa mu bagore?
Umukunzi wawe arusha abandi iki,
Gitumyeutwihanangiriza utyo?
Umugeni:
10Umukunzi wanjye arera kandi akeye mu maso,
Ni inyamibwa iruta abantu inzovu.
11Umutwe we ni nk'izahabu nziza cyane,
Umusatsi weuratsibye kandiurirabura nk'intuntu.
12Amaso ye ameze nk'ay'inyana ziri ku migezi,
Yuhagijwemo amata kandi ateye neza.
13Mu misaya ye hameze nk'akarima k'imibavu hararambutse,
Nk'imikingo itwikiriwe n'uburabyo buhumura.
Iminwa ye imeze nk'imyangange,
Itonyanga ishangi iyagirana.
14Ibiganza bye bimeze nk'impeta z'izahabu zashyizwemo tarushishi,
Umubyimba weumezenk'ihembe ry'inzovu ribajwe,
Ryashyizwehoutubuyenge twa safiro.
15Amaguru ye ameze nk'inkingi za marimari,
Zashinzwe mu dutebetw'izahabu nziza.
Uko ameze asa n'i Lebanoni,
Ni mwiza nk'imyerezi.
16Imvugo ye iranezeza,
Niukurini mwiza bihebuje.
Uwo ni we mukunzi wanjye,
Kandi uwo ni we ncuti yanjye,
Yemwe bakobwa b'i Yerusalemu mwe.
Abakobwa: