1Umukunzi wawe yagiye he,
Yewe wa mugorewe, w'indatwa mu bagore?
Umukunzi wawe yerekeye he,
Kugirango tumushakane nawe?
Umugeni:
2Umukunzi wanjye yamanutse ajya mu murimawe,
Mu turimatw'imibavu,
Kuragira mu murima,
No gucauburabyo bw'imyangange.
3Ndi uw'umukunzi wanjye,
Umukunzi wanjye na we niuwanjye,
Aragiriraumukumbi we mu myangange.
Umukwe:
4Mukunzi wanjye, uri mwiza nka Tirusa,
Urarimba nk'i Yerusalemu,
Uteyeubwoba nk'igitero cy'ingabo zigendana ibendera.
5Unkurehoamaso yawe,
Kuko binzonga.
Umusatsi waweumezenk'umukumbi w'ihene,
Ziryamye mu ibanga ry'i Galeyadi.
6Amenyo yawe yera nk'umukumbi w'intama zivuye kuhagirwa,
Zose zigenda zikurikirwa n'impanga zazo,
Ntihagira n'imwe ipfusha.
7Mu misaya yawe hameze nk'igisate cy'ikomamanga,
Hagati y'imishunzi yawe.
8Hariho abamikazi mirongo itandatu,
N'inshoreke mirongo inani,
N'abakobwa batabarika.
9Ariko inuma yanjye naciye akayonga ni we gusa,
Ni ikinege cya nyina,
Niumutoniw'uwamubyaye.
Abakobwa iyo bamubonye bamwita Uwahiriwe,
Ndetse abamikazi n'inshoreke na bo baramusingiza.
Abakobwa:
10Uyu ni ndeutungutseumezenk'umusekeutambitse?
Ni mwiza nk'ukwezi,
Arabagirana nk'ikizubazuba,
Ateyeubwoba nk'igitero cy'ingabo zigendana ibendera.
Umugeni:
11Naramanutse njya mu murimaw'imijozi,
Kurebaimbuto zashibutse mu kibaya,
Kurebakoumuzabibuupfunditseudupfundo,
N'imikomamanga ko irabije.
12Ntarabimenya,
Umutimawanjye wangejeje mu magare y'intambara,
Y'ubwoko bwanjye bw'imfura.
Abakobwa: