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Tinokutendai, Mwari, neMuporofita
Tinokutendai, Mwari, neMuporofita
1. Totenda Mwari nemuporofita
Mumazuva ekupedzisira.
Totenda nekutumira vhangeri
Kuvhenekera pfungwa dzedu.
Totenda nemaropafadzo
Atapihwa neruoko rwenyu.
Tinofara kukushandirai
Nokuda kukutererai.
2. Patinenge tave mudambudziko
Runyararo rwedu rwoparadzwa,
Ruvimbo rwunopenya mberi kwedu,
Toziva kupona kwava pedyo.
Tinobvuma runako rwaShe
Taka ona chokwadi kare.
Vakai pa vanorwisa Zioni
Vachaparadzwa zvechokwadi.
3. Toimba runako netsitsi dzake.
Tichamukudza panguva dzose,
Tichafara muvhangeri rake,
Todziya chiyedza cheupenyu.
Kuutsvene hokusingaperi
Vakarurama vachaenda.
Avovanoriramba shoko
Havachazoziva rufaro.
Manzwi: William Fowler, 1830–1865
Mumhanzi: Caroline Sheridan Norton, 1808–ca. 1877