1. Nhai Baba, imi mugere
    mudengamo munoshamisa,
    Ndichakuonai rinhiko
    kuti ndione chiso chenyu?
    Munzvimbo yenyu tsvene tsvene
    Mweya wangu waigara here?
    Muhucheche hwangu kudenga,
    Ndakarerwa nemi here?
  
 
  
    2. Nechinangwa chineuchenjeri
    Makandiisa pano pasi
    Mukaita kuti ndikanganwe
    Nezve kuzvarwa kwekudenga;
    Asi kazhinji kanzwi mumwoyo
    Kondinyeurira, “Uri mweni,”
    Ndikanzwa kuti ndakarasika
    Kubva kunzvimbo tsvene.
  
 
  
    3. Ndangandadzidza kukutii Baba,
    Nemumweya wenyu wekudenga,
    Asi, kuzosvikira vhangeri
    Radzorerwa, handaiziva sei.
    Kudenga mubereki ndomumwe here?
    Kwete, zvinopikisa chokwadi!
    Chokwadi ichokwadi chose
    Amai vangu variko.
  
 
  
    4. Kana ndasiya hupenyu huno,
    Ndasiya muviri unofa,
    Baba, Mai, ndingasangana nemi
    Munzvimbo yenyu yokudenga?
    Pandinenge ndazopedza basa
    rose ramakanditumira pano,
    Nerubvumo rwenyu mese
    Itai ndizogara nemi.
  
 
                   
                  
                  
                
                
                
                  Manzwi: Eliza R. Snow, 1804–1887
Mumhanzi: James McGranahan, 1840–1907