179. UMWEO MWAPELE

“ Thy life was given for me”

1. Umweo mwapele

Mulandu wa ine;

Mwati mundubule

Mbwele ku mfwa kwine:

Mwafwilile ine,

Mwe Lambo lya cine.

2. Mwapishishe myaka

Mwali no kunaka;

Mwati, “Nkalabaka

Ku m’tende wan taka”

Mwapishishe ine

Mona pe ‘fye cine

3. Ku mwenu kwabuta

Mwashile; mwaise

Mu calo ‘mwafits,

Na babi bacusha:

Mwaishile ine,

Munkwata mwe Mwine.

4. Mwe mfumu, mwacula

Ye, mwacula cibi;

Mwatile, “Ndetua

Abafwa mu fibi”

Mwaculile ine,

Monyo mweo wine.

5. Mwafumya kwi sano

‘Busuma bwa bupe,

‘Fya maka fya mano,

No mweo nshiku pe;

Mwalete fya bupe,

Na ine nkamupa.

6. Ndemupo mutima,

Ne wene, ndebomba;

“fyandi ndemufima,

Nalayana nomba:

N\mwaipa kuli ne,

Naipa kuli mwe.