Shona Anglican Hymn  263  Mambo kwaye Wenseslas

 

1. MAMBO kwaye Wenseslas

Wakaringa kunze

Pamusi waSt Stefano

Kwaive nechando.

Mwedzi wakachenisa

Chando chakanyana

Wakaona murombo

Achioza huni.

2. Wakabvunza mupwere

“Ndizivise iwe,

Murombo ndianiko

Anogarepiko?”

Mwana wakapindura,

“Anogara kure,

Kujinga ramakomo

Nokuchisipiti.”

3. “Unza nyama newaini

Nezvinga rehuni;

Tichapa kunaiye

Kudya kunofadza.”

Mambo nomwana wake

Vakaenda pamwe,

Mhepo ichihwinya.

4. “Mambo dzafa

ngechando

Mhepo yatonhora,

Mwoyo wangu waneta

Ndatadza kufamba.”

“Famba mutsoka dzangu,

Famba nokushinga

Uchaona kudziya

Muno mwoyo wako.”

5. Wakafamba mutsoka

DzaMambo mutsvene,

Akawana kudziya

Muno mwoyo wake.

Ndizvo imi Makristu

Simbisai kwazvo

Kusobatsira vanhu

Muchakomborerwa.