Zvirevo 26

¹Sechando muzhizha kana mvura pakukohwa,

²Sezvinoita kadhimba pakubhururuka kwako, kana nyenganyenga pakubhururuka kwayo somuseve,

³Tyava yakaitirwa bhiza, matomu akaitirwa mbongoro,

⁴Usapindura benzi maererano noupenzi hwaro,

⁵Pindura benzi maererano noupenzi hwaro,

⁶Sokuzvigura tsoka kana kunwa bongozozo,

⁷Samakumbo echirema akangorembera ndizvo

⁸Sokusungira ibwe pachipfuramabwe

⁹Segwenzi reminzwa riri muruoko rwechidhakwa,

¹⁰Somuwemburi weuta anopfura pose pose,

¹¹Sembwa inodzokera kumarutsi ayo,

¹²Unoona munhu anozviti akachenjera pakuona kwake here?

¹³Simbe inoti, “Kune shumba kunzira,

¹⁴Segonhi rinotenderera pamahinji aro,

¹⁵Simbe inoisa ruoko rwayo mundiro;

¹⁶Simbe inozviti yakachenjera pakuona kwayo

¹⁷Somunhu anobata imbwa nenzeve dzayo,

¹⁸Somupengo unopotsera zvitsiga zvomoto,

¹⁹ndizvo zvakaita munhu anonyengera muvakidzani wake

²⁰Pasina huni moto unodzima;

²¹Sezvakaita mazimbe pazvitsiga zvinopfuta nehuni pamoto,

²²Mashoko eguhwa akaita semisuva

²³Sezvinopenya zvakanamirwa kunze kwomudziyo wevhu,

²⁴Muparadzi anozvivanza namatauriro ake,

²⁵Kunyange mashoko ake achitapira, usatenda zvaanotaura,

²⁶Ruvengo rwake rungavigwa mukunyengera kwake,

²⁷Kana munhu akachera gomba, achawira mariri;

²⁸Rurimi runoreva nhema runovenga varunorwadzisa,