(Haleluya! Yebo Nkosi!)
Oh, umfowethu, Zakhele, uhlala ezinhlizweni zethu.
Zakhele Zulu Mangaba, ngane kaMagamende nobaba Zulu,
Sisakhumbula amazwi akho, sikhumbula nokuhleka kwakho kumnandi.
Usishiye lapha emhlabeni, kodwa uthando lwakho alupheli,
Siyakukhumbula kakhulu, mfowethu omkhulu, usisilwane sethu esikhulu.
Umfowethu, Zakhele, igama lakho liyingoma yethu,
Ungumvikeli wethu, isibopho sothando olungapheliyo.
Siyakuthanda, siyakhumbula, nsuku zonke enhliziyweni yethu,
Siyabonga Nkulunkulu ngempilo yakho, uhlala ungumfowethu!
Siphumelele, Nkulunkulu usibusisile, wamangala kakhulu,
Sifisa ukube ubukhona, ukuze ubone konke esikufezile.
Impumelelo yethu ikhuluma indaba, ubufakazi bokuphila kwethu,
Sibonga uMagamende nobaba Zulu, nesifundo sakho ngothando oluqotho.
(Siyabonga Jesu!)
Umfowethu, Zakhele, igama lakho liyingoma yethu,
Ungumvikeli wethu, isibopho sothando olungapheliyo.
Siyakuthanda, siyakhumbula, nsuku zonke enhliziyweni yethu,
Siyabonga Nkulunkulu ngempilo yakho, uhlala ungumfowethu!
Zakhele, Zakhele, umfowethu omkhulu!
Uthando lwethu ngeke lwaphela, Amen!
(Haleluya!)