KU LUNGA TWALELUNGA

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Abalunshi te baluunshi.
Benda babili atemwa batatu.
Nangu benda bucebuce ngo tucece!
Nga ba buuma, balasushanya ati:
Shi Mumbo na iwe uli wa mumbo, Kuti wapanya kapoli na apo uli?
Ni Shi Mulenga e wali walenga, nga nacimulasa ifumo mwi fumo.
Shi Bwalya acimona apita pa mupaapa apa, akubula kupapa, nga ali  apapa!
Shi Mumbo ni Cinkanda, pantu atemwa ukutobela cikanda.
Filya batila ‘ukusosha uwashinka ku mwakanya,’ ba mwakanya akanani nga akanya.
Nalimo cipumbu?
Awe, iyo! ‘Umupumbu ni ulya atila, ‘Lesa takwaba,’
uku napunamina uko aaba!
Nalimo ni co ‘amano uli weka, tayashinguluka ikoshi?
  Yalashinguluka!  Mukacite ifi:
Mwasenda uwabula mano, mwa mutwala pa kapanga,
kwati muleimba kapanga. Mwasomona ulupanga,
mwa mutoba pa kapanga!
Nga yati lobolobo!
Akapanuna amenso nga kakoshi!
Mukamona amano mwi ‘koshi.
Ifi efyo bafundile na Kapaanga, umwine wa kalya kene kapanga.
Ilyo aleepanga ifya kupangapanga, uku alepaanga ukuicite imfumu.
Afwile nga kapanga, ilyo imfumu yaumfwile uku ‘kupaanga.
Kapaanga apundile ati:’nafwa taata ee!’
Batile: ‘Icitaata ni lunshi!
Umulunshi wa mbwa
uwalungile mwa Nakonkola.
Akane akonkole umwine nga na bamubikila? Icibikila ni nkoko!
Koko ali ku Chilubula. Akane alubule munyina nga na bamukaka?
Umukaka uli ku njakashi.
Injakashi ili mu macinda. Akane acinde umwine nga nailila?
Ilalila ku Kalila Mwela! Choba Mutwale kwesu ku Citanda.
Icitanda umufikila abasulu. Abasulu basulwisha cibwa.
Umucele ulya babika muli cileemba. Abalima cileemba ba Bemba, abashakwata ba beemba.
Balasunguka nga tuleminaula maleemba!
 Abati: ‘Kulya kulya kulya Shi Mumbo, te kulya kulya, nakalya!
Kano kulya kulya kulya Shi Bwalya, eya, e kulya, kulya!
Shi Walyakakwe tominwa mbila.
Alelya no mutwe,
Pantu cibinda tabamubinda.
Kano Cibinda mwaice, uulya imo, ashiika no buciinga.
umwine aiciinga!
Cibinda umwine mwine, acelela mukulengula, tailengulula!
Aaba ngo musooso wa fyuni. Nga nabaamba, kuti mwati fisooso.
Tasakamana ne fisosola!
Alicenjela ukuteya amakusa. Nga fyaikatwa, kwati acilakusa fye!
Abalondo batilako fye: “Bambeni!”

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