O, bayethe, Nkos’engcwele
Owangithwalel’umqhele
Lowomqhele wakuhlaba
‘Kuze ngibe nokwethaba

O, bayethe, Nkosi yami
O, bayethe, Nkosi yam
Bayethe, Nkosi yami
O, bayethe, Nkosi yam

Wawungenasici, Nkosi
Wawumuhle hlabahlosi
Kepha wakudela konke
Ngaz’izono zethu zonke

O, bayethe, Nkosi yami
O, bayethe, Nkosi yam
Bayethe, Nkosi yami
O, bayethe, Nkosi yam

Nant’uthando (Bayethe)
Olukhulu (Bayethe)
Olumhlophe (Bayethe)
NolweZulu (Bayethe)

Wazincoma (Bayethe)
Ngokuphana (Bayethe)
Ngobukhosi (Bayethe)
BeNdodana (Bayethe)

O, bayethe, Nkosi yami
O, bayethe, Nkosi yam
Bayethe, Nkosi yami
O, bayethe, Nkosi yam

(Bayethe)
Oh (Bayethe)
Oh bayethe (Bayethe)
(Bayethe)

Oh bayethe (Bayethe)
Bayethe Nkosi (Bayethe)
Oh bayethe (Bayethe)
(Bayethe)

O, bayethe, Nkosi yami
Bayethe, Nkosi yami (O, bayethe, Nkosi yam)
Sithi bayethe Nkosi yeZulu (Bayethe, Nkosi yami)
Bayethe, Nkosi yami (O, bayethe, Nkosi yam)

Bayethe, Nkosi yami (Bayethe, Nkosi yami)
Bayethe, Nkosi (O, bayethe, Nkosi yam)
O, bayethe, Nkosi (Bayethe, Nkosi yami)
Bayethe (O, bayethe, Nkosi yam)

O, bayethe (Bayethe, Nkosi yami)
Bayethe (O, bayethe, Nkosi yam)
Nkosi yeZulu (Bayethe, Nkosi yami)
Bayethe, Nkosi (O, bayethe, Nkosi yam)

O, bayethe (Bayethe, Nkosi yami)
(O, bayethe, Nkosi yam)
Bayethe (Bayethe, Nkosi yami)
(O, bayethe, Nkosi yami)