NoThixo phezu kwethu
icala
Bob Dylan
Oh igama lam
akukho nto'
Ubudala bam buthetha kancinci
Ilizwe endiphuma kulo
Ibizwa ngokuba yiMidwest
Ndifundisiwe ndakhuliswa apho
Imithetho yokuthotyelwa
Naloo mhlaba ndihlala kuwo
InoThixo kwicala layo.
Oh iincwadi zembali ziyaxela
Bayichaza kakuhle
Imikhosi yamahashe yahlasela
AmaIndiya awa
Imikhosi yamahashe yahlasela
AmaIndiya afa
Owu ilizwe laliselitsha
NoThixo kwicala layo.
Owu iSpanish-American
Imfazwe yaba nomhla wayo
Kwaye iMfazwe yombango nayo
Kwakhawuleza kwagqitywa
Namagama amagorha
Ndenziwa ukunkqaya
Bephethe imipu ezandleni zabo
NoThixo kwicala labo.
Owu iMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala, amakhwenkwe
Yalivala ikamva layo
Isizathu sokulwa
Andizange ndiqonde
Kodwa ndafunda ukuyamkela
Yamkele ngebhongo
Ngokuba akubabali abafileyo;
Xa uThixo engakwicala lakho.
Xa iMfazwe Yehlabathi yesiBini
Kwafikelela esiphelweni
Sawaxolela amaJamani
Kwaye sasingabahlobo
Nangona babulala izigidi ezithandathu
Kwii-oveni baqhotse
AmaJamani nawo ngoku
Yiba noThixo kwicala labo.
Ndiye ndafunda ukubathiya abantu baseRashiya
Kubo bonke ubomi bam
Ukuba enye imfazwe iqala
Ngabo ekufuneka silwe nabo
Ukubathiya nokuboyika
Ukubaleka nokuzimela
Kwaye wamkele konke ngenkalipho
UThixo esecaleni lam.
Kodwa ngoku sinezixhobo
Ngothuli lwekhemikhali
Ukuba sibagxothe siyanyanzeleka ukuba
Emva koko kufuneka sibagxothe
Ukucofa iqhosha elinye
Kwaye ukudubula kwihlabathi jikelele
Kwaye awusoze ubuze imibuzo
Xa uThixo engakwicala lakho.
Kwiiyure ezininzi ezimnyama
Bendicinga ngale nto
NguYesu Kristu lowo
Wangcatshwa ngokuncamisa
Kodwa andikwazi kukucingela
Kuya kufuneka wenze isigqibo
Ngaba uYudas Skariyoti
WayenoThixo kwicala lakhe.
Ke ngoku njengoko ndihamba
Ndidiniwe njengeSihogo
Ukubhideka endizivayo
Akukho lwimi lunokuxela
Amazwi azalise intloko yam
Kwaye ukuwa phantsi
Ukuba uThixo ungakwicala lethu
Uya kumisa imfazwe elandelayo.