Popeza ndi nthawi ya masika, maluwa a chitumbuwa kuntchito anali atayamba kuphuka bwino, kotero nayi ndakatulo yomwe ikufotokoza momwe kukongola kwawo kunandikumbutsa kukongola kogawana Mawu a Chikondi ndi anzanga ogwira nawo ntchito…
Mmawa wabwino, gulu—m'nyengo yoyamba ya masika,
Uli ngati maluwa a chitumbuwa omwe amawala chipinda chilichonse.
Maluwa ofewa otseguka, ofewa komanso owala,
Monga moni wabwino womwe umayamba tsiku lathu bwino.
Mu kukongola kwawo, kuyamikira kwachete kumakula,
Kuthokoza kumapitilira pa mphepo iliyonse yomwe imawomba.
Ndipo maluwa akagwa, amanong'oneza kuti "Pepani,"
Kupepesa mwachikondi, kopepuka komanso kofewa pamene kukuchitidwa.
Nthambi iliyonse imakhala ndi malo oti duwa lililonse lizikula,
Kuphatikizidwa ali moyo mu ola lawo logawana la masika.
Ndikuvomereza, ngati maluwa opangidwa ndi thambo,
Kuti tiphunzire kuchokera kwa inu pamene nyengo ikupita.
Mwaulemu, tonsefe timayimirira bwino,
Aliyense ndi wapadera m'njira yathu yofatsa.
Chilimbikitso chimawala mu kuwala kwathu kofewa komanso kosalekeza,
Chikumbutso chokulitsa zabwino zomwe timakula.
Ndi kuganizira mozama, timasonyeza mwakachetechete
Momwe ntchito zazing'ono zosamalira zimathandizira kukongola kukula.
Ndipo zoonadi, ntchito yanu—ngati maluwa—
Ndiwe wamphamvu, wolimbikitsa, komanso wodabwitsa.