I sleep, and my heart watcheth; the voice of my beloved knocking: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is full of dew, and my locks of the drops of the nights.
Nnali neebase, naye omutima gwange nga gulaba: Lye ddoboozi lya muganzi wange, akoona ng'ayogera nti Nzigulira, mwannyinaze, gwe njagala, ejjiba lyange, owange ataliiko bbala: Kubanga omutwe gwange gutobye omusulo, Emivumbo gy'enviiri zange gitobye amatondo eg'ekiro.