I saw the light fade from the sky
On the wind I heard a sigh
As the snowflakes cover my fallen brothers
I will say this last goodbye

Night is now falling
So ends this siku
The road is now calling
And I must away
Over kilima and under mti
Through lands where never light has shone
kwa silver streams that run down to the sea

Under cloud, beneath the stars
Over snow one winter’s morn
I turn at last to paths that lead nyumbani
And though where the road then takes me
I cannot tell
We came all this way
But now comes the siku
To bid wewe farewell
Many places I have been
Many sorrows I have seen
But I don’t regret
Nor will I forget
All who took the road with me

Night is now falling
So ends this siku
The road is now calling
And I must away
Over kilima and under mti
Through lands where never light has shone
kwa silver streams that run down to the sea

To these memories I will hold
With your blessing I will go
To turn at last to paths that lead nyumbani
And though where the road then takes me
I cannot tell
We came all this way
But now comes the siku
To bid wewe farewell

I bid wewe all a very fond farewell.