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Rh In it has been put the juice of raisins,
 * And she makes him drink it like a drinker of wine.

And she feeds him, putting morsels in his mouth,
 * And shows him a good place for lying down.

Giving him to chew betel leaf from Siwi,
 * Soft and smooth from Ozi.

She folds it and puts it into his mouth,
 * With cardamoms and almonds.

I have finished praising the girl,
 * My choice one, Mananazi.

take me that I may see, may see
 * Beauty and ornaments at Ungama,

That I may see the tower adorned, adorned.
 * And dressed up for honour.

And those adorned children, children,
 * They have put on bracelets and collars.

, nipeleke hatazame
 * Uzuri na pambo Ungama,

Hatazame mnara umepambwa,
 * Uliotengenezwa kwa heshima.

Na waliopamba watoto,
 * Wamevaa timbi na vidani,