[Verse 1]
Amalawi anavota
mtima utapsa ndi mkwiyo
Anaponyera mawu awo
koma tsopano akulira
M’khonde mwa msika
anaona m’manja mulibe
Chakudya chakwera
thumba lakhala mpweya
Misonkho paliponse
pa ufa, pa mafuta, pa nkhawa
Tigwira khosi lathu
tsiku lililonse, ululu
[Pre-Chorus]
Kamuzu anati
chuma chili mnthaka
Koma lero tikumbana
fumbi m’manja mwathu
Pano timamva
m’mapewa muli kulemera
Dziko lathu likulira
ndani adzamva?
[Chorus]
Misonkho paliponse
misonkho paliponse
Tikufuna mpweya
tikufuna mpweya
Misonkho paliponse
misonkho paliponse
Mtima wathu ukupweteka
koma sitigwa
[Verse 2]
Poto ilibe bata
ana akugona ndi njala
Amayi akusefa tsiku
kuti apeze pang’ono
Msewu uli wodzaza
ndi mawu a anthu okwiya
“Bwanji zinthu zimakwera?”
funso limabwera lero
DPP ikuti chuma
chili m’mmisonkho
Koma m’maso mwa anthu
tikuwona misozi yokha
[Pre-Chorus]
Timalowa m'mawa
ndi chikwama chopepuka
Koma mphepo ya mkwiyo
ikutibweza pa khomo
Ngati chuma chili kuti?
atiuze momveka
Osangotigwira pakhosi
ndi mawu okhaokha
[Chorus]
Misonkho paliponse
misonkho paliponse
Tikufuna mpweya
tikufuna mpweya
Misonkho paliponse
misonkho paliponse
Mtima wathu ukupweteka
koma sitigwa
[Bridge]
Tikuimba kuti amve
osati kungolankhula
M’thunzi mwa njala
mtima sunagone
Amalawi ali pano
m’modzi ndi m’modzi
Ngati mawu athu ndi moto
asiya kuyatsa
[Final Chorus]
Misonkho paliponse
misonkho paliponse
Tikufuna mpweya
tikufuna mpweya
Misonkho paliponse
misonkho paliponse
Mtima wathu ukupweteka
koma sitigwa
Misonkho paliponse
misonkho paliponse
Sitilowa m’manja
tikuyimirira