True love

[Verse 1]
Akauya aine mimba,
asi murume akati haiwa.
Akati, "Handidi nyaya iyi,"
ndokumusiya ari oga.
Meso ake akazara misodzi,
dumbu richimutakura.
Moyo wake wakarwadza,
asi akafamba achitsvaga rudo.

[Pre-Chorus]
Ndipo paakasangana naye,
murume ane moyo munyoro.
Akati, "Usachema hako,
ndichafamba newe."
Akabata ruoko rwake,
akati, "Ndiri pano."
Rudo rwakatanga ipapo,
semoto mumarara.

[Chorus]
Rudo ravo, rudo ravo
rwakashamisa nyika.
Rudo ravo, rudo ravo
rwakasimudza guta.
Mwana akauya nerudo,
murume akava baba.
Rudo ravo, rudo ravo
rwakanzwika pasi rose.

[Verse 2]
Mwanakomana paakaberekwa,
imba yazara mufaro.
Murume akamumbundira,
akati, "Uyu ndowangu."
Akamutengera zvekupfeka,
akamutakura mumawoko.
Hana yake yakanga yakazara,
achimuda semwanake chaivo.

[Pre-Chorus]
Vamwe vaitoti vakanyarara,
vachishamisika nerudo irworwo.
Hanzvadzi yemukadzi,
yakazviona yotsvuka godo.
Murume wake akanyarara,
asi nyika yairamba ichitaura.
Vaiti, "Aka ndivo varume,"
moyo wake uchipisa.

[Chorus]
Rudo ravo, rudo ravo
rwakashamisa nyika.
Rudo ravo, rudo ravo
rwakasimudza guta.
Mwana akauya nerudo,
murume akava baba.
Rudo ravo, rudo ravo
rwakanzwika pasi rose.

[Bridge]
Asi mhepo yakashanduka,
mwana akarwara zvakaoma.
Mwedzi mitatu chete,
zvino ruoko rwakatonhora.
Misodzi yakadonha pasi,
kunyarara kukabata imba.
Murume akamukumbatira,
akati, "Ndicharamba ndiri baba."

[Chorus]
Rudo ravo, rudo ravo
rwakashamisa nyika.
Rudo ravo, rudo ravo
rwakasimudza guta.
Mwana akauya nerudo,
murume akava baba.
Rudo ravo, rudo ravo
rwakanzwika pasi rose.

[Outro]
Nyika yakachema pamwe navo,
ichirangarira mwana wavo.
Asi rudo rwakanga rwuripo,
haruna kufa nemwana.
Murume akaramba akamira,
mukadzi akabata moyo.
Rudo rwavo rwakava nyaya,
inoimbwa neZimbabwe.