Script: Emakhromozomu la-46 ezayigothi
amelele sigaba sekucala
lesingakavami sesitfombe
semfanekiso lophelele weluhlelo
lwelufuto lwemuntfu lomusha.
Loluhlelo lolukhulu
lolu luhlala
ngekhatsi etinhlayiyaneni
letisongekile tacina
letibitwa ngekutsi yi-DNA.
Ticuketse telayeto
letimayelana nekwakheka
kwawo wonke umtimba.
Tinhlayiyana te-DNA tifana
nesitebhisi lesishwilekile
lesatiwa ngekutsi
yi-double helix.
Letenyuko talesitebhisi tentiwe
ngetinhlayiyana letihamba ngatimbili,
kumbe emabheyisi, labitwa
ngekutsi yigwanayni,
sayithosin, adenayni,
ne-thaymin.
Igwanayni ihambisana ngakubili
nesayithosin kuphela,
kutsi i-adenayni
yona ihambisane nethaymin.