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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 September 2022
Nyanga, muhlekazi womnyama,
Wen’ owaditshaniswa nenyanga!
Yathi yon’ ithwal’ izikhwama,
Yetsheth’ izimpondo nemigodla,
Wena wawenyuk’ uy’ ezulwini.
Wen’ omuhle ebusuku
Laph’ abanye bemathunz’ amzizi,
Uhlangane nabo bakusinde.
Kodwa wena ma uqhamuka,
Kuqin’ amadolo ngihambe.
Ngikubonile ngisekhaya
Ungiphumele phezu kwethantala
Lamanz’ emisinga yolwandle.
Ngama ngaphuthelwa kuhamba,
Ngakhex’ umlomo ngadla ngamehlo.
Obab’ omkhulu bakubon’ uphuma,
Ugqolozela umhlaba kanje,
Uphuphis’ abalel’ ubuthongo,
Ufunz’ izimbongi ngamazwi,
Ziwaqephuze zikhihliz’ amagwebu
Asik’ imizwa yomphefumulo kuphela.
Nami ngifunze Nonyezi,
Nyezi wemingcwi yokusa,
Obuhle bakho buqhamuka
Phezu kwamadamu emifula,
Nasohlazeni lotshani bezintaba.
Wen’ odud’ izithandani
Engizibon’ emizin’ emikhulu
AbeLung’ abayivus’ emathanjeni
Abantwana bakaZulu noXhosa
NomSuthu. Ngithi ma nami ngithi
Ngiyaphuma ngidonswa okudonsa
Umunt’ ophila enozwelo lwemvelo,
Ngithuke ngikhalelwa zinsimbi.
Ngiphakele nami kuleyo ndebe
Ongiphakela kuyo lapho
Ngikhumbul’ ekhaya, ngibon’ amahlathi,
Ngibon’ izigodi ezimbiwa imichachazo,
Ngizwe ukuduma kolwandle,
Ngibon’ ucansi lwamasimu akamoba,
Engiwakhumbula maqede ngibheke
Phezulu, ngikubone uliqand’ elimhlophe,
Ngikhothame. Ngabe ngiyakwanga.
Pho!
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