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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 September 2022
Le nyang’ engiyibona yethwasa,
Ihlephukile phezu kwamahlombe
Entshonalanga, laphaya ezansi –
Isikhumbuz’ izindab’ ezinkulu ezindala.
Ngakho konke lokhu Nkosi
Sibonga wena.
Sikhunjuzwa wen’ uthwabaza
Emhlabathini wezwe lakithi -
Wona lona waBantu abamnyama,
Ungakhonzwa zigqili, nazichaka.
Ngenxa yalokho Nkosi
Siyamangala.
Wawunamandl’ okusaphuca
Igolide, nesiliva, namatsh’ egugu;
Namhl’ ahlobise izigqoko neziphika
Zamakhos’ omhlaba, nezikhulu zamabandla,
Kodwa wena wadlula wacimez’ amehlo.
Ngakho konke lokhu Nkosi
Sibonga wena.
Walal’ ocansin’ olwendlelwe phansi;
Wahlala nesintu emigqikini yokhuni;
Wadla nabangcolile yizifo nezono,
Kodwa umfoweth’ omhlophe
Uyangidela, uyangiphundla: ngiyamnukela.
Ngenxa yalokhu Nkosi
Ngizoshonaphi?
Inyang’ iphumile, umthal’ uqhakazile.
Inyanga nguwena, izinkanyezi zomthala
Yizona zinyembezi zakho nezami,
Wen’ owazula, udingiswa izwe lonke.
Khanya usus’ umnyama phezu kwaMhlaba!
Ngakho konke lokhu Nkosi
Sename nathi.
Ngiyezwa besondel’ ukukukhaphela.
Igazi nomzimba wam’ uyathuthumela;
Nami bangithengisa nxazonke zomhlaba,
Ngoba ngidalwe ngabamnyana.
Kangilikhethanga leli bala, ngaphiwa nguwe.
Ngenxa yalokhu Nkosi
Ngibonga wena.
Lapho bekubethel’ ogodweni,
Usungulo lungenamahlon’ okungena
Lubhoboz’ inyam’ emanzi luyibhanqa
Nokhun’ olomil’ olungezwa zinhlungu,
Kuyampompoza kweyam’ inhliziyo.
Ngakho konke lokhu Nkosi
Ungangikhohlwa.
Ngikhumbuze min’ engimnyama
Izifundo nenkambo yempilo yakho
Wen’ owaling’ ukusifundisa
Ubunzima buka “Qha”,
Ngezenzo nangemicabango.
Ngenxa yalokho Nkosi
Ngiyakubonga.
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