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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 September 2022
Uma ngibheda ngangicabanga
Ngithi ngiyothol’ ukujabula
Uma ngigogodana nencwadi,
Ngiqaq’ amafind’ abhaliweyo,
Ngiwachaza njengoba ngibona.
Namhla ngizwa kuqaqamb’ ikhanda.
Sengachith’ isikhath’ esiningi
Ngiphendulana namaqabunga
Ezincwad’ ezibhalwe ngumLungu,
Ngihlezi ngedw’ ubusuku bonke,
Kuze kucish’ ukuphum’ ilanga.
Namhla ngiqaqanjelwa ngamehlo.
Ngavakash’ izimbong’ ezimnyama
Zihay’ imiqondo yamakhosi,
Nezinye zibong’ utshwal’ emsamo.
Ngafak’ ukuhlakanipha kwazo,
Ngakudiya nokwezabamhlophe,
Namhla zixaben’ ekhanda lami.
Ongaqondi lutho ngalezi zinto,
Nozilalel’ ubusuku bonke
Engafundi lutho kuze kuse,
Engamaz’ uSiza noSisero,
NoShaka noNgqika noMshweshwe,
Namhl’ uyathokoza ngenhliziyo.
Esakhula nabo bangafunda,
Ngihlangana nabo bangeyise.
Ngithi lapho ngishay’ unobhanqa,
Bona baqhamuke ngezimoto,
Bathuquz’ uthuli bangishiye.
Namhla banjengamakhos’ omhlaba.
Ngibe ngisathe nginokuyeka,
Ngicosh’ imvuthuluk’ esemikhondweni
Yawontanga yeth’ abami kahle,
Ngifumane ngisakhulekiwe
Yizona zisinga zokufunda.
Ubumina buyangigqilaza.
Namhla ngicabanga ngesikhathi
Lapho sesigugile saphela,
Ngiphuthaz’ ezikhwameni zami,
Ngizwa ziqhubushile izincwadi,
Zingilandela noma ngiyaphi.
Ake ngibon’ ukuthi zithini!
Ngibon’ amagam’ esizwe sonke.
Amehl’ amadloz’ angibhekile;
Amathong’ abeke nezihlangu,
Alalele ngaphansi komhlaba,
Athi mangingene ngikhothiswe
Ukhamba ngoba ngingakhohlwanga.
Ngikhothe ngadla ngabek’ ethala,
Ngibekel’ usapho lwakwaZulu,
Lusale lukhoth’ ezincwadini,
Luxabane lodwa luchazana
Nezint’ engazibhala ebusuku,
Ngingazange ngizisukele ngibhale,
Ngibeleselwe yinina mathong’ ohlanga,
Ningixabanis’ ingqond’ ebusuku.
Kuleyo nkathi ngiyobe sengafa.
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