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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 September 2022
Ngoba ngimamatheka njalo,
Ngikhombisa nokwenama,
Ngihlabelela ngephimbo,
Nom’ ungifak’ emgodini
Ngaphansi kwezinganeko
Zamatsh’ aluhlaz’ omhlaba —
Sewuthi nginjengensika
Yon’ engezwa nabuhlungu.
Ngob’ umlomo wam’ uhleka,
Namehl’ am’ ebheke phansi,
Ngifingqe ngabek’ idolo,
Nezinwele sezimpofu
Zigcwel’ uthuli lomgwaqo,
Ngipheth’ ipiki ngesandla,
Neyemb’ elingenamhlane —
Sewuthi nginjengedwala
Lon’ elingakwaz’ ukufa.
Ngoba njalo ngakusihlwa
Sengigumul’ iketango
Lomsebenz’ onzim’ emini,
Ngihlangana nabakithi
Siyogadlela ngendlamu,
Singoma ngamadala
Asikizelis’ igazi,
Kuphele nokukhathala —
Sewuthi ngiyisilwane
Esifa kuzalw’ esinye.
Ngoba ngiwumngquphane,
Ngibulawa ukungazi,
Ngingaqondi namithetho,
Kodwa ngizwa ingiphanga;
Nendlu yami ngiyibeke
Ngaphansi kweziwa zetshe;
Utshani buyindlu yami,
Isaka liyisivatho —
Sewuthi ngiyisiduli,
Kanginalo nonyembezi
Olucons’ enhliziyweni,
Luwel’ ezandlen’ ezinhle
Zamadloz’ abuka konke.
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