Twenty years ago
It when it started
In my mothers womb
It where it started
At first I was not there
Then I was there but young and innocent
Nginqakwa ngapha nangapha
Here and there people talked of my beauty 8
It was nice being young
Impilo was full of promises
And the future looking bright
Sunshine was the color of my future 12
With the instructions from adult I lived my life
Without questioning the reasons and motives
Ngangiyalwa ngilalele iziyalo. 15
And today I am bearing the fruits of my decisions
For living life responsible
I now have the great end of my life 18
Life is a journey
A longer than long journey
But at least now I am toward the end of it.
Sengiyazizwa izigi, ngiyayizwa inhlokomo
Jesus is coming to fetch me
(to all people out there abangakalungisi indlela yabo noNkulunkulu ...this poem goes to them.Lungisa Mtanasekhaya
Monday, March 31, 2008
Thursday, March 27, 2008
SONG OF SUNRISE
Through the morning cold winter
I hear the song of sunrise
I struggled to get off the bed
But I could’nt
I was eager to know the source of the sound
I mean the sweat sound that was ringing in my ear
But I could’nt manage
I looked through the window at least
But for the reason that I was too short,
I could,nt see anything
Even today I can still hear that music
Uproaring in my mind
Chattering of woman saying “halleluyah!”
Was evident after each and every songs
I hear the song of sunrise
I struggled to get off the bed
But I could’nt
I was eager to know the source of the sound
I mean the sweat sound that was ringing in my ear
But I could’nt manage
I looked through the window at least
But for the reason that I was too short,
I could,nt see anything
Even today I can still hear that music
Uproaring in my mind
Chattering of woman saying “halleluyah!”
Was evident after each and every songs
Imbubhiso
Lafa laphothuleka ikusasa lesizwe
Ngomphothulo ongaphothulekanga laphothuleka
Ngobhubhane olungabhubhi sabhubha
Isizwe senkashna kamenzi.
Kuye kwadukuza isilo iLembe
Silele kwaDukuza
Sidukuziswa ukudukuza kwesizwe emswanini.
Isililo esiqhumisa uhleko kwabezizwe,
Ngisizwile sililwa nguZulu
Nengonyama uBhekuzulu iye yambheka uzulu,
Nxa elila ukuba ulilela ntoni na?
Nosolwazi balwizile ezinjulwini zelizwe kwala
Bahlanganise baze bahlukanisa
Bafake baze bakhipha kungaphumi khambi
Nobhejane kaGwala ubheje bambhejela
Kwalamula izazimthetho
Nezaqathe baziqathe zangaluqatha
Ubhubhane olubhula amaphiko
Bagwilize bagwinja ogibeni lwegodi,
Lwaze lwabagojela
Pho besisayothini ?
Ngoba bese kufanele sisho ngazwilinye:
“Phumulani umphumulela wafuthi”
Ngokuba nizigolele lonogolantethe
Maqede wanigila ngokunigwilizisa
Kambe abanye basigawulelwa abahlobo
Lesitebhisi sokunqamulela eya ezulwini
Lamazulu
Ngomphothulo ongaphothulekanga laphothuleka
Ngobhubhane olungabhubhi sabhubha
Isizwe senkashna kamenzi.
Kuye kwadukuza isilo iLembe
Silele kwaDukuza
Sidukuziswa ukudukuza kwesizwe emswanini.
Isililo esiqhumisa uhleko kwabezizwe,
Ngisizwile sililwa nguZulu
Nengonyama uBhekuzulu iye yambheka uzulu,
Nxa elila ukuba ulilela ntoni na?
Nosolwazi balwizile ezinjulwini zelizwe kwala
Bahlanganise baze bahlukanisa
Bafake baze bakhipha kungaphumi khambi
Nobhejane kaGwala ubheje bambhejela
Kwalamula izazimthetho
Nezaqathe baziqathe zangaluqatha
Ubhubhane olubhula amaphiko
Bagwilize bagwinja ogibeni lwegodi,
Lwaze lwabagojela
Pho besisayothini ?
Ngoba bese kufanele sisho ngazwilinye:
“Phumulani umphumulela wafuthi”
Ngokuba nizigolele lonogolantethe
Maqede wanigila ngokunigwilizisa
Kambe abanye basigawulelwa abahlobo
Lesitebhisi sokunqamulela eya ezulwini
Lamazulu
A POEM FOR YOU!
Today and tonight
I wanted to write for you a poem
A perfect poem for you are precious person
Precious not as a gold
Because it value always deviates
Today is high
Tomorrow is low
But you, yourself you are always constant
I wanted to write for you a lovely poem
Since you are adorable to me
Unfortunately I could not make it
For me to write a poem,
A poem that exactly describes you,
Could take me a million of years
I will need millions and millions of pages
With millions of pens
Because you mean a lot to me
Then I have decided not to continue
With this poem.
Otherwise I would have to spend all my life
In it ,only to find that at the end I do not finish it
But perhaps the I can give a single line among the millions
from what I would have written if I was to write this poem
The single line I can give you is the one below
You are great!
I wanted to write for you a poem
A perfect poem for you are precious person
Precious not as a gold
Because it value always deviates
Today is high
Tomorrow is low
But you, yourself you are always constant
I wanted to write for you a lovely poem
Since you are adorable to me
Unfortunately I could not make it
For me to write a poem,
A poem that exactly describes you,
Could take me a million of years
I will need millions and millions of pages
With millions of pens
Because you mean a lot to me
Then I have decided not to continue
With this poem.
Otherwise I would have to spend all my life
In it ,only to find that at the end I do not finish it
But perhaps the I can give a single line among the millions
from what I would have written if I was to write this poem
The single line I can give you is the one below
You are great!
An open letter to Nozizwe
3. An open letter to Nozizwe
This poem is dedicated to a certain lady I met in Edgewood.
Nozizwe, Queen of my heart.
These few words ‘I sent’them to you.
Alone and lonely in my room,
lonely because of your absence.
I have written them.
With my trembling hands
yearning for your hold
I have written them.
Umpteenth times I have tried to explain
but I could see that words alone
could not show how much I adore you.
Like sea my love to you is of unknown depth
it is deeper than I could explain in spoken words.
But the words are the only thing I have at the
moment to express my sentiments to you.
So what should I do?
Should I give up?
If my words are of no value to you.
If my words could not make you to realize the truth.
Should I stop telling it to you?
But it won’t help to stop,
it will rather worsen my life.
I wonder why god has ‘made’ love.
If it has to drives ones life so awry and ugly,
like it did to my life.
Why god made love?
If it has to drives ones mind so crazy
like it did to me.
So love leaves me alone
This poem is dedicated to a certain lady I met in Edgewood.
Nozizwe, Queen of my heart.
These few words ‘I sent’them to you.
Alone and lonely in my room,
lonely because of your absence.
I have written them.
With my trembling hands
yearning for your hold
I have written them.
Umpteenth times I have tried to explain
but I could see that words alone
could not show how much I adore you.
Like sea my love to you is of unknown depth
it is deeper than I could explain in spoken words.
But the words are the only thing I have at the
moment to express my sentiments to you.
So what should I do?
Should I give up?
If my words are of no value to you.
If my words could not make you to realize the truth.
Should I stop telling it to you?
But it won’t help to stop,
it will rather worsen my life.
I wonder why god has ‘made’ love.
If it has to drives ones life so awry and ugly,
like it did to my life.
Why god made love?
If it has to drives ones mind so crazy
like it did to me.
So love leaves me alone
Dance with me
Every dance is a move,
But not every move can be a dance.
Every dance is a move,
But not every move can be a dance .
Come on my sister let dance together.
Every dance is a move,
But not every move is a dance
Every dance is a move,
But not every move is a dance.
Come on my brother let dance together.
Let dance for our lord.
Let dance for our Jesus.
As spiritual siblings, let dance for our father.
The one who create, the one who destroy.
The one who does it all.
Because he is the beginning and the end.
The one who does not fail.
Because he is the hero of heroes.
Thokoza mzalwane –udumise Jehovah.
Thokoza mzalwane –udumise Jehovah.
Come on! Come on! I say come on –dance with me
But not every move can be a dance.
Every dance is a move,
But not every move can be a dance .
Come on my sister let dance together.
Every dance is a move,
But not every move is a dance
Every dance is a move,
But not every move is a dance.
Come on my brother let dance together.
Let dance for our lord.
Let dance for our Jesus.
As spiritual siblings, let dance for our father.
The one who create, the one who destroy.
The one who does it all.
Because he is the beginning and the end.
The one who does not fail.
Because he is the hero of heroes.
Thokoza mzalwane –udumise Jehovah.
Thokoza mzalwane –udumise Jehovah.
Come on! Come on! I say come on –dance with me
Ngivumele sthandwa.
(This poem was once published in ILANGA LANGESONTO)
Ngingeligagu kepha ngikugagule
Ngingeliciko kodwa ngicikoze ngawe
Ngingaqgamile hleze ngiqgame ngawe.
Angiyena uNontandakubukwa kepha,
uma ngibukwa ngawe ngiyothokoza.
Kulobusuku belele ngingalele
Bethokoza ngingathokozile
Behlokoma ngingehlokome ungekho wena
Othokozisa nowenelisa owami umphefumulo.
Ngivumele sthandwa sami , ngivumele
Kulelikhasi eliphambi kwami,
Ngeneke eyami imizwa
Ngekhono lami engelambulelwa asebedlula
Maqede ngiliphanyeke obondweni
Ze izwe lonke lizikholise ngobungako bezifiso
Zami ngawe .Bancinde bancincize kuloludengezi
Bancincize bengekholwe
Uthando lweqiniso enginalo ngawe .
Kunganani ngisho ngengila
Maqede kunanele izihosha
Hleze nawe kulokhu wenanele
maqede ipheleliswe eyami impilo
ngoba sewunami nami senginawe
Sesimunye ,ngakho ngivumele.
Ngingeligagu kepha ngikugagule
Ngingeliciko kodwa ngicikoze ngawe
Ngingaqgamile hleze ngiqgame ngawe.
Angiyena uNontandakubukwa kepha,
uma ngibukwa ngawe ngiyothokoza.
Kulobusuku belele ngingalele
Bethokoza ngingathokozile
Behlokoma ngingehlokome ungekho wena
Othokozisa nowenelisa owami umphefumulo.
Ngivumele sthandwa sami , ngivumele
Kulelikhasi eliphambi kwami,
Ngeneke eyami imizwa
Ngekhono lami engelambulelwa asebedlula
Maqede ngiliphanyeke obondweni
Ze izwe lonke lizikholise ngobungako bezifiso
Zami ngawe .Bancinde bancincize kuloludengezi
Bancincize bengekholwe
Uthando lweqiniso enginalo ngawe .
Kunganani ngisho ngengila
Maqede kunanele izihosha
Hleze nawe kulokhu wenanele
maqede ipheleliswe eyami impilo
ngoba sewunami nami senginawe
Sesimunye ,ngakho ngivumele.
BATTLE IS OVER
Vukani ma-AFRICA vukani!
Vukani nizenzele
Mzulu wasemazulwini
Mxosa wasemaxhoseni
Msuthu wasebasuthwini
Ngithi vuka sekusile
Kawubonanga na ilanga liphumile?
Sun has risen, indeed it has.
Uma ningajonganga lizakunishiya ixhesha
The battle of racism is over
Our forefathers have fought it.
With their blood they have washed it away
The battle of apartheid has been conquered
The battle remaining is the battle of poverty
Impi yengculazi isasibhekile
If our forefathers has done away
With racism and apartheid.
Why don’t we do away with poverty and aids?
Inselelo isingeyakho muntu omusha
Ngakho rise up ma-AFRICA rise up
Let join hands together to fight this battle
Together we can fight it
And let it be the finished battle soon.
Vukani nizenzele
Mzulu wasemazulwini
Mxosa wasemaxhoseni
Msuthu wasebasuthwini
Ngithi vuka sekusile
Kawubonanga na ilanga liphumile?
Sun has risen, indeed it has.
Uma ningajonganga lizakunishiya ixhesha
The battle of racism is over
Our forefathers have fought it.
With their blood they have washed it away
The battle of apartheid has been conquered
The battle remaining is the battle of poverty
Impi yengculazi isasibhekile
If our forefathers has done away
With racism and apartheid.
Why don’t we do away with poverty and aids?
Inselelo isingeyakho muntu omusha
Ngakho rise up ma-AFRICA rise up
Let join hands together to fight this battle
Together we can fight it
And let it be the finished battle soon.
UYONGIKHUMBULA NOMATHEMBA
Amaqhinga esekuphelele
Ungasenamumva naphambili
Lapho ilanga selikushonele
Namathunzi esewukela
Uyongikhumbula Nomathemba
Ithemba lakho selithambeme
Oqholosha ngabo sebekuqhelele
Ngaleyomihla yenhlupheko,
Usungiqalaza ngingasenakuqhamuka
Lapho usizi nomunyu sekuyingoma yakho
Yemihla ngemihla
Uyongifisa ngingasenakufumaneka
Lapho izinyembezi seziyisinkwa sakho semihla
Isililo sesiyihubo olihuba ubusuku nemini
Uyongikhumbula Nomathemba
Ungasenamumva naphambili
Lapho ilanga selikushonele
Namathunzi esewukela
Uyongikhumbula Nomathemba
Ithemba lakho selithambeme
Oqholosha ngabo sebekuqhelele
Ngaleyomihla yenhlupheko,
Usungiqalaza ngingasenakuqhamuka
Lapho usizi nomunyu sekuyingoma yakho
Yemihla ngemihla
Uyongifisa ngingasenakufumaneka
Lapho izinyembezi seziyisinkwa sakho semihla
Isililo sesiyihubo olihuba ubusuku nemini
Uyongikhumbula Nomathemba
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