Abadala bathi umswane wedube ngoseswini,
bakhohlwa ukuthi sikhulu, silamathumbu.
Amadlelo abukeka luhlaza kude,
Ngaphetsheya kwemifula lezifudlana,
Ngaphetsheya akulalwa,
Kuhle kuyadliwa, kodwa kuyafiwa njalo.
Umswane wedube ngosesiswini
Lapho elehlisa khona
Lenyise, lihlafune ntando.
Balibuke
Balihloniphe
Balibuke,
Abadala bathi umswane wedube ngosesiswini
bakhohlwa ukuthi ohambileyo uhambe lesisu sakhe,
njalo uluzulayo yilo olubambayo
Ukuhamba kuzala induna
Isu somhambi singangophonjwana lwembuzi
Ohambileyo, ufile.
Ofileyo kadli.
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Alfred Ndhlovu is a researcher and a PhD candidate in the Department of Historical and Museum Studies at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Born in Gweru, Midlands, Ndhlovu is a former student and assistant lecturer of the University of Zimbabwe.