Padzakangoshongana
Chiriporipohlo takazivana
Zuva riya ratatanga kuvonana
Ndikayeuka kuti takambodanana
Pane imwe nhambo isiri nguri ino
Kune imwe nzvimbo isiri pasi pano
Kwatakanga tisina mboni
Patakaringana mukatikati momeso
Hana dzakati pa! mboni dzichimbundirana
Nyau nyau ropa kumanya sezvikova
Kuti zharara sechimera tichimerera
Mweya yedu ichihwanana
Ndikahwa ndichiri kukuda
Sokuhwavo kwako uchiri kundida
Ihwi rako rakamurudza moyo wangu
Ndokunounyika mumukoko wevuchi
Ndikanyongovera zvokusvinika gachichi
Zvokuti wakahosara wokanda shoko
Ndanguri ndaziva kuti ndiri wako
Huye kuti newe uri wanguvo
Zvakanga zvisingazibgwi nemboni
Pava paya wakatanga kunzvengesa chiso
Ndikaziva kuti maiwee zvadotanga!
Gwendurugwendugwe zvakare
Sezvawakambondiita paya
Munzvimbo iya isiri pano pasi
Panhambo iya isiri ino nguri
Patakanga tisina mboni
Rudo gwomene haguvandiki mudiwa wangu
Chisipiti chamakwenga omoyo wangu
Uchavanga ugovanga, uchivanda, kasi
Tichashonganazve patichazvagwazve
Ugondisvangaridza sesvengede
Mune imwe nzvimbo, pane imwe nguri
Kwatinenge tisina moyo, nyama namahwi
—Sokuya, kusina mboni
Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure is a bilingual author who grew up in Masvingo. She resides in Wales, usually writing about matters of the heart, the human condition, the migrant experience, womanhood and equality. She has published a poetry collection in chiKaranga – Zvadzugwa Musango, which she translated to English – Uprooted, a novel – Painting a
Mirage, and a collection of poems – Starfish Blossoms, which won the NAMA for Outstanding Poetry Book in 2023. Samantha has also compiled short story anthologies by Zimbabwean writers, Turquoise Dreams and Brilliance of Hope.