Hali -li-li-li-lili, riye riye riye hekani waro
Yagonaya tirimuka, pasi panga pava nenyota
Taurai zvenyu mai mwana
Chero netsime rino handiti ranga ropwa
Taizoraramirepi nhaimi!
Kko iwo mapuruvuru nemakakanje?
Wotondipawo zvimbeu zveruninga zvesahwira
Zvangu ndakapedza ndichibikira iye Rameki
Ndichiti pamwe angaita zvimatama
Zvaanga opedzwa negwirikwiti
Usatya zvako ndinokupawo bvukutawo
Ko ndanzwa kuti kwaita muto kwaMai Chigwaza
Dhonza ravo riya ndinoreva Charuveki
Rakagomberwa.
Aa! Musandiudza?
Manje vacharima nei?
Zvokwadi haraimbokona naiwo mufushwa webundo wanga wasara uyu
Ko iko kudare kwakazonzi kudiiko?
Ndinoreva nyaya yaNgarize nemukadzi wemunhu
Akaripiswa mombe shanu nembudzi nhatu dzedare
Asi naiyewo anofarisa, kujuruja majuru nenhengo chaiko
Zvakaoma mai mwana, mazvokuda aya
Iye aidengezera mukoko une nyuchi aitemba chii?
Mukadzi wemunhu idindimutibvu, nhopi yakapora pamusoro asi pasi ichipisa zvekusvotora.
Nyaya hadziperi mai mwana, tozotaura
Ko mvura yacho zvainoita seyakabvongodzeka
Bva totombokupa heduzve tichikurukura
Zvana zvekwaniko zvinoimba “mvura naya naya tirhle mapudzi”?
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Simon Mugunzva is a Zimbabwean poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, a motivational speaker, and a member of, as well as the deputy secretary, of the International African Writers Association (IAWA) Zimbabwe branch and a member of the Gourd of Consciousness poetic movement. He is the author of the newly published short story collection titled, Dreaming Still. His poetic works has appeared in anthologies such as SOLITUDE, ECO AFRICA ANTHOLOGY, TRANSLATION MIGRATION, and SONGS OF PEACE AND VOICES OF PEACE, the world’s largest anthology of contemporary poetry. He has also co-authored several short stories anthologies such as VOICES OF PEACE, CRY MY AFRICA and QUEENSDALE. He also writes radio plays.