Takakura vachiti
Kusina mai hakuendwe
Hatina kumboita hanya nazvo
Nekuti taive pwere.
Taive pwere
Kusina mai kwaive kusina mukaka
Taisaendako
Takangokura vachiti
Hakuendwi
Munorarira gusha.
Takazoti tave zvimhandara
Tati kwaku paya
Takange tave isu ana mai vacho
Takafuma taveko
Kusina mai
Takaona tave nadzo pwere
Dzairamba mukaka wembudzi
Dzichida wezamu redu!
Ruvimbo Martha Jeche is a bilingual poet and writer passionate about preserving her native language, Shona. She co-authored Jongwe neSheche (2022) and Kuchema nekunakirwa (2024) with Nelson Mutongi. Ruvimbo has contributed to anthologies such as Dear Married Man, Tesserae: a mosaic of poem by Zimbabwean women (Carnelian Heart Publishing, 2023), and Speaking Truth to Power Poetry Anthology (International Human Rights Arts Festival, 2023). She is also featured in the Newsday and the Standard courtesy of Gourd of Consciousness Poetry, the Labila Magazine (Zambia) and the Nation Paper (Malawi).