Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Okuphakathi
- Isingeniso
- Introduction
- 1 Ugqozi
- 2 Imbongi
- 3 Umthandazo Wembongi
- 4 OKomhlaba Kuyadlula
- 5 Imfundo Ephakeme
- 6 Wo, Ngitshele Mntanomlungu!
- 7 Yin’ Ukwazi?
- 8 Wo, Leli Khehla!
- 9 Ukuhlwa
- 10 Inyanga
- 11 Ukuthula
- 12 Nayaphi?
- 13 Ngoba ... Sewuthi
- 14 Izinsimbi zesonto
- 15 KwaDedangendlale
- 16 Imifula Yomhlaba
- 17 UMamina
- 18 NgoMbuyazi Endondakusuka
- 19 Ezinkomponi
- 20 Sengiyakholwa
1 - Ugqozi
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 September 2022
- Frontmatter
- Okuphakathi
- Isingeniso
- Introduction
- 1 Ugqozi
- 2 Imbongi
- 3 Umthandazo Wembongi
- 4 OKomhlaba Kuyadlula
- 5 Imfundo Ephakeme
- 6 Wo, Ngitshele Mntanomlungu!
- 7 Yin’ Ukwazi?
- 8 Wo, Leli Khehla!
- 9 Ukuhlwa
- 10 Inyanga
- 11 Ukuthula
- 12 Nayaphi?
- 13 Ngoba ... Sewuthi
- 14 Izinsimbi zesonto
- 15 KwaDedangendlale
- 16 Imifula Yomhlaba
- 17 UMamina
- 18 NgoMbuyazi Endondakusuka
- 19 Ezinkomponi
- 20 Sengiyakholwa
Summary
Emasangweni akwaDukuza,
Emzin’ omkhulu kaNdaba,
Ngem’ othangweni ngakhuleka,
Ngakhuleka laze layoshona.
Kwaqhamuka insila yenkosi,
Yangiyal’ ukuba ngilinde.
Kwangen’ emakhalen’ am’ iphunga,
Kwakhany’ engqondweni yam’ efiphele.
Kwafika kim’ uMnkabayi emuhle,
Wangithatha phansi wangiphonsa phezulu.
Ngabon’ umlindi-masango evula,
Ngangena ngishwaben’ ulimi,
Ngahlala ngaphakathi kwakho Dukuza.
Angikwazang’ ukubonga
njengobabamkhulu,
Ukudabuka nezinhlungu angikuzwanga.
Ngenaba ngazicabanga ngiyinkosi;
Ngalala, ngaphupha ngeny’ imini
Ngingaphandle kwamasango kaDukuza.
Ngamfun’ uMnkabayi ngangambona;
Ngawabuk’ amasango ngawabona,
Ngawabon’ evaliwe noDukuz’ esefile.
Lwagcwal’ umlom’ ulimi lwami;
Ngathi ngiyakhuluma ngayisimungulu,
Kanti sengintshontsh’ amandl’ ezimbongi.
Namhla kangikwaz’ ukuthula noma
Lapho ngilele ngikwesikaBhadakazi,
Ngivuswa nguMnkabayi ethi kimi:
“Vuka wena kaMancinza!
Kawuzalelwanga ukulal’ ubuthongo.
Vuk’ ubong’ indaba yemikhonto!
Nank’ umthwal’ engakwethwesa wona.”
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- Amal’ezulu , pp. 1 - 2Publisher: Wits University PressPrint publication year: 2021