Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Okuphakathi
- Isingeniso
- Introduction
- 1 NgePhasika
- 2 Inkelenkele yakwaXhosa
- 3 Ukhamba lukaSonkomose
- 4 We moya!
- 5 Inqomfi
- 6 Impophoma yeVictoria
- 7 Woza Nonjinjikazi!
- 8 Khalani maZulu!
- 9 Umcabango wasekuseni
- 10 Sengiyokholwa-ke
- 11 Cula ngizwe!
- 12 Ma ngificwa ukufa
- 13 Ngizw’ ingoma
- 14 Ithongo lokwazi
- 15 UShaka kaSenzangakhona
- 16 Ngomz’omdaladala kaGrout
- 17 Phezu kwethuna likaShaka
- 18 Aggrey we-Afrika
- 19 UNokufa
- 20 Isenanelo eminyakeni engamashumi mahlanu
- 21 Wena-ke uyothini?
2 - Inkelenkele yakwaXhosa
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 September 2022
- Frontmatter
- Okuphakathi
- Isingeniso
- Introduction
- 1 NgePhasika
- 2 Inkelenkele yakwaXhosa
- 3 Ukhamba lukaSonkomose
- 4 We moya!
- 5 Inqomfi
- 6 Impophoma yeVictoria
- 7 Woza Nonjinjikazi!
- 8 Khalani maZulu!
- 9 Umcabango wasekuseni
- 10 Sengiyokholwa-ke
- 11 Cula ngizwe!
- 12 Ma ngificwa ukufa
- 13 Ngizw’ ingoma
- 14 Ithongo lokwazi
- 15 UShaka kaSenzangakhona
- 16 Ngomz’omdaladala kaGrout
- 17 Phezu kwethuna likaShaka
- 18 Aggrey we-Afrika
- 19 UNokufa
- 20 Isenanelo eminyakeni engamashumi mahlanu
- 21 Wena-ke uyothini?
Summary
Umkhosi was’ uhlatshwe walawulwa,
Lonk’ elikaKleli noSandile
Layizwa intokazi kaMhlakaza
Yon’ eyayiwabonile lawo
Mathong’ okhokho bay’ abangazange
Baze bawadikaze ngamehlo.
Ilanga labe selimiswa njalo,
Lapho ngisho wena salukazi –
Umxhilibana njengodade nje,
Wawuzobhilelwa ubutshitshi,
Ukhunjuliswe lokhuy’ okudala,
Zithi kuwe izinsizwa: Qoma!
Kwaphum’ ixheg’ eselibhinca nhlanye,
Lathath’ ubhoko ladondolozela
Liqinis’ imisiph’ emilenzeni;
Lagcob’ amafuth’ ezimvub’ ekhanda
Khon’ izinwele zizobuyelana;
Laqal’ ukuphoth’ amadev’ angwevu.
Elinye lezwakala selishela
Lithi: “Uyongiphendula uthini,
Mabani lapho sengithi kuwena,
Ngiyakuthanda ntombi kaSandile?
Uyogwinya nje amazwi ami?”
Kwakusemnandi betekulisana,
Kumnand’ ukuzulisana ngem’qondo.
Kwabhinca kwahloba amakhehla
Ngisho nanamadolo njengoMthontela
Acwala ongiyane, neziqhova,
Namasakabula, nezinsimba.
Alinga nokubhina ethi: “Yeka
Kuseyithi seqa njengamathole!”
Bheka izibaya nezinxuluma
Kukhamisile lezo ziprofitho
Zamandikikazi kaXhosa
Aphupha njengoJosef’ eGibhithe,
Kepha won’ ephupha imbubhiso
Yenzalo yawoyise oMlanjeni.
Phendukis’ amehlo, uzobona
Amanqe, izinyoni zaphezulu
Zizitika, zilale zingembethe;
Nezinja, nenkentshane, nezimbodla,
Zenza isimonqo sasethala.
Likhul’ igama lakho Nongqawuze!
Laphuma lon’ ilanga njengemihla,
Nomoya wathi walakahle phezu
Kwaleyo ntaba yesiqalekiso,
Naphezu kwamagama awoMhlakaza,
NoNongqawuze nenkohliso yabo.
Ukuduma kolwandle kwabethusa,
Bese bethatha sengathi yikhona
Ukubhilwa kwabo. Noma kunjalo
Akukh’ oyedwa owezwakalayo
Ebika elokudangala nosizi.
Nanguya laphay’ uTsili iqhawe
Ebamisa isibindi njalo,
Ngokuvungamisa yon’ inkondlo
Yamaqhawe amakhulu odwa,
OMakana nawoNdlambe nawoLinda.
Amazwi abo ezwakala ngisho
Kuzo izigodlo zamathongo
Ayesakhathele, esazunywe
Ubuthongo phezu kwezicephu
Zamafu, nezolwandle, nezokhamba.
Kwakuzwakala izwi elincane
Lowesifazan’ ekikizelela
Ukungena kwamaqhaw’ ezinsizwa
Ngezigi zenhliziyo yakhe yedwa,
Igidizela ngezig’ ezinkulu
Esifubeni sakhe. Ephuph’ ebona
Bon’ oyisemkhulu bemabhongo,
Namaveleta ezinsizwa ezawa
Empini yokuqala yemibango
Yezwe lawokhokho, leli lanamuhla.
Ilanga lakhwel’ ummango walo
Liyilokhu lisinekile njalo
Imisebe yalo ehlabayo.
Lazi konke okwehlakalayo
Nokuzovela phinde lithi vuya,
Ladwengula lay’ entshonalanga.
Kwezwakala omuny’ ebuza ethi:
“Kodwa nith’ ikhona into ekhona?”
Abanye babik’ indlala nokoma,
Amaqhalaqhala athula duya.
Kwavela ishing’ elithize lathi:
“Ngikhombise, uphi uNongqawuze,
Ngincame ngizizwele ngesijula?”
Kwahlokom’ izwi labadala bathi:
“Thul’ umsindo mfana kaNobani,
Uxosha amathongo, azofika
Ngokushona kwenhlamvu yal’ ilanga.”
Yashona yathi gqwambi, kodwa dwaya.
Kwahwelela kwaqoqana ukuhlwa.
Yaphum’ inyang’ ihlek’ usulu nayo.
Luthuli lwani lolu oluthunqa
Laphaya, kade kumi izixuku
Zilindele ukubunjwa kabusha?
Ngitshele! Sekuyiwo yini lawo
Mabutho, nemihlambi, nemithimba
Ebilindwe mini yonkana lena?
Ngalalelisa ngezwa ukukhala
Kwakho wena mntwana ongenacala;
Ngalalelisa ngezwa ukukhala
Kwakho wena ntombi nenkehl’ emsulwa;
Ngalalelisa ngezwa ukukhala
Kwakho wena salukazi osele,
Kwaduma kwabikel’ izinkanyezi.
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- Inkondlo kaZulu , pp. 5 - 12Publisher: Wits University PressPrint publication year: 2021