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3 - Ukhamba lukaSonkomose

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

B. W. Vilakazi
B. W. Vilakazi
Affiliation:
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
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Babomkhulu! Angikwazi

Kodwa ngikhuluma nawe,

Ngingenakubona wena

Kodwa ngibon’ amabhena,

Athe kim’ azalwa nguwe,

Anginika lokhu kwazi.

Phambi kwami nant’ ukhamba,

Bath’ ukhamb’ olwaludlela

Wena mfo waseMzwangedwa,

Owashiy’ uhamba wedwa

Wakhohlwa nokumbulula

Okuphethwe yilolu khamba.

Ukhamba lukaMkhulu lolu,

Lwagudulwa ngamalula

Lwab’ umbuyis’ ophambili.

Isitsh’ esingakadleli

Esithwal’ amalephula,

Sibunjwe ngemigulugulu.

Kuwe ngibon’ izintaba

Ezaqanjwa ngoSonkomose,

Ezaqhamuka noMkhwethu,

Zakha ngolwenkab’ ukhwethu,

Zifung’ okabab’ uNkombose

Zithi: Mzungeziwentaba!

Ngiyesaba ngamaqili

Lolu khamb’ olwawagudla

Lungebon’ oMkhwethu ngezwi:

“Imband’ abayizwe ngezwi

Ukuthi kwaMzilikaz’ iyadla,

Utshan’ obumampilimpili.”

Yeka lawo manz’ ampofu,

Qwabe wen’ obuwakhonza

Enjengompe lwezinyosi!

Ngish’ ikholw’ elithi, Nkosi,

Emsamo liyakukhonza

Wena Nkosazan’ empofu

Owendela kul’ ukhamba

Nokuphethwe yil’ ukhamba.

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Inkondlo kaZulu , pp. 13 - 14
Publisher: Wits University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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