Gqaba gqaba!
Mandigqabazelise nje ngala magqabantshintshi
Ndithi alukho usana olungenanina
Mandigawule ndiwarhuqa, mawethu
Sizwe sakwantu, nina nimbal’ omdaka
Nzala kaNtu, ntsana zabantsundu
BaNguni sizukulwana saseAfrika
Ewe kaloku nini amaAfrika okwenene
Nangona umhlaba nawuhluthwayo
Mvaba ngemvaba zomzi waseAfrika
Sizukulwana sikaPhalo: maXhosa, MaGcaleka nani booRharhabe
BaThembu, maMpondo namaMpondomise
MaGqunukhwebe, MaMfengu, MaBhaca naMaBomvana,
MaHlubi, BaMbo, sizukulwana sikaSenzangakhona
NinabakaMoshoeshe, nanibakaMzilikazi
Nina nonke nisesinyini saseAfrika nasemntla-Afrika
Ndivumeleni ndityatyadule
Ndenjenje ukuzityand’ igila
Imbongi ayinatyala, ibhodla okuphakiweyo
Iphina na intaka exhwith’ uboya bamantshontsho wayo
Ithi yakha umzi?
Silwane sini esithi sivukele inzala yaso sithi silwa
umzingeli?
Ke ..., nto enaniyibona phi le niyenzayo?
Masikizi mani laa nizimise ukuqhuba ngawo?
Nanikhe nayivaphi into yokubulala umntu ngenxa yothando?
Nithi ukuthanda isini esinye asisubo ubuAfrika
Kodwa ndiyabona ukubulula nokudlwengula bubo bona, andithi?
Xa iintombi zenu niziqwengwa okwexhalanga,
Nithi udyakalashe makathini?
Niyimele into yokuba luhlazo ukubona amanina embatha ngangubo
nye
Nithi nidlwengula ezintsana ngenxa yokuthando isini esinye
Aniboni tu ukuzichana kwenu kubhontsi?
Ayaphi na amanina azokuzilela ooPhumeza Nkolonzi nooSihle
Sikoji?
Isihlwele sona siyasiva isikhalo sabo oo Disebo Gift Makau
Khanimeni ndibuze: Aniyilahlanga indlela kodwa?
Nto naniyiva ngabani le yokungcungcuthekisana?
Hayini maAfrika ndiyanqanda,
Khaniyikhele umkhanyo noko le nto?
Nigrenyana nje, ningagqibani!
Kuya kuphela nini ukudlana izithende kulo umzi wamaAfrika?
Kuyakuphela nini ukunukana silusapho lwamaAfrika?
Lo wethu umzi nithi uyakuze ume kwisini na?
Ewe ukufa kusembizeni.
Kodwa umqomi wayo sanukuvuma ukuba ibenini!
Ezinye intlanga zenza intlekisa ngani
Ziyabizana zithi: bajongeni ooxam bayaphaxulana
Nanikhe nababona na abasemzini bezikhohlakalele iintsana zabo?
Ndiyanikhuza ngoba abaMhlophe bayagqumana umhlane
Babumbene oko dongwe, bekhusela iintsana zabo:
Ke nina noyiswa yintoni ukubambana noba anivisisani?
Olona tshaba nilubonayo kubona amadoda kumandlalo mnye?
Lisebenzile iqhinga lomtyholi apha kuni.
Oyena mgqiba mzi nimvayo kukuthandana kwamadoda na?
Iinkomo zobawo zamnkiswa kukubona amanina ethandana,
andithi?
Imihlaba yaxuthwa kuba kwabhentsiswa le nyewe, yaveziswa
esihleni?
Yhe utshaba lunididile, luniphixanisile lanishuya niqwengana
Lona lizandla sizumsulwa, oko phezulu
Asilulo na utshaba oluzenodlame lokubulalana xa ningavumelananiyo?
Aniboni na ukuba sithelekisiwe omnye nomnye?
Bona bayabulalana na, khanizibuze?
Njengokuba nitshabalalisana; ningalibali ukuba bona
bayakhana
Iintlanga ezihluthe ubutyebi bethu, ingaba ziyazingelana na?
Ngoku ke thina kutheni singenakusebenzisana?
Ukungaboni ngaso linye akutsho ukukhuphana iliso
Esikwaziyo kukolula isandla kwabamhlophe sixolele
Sizincutshe ekubulaleni abantakwethu, andithi?
Bawele icingo bezobhenela kuthi, njengoko nathi sasenjenjalo
kucinezelo lwethu
Kodwa sabandulula, sibabhula, sibajonga ngeentshiya
ezimnyama, sibafungela ngophakathi
Lo nto ibhadlile le nto ingumYurophu iphinda ikhomba umnwe
apha kuwe
Ithi bajongeni, zizilwanyana bayaqwengana
Ndiyanibongoza maAfrika
Abasetyhini nabathanda isini sinye
Namanye amaAfrika ezinye izizwe masibambisane nabo
Singabatyesheli oodade nabantakwethu, amaqaba singawadeleli
Amahlwempu neenkedama singawalibali
Umlisela nomthinjela simkhumbule.
Sonke thina bantwana bomgquba singabantwana beAfrika
Ngoko ke kumele sibambisane
iIntersectionality lena yeyaseAfrika, sithi ukuyibiza buBuntu
Ingcuka izirhuqile esibayeni iinkomo zobaw’ omkhulu
Masibengamakhalipha, ingqondi sizibuyise
Siqondane notshaba olujongene nokusahlula
Lusihlula-hlule, lusabe, lusoyise
Masiphaphameni simanyane
Hleze sivuke nathi sesingabathinjiweyo kwelo yis’ omkhulu
Masazini ukuba akukho esinokwenza sisodwa
Kodwa sikunye, siyimbumba yaseAfrika, umkhosi wabantsundu
soba lulutho
Mvumeleni ke uMbo nomXesibe abe ngomnye wethu
MKhululeni uMnguni noMSuthu abe sisizwe esinye nathi
AmaMpondomise, maka mise iimpondo enjenje ukulungisa
AbaThembu mabavusele isazela kumaAfrika onke
UZulu makakhulule amandl’ ezulu asixhobise
AbaThwa mabasiqondise iindlela ezithe tye
Masikhumbululeni ukuba singamaAfrika, siphuma sizalweli
sinye sonke
Ugqibile ukuyinabisa umzululwana kaJada indaba, sethethile,
Sitshilo isizukulwana sikaSibiside, uMalanganga kaMnguni
kaAfrika
UJola uwaphosile amazwi kwabandlebe zivaya
UJolinkomo, uNgwanya, UMphankomo noQengeba ugqogqile
iindlebe ezisithuli
UMfaz’ obele lide oncancisa nangaphayo komfula, uqhuqhile
inkwethu emehlweni
Kukuni ke ukuba niyakuva okanye nizenze izithulu
Kukuni ukuba uNjuza, uS’thukuthezi, uHakaha uHodoshe
nakungamhoyi
Lo uthandwa mhla kukubi, uyithethile ebeyithunyiwe
Livumeleni ithole loMthwakazi lihle lingene esidlangalaleni
Imbongi ayinatyala nangoku ibhodla okuphakiweyo
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