Umbongo ngokumanyana kwamaAfrika

MaAfrika, maAfrika, ndiyakhuza, maAfrika

Mlisela nomthinjela womzi waseAfrika ndiveni

Khanizibaze okomvundla niphulaphule

Imbongi ayinatyala ibhodla okuphakiweyo

Nanku umba, nantsi inyewe, nanku umdla-mzi

Safa sibulalana singamaAfrika ngenxa yobuzwe

Aphela amathemba, atshona amalanga, siphathana kakubi

Wawa umAfrika ewiswa sisandla somnye

Waxatyelwa umkhuluwa exhelwa ngumniniwe wakhe

Kubi abadala bayabuza iZenobani, omnye uyaphendula: IzenoFobiya?

Kaloku 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 kuthi

Ithi bajongeni, zizilwanyana kodwa aba bantu, ngoku bayaqwengana

Ndiyanibongoza maAfrika masiyekeni ukubulalana

Abasetyhini nabathanda isini sinye 

Namanye amaAfrika ezinye izizwe masibambisane nabo

Singabatyesheli ecaleni sithi sithi sodwa amaAfrika okwenene

Oodade nabantakwethu bakwamanye amazwe masisebenzisane nabo

Amaqaba singawadeleli, amahlwempu neenkedama singawalibali

Umlisela nomthinjela simkhumbule.

Masingavumini tu ukuthelekiswa ngabasemzini

Sonke thina bantwana bomgquba singabantwana beAfrika 

Ngoko ke kumele sibambisane

Ingcuka izirhuqile esibayeni iinkomo zobaw’ omkhulu

Masibengamakhalipha, ingqondi sizibuyise ngobulali

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, njengabesithembu

UZulu makakhulule amandl’ ezulu asixhobise

AbaThwa mabasiqondise iindlela ezithe tye zasemandulo

Masikhumbululeni ukuba singamaAfrika, siphuma sizalweli sinye sonke siphela

Ugqibile ukuyinabisa umzululwana kaJada indaba, yena, sethethile, 

Sitshilo isizukulwana sikaSibiside, uMalanganga kaMnguni kaAfrika

Sathi amaAfrika makamanyane ukususela ezantsi ukuyakutsho emntla-Afrika

UJola uwaphosile amazwi kwabandlebe zivaya

UJolinkomo, uNgwanya, UMphankomo, uQengeba 

Ugqogqi iindlebe ezimomeneyo bubuthulu

UMfaz’ obele lide oncancisa nangaphayo komfula,

Uqhuqha inkwethu emehlweni wamaAfrika

Kukuni ke ukuba niyakuva okanye nizenze izithulu

Kukuni ke ukuba niyakubuya nibone, okanye nozenza iimfama

Kukuni ukuba nakungamhoyi uNjuza, uS’thukuthezi, uHakaha uHodoshe 

Lo uthandwa mhla kukubi, uyithethile ebeyithunyiwe

Livumeleni ke ithole loMthwakazi lihle, nehlombe limkile

Ndisatsho: Imbongi ayinatyala ibhodla okuphakiweyo

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