By Mbizo CHIRASHA, World BEYOND War, Iune 14, 2020
AZANIA !!
ʻAnania! He mele wau no kou
He hīmeni mele kahi e ʻai ʻai ana i ka nuku ʻeneke ma nā petals hoʻomohala o ka hoʻohālikelike
ʻŌpea! He mele aloha wau nou
Mele o Nomvula, nā aliʻi o ka ua
Madikizela! He mele aloha wau nou
Himeni o ke mele poina haʻalele.
He aloha aloha wau no nā frees e ʻai ana i ka beetroot ma Thembisa
ʻO Povo i ka uō i loko o Thokoza
He palapala aloha wau no ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā imbeciles, ke ʻā nei nā puhi pua i ka lapuwale
Zambezi! He mele aloha wau nou
Mele o nā momona momona waiū i nā bipi keu o ka mokuʻāina a hiki i ke kahe ʻana o nā wai
He mele aloha wau nou, Azania
Himene o kou raro i loko o ka umu Xenophobia
ʻO nā turncoats puliki e hoʻokō ana i nā māla marikana me ke koko
ʻĀpana Kahe ʻulaʻula
Ke mele nei i nā mele kūʻē i nā Cicadas
ʻO ka ʻai ʻana i nā ʻanuʻu kākela me ka ʻalike ma Kgalagadi.
Ke loaʻa ʻole nei ka hiamoe i ke kā ʻana ʻana i nā lāʻau
ʻO Azania, ua hoʻopau kēia wahi laʻa i ke koʻi o kā mākou mau moe.
ʻAnania!
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Azania, ʻono a me ka hoʻomanaʻo o Mandela
Mzansi, lōʻihi ka hele ʻana o ka sobukwe
Land of metaphor and the ambition
Kālehu i nā meaʻawaʻawa o ka xenophobia
ʻO nā pēpē i moe nui ʻia e ka ʻāʻī ʻana o ka ʻōiwi hoʻopunipuni a me ka hoʻākāka ʻana o ka lāhui ua anuʻu
Loaʻa i nā lapuwale o ka pupule!
E ʻike iā Hani lāua ʻo slovo-kou lā mālama i ka mālama ʻana i nā sarafina mai nā papa o ke ola
He kipi ʻo Scarred!
Ma kēia ʻāina i nalowale i kāna gula a me ka paʻakai.
E Azania, ʻo ʻoe ke rainbow e ʻakaʻaka nei i ka giggle hope loa
Hoʻopili ka Xenophobia i ke ahi pele i ka lehu
Xenophobia! Nā ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele e hoʻi hou ana i ko lākou lepo umbilical
E uwē ana ʻo Madiba, e hīmeni ana i ke kauwela hou, kahi anuenue
Hele aku ʻo Madiba me ke anuenue, e hoʻopili ana i ka pālolo e hoʻopaʻa paʻa ana i nā ulia mea ulana!
ʻO Azania, ʻo Mandela ka lepo o ka hoʻololi a me ka ihu i ka lā
Ke ʻai nei ʻo Azania, nā alopeke a me kā lākou poʻe haumāna i ka ipu o ke kō - Egoli.
Hāpai ʻo Hyenas i ka ʻoluʻolu o kēia honua i kēia manawa i ka maʻi ʻōpiopio
E ʻike i ka puʻuwai o Soweto e lawe nei i ka lepo o madiba mau loa.
Piʻi poʻomanaʻo i ka lā, nā mākeke e inu inu i ka waiū o ke kūʻokoʻa.
ʻAnania! Ua hōʻiliʻili ʻoe i ka pono ʻole i nā hua o ke kuokoa, ka lā ʻulaʻula a me ka anuenue popo
E hiamoe ana ʻo Rainbow ma ka pōhaku, ʻo Mandela!
E uē ana ʻo Rainbow me Marikina i ka pau ʻana a me ka palaoa.
Marikana! ʻAiʻai ʻo Afro phobia i ka mea i aloha ʻia. ʻO ka puʻuwai aloha, ʻoi aku i nā kaikunāne e like me nā moʻo monkey i loko o ka hē o ka apartheid.
Hōʻailona ka hānau ʻana i nā puʻupuʻu kīʻaha e hopu i kēlā mau maka maka o ke kūʻokoʻa.
