ʻO Griot Pelekikena

By Mbizo CHIRASHA, World BEYOND War, Lulai 2, 2020

KAHAKAʻI ALOHA

ʻO kekahi mau manawa hoʻomanaʻo e like me ke koʻo o ka dictator
ʻO ka manawa mua mākou i hana i kā mākou mau ʻaukā ponoʻī ma lalo o ka mahina kālā a me ka honi ʻana o kā mākou mau pale, ua aloha mākou i nā pō i nā puʻukū honu a me nā hana ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele. Ua holo mua ko mākou makemake me nā kahe o nā pua no ka wā i ke kakahiaka. Uahi mai ka uahi lāʻau e like me ka palaoa i pulehu ʻia. Ua hoʻopau ʻia ka manawa iā mākou, ua ʻai mākou iā William Shakespeare a me John Donne. Ua inu mākou i kahi kime lemon a Langston Hughes a me Maya Angelou.
Ua kīwī ʻo Soyinka ka puʻu ʻōlama i kā mākou mau nuʻu palapu.
Hoʻonohonoho mākou i ka politika me ka mana o ka boyish a moe mākou i nā poʻo ʻalā a me nā mea ʻeleʻele ʻo Hitler
ʻO kekahi manawa paʻakikī ka manawa e like me ka noho kolohe
I ka pō poino, ke oli nei nā komisi i kahi ʻōlelo pōkole a ua hana ʻoe i ka puʻu mele a kahi ʻelima. Ua hīmeni ʻo Zealots iā Castro lāua ʻo Stalin a ua hana ʻoe i kahi mea i launa kanaka, ʻo ke pelekikena he kapikala nui. ʻAʻole wau i ʻōlelo he ʻānō ia. I ka pō o ke kauhale, he ʻakaʻaka kūlohelohe nā ʻenekē, ke ʻapo a ka ʻenekina, ke kanikela a keokeo a me ka neʻe ʻana o ka wai i ke ala o ka ʻāina.

I kekahi mau manawa e like ai ka wā o ka dictator me kahi mamao
ʻO kou lyrical satire i hōʻino ʻia i loko o nā puka hope. ʻO kāu hoʻohanohano hoʻohanohano hoʻihoʻi hou i nā daimonio suicidal a me nā hōʻano hoʻonāukiuki polū
Ma hope o kēlā mea, ʻo nā ʻohu o ka lepo hou a me ka ʻono o ka waiū wai momona i ko mākou kakahiaka kakahiaka a ma lalo o ka pōmole ka wā i nalowale ai ka mahina i loko o ka ʻōpū o ka honua, ʻo Iuda, ua pio ka lā a i kēlā me kēia ISlariot.
ʻAʻole wau i ʻōlelo ʻē aʻe nei mākou i kēia manawa

I ka manawa pinepine e like me ka make o ka autocrat make
Mwedzi wagara ndira uyo tigo tigo ndira - ka wā i ka waiū waiū ʻulaʻula kālā a hou hoʻi mai ka waha o nā Akua a noho ihola ma luna o kona noho aliʻi pelekikena ma luna o ka puʻu bald poʻo i pihi i nā puʻupuʻu a ma hope iho me ka manawa ua māno ka mahina e hele mwedzi waora ndira tigo tigo ndira
I kekahi manawa puhi ka makani i kā lākou tenor ma o nā wahi mauʻu ʻelepani, hīmeni mākou me nā pua hoʻolohe Chamupupuri icho ... oo chamupupuri chaenda chamupupuri chadzoka Chamupupuri icho ... oo!

ʻO ko mākou ʻilihune ua holomua, nā kaʻi mai ka melemele i helehelena i nā kukui uwila, ka honua i lalo o ke kūkaʻa o ka hekili, a laila uwe nā akua a ua inu mākou i nā kuula me kahi mele mvura ngainaye tidye makavu, mvura ngainaye tidye makavu .. kalai ʻia i ka wā Kalikimaka. Ua hīmeni a hoʻonani hoʻi nā lūlū pua ʻala a me nā mea hoʻōla. ʻAʻole wau i ʻōlelo he keiki mākou no kahi hoʻomaha.

I kekahi manawa ulu nā manawa like me ka noho aliʻi
Po ka pō o ke mele pu ʻana e hoʻōla ai ʻoe i nā kaona ʻōpio i ka ʻū ʻana i ke koko ʻawaʻī o ka poʻe noho o Ghetto, he poʻe kahe wai lāe e ola ana mai ka ʻāina paʻakikī o kahi ʻāina paʻakikī, kā lākou mau lima huluhulu i hōʻailona ʻia me nā ʻeha o ka ʻAhakukedeka, a me kā lākou one puʻuwai i paʻi ʻia nā pahu balota i kālai ʻia i ka palupalu, kali lākou i ke mele a lōʻihi ka wā lōʻihi.
ʻO Chamupupuri icho… oo chamupupuri chaenda
chamupupuri icho… oo chamupupuri chadzoka
Chamupupuri icho..oo