By Mbizo CHIRASHA, World BEYOND War, June 14, 2020
AZANIA !!
Azania! Enwere m abụ maka gị
Abụ nke a beesụ na-eri ụta egwurugwu na obere akụ nke mgbanwe ahụ
Egoli! Enwere m egwu ịhụnanya maka gị
Abụ Nomvula, ndị isi mmiri ozuzo
Madikizela! Enwere m egwu ịhụnanya maka gị
Abụ nke abandonedlọ Abụ hapụrụ.
Enwere m abụ ịhụnanya maka ndị amụrụ ọhụrụ na-eri beetroot na Thembisa
Povo na-ese anwụrụ Ganja na Thokoza
Enwere m akwụkwọ ozi ịhụnanya maka tweeting imbeciles, nke ọgbụgba ya na-ere ihe efu
Zambezi! Enwere m egwu ịhụnanya maka gị
Abụ nke fatcats milking cows cash nke steeti ruo mgbe ndị na-agba ọbara na-agba ọbara
Enwere m egwu ịhụnanya maka gị, Azania
Abụ nke ogwara gị nke na-eghe na oven nke Xenophobia
Ndị ndọrọndọrọ ọchịchị na-agba ọbara mmiri marikana
Osimiri oroma na-agba ọbara ọbara
Cicadas na-abụ abụ ngagharị
Iri ahihia eji apuru api na Kgalagadi.
Ingchọta ụra n’osighi osisi
Azania, oke ohia a kpochapụrụ unyi nke nro anyi.
Azania!
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Azania, isi na ebe nchekwa nke Mandela
Mzansi, ogologo ije nke sobukwe
Ala nke ihe nlere na ochucho
Cho cho toxics nke xenophobia
Iesmụaka ụra hiri ụra site na iyi nke mgbanwe ụgha na njikọta nke egwurugwu mba
Metaphors nke ara!
Hani Hani na slovo-nnwere onwe gị nke anyanwụ na-ekiri sarafina site na mbara ụwa
Mgbanwe a na-emebi emebi!
N’ala nke tụfuru ọla edo na nnu ya.
Azania, I bu egwurugwu na-ato ochi ujo ikpeazụ
Xenophobia na-enwu egwurugwu na ntu
Xenophobia! Anmụ ahụhụ ndị na-eji oji ojii na-achọ ịlaghachi n'ala ha
Madiba na-akwa ákwá, na-abụ abụ maka oge ọkọchị ọzọ, eke na egwurugwu ọzọ
Madiba ji egwurugwu pụọ, na-ejikọ ụrọ na-ejikọ eriri egwurugwu ọnụ!
Azania, Mandela bụ ụrọ nke mgbanwe na ụzarị anyanwụ
Azania, nkịta ọhịa na ụmụ nkịta ha na-eri site na ite ọla edo- Egoli.
Hyenas na-aiffụsi ọnessụ nke ụwa a ugbu a site n'ọrịa ndị na-eme mgbanwe
Hụ obi nke Soweto na-ebu ala nke madiba ruo mgbe ebighi ebi!
Vertyda ogbenye na-ekele anyanwụ, ndị ọchị ọchị na-a milkụ mmiri ara nke nnwere onwe.
Azania! Reap malitere nkpuru nnwere onwe bụghị mkpụrụ nke nnwere onwe, anyanwụ na-acha uhie uhie na eke na egwurugwu
Ngwurugwu na-ehi ụra na nkume, Mandela!
Egwurugwu na-akwa Marikina mgbe o lochara mmiri na ọka.
Marikana! Afro phobia na-eri ihe a hụrụ n'anya. Ndi m huru n'anya, umu nne dika umu achu oke.
Amụrụ na-emebisị ubu ha iji nweta ntakịrị ihe ahụ nnwere onwe ahụ.
