Woyendetsa Purezidenti

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

GRESIDENTIAL GRIOT

Nthawi zina kukumbukira kumakhala ngati fungo la wolamulira mwankhanza
Tidawombera pansi pazithunzi zathu mwezi wokhala ndi siliva ndipo mithunzi yathu idavina limodzi nafe, tidayimba nyimbo zoyipa zabodza komanso zowoneka bwino za kadzidzi zakuda. Zolakalaka zathu zinkayenda limodzi ndi zovala zautsi kumbuyo ndi kumamawa. Utsi wamatabwa umasungunuka ngati buledi wopanda mafuta. Nthawi yomwe akutiwona, tidadya William Shakespeare ndi John Donne. Tinkamwa nkhonya za mandimu a Langston Hughes ndi Maya Angelou.
Woyamwa wa Soyinka adasokoneza mitima yathu.
Tidagona ndale ndimakhalidwe achinyamatawa ndipo timalota za nkhandwe zakuda ndi zakuda za Hitler
Nthawi zina nthawi imangokhala ngati munthu wankhanza
Dzulo, ma commissars adayimba mawu ndipo mudaphika mawu andakatulo awo. Zealots adayimba Castro ndi Stalin ndipo mwapanga chigololo, purezidenti ndi munthu wonunkhira. Sindinanene kuti ndi wausatana. Kubwerera kumudzi usiku, ziphuphu zimangoseka, akadzidzi akadzidzi akumwa miseche, kuvina mwezi siliva kudutsa njira zamvula zamtunda wathu.

Nthawi zina nthawi zimayamba kununkha ngati kukalipira wolamulira mwankhanza
Satire yanu yam'madzi inazembera kudzera pazitseko zam'mbuyo. Ana anu otamandidwa adasinthanso ziwanda zodzipha ndikusintha mapangidwe
Kalelo, kununkhira kwa ndowe zatsopano ndi kununkhira mkaka watsopano wamatumbo anali njira yathu yam'mawa ndipo kunja kwadzuwa mwezi udatayika m'mimba yapadziko lapansi, Yudasi, dzuwa lidalowa ndipo woponderezana aliyense ndi Iscarioti.
Sindinanenepo kuti tsopano ndife achikazi

Nthawi zina fungo limakhala ngati lakufa
Mwedzi wagara ndira uyo tigo tira ndira - mwezi udayamba wowoneka wamkaka woyera mkaka kuchokera pakamwa pa Mulungu ndipo adakhala pampando wake wachifumu pamphepete mwa mapiri a mmbali ndipo pambuyo pake mwezi udatsala pang'ono kupita tigo ndira
Nthawi zina mphepo yamkuntho idayimba mulu wawo kudzera m'malo odyetserako njovu, tidayimba pafupi ndi zomera zomvera Chamupupuri ichi… oo chamupupuri chaenda chamupupuri chadzoka Chamupupuri ichi… oo!

Umphawi wathu wotsekemera, wamaso achikasu atayatsidwa modzidzimutsa, dziko lapansi linang'ambika pansi pa bingu, kenako Milungu idalira ndipo tidamwa matelere ndi nyimbo yokhala ndi tidye makavu, mitengo ya minyewa tidye makavu. ovala mikanjo ya Khrisimasi. Njuchi zakutchire komanso ophulika obiriwira adayimba ndikuwonetsa. Sindinanenepo kuti ndife ana a chilala.

Nthawi zina nthawi imakalamba ngati wankhanza,
Lero usiku wa ndakatulo yanu yoyimba ikukweza ma anopheles omwe ali m'matope otopa kuti atenge magazi owopsa a okhala m'matumbo, nzika zamatumbo zikumapuma movutikira kuchokera kudziko louma la dziko lokhazikika, manja awo akali ndi zipsera za Armagedo ya August, mchenga wawo. Mitima ili ndi mabokosi ovota okhala ndi ziphuphu, adikirira ndikuyimba kwa nthawi yayitali.
Chamupupuri ichi… oo chamupupuri chaenda
chamupupuri ichi… oo chamupupuri chadzoka
Chamupupuri ichi..oo