By Mbizo CHIRASHA, World BEYOND War, June 14, 2020
AZANIA !!
Azania! Ndine rwiyo kwauri
Rwiyo rwenyuchi ruchipemberera muraraungu nharu pamatombo akavezwa echinjo
Egoli! Ndine rwiyo rwe rudo kwauri
Rwiyo rwaNomvula, iwo machinda emvura
Madikizela! Ndine rwiyo rwe rudo kwauri
Rwiyo renhetembo yakasiiwa.
Ndine rwiyo rwerudo rwevanozvarwa vakasununguka vanodya beetroot muThembisa
Povo achiputa ganja muThoko
Ndine tsamba yerudo yea tweeting imbeciles, dumbu rayo riri kupisa nekusabereka
Zambezi! Ndine rwiyo rwe rudo kwauri
Rwiyo rwema fatcats anokama mukaka wemombe dzenyika kudzamara vabuda ropa
Ndine rwiyo rwe rudo kwauri, Azania
Rwiyo rwemabhotoms ako akahwina mumavheni Xenophobia
Kwematongerwo enyika turncoats kudiridza minda ye Marikana neropa
Orange river inoyerera dzvuku
Cicadas achiimba nziyo dzekuratidzira
Kudya masangweji emafaro nemapete muKgalagadi.
Kuwana pasina pekurara mumiti inopisa
Azania, iyi sango yakatsva marasha emota yedu.
Azania!
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Azania, munhuwi uye ndangariro dzaMandela
Mzansi, kufamba refu kwe sobkwe
Nyika yefananidzo uye chishuvo
Kubheka muchetura we xenophobia
Vacheche vanorara kuti varere nemabudiro erudzi rwokunyepedzera uye runyararo rwenyika muraraungu
Fungidziro dzekupenga!
Ona Hani uye slovo-sununguko yako yezuva uchiona sarafina kubva kumatunhu ehupenyu
Shanduko inotyisa!
Munyika ino yakarasikirwa negoridhe nemunyu.
Azania, uri muraraungu kuseka gidhi rekupedzisira
Xenophobia inopisa muraraungu mireza kumadota
Xenophobia! Masvosvi matema achidzokera muvhu rawo umbilical
Madiba achichema, achiimbira imwe zhizha, imwe muraraungu
Madiba akaenda nemuraraungu, achinamira dope rinosunga tambo yemuraraungu pamwechete!
Azania, Mandela yaive ivhu rekuchinja uye kupenya kwezuva
Azania, makava uye vana vayo vari kudya kubva muhari yegoridhe- Egoli.
Huru dzinoburitsa kutapira kwepasi rino zvino rakapepetwa noutano hwekuchinja
Wona kurova kwemoyo weSoweto kutakura ivhu reMariba zvachose!
Urombo kukwazisa zuva, mapete vachinwa mukaka werusununguko.
Azania! Iwe wakakohwa rusununguko kwete michero yerusununguko, zuva dzvuku uye muraraungu wakakuvadzwa
Muraraungu akarara padombo, Mandela!
Muraraungu achichema Marikina mushure mekumedza mvura nezviyo.
Marikana! Afro phobia vachidya vadikani. Vanodiwa mudiwa, hama dzinodzvanya senge nzungu dzemakonzo mumadhaka eparadziro.
Kuzvarwa kunosunungura mapfudzi avo kubata iwo matete erusununguko.
