NaGeraldine Sinyuy, World BEYOND War, November 25, 2020
Elegy yehama yangu
Svetuka, ungaita sei izvi kwandiri?
Emma, mukoma, uri kundiona here?
Nemiwo munochema here kupatsanurwa kunoerekana kwaitika?
Emmanuel, zvandakakuchengetera,
Chikamu icho chandaishuvira chakagadzirirwa mundangariro dzangu,
Mugove wako wega wezvibereko zve
Kubata kwangu munyika yeruzivo,
Akasara asi chiroto chete.
Emma, wakandiseka.
Zvirongwa zvangu, hama, zvakaomeswa,
Yakaomeswa nekubatwa kamwe kamwe
Zve mweya iwoyo wakupa hupenyu.
Hama, wakaenda wakanyarara semutorwa.
Hauna kusiya izwi kwandiri.
Svetuka, kusavapo kwako kunondirova kumeso.
Mafudzi angu adonha,
nekuti handichina rukudzo rwehama.
Emma, ikozvino ini ndinotaura mumatarisiro:
"Takanga tiri…"
Ehe, ndiyo nguva yekuenda kwako yandisiya nayo!
Geraldine Sinyuy (PhD), anobva kuCameroon. Muna 2016, akaitisa imwe yenhetembo dzake yakanzi "Pane Rwega uye Chinyararire Chikomo" panguva yeMusangano Wepasi Pose weZuva reNharaunda reNyika kuImo State University, Nigeria.
2 Mhinduro
Saka zvinosuruvarisa kutaura. Ndatenda, Geraldine.
Thanks zvikuru Bill. Chakanga chiri chiitiko chinokatyamadza.