By Mbizo CHIRASHA, World BEYOND War, June 14, 2020
AZANIA !!
Azania! Ke na le pina bakeng sa hau
Pina ea linotši e ketekang lero la mookoli lithabeng tse fetohileng tsa phetoho ena
Egoli! Ke na le pina ea lerato bakeng sa hau
Sefela sa Nomvula, mahosana a pula
Madikizela! Ke na le pina ea lerato bakeng sa hau
Pina ea thothokiso e lahliloeng.
Ke na le pina ea lerato bakeng sa makhooa a tsoang nakong ea pele a jang li-beetroot ho Thembisa
Povo o tsuba ganja ho Thokoza
Ke na le lengolo la lerato bakeng la li-imbeciles tsa tweeting, tseo limpa tsa tsona li tukang ka lebaka la ho hloka thuso
Zambezi! Ke na le pina ea lerato bakeng sa hau
Pina ea likokoana-hloko tse anyesang likhomo tsa chelete tsa naha ho fihlela bakuli ba tsoa mali
Ke na le pina ea lerato bakeng sa hau, Azania
Pina ea li-bottoms tsa hau tse halikiloeng ka ontong Xenophobia
Turncoats lipolotiki li nosetsa masimo a Marikana ka mali
Orange River e phalla e khubelu
Cicadas o bina lipina tsa boipelaetso
Ho ja meqathatso ea lepato ka litapole Kgalagadi.
Ho fumana boroko lifateng tse tukang
Azania, meru ena e chesitse mashala a litoro tsa rona.
Azania!
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Azania, monko le mohopolo oa Mandela
Mzansi, maoto a malelele a sobkwe
Mobu oa papiso le takatso ea maemo
Ho qhekella ka bosholu ba bosholu
Masea a laletsoe ke boroko ba bo-ralitaba ba phetoho e seng ea nnete le bosholu ba sechaba sa mookoli
Mokhabo-puo oa bohlanya!
Bona Hani le slovo-tokoloho ea hau ea letsatsi e shebelletse sarafina e tsoang litsietsing tsa bophelo
Phetohelo e bohloko!
Naheng ena e ileng ea lahleheloa ke khauta le letsoai.
Azania, ke uena mookoli o tšeha sehla sa ho qetela
Lipula tsa Xenophobia tse tukang tsa mookoli lia molora
Xenophobia! Bohloa bo botala bo khutlela mobung oa bona o sa bonahaleng
Madiba o lla, o bina hlabula e 'ngoe, mookoli o mong
Madiba o ile a tsamaea a na le mookoli, a loants'a letsopa le kopanyang likhoele tsa mookoli!
Azania, Mandela e ne e le letsopa la phetoho le phatsimo ea letsatsi
Azania, liphokojoe le malinyane a tsona a ja pitseng ea khauta- Egoli.
Hyenas e mpefatsa monate oa lefatše lena leo hona joale le busoang ke mefuta ea mafu a phetoho
Bona pelo e bohloko ea Soweto e jereng mobu oa madiba ka ho sa feleng!
Bofuma bo lumelisa letsatsi, maphele a nooa lebese la tokoloho.
Azania! U kotulile tokoloho eseng litholoana tsa tokoloho, letsatsi le bofubelu le mookoli o hlabang
Mookoli o robala ka lejoe, Mandela!
Mookoli o lla Marikina ka mor'a ho metsa pula le lijo-thollo.
Marikana! Afro phobia e jang baratuoa. Baratuoa ba ratoang ba bolulo, ba likolohileng joalo ka linate tsa litšoene ka meqomong ea khethollo.
Ba tsoetsoeng ba lokolla mahetla a bona ho ts'oasa maikutlo a bona a manyane a tokoloho.
