By Mbizo CHIRASHA, World BEYOND War, UJuni 14, 2020
AZANIA !!
Azania! Ndinengoma yakho
Ingoma yeenyosi ezidla umthendeleko kumnyama kwizithambiso eziguqukayo
I-Egoli! Ndinengoma yothando kuwe
Ingoma kaNomvula, iinkosana zemvula
Madikizela! Ndinengoma yothando kuwe
Ingoma yombongo oshiyiweyo.
Ndinengoma yothando lwenkululeko yokuzalwa edla ngokutya amabhungane eThembisa
UPovo ukutshaya i-ganja eThokoza
Ndineleta yothando nge-tweeting imbeciles, ezizisu zayo zivuthayo ngokungabinamsebenzi
Zambezi! Ndinengoma yothando kuwe
Ingoma yee-fatcats ezisenga iinkomo zikarhulumente zade zaphuma
Ndinengoma yothando kuwe, Azania
Ingoma yeebhotom zakho ezigquba kwihovini Xenophobia
I-Turncoats yezopolitiko zinkcenkceshela amasimi aseMarikana ngegazi
Umlanjana we-Orange ogeleza ubomvu
ICicadas icula iingoma zoqhanqalazo
Ukutya iisandwich zomngcwabo kunye neenkawu eKgalagadi.
Ukufumana ukungalali kwimithi etshayo
Azania, eli hlathi latshisa amalahle amaphupha ethu.
Azania!
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I-Azania, ivumba kunye nenkumbulo kaMandela
UMzansi, uhambo olude lwe-sobukwe
Umhlaba onomfuziselo kunye nemabhongo
Ukutshaya kwityhefu ye-xenophobia
Iintsana ezijingiswe ekulaleni ngama-rants of revolution yenguquko kunye nenkululeko yesizwe somnyama
Imizobo yokuhlanya!
Bona i-Hani kunye ne-slovo-inkululeko yakho ilanga libukele i-sarafina ukusuka kwiindawo ezinobomi
Utshintsho olubi!
Kweli lizwe liphulukene negolide kunye netyuwa.
Azania, wena ulilanga lomvula uhleka i-gigrag yokugqibela
I-Xenophobia evuthayo iflegi yemvula kwilitye
I-Xenophobia! Iimbovane ezimnyama ziphinde zibuyele kumhlaba wazo osembi
UMadiba uyalila, ucula ihlobo elinye, omnye umnyama
UMadiba wemka nomnyama, wanamathela kudongwe olubopha imisonto yomnyama kunye!
IAzania, uMandela yayiludongwe lwenguquko kunye nokuqaqamba elangeni
I-Azania, iimpungutye kunye namantshontsho azo atya embizeni yegolide- ye-Egoli.
I-Hyenas ibususa ubumnandi bomhlaba ngoku obufakwe zizifo eziguqukayo
Jonga ukubetha kwentliziyo yase Soweto ethwele umhlaba we madiba ngonaphakade!
Intlupheko ibingelela kwilanga, amantshontsho asela ubisi lwenkululeko.
Azania! Uvune inkululeko hayi iziqhamo zenkululeko, ilanga elibomvu kunye nomnyama otyumkileyo
Imvula ilala kwilitye, Mandela!
Imvula ilila uMarikina emva kokuginya imvula neenkozo.
EMarikana! Afro phobia esitya isithandwa. Bathandekayo beshelfini, abazalwana abarhuqayo njengamantongomane ezinkcenkce kudaka localucalulo.
Ukuzalwa kukhululeka kukuqhekeza amagxa abo ukubamba loo mibono mncinci yenkululeko.
