NguChad Norman, World BEYOND War, UDisemba 18, 2020

Apho indlela inyibilika khona

Angathula njani umntwana?

Nceda undincwabe

ngoThemba Sandoval ecula,

“Eluthulini”

njengemvumi ye Mazzy Star,

njengoko umhlaba usiba yinqaba ngakumbi.

Angathula njani umntu?

Enkosi, enkosi, undiva

ngala magama kuphela,

amazwi am, akukho mvumi idumileyo,

ndim, nditsho le migca,

Ihlabathi nje lingayihoyi imbongi.

Kusemini ngoku, intetho yemini,

phakathi kwawo onke amazwi oBusika

ulaliswe apho kubanda khona kungengakuba sisidenge,

kodwa xa ndikhumbula lo mntwana

ukubuza okuncinci xa kuncinci

Ndiyayithanda indlela andazi ngayo,

Andifuni kwazi.

Yenziwe ngamandla amasebe

uze ngendlela

ngemilenze egqibeleleyo, udlala ngokwakho

ngemitya nangamandla

ishiywe kwingoma uyazi ukuba ndiyayazi.

Elinye lasekhohlo apho bekuhlala khona usiba, ewe,

ngaphaya kwidrowa uyakhusela

apho umntwana nomntu bahleke

ngapha nangapha kuba ubomi buyapha

kunjalo, unika ngamnye kancinci

yemini nobumnyama.

Into umntu uya kuyifumana

phandle phakathi ebaleni

apho ikhephu lihamba khona kwiinyawo ezindala.

Indlela enyibilika kulo lonke uyilo

ukushiya amazwe asekhaya eqhushumbe ngebhombu

okanye baxokiswa, bathathwe kubantwana babo

Bakholelwa ukuba iCanada inokunceda ukuphakamisa,

inokunceda ukuya kwelinye icala

apho kufumaneka khona isiqwenga somhlaba ocacileyo.

Akukho khephu, akukho moya, akukho nkcaso

kubo ngethemba nje

ukuma ungatyibiliki

nawuphina umnqweno wokuba bawe.

UChad Norman uhlala ecaleni kwamaza aphezulu eBay of Fundy, eTruro, eNova Scotia. Unike iintetho kunye nokufunda eDenmark, eSweden, eWales, eIreland, eScotland, eMelika, naseCanada iphela. Imibongo yakhe iyavela kupapasho kwihlabathi liphela kwaye iguqulelwe kwisiDanish, isiAlbania, isiRomania, isiTurkey, isiTaliyane nesiPolish.