NguGeraldine Sinyuy, World BEYOND War, November 25, 2020

Elegy for Umfowethu

Jump, ungakwenza kanjani lokhu kimi?

Emma, ​​bhuti omncane, uyangibona?

Nani niyakhala lokhu kwehlukana okungazelelwe?

Emmanuel, engikugcinele kona,

Leli phasela ebengikulangazelele ukulilungisa engqondweni yami,

Isabelo sakho sezithelo ze

Ukukhandleka kwami ​​emhlabeni wolwazi,

Sekusele kodwa iphupho nje.

Emma, ​​ungihlekisile.

Izinhlelo zami, mfowethu, zifriziwe,

Afriziwe ngokuquleka okungazelelwe

Yalowo moya okunikeze impilo.

Mfowethu, wathula wathula okomuntu ongamazi.

Awungishiyelanga izwi.

Gxuma, ukungabikho kwakho kungishaya ebusweni.

Amahlombe ami awe,

ngoba angisenakho ukuziqhenya ngomfowethu!

U-Emma, ​​manje ngikhuluma ngokubheka emuva:

"Besi…"

Yebo, leso yisikhathi lapho ukuhamba kwakho kungishiye khona!

UGeraldine Sinyuy (PhD), uvela eCameroon. Ngo-2016, wenza enye yezinkondlo zakhe eyayinesihloko esithi "On a Lone and Silent Hill" ngesikhathi seNgqungquthela Yomhlaba Wonke Yosuku Lomhlaba Lwezemvelo e-Imo State University, eNigeria.