Imbongi yeTang Dynasty uLi Bai, ehunyushwe nguGary Geddes ngosizo lukaGeorge Liang.
Impi yeSouth City
Impi yangonyaka odlule emthonjeni weSang Gang,
kulo nyaka ethafeni laseTsing Leung.
Imvula kaTeoshi iqhekeza phakathi kwamazinga,
amahhashi aklaba eqhweni laseTii Shan.
Imashi ende, iminyaka yokukhandleka, kwenzelwa ini:
amabutho amathathu aguqa ngamadolo.
UHuns watshala ukuhlatshwa phakathi kwabo
futhi washiya isivuno samathambo ezweni.
UChin uphakamise udonga lwawo ukumisa abahlaseli,
UHan wabe eseqhubeka ephila imililo yezimpawu.
Amalangabi esixwayiso awacinywa
futhi akupheli ukulwa okwamanje.
Izisulu zazisakazeka kuzo zonke izandla,
Isililo samahhashi afayo sihlaba isibhakabhaka.
Amanqe adwengula ahlise abafileyo,
bashiya amathumbu elenga ezihlahleni.
Lapho imizimba yamasosha ivundisa ukhula,
kunamanani anjani amasu ajwayelekile?
Umshini wempi unonya futhi unonya,
ake abangcwele bayisebenzise njengecebo lokugcina.
Impendulo eyodwa
Ngokuba ngiyazamazama… ngokucasuka nangokubonga
Umhlaba uyizwe lami
Ubuntu ngumndeni wami oseduze
Yonke impilo iyisihlobo sami
I-Ahimsa ingokomoya lami
I-Altruism ngumsebenzi wami
Ngiyabona noma ngihloniphe noma ngihloniphe noma yimiphi imingcele noma imingcele yokukhohlisa
Angikwazi ukubona noma yiziphi izimiso zokuziphatha noma uhlanga olungaphezu kolulodwa
Lo mhlaba akuwona owami ukuba ngowami
Le ndawo ngiyiboleka ezinganeni zethu
Njengesivakashi sesikhashana sokuthambekela ngokubonga nangenhlonipho ngabo
Ukuphakamisa isibhakela sami ngentukuthelo nangokuziphindisela
Angilona ilungelo lami noma ingxabano engingayenza
Ukuhlakanipha kwami kuyithuluzi lokufundisa
Ukuthula… akunakugwemeka
Ngingcono kunamuntu
Noma kunjalo ngaphansi kokungabikho
Ngiyimbewu ethobekile nje
Ngikhonza ukuphefumula
Indlela idonsa kanzima uKholo
Umzamo wukuqina konembeza
Isifiso ukuthethelela ubulungiswa nesihe
Uthando ngumyalezo wesifundo nesenzo
Ukwabelana nawo wonke umuntu njengokujika
Ngilalela nezithulu
Ngibona kanye nempumputhe
Ngikhuluma ngezimungulu
Ngihamba eceleni kwezinyonga
Ngivukela ukungabi nabulungisa nodlame
Ngilwa nokuxhashazwa nonya
Ngiyakugwema ukubambezeleka kanye ne-hedonism
Ngibhekisisa ezempi kanye nokushisekela izwe ngayo yonke imikhakha
Ngikhonza okuphezulu kakhulu
Ngikhonza okuphansi kakhulu
Ubuqotho buyisifiso sokuzidela
Ngiqhaqhazela ngokubonga okukhulu