Ngu-Aleck T Mabenge, World BEYOND War, Okthoba 14, 2020
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Lapho impilo ingiphatha ngamakhadi ayo ngasha;
Inkathi entsha yokuntwela kokusa;
Akufanele kugujwe, ngoba nsuku zonke esibukweni ngiyakhunjuzwa;
Ubuhlungu, ubuhlungu, kungani kimi kuzo zonke izibazi;
Amamaki wokungalungi kwempilo ngokuqondene nami umlilo wanquma;
Amalangabi amemeza esha, kushisa izingane, kodwa mina ngisindile.
Amafutha alobo buhlungu owaziwa ngumhlaba wonke kuphela;
Kanjani futhi ngani, angikwazi ukusho;
Abangane ebenginabo, baphenduka izitha;
Amaphupho esikhumba esilinganayo, noma ngabe ngidlala nabanye kuphela;
Akusilo uthando kepha ububele obabenze bavule iminyango yabo;
Usizi noma uthando, ngasinda.
Shisa insimbi ubumpofu bami;
Ngiyakuzonda ukuthi Mina nawe siboshelwe impilo;
Kuboshwe okhilimu nemithi, impahla yami kuphela;
Umlilo ngiyakuzonda kodwa angikwazi ukuphila ngaphandle kwakho mkami,
Sixubene kakhulu futhi saphambana njengoba ushisile,
Lesi sikhumba sami usiphucile,
Kodwa wakha amandla emphefumulweni wami,
NGASINDA!
U-Aleck T Mabenge waseZimbabwe uyimbongi eshisekayo ebhalela uthando lwezinkondlo futhi njengendlela yezwi lakhe ezwakala ezindabeni ezahlukahlukene. Izinkondlo zakhe zithonywe yizinkinga zenhlalo-mnotho nezombusazwe zosuku emhlabeni wonke. Ithemba lakhe ukuthi umyalezo wakhe uvuselela iphupho lobaba bethu beZimbabwe ephumelelayo, enokuthula abantu babo ababheke phambili ekusaseni eliqhakazile elingenazo izifo zenhlalo, izifo, nokungabi nabulungisa.
