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1 - NgePhasika

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

B. W. Vilakazi
Affiliation:
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
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Le nyang’ engiyibona yethwasa,

Ihlephukile phezu kwamahlombe

Entshonalanga, laphaya ezansi –

Isikhumbuz’ izindab’ ezinkulu ezindala.

Ngakho konke lokhu Nkosi

Sibonga wena.

Sikhunjuzwa wen’ uthwabaza

Emhlabathini wezwe lakithi -

Wona lona waBantu abamnyama,

Ungakhonzwa zigqili, nazichaka.

Ngenxa yalokho Nkosi

Siyamangala.

Wawunamandl’ okusaphuca

Igolide, nesiliva, namatsh’ egugu;

Namhl’ ahlobise izigqoko neziphika

Zamakhos’ omhlaba, nezikhulu zamabandla,

Kodwa wena wadlula wacimez’ amehlo.

Ngakho konke lokhu Nkosi

Sibonga wena.

Walal’ ocansin’ olwendlelwe phansi;

Wahlala nesintu emigqikini yokhuni;

Wadla nabangcolile yizifo nezono,

Kodwa umfoweth’ omhlophe

Uyangidela, uyangiphundla: ngiyamnukela.

Ngenxa yalokhu Nkosi

Ngizoshonaphi?

Inyang’ iphumile, umthal’ uqhakazile.

Inyanga nguwena, izinkanyezi zomthala

Yizona zinyembezi zakho nezami,

Wen’ owazula, udingiswa izwe lonke.

Khanya usus’ umnyama phezu kwaMhlaba!

Ngakho konke lokhu Nkosi

Sename nathi.

Ngiyezwa besondel’ ukukukhaphela.

Igazi nomzimba wam’ uyathuthumela;

Nami bangithengisa nxazonke zomhlaba,

Ngoba ngidalwe ngabamnyana.

Kangilikhethanga leli bala, ngaphiwa nguwe.

Ngenxa yalokhu Nkosi

Ngibonga wena.

Lapho bekubethel’ ogodweni,

Usungulo lungenamahlon’ okungena

Lubhoboz’ inyam’ emanzi luyibhanqa

Nokhun’ olomil’ olungezwa zinhlungu,

Kuyampompoza kweyam’ inhliziyo.

Ngakho konke lokhu Nkosi

Ungangikhohlwa.

Ngikhumbuze min’ engimnyama

Izifundo nenkambo yempilo yakho

Wen’ owaling’ ukusifundisa

Ubunzima buka “Qha”,

Ngezenzo nangemicabango.

Ngenxa yalokho Nkosi

Ngiyakubonga.

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Inkondlo kaZulu , pp. 1 - 4
Publisher: Wits University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • B. W. Vilakazi, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
  • Book: Inkondlo kaZulu
  • Online publication: 01 September 2022
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  • B. W. Vilakazi, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
  • Book: Inkondlo kaZulu
  • Online publication: 01 September 2022
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