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    isiXhosa siyavutha: MAMA WELIZWE

    Grocott's Mail ContributorsBy Grocott's Mail ContributorsApril 11, 2018No Comments1 Min Read
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    The following poem is about Winnie Madikizela Mandela who passed on on 2 April, 2018. The poet is saying she was and still is the heroine of the struggle and South Africa lost one of the best women who has ever lived.

    MAMA WELIZWE
    Ngu: Dumisa Mpupha
    (Owayo simnik’imbeko)

    Ligqekrezil’izulu laseMzantsi Afrika
    Lasina lisinekel’umhlaba iGoli
    Wahlahlamb’umzi wonke uphela
    Kwalila nosebeleni
    Zaw’iintang’amadod’esazilungisa
    Zenyel’iimbiza amantomb’epheka
    Zakuvakal’ezo ndaba ngawe

    Siyali-i- i-ila ngawe mama welizwe
    Wena wawubamb’ushushu wapholela ezandleni
    Ukumka kweqhawekazi madoda
    Naqhawekazi elo mzabalazo
    Abazabalazi kwizindlu ngezindlu bayakhahlela
    Bathi wena mama welizwe
    Umke xa umhlaba usondele kuba niniwo

    Ha-a- amba mama uMandela!
    Dumo lwakho lukufanele
    Koyiyizelwa xa ungena phakathi kwabo
    Koba bokhumbula ukungawu tshikileli umzabalazo
    Wokwangiwa ngo mama Sisulu

    Nendingaba bizanga bayaziwa

    Kwelo khaya leengqwele!
    Liya kuphakama inqindi
    Inqindi lika mayibuye
    Nenqindi lobumnyama lophakanyiswa
    Izandla ezivuliweyo zokuvuthulula uthuli
    Sebephambi kwakho nawe uthetha nabo
    Sele ukhumbula indlela ozabalaze ngayo
    Iimeko zingakuvumeli kodwa wema umi

    Ntombi kaMadikizela sikuqhwabela izandla sikubethela umbande
    Sirhuq’amabhayi sithi lala ngoxolo hamba kakuhle
    Uzwe lonke uyakhahlela
    Inene oomachaza ngezandla bakubonile
    Oomachaza ngezandla bophumla
    Kuba bayazi wena nzala kaKhongolose
    Nontlalontle, nkokhelikazi yomzabalazo
    Kwamhlab’uyalingana akunayo intanga
    Ofana nawe siza kumfumana phi na?
    Camaguuu!

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