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    ARTS & LIFE

    IVUMBA KUMANTLOKO EZITALATWENI

    Staff ReporterBy Staff ReporterApril 5, 2019Updated:April 5, 2019No Comments1 Min Read
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    The poem is just about unbearable smells people experience in every street due to the heat waves from the sun. Umphutha is not a comfortable word to translate. Kwanga thina bahlali singakhe sikhathalele iindawo esihlala kuzo, sitshise inkukuma kungenjalo siyigrumbele kwakunye nezilwanyana zaze khaya xa ziye zafa. How can we celebrate human rights in these conditions?

    Ezweni lokuzalwa kwethu
    Kungumvimbo ukusoloko usendleleni
    Ukuhlala endlwini kuyingxotha
    Ukuba lundwendwe kuzintloni
    Nokutya kommelwane akusa thembakali
    Kuba ivumba elinyekenyeke liya chekra

    Kusuke kwathi nkxwee kwizitalato zethu
    Livumba elingxolayo
    Elikwenza unge uza kuwa isiduli
    Kunqongophele imvula yona
    Oko sesikuxolele kungaphaya kwethu

    Ivumba kumantloko endlela
    Livumba lomphutha likhatshwa ziimpukane
    Usothuswe lelo vumba
    Emantloko kuvakala elenja efileyo
    Sakutsho ke kuba singazi

    Izigcini mphutha ziyankcenkceza
    Kuyimisi nezaqhwithi zomoya
    ziphephethekisa iitoti namaphepha

    Sesifane sithi kuya lunga
    Kuba nali ithontsi lemvula
    Kunzima nokubulisa uKwindla

    Kusekhona kodwa ithemba kuwe Makhanda?

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