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    ARTS & LIFE

    WAAAAAAAA!MNYHADALA WENKCUBEKO

    Staff ReporterBy Staff ReporterJuly 5, 2019No Comments1 Min Read
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    Makhanda imbongi Dumisa Mpupha at the Amazwi/ Grocott's Mail 'Scots meets isiXhosa' pop-up poetry cafe at Amazwi on 7 June. Photo: Tom Jeffery

    The poem celebrates the National Arts Festival, praises those who created the festival. The imbongi
    asks which culture is celebrated during the festival. Kuluvuyo ukubona iimbuso ezonwabileyo ngeli xesha lonyaka. Kwanga kunga nje mawethu.

    Sikubulise xa ubufika
    Sakwamkela sikuhlangabeza ngobubele
    Savuya sigcoloda
    Saxhumaxhuma saxhentsa
    Ngoku sesikujongile uyatshonela
    Zihambiiiile intsukuntsuku ezikhatshwa lugcobo

    Mnyhadalandini ndikufanise nantoni?
    Ndiyinkuku esikw’umlomo mna
    Andingetsho nokuba umsila wasilo sini na
    Kuba zonk’izizwe zikuqhwabel’izandla
    Kuluhadi nomrhubhe emacaleni
    Sikhahlele na kubaseki bakho?

    Loo madoda aseka lo mnyhadala aye phuma phi na?
    Ezo ntokazi kwelo gqugula
    Zifakan’iindlebe ziqononondisana nalo madoda
    Ntw’ezazingqondonye nde
    Ndino thulel’umnqwazi ndinganazi
    Boxhankxeshe noxhankxeshekazi huuuuuntshu!

    Mnyhadalakazi omkhulu wase Afrika!
    Uboniwe minyaka yonke
    Udlul’uzigasa ngetyesi
    Yeqhosh’elingena ntunja
    Izizwe nezizwana zase Makhanda zixhamla
    Gxebe zikhalazel’ukukha phantsi sizele isitya

    Mnyhadala wenkcubeko eMakhanda
    Khawulikhuphe litsole
    Khohlela bhodla
    Tshica nengodlo leyo soyamkela
    Ukuba usomile nesigwebs sosamkela
    Uthe kanene ungumnyhadala kazwe lonke

    Waaaaa! Mnyhadala wenkcubeko!
    Likhuphe elaziwayo nokuba alaziwa
    Yinkcubeko kabani le uyibhiyozelayo?
    Yasekwa ngasizathu sini?
    Kwathi qatha ntonina kakade xa kwakutheni?
    Shosholoza kwezo ntaba

    Maxa wambi iyasuduka ikati eziko
    Maxa wambi imilamb’eyalanay’iyahlangana
    Maxa wambi nezikolo zifumana nto
    Maxa wambi izibhongobhiyane zisuzela phezulu
    Maxa wambi x’ukho kulahlek’iintsana kukhal’abazali
    Kanti uyinkcubeko kabani yobani baphi?

    Ndisatshaya!

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