ISIXHOSA SIYAVUTHA
A sonnet about Mandela Day by DUMISA MPUPHA
Olu usuku, kwanga lunga xatyiswa ngokwenza okulungileyo kwiindawo esihlala kuzo. Let there be love peace and happiness wherever we are. Love, peace and happiness are action words. Show them by doing something good for somebody else. Bayethe!
Kungu Mbo nomXesibe
Ngumlisela nomthinjana
Kunamhla baxomolozela uxolo
Babambisene ngemvano
Imvisiswano yimpunga yabo
Abagxekani abanyembani
Ngumdilili nomtyangampo
Ngapha kuphekelwa iinkedama
Kwelinye kolukwa imizi neempahla
Ngaphaya kucocwa izitalato
Kugcobe nosebeleni
Wonk’ubani umandengandengana
Bonke benza izinwe
Izinwe zika Dalibhunga uMandela
- Dumisa Mphupha writes for Grocott’s Mail under the auspices of the NRF SARCHI Chair in the Intellectualisation of African Languages, Multilingualism and Education.
