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    Silila ngawe zwelonke

    Grocott's Mail ContributorsBy Grocott's Mail ContributorsNovember 28, 2019Updated:March 23, 2020No Comments1 Min Read
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    (Owayo simnik’imbeko)
    When we woke up with the news of the passing of the amaXhosa king Zwelonke, Ah! Zwelonke, we could not hold our tears not to fall down our faces as the nation of amaXhosa. Mfimfithani mawethu nanku umongo

    Kuyekeni ndikuphalaze oko kundihluphayo.
    Andimsoli owakubumbayo
    Andimsoli owakusongelayo eziqhiyeni
    Owakusokayo mini ubuy’eSuthwini
    Ndisol’utshaba lodwa ukufa
    Okufafaze uXhosa ngobuthi busithi lithongo
    Kanti bubuthi bentshazo
    Ukufa ngugumdashe womcham’emfene
    Othe wasibhunyulela uZwelonke

    Ah! Zwelonkeeee!
    Ath’amehlo akukhangela
    Ndabonimilambo neenkomo zakho
    Zisiza kuhle zicacile
    Mzukulwane kaGcaleka siyakundulula ngamahlamvu
    KaTshiwo kaMdange kaNkosiyamntu kaMalangana
    Mntwana womnombo kaChobona
    Sithi nguwe kuphela ukumkani wamaXhosa
    Obezele yimfundiso ngendlela emayihanjwe
    Uvelazibhuqe ubumchila

    Hamba kakuhle Mntwanomhle wegazi
    Ikumkani siyazi thina ayifi
    Koko iyendela kumawayo
    Mntanomhle sesikubona kweso sangqa
    Kweso kanye sendlu kaNtu
    Ekuphela kwabantu kwelo zwe
    Izinxiba mxhaga nezithwalandwe zomzi kaXhosa

    Vumelan’uZwelonk’aye kuhlala nabakubo
    Kunamhlanj’uXhos’ukwezirhwexayo
    Ucheb’intloko inqayi iyabengezela.
    Uzwelonke uphakathi esangqeni
    Aph’abambol’ibomvu bamngqongile
    Sebecamagusha bekhahlela
    Sele naye esithi “lomzi kaXhosa unamasiko asulungekileyo”
    Tyala Qele likaSirayeli ithemba lentsasa kulo mzi
    Ukhumbuze amehlo asithwa yinkungu.
    Utsho uthi icamagu ngaphaya livumile
    Sitsho sithi Camagu

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