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    Literature

    Thatan’umjovo

    Rod AmnerBy Rod AmnerOctober 7, 2021Updated:October 7, 2021No Comments1 Min Read
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    By DUMISA MPUPHA

    (This poem encourages communities to vaccinate for it is the available working option for now.) Siyabahlonipha abo bangafuni kuhlatywa naliti. Masixhasaneni singanyembani mawaba akowethu

    Ndibiz’izithixo zase Kemet
    OoAmen, ooTehuti noo Ma’at
    Zona saziyo ukuba zosivul’amehlo
    Kule ntsunguzi siphila phantsi kwayo
    Zisiqinise zisomeleze nokuba zizigodo
    Kodwa zenziwe sithi kuphela
    Camagu!

    Sisihayhayi nesinyeliso kwabaziyo
    Kodwa kukuphila nokufa kwabanye
    Simbuna sinjalo siyakhangela ukuphila
    Okupheleleyo okugqibeleleyo
    Uxhuzulo olusizele nembubhiso sanele
    Camagu!

    Masimthatheni uFayiza oza kabini
    Singamlibali uYohane no Yohane
    Izikhulu ezise mthethweni ngabula rhulumente
    Kuba balusebenzele uninzi neenginginya
    Iminqonqo ibisel’ijong’ezantsi
    Camagu!

    Siyabahlonipha abo bangabafuniyo aba bafo
    Gxebe ngaba ngamabhinqa na la kuthiywe ngawo
    Soz’uve, uFayiza kumele abe yindoda
    Isetshatshalazeni ke imbali kaYohane
    Yindoda leyo ihamba ihleli ise buhlanti nase caweni
    Camagu!

    Mabandla kaNtu kuthandaziwe
    Mabandla ka-Afrika kucamagushiwe
    Kwanga akuveli chiza lokuchila lo bhubhane
    Kunamhla sihlatywa ezingalweni kubuy’impilo
    Asazi ingomso lisiphethele ntoni na
    Camagu!

    Thatha umjovo Mzantsi Afrika kungawe!

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