LLM Mbatha - poems · Amagama enzayo Hhayi akhulumayo Kodwa ke sithandwa sami, wena kanye nami siyazi Ukuthi amagama ewodwa awenelanga Ngoba ukube ebenele Imizwa yenhliziyo yakho

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LLM Mbatha- poems -

Publication Date: 2013

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**kukhona Ibadlana Eliqgamile Lombala Oluhlaza Kukhona ibadlana eliqgamile lom'bala oluhlazaLihlezi emathangeni eNtaba yeTafulaNjengoba ime sakuguqa ngamadolo phansiKodwa kangiluboni uqobo lwe langaMina lapho engihleli khonaKuphela ngiboba imisebe yalo ehlabayoNgilindile ngesineke ebhalikhoni yakwamiNgibheke le ntokazi yakwaXhosaEnyathela sengathi indiza emoyeniIhlala ngezansi kwawo lomgwaqoIzothi lapho idlula ingithi kwi ngeso layoImamatheke maqede iphakamise isandlaMhlawumbe nam’hlanje ngiyokwazi ukuyicela uxoloIngimele nje kancane bese ingipha igama layo LLM Mbatha


**mhla Lengubo Igugile mhla lengubo igugilengiyo ndizela phezulungize ngi zilahleleezingalweni zika Jehovayena uyokhohlwa yisonosalenyama engizifihle kuyokodwa uyobukhumbula ubuhlebomphefumulo angeboleke wonamhla lengubo igugilesengi ndizela phezulu LLM Mbatha


**ngihambile Isikhath’ Eside Ngihambile isikhath’ esideNgakushiya sithandwa samiNgangingazi kuyoba nzimaUkuhlala ngentombi ulindeNamuhla ucela uxoloNgoba iphutha selenzekileAngazi ukuthi kuthiwaniSelichitheke linamasi igulaAngisiyena uyise wayoYeka ukuqhosha kwenhliziyoNgoba yethembile ikholelwaYeka uthando, impumputhe!Ngikhumbula mhla sehlukanaIzinyembezi emehlweni akhoZawela esifubeni samiNgangingazi ukuthi siyagcinanaNgangazi ukuthi siyobonanaNamuhla selidume ledlulaIzandla zami ziboshiweNenhliziyo yami iboshiwe LLM Mbatha


*awu, Angazi Mina Angazi- khala zome nhliziyo yamiusuyangala 'thululu' wami Awu, angaziMina angaz' ukuthi ng’yoba yini ngaphandle kothando lwakhoUthi uyahamba, usudelile ngakho uyangishiya Ungishiya nobani?Nomathemba, ithemba lami Usukhathele amagama ami nezethembisoUthi, owami umhlaba nezulu okomoya Amaphupho awalabo abaleleyoKodwa umhlaba ungowabaphaphemeyo Amaphupho aphephukisa okwezicucu zamaphephaAmazwi akho ayantsonstotha, ayahlaba Impumputhe ibona yedlule obona kahleIsithulu sisina sedlule ozwa kancono Iqiniso liyaphosisa kulomhlabaKhala zome nhliziyo yami- LLM Mbatha


*incwadi Yothando Yesizulu (A Zulu Love Letter) Ngifisa sengathi ungangibhalela incwadiIncwadi yothando yesiZuluEsho ngemibalabala na ngamabalabalaAxoxa indaba ejulile yemizwa nemicabangoIdayimane, ngelo thando lweqinisoOmhlophe, ngowenhliziyo engenasiciIndilinga, ngoba olwethu kalunasiphethoOluhlaza-sasibhakabhaka, ngoba wena ucabanga ngamiUnxantathu, ngoba amazulu aphezuluKanjalo nomhlaba nolwandle ngaphansi bayaziOnsundu, ngoba kuyitshe kunothile futhi okwemveloNjengomhlabathi ongaphansi kwezinyawo zamiNoma ungawu shiya umbala ophuziKungani kumele ungithande ngenhliziyo enesikhwele! ? Ngifisa sengathi ungangibhalela incwadiEngiyoyigaxa emqaleniUkuze zonke izimbali zase maqeleniZiyohawuka lapho zingibhekaNgenxa yayo yonke lemibala egqamileIncwadi yothando yesiZuluNgobuhlalu bothingo-lwenkosazanaUbuhlalu base mazweni aqhelileyoMinake sengiyoba nentokozo emangalisayoLapho ngiphendu-phendula ulimi lwakhoKancane-kancane, futhi ngesikhulu isinekeUkuze ugcine usukwazi kahle hleUkubingelela abazali bamiNgendlela eyiyona-yona, ngolimi lwesiZulu LLM Mbatha


*kungokukathixo Akusikhona okwethu mngani wamiUmzuzu nomzuzu siweboleka kuThixoKonke esiyikho kungokwakhe, kusezandleniZakhe ukuthi sisayobuye sibonane yini Sibobane kuphi kanjani singakananiInjaloke indlela yesikhathi, nanini singavalelisanaKungakoke okubhadalwa yithi- sibhadalela amanoni-empilo: obungani-obuqotho nothando-lweqiniso Ungangitheli ngezimathonsi eziconsayoUngangesabeli ngovalo oluheqezayoThatha nanka amaphupho ethu beseUthola izizathu zokuqhubekela phambili Ngoba, noma ngabe yini engavela namuhlaKodwa, kungokukaThixo okuyovelela thina LLM Mbatha


*kuwunikeza Ugqozi Umphefumulo Wami Kuwunikeza ugqozi umphefumulo wamiUkwazi ukuthi kuyafinyeleleka kukhoLokho okungaphezu kwamandla onkeKanti futhi angidingi ukuthi ngibeYisikhondlakhondla noma isihlakaniphiEsizedlula zonkeKonke engikudingayo ukuthi:Nanoma ngabe yini leyo engiyenzayo-NGIYENZISISE LLM Mbatha


*mame (Eka Tana) Mame ngiyakubonga ngoba wenaUkhulise insizwa; izinsizwa, nezintombiWena uwedwa wawuthwala umboko wesindaWawumelela mame ungendlovuNgamandla oNgaphezuluWawasondelanisa amachophe, ahlanganaUsuku lwabelethana nolunyeWaziqinisa waqiniselaMame, mukhulu okuqinisayoNtombi kaZulu, Sithuli sika Ndaba, Ndabezitha!Engathi uMdali angakubeka uze udle ezabazukulu- LLM Mbatha


*ngibe M'Nyama (Black) Ukube nganginakho ukuthi ngizikhetheleNgalolosuku olwandulela isiqalo soqobo lwamiNgangiyomcela kahle uMveli-NqangiNgithi kuye: Mdali ngenze ngibe m’nyama Ngibe m’nyama ngifane nobusukuNgoba ubusuku buhleNgibe m’nyama ngifane nefu lemvulaNgoba owami umjuluko wondla umhlaba Ngibe m’nyama ngifane nolwandleNgoba eyami imicabango ijule kanjaloNgibe m’nyama ngifane nenhlabathiNgoba owami umoya unothe kangako Ngibe m’nyama, amehlo ansundu, izinwele zewuliNgibe m’nyama, ikhala elikhulu, izindebe eziyugqinsiIkhona ngiyogwinya uthingo-lwenkosazana maqedeNgikhazimule ngenkazimulo yemisebe yenkululeko LLM Mbatha


*nhliziyo Kalobilobi kuncane okwehlukanisayokuningi okuhlanganisayoinqondo iqokelela izizathuinhliziyo isithuli, impumputheezimpambanweni zomgwaqongiyazi ngithatha esokudlainhliziyo ifuna isinxelezombili zinokusa nokuhlwahamba nhliziyo kalobilobi!kanti ufuna lo, na lo! ? LLM Mbatha


*umsinjwana Wohleko Lwakho Silinde eside isikhathi lesiNgicishe ngalibalaNgalowomuzwa engiwuzwa kuphelaUma ngibheke emehlweni akhoLowo msinjwana wohleko lwakhoLeso sigubhu sokulangazelela kwamiSathi sesitholene futhiKwangathi siyaqabukana nqaSingakawagwinyi awokubuyelanaKabushaSingakalunambithi uju lothandoSingakalithathi nelokuqala ijikaAwu! Sawa bhu phansi!Kwangathi siphephethwa omubi lo umoyaKodwa uma uthi uyangithandaKumele uqondisiseNgobugexegexe bendlelaUbuntofontofo besikhashanaIbuye ibe njalo eyothandoEya othandweni, Duduzile- LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Ingoma] Kuyoze Kube Nini... Kuyoze kube nini unginethisa ngezi mvulaUyoze ubone nini ukuthi ngi ya ku thandaKudala ngibambe ubala olungenawo um’balaUnyaka neshumi lezinyanga ngikhulumisana naweKanti eyetshe yini eyakho inhliziyoVula bo ngingene, lalela ngiya khuluma:Ngisho nezinyoni kazisayihayi ingoma yothandoNgoba zizwelana nosizi lwenhliziyo yamiPho wena wehlulwa yini ukuqondisisaNgibabonile bephuma bengenaNgababona besina bededelanaAmasoka akhoKodwa angeke bakuthande ngalendlela minaEngikuthanda ngayoThatha nasi isandla sami sihambe sibaleke sindizeOkwezi nyoni silishiye phansi elamagade ahlabayoSiye kwelamaphupho afezekayo,kwelothingo-lwenkosazana kanye nelanga eliphumayo. LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Ingoma] Sengi Zo Bhala... sengi zo bhala epheshaneniincwadi encanengifake ikheli, isitembungiyithumele kwa-Zulu, e Thekwininhliziyo yami!uthando lwakhontaba ezikudengafa yi nkumbulosengi zo bhala epheshaneningibhalele u malumengifuna ubuhlobo obuhlesengi zo thumela abakhongikwa-Zulu, e Thekwini- LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Amagama Ngifisa sengathi bengingakwaziUkwakha ubukhosiUbukhosi obunesithunzi kanye nomnothoNgama gama nje qhaAmagama antofontofo okuphathaphathaAmagama aqinile okuqondisaAmagama enzayoHhayi akhulumayoKodwa ke sithandwa sami, wena kanye nami siyaziUkuthi amagama ewodwa awenelangaNgoba ukube ebeneleImizwa yenhliziyo yakho ibiyozwana-ibuye ihambisane naleyo yenhliziyo yami LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Asibe Nje Ngemifula, S'Thandwa I-Tafula angeke liphinde lihlangane ne FujiAsibe nje ngemifula, s'thandwaImifulakazi, hhayi izintabaOhanjeni lwayo loku yo busisa ilizwekaziLawo nkulunkulu ngama themba afanelekileyoLapho ugwadule luyisibuko se zuluImifulakazi igijima ukusukela ezizibenikaziKayiziqgizi qakala ngalezo zinto ezifanaNemincele, imigoqo, noma ubuzweImifulakazi iyagijimaUkweluleka kwayokanye nebanga phakathi kwayoAkusho lutho, ngobaImifulakazi inesiqinisekoSokuthi isayobuye ihlanganeKude leEmaphethelweni olwandlekazi thizeni LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Bekezela Sibusiso Bekezela Sibusiso, kuba m'nyama lapho sekuzokusaUze ungalilahli elakho ithembaBeka konke kuM’Dali wakho yena okuqinisayoAkumise ngazo zombiliNgisho noma zivunguza izivunguvungu zalomhlabaGcina izinyawo emhlabathini, ikhanda emazulwiniAmehlo uwabhekise phambiliUma zibaba ezimathonsi, khala ushona ukhonaUngakhohlwa umkhulekoNobuhlakani buka yihloNokukhalipha kuka mameNenjulalwazi yoBuntu basemanduloBekezela Sibusiso, olwa-kusasa luqhakazile LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Ealbert-Park ngangi ngenandaba negama lomuthiesasi hlezi ngaphansi kwawo epakingingenandaba nom'bala wesibhakabhakamhlawumbe sasibomvumhlawumbe sasiluhlaza! ?ngingenandaba nomsindo we nyoniihlikiza utshaninoma ukugigitheka kwezinganeezazedlula ngemuva kwethunoma imoto yabakwasidlodlo igijimainyathela izimbaliempeleni, ngangingeke ngibe nandabaukube ilanga laliwela esicathulweni samingeSonto, eThekwinieAlbert-Park: siqabulana- LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Entabeni Isandlwana Kwacishizibani, kwahlwemini!Zatheleka ezakwaZulu zingangotshaniHabo! Kwachitheka gula-linamasi!Kwash’ izikhothaUZulu endlela zimhlopheUZulu edl’ amadodaUZulu emnyama ngenkaniEngasahlehli engasabheki emuvaIbutho likaShaka!Iklwa nesibhamu!Wathinti bhubesi: impi!Thula mntakwethu ungakhaliKwaphequka bheshwanaKwaketuka bhantshana elibomvanaGiya giya webutho likaNdabaUyadela wena osulaphoMaye! Umntakabani eSandlwana? Kwathi angiyi qhubekise lenkondloNgiyiqhubekise njalo-njaloNoma amade ngingasenawoLusekhona ugqozi no fuqufuquKuthi angimusho kuthi angibashoNgibabize ngamagama, amaqhaweNgingapheli ngingaphumuli ngingaphefumuliNgihlole umhlola owehlula abadalaUbani ongaqeda ezenkosi ezamakhosiLingaphuma liyoshona entshonalangaNginkondloza, ngihaya ingoma kaZuluZiyoqoma kuphi ezakithi naUma izinsizwa zisele entabeniInyamazana iyolugaxa ucu, mina ngiyafungaThula mntakwethu ungakhaliUyadela yena oselaphoMaye! eNtabeni iSandlwana! LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Ibhayisikili Elidala Bheka! Ukuncika kwalo obondeni!Licosha izintuli, likhithiza ukuthombaPhela lena kwaku-y-imilenze yakhe yensimbiEya esikoleni, esontweni, noma eya ko qhethaNgamhla lishisa noma linethaKwathi ngalanga limbe wabuya ewulwandleEngakhulumisi muntuNgaqaphelisa udaka eyembeni lakheKanye notshani embungculu yekhanda lakheEmva kwesikhathi ngacaciselwa ngengozi engatheniAyeke wahlangabezana nayoPhela washayisa itshe wavuka phansiNgalelo langa, ngabo bonke lobo busukuImilenze yensimbi yalala phansi, yalala phandleKodwa kwathi ngosuku olwalandela loloKuse mpondo zankomo nge hora lesihlanuNgavuswa umsindo wakheEhlikihla insimbiEshikisha irabhaEselungele ukungena indlelaKodwa manje selincika ngobonda usuku lonke- LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Ifuji, Ne Tafula Umcabango wathumela isintu enyangeniIqhelelene kangakanani iFuji, ne TafulaUma nginethuba lokuthi ngizikhetheleNgingakhetha ukuphila isikhashana maqedeNgishone, kunokuthi ngingaphili kwa nhloboYingakho ngingena kuzisola ngokuthanda isihambiNgawe ngisangane ngikugijimise okwenkukhuInqunywe ikhanda, angiyenqenanga ingoziYeqiniso engangilazi kahle hleIqiniso lokuthi isikhathi esasikusondeze kimiYiso kanye esasiyokuntshontsha futhiSikuntshontshe ngoku phazima kwesoUkuphupha ngawe emini kungisondeza kuweNgokusondela okwedlula lokho okomzimbaUkudlondlobala kothando kuyamangalisaInduku enhle igawulwa ezizweni kusho isiZuluSasendulo, kanjalo ngiyakholelwa ekutheniWena uyiyo kanye leyo nduku enhle (yasezizweni) Uthando lunginike amalungelo okuthi ngiphuphe eminiAmalungelo okucabanga lokho okungaphezu kwamandlaNgibuye ngikholelwe yikho nge sibindi nango gqoziNgakhoke tshela mina, ngitshele kahle, ngitshelisiseIqhelelene kangakanani iFuji, ne Tafula? LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Imbali ekuseni bewu finqekileokwesibhakela saMandlamanje sewuvuleke uthe ngeokwenhliziyo yentomb' ithand' isokaiveze ezijulile izimfihlakalo beluithembele emuseni wesandla esifunayokodwa sibe singaz' ukuthi sifunelaniungubuhleungumlingolapho sengithi nje kawuphiliunyakazilewanginyakazisa ngokumangala komntwanaebona kabushaamacenjan' aphuzi aqhekezileagcwalisa indawana yamingokuqhakaza kanye namakha LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Incwadi Yo Thando Ngingu mfokazi njeWase dolojaneni elincinaneElisele emuvaLapho uthando lusewu thandoFuthi, luseyikho konkeNgithanda ngoku bonaNjengaso sonke isiwula esinga fundisekileNgikholelwa kulezozintoEzinemibalabala ne zinesimoUthando lunje ngo thingo lwenkosazanaOlusontene, futhi olugobileNoma ngabe yini esengqondweni yakhoNgizoyamukela ngenje ndodaUbo khuluma ungesabiLapho sihlangana kusasaUma kubuhlunguNgizo wa cashisa amehlo amiIsikhashanaKodwa uma kungukuthiUfuna ukuqhubeka noku ngithandaNgiyokuthanda ngeqinisoNgiyokuthanda ngokwemveloNJALO-NJALOOkomfulakazi wase manduloWona okhukhulela ulwandleNgosawoti kanye nezinyembeziZasemazweni aqhelileyo LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Incwadi Yothando Ii Olwami uthando olwamahhalaLukhululekile, luyakukhululaUkuthi ube yikho lokhoOfisa ukuba yikhoNoma kune nxenye yamiEngathanda ukuthi ikugigeIkugigele esihlakaleni sesandla samiIbuye ikwembozeNgezintende zezandla zamiOkwetshe le rubhi* noma ubuhlaluBeqophelo eliphezuluUkuze ngiku vikeleNgibambelele kuweUngalahleki nangengoziUngalahleki nangenhloso Ngingakugiga nje kuphelaNgokuthi Ngikugigele ekhanda lamiNgemicabango yokucabanga ngaweNgenhliziyo ngikwembozeNgemizwa yoku langazelelaKodwa ngikukhululeUkuthi ukhululekeUkungephula inhliziyoNgabe luyini kanti uthandoUma lungeyona inkululekoYefu lincibilikaLiphenduka ubala olubuhlazana Lapho ngithi ngiyakuthandaNawe uthi uyangithandaYilowo kuphela umculoOlangazelelwa izindlebe zamiNgiyakuthandaNgikukhumbuleNgiyakwesabelaNgikukhaleleNgoba akukho okumele


KwenzekeUkuhlukumeza wenaAngikaze kule mpiloNgesabele enye impiloUkulahlekelwa yiyo NomaSengibabonile impelaBaze babaninganaIkakhukazi emaphusheniAbakudala nabakushaAkekho onjengaweUma kungukuthiMhlawumbe ngalanga limbeNgenxa yezimanga namangaLendlu isayo bhidlikaNgiyo kwazi enhliziyweni yamiUkuthi ngenze okusemandleniKodwa uthando,uthando selukwenzile konke LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Inyanga Ka Ntulikazi Kunge lesingakhi lona ihora lapho ukuhlwaKupheza khona ukuphupha ngokukhanya kwaseminiIze ibuye nini inhliziyo ekuzuleni kwayoUkuze ingqondo ishaye umthetho oqondisayoLuze luxole nini uthando luzixolela lonaUkuze lubone kahle ukuthi ithembaYigolide lezi wulaNjengoba uthingo-lwenkosazane lungumgwaqo wazoUkube bekunge khona okwa lezi zithombe ezimi balabalaEsazi thwebulayoFuthi kungekhona okwale micabango yabanye abantuNgabe ngithi, konke kwaku yiphupho njeUthando siqabukana, ayikho ke leyonto!Isoka elingena sici, ayikho ke leyonto!Kwaku maphakathi no Ntulikazi?Ziyayidliva ezika Zibandlela (izimvula) Zigcwalisa imisele yasendulo ye Tafulakazi*Imimoya ecothozayo isika idlule ethanjeniIyofinyelela em’nkantsheni ngenkemba ecijileYamazinga-okushisaNgicabanga iqhwa liwa ngaphezu kwe Fuji*Amahora angu 36 ukusuka onyaweni lweTafula*Ngizizwa ngifana ne ntaba!Ngiphuphe ngawe izoloUdlala imidlalo yezinsuku zobuwulaLeso Sandla esenza izimbali zaqhakazaSenza ubuso bakho babenyezela kakhudlwanaMina sangenza, Awu-phela mina!Iliso lokuhalalisela!Kubathatha esingakanani isikhathiAbanye abantu ukuthi bathi:Mhlawumbe kwakungadalelwe, singadalelweneKuthi lapho sebekushilo lokhu bese iyama yiniInhliziyo ukushayaNoma ingqondo, ukucabanga ngenyanga ka Ntulikazi LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Iyona Kanye Inkumbulo YokuMamatheka Kwakho iyona kanye inkumbulo yoku mamatheka kwakhonayo lemicabango yo-kuthi siyobonana futhieyenza usuku lwami luvele luphelelengisho noma imvula ingishaya kuzwele uze ungangehlukanisi namaphupho amingitshele ukuthi usayobuya kimiithemba lami lise mazwini owashoyongethembise, usayobuya kimi ungangilindisi inguna phakade nkosazanangingaze ngibe umdodovu wekhehlangifuna ukuku thokozisaemhlabeni wethu sobabili nginga buye ngi thini ngi bhale okunjaningiphe ithuba lokuku bonisakunelangabi eli phenjwa nguwe, kalicishingisho-noma ingaphephetha imimoya LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Izimbali Ze Nsimu Ukube zonke izimbali bezingama roziFuthi zonke zibomvuKungabe ziseyizimbali na?Zona kanye lezi esithanda ukuzi qgolozelaUju ungabe lummnandi ngendlela efanayo yiniUngabe lutholakala zindawo zonke yiniUthingo-lwenkosazana luyilokhu oluyikhonaNgenxa yayo yonke lemibala ehambisanayoThina kasefani yini nezimbali zeNsimuOkungenani esweni lasezulwiniUkube besi ngaba kanjalo okwangempelaLendawo ibiyoba njenge Edeni (iNsimu) Omunye nomunye ahlumeSonke sibe ngabakhona LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Kodwa Ng’yo Lobola Ngani... Kodwa ng’yo lobola ngani le emazweniIzinkomo zakithi zahamba no moya nje!Aku ntombi umntanomuntu, uSuka Sihambe!Umamatheka ngamhlophe la amehlwanaAnyathele ngonyawo, ipensela, kube sengathiUyawuzwela lo mhlabathi...Aw! Sengiyolithetha ligcwele mina ka babaNgoba lo oseyidlile, udli cala!Kodwa Zulu uyangizwa na? !Kusho mina ucelemba ubugawugawu-Ogawul’ abezizwe wagawul’ abasemazweni!Untombi z’ya mthanda z’yamlanda z’yamlandela!Um'baban' uyabab' unjengo pelepele-Omame bayakhala bathi lomfanaUseyinikeni lengane ngoba isencane nje... LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Kunokuthula Kunokuthula ekungeneni kobu sukuUhlobo lokuthula okunga dingi luthoNgoba kwenelisekile ngokuma nseKo mhlaba wonke, olunjena pho uxolo!Luvala izindlebe zingezwa ngisho nokuhubaKwesigidi sezimfinyezi, kepha zizwisiseUmcabango no mcabango, umzimba ukuzwe kahleUkuwotwawotwa yizandla zomoya omnyamaUkubekelelana kwezinto zanga phakathiKanye nezinto zangaphandle...Ah! Uthando lungayi fumana enje intokozo! ?Ma lungekwazi, ma lungakaze, kungani phoNgingavele ngihlale ngedwa, ngizigcinele lol' uxolo LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Kuyangithokozisa kuyangithokozisaukukhuluma nawengisho nomaizintaba zingisithelengicabanga ukumamatheka kwakhongigcine sengihleka ngedwalapho ngisalelesengizophaphamangiphupha kanjenangikuzwe ushoungitshela ukuthikuyafana njenalapho kuweenhliziyweni yakhouku phaphama, uku phuphauku thandana kwethu… LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Kwa-Nongoma hamba nkanyezihamba nkanyezi uhambe namiwena oyinhlamvu edubulayowena odonsa umsidlanaothi benye-benye ngomlilwanaububhanyabhanya esibhakabhakeni sangokuhlwahamba nezifiso zenhliziyouze ungikhonzele ku lawo magqumalawo mathafaemaqeleni kwa-Nongomahamba nemicabango yeza-y-izoloyamathole etshakadulaemadlelweni kwa-Ziphetheemihosheni kwa-Minyamanzimhla izintombi ziya ko thezamhla izinsizwa ziya ko shelaabafana beya ko sengaomame bekhwezela emaxhibenihamba nkanyezi uhambe namisiwelele ngaphesheyangale kwezintabangale kwemifulangale kwamalangaake ungithathe ungibekengomhla kwa kusindwe ngobetholeamagula enamasiamasimu ehlakuliwekusalotsholwa ngezoboyamhla inyosi ihaya ezenkosikwa-Nongoma enhlalankosi LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Lapho Bonke Bethi Ngeke Ngilunge Lapho bonke bethi ngeke ngilungeWena wathi ngiyolungaLapho ngangeswele isizathu sokuqhubekelaPhambiliWena wangidudula ngemuvaWena wakholelwa kimiUkuthi ngiyophakamela phezuluEmva koku wela phansiLapho ngangomele izimpenduloWangipha amazwi akhaliphileWabekelela kimiIthemba, uthando, no mcebo wakhoUkuze ngi landele wonke amaphupho amiKimina wabeka wonke amathembaYilokho engingaku qondisisangaWa bona ini kimiLena mina enginga yi bonangaWa qondisisa ukuqhuzuka endleleniWa cacisa isizathu samashoboloWangipha ithuba lesibiliNgemuva kwethuba lesibiliUkuba nawe (empilweni) kuyinhlahla enkuluInhlahla edla wonke amashobolo LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Masiqhubeke Ngisho noma ulwandle lubuye lungaziUkuthi kumele lugcine kuphiLapho izivunguvungu sezixakileKodwa kuse yi ntokozo khonaUkubukela impiloNgoba impilo iyaqhubekaNgakho ke masiqhubeke sithandaneNoma ubunzima bungabakhonaIzinsuku zilandelana Kodwa, awubheke njeukuqhakaza kwezinkanyeziOkwenza um’nyama into yo buhleAsithandaneni size si ndizeNje nge zinyoni emoyeniNgamhla lishisa, ngamhla linethaWena nami sihaya ingomaSigida ngenxa yethubaLoku thandana isigidi-Masiqhubeke sithandaneni LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Mhlawumbe Ngangikuthanda Mhlawumbe ngangikuthanda ngoba ngikukhumbuleMhlawumbe ngangikukhumbule ngoba ngingakwazisisiMhlawumbe ngigijima nezihambi kanye nezi vakashiNgoba zona zifika maqede zedluleKungakaqhakazi ngisho nezimbali, futhi zingakabuniUkubamba kungu kubanjwaNgithanda lokho okungasobe kwaba ngokwamiSengike ngayanga yonke inkanyezi egqamileSengike ngalala nenyanga ekhanyayoSengike ngasina nalo lonke usiba lotshaniOlukhula kuwo wonke amaqele aqhelileNgithande ulapho ukhonaNgaleyondlela ngeke sahlukaneIzinkanyezi zivutha ngaphandle kwesiciNgoba zona zivutha ziphezulu emazulwini LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Ngacela Uku Mamatheka Ngacela uku mamathekaWena wanginika uhlekoNgacela ubu sukuWena wanginika inyanga (ekhanyayo) Ngacela ubunganiWena wanginika obuqothoKodwaAngikaze ngicabange ukuthiUyowuthola lowo khiyeWokuvula ijele elibandayo lo mzwangedwaIjele lenhliziyo engabazayoEkhetha inxenye ye sinkwaKunoku thatha ithubaLoku landela okwayoNgoba ingenakho ukuqondaUkuthi uthando lu thatha konkeNoma lushiye konkeNgi nga thiniSeku kudala kakhulu yiniSekwa qhela kakhulu yiniAkukho okuguqukayoNgilale, ngavukaNgicabanga ngaweUngabe sesedlule yini isikhathiIsikhathi sokuba nesi qinisekoIsiqiniseko ngemizwa ye nhliziyoInhliziyo efuna okwayo LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Ngangiyithanda ngangiyithanda leyontombi eyephula inhliziyo yamikodwa ezalomhlabaziyindida ziyaxaka ziyamangalisawangiphoxa sithandwa ngi kuthandawadlala ngothando lwami, mntanomuntu!thula nhliziyo yami!lala uphumule, kusile kusasangoba uthando lukhona, nendlela ikhonasengizo vukelaethembeni lokuphinda ngithande futhiomunye ngelinye ilangangelinye ikusasa elingaziwangelinye ithemba elingabulaliithemba lokuphinda ngithande futhi LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Ngi Ya Ku Thanda Angiku thandeli lokhoOngangezela khona kodwaNgikuthandela lokho oyikho kimiNgi ya ku thandaNgingaceli lutho oluvela kuweNgaphandle kokuthiUngithande naweNgi ku thandaNgenhliziyo egcwele isikhweleUyangi thola naNgi ya ku khumbulaUku kwangaNgi ya ku phathaphathaNgingakuboniNgi ya ku nkonkoshelaNoma zingisithele (izintaba) Ngelula isandla samiPhakathi kobusukuNgi phuthaza lolo thandoEngiqinisekile ngaloNgize ngilu thinteEmaphusheniAmaphupho am’nandiUma ngi phupha ngaweNgi ya mamathekaNgilele ngi ya mamathekaEzweni lama phuphoLapho ungibheka maqedeUmamathekeUsho kimi uthiNgi ya ku thandaUthi, 'akekho ofana nawe, Lungie! 'UthandoNgaphandle kwesi zathuUbusika ne hloboAlukh' olunjengaloOlwethu luhamba lodwaYimi ngedwa owaziyoNgokuxhumana kwethu


Ngaphadle kwama gamaLapho ubheka uthinta unyakazaIntokazi, nguweUmculo, nguweUmlingo, nguweNguwe uthando lwamiNgi lala ngingalele ngijulile ngegqondoNgiwotawotana ne pheshanaNge peniNgicabangisisaNgifisa sengathi bewukhona laphaKhona manjeUlele eduze kwamiUsho izinto kimiNgaphandle kokuphimisa amazwiYimina kuphela owaziyo kahleNgoku xhumana kwethuYimi kuphela owaziyo oqondisisayoYimi owakho, othanda wena LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Ngikufisela Intokozo Ngingasho kanjani ukuthiSekuphelileMina kanye lo owathi okwa phakadeNgingacacisa kanjaniUkuthi kungaba ncono kakhuluUma ngiyephula njengamanjeInhliziyo yakhoNgoba uma ngilindaNgabe ngichitha isikhiNgingazisho kanjani zonke lezi zintoNgawo kanye lomlomoOwa kwanga wakwe thembisaLo mlomo owa hlebezaPhakathi kobusuku wathiNgi ya ku thandaNgingasho kanjani ukuthiNgi ya xolisaKodwa izinto sezi jikileIlanga alisa phumi empumalangaNgoba uthando selu phumule okwa futhi-futhiNgiqinesekile awazangaUkuthi uwe kuphela okeWangi thandaWange thembaWangi kholelwaPho ngingasho kanjani ukuthiSekuphelileNgasizathu sini?Akuhlangani!Ngiphuphe ngilele, sengizo vukaNgiphuphe ngawe kepha anga kubonaBewungasekho endaweni yakhoLo engim’tholileBekungewena Duduzile... Awu! Ngiyawukhumbula lowanyakaNgisha amashushu ngaweNgiku gijimisaNginesiqiniseko sokuthi


Uyikho konke kimi, uyikho kodwaUkulahlekelwa yile mizwaKushiye umgodi ongeqiwaEnhliziyweni yamiImifula iyagelezaEbusweni bamiIsuka emehlweni iye ezindlebeniIshone phansi emqamelweniSekuphelileAngiyihambi imingcwaboAngizwani noku valelisaSiyo phinda sibonane yiniSi thandane yiniNamuhla ngehlo lengqondoNgiya bheka maqede ngibaliseNginga ku fisela kanjani uthando olushaUma uthando lungabaza lufa lushiyaEzweni lamaphupho ngibone isihambiSangibuza sathiIkuphi namuhla intombi yakhoAngazanga ukuthi ngithiniNgikufisela intokozoIntokozo yona enga ngabaziEngafiEngashiyiNgikufisela intokozo, ngikufisela intokozo LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Nginephupho Le Afrika Nginephupho le AfrikaUbumbano lwe AfrikaIAfrika ezibusayo, eziphilisayoIAfrika ethi iphethe ubala, ikhiqize uthoMaqede ihwebelane yodwaIbuye ihwebe namazwe omhlabaIAfrika ekhululekileYamadodana nama dodakazi azazisayoYabantu abamele impucuzeko, nenqubekela-phambiliNjengokhokho bethu ema nduloAmaGibhithe, amaOlmec (nama Moors) ...Nginephupho le AfrikaYamadoda empela, aziqhenyayo, aqothoAMAQHAWEIAfrika-eyafelwa nguPatrice Lumumbaeyasukunyelwa nguNkwame Nkrumaeyabhadalelwa kanzima nguNelson MandelaIAfrika ka Haile Selasie IIAfrika yesimame, indlunkulu ehola imibusoYamakhosikazi alwela inkululeko no lwaziAMAQHAWEKAZIoCleopatra, oMaqeda, oNzingha, kanye no-oNyamazanaIAfrika engenakho ukuphalala kwegaziNgaphandle kwesizathu, engenayo indlala ne zifoIAfrika engenabo ondlovu-kayiphikiswaIAfrika ekhululekileEthatha indawo yobuholiEfundisayo ngaphandle kokugqilazaUkuze umhlaba ubone kungenzekaIAfrikaEngenazo izifika-namthwaloNgoba bonke abantwana abesisu sinyeIAfrikaLapho indlovu idla emthini wezindlovuIgorila itshakadula umathanda ehlathiniNe bhubesi liya kozingela mhla lifunaNgoba uMdali walidalela khona lokhoIAfrika ka Bhambatha,


ka Sobukwe (Robert) , ka Fanon (Frantz) , ka Biko (Bantu) ,ka X (Malcolm) , ka Garvey (Marcus) , ka Douglas (Frederick) Ngingababala ngiqcinekuphi! ? -Amaqhawe! !Nginephupho le AfrikaKodwa kuleli ngeke ngiphaphameNgoba ngiphupha ngime ngazo zombiliNgibheke ngawo womabiliIzingalo zami zivulekile, zelulekileUkuze zamukele labo abasangana ngalendlelaYoku phupha kanjena nge Afrika LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Ngiyakhumbula uku gijimisana kwami nawephela ngangi sangana ngawengazama ukukubonisakodwa awuvumangaukungipha ithubaothandweni lwakhonokhoangililahlanga ithembanganqonqoza emunyangowenhliziyo yakhongathi: qo! qo! qo!kwanhlanga zimuka nomoyakodwa kekwathi ngalanga limbengolwasehlobo usukulikhipha umkhovu etsheningahlangana ne ntokazieyangivulela enhliziyweni yayongaphandle koku nanazayamamathekakwaba kuhle!kodwa manje sewu cabangaukuthi wenza iphuthangakhoufuna ukunginikalolu uthando lwakhoAwu! kungani uThandolungenza ka njenalungibeka icalalokuthanda kabiliukufuna wena! ?ukube bengiyi Sazi (sase Mpumalanga)bengizo buza e Nkanyeziniimpela kuthanda ukuba nzimaukulandela inhliziyoinhliziyo, ehlukene kabili LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Oku Nzima Kunakho Konke oku nzima kunakho konke uku ngasho luthokuwe, kodwa sengiphelelwe ama gamaangiwutholi lowa muzwa waku dalasewunyamalele okwezinyoni ezi hlabelelayo ngisenga fona yini ngithi, ‘ngikukhumbule’ngisenga fona yini ngithi, ‘ngiyakuthanda’sisenga gigitheka yini njenga-y-izololapho sewuzothi, “nami ng'yak'thanda” angeke ngisakwazi ukubambelelaizivunguvungu zasentshonalanga ziza ngamandlaemaphusheni ami ngangi yaye ngi phuphengo thando, kodwa manje sengiya memeza! angeke ngikwazi ukuphupha e-minikumele ngibhekane neqiniso elibabayokukhona umfanyana okwenelisayoi-mini ibabisa okwe qiniso LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Sengisho Okuningi Ngokushesha Yini Sengisho okuningi kakhulu yiniSengithande kalula ngokushesha yiniSeluhambile uthando, lungaka zalwaIlanga angeke libuye laziNgokuqhakaza kwase busukuThatha inhliziyo yakho ubalekisiseUze ungawuzwa umsindo we nyoni ihlabelelaUmoya kuphela oshaya ezindlebeni zakhoUze ungayizwa ingilazi iphahlazekaOkuyuqobo lwenhliziyo yakhoUngam’thola kanjani enecala ophuphayoKulomhlaba lapho uthando luyi nzondoIlangabi lalo libandisa okwebala lenyangaImpilo yonke osukwini olulodwaInhliziyo enothando ayizi qgizi qakalaNgalezo zinto ezifana nesi khathi noma ibangaAkuna y-izoloAkuna kusasaUthando lunamuhla, njenga manjeNoma ngabe usondeleNoma ngabe uqhelileNgemuva kwezi ntabaNgaphesheya kwezi lwandleNoma khona laphaNgaphambi kwamiNgiku nkonkoshele ezingalweni zamiUthando lulaphaLulapha njenga manjeKungani kumele ngicele uxoloMina lo, obonileyo maqede wa thandaNgithathe inhliziyo yami ngibalekisiseNginga wuzwa umsindo we nyoni ihlabelelaUmoya kuphela oshaya ezindlebeni zamiNgize ngingayizwa ingilazi iphahlazekaOkuyuqobo lwenhliziyo yamiLake laxolisa yini iqhwaNgoku ncibilika lapho libona ilanga


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[zulu, Inkondlo] Ukube Bewukwazi Uku Zi Bona Ukube bewukwazi uku zi bonaNgale ndlela engi ku bona ngayoUbuzo qondisisa ukuthi kunganiNgi sangana kanjena ngaweUkube bewukwazi ukubonaUku sina kwe nhliziyo yamiLapho ngikubheka, emehlweniUbuzo ngi thanda kalula njeNgalolu thando nami engiku thanda ngaloKodwa ngeke wawa bona amazwe amiNgakho ke s’thandwa, thatha amazwi amiAngiku nkonkoshelanga ngalo ku kuhlwaKepha, bese ngike ngakutshela yini?Ukuthi uba lula kangakanani umzimba wamiLapho ngi cabanga, ngi khumbula, ngi phuphaNgiphupha ngawe uhleka- umamathekaKumunandi, sisobabili, Nomathemba- LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Umkhuleko Ngiphe inqondo yokuqondainjongo yamazulu aphezuluNgincindise intando yokuthandangothando lokuthanda umakhelwaneNgivule amehlo okubonangibone ezakho ezimhlopheThetha amaqiniso okuqinisaidolo lesizwe sakhithiHlanza okwenhliziyo okomoyanokomzimba kula-magade ahlabayoNgithobise ngokuzithoba kokwazingiwuthuli namanzi no-musaNgithele ngentethelelo yokuthethelelangikhululeke okwenyoni emoyeniM'Dali wezizwe namazweM'Veli owavela kuqalaM'Bumbi wobuntu besintungikhumbuze ngobuntu bomuntu LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Umkhuleko (Ii) Ngisahamba kuwo ohlabayo umhlabathiNgisawahlafuna wona anhlamvana amabeleIthemba lami lihleli kuwe M’Veli-NqangiNgoba wena uyiLanga lama langa amiUyinyanga ekhanyayo ebusuku bezinsuku zamiAkekho omunye M’Dali, ngiyazi!Alikho elinye igama, ngaphandle kwelakhoElakho(igama) engiyo khosela ngiphephele kuloWena othi ulapha kanti ulaphayaKanti undawo zonke...Ngoba phela ungaphezu kwakho konkeUwe owaziyo izinsizi zalomhlabaNamhla kufika lelo langa lokuwelelaUwe oyongihola, ungiholele kowakhoUmuzi oncwele, ogcwele uMusa noThando LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Umkhuleko Iii Thixo Baba u phakeme u lungileLungakanani olwakho u thandoOwakho umusaNgokudela ozelwe yedwaNgenxa yezono zakulomhlabaNgenxa yothando lokuthanda isintuIsintu, ngoba kumele sisindisweEsandleni somubiUyophelelaphi owami umoya?Uwe Baba owaziyo!Liyogcinelaphi elami ithemba?Uwe Baba owaziyo!Elami ilanga, ukuphuma nokushona kwaloUwe Baba olaziyo...Ngiyozifihla kuphi minaUma ngikhohlwa yiGama lakhoOh! Ngiyesaba!Ngiyofinyelela kuphi minaUma ngilahla indlela yakhoOh! Ngiyesaba!Ngivule amehlo ngikuboneNgezindlebe ngizwe izwi lakhoUthando lwakho kuyo inhliziyoNgihambe njalo endleleni yakho LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Ungabo Khathazeka Ujule IsikhathiEside Kakhulu Ungabo khathazeka ujule isikhathi eside kakhuluUbunzima kanye ne zi nhlupheko zadalelwaUkwenza uhambo lube nesithunziKuncono uvele uM’dumise, uM’bongePhela bekungaba kubi kwedlule lokhu okuyikhoUmuntu ungumphefumulo ophilayoAkehlukile kuwo uMoya ka ThixoFuthi uyi ndodana yom’hlabathiNje nge zihlahla, kanye ne zilwane zasendleIsondo liya jika jikaPhezulu emagqumeni namuhlaPhansi emaqeleni kusasaKodwa ungu Nkulunkulu emagqumeniUnguNkulunkulu emaqeleniUnguMqondisi ehlaneNgakho uze ungazi khohlwaUkuthi wena ungubani, wavela kuphi, wavelelani LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Uthando Uthando lubophaIngqondo kanye nomoya wami ngabhande linyeLwehlukanisa umzimba wami, nenhliziyo yamiAngikwazi nokucwayizaAngikwazi nokuphefumulaAngikwazi ngisho nokucabangaNgaphandle kokuthi ngicabange ngokumamathekaOkufana nokwakhoKodwa ilanga limamathekaEmqondweni wami nje kuphelaUyoze uwashanele nini amafu angaphezuKwekhanda lamiUkuze ubuso bami bubenyezele ngokubenyezelaKwegolideOkufudumele, okwempelaIlanga lishise esikhunjeni samiIlanga lakho, isikhumba sakho LLM Mbatha


[zulu, Inkondlo] Uthando Lubona Okuncanyana Uthando lubona okuncanyana, okusheshayoUkuthinteka kwezindebe zomlomo noma okwamehloLwehlukanisa um’bala no m’bala ibe ifanaNgobuchule lu khiphe obomvu ko bomvuLubuye lukhiphe uku qhakaza eku khanyeniLuthola imbali ebusweni bakhoLuzwe amakha ezimbali ezinweleni zakhoLunakisisa ukunyukunyekaKwezifaca zoku mamathekaLubona inkanyezi ekucwebezeleni kwezinyoUthando luqaphelisisa yonke iminyakazwanaLuthatha leyomizwa engekho emqoka kangakoMaqede luyicashise ebhokisaneni eliyimfihloLokugcina umcebo. Ngiyomukhumbula njalo uYuri. LLM Mbatha


A Man’s Greatness a man’s greatness is always measuredby the nature and the magnitudeof the challenges he had to overcometo achieve what ever goal set before him LLM Mbatha


A Poem In Mind A poem in mindis like a toothless mouthwhen the right wordsfall into the correct spacethe smile becomesBEAUTIFUL LLM Mbatha


An Old Bicycle Look! How it leans against the wall!Picking up dust, dropping down rustIt used to be his legs of steelTo school, to church, to his girl’s houseThrough shine and rainOne day he came home looking sadI noticed on his shirt was a stain of mudSome grass on his shaved headI was later made to understandabout his little accidentHe had earlier hit a rock and fell!That day, that whole nightThe steel frame lay flat on the floorOut the doorBut at 5: 00 am the next morningIt was his noise that woke me upMaking shine the steelAnd black the rubberReady to hit the road again!Now it leans, all day, against the wall… LLM Mbatha


At Which Hour Does The Night At which hour does the nightStop dreaming about daylightWhen does the heart return fromIts foolish wonderingsTo let the mind take controlWhen does love forgive itselfIn order to realize that hope is only fools' goldAs the rainbow is their roadWere it not for these bright coloredPictures we took, or for other peoples’ memoriesI’d think that, maybe I imagined everythingLove at first sight, no such a thing!Immaculate beauty, no such a thing!Was it in mid July? December rains are falling downFeeding the ancient streams of the giant TableSteady winds cut through the boneInto the marrow with a narrowBlade of temperature I picture the snow falling all over the Fuji36 hours from the foot of the TableI feel like a mountain, -!I dreamt of you last nightPlaying the games of foolish daysThe Hand that made the flowersBright, made your face more radiantAnd of me—O me! The cheering eye! LLM Mbatha


Black If I had a chance to chooseThe day before I came to beingI would've asked all mighty JAHTo please, make me black As black as the nightBecause the night is beautifulAs black the seaBecause my thoughts run as deep As black as the soilBecause my spirit is as richAs black as the cloud of rainBecause my sweat feeds the earth Black, brown eyes, woolly hairBlack, big nose, thick lipsThat I may swallow the rainbowAnd radiate ultra-freedom rays LLM Mbatha


Can’t Sleep Somebody else would rather watch TVNot I!But whyAm I gazing at the night time skyLike an ancient EgyptianWondering if that brilliant starBy the Milky WayCould be another sunWith nine planets revolvingOne of them, an earthWith inhabitants, an us! ?Stardust and Spirit made,Do they make war and loveThe same as weAnd then again I wonderJust how many sober nights it tookThe star gazing EgyptiansTo figure out the 365day calender,Is there more wisdom to be foundFrom above in a night like this… LLM Mbatha


'Destiny' Destiny is not a static position in time or spaceIt is a dynamic entity, always transforming itselfrecreating its form as you get closer to itsuch that as soon as it is ‘obtained’it immediately starts pointing away from itselfinto the direction new destinies- LLM Mbatha


Different (Without Her) Ever since I’ve known himI’ve also known herI never saw the two apartNever saw them without a fightTwo lovers, homeless and oldBegging togetherFrom flat to flatDown Alma Road, RosebankUnder the subway, sleeping togetherBut their favorite spot:The pavement’s greyBeside my flatBelow my windowAn Afrikaans womanAnd an English manHe could be 60She could be youngerThe way a manWould love his womanHe loved her soAny one could tellNo other beggar could speak to herWithout dust rising high!But these past few daysHe looks differentShe’s not aroundHe occupies the spot aloneIt’s too quietThe days are slowThe nights longerHe sits on the stairsStaring into thin airPensive, pensive, pensive…As I pass him byHe recalls my faceHe says, helloWithout raising his head...


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Don’t Worry Too Deep For Too Long Don’t worry too deep for too longTrials and tribulations are thereTo make the journey worth takingInstead you mustGive Him thanks and praise becauseIt could’ve been much worseMan is a living soulNo less than The Breath of YHWHEqually son of the soilJust like the trees, and the beasts of the wildThe wheel is forever revolvingUp in the hills todayDown in the valley tomorrowBut He is JAH up in the hillsJAH down in the valleyGuide in the wildernessSo don’t you forgetFrom where you come, and why... LLM Mbatha


Edit Poem Remember the first poem I sent youWell, I have made a few changesI’ve swapped some lines aroundDeleted a number of wordsIntroduced new onesThe first line has becomeThe main titleI’ve since replaced “strength”With “madness”It seemed more appropriate LLM Mbatha


Esandlwana Warrior sons of Zuluof uMnguni, uMalandela, and uPhunga-noMagebaSinging the songs of deaththe songs of lifesongs for the kingPressing forward in a jovial danceof the feet, spear and shieldThey were contentto give up their lives for the ancestral dreamsThe dream that droveuMnguni across the rivers of EthiopiaThe dream that broughtuMalandela down into the Gondwana LandThe dream of uShaka Zulu:one people, one king, one free countryBut most of all they did it for the childrenand their children’s childrenCourageous soulsAgainst all oddsSinging their own songsindifferent to the thundering soundsof steelHow can we forget, how best to rememberwe for whom they sacrificedDo we sing the songs they sangpush their philosophy, be courageous?Do we tell their story over and over again? LLM Mbatha


Feelings I'll throw my feelings out the doorI don't need them anymoreI'm heart broken and confusedI told my love but she refused Loving someone that loves anotherIs like climbing a broken ladderI fell for somebody's somebodyAnd here I stand with nobody I'll stroll in the falling rainTo cover the tears on my faceNo easy cure to this painI need to hide the very trace What else is there to believe inSince the 'power of love' is fictionWhat on earth deserves to be seenIf true action brings false reaction LLM Mbatha


Flowers Of A Garden If all the flowers were rosesAll of them redWould they still be flowersThe ones we love to watchWould honey be as sweetAnd universal tooThe rainbow is as suchBecause of all the colors that complementAren’t we like flowers of a GardenYou and meAt least through the Eye of HeavenIf we could really be as suchThis place would be like Eden...Each of us bloomingEveryone belonging... LLM Mbatha


For How Long for how long will you allow the rain to fall downon mewhen will you begin to see that I am in lovewith youfor too long I have held on to this colourless nothingnessone year and ten months trying to speak to youis your heart a heart of stoneopen that I may come insidelisten- here I speak:even the birds have stopped singing the song of lovebecause they feel pity for my heart’s deep sufferingwhy are you failing to understand! ?I have seen them coming in and out, taking turns:your loversbut none can love you the way I love youtake my hand and let us walk run-away flylike the birds leaving this world behindto the world of dreams-come-trueof the rainbow and the rising-sun LLM Mbatha


From The Beginning From The BeginningThe Seed of CainCreated havoc on the earthThey just couldn’t stop killing…But JAH had saidTo the heavenly folkPlease don’t use the swordTo cut down the ‘weed’From the wheatLest you cut the wheatAs well-For in the baby stageBoth are the sameOnly time revealsThe true coloursI wonder, what Bob would sayTodaySeeing the ‘gods of war’In an ARMS racePlaying the FIRE games-What about the HUMAN race?Is it the seed of the Evil OneComing to haunt every one-Seth brought forth peaceDo we need another Noah...to save the worldDo we need another Christ-…to be crucified! ?Or do we need Bob to say'Oh, it's a disgrace! ' LLM Mbatha


Fuji From The Table Imagination took man to the moon:How far is Fuji from the Table?Given the choice, I’d choose to liveAnd quickly die, than to be not aliveIn the first place, that’s why I haveNo regrets about falling in loveWith a stranger, head over the hills!Running after you like a headlessChicken, I feared no dangerIn the truth I knew: that timeWhich brought you near meWould quickly steal you awayFrom me, these thoughts I thinkAnd these daylight dreamsThey keep you closer to meMuch closer than the physicalThe way love grows, ‘tis magical!“A precious stick is soughtIn distant lands”, would sayThe Zulu of the oldAnd I do believe in thatYou are such a precious stick!Love has granted me the rightTo imagine the impossibleAnd the courage to believe itSo- tell me, tell me, tell me!How far is Fuji from the Table? LLM Mbatha


Hailstone Food My father loved the rainRain with hailstonesTwenty years gone pastWhen green and blueWas all I knewNo red of bloodNor ‘supreme’ of whiteNor ‘beauty’ of blackJust green and blue and loveIt rained with hailstonesWhite stones from heavenMy father knelt downOn wet September grassHis head to the skyFew stones in his handsMy father said‘‘Thank you Lord for hailstone food! ”I recall less of other daysWhen it didn’t rainPerhaps such days were spentPatiently waiting to say“Thank you Lord for hailstone food! ”Twenty years long waitFour hearts waiting, breakingMy father waiting, breakingWaiting! ?But every body waited for himI think my father never knewAbout the power within himTo make the rain fallDown once againAnd hailstones to scatterHis September lawnI know nowHe was a patient manYesterday I dug a holeAnd I closed a chapterWith all my childhood’s tearsI put my father in the ground


Funny this:As the body went downThe clouds began collectingAs the sand filled the holeThe rain began to fallAnd as we left the siteWhite stones scattered the land LLM Mbatha


Have I Told Too Much Too Soon? Have I told too much too soon?Did I fall too easily?Love is gone before it’s bornThe sun shall never knowHow bright the night can beTake your heart and run so fastCan’t hear the sound of a birdSingingOnly the wind in your earsBlowingCan’t hear the sound of glassBreaking/Your own heart beatCan’t blame somebody for dreamingIn this world where Love is hateHer spark, as cold as the moon’s surfaceA lifetime in a dayA lover’s heart is undisturbedBy such things as time and spaceNeither a yesterday nor a tomorrowLove is nowIt doesn’t matter how near or farBehind the great mountainsBeyond the open seasOr just before my eyes, in my armsLove is hereHere and nowWhy should I apologizeI, that saw and therefore lovedTake my heart and run so fastCan’t hear the sound of a birdSingingOnly the wind in my earsBlowing...Does the snow apologizeFor melting in the sun- LLM Mbatha


Have You Ever Been So Right Have you ever been so rightIn a place and timeBoth wrongDo you sometimesStop and wonderWas it wrong to be rightWas it wrong to be freeWas it wrong to be meTo be trueWhen it all seemed a lie- LLM Mbatha


He Came Up To Me He came up to meWith the biggest smileEver...Wanting to shake my handAs though him and IHave been friends forever!But I couldn’t remember:From where I saw this face? !Sensing my perplexityHe soon came to my rescue“…from the Poetry Evening! ”The audience is always ‘more’Always nerve breakingI know I was shakingThere was only one of me-I think it’s always niceIf somebody remembersYouFor the poetry, of you- LLM Mbatha


Her Stone (Itsh' El' Muncu) For any flu or coldAs any child might catch sometimeMy grandmother had a stoneShe pulled out of somewhereSomewhere OUT OF REACH OF CHILDRENIt was as white as amasiAnd as bitter as lemon juiceShe’d break a corner, mix with waterOne table spoon, for chesty coughsOne rinse, for itching gumsOne stone, to keep the doctor awayAnd here my doctor saysHe knows nothing of such a stone! ? LLM Mbatha


I Am Sorry Lucky- ‘car hijacking’ and ‘cold blooded murder’are not poetry linesthey do not belong to these pages!perhaps they’d be more at homein the so called “sunday times”-I am sorry for a lack of a better songto sing the one that inspired SONGhe inspired dancein our hearts, the hopeI am sorry Lucky, a PLACE like thisdid not deserve a one like you- LLM Mbatha


I Asked For A Smile I asked for a smileBut you gave me laughterI asked for the nightYou gave me the moonI asked for friendshipAnd you gave me the bestButI never thought you’d findThe keyTo unlock the cold and lonelyBars of a doubtful heartChoosing half a loafThan to take a chanceToo naïve to understandHow love takes it allOr takes nothing at allWhat can I sayHas it been too longAnd far awayNothing ever changesI slept, and woke upThinking of you...Is it too late, to be certain? LLM Mbatha


I Do In My Doings I do in my doingsAs I believe in my inner-selfI am Dark son of the soilI amBlack child of the universe Who can deny my rightsAnd claim that every thing is alrightI'm gonna cross these blue seasWith neither fear no doubtI will caress the lour skiesEither by night or by daylightI intend to win the fightDespite the given resistanceI the drum I the voiceI am Dark son of the soilI amBlack child of the universe I never fake itThe image around me is but the mirror imageOf the spirit inside meThe rage in my eyesIs but the reflectionOf the flame in my veinsBlack flame of AfricaMy land I walk tallI lead my own wayI follow my own mindI am independentNothing can change meI am that I am


I speak out my own truthNobody feeds me what to sayWho can challenge the me in meWho can try to rearrangeBlack is black in any shadeAh! What a shade I am! LLM Mbatha


I Have A Dream Of An Africa I have a dream of an AfricaA united Africa!Self sustaining and self reliantAble to produceAnything out of nothingAnd trade within her-selfAnd with the world at largeA proud AfricaOf a civilizing peopleLike our Egyptian, andOlmec ancestors…I dream of an Africa thatPatrice Lumumba died forKwame Nkrumah stood up forNelson Mandela paid dearly forAn Africa of Haile Selasie IAn Africa of GIANTSWhere men are great, proud and dignifiedAn Africa of Cleopatra, Maqeda, Nzingha and NyamazanaAn Africa without genocide, starvation, or diseaseAn Africa, without dictators!A free AfricaTaking on the driver’s seatTeaching without enslaving-To show the world it’s possible!No refugees becauseAll the Children belong!An Africa, a Mother LandWhere an elephantFeeds from the Elephant TreeAnd the gorilla roams freeAnd the lion goes to huntIf he wantsBecause God loved him to!An Africa thatBhambatha (ka Mancinza) Sobukwe (Robert) Fanon (Frantz) Biko (Steve)


X (Malcolm) Garvey (Marcus) And Douglas (Frederick) Would look at and smile aboutI have a dream of an AfricaBut from this one, I shall not wakeBecause I dream standing upMy eyes looking outMy arms open wideTo the ones, mad enough, to dream the same- LLM Mbatha


I Met Pessoa In Durban... I met Pessoa in Durban...Corner Pine and Gardner StreetBut that is ifMy memory serves me well! ?Fernando PessoaWith his famous glassesAnd a hatSo The Poet was in town!But did he bringAlberto, Ricardo, andAlvaro along-To collect salt of the seaSalt of the Zulu Sea-For all the tears...the “tears of Portugal”! LLM Mbatha


I Tell You I tell youOh! I tell you!There is NO gun factory in Afrika...One dollar a day is a luxury for manyI cannot speak about the properHealth care and educational facilities…I often but wonder thereforeHow every nameless rebel forceCrawling out of some bushComes fully furnished With ‘First World’ state machinery…At sixteenCan’t read or writeButSure can pull the triggerThe trigger to break all the mirrorsThe mirrors, where the enemy hides… LLM Mbatha


I Trust That Someday (For Sena) I trust that somedayYou will see whyKnow whyUnderstand whyAnd thereforeTake me as I come LLM Mbatha


I Wish I Could Build A Kingdom I wish I could build a kingdomSolid and richWith words aloneSoft caressing wordsStrong commanding wordsWords that do and do not say!But, oh! My loveYou and I knowSweet words alone are not enoughFor if they were!You too would dream this way- LLM Mbatha


I Would Be Free… You are a special girlHe is such a lucky boyIf I continue loving youMy heart will break continuouslyAll these love songs on the radioMake it even worse for meBut SILENCE is no better option-I have gobbled up your entireDark Chocolate Box70% of finest cocoa…It didn’t fill me up!In case there’s a change of heart-I’ll be out your heart-door, waitingIf only I could stop day-dreamingWhat a JOY it could’ve been!If only I could stop loving I would be freeI would be FREE! LLM Mbatha


If I Do Not Luv Thee if i do not luv THEEand you do not luv methen luv is not luvand we are not we- LLM Mbatha


If I Understood The Pain If I understood the painBy which the gods weep rainWould I still be hereWon’t I be with themSo, what if I don’t knowWould you ask me to goWhy does the root wateredRot the sameWhy does the black cloudShield the midday sunWhy does a 14 year oldSell her soul for breadWhy does a boy childSleep by the road sideWhy is that grey gentlemanHolding a placard written:Librarian, jobless, please help!And why, oh why did a woman dieGiving birth...So, what if I don’t knowWould you ask me to go LLM Mbatha


If The Sky Does Not Fall In Love if the sky does not fall in lovewhy then does she weep to floodthe planet's liquid and solid faceswhy does she wail with such a thunderand is she not BLIND for half the timewho am I therefore, to resist...this falling in or out of loveit was all a blur, I admituntil I fell, fell out of Love- LLM Mbatha


If You Could See Yourself If you could see yourselfFrom where I standYou would understandJust whyI feel this wayIf you could seeThe dance of my heartWhen looking at youYou too would fall in loveAs easily as IBut you can’t see my worldsThereforePlease, Darling, take my words!I didn’t hold you tonightBut have I told you how lightMy body becomesWhen thinking, dreaming-Dreaming of a smileLike yours- LLM Mbatha


In A Taxi To Kwa-Nongoma Taxi, taxi, kwa-NongomaJust out of the cityTraffic disbandsITheku behind usThe land sways backwardsZulu homes turning clockwise60,100,120 speed-signsISHOWE 28ULUNDI 121Too long before we passOom Wissel’s curveBlack woman:Beer case on her headTwo full plastic bagsOne on each handA baby on her backAnd yet,so calm and in equilibrium…More road-signsThe wind blowing harderOn a plastic window paneCracking windowsCracking doorsCracking motionOf an aging engineTires on the road singLike waters in a streamTaxi driver’s rhythmMy bums burningOn an iron sitThat slices my bodyThe upper from the lowerOn the soft of my loinsWhy am I writing! ?In the running motionA scent of burnt fuelReaches my intestinesMy breakfast!A five-liter bucket


And my travel bagRest on each thighI wish to sleepLike the sleeping babyThumb in the mouthOn his mother’s lapSitting on my rightBut such comfortsAre for babies aloneHeart, body, and mindIndifferent to the kinky turnsAnd to the loud voicesOf the drunk tenSeated behind us...Thanks God it’s payday Friday!I try not to thinkAbout the road shootingsI know my head will restOn her dark brown breastsArms around her loinsEntangled like African locksFragrant sweatLuminous in my roomMouth on my mouthDrunk from her wineSharing a breathShe’ll be mineAnd I, hersTorsos vibratingTo the rhythm of her songAnd now sitting in a taxiSeems to be the smallestThree-hour sacrifice! LLM Mbatha


In The Poerty World the sun is not the sunit's an eye of heavena time calculating devicethe brightness of a faceand i, my love, am the moon.. LLM Mbatha


In The Survival Philosophy Of Ubuntu In the survival philosophy of UBUNTUWritten in the conscience of our peopleHumankind and Human Kindness do notOnly occupy the same page, line and spaceBut they are found one within the otherSo thatIgnorance of one leads to the ultimateAnnihilation of the other, and vice versaWhat better truth than that which is foundIn two hands washing each the other,Or at the end of a heroic battleEach warrior washing the other’s woundsWinners and losers at the same river bank LLM Mbatha


In Your Piece i am willing and able...if the 'you' referred to 'me'in your piece-i would fill up your pageswith thoughts secrete and livelywith a feeling so warmand tender to the soultwo souls at a cross-roads!the skin of your heartmy light inside those darkcorridors of your dreamslabyrinths of ancient wonderin which to lose ourselvesforever, in a minute-you, me, and the sounda breath, a giggle, a whisperso sweet in the mindyou could tell me your storiesi could give you memoriesif the 'you' referred to 'me'in your piece- LLM Mbatha


It Gives Me Pain It gives me painWhen it comes to mindAlthough the angerHas flown awayAnd from hate I am freedBy the freedom that fills me upWith weightlessness that lifts me upLighter than a featherI giggle like a babyBecause I have forgivenAnd if I couldI would forget as well… LLM Mbatha


It Is Not Ours It is not ours my friendWe borrow every minute from GodAll we are is His my friendIncluding whether we meet again Such is the way of timeAny time might be a goodbyeSuch is the prize we payFor the joys we make Hold tight my handIt is my soul you touchDon't shed no tearFor me don't tremble in fear But take my dreams alongAnd find reasons to tryFor what ever must comeIt is God's what we become LLM Mbatha


I'Ve Got Nothing Clever i've got nothing clevernothing new to saytodayexcept for thatyou were in my headand i thought that maybei should give youa ring to say: hello!and how do you do? ? LLM Mbatha


Kwela (The S.A. Penny Whistle Sound) A moment in time captured in a simple windOf a simple pipeBy a simple folkI see black boys standing in a corner somewhereIn the middle of JohannesburgLong before the ’76 UprisingI see them blowing and swingingBlowing and swingingThe crowd gathering, listening, moved!Throwing coins in a hatAnd then a yellow police vehicleWould always come too quicklyKWELA, KWELA, KWELA!Was all that THEY could sayIn the cityIn the township,Purple notesPurple tunesA purple moment in timeI see happiness and sorrow entwinedLike strands in the loomI see a people going on because life goes onKWELA, a moment in songYour dream has come to life! LLM Mbatha


Language Language is to the writerWhat a musical instrument is to the musician There’s a wide range from which to selectIt doesn’t matter which one you choose Because music is a universal dialect-Universal, as a pure and simple thought! LLM Mbatha


Lee-Ann (-Like The Jazz Number) AlthoughThe sea doesn’t always knowWhere to stop when the tides are highLife is still a precious sightSoLet us go on and fall in loveStrife might stay another dayButLook, how bright the stars do burnTo make darkness a thing of beautyLet us fall in love and fly-Like the birds of the skyThrough sun shine or heavy rainMe and you meeting in songAnd dance because a chanceFor making love a million ways-Let us go on and fall in love! ! ! LLM Mbatha


Let Us Be Like Rivers, Love The Table shall never meet the Fuji againLet us be like rivers, LoveGreat rivers, not mountains!On their epic journey to graceThe Land of the gods with much needed hopeWhere an arid desert is the ‘mirror of heaven’Great rivers run from a Great LakeIgnorant of borders, boundaries or nationalitiesThey runBut no matter how long or how apart they growGreat rivers are sure to become one sometimeAt the edge of some distant sea LLM Mbatha


Let's Talk About Weather Baby! I had red strawberries and a clear appleFor supper last night, finally spring hasCome, so let’s talk about weather baby!About all the cold things and the hotThings Nature can be! Are the flowersBlooming up there? So you knowI love you but you don’t want me toBecause you won’t love me tooI say we talk about weather babySomewhere lukewarm where I hideSpecial things, there my love shall rest.‘Tis burning hot down here, too… LLM Mbatha


Loss It is like waking upone morningAnd all the treesare goneNever to grow againNo color greenNo dancing leavesThere is something missingIn the world today LLM Mbatha


Love Is Crazy- Both Peace and War are madeIn the name of making loveSometimes you receive itBy letting go of itSometimes you lose itWhen trying to preserve itLove is crazy-It breaks you with the TruthShakes you with a lie…You can cry or smile...But when ‘tis still GOOD,Whilst it lastsIt brings out the best in You- LLM Mbatha


Love Letter My love is freeIt sets you freeTo be that whichYou desire to beThough a part of meWants to cuff youAround my wristAnd to cover youWith palms of my handsLike a ruby or a pearlTo protect youHold on to youAnd never to lose youBy any chance or plan I can but cuff youAround my headWith all my thoughtsAnd with my heartCover youYet have you freeTo break freeTo break my heartFor what is loveWhat does it meanIf not the freedomOf a cloud dissolvingInto a blue nothingJust a feeling! ? Saying, I love youAnd to have you say itBack to meIs all the musicI need to hearThe assuranceTo lay down my trust I love you


And miss youI fear for youShed a tear for youBecause nothing must happenNothing to upset you Never in this lifeHave I been afraidFor another lifeTo lose them any howThough I’ve had a fewMainly in my dreamsThe old and the newNobody like you If some other timeIn false chemistryThis house should go to wasteI’d know still in my heartI’ve done the very bestBut love,Love has done the rest... LLM Mbatha


Love Sees The Small Love sees the small, swift gesticulations of the lips or eyesIt divides colors in their faintest shades, accuratelySeparating red from red and bright from lightIt finds a flower in the face, and smells the flower's scentFrom the silk of your hair. It notices the twitch of the smile musclesAnd sees a star in the gleam of a tooth. Love capturesAll tiny motions, and careless emotions only to hide themIn a secrete treasure box. I will always remember, Yuri. LLM Mbatha


Lunch Break I feel like a blacklizardCrawling out of a verydark placeInto a placeof eternal dawn LLM Mbatha


Mountains(Great And Small) What makes such deformations so admirable?On an otherwise smooth face of the planetSuch beautiful names givenTo but towers of rock and sandSometimes dressed up in greenAnother nature’s accident!Unmovable, and themselves moving nothingAh! Some are even labeled, ‘holy’!What inspired the gods, and men the sameTo find dignity in such natural misprintsPerhaps ‘tis the same thingThat inspired the ancient Egyptians to moveTons of stone across the desertHaving a mere aim of constructing with mathematical precisionSuch unnatural misprints on a rather even desert surface LLM Mbatha


Mpati’s Letter I am just another boyFrom a townBackward and smallWhere love is loveAnd love is all-I love with seeingLike any untutored foolI believe in thingsWith colours and shapesLove is a rainbowTwisted and curvedWhat ever is in your headI will take it like a manSpeak without fearOn our meeting tomorrowIf it hurts-I will hide my eyes(a while) But,Should you want to love meAnother day-I will love you trulyI will love you naturallyCONTINUOUSLYLike the ancient riverThat floods the sea with saltAnd with tears-From distant lands- LLM Mbatha


New Love Each time I blinkOr turn aroundA smile like yoursIs all I seeAre you alsoThinking of me? LLM Mbatha


Nothing But This There is a silence in the fall of the nightA kind of silence that longs for nothingBecause content with the stillnessOf the entire planet, such peacefulnessThat shuts the ear from the orchestral chirpOf one million crickets, to hear clearlyEach burning thought, to feel softlyThe caressing hands of this black wind!The geometrical balance of things withinAnd things without-Ah! Can a love achieve a HIGH like this?If it can not, if it has not, then why not,Alone and on my own, preserve my Peace LLM Mbatha


Oh, I Don’t Know I Just Don’t Know- Oh, I don’t know I just don’t know what shall I be Living without your loveYou say: you are leaving, you’ve had enough and you are leaving Nomathemba, who are you leaving me with?Oh, I shall cry my tears dry! Nomathemba, you are going away!You say: I am wasting your time? ! You are tired of words and promisesYou say: my earth and heaven are in the air You say: dreams are for the sleepingBut the world is for those that stay awake Dreams fly away like paper piecesYour words are stinging, they are piercing The blind see better than the ones with good visionThe deaf out-dance the ones with better hearing In this world where the truth tells a lieMy heart can cry its tears dry- LLM Mbatha


One Day One day when everyoneHas shot down everybodyThe birds and the beastsShall rule the worldAnd the jumping monkeyWill slowly evolveTo ‘flesh intelligence’The twisted steelThe open gravesAnd the talking treesWill tell our story…If they’d care to noticeThey'll learn more aboutThe consequenceOf violenceOr peaceand perhapsTherefore, make a choiceMuch different to ours... LLM Mbatha


One Day The People Will Wake Up One day The People will wake upopen up their eyeslook at their dictator and see himfor what he really is: a man!No more and no less than the one walkingright there across the streetAt that point a “new revolution” will beconceived in the mindsand the hearts of a “powerless” multitudeThey will realize the actual magnitudeof their POWER!They will accept that wrong is wrongit does not matter who is doing it (Malcolm X) They will also accept that a struggle without lossesis not a struggle (Steve Biko) A clearly seeing multitude an angry, but focused multitudewill rise up to demand their little-freedomsto demand human-respect and human-dignityin the land of their birthNor lash on the back, nor bullets flyingnor fire, nor rain will stop themfrom ridding Afrika of all her dictatorsfrom building up a new Afrika, a new Zimbabwe... LLM Mbatha


Onto The Heart- onto the heart of Jesusthe teardrops fellbut there was no wailingbecause no voicefrom the childrenin the midst of a Genocide-their teardrops fellbut, by then, they were eithertoo weary or too hungryto make a sound- LLM Mbatha


Pardon Me Did I Say Pardon me did I sayit’s ok to be, ‘just friends’?Ah! Log wood gives birthto ashes!That’s what the elderlywould say;A young love neveropted for such! LLM Mbatha


Perhaps You Are Right Perhaps you are rightI suppose I can never beThe Knight, in shining armorThat your mother told you about-Not even a Zulu WarriorTo protect you with a shield!But I can bring a smileUp on your faceAnd then we can danceThe world away!No words to say-Yet we converse…I can melt your fearsTo nothingnessGild your tearsWith happinessYour hand in mine…Why should you worryAbout The EndNear or farWhy should we! ?Here and nowThere’s only me, only youNo yesterdayThe day is grayThe wine is redLet us be blind,My LoveTo the motion of the cloudsDeaf, to the music of the leaves LLM Mbatha


Say Your Love... Say your love say it true say it wellSay it loud say it again say your loveSay it today, please say it now!And if that one your heart dreamsAbout all night and day doesNot happen to feel the sameWay about youYour heart can flyLike a feather in the windAnd the birds will sing a freedom songBecause your love, you said it well LLM Mbatha


Seeing, They Could Not Perceive Seeing, they could not perceiveHearing, they could not understandHaving, they could not recognizeChurch, but no salvationKnowledge, but no beliefWhen the Book said: You shall not kill,steal, oppress, cause pain to man, …They took both the Book and the gunsEach on its hand, andThey went on ‘preaching’ and killing aroundStealing in foreign lands…They did not seeThey did not understandThey did not recognizeThereforeThough ‘civilized’ they remained savage! LLM Mbatha


Shall We Dance The Same Again Shall we dance the same againTo the loud music, or soft oneAnd to the rainbow lightsOn a floor full of invisiblePeople, only minding their stepSwinging you to my own rhythmInhaling the scent of your skinShall we dance the same again,If the dance is all we can achieve... LLM Mbatha


She Says… She says, she also loves gazingAt the midnight sky…That’s why she took physics,Though it is a challenging subjectShe knows each constellation by nameAnd she thinks my locks areBeautiful! And there’s nothingOdd about the way I talk‘Tis just my ‘direct’ look thatFrightens her sometimes…She loved the kudu minceI made for supper last nightShe wonders why I have a wayWith words! ? I said ‘tis justMy heart speaking, not me!Fine then, she says, but realPeople are not supposed toFall in love so easily…She smiles again and walks… LLM Mbatha


Some Questions! Did you really live through all that?You must’ve felt or seen it to write it,Right? I hate attending to questionsAbout my poems or their contentWhat difference does it make?Whether it’s a true experience or notBoth the scenery and the sequence of eventsMight either be factOr just a figment of my imaginationBut, poetry is real!And that’s what counts, right? LLM Mbatha


Sometimes The Road Chooses Its Man Sometimes the road chooses its manAnd not the other way roundWhen ‘tis too late to rearrangeYou fight from where ever you standThe Word makes tough the soulEach forward stepA victorious moment of grace LLM Mbatha


Sound Of The Ama-Butho Um em-eh! hhumm!Um om-oh! hhumm!Hhumm eeh! hhumm!Hhumm ooh! hhumm! NDABEZITHA! Lamb, of theZulu Kings! Who couldtouch The Lion, The Lion! ?Here comes the ‘impi’! Um em-eh! hhumm!Um om-oh! hhumm!Hhumm eeh! hhumm!Hhumm ooh! hhumm! The ones who being right hereAre also over there, being over thereThey are everywhere!Here comes the ‘impi’! Um em-eh! hhumm!Um om-oh! hhumm!Hhumm eeh! hhumm!Hhumm ooh! hhumm! Come; let us go back to kwa-DukuzaWhere the ama-BUTHO will grab the bullby the horns, until the bull gives in!Here comes the ‘impi’! LLM Mbatha


Spirit Of The Lion Sometimes I can hear the voiceOf the Prophet himselfSinging the lines as I lay themDown on to the paperI can almost see himWith his hands stretched outLike he used to doOvercome by the Living SpiritJust like David before the ArkGiving thanks and praiseTaking from the wordsOf His Imperial MajestyAll the glory be to JAH, to JAH! LLM Mbatha


The Baby Girl, Mine! She is a flower in delicacy, and radianceWhen she smiles she reflects the true essence of light She is the reason for the sun to glide across the midday skyHer laughter, is more soulful than the sound of jazz More enticing than Yusef Lateef’s or Dexter Gordon’s saxophonesAre her careless cries when she demands a little bit of attention LLM Mbatha


The Devil's Peak The smoking cloud flying East-WestCovers the apex on the Table’s rightSomewhat faster than summer night’s fallAnd there it stays as though a crownOn some royal headHeavenly blue behind the Table,Orchestral tunes of one million crickets…And the Metro-Rail train passing belowAlways manages to ruin the MOMENT LLM Mbatha


The Hardest Thing The hardest thing is saying nothingTo you, but I am out for wordsI cannot find that old feelingIt vanished with the singing birds Can I call to say, I miss youCan I call to say, I love youCan we laugh it out like yesterdayLike when you'd say, I love you too I cannot hang on any longerWest winds are coming on strongerInside my dreams I used to dreamOf a love, but now I scream! I cannot dream on in daylightI have to face the fiery truthSome young boy loves you rightDaylight hurts me like the truth LLM Mbatha


The Prince Of Ethiopia they named him Lalibelabecause 'the bees followed him'-was he the chosen princehand-picked by the Most Highto restore the Christian Faithin the distant Horn-of-Afrikawhere the Children of the Leviteshad finally put to resta Gift of YHWH to Man...by which hand or magic forcedid the Prince of Ethiopiacrack open the solid rocksso as to exposeall the Churches of Stone-someday I will say a prayera prayer, to the Most High!in the mountains of Ethiopiain the churches of Lalibela LLM Mbatha


The Rainy Season Why does it remind me of youThis sound of rainThis sight of parallel silver linesOn the other side of my window paneThat dancing treeThose glowing leavesThe scent of freshly watered groundWhy does it all remind me of youThis day, so wet so coldIt never used to rain this way- LLM Mbatha


The Road Has Been Vertical the road has been vertical-but you’ve always been successful!proud princess of Zuluof Phunga and Magebayou have achieved the very bestit’s time to sit back and relaxyou can be the baby now, justkeep the streams of wisdom flowingand let us worry about the rest... LLM Mbatha


The Shona Lessons ndinokuda mudiwa: means- i love you my darlingnemoyo wangu.....with my heartndinokusuwa: means- i miss younemoyo wangu wese...... (wese: means- whole) i will miss the Shona lessons... LLM Mbatha


The Sound Of Your Laughter we waited for too longI almost forgothow it feels liketo be looking at youthe sound of your laughterthe drum of my wantnow that I’ve found you(again) whilst taking the cornerthe ill wind was strongerbut if you say that you love meyou must understandabout the ups and the downsand the smooth for a whileand that’s just how love goes… LLM Mbatha


The Sum Of All Things- is it a greater good-or a greater evil-the sum of all thingsis there a reason whymankind has to suffer LLM Mbatha


The Very Memory Of Your Smile The very memory of your smileThe thoughts of seeing you againMake each day worth whileEven as I feel the falling rain Don't take my dreams awayTell me, you'll come sometimeMy hope lies on what you sayPromise me you'll come sometime Don't make me wait forever babyOr until my days of prime are doneI only wanna make you happyIn a world that’s yours and mine What more can I say or writeGive me a chance to make it showThere's a flame that you igniteIt never dies though winds may blow LLM Mbatha


The Way Of The Pen The way of the penBetween fingers of skillWell tutored, well nurturedIs as smooth as the serpent'sBetween the tender blades of greenQuietly penetrating untouchedCorridores of thought, spaceQuietly powerful LLM Mbatha


The Zulu Girl There is a certainCALMNESSAboutThe Zulu girlIt humbles meDown to the groundAt a loss for wordsTo say, but that: LLM Mbatha


There Is A Man... There is a man that's so hollowNothing fills him upThough he keeps on going onHis thirst is always rifeSo he drinks, drinks and drinksDrowningDeep into the sea of emptinessHis loves are manyBut he is never happyHe takes the centre stageAnd the strangers would cheerat himYet behind his closed doorTears roll down his faceHe works over time, all the timeBut his tasks are never doneAnd my God, I wish so muchThat this man wasn’t ME LLM Mbatha


There’s A Bright Patch Of Green there’s a bright patch of greenon the Table’s lapbut I cannot see the sunfrom where I sitonly the sun’s protruding raysbetween the mountain peakand the shoulder peakon my balcony patiently watchingfor the flying Xhosa girlwho lives down the roadto pass by, look my way, smile,and wave a hand…maybe this time I might convince herto slow down a bit, and tell me a name… LLM Mbatha


Time Of The Son Time of the Son is closeIt has always been close!No one can stop the tideDo you get what I say?But, does it make it sillyMaking the noise for peaceIn speaking for those who can’tDo I watch with folded armsConcentrate on my rhymesAnd on the chemistry of metalsIgnore what’s going onThe slaughter of the sheepIf not by the gunBy starvation, and by diseaseThe ones without guards to guard the bodyThis is a strange place in timeThe strong kill for peace!The weak remain on the runThe wise man is drowning in his bottleThe beast is wearing sheep’s skinAnd I hate what I write… LLM Mbatha


To An Old Boat By The Cape's West Coast Did the saline AtlanticDevour the skin of your faceAnd all your flesh to exposeYour silver colored frameTo the oxidizing airOver the long standing yearsEvery boat has a nameWhat did they call youIn your sailing yearsWere you victoriousWere you gloriousAcross the raging watersFrom coast to coastDid you ferryThe poor, the rich-The slave, the master…Did you, one day, sail overThe solid rocks orDid Time just run out for you LLM Mbatha


To Hope Is to believeIn that a Greater AuthorityWill take care of thingsAnd of youWhen there's nothingElse to see or feelTo tell what future holdsAnd you've done your bestTo take care of the presentIt comes from the heartAlways for somethingWhen there's nothing LLM Mbatha


Understanding you can put the truthon the dinner tablefor everyone to take a sipand have knowledge butunderstanding can onlycome from within LLM Mbatha


Were I To Describe Were I to describeThat shadeAnd that lightIn the motion of a cloudWhere the orangeMeets the blueAnd the mountainMeets the skyIf one word could paintIn colorWhat the eye capturesIn mindJust ONE wordTo contain the unityOf Light, Movement and FormI would say “Beauty”If not “Love”- LLM Mbatha


What Is In A Language? Language carries in it the history of a peopleThe history that begins way before The conception of that particular languageEvery myth, idiom, or story told carriesIn it the memories of an ancient infancyOf a development that comes in stagesAs that of a child crawling, walkingDeveloping a thought, a philosophyCreating poetry and songWhat is in a language is not just relevantTo the people that use it, but it is also relevantTo the entire community of languagesLike the fragments of a great puzzleEvery language has in it the bits and piecesLessons to be learned; things significantTo the history of mankind, things significantTo the growth and development of all LLM Mbatha


What Is This I Think I Feel what is this I think I feelin your eye I think I seein your lips when you speakwhat is this I think I feelin the nearness of youthe BLACK body radiation!what is this I think I feelin the scent of your skinto glaze my eye like drunken!what is this I think I feelin your eye I think I seealthough your lips refuse say... LLM Mbatha


What Makes Life Most Exciting What makes life most excitingis the struggle to achieve somethingis the surprise of each dayis the mystery of The Final Day LLM Mbatha


When This Cloth Gets Too Old When this Cloth gets too oldI shall take this FlightInto the Arms of JAH, andHe will forget the SinOf the Flesh I am inOnly He shall recall the GoodOf the Soul that is His…When this Cloth gets too oldAnd I take this Flight… LLM Mbatha


When You Know... When you know you are onThe rightBe the first one to apologizeSave the words of wisdom forThe wiseA fool despises themLet him drown in his ignoranceAnd prideFollow your heartYour wisdomThe wisdom of your God LLM Mbatha


Wisdom All Wisdom comes from GodI have God on my side;That makes me a very Wise Man- LLM Mbatha


Writing Writing is not about reinventingThe truth, it’s about re-lookingAnd with new eyes reinterpretingIf you put rhythm, it starts to singBut it's always a little blessingIf the reader can’t stop dancingMore so, if he finds a new meaning LLM Mbatha


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LLM Mbatha - poems · Amagama enzayo Hhayi akhulumayo Kodwa ke sithandwa sami, wena kanye nami siyazi Ukuthi amagama ewodwa awenelanga Ngoba ukube ebenele Imizwa yenhliziyo yakho