Enyuka intaba   
 phezulu kwemithi   
 xhoma imifanekiso enemibala   
 ukuba iintaka ezidla inyama zithe saa.   
   
 Kwi-prowl kufuphi namatye e-mossy   
 kumthombo wangaphakathi  
 ingcuka ibukele   
 umlomo ongcangcazelayo.  
    
 Suka entlanjeni   
 umngcelele wabantu   
 bekhuhla kwizihlangu zabo ezinezitya   
 iingqalutye zikaloliwe.   
   
 Ukumisa ekucoceni   
 bawubeka phantsi umthwalo   
 lo mzimba ufileyo   
 kwi-beech trunk eyaphukileyo.    
  
 Iingoma ziyaphakama elinye ixesha  
 kwenye indawo nanamhlanje  
 umtshato izandi guttural   
 kunye nezikhalazo ezithambileyo   
 njengokuphela kothando olukhulayo.   
   
 Phezu kwehlathi   
 inkwenkwezi yelanga iyaqhuma   
 ukutyhala kude iinkungu zakusasa  
 yolula amandla ajikiweyo. 
     
 Lixesha lokuba ndiye emsebenzini   
 ukubeka amathontsi ombethe emagqabini  
 emva koko ubase umlilo wokuzala   
 edubula ngokungenasiphelo.  

    
445

 Iintsiba ezilungileyo   
 ingcungcu yathandana.  
    
 Amehlo athe ntsho   
 ejongene nobulolo bobuntwana. 
     
 amanqindi clench   
 ukuba akukho nto ingcono yokwenza.  
    
 À demeure l'au-delà se recueille   
 xa ixesha liqhekeza umbhobho walo.  
    
 À genoux devant la fontaine   
 isigcawu ngasinye samanzi siyahlambulula.  
      
 Kuluhlu lweeperile
 igazi leeso tale fleurette.   
   
 Inkumbulo ihlala iyinkumbulo   
 kungabikho iinyembezi.
      
 Yazi isipho seenyembezi   
 matrice des connaissances.
      
 Emveni kweminyaka   
 kudlule ukugqithisela kokuzithanda  
 gqithisa umdaniso wobuvuvu   
 ukuphumelela ibali lokusekwa   
 udlulise iimfundiso ezinkulu    
 ukudlula amanxeba   
 udlulise i-nostalgia kwenye indawo.
            
 Njengoko iingcango zivaliwe   
 kuvula ukuthula okubhuqayo   
 ubomi bethu obuncinci buvuleleka   
 ivula ilifu lobubele    
 s'ouvre la nécessité de prendre soin   
 ivula ukunamathela ngokugqibeleleyo kwinto eyiyo   
 ivula intsingiselo kubomi bakhe.  
    
 À la cloche de l'étude   
 Ndanxiba ifaskoti yam egrey   
 kunye nebhanti lakhe eliqinileyo   
 avec au cou   
 imbasa emangalisayo   
 kunye nala maphepha amancinci ayimfihlo   
 iqhotyoshelwe kwizinto ezixhomayo   
 i-panties ye-corduroy.   

    
443

 Ngokushukunyiswa kwesandla   
 wabiza umqondiso   
 wabonakala kwixolo le beech   
 ukudityaniswa kwee-voltages   
 d'une poussée verticale   
 njengoko uchulumanco luthetha   
 entliziyweni ye-humus enyathelweyo   
 par la galoche cirée.  

 Kukho ubusuku benyanga epheleleyo   
 ukufefa ngeenkwenkwezi ezintle   
 indlela egangathiweyo yemizi engunaphakade   
 ejinga kwiphini lokubhexa   
 ubushushu bemini baphela   
 que rosit les joues fraîches   
 ngobuso bethu abakhulelweyo. 

 
444

 Ndikubambile uyandibamba   
 ngebhokhwe   
 kwaye ubambe umoya kuphela   
 kunye nebhola yegolide   
 Ukuqengqeleka phantsi komwonyo   
 vers la cupule des origines.        
    
 Ndiphupha ndikubamba   
 ngebhokhwe   
 ngelixa ulele   
 indoda echithiweyo   
 Ukulibala iipranks   
 ngaphandle kwenkxaso ngaphandle kwendlela.    
  
 Isenzo esitsha siyeza   
 umntwana omncinci uphupha esesibelekweni sikanina   
 kwaye umbuzo unzima   
 Ukulala esithubeni kwakungento yanto   
 eyothusayo   
 kunokujonga ngasemva.      
     
 La boule d'or plonge   
 ugwebu luyayigubungela   
 isandi sokuhleka   
 khwela iimbiza ezinkulu   
 l'enclume sonne le dernier rappel   
 ukwaphula ulandelelwano lwezinto.      

    
442

 Ngokuhlwa   
 phambi kweengoma zikaHildegard   
 imboniselo etyelwe engceni yasendle   
 intwana yetyuwa kwimpukane   
 ngokuchasene nomzimba wemibono.   
   
 Inqwelo iyahamba   
 kwindlela enamatye   
 inqaku lobuthunywa bembono. 
     
 Isandla nje esoluliweyo   
 abaminwe yabo ithe cwaka   
 xa ipholile   
 iilokhwe zeentyatyambo zeentombi   
 yintsini equlethwe   
 phambi kwexhego elivuthelwe ngumoya.  

     
441

  Ukuvuleka kum   
 vula enye   
 vula kwabanye.   
   
 Ukuphethuka kwamehlo   
 amaqokobhe kumboniso wokuphuma simahla   
 ngeliso lesilwanyana.  
    
 Ukususela ebuntwaneni   
 sasiphambi kwembonakalo   
 inkxaso yoqhankqalazo. 

 Ukubhala okuzeleyo nokukhululweyo   
 ukusuka encotsheni ukuya epulpitini   
 ukunyuka ithambeka.  
        
 Kwaye ke imini yaba yinto ecocekileyo   
 zavuleka iintyatyambo   
 ukubetha amagubu kwababetha iingoma.  

    
440

   Isaphetha seendonga   
 kumjelo onzulu    
 ubhala iSiqiniseko.  
    
 Yintoni ebonakala iqinisekile   
 kukufa.   
   
 Entsha ihlala ingaqinisekanga   
 omtsha omncinane wenza okungakumbi kunomdala   
 uyakwazi ukukhupha.  

         
439

   Ngaba uwubonile umoya ozayo   
 isuke intyatyambo ?   
   
 Ukuba umoya ubuyela umva   
 intyatyambo ayiboni nto.        
 Intyatyambo ihamba emoyeni,   
 hayi emhlabeni,   
 intyatyambo ayihambi phezu kwento.   

   
438