Ezintambo zezulu    
veza ubuhle bamehlo akho    
ingane yami    
ubukhona bami    
iminwe yomlilo.        
 
 
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I-Cuckoo soliloque   
ngezikhawu        
indiza yaseLatécoère iyadlula    
bese kuthi cwaka    
amabhishi    
        ezineziqu ezinamabala    
                ephululwa ngamahlamvu    
impukane egunjini labagibeli iyashwibeka    
        futhi ihlale esandleni sami    
kukhuphuka umoya omncane    
ukukhanya nomthunzi ngaphansi kwamahlamvu    
indlela etshekile kwesokunxele phambili    
indlela kanye neqolo layo lotshani phakathi.        
 
Ukuqwashisa ngalokho okuphilayo    
ukuphefumula    
isisindo semilenze    
        imikhono    
        kusukela ekhanda kuye entanyeni    
        esihlalweni sami    
lamathe emlonyeni.              
 
Uvemvane luwela umsebe wokukhanya    
Ilanga liyabuya 
isishointuthwane umehluko ngaphansi kwezihlahla.        
 
Yehlisa ingqondo    
vala amehlo    
gxila ekuphefumuleni.          
 
Ngemva kwemizuzwana yokuthula    
ukuze alungele ukwemukela okuzayo    
        okusho ukuthi    
umoya opholile esikhumbeni esingenalutho    
        ukubamba kwezingelosi    
okungizungezile    
        ngaphandle kwezimo zezinto    
        lokhu kukhulelwa okungenalutho    
        futhi egcwele    
                kokungibambayo    
                ngalokho okungihlanganisayo.        
 
    Ngizizwa ngingowami    
        futhi ngabona    
                ngiyabona    
et baigne dans ce qui coule 
         kulokho okuhlanganisa izakhi zami zebhayoloji 
ngezinto ezibaliwe    
        kuqoshwe enkumbulweni    
        nokuthatha insimu yonke    
kuyilapho phakathi kwalezi zinto kukhona wena
        kukhona mina engikufunayo 
        okuyimfihlakalo kakhulu.        
 
Umzimba wami uyibhethri evulekile     
        ufakiwe    
                ukubona iphunga ukuzwa ukunambitheka    
lokho esengikuzwile ngikuzwile ngakuzwa nganambitha    
kuqinisekisiwe    
futhi nami futhi    
        a ngikhulule    
        obonayo uyezwa iphunga futhi anambithe    
                okungesikho mina.        
 
Ma main touche l'inconnu    
akaqondene nami kuphela    
ingqondo yami iyamqondisa    
futhi ama-automatism ayo ayizikhumbuzo    
kulokho engihlangabezane nakho esikhathini esidlule       
        et lokho kuvela kusukela ngale kwedlule lami
        et eziphuma phansi kwezikhathi. 

    Ngobusuku    
kusesemini    
imvula encane icofa amahlamvu    
futhi kuba kubi kakhulu    
Ngihambela ikhonsathi ye-picot piceta    
kulandele amathonsi amakhulu     
sur le toit du vito    
kudlula ugandaganda     
il soulève la poussière   
iphunga lomhlaba omanzi liyakhuphuka    
isikhathi esingenaso simisiwe    
injabulo eqhubekayo yama-beeches    
propel amaconsi amakhulu solo 
ekwayeni evule umphimbo
iconsi eqabungeni    
inyakaza kahle    
bese ibuyela ngokushesha ekunyakazeni kwayo bukhoma    
ukusina kwakhe emoyeni.          
 
 Ihlumela namahlamvu alo kukhuluma nami    
emnyango    
konke kuhamba    
kahle kakhulu    
konke kuyaphila    
amathonsi ashaya uphahla    
ziyizinhlayiya zamanzi, umoya nokukhanya    
abangiphakelayo    
indlebe nobuchopho ngokuzwelana    
ama-streaks wamafomu amanzi ku-windshield.       
 
Ngiyilokhu engikuzwayo    
liyakhula ngesivinini    
izinyoni zisacula    
ngemuva kwe-orchestra    
Ngiyazidla    
i-cuckoo iqala kabusha i-cuckoo yayo    
Ngimisiwe    
Angisathinti phansi    
iyancipha ijubane    
umuzwa omncane wokuqabuleka ungibamba.        
 
Ingabe sonke singaba nemizwa efanayo    
Ngiphupha emini ngizwa umsindo wendiza yaseLatécoère    
iminwe eyinkulungwane igubha eshidini lensimbi    
        ngingene    
je suis la pluie le bruit de ce que j'écris.        
 
Amathonsi ahlukaniswa ngaphandle        
amabhishi akhona    
ngemva kodonga lwamatshe    
amahlamvu omile awazange anyikinye    
ekuthuleni kwabo    
ngizisongile.        
 
Ikhukhamba kude    
izingoma zezinyoni    
athathe amathonsi amanzi    
kubuye ukuthula    
umoya ukhona.        
 
i-symphony    
Ngiphila i-symphony    
mina ngiyi-symphony    
ngaphandle kwemisindo.        
 
Impukane iyashwibeka.        
 
 
 
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Ngobunye ubusuku isitimela    
ekupheleni komugqa    
ku-catwalk umzimba onqunu    
namahlamvu nxazonke    
amapulangwe ayehlukene    
kanye nezandla    
isibopho sami    
wadansa ngeminwe elula    
ku-railing yokhuni egugile.        
 
Sekudlule    
indilinga kashoki   
Ngawuphakamisa umcabango    
ukuze inkumbulo ifike    
endaweni    
ngaphandle kwe-taffeta nxazonke    
i-parasol nje    
endaweni enenkungu    
ukuthi ubuhle bucindezela phansi.        
 
Imbali yomnduze    
ephawulwe ngophawu lomnikelo    
yakhanga izinambuzane eziningi    
wanamathela phansi    
nezimvemvane ezivela esibhakabhakeni    
omunye ngemuva komunye    
ephethe intonga   
izinyoni ezinjalo zokuhamba    
à l'aise san parole.        
 
 
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