Ewe wayenesibindi
 laa ndoda
 ukuhlala iminyaka emininzi ngobulumko
 ukulula nokuthozama
 ukuba aqhube isikhephe sakhe
 ecaleni kweebhanki zemihla ngemihla
 ngaphandle kokubuza ukuba makaye phi
 ngaphandle kokubona ixesha lihamba
 kancinane ukuqhubela phambili ukuya ngasechwebeni
 apho imida ityibilika
 apho yonke into iba ngwevu
 ukuba umbono ube mnyama
 ukungabikho komoya
 ukuba ingqondo ayisaphenduli
 kodwa iyaphi
 uloyiso kulindelo lwakhe
 imfihlelo
 oku kukhanya okungadalwanga
 oku kukhanya kunamandla kuvela phezulu kakhulu
 lo msantsa
 habitée de vieilles âmes
 esi skiff sibuthathaka
 enyamalala kwiinkungu
 le ndawo iphakamileyo
 ukudibanisa ne-horizon
 kwisikhumbuzo sento ezayo nehambayo
 indawo yokubamba umoya
 kwinkumbulo yento eyayikho
 umkhondo wegama lakho kwisiqu somthi esomileyo
 yabelwe
 ukuguqula lo mbhalo ukrakrayo
 ngokomsebenzi wesazela
 ukuhamba endleleni
 ukuqonda ukuba yintoni na
 i-crepe yenxeba elivuliwe kwakhona
 ukuphela kwehlobo
 njengoko ukukhangela kusilela
 kumaza aphantsi
 kulowo uhleli eluthandweni intliziyo yakhe.


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