kukankha kofiira
mabango
kukwera
crepe mu jekete
kuchotsedwa mu mpingo.
 
Nebbia kirimu wokwapulidwa
tsegulani zikope zake
asanadzuke mame
maso amkaka
mazira okoma achule a amondi
ndi kuwaza mare.
 
kudzutsa
mu orthogonal coordinates
Kupunthwa pa chingwe
kuyenda
ngati chitetezo
pansi pa chigwa
kuti yatha
nthawi yopuma
kukomoka pamadzi oyera
m'mawa danga
lolani kutsuka kwa thupi.
 
Komabe komanso mwabata
ngakhale ndevu zake
chimango chimawonetsedwa
mu kusinkhasinkha kwake.
 
Kufalitsa
chete
pa sitepe ya sitima.
 
 
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Mwa kukhulupirika ku gwero    
kukonda ndi kufa.        
 
chizindikiro chosindikizira    
pansi pa tsamba.        
 
Woloka mtsinje wopanda nsapato    
amayeretsa mtima.        
 
Bwererani     
osandilipira zanga.        
 
Kukhudza nthawi   
amasindikiza zikumbukiro.        
 
Anagona m'mphepete mwa thanthwe    
dziko lapansi limazungulira.        
 
Kwezani gudumu lachitsulo    
zikanakwanira.        
 
ndi nsapato tsikira ku kasupe    
kudzutsa wyvern.        
 
Kuchokera ku ukapolo kupita ku ukapolo    
kuluka kupulumuka bulangeti.        
 
Ndipo kuseka    
kuseka pamwamba pa mitambo.        
 
Popanda kung'amba nsalu    
msewu ndi wautali.        
 
Kumva kuperekezedwa    
kuchokera mumphangayo.        
 
Chikumbumtima changa patsogolo pa chilengedwe    
nyengo zisanafike.        
 
Za dzinja    
tiyeni tiletse kusungitsa kwa gologolo.        
 
Pavuli paki    
tiyeni tikhale chimbalangondo chochokera ku hibernation.        
 
M'chilimwe    
tiyeni tipume kuuluka kwa mphungu.        
 
M'nyengo yophukira    
tiyeni tibweretse nkhosa zathu zoyera.        
 
 
 
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Dzidzibisire mpaka kalekale    
ng'oma masikono    
popanda usiku kugwa        
 
Wolokani zigwa    
phokoso la dzuwa    
nsikidzi        
 
Nthawi za nkhope    
otsimikizira kuiwalika    
thukuta lozizira        
 
kuchokera pansi pa dambo    
monte le chuintement brossNdi   
mphuno ya ng'ombe         
 
Ragged Gored    
woyang'anira za kasitomu wa prude    
amabangula mosangalala        
 
nkhope ya mwezi    
kuchokera m'mabwinja    
mawonekedwe oyera        
 
Cheeky    
popanda kulira kuwonekera    
mawonekedwe achikondi chofewa        
 
Mallet    
kugunda khungu la nkhosa    
kuti mawuwo agwirizane        
 
Chithovu ndi kasupe zimakumana    
mphuno zaphokoso    
akangaude amadzi carapate        
 
Bisque risque    
za nyimbo zamtundu    
pa bric-a-brac ya zenizeni        
 
Tsegulani maso anu    
mkazi    
mwamuna amatseka zake        
 
Kumwamba    
wokondwa kokha    
mikwingwirima ya kanjedza ya azure        
 
Yendani bwino    
ulesi wamalingaliro    
pachifuwa chanu        
 
Kulephera    
ndipo adayetsemula    
utsi woyera kutha.        
 
 
 
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