Iilwimi zikhotha i-foreshore
 amafu acebisa ubomi bulahla 
 kumngxuma wamaza alusizi
 khalisa isigodlo senkungu .

 Umtya obomvu ojikeleze intamo yehagu efileyo
 spin parade
 izilo ziyagquma
 abavukeli engqondweni .

 I-Aficionados yengoma emnandi
 baququzelela imbandezelo engalindelekanga ye-estaminets
 uloyiko luyanda kwisibingelelo sokuxhatshazwa
 abo basuka kwenye indawo abacoci besicaphucaphu .

 Ukucula ukunikezela ngengcinga
 bayahamba bayafika
 abantu abatsha abanezidumbu ezintle
 umchasi-mthetho ukuya elukholweni olunyanzelweyo .

 Dlulisa umfazi onobuso obunikelwe
 abahlala ngaphandle cloisters 
 Ezolula ngezandla ezicengayo
 iliso lelanga elixhwalekileyo .

 Masingancini amazwi ethu
 masibe ngabaxhasi bomelele
 ukuze kwiirills zegazi
 ilandelwa ngamandla aluhlaza .

 Phuma kwakusasa
 iimpuku zezixeko zethu
 iimpukane ezithandabuzayo
 kwizitrato zethu ezilahliweyo .

 Ixesha elichasene nemithambo-luvo liyachukumisa
 ngengqalelo ezinzileyo
 izenzo ezigwenxa
 kumgxobhozo wolungelelwano .

 Yima
 ikhupha isandi esiqhwalelayo samahlwempu
 abagwetyiweyo kwabangenamazinyo 
 ukuba igolide emnyama iphelelwe lithemba .

 Yiba sisenzi kwidesika yoluntu
 zifudumeze iinkuni zezigwebo zokubulala
 Gcina imidlalo yakho nezithambiso zakho
 phumela phandle uthi indoda inkulu .

 Invective iintsalela
 yiba yinyongo yeenkosi zengqondo
 yemba ingcwaba labo bathabathe ubume
 dlula indlela yakho phambi kwenkohliso .

 Kwaye uyabuya uzosixelela
 obo bomi ngumnqweno
 kwingoma yesiginci
 iinyibiba ezithandekayo zasentlanjeni ngasemva .

 Ukuze isikhephe sephepha sihambe
 kwindawo yaseTuileries
 Ngobunye ubusuku ngoDisemba
 kulwandle lweenyaniso .

 umntwana thina
 umntwana wethu
 kubantwana bethu ngonaphakade
 masibe yityuwa nobusi bomhlaba .


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