Nantsi enye
eya kugqiba
Ebala ukunyathela kwakhe
emyezweni wesifingo.      
 
Xa iintyatyambo ziya kubonakala
inkumbulo ephuma kwipokotho egugileyo
kuya kubakho imvula eluncedo
kulo lonke ilizwe.      
 
Ubabalo
ubomi bemihla ngemihla buya kuzola
emazantsi ebhedi evaliweyo
amaphupha ezayo.       
 
Akukho nto ivuyisa kakhulu
ukuba imozulu iya kuba
ukubukela ubusuku
i-splinter yokugqibela yemfihlo.      
 
Uya kuvula intliziyo yakho
inqumle ephumayo
yobulolo obugqithisileyo
ngaphandle kokucula intaka.   
 
EVincennes-sur-Seine
hlamba iminyaka engamashumi amabini
umfanekiso ongcwele
iqabane lomphefumlo elilindileyo.         
 
 
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