Rabelani Musidzana we a bebwa,
vhukati ha lino dungunudzi la muvhundu-suke.
Rabelani ndiri a siu naka wa penya
lwau ndi lunako fulu,
lwo khuyaho ngomu ha phaphana sa tuvhu mureda mbilu,
ndari ndi lu vhone nda wa i thavha
ndari ndi lufare nda wana i khungumutavha
Rabelani muambi mubuli asi nne
Idzi ndi ndimi dza tshiporofito
Avha nne mifhululu ndi do lidza
Ndari tshila tshixele namusi tsho shandulwa
Ho tutuwa gombagomba
Hone gombakomba linani
Arali lukuna lisina
Ngeno li tshinukha senenga
Ntendeleni ndi ralo u boda
Zwe yanga khana ya khubela lushaka
This poem was written sometime in 1999 in Phiphidi Village for a Rabelani Sinthumule, a childhood fancy of the poet. It was written in the presence of a John Tshivhase, who 'stole' the poem and only returned it to the poet on the 28th March 2018.
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