Hayani

U fuwa shango ndi mini?

Zwavhifha lia shanduka 

ha sala u ngolidza mato 

utshi thama wa pfumelwa

nne athi ni divhi 

ni muthu de?

ni toda mini?

ndi ni fhe ri fhambane

lwanga lwendo ndi maseto

a lu tshimbilelwi munwe

nne ndo tshimbila 

u mbona ndi tshi vho homelwa 

asi one mathomo anga 

nnditsheni ndi tuwe 

zwanga ndi dzhene ha Tshivhasa

na wanga mudi u nake 

zwanga ndi sedze Phiphidi

ngauri afha asi haya ha muthu 

zwe nda da ndo fara ndi miloro

yo wedzaho yo lala 

yo fholodzaho ndi mavharivhari

nne ndi la mivhundu 

ngauri haya hau ndi haya hau 

nangwe la kovhela tenda wa swika 

ndala na vhuvhi hayo 

asi mukano une wa kunda ndivho

ya nngwana ndi hayani ndi khwine

ndi pfi muthu

yanga mbilu i rule.

Hayani asi luanakha 

naho thavha dzo adza

udzi gonya asi muhwalo

tenda nda swika.

 

Unforgiven

Scars are vultures
They linger around for my death
To tear me apart in  decay
The streets never embraced
The pain and the sorrow
Of a life spend in the mute pursuit
Of something richer
Time changes
New dawns arrive unabated
The moon and the sun
Locked in a constant race
It rains in summers
But the scars never washes off
A constant reminder of hurt
Eating my soul away each day

The Memory

I meet the memory of myself on the old roads
Sometimes young. sometimes old.
is he coming or going?
from where to where?
All mixed up
The right time on the wrong road.
The right road leading to the wrong place.
He wont tell me
There is daylights left in me
He still got a chance
Don't loose it
Don't let the old bruises put the rope around your neck
It's dark.

(All lines written by Athol Fugard on Bosman & Lena put together into this poem by dzumbu mmbara.)

Kenny Motsamai

1994 ndi muloro we wasi wedze
Ndi kungumutavha ye ya mela thavha
Vhavhi vho vhofholowa
Ngeno vha lwelwa mbofholowo vha tshe ngeo

Naa ndi mini tshe Mandela ari nea?
Ngeno vhusiwana vhutshe ho toka midzi
Na muvhala waho u wonoyu washu
Izwi arongo fhurwa?

Ro zwifhelwa
Vho Kenny Motsamai vha gai?
Vha tshi felani?
Na 1994 ndi mini?

Vha vhofhololeni!!!

Pfene na Thoho

Pfene na thoho
Ahuna ano sea munwe
Zwothe ndi makovhi
We mbifho
Ndi musi u songo di sedza

He iwe Pfene
Lukovhi ndi lwa mini?
Arali u nyalunako?

U tshi sea thoho ndi mini?
U tou shaya na muvhudzi naa?
Au vhudze u di sedze

Petrus Steyn

Huna muri govhani la Petrus Steyn
Athi divhi ndi muvhula kana ndi mini?
Fhedzi Elizabeth o edela henefho
Asi muri fhedzi ndi murunzi
Vha dzulaho fhasi hawo vho khuda
Vho dzula murunzini wa lufuno
Lwavho lufuno ndi lu sa gumi
A lu divhi lufu sa mudi wa Petrus Steyn
Nangwe ha da gomelelo
Ha pala khwali
Lwavho lufuno lwo toka midzi
Sa muri govhani la Petrus Steyn

Shango

Na wo putani
Tshine wa vhanda tshandani
Khe ndi sa vhoni tshithu
U muthu de asina tshawe
U ngwaniwapo nemashango
Vhauda vho da vha u wana
Fhedzi naasi wo sala fhedzi
Shango vho dzhia
Sa vhurotho vho govhedza
Ho sala u ngolidza mato
Khea avhonga sa a dzwirigondo
U tou kundwa na murunzi zwawo
Na lau ifa ndi lifhio?
Line wa do kovhela mazhinda au
Ngau ahuna tshe wa puta
Shango ndi la mabunyu
Vho da vha wana lo lala
Naasi ni vhalanda
Kani ha ndi khofhe tshidele
dze na ededzwa nga yone bugu khethwa
Ye vha da vho i fara nga tsha u la
tsha monde tsho dzumba zwidigi
Vha i vhala vhatshi tou suvha
Na rembuluwa dzi mbilu
Vhone vha sala vho fara shango
Ngazwo ndala dzi sa fheli
Gomelelo li sa tuvhwi
Vho sinyalala vhafhasi vha khou lila
Zwe shango la tou minulwa no sedza

Tshirendo

Tshirendo itshi asi tshirendo
Ndi bomepome ndi bonyongo
Ndi dzi pfudzungule
Ndi huwahuwa

Tshirendo itshi ndi lutsinga
Lu elaho na mulambo Mutshundudi
Ndi mahovhohovho a Phiphidi
Ndi thombo dza tshiwa misevhe

Tshirendo itshi asi tshirendo
Ndi tshihwilili tsha vho-Hangwani
Ndi mavhevhe a vha shambili
Ndi ngosha dza zwilombe

Tshirendo itshi ndi mapfuvhi
Ane u tswuka anga mulilo
Ndi khavhu dza mafhafhado
Ndi u ngwaluwa ha tsimbi i lilaho

Tshirendo itshi asi tshirendo
Ndi mufhululu
I lilela vho-Makhado
I lilela vho-Mphephu Ramabulana

Tshirendo itshi ndi nduvho
Ngulumbi ha Makwarela Vemba la nwenda Makhuge
Tshivhasa Midiya vhathu wawe wa sala
Miluwani ha vho Ratshigugu

Tshirendo itshi asi tshirendo
Ngazwo tsho dala u silinga na u nengisa
Mudzio watsho we ndi bva vhubvo
Vha u pfa vha si tshi pfesese

Tshirendo itshi ndi mbodza ino kho di do bikwa
A tshi gumi tshi ela sa Lubvuvhu
Tsha khuya vhuhwini ha ngelelekanyo
tsha nwala kha mitaladzi isa fheli

Hetshi tshi rendo asi tshirendo
Ndi sudzi le la ponyoka
Ali na muthivhi
Tshalo ndi u pfudela

A vha tshi pfi
Ngauri atshiathu rendwa
A vha tshi vhoni
Ngauri atshi athu nwalwa

Tsho vha nengisa tsho vha kwatisa
Vha funa tshi  tshi pfuvha sa mufuvha
Mara atshi pfuvhi, a tshipfi mazha!
Ngauri Tshirendo itshi atshi ho
A tshi a thu nwala
A tshi athu rendwa
A tshi a thu pfiwa
Atshi athu vhonwa
A tshi ho
Tshi thohoni yavho

will you?

Will you love me?
Even on the day i fail
When all that remains is but a shadow
Will you call my name?
When i am hidden far away
Where i cant hear no more
Will you whisper my name?
and call me all sweet things?
like you did yesterdays
Will you let me go?
holding on to a memory of you?
of when we sat in silence
consumed in each others' presence
I am on my way
I am human
Will you love me still?
Even when i am gone?

Alex

You are a testimony
Written on the blood of those who fell
On the blood of Sobukwe, Biko, Hani
And those who fell at Sharpeville and Langa

Your sewerage infested streets bear testimony
Of the night we were sold out at the CODESA
Our misery traded for a Houghton estate

Sobukwe fell in vain
Biko died for nothing
Hani's death was decoy

If your shacks still stand
Cramed in the juskei valley
Then 1994 is a myth

A thick wool over your eyes