IsiZulu
Mamodiehi Gwala
Wathi 'cha', inkululeko ayisoze yaba nom'bandela
Namaketanga aboshelwe eqhaweni lansolo lase siqiwini sase Robben Island
Yathi 'cha' , ulwazi alikuvumeli ukucwaswa –
Bunezibazi, kepha bungenakho ukwesaba, ubuso bencekukazi yase Pakistani.
Yathi 'cha', 'ukukholwa akuphoqelekile' –
Izwi lokuthunjwa , elinamahloni kepha nesibindi e Daphishi
Isibani sayo asoze safiphala nasemhumeni wabashiseleki.
Ngakho ke, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, izwi lesivumelwano liyakuphindaphinda
UMandela, uMalala, uLiya Sharibhu – isibani sase…
'Cha' kusho u Promethiyasi, ilangabi nehubo,
lifumana uklebe, kuqhuma ilangabi elikhazimulayo
ku Shiboki no Daphishi, likhanyisa umhlaba kabusha.
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Read the English translation – Mandela Comes to Leah by Prof. Wole Soyinka
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