Ukohlwaywa kweKushe
1Kunyembelekile ke kwilizwe lesandi samaphiko
emazants' emilambo eKushe.
2Likhuph' izigidimi ngezikhitshana ezakhiwe ngeengcongolo, zidad' emlanjeni.
Tsheluzani, zigidim' ezikhawulezayo;
luthathen' udaba nigoduke nalo,
luye kwilizwe eliphanjwe yimilambo,
kwisizwe esingwanzilili esinamandla,
amafaf' alusu lumpuluswa,
izintw' ezoyikwa lilizwe jikelele.
3Bekan' iindlebe, bemi behlabathi!
Jongani, nikhangel' imbasa
ilenga-lenga phezu kweencopho zeentaba;
phulaphulan' isandi sesigodlo.
4Kalok' *uNdikhoy' undixelele wathi:
“Ndiya kuthi zole cwaka, ndijonge;
ndoqwalasela ndisekhayeni lam ezulwini,
ndizole ngathi kukuwa kombethe ebusuku,
cwaka ngathi lilanga ligqats' ubhobhoyi.”
5Iidiliya ziya kudubula zifeze,
kodwa zithi ke zona zingekavunwa –
ewe, kanye xa ziya ekuvuthweni –
lusuke luthi vumbululu utshaba,
luwahlabanisele luwageqe amaKushe,
lula nje, ngathi kunqunyulw' amaseb' omdiliya.
6Izidumbu ke zosala zithe gangalala,
zibe zizisulu zeentaka namaxhalanga.
Ewe, ziya kuba lixhoba lamarhamncwa,
iintaka zizenzele ehlotyeni –
asisathethi ke ngamarhamncwa ebusika.
7Ixesha liyeza apho uNdikhoyo uSomandla-onke
aya kunikwa aphiwe imirhumo
ngabo balizwe liphanjwe yimilambo,
iingwanyalala zesizwe esimandla,
amafaf' alusu lumpuluswa,
izintw' ezoyikwa lilizwe jikelele.
Ewe, baya kuza kwintaba iZiyon,
apho anqulwa khona uNdikhoyo uSomandla-onke.
