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NGIPH’INDAWA’ENHLIZIYWENI YAKHO

NGIPH’INDAWA’ENHLIZIYWENI YAKHO

NGIPH’INDAWA’ENHLIZIYWENI YAKHO

Ngivumele ngitsho awothando
Asind’umphemulo wami.
Ngivumele ngethul’umthwalo
Oqukethwe yinhliziyo yami
Ehlatshwa yimikhonto
Yothando lezinhlungu zalo.

Yizwa ngokuvulel’isifuba
Ngivumele ngikonge ngawothando
Ngizokolela kwezam’ingalo
Ngikunyenyezel’imizwa
Ukuze ngithundubez’imikhonto
Egwaz’I inhliziyo yami.

Lalela wena la mazwi
Aquketh’izibiliboco zendlebe Ezofel’ezindlebeni zakho.
Maziyithumbi’inhliziyo yakho
Eyakho langa lomphefumulo wami,
Eliphume ngaqhaqhazela.

Nguwe wedwa tshatshazi lami
Ongaqed’isililo senhliziyo yami
Ngokutsho libe linye nje
Eliyohab’inhliziyo yami.
Ngitshel’ukuthu ngiyifumene
Indaw’enhliziyweni yakho.

© 1998, Clifford V. Ncube
From: Tsotso (January 1998)

The title translates as: ‘Give me a place in your heart’. This is a love poem in which the persona is courting a girl he loves. He confesses his undying love for her and says she is the only one he will ever love.

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In 1989, the very young publishing company, Baobab Books, held a workshop for young and aspiring writers and poets at Ranche House College in Harare. Two initiatives emerged from this week-long teach-in and discussion: the Budding Writers of Zimbabwe association (BWAZ) was formed, and Tsotso, a low-cost, low-budget quarterly magazine of poetry and short stories emerged. It was run entirely by w...

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NGIPH’INDAWA’ENHLIZIYWENI YAKHO

Ngivumele ngitsho awothando
Asind’umphemulo wami.
Ngivumele ngethul’umthwalo
Oqukethwe yinhliziyo yami
Ehlatshwa yimikhonto
Yothando lezinhlungu zalo.

Yizwa ngokuvulel’isifuba
Ngivumele ngikonge ngawothando
Ngizokolela kwezam’ingalo
Ngikunyenyezel’imizwa
Ukuze ngithundubez’imikhonto
Egwaz’I inhliziyo yami.

Lalela wena la mazwi
Aquketh’izibiliboco zendlebe Ezofel’ezindlebeni zakho.
Maziyithumbi’inhliziyo yakho
Eyakho langa lomphefumulo wami,
Eliphume ngaqhaqhazela.

Nguwe wedwa tshatshazi lami
Ongaqed’isililo senhliziyo yami
Ngokutsho libe linye nje
Eliyohab’inhliziyo yami.
Ngitshel’ukuthu ngiyifumene
Indaw’enhliziyweni yakho.

From: Tsotso (January 1998)

The title translates as: ‘Give me a place in your heart’. This is a love poem in which the persona is courting a girl he loves. He confesses his undying love for her and says she is the only one he will ever love.

NGIPH’INDAWA’ENHLIZIYWENI YAKHO

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