Gedicht
Bongekile Joyce Mbanjwa
FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND
To be a jacketTo be a slave
To be a stepladder
To be forsaken
For you to understand
You must have a disability
To be a breast of money
For those who are abled
And be the belt
For civil servants
And be a grass mat for feet
The feet of the rich
The feet of the wealthy
For you to understand
You must have a disability
And ask for help day and night
No one will listen
The government and community
They all emphasise
They emphasise your worthlessness
And you also feel worthless
But for you to understand
You must have a disability
Discrimination has become obvious
To be undermined
People see a disability
And do not see a person
But for you to understand
You must have a disability
© Translation: 2008, Siphiwe ka Ngwenya
From: Izinhlungu Zomphefumula
Publisher: Botsotso, Johannesburg, 2008
From: Izinhlungu Zomphefumula
Publisher: Botsotso, Johannesburg, 2008
UKUZE UQONDE
UKUZE UQONDE
Ukuba yijaziUkuba yisigqila
Ukuba yisitebhisi
Ukuba yisilahlwa
Ukuze ukuqonde
Yiba nokukhubazeka
Ukuba umbele wemali
Wezikhungo zabakhubazekile
Ubhinde ubeyibhange
Lezisebenzi zikahulumeni
Ubuye ube ucansi lezinyawo
Izinyawo zeziqumama
Sezifinya ngendololwane
Ukuze ukuqonde
Yiba okukhubazeka
Ucele usizo ubusuku nemini
Akukho namunye osabelayo
Kuhulumeni nasemiphakathini
Bonke bayaqinisekisa
Baqinisekis’ukungabaluleki kwakho
Kwawena uzizwe ungelutho
Kodwa ukuze ukuqonde
Yiba nokukhubazeka
Ukubandlululwa sekwaba yinsakavukela
Ukubukelwa phansi
Abantu babon’ukukhubazeka
Bangamboni umuntu
Kodwa ukuze ukuqonde
Yiba nokukhubazeka
© 2008, Bongekile Joyce Mbangwa
From: Izinhlungu Zomphefumula
Publisher: Botsotso, Johannesburg
From: Izinhlungu Zomphefumula
Publisher: Botsotso, Johannesburg
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UKUZE UQONDE
Ukuba yijaziUkuba yisigqila
Ukuba yisitebhisi
Ukuba yisilahlwa
Ukuze ukuqonde
Yiba nokukhubazeka
Ukuba umbele wemali
Wezikhungo zabakhubazekile
Ubhinde ubeyibhange
Lezisebenzi zikahulumeni
Ubuye ube ucansi lezinyawo
Izinyawo zeziqumama
Sezifinya ngendololwane
Ukuze ukuqonde
Yiba okukhubazeka
Ucele usizo ubusuku nemini
Akukho namunye osabelayo
Kuhulumeni nasemiphakathini
Bonke bayaqinisekisa
Baqinisekis’ukungabaluleki kwakho
Kwawena uzizwe ungelutho
Kodwa ukuze ukuqonde
Yiba nokukhubazeka
Ukubandlululwa sekwaba yinsakavukela
Ukubukelwa phansi
Abantu babon’ukukhubazeka
Bangamboni umuntu
Kodwa ukuze ukuqonde
Yiba nokukhubazeka
From: Izinhlungu Zomphefumula
FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND
To be a jacketTo be a slave
To be a stepladder
To be forsaken
For you to understand
You must have a disability
To be a breast of money
For those who are abled
And be the belt
For civil servants
And be a grass mat for feet
The feet of the rich
The feet of the wealthy
For you to understand
You must have a disability
And ask for help day and night
No one will listen
The government and community
They all emphasise
They emphasise your worthlessness
And you also feel worthless
But for you to understand
You must have a disability
Discrimination has become obvious
To be undermined
People see a disability
And do not see a person
But for you to understand
You must have a disability
© 2008, Siphiwe ka Ngwenya
From: Izinhlungu Zomphefumula
Publisher: 2008, Botsotso, Johannesburg
From: Izinhlungu Zomphefumula
Publisher: 2008, Botsotso, Johannesburg
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