LLM Mbatha Poems

If I had a chance to choose
The day before I came to being
I would've asked all mighty JAH
To please, make me black
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One day The People will wake up
open up their eyes
look at their dictator and see him
for what he really is: a man!
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Ever since I’ve known him
I’ve also known her
I never saw the two apart
Never saw them without a fight
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Ngisho noma ulwandle lubuye lungazi
Ukuthi kumele lugcine kuphi
Lapho izivunguvungu sezixakile
Kodwa kuse yi ntokozo khona
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A moment in time captured in a simple wind
Of a simple pipe
By a simple folk
I see black boys standing in a corner somewhere
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She says, she also loves gazing
At the midnight sky…
That’s why she took physics,
Though it is a challenging subject
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ndinokuda mudiwa: means- i love you my darling
nemoyo wangu.....with my heart
ndinokusuwa: means- i miss you
nemoyo wangu wese...... (wese: means- whole)
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Nginephupho le Afrika
Ubumbano lwe Afrika
IAfrika ezibusayo, eziphilisayo
IAfrika ethi iphethe ubala, ikhiqize utho
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Thixo Baba u phakeme u lungile
Lungakanani olwakho u thando
Owakho umusa
Ngokudela ozelwe yedwa
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