LLM Mbatha Poems

Ngifisa sengathi ungangibhalela incwadi
Incwadi yothando yesiZulu
Esho ngemibalabala na ngamabalabala
Axoxa indaba ejulile yemizwa nemicabango
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ekuseni bewu finqekile
okwesibhakela saMandla
manje sewuvuleke uthe nge
okwenhliziyo yentomb' ithand' isoka
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I-Tafula angeke liphinde lihlangane ne Fuji
Asibe nje ngemifula, s'thandwa
Imifulakazi, hhayi izintaba
Ohanjeni lwayo loku yo busisa ilizwekazi
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Olwami uthando olwamahhala
Lukhululekile, luyakukhulula
Ukuthi ube yikho lokho
Ofisa ukuba yikho
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Ngingu mfokazi nje
Wase dolojaneni elincinane
Elisele emuva
Lapho uthando lusewu thando
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khala zome nhliziyo yami
usuyangala 'thululu' wami

Awu, angazi
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There is a man that's so hollow
Nothing fills him up
Though he keeps on going on
His thirst is always rife
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Kwacishizibani, kwahlwemini!
Zatheleka ezakwaZulu zingangotshani
Habo! Kwachitheka gula-linamasi!
Kwash’ izikhotha
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All Wisdom comes from God
I have God on my side;
That makes me a very Wise Man-
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Ngisahamba kuwo ohlabayo umhlabathi
Ngisawahlafuna wona anhlamvana amabele
Ithemba lami lihleli kuwe M’Veli-Nqangi
Ngoba wena uyiLanga lama langa ami
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