Baby Icant Let You Go Poem by Mphathi Thobumoya Mbhele

BABY ICANT LET YOU GO

imthwalo isisemahlombe
eyami indaba awsafuni nokuyizwa nabantu sebeyabuka
sthandwa beka imthwalo ngikchazele
ukuthi muphume kolowo mnyango mina ngeke ngphinde
ngphile
yebo kona ka Mbhele amasango okuphuma ahleli
evuliwe
kodwa kweyami inhliziyo avaliwe
phela wena ungumduduzi wempilo yami
ungumqondisi wezindlela zami
musu ungshiya uthi ngyophelelaphi?
Beka iskhwama phansi ungbuke ebusweni
uyajabula yini uma ubona izinyembezi zigeleza
emehlweni
uthi ngzoba yini emphakathini
phela bengfisa ukutetemuka embusweni we mpilo yami
musa ukukhala beka iskhwama phansi ubuyele kimi
phela thina sobabili sidalelwene kuhlele ngisho
abathakathi
mugqashula lelifindo uthi ngyoba yini ezitheni?
Yebo ngyavuma

UBUHLUNGU NGIKUZWISILE
ISANDLA NGIKUBEKILE
NAWE NGOMQONDO UCABANGILE
NGAMI ISNQUMO USTHATHILE
ANGQONDILE UKUBA INKOMO EKHONYAYO
KWEYAKHO IMPILO BUT ICANT LET YOU GO

ngiguqa ngedolo izono zami ngyazi vuma
yebo ngyavuma ngihlulekile ukukuphatha
ngenkathi usangthanda bengikbona uyi mpatha
phela kumina busunesi nyama
ngingakufuni emini ngikuthanda mase kumnyama
elami iphutha ngyalbona
futhi ngalo ngyazisola
nawe sthandwa ungajubalali uyodliwa zintaba
ekbeni ubambo lwakho ulshiya la
sula izinyembezi noma ngabe khona obekulutha buya
anjalo amasoka amanje ayehluleka ukuzfunela ababo
omaqondana
ayabathanda abantu babantu ayahluleka ukuzishelela
ingakho ingculazi ingaka ingenxa yalamasoka
kodwa angikho lapho wena hlala
wonke umuzi unezawo izinkinga
mhlawumbe kini abakaze bakutshele sengisho ka Langa
phela asibona uNkulunkulu No Maria ngisho laba
abahleli ngokunethezeka
phela uMaria bamfaka igobondela
lol nakhokhe waze wamoyizela sthandwa
yebo ngyavuma

UBUHLUNGU NGIKUZWISILE
ISANDLA NGIKUBEKILE
NAWE NGOMQONDO UCABANGILE
NGAMI ISNQUMO USTHATHILE
ANGQONDILE UKUBA INKOMO EKHONYAYO
KWEYAKHO IMPILO

But i cant let you go
because i love you
ukukubeka kwami isandla ngangingaqondile
phela bengithi ngiyakukhuza kanti kweyakho inhliziyo
sengonile
futhi sengbonile
wena ulalele unembeza ukukhohlisa khumbula
unembeza nomuntu ungagcina umbulalile
mina kube kuya ngami ngabe kphila inhliziyo no valo
ngoba uvalo uyalesaba ihlazo
imishado ayisekho ngenxa yokuphelelwa unembeza
mtakwethu
abanye bathi bona bakhathele ukuba yizthuthu
babuye bathi abanqunywangwa imlomo bona abazona
iznkukhu
yebo kona siphila impilo ka 50/50
kodwa akushintshi ngyohleli ngumlisa
noma ubuye uthande ukungphikisa
ungabi yisehluleki sonkosikazi
sonke amaphutha siyawenza
ukuthatha imthwalo umane ujubalale lokho akusoze
kwakusiza
yaz kwathi angkuthuke wena mlomo ka Cinderella
hlala la ekhaya khona umoya wam uzojabula
yebo ngyavuma
UBUHLUNGU NGIKUZWISILE