! `! Yalusa La Mathole Am~ Poem by Nkululeko Mdudu

Ntonga ndini ka Ntondo!
nditsh' um1886 ka LM.

Uyaziwa ezincwadini zeMoriva
IMoriva yama Jamani.

Nkulu ndini ka Oom Kwinty,
Khozi lika Quintius Glorious

Kambe akunkulu ngaku zalwa
Koko ulizibulo ngokuthunywa

Kuthethiwe phezu kwakho
Nakwelase Goli uKhwaziwe

Kwa "Nyama ayipheli"
Kuthethiwe phakathi kuwe:

Kusithwa Yalusa
Yalusa la matholana

Hlakula le mihlatyana
Jong'ilanga leli khaya.

Wasabela wena Kanye
Wena Simon ka Yise

Kwekh! ukumthanda
Kwakho uThixo!

Wena Gilbert kaNgwanya
Wama Gorha eziziba

Wamamela okuka Rhudulu
Mhl'ekhwazwa nguTshawe

Ngwevu zehla namaMpondo
zinguMbo nomXesibe

Zigudl' iintaba
Zigon' unxweme


Zangena ngeenkomo
Zabinza ngomkhotho

Kweli lamaXhosa
Kweli likaThembu.

Nanko ke umzila wakho
Ngweletshetshe yaseShiloh

iShiloh yokuBhedesha
iqula likaThixo weziHlwele...

Nanko ke umzila wakho
Ungawulahli mhl' ugoduka

Ngeloo rhatya lweenkonde
Qhaji ndini lakulo MQadi:

Uzunyuse iNciba
Ulalise eLesseyton

Kwindlu Yendlovukazi
uYilizwa ka Mapasa

Jika ujolis' eMtata
uJoyi wasikhwaph' eRhode.

Kwezo ngqaqa zigwangqa
Phezu koMbashe noMzimvubu

iThina lakowenu lilapho
iTsitsa nezo mpindo zalo

AmaKomkhulu akowenu
Imithambo yakwaMajola.

Nyana omthobeleyo uyise
Mvana emthandayo uThixo

Xolisile wothando nenyani;
ikrunekile indlela yeqhaji

Buza kuMalangana
"uNolanga langen'
endlebeni yendlovu...

"uDyamfu wase Chisela,
uNongwe yaadl' ithole"


Yalusa la matholana
Lungisa lo mhlatyana

Akhule ahluthe adlobe
Ajike akusuzele

Kambe ungathyafi noko
Uwaluse uwalimele

Loo maThole oMtwakazi....