Poem
Isabella Motadinyane
RED HELMET
A cryof come and see
our home is a home
of tears and bitterness
women crying
night and day
a black cockerel
red helmet
is in the house
a smash hit
mother father child
ending up with
an infant
it started
with a dog outside
a cry
of come and see
what can we do now
household and furniture
everything is gone
we found a woman
in tears inside
a crying mother
is now a song
© Translation: 2007, Ike Mboneni Muila
From: Bella
Publisher: Botsotso, Johannesburg, 2007
From: Bella
Publisher: Botsotso, Johannesburg, 2007
TLOPO KGUBEDU
TLOPO KGUBEDU
Bonang weebonang yoo
lapeng laheso
ho tsikitsano ya meno
basadi ba kgelella dikeledi
bosiu le motsehare
tlopo kgubedu
kgoho a ntsho e kene
lapeng la heso
ngwana mme ntate
e qadile ka ntja ka ntle
a kobotile ho fihla leseeng
boning wee
bonang yoo
re tla bona re entse
jwang na
thepa e ile yohle
re fuma keledi tsa
mme wee ese ele pina.
© 2007, Isabella Motadinyane
From: Bella
Publisher: Botsotso, Johannesburg
From: Bella
Publisher: Botsotso, Johannesburg
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RED HELMET
A cryof come and see
our home is a home
of tears and bitterness
women crying
night and day
a black cockerel
red helmet
is in the house
a smash hit
mother father child
ending up with
an infant
it started
with a dog outside
a cry
of come and see
what can we do now
household and furniture
everything is gone
we found a woman
in tears inside
a crying mother
is now a song
© 2007, Ike Mboneni Muila
From: Bella
Publisher: 2007, Botsotso, Johannesburg
From: Bella
Publisher: 2007, Botsotso, Johannesburg
RED HELMET
A cryof come and see
our home is a home
of tears and bitterness
women crying
night and day
a black cockerel
red helmet
is in the house
a smash hit
mother father child
ending up with
an infant
it started
with a dog outside
a cry
of come and see
what can we do now
household and furniture
everything is gone
we found a woman
in tears inside
a crying mother
is now a song
© 2007, Ike Mboneni Muila
From: Bella
Publisher: 2007, Botsotso, Johannesburg
From: Bella
Publisher: 2007, Botsotso, Johannesburg
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