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Mazisi Kunene
POEMS SET ON FIRE
I shall invisibly follow you into the sacred vaultsDeep in the belly of earth where you hide your burning poems
From a distance watching you raise secret words as the torch
Nay, the comet illuminating the arc to the depths of sunsets
© Translation: 2007, Vusi Mchunu
IZINKONDLO ZEMILILO
IZINKONDLO ZEMILILO
Ngizokulandela wena uze ushone emgodiniUze ushone lapho ufihle khona izinkondlo zakho
Ngize ngikubone usuzibasela usuzenza ubhaqa
Kuze kuthi klelele nakude emashona
Kube engathi uphethe izinkanyezi
© 1997, Mazisi Kunene
From: Igudu likaSomcabeko
Publisher: Van Schaik,
From: Igudu likaSomcabeko
Publisher: Van Schaik,
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IZINKONDLO ZEMILILO
Ngizokulandela wena uze ushone emgodiniUze ushone lapho ufihle khona izinkondlo zakho
Ngize ngikubone usuzibasela usuzenza ubhaqa
Kuze kuthi klelele nakude emashona
Kube engathi uphethe izinkanyezi
From: Igudu likaSomcabeko
POEMS SET ON FIRE
I shall invisibly follow you into the sacred vaultsDeep in the belly of earth where you hide your burning poems
From a distance watching you raise secret words as the torch
Nay, the comet illuminating the arc to the depths of sunsets
© 2007, Vusi Mchunu
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