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Three Poems

Mr. P. M. J. Lombard, who sent these from Essexvale, comments: I find the poem entitled "Dumezweni" to be of particular interest. It is in praise of a local Essexvale farmer, Mrs. Stella Coulson, known to the locals as Dumezweni Ka Mahiokazulu who has done a tremendous amount of good work in this District, both with Europeans and Africans. Mrs. Coulson's mother (Mrs. Richardson) was a founder member of the Women's Institute and the first W.l. Club was formed in this District in December 1925. The other founder member of the W.I. was Mrs. Constance Fripp. Mrs. Coulson established the first W.l. African Women's Clubs in the District and is now fully committed with assisting the Federation of African Women's Clubs.

The poem Esikhoveni is in praise of Mzilikazi's father, Matshobana, and also relates to a community development training centre in Essexvale called Esikhoveni. Many Women's Club c ourses are held at this centre for women from all over Matabeleland. The poem Bekezela pays tribute to the late Miss Dorothy BowersWinters who for many years worked with Women's Clubs in this District and was Regional Chairman of the F.A.W.C. Bekezela means 'patience' and is the name by which the locals knew Miss Bowers-Winters. It was written before her death on 29th December 1978.

Dumezweni Dumezweni
Bangaki abafana lo Dumezweni?
Bangaphi abafana lo Dumezweni?
Sithi Impilo ende Dumezweni.

Izinsuku leminyaka ziyatshovana
Ilanga liphume liyetshona
Kodwa wena gugu lethu ungatshon.
Sithi Impilo ende Dumezweni.

Itholwa ngaphi inhliziyo enje?
Lutholwa ngaphi utando olunje?
Utholwa ngaphi umusa onje?
Sengilihambe ngaliqeda, phinde.

Dumezweni Ka Mehlokazulu
Ukhothama Kuwe wonke uzulu
Ngoba wena uphilela uzulu
Sitsho kuwe Dumezweni ka zulu.

DUMEZWENI

Dumezweni, Dumezweni
How many are like Dumezweni?
How many are like Dumezweni?
We say long life to Dumezweni.

Days and years pass by
The sun rises and sets
But you our pride please do not set.
We say long life to Dumezweni.

Where is such a spirit found?
Where is such love found?
Where is such kindness found?
I have gone everywhere, but failed.

Dumezweni Ka Mehlokazulu
Everybody bows to you
Because you live for everybody.
We say you are the Dumezweri of everybody.

Never die Dumezweni
Be as day always
Never change Dumezweni
Be always brave Dumezweni.
Our Dumezweni.

ESIKHOVENI

Wafelani Matshobana ungabonanga?
Watshonelani Dlozi lethu ungabonanga?
Ngitsho kuwe kanye Zwide kaLanga
Umthwakazi usethuthukile.

Ungathi kumbe yinganekwane
Kwamgwaqo uyilitshe kuphela
Kwaluba ngarii labekwa kuphela.
Lapha kuhlala amakhosi na?

lzakbiwo kungani uphakathi kwephupho
Ungathi zavuka zikhona

Ngena uhlale ulale khona.
Lapha kuphila uMthwakazi.

Angikhulumi ngokuya emlonyeni
Ufika ungoyathayo
Ubuvela kwakho ungophilayo.
Lapha kuthuthuka uMthwakazi.

Hamba eSikhoveni uyethol'imfundo
Hamba eSikhoveni uyethol'impocuko
Hambo eSikhoveni uyethol'ulwazi.
Lapha kukwa vusingqondo.

ESIKHOVENI

Why did you die Matshobana before you saw?
Why did you our ancestral spirit die before you saw?
We say this to you Zwide kaLanga
The Nation is uplifted.

Taking it as though a tale
Along the road you are the only stone
As though only put there.
Is that where the kings stay?

In connection with buildings you may feel as though in a dream
As though naturally built
Enter, stay and sleep there.
That is where the Nation gets life.

Taking not food into account
You arrive hungry
You return home satisfied.
That is where the Nation is uplifted.

Go to Sikhoveni and get education
Go to Sikhoveni and get progress
Go to Sikhoveni and get knowledge.
Here is where brain is enlightened.

BEKEZELA

Kutholwa ngaphi ukubekezela okunje?
Kutholwa ngaphi ukuzimisela okunje?
Sengikhweli izintaba Nganigena emanzini phausi olwandle
Kodwa uBekezela kuphela olakho.

Sekuylmlnyaka ngingakuboni okunje
Ngingene emansontweni akukho kunje.
Izindawo ezinengi zihanjwa ngu Bekezela
Ukuya kwethula lezo zibusiso
Sizithathe sizikophele kithi.

Bekezela sekukade ngilokufisa
Bekezela sekungamasonto ngilindile
Bekezela sekuyiminyaka ugilanganzelela.
Ngize ngitsho ngokubusiswa okunagaka.
Bekezela, Bekezela wethu impilo ende.

Bekezela ngikopkle lokho kubekezela Bekezela ngigqokise okwakho ukubehezela Awu! Bekezela ngifisa lami ugibekezele Bekezela, Bekezela ungasitshiyi.

Bekezela ungu mama wezikuhungwane
Bekezela u ngu mzali wezizu kuiwane
Bekezela sikiulise ugothando makho
Usenze siberigomama abahlangeneyo
Bezekela, Bekezela, hialalathi.

BEKEZELA

Where is such patience to be found?
Where has such tolerance been found?
I have climbed mountains
I have dived into seas.
But only Bekezela has this.

For years I have seen no such
Have been to church, but no such
To place Bekezela's gone much
To shower those blessings
That we pin on us.

Bekezela its long I have been longing
Bekezela its weeks I have been waiting
Bekezela its years I have been yearning
To say what a blessing
Bekezela Our Bekezela live long

Bekezela pin on me that patience
Bekezela let me wear your patience
Oh Bekezela I so wish to be patient.
Bekezela, Bekezela leave us not.